~Epilogue~

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10 Years later

"Daddy!"

"What?" Clint yells back from his position on the sofa beside his wife. Hayley....well Hazel now, look lovingly up at her husband as their seven year old daughter, Jasmine, runs in.

"Isaac knocked down my lego tower," she pouts. Clint smiles as she climbs into his lap. "It was an accident, I swear," Jasmine's twin brother, Isaac, tells them as he walks in and takes a place beside his mother.

"Okay, Jasmine it was an accident. And Isaac, be careful next time and say sorry to your sister," Hazel states gently.

"Sorry Jazzy," Isaac mumbles.

"Good. Now go play," Clint commands softly. The twins run off back to their rooms to play again. An adorable laugh makes them look over to their youngest son, Jay, who now has blue paint all over the floor. The five year old laughs as his parents sigh at the mess.

"Whoa, what happened there?" Ethan asks as he enters the room with his wife, Chloe, and two year old daughter, Charlotte.

"I have no idea. We looked away for a minute...." Hazel replies wondering, herself, how it happened. "Where did the blue paint even come from?" she mutters to herself as Clint stands up to move his son before he stepped in the paint.

"Holy...." Mary's voices as she and her father enter the room. Hazel sighs, "don't ask."

"Okay...." she replies. Will moves to his youngest daughter hugging her, "hey Dad."

"You okay?" he asks, Hazel smiles up at him. "Of course."

"Jaz! Isaac!" she shouts. The two eldest children run into the living room, "Grandpa," they scream when they see him. Will pulls his two eldest grandchildren into a hug before setting them back down and pulling two $10 notes handing it to each of them. He quickly turns to give Jay $5 who then gives it to his father.

"Where's our hug?" Mary asks with a smile as she stands beside her brother. The twins both seem to only just notice their Aunts and Uncle. The jump into the hug. They then move to say hello to their two year old cousin. Charlotte giggles at the faces they pull. Chloe smiles softly watching her daughter laugh.

Hazel pushes herself off the sofa and walks behind the kitchen counter, "you guys want anything to drink?" she asks. Before anyone answers Hazel freezes feeling something wet fall at her feet, "now, really?" she mutters bracing herself on the counter.

"You okay, Haze?" Mary asks noticing her sister.

Hazel looks up with a smile, "yeah, I'm fine. Aside from the fact my water has just broke."

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Nine hours later Hazel sits in a hospital bed with her newborn daughter in her arms and her husband at her side. Clint smiles adoringly at his youngest daughter before looking up at his wife with that same smile. He looks down when his phone vibrates, "Mary finally got the kids to bed," he states with a small laugh knowing how hard it was to put them to bed.

"Bet that took a while," Hazel comments. Just then the door opens and her father walks in, he moves to stand next to his daughter so he can look down at his granddaughter. "Hey, Dad."

He kisses his daughter's head and smiles at Clint. "Hey sweetie. So, have you chose a name yet?"

Hazel and Clint share a smile, "Yeah, we have. Natalie Elizabeth Barton," Clint replies.

"Sounds beautiful," Will comments.

"You want to hold her," Hazel asks quietly. Will nods and takes Natalie into his arms sitting down by Hazel's bed. Hazel smiles, her eyes closing tiredly which both her father and husband notice.

"Go to sleep Haze. We'll watch her, don't worry," Clint tells her kissing her head softly. Hazel nods and drifts off knowing she had her family and everything she wanted in life.

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