Lilly's POV~

I remained silent. That was it. Alli's not ever coming back and it's up to Jack and I to raise her son, the only Fuentes left. Can I live with it, though? Every time I see Chandler I'm going to see Alli and Vic.... And that's exactly why I have to take him. I looked at the doctor with my tear clouded eyes. "We will raise him," I said, in a flat tone. The doctor nodded and returned to wherever she came from.
I looked up at Jack who was rubbing my back in attempts to comfort me. "He's going to keep his last name, not ours," I whispered and Jack nodded. "It's important that the Fuentes' live on. He'll always be Chandler Fuentes," he replied, looking down at me with a sad smile. He kissed the top of my head gently and pulled me back to him.
The doctor returned to us. "If you would like, you may now see Mr. Preciado and the child," she said, then turned and began to walk, the two of us trailing behind her. She led us to Chandler first. I smiled sadly down at the sleeping baby and grabbed his tiny hand. "You're a miracle, baby boy. I'll raise you right," I whispered. Jack stood behind me and looked down at Chandler as well. "I guess you're our son now, baby boy," he mumbled, smiling a bit at the child. Chandler opened his eyes suddenly, and my God I'd never realized how much like Alli's they were. "Mama?" the kid asked, attempting (but failing) to reach for me. His broken little arm made it impossible to reach and he began to cry. I shook my head at him. He knew I wasn't his mom, but he was too young to understand what happened to her. He's only two, after all.
"Oh Chandler," I said, carefully rubbing his other arm. He started to calm and I felt a hot drip on my back. I turned around to see Jack, still behind me, crying. This was the first time I'd seen him cry and I was a bit upset by the sight, but I knew that even though he didn't know them as well as I did, he was hurt from losing them. I hugged him tightly and rubbed his back. I was crying too, but no tears were coming out. I guess I'd dehydrated my tear ducts by then.
I looked over at the doctor, who was still standing in the doorway. "Can I hold him?" I asked. She grimaced, then nodded slowly. "Carefully," she said. I nodded and picked Chandler up off of the little cot he was laid on. He started to cry, but stopped when I started rocking him the way Alli always did to calm him down. I started to hum to him and Jack wrapped his arms around my waist and joined in. I almost smiled a crooked, depressed smile at our broken and complicated little family. I made up my mind at that exact moment that I was going to do my best to give this baby everything, and try to make his life as normal as possible in the tragic absence of his birth parents. I was going to do it for them.

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Alli's POV~
The portal opened and I watched. "Lilly and Jack will be great parents for Chan. With Jaime's help, he'll be a happy and lovely little boy. I'm sure of it," Vic said from next to me. I nodded in agreement. "I know," I said. I'll watch them grow. I'll protect them as they do.

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Vic's POV~
I'll protect them.

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Mike's POV~
I'll protect them.

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Tony's POV~
I'll protect them.

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Mama's POV~
We will protect them.

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Lilly's POV~
And suddenly I felt the presence of Alli. And Vic. And Mike and Tony. Suddenly I knew we'd not be alone in raising Chandler. I knew they were watching us. They are going to protect us.

Notes

And there you have it, the final chapter! In the sequel, I'm afraid to say you won't hear much from Mike, Tony, Alli, Vic, or anyone who died in the crash. The sequel is most likely going to be based on Chandler,Lilly and Jack as Chandler grows up. I hope all of you lovelies enjoyed this story and will stick around for the sequel as well as the other one I'm starting soon (I've had that one planned out for almost two months but I was waiting to finish this one first lol) :) I'm so happy that you guys have been a part of my developing as a writer! Last night I read the whole of my story and I think my writing ability has come a long way if I do say so myself, and I couldn't have done that without encouragement and feedback from you guys! I owe you big time! Thank you so, so much! The sequel is gonna be a while probably, but I'd love if you stuck around to read it! Again, thank you and I love each and every one of you! Toodles!
~Shayde