Like an arrow in the blue sky, another day flies by, and then another and another.

That's the thing about time, the longer you try to hold on, the faster it slips out of your grasp.

It's been five years and I've learned to live with the loss of my wife. There's not a day that goes by when I don't miss her. Every time I look at Bells I see Jelly, she's a perfect carbon copy of her. With all the sass and attitude her mom had, and mostly her quiet care.

I've watched her grow into this wonderfully bright child, who is smart like Joon, gentle like Jimin, outgoing and playful like Tae, caring like Jin, positive like Hobi, and as thoughtful as Yoongi.

As she grew, so has the family. Tae got serious with his now, wife and had a son two years ago. Much to my dismay, Bells is completely smitten with him. He was the first boy in the family and she thought he was a prince, always cooing and fawning over him. Little Oliver loves her just as much, following her around wherever she goes and letting her do as she pleases with no complaints.

Hobi had another child just a few months after Tae, a son named Henry, who is best friends with Jin's son, Justin. Both boys are close in age to Oliver, when they are together they cause terror in only the ways boys can do.

Bells and Angelica have taken to being little mommies over them and constantly save little Emma from the boys, even though the small 6-month-old who looks exactly like Jimin doesn't seem to mind the boys' antics at all.

Everyone has moved out of the house except for Joon who decided to keep it and move in with his long-time girlfriend. Yoongi had decided to stay with me and Bells despite being very serious with Jamie.

She's a constant presence at the house. At first, Bells had a hard time with her because he was "her" Yoongi, but once she was reassured by Jamie that she would not take him away, Bells warmed right up.

As for me, I no longer work at the Magic Shop. I've managed to start a little project of my own and now help small businesses with their web designs.

It's allowed me to be more flexible with my hours and be home with Bells instead of at work all day. I still do smaller commissions on the side but have found I love the new job.

The guys have tried to get me back out there and I've gone on a few dates but my heart's just not in it. I've had the love of my life and anyone else would feel like I'm cheating.

Bells is enough for me...

We have all settled into a comfortable routine, so much has changed but remained the same. We no longer see each other every day with all of us having families of our own, but we still all meet up every Sunday at Joon's since his place is the biggest and can accommodate all the spouses and children.

Jin cooks every time with Bells on her little stool next to him helping, occasionally Angelica will go to help but gets bored quickly so it has remained their thing they love to do together.

Jimin takes all of "his" girls out every two weeks for a day trip. We all got a kick out of them coming back with fresh manicures last week, even little Emma had a kid's safe coat of pink applied to her tiny nails.

Tae takes all the children to the park on Thursday afternoons so everyone else has a chance to run errands. While Hobi takes the two older girls to dance class on Tuesdays, and Joon ropes the kids into trips to the children's museums or the library any chance he gets.

As for Yoongs, if Bells isn't with me, she's with him. They are two peas in a pod but all of that is about to change today. It's Bells' first day of school and despite all our efforts, we could not spark the same excitement for school in Bells as we had in Angelica.

She was a child of daycare. I understood the benefits of daycare, hell, I could see it in the leaps and bounds Angelica has grown, but Bells is my one and only.

I changed work so I could be with her, she's just as smart, but it means she's only ever been with us. Learning she was going to school deeply upset her, anytime we brought it up she would shut it down. As I drove her in the car to her first day, I could feel my anxiety building.

There would be another blow today that Bells isn't fully aware of and I can't be the one to break it to her on top of leaving her at school.

"Are you ready for today, Little Bean?" Yoongi asks turning around in his seat.

"What are we going to do today?" she asks completely clueless.

"Well, we both have busy days today. Remember I've been packing up my room, cause I'm going to go live with auntie Jamie. And you're going to school with Angelica today."

I watch through the rearview mirror as she crosses her little arms over her chest and scowls at Yoongi.

"I'm not going to school, Yoonie," she grumbles and I can't help but sigh at her protest.

I've been listening to the two debate it the whole way when we pull up to the school and see all of the other children arriving with their parents. The sheer fear on Bells' face causes me to panic.

"Little baby, it will be okay," I crouch down in front of her and pull her into a hug as she clings to me.

"Daddy, pllllleeease," she pleads as the tears roll down her face.

"I'll be good, Daddy. I won't touch your computer anymore," her face is red and her arms are locked around my neck as I carry her into the school with Yoongi following beside me rubbing her back. Each step I take is painful.

The whole separation process was terrible, there were other children losing it and I held onto her tighter, not wanting to leave her in this environment. Yoongi eventually had to pry her from my arms and pass her to the teacher who was waiting with a wide smile and open arms.

As Yoongi dragged me away from the classroom so the teacher could close the door, her screaming 'daddy' could be heard down the hallways, breaking my heart all over again. Yoongi tried his best to distract me as I helped him move out his boxes. But nothing could keep me from worrying about how she was doing. 

By 2:30 I was bouncing off the walls rushing out the door to go and get my girl. I got there at exactly 2:45 and for the last five minutes, I watched as she happily gathered her things with Angelica holding her hand.

She saw me through the classroom window and immediately started crying as the teacher opened the door. I quickly scooped her up in my arms smothering her in kisses and I heard Dani behind me laughing.

"I told you he would do worse than she did."

"That's not nice, babe," Hobi scolds but I don't care at all.

Angelica comes out skipping excited to tell us about her first day at big girl school.

"That's great, little Jelly," Hobi says proudly taking her into his arms.

We all decide to go out for dinner to celebrate and just as I'm buckling Bells in, I realize how hard the night's going to be.

"Is Uncle Yoonie at home?"

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