daisesndaffidols this one's for you. After a year and some odd days, you finally get the sequel you've wanted since I've finished My Life as I Know it. Now it's not much of one, but it made more sense to do it this way, when the idea came to mind. Am I going to add more chapters? That I'm not really sure of at the moment. If it's something you all want to see, then I will get around to adding a couple more chapters, hence why I won't put this one as complete just yet. But I've left the ending open just in case I do come back to this one in the future. I do hope you all like this one. If you haven't read My Life as I know it, I do suggest going back and reading it, but it might not be necessary to do so. It should be easy to understand what's going on. Anyway enough from me and Enjoy!
"Hey uh Zo," Wade said sitting next to his wife on the bed. Zoe put the book she was reading down giving her husband her full attention. Whatever he had to say, it seemed to be pretty serious. "We have no secrets; we're always been honest with each other no matter if the truth starts a fight so why didn't you tell me that you were pregnant? Or even thought that you could be pregnant?" He asked her.
"What?" Zoe asked finding this situation funny. She had no idea where he had gotten the idea she was pregnant at. The last time she checked which was just a few days ago, she was without child. The idea of having more kids had crossed her mind and it had been the topic of many conversations over the years, but it was something that didn't happen again and they were okay with that.
"I found the test in the bathroom, Zo," Wade told her. "You can drop this act. I'm more upset that you didn't tell me. We've talked about this many times and you know that I would love to have another baby even if we are getting old," he told her.
"We're not that old," Zoe told him with a soft smile. "I'm sorry, Wade, but that isn't my test. I'm not pregnant that I'm sure of. I have never kept the thought of being pregnant from you, I have no reason to start now," she let him know. She didn't even want to think that a test like that could belong to one of her kids, she had no choice but to address it. "Bella's only 14 and I know it could be her but I know it's not because we talk openly about everything and sex is something she's far from ready for," Zoe told him. She wanted her kids to feel comfortable enough and talking to her about anything, something she didn't have with her own mom at that age. She didn't want her kids hiding anything from her, especially something that was huge. They didn't want any secrets in their house, well ones that could ruin things.
"Damn straight!" He exclaimed Bella was still very much his little girl. "But if it's not yours and thankfully not my little girls', then whose?" Wade asked with a sigh. He really didn't need an answer for that question. He had the talk with Zach and he made sure that Zach was honest with him and he knew that his son was no longer a virgin.
"Zach did have Cora over today. She left in a hurry when I got home and Zach spent the rest of the day in his room, until dinner but nothing seemed strange then, at least not to me," Zoe told him, thinking things over. "Do you think?" She questioned, looking at her husband, teeth sinking into her bottom lip.
"We only know if we talk to him, Zo," he told her. He had been happy when he had came across the test on accident in the bathroom. He loved his two kids but he wouldn't mind having another one, they were only 32 after all. But learning the test wasn't his wife's terrified him. He'd support his son because he not only loved him but he had found himself in the very same spot 16 years ago. If it was true, he'd know just how scared his son was.
"Mom, dad, can I have a word?" Zach asked, standing in the doorway of their room a few minutes later looking nervous.
"Of course, sweetie," Zoe told him.
Zach sat on the end of his parent's bed, trying desperately to tell them what was on his mind but he was quickly learning that it wasn't as easy as he had made it out to be in his head.
"You know you can tell us anything, bud," Wade assured him. They tried to keep an open mind on what their kids were going through and not get upset or angry when they did something wrong. They remembered how hard growing up was and that everyone makes mistakes. They got strict when they had to, didn't mean they liked it for even a second.
"I know but it's hard," Zach sighed. "I don't want you guys to think less of me or be upset. I should've learned from you guys. I thought I did but I didn't, not really," he rambled.
"Should've learnt what?" Zoe questioned. She could make this easy on him and let him know they had already figured it out, but there was no fun in that. If what they thought was true, Zach needed to man up and fill them in, they couldn't always be there to help him out. Life lessons were everywhere.
"You guys made it seem easy and the fact you guys are still together more in love tonight than last night, shows that it can work out," Zach stated. Wade and Zoe shared a smile, their hands locking together. "I can only hope that in 7 months or so that things can go as smoothly for me as they did for you guys when you had me," he finished with a smile.
"We never said it was easy," Wade told him. "Life was pretty hectic for a long while after you were born, I haven't had an easy day since that day on the beach when I met your mom," he smiled recalling that day. He had worked his magic on her, crawling under her skin, where he still was to this day. "We paint this picture that things were easy and fun, but we fought and we still fight. It was hard, Zach. We had to find a balance and that isn't easy with school, work, trying to find time for friends and family and time to be together, and a baby on top of it all, it's an uphill battle," Wade explained.
"Your dad is right, took us nearly a year to get the right routine down. And we still didn't have time for everything or even to be the teens we were. It was pretty exhausting, I don't encourage any kid to go through with it," she told her son. She wanted better for him, not for him to follow their footsteps and get his girlfriend knocked up at 16. "Now what do you mean in roughly 7 months?"
"I get that," he told his parents. "But you have to know that I would never just leave Cora or my child," he informed them. "I don't mean to disappoint you guys and I thought we were careful but as it turns out she is pregnant," he finally confirmed.
"I won't lie and say I'm happy about this, Zachary, I wanted so much for you and for this to happen to you, wasn't in the plans," Zoe told him. "But we," she said, looking at Wade and getting a nod from her husband, "support you. It's not going to be easy by any means. You now have another life to be responsible for," Zoe told him. "But we expect the best from you. Having a baby doesn't allow you to slack off, hard work pays off."
"If I've learned anything it's how to be the right kind of parent from watching you guys. I won't slack off, I'll become the man I need to be," he let his parents know. "For the record I was the one to get myself in this mess and I'm going to be responsible and take care of baby no matter what Cora decides on."
"We support you and whatever decision you and Cora decide on, because we want what's best for you two and the choice is for you two to decide on together. I hear the Rammer Jammer is looking for a new busboy," Wade smirked, earning a groan from his son. "You will take care of your child and in order to do so, you need a job," Wade informed him.
"The Rammer Jammer?" Zach asked shaking his head. He had nothing against the establishment his dad owned, he just didn't want to work somewhere that his dad owned and would be able to keep an eye or two on him at all times.
"Then you look around town and see if you can find a job elsewhere," Wade told him. "But if in let's say two weeks you haven't found a job, you come work at Rammer Jammer?"
"Deal," Zach agreed. "Thanks for being so understanding about this. I guess it does help that you know how it feels and just how terrifying this whole ordeal is," he told his parents.
"Why don't you go call Cora and make sure she's doing okay," Wade suggested, remembering just how freaked out he was when this happened to him and how comforting Zoe was one of his main concerns.
Saying night to his parents, Zach went back to his room to call his girlfriend of the past 2 years. Just because his parents were cool with things didn't mean her parents were going to be.
"Why didn't you ground him or give him some kind of a punishment?" Bella asked, outside their room, making her presence known.
"Because there simply isn't a punishment we can give him. Sweetie his life as a normal teenager is gone, everything in his life has changed and that alone is punishment enough," Wade told her.
"Not if they give her up for adoption," Bella remarked.
"No then he'll be left with nothing but this pain and heartache and that to is punishment, worse yet. But they have to do what's right for them and the baby they're bringing into this world. Do I want to see them give my grand baby away? No," Zoe told her daughter, "But I have no say in that matter."
"I guess," Bella told them with a shrug. "I don't want you guys to worry, I don't want kids until after I've become a successful lawyer, after marriage of course. You both taught me that I can be anyone I want to be, that I'm strong enough to be the person I am and I've learned from your experience that it wasn't easy and having Zach and myself made things so much harder for you guys and you both are strong and my heroes in life but I want my life story to be different than that of my amazingly awesome parents," Bella smiled, walking into hug her parents.
"We want that for you as well. Wherever your life takes you Bella, we'll be there supporting you. Create the life that you'll be proud to have when you look back on it with your kids one day," Zoe told her. There wasn't a thing Zoe would want to change about her past. She was happy with the way things worked out. She was proud of the life she created with her family. She couldn't even picture where she'd be if she wouldn't have tossed caution to the wind at the age of 16. She wasn't proud of that moment, but she was happy how that one moment had changed her life. Thinking about not being with Wade, that made her feel sick. A life without Wade and her kids was a life she didn't want to live.