Hey Lucy, I remember your name
I left a dozen roses on your grave today
I'm in the grass on my knees, wipe the leaves away
I just came to talk for a while, got some things I need to say
"I thought I'd find out here. Did you tell them?"
Sean looked up from the ground where he was sitting. "I was about to."
Adrienne knelt down next to him.
They stared in silence at the two headstones.
John Edward Hotchner
February 16,1940- June 8, 1987
Beloved Father and Husband
Lucy Marie Hotchner
September 2, 2008-September 4, 2008
"Hey Dad. Hi Lucy." Sean said holding back tears. "Ade…"
"I know, baby. It's okay." She said embracing him, fighting her own tears.
Now that it's over, I just wanna hold her
I'd give up all the world to see
That little piece of Heaven looking back at me
January 1, 2008
"Baby, stop it," she said, trying to wiggle away from him. "Sean, stop. I think I'm gonna be sick again."
Sean groaned slightly. "Ade, it's called a hangover. How many of them have you had? You'll be fine. You just drank a little too much last night."
"I've been like this for a week, Sean, and I barely had anything to drink." She rolled over picked the dressing robe up from the floor, and wrapped it around herself. "I'm going to the bathroom," she said as she climbed out of the bed.
Sean propped himself up on one arm, watching her walk across the room. "Ade, there's nothing wrong with you. You're fine"
She turned around, tying the robe. "Well, we'll know in about five minutes."
Sean lay back down and waited. It felt like an eternity. He looked over at the clock and saw almost fifteen minutes had passed. He rolled over, got up, and walked across the room to the bathroom door. "Babe, you okay in there?" No answer. "Ade…" Nothing. "Ade, I'm coming in there." He opened the door to see Adrienne standing over the sink, crying. "Baby, what's wrong?" He walked up behind her and kissed her hair. "Everything's okay, baby." He looked down at the counter and saw it sitting there. The goddamn stick turned blue. "Ade…" he said gently turning her face to look at him, "am I? Are you? We're..?"
She looked at him and nodded smiling through her tears. "We're having a baby."
"We're having a baby," he repeated, in shock.
"Yeah, Sean."
"We're having baby….I'm gonna be a dad!" He picked her up and spun her around. "I'm gonna be a dad!" He looked down and kissed her. "We're having a baby. Wait, Ade I've already got perfect names picked out. Lucy and Jude."
"Lucy and Jude?" She smiled at the thought. "I should have figured. I love them!"
"I gotta call Aaron… he'll… well, I dunno what he'll do, but I gotta tell him," Sean said, excited, exiting the bathroom. "I'm gonna be a dad!"
Adrienne exited the bathroom and found Sean on the bed with the phone on speaker.
"Aaron! I'm gonna be a dad! Ade's pregnant! I'm gonna be a dad!"
"Congratulations, Sean. You'll be an excellent dad."
"If it's a girl we're gonna call her Lucy. If it's boy we're gonna call him Jude."
"Nice, Sean, The Beatles."
"I know. Bro, I think I'm more excited about it than she is."
Adrienne sat on the bed and wrapped her arms around Sean. "I think you are, too. Hi, Aaron!"