CLARE POV
"Eli, do you ever want to have kids?" I asked him, I needed to know his input, before I told him right there that I was pregnant.
"Not really, their annoying, and puke all the time, and cry, and then after that, they pee the bed, and are scared of the dark, then they hate your assistance, little ungrateful if you ask me, but refuse your help, and can do it 'by themselves' and then they make huge messes, and then they mooch off every last pay check. Why do you want kids or something?" No I already am having one. But I didn't say that.
"No, um I have to go okay?" his eye brows knitted up in response.
"I have to go work on some homework, it can't be late again." He nodded.
"I'll drive you home." I nodded, as we walked to his hearse, the drive to my house was awkwardly silent. I didn't try to give him a kiss goodbye, I just left the car, and once I was inside, I peeked out the window, to see Eli questioning himself. She let a tear fall down and she knew what she had to do…
15 YEARS LATER…
"Mom, can you tell Constance over their to give me back my damn hat!"
"Watch your mouth, and you know she hates being called Constance, Connie give Coby his hat back! Can't you two get along for at least five minutes; your sister doesn't seem to be fighting at all!"
"That's because she's always on the damn phone! Take it away from her!"
"I'm not going to take Charleigh's phone away, because you two are arguing, again!"
This was the normal drive to school for my kids. Constance (Connie) likes to be called Connie, and is obsessed with boys, and annoying her brother, Coby, but she is also the best artist I have ever seen, and she is beyond sweet when it matters. She has auburn hair and blue eyes, like me.
Coby, my son, is the only boy out of the three triplets. He has dark brown hair, with blue eyes, Eli's hair, and my eyes. He is the perfect blend of us two. Sarcastic all the time, yet smartest out of the three, and aces all his classes. His favorite color is black. While he is more open than Eli and I were ever. He likes to pick on his sisters, but what boy doesn't. and he has a thing for this girl, but it afraid to tell her, I know how that feels.
My other daughter Charleigh, is the most different than the other two, she has Dark hair, and green eyes, just like Eli. she is smart, but hangs out with the emo crowd, and she is an amazing singer, and we all know I am not. She has a girlfriend, who I've met a couple times, I didn't care that she wasn't straight, as long as she's happy it's okay with me.
"CONSTANCE EDWARDS! Can't you please stop antagonizing him until we get to school? This is your sophomore year! Aren't you excited at all?" she rolled her eyes.
"I love you mom, but nothing about lake Hurst is cool." I sighed, I had an idea but I'm not sure if it's a good one. If it wasn't obvious Eli doesn't know about them. He didn't want kids, so I left before he could know, my parents were okay with it, so I didn't have to tell him, he wasn't ready to have kids, and he probably would have left me too. Of course I still love him, but I can't be with him, if it meant getting rid of these beautiful people I have had the pleasure to call my kids, for the past 15 years. I remember the day I found out I was having 3, instead of one.
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"Doctor, is everything okay?"
"Yes honey, but I'm having trouble just spotting the first heartbeat, the other ones keep jamming the signal,"
"WAIT! What OTHER heartbeats? The last time I checked, I had one little heartbeat in there, where are you getting these other heartbeats?"
"Oh, you didn't know? You're having triplets… congratulations!"
"Are you sure it isn't just my stomach acting up?" I asked with a suspicious look on my face.
"HAHA! Clare, you are too funny, no it's definitely 3 heartbeats,"
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That was the day my whole world, was even more flipped upside down, and I knew I had to take action, it just wasn't the one decision I ever thought I'd have to make.