"Where'd you find this pretty little girl?" A 7 month pregnant Zoe asked with a smile walking up to her house to see her husband running around the front yard with a little girl with her curly dark blonde hair in pigtails, bright green ribbons tied to the top of each one, on her husband's back, soft giggles ringing out.
"She was wandering the streets saying she knew us," Wade joked walking over to his wife sharing a kiss with her. "My heart broke seeing her little pout," Wade tacked on, spinning in a circle once to make said little girl giggle louder.
"Aunt Zoe," the little girl giggled the second Zoe pressed a kiss to her little cheek.
"Ladybug Kara," Zoe replied ticking the little girl. Hearing the yells within the house, Wade had Kara let go and placed her on the ground, she ran off to blow bubbles with Elizabeth. Wade shared a look with Zoe. Over the years they had perfected the perfect way to take their kids on and good cop/bad cop was not the way to go. Wade liked his humor.
"You're so annoying Braxton!" Ariel yelled storming outside. Seeing her daughter in the shortest skirt she had ever seen she shook her head and had to wonder if that scrap of material could even be considered clothes. At the very least the top covered everything and was long enough. "Can someone tell Braxton that what I'm wearing is okay?" Ariel pleaded standing in front of her parents. She saw nothing wrong with her outfit of choice. Braxton was being the annoying and overprotective brother.
"Can you please put your little sister's skirt back into her dresser?" Wade asked. "Because you're not going anywhere with that skirt on," he told her his voice changing from joking to serious.
"Like I'd wear any of Eliza's clothes," Ariel huffed, rolling her eyes.
"Daddy I don't want that ugly skirt," the little brown haired girl yelled across the yard. Wade turned his head to hide the laugh that wanted to come out. Zoe shook her head in amusement.
"Mom," Ariel whined.
"The skirt needs to go. Either wear a longer skirt or put jeans on," Zoe told her daughter with no room to argue.
"But..." Ariel tried to protest quickly getting cut off.
"But nothin', you heard your Ma, either you go change or you don't go to this party tonight," Wade threatened, standing his ground. There was no way he was letting her out dressed like that, especially to a party. Once upon a time he had been a teenage boy; he knew exactly what ran through their heads.
With a huff Ariel turned around muttering things under her breath, storming into the house. "Please remind me that this one really is a boy," Zoe said, rubbing her stomach.
"It best be," Wade grunted, wrapping his arms around his wife his hands resting on her stomach that housed their son. He loved his girls but he couldn't deal with any more little girls. Two were more than enough.
The last six years wasn't the best for the mix of a little family. After losing the first baby they had been scared to even try for another baby, but with a lot of communication and talking they were not only able to save their marriage but they were given a little girl, one that was a perfect mix of them both. Zoe's hair and Wade's eyes. She had her mother's stubbornness and her father's attitude. Her temper was a mix of both of them and it was something neither one wanted to deal with. It was in late November when Elizabeth Joyce Kinsella had made her arrival into the world 4 years ago.
Kara was Jesse little girl with the woman he had literally fallen for. They had tripped each other up and that was the start of something beautiful, making the perfect little girl, though Wade would always think his little girls were better, he really did look at Ariel as his, he was the one around to raise her for the past 6 years of her life. He had been the one to teach her and Braxton to drive both a manual and a stick. The death of Justin had shocked them more than expected when it happened a little over 6 years ago now. Problems rose but together they had been able to overcome them.
"Is it too late to take back this one?" Wade asked through a smile feeling his son kick against his hand. He couldn't get enough of it.
"It might be," Zoe stated, placing her hands on top of his. "Kara here for the night?"
"Uh no Jesse will be back later to get her and Miss Eliza for the night. Brax is headed to a friends house and Ariel is staying at a friends after the party is over with leaving us to have the house to ourselves," Wade told her going over it in his head careful not to forget anything. Zoe kissed his cheek, heading into the house. She stopped short in the bathroom seeing the pink color crayon that was all over the sink and counter top.
"Is this better?" Ariel asked standing in front of her mom with jeans and a new tee shirt on.
"Looks good to me," Zoe replied looking her daughter over. "Run it past your father though," Zoe told her.
"Take a sweater with ya, just in case," Wade replied. "But much better sweetie." Ariel rolled her eyes.
"It's like the middle of a heat wave and you're telling me to take a sweater to a party. Do you want the whole school to think I'm a freak?" Ariel asked outraged.
"Sorry to break the news to ya, sis, they already think you're a freak," Braxton called walking from the kitchen to his room.
"No crumbs in your bedroom, Brax," Zoe called.
"I know the drill, mom," Brax sighed with just a hint of boredom in his voice.
"I'm not taking a sweater," Ariel stated, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Then don't, but I warned ya," Wade smirked kissing her cheek. Ariel rolled her eyes telling her parents bye and headed out the door. "She'll regret it when there's a down pour tonight." Zoe laughed slightly turning back to the color crayon that seemed to be never-ending around her.
"Mind telling me what happened here?" Zoe asked, leaning against Wade pointing to the scribble marks.
"I was making lunch, she had to go potty. She was taking a little longer than necessary and when I checked on her she was drawing mommy a pretty pink picture," Wade smirked with his explanation. "We had to save the masterpiece for mommy to see."
"Mommy needs Daddy to clean this masterpiece up," Zoe yawned. "I'm gonna go lay down for a bit."
"You need to pace yourself and just relax," Wade reminded her; Zoe rolled her eyes a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. She had heard that one sentence multiple times every single day while being pregnant. She let him say it without giving him trouble for it; he was looking out for her and their unborn baby. "I'll bring you some food in a bit," he told her.
"Okay," she told him softly, going on her tippy toes to kiss him softly. It was the little giggles that broke their kiss up.
"What's so funny, miss Eliza?" Wade asked tossing the little girl over his shoulder, tickling her side.
"Uncle Jesse," Eliza giggled squirming on her dad's shoulder.
"Everything ready?" Jesse asked, stepping in the house at that moment.
"Yeah, her bag is by the door and we'll see you tomorrow night for dinner," Wade replied, kissing his daughter. "Go say bye-bye to mommy," Wade instructed her. Eliza nodded her head and ran to her parents' bedroom. "Thanks for this, man."
"It's nothing; I owe ya a lot after watching Kara for a week while not only I was sick but Taryn as well."
"So 7 free nights of a babysitter?" Wade smirked. Jesse rolled his eyes gently shoving his younger brother by the shoulder with a smile on his face. There wasn't much he could think of that he wouldn't do for Wade.
"Bye daddy," Eliza said, holding her arms out for Wade to pick her up for one more hug. Wade did as instructed, hugging her in a tight bear hug.
"Bye pumpkin, be good for Uncle Jesse and Aunt Taryn, okay?" Wade asked. Eliza nodded her head. "I'll see you tomorrow night," he told her with a kiss to her cheek. "I love you."
"Love you too daddy," she replied smacking a kiss on his cheek.
Just like that she was out the door with Jesse. Wade turned around to go lay down with Zoe when he heard Braxton on the stairs. "I'm heading out, I'll be back tomorrow afternoon," Braxton said walking out the door.
"Okay," Wade mumbled to himself, walking to his room. He smiled lying in bed next to a sleeping Zoe; he carefully pulled her close to hold her tight. He had almost lost her once and holding her close calmed his nervous about it ever happening again. It was times like this that took him back to the memories he had collected at the hospital a little over 5 months of them being married, Zoe had learnt that she was 2 months pregnant a month after being married. It was that night that shook things up in a bad way for them, the night he hated to recall but couldn't keep it from playing in his head now that Zoe was at 7 months along in her pregnancy with their little boy.
I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter for the sequel for A New Beginning. I know there's a lot of questions that I've left unanswered from the ending of A New Beginning to the start of this one, but please trust me they will get answered shortly.
