Thanks for the kind reviews! Sorry for the slightly late update. My older sister had a baby April 4, 2013 and then my step-mom had a baby April 6, 2013. Cool, right? Heh, just thought I'd share that with you guys.
Here's the new chapter! I had a very relaxing Saturday so this chapter was born…
In the wind and water household, Kevin and Mia were getting ready to see their parents and Terry for a family get-together. The De-Tiege and Wantanabe's still think that Mia's carrying a baby so they are in for a big surprise when Mia walks in without a huge belly and with a small, two weeks old human in her arms. Kevin was a little nervous because he never told them about Breezie's birth on the day it happened but Mia assured him his parents would understand.
"Good afternoon my little nugget." Kevin greeted his daughter. He took her out of her crib and sat in a rocking chair in the middle of the nursery. Mia walked by and bent down to kiss Breezie.
"Are you excited to meet your grandparents?" Mia tickled Breezie's stomach. She made her way to one of Breezie's dressers and pulled a pink dress out of it. "I think she should wear this."
"That doesn't even fit her yet." Kevin shook his head. "I think the blue one with a butterfly is nice. My mom likes butterflies."
Mia pulled the blue dress that Kevin was talking about out of the dresser. She held it in her right hand and held the pink one in her left hand. She analyzed both of the tiny dresses and smirked at her husband. He smirked back.
"Purple." They chorused.
Mia quickly folded both of the dresses in her hands and placed them back in the drawer before replacing them with a purple dress. She smiled at the color. She wasn't very red but pink could still produce a shade of purple with blue. She hopes Breezie embraces her and Kevin's colors but also embraces purple. The nighlok are finally sealed away for good and it's about time a samurai stepped out in a different color. It broke samurai tradition but she already broke tradition by marrying Kevin anyways. Tradition is important but sometimes it changed for beneficial reasons.
At the beach, the sun was shining on Emily and Mike as they held hands, walking side by side on the boardwalk. They were happy with the peace they earned. Since the day they left the Shiba house after finding the black flower, they've been busy with work.
Emily was stuck in a clothing store for hours, trying to make costumers and her boss happy, especially since she was gone for so much days. Mike usually taught Evany, as well as his whole class, in the afternoon because that's when they were out of school but next week that's going to change. His students will be on summer break and will be wanting morning classes too. But although it was exhausting sometimes, Mike and Emily enjoyed their jobs. It also got them closer to their main goal right now; to pay for Emily's future college classes. She already made it clear to hold off having kids until another couple of months.
"So how are things going with Evany?" Emily asked Mike. "Is she getting better?"
"She still has trouble remembering some of the moves but she's getting better." Mike replied. He's seen Evany a couple of times that week and even though she wasn't perfect yet, she definitely made an improvement since she first started dancing.
"Oh, that's good."
"I'm currently arranging a day for parents to come and watch in two weeks. Want to tag along?"
"Yeah, sure, I'd love to." Emily smiled. Her and Mike continued to walk down the boardwalk calmly, enjoying the weather. Not too far in the distance, they could see Antonio putting a temporary closing sign on his family's restaurant. Before he could successfully close the door though, he saw Emily and Mike speed-walking to him.
"Hurry, or I'll lock you two out." Antonio chuckled at the couple. Once they got to the door, Antonio welcomed them into the restaurant, where Jayden and Lauren were having a drink at one of the tables while Latin music played in the background.
Antonio took a deep breath of the ocean salt as he hung up the closing sign. He looked out at the boardwalk. Surprisingly, he saw the lady he bumped into a few days ago. This time she wore ripped jeans. She was alone, reading a magazine on a bench.
"It's just a coincidence Antonio. Nothing more." Antonio thought to himself. He shook his head and went back into the restaurant.
"How's it going guys?" Antonio asked Mike and Emily as he took a seat at the table next to them. "Would you like something to drink?"
"Oh, we're fine." Emily answered for her and Mike. "How are you guys doing?"
"Great." Jayden gestured to his and Lauren's glasses of wine. "We're celebrating the end of the school year and the beginning of summer."
"Nice, I'll join you guys next year." Emily told the fire siblings. "By the way, I called Mia earlier. She said the family is healthy and they are on their way to her mother's house."
"Aw, it warms my heart to see their family doing good after so much heartbreak." Antonio said.
Mike chuckled at Antonio's comment. "You and Jayden totally need to join the girlfriend club."
"High-Five!" Lauren laughed, slapping the palm off her hand against Mike's. "I have been trying to get those two 'forever-alone' to get a girl for a while now." She rolled her eyes at her housemates. "Lazy-asses."
"I am not lazy." Jayden picked up a name tag from the table. "At least I got a job to keep me occupied for the summer."
Emily took the name tag out of Jayden's hand and smiled once she recognized the style of the tag. His name was carved into a golden plate just like Antonio's work name tag. Obviously, Jayden got a job at the Garcia Seafood Restaurant. "Congrats on your first job Jay."
"Thanks Em." Jayden said, taking the name tag back. He stuck out his tongue at Lauren.
"There's still room for two." Antonio reminded Lauren. He offered both of the Shiba's a job at his restaurant at the same time. Lauren declined the offer though. She didn't want to wait tables or cook, especially since she's not a very experienced cook.
"Thanks but no thanks Antonio." Lauren told him. "I want to spend time with Cody this summer. We're planning to go on a road trip to his parents' beach house in Malibu."
"How come I didn't know about this young lady?" Jayden questioned his sister. For the past few summers, he and Lauren spent time with each other. The highlight of their summers were usually their random, casual road trips to Harwood County.
"Because you don't need to be in my business baby brother." Lauren lightly nudged him in the arm. "Besides, if you can go to Mexico for almost a month, leaving me with an ill pregnant lady and making me spend our parents' death anniversary alone… I can go to Malibu for a week or two with my boyfriend."
"Fine, it's fair." Jayden nodded, clicking his almost empty glass with Lauren's. He understood his sister's points. He did leave her and he had to admit, he doesn't regret it. He had a lot of fun in Mexico with Antonio. Now it's Lauren's turn.
After quick showers, putting on decent clothing, dressing Breezie, feeding Breezie, and packing a bag with baby needs for Breezie, Kevin and Mia found themselves arriving in the Wantanabe's driveway. They gazed at the front door from their vehicle, waiting for one another to make the first move.
"It won't be that bad, will it?" Kevin spoke up.
"They won't be mad… for long." Mia reassured him. She pressed a button on her phone, causing the screen to light up and display a picture of Breezie. "They can't be mad at this precious face."
Kevin's heart melted at the sight of his daughter on Mia's phone. "Let's go. We're late anyways."
Mia picked up Breezie's car seat from the backseat, as well as her baby bag, and headed to the front door to her parents' house, where Kevin was already ringing the doorbell. It wasn't long until they heard footsteps coming from the other side of the door.
"Well, no turning back now." Mia said, bringing the car seat closer to her lower body.
Hm, I finished this chapter at 11:35PM EST. It's still Saturday. Hehe... now its midnight (just got done editing). Dang it. Happy Sunday!
Okay, starting this week, I will try to update every Saturday.
Just like the first Samurai Family story, I have no idea how much chapters this story will have. Hopefully I get at least 40! XD