Golden hearts

Chapter 3: Family issues part 2

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Sam felt the baby in Quinn's stomach kick as he ran his hand up and down her stomach. It was hard to believe child #7 was in there. In two years it would mark twenty years of being in love with each other. So many people in high school doubted they would go the distance, and now here they were, with their seventh baby on the way. Other than Faith sleeping in her room, they were home by themselves right now, as Georgia was at a sleepover with a friend, Adam was out with Lily, Daniel was at the park with a few friends and Molly was at Tom's house.

"I wonder if it's a boy or a girl," Sam said as he felt another kick.

"We'll be finding out next week," Quinn said with a giggle. "And then it'll be easier on the kids to choose a name."

"No matter which it is, it's bound to go better than when we were trying to pick out names for Adam and Molly," Sam said to his pregnant wife.

"Oh God, don't even remind me of that!" Quinn laughed. "I can't believe how many cheerleader names I had on my list!"

"Well, I was just as bad!" Sam laughed. "I probably had every famous athlete's name on the list."

"I ultimately like the names we chose," Quinn said with a smile. "For all the kids."

"So do I." Sam said, kissing Quinn.

They heard a heavy bang downstairs as the door opened. "I'll go down and see what that is," Sam said.

"Alright, be careful!" Quinn called as Sam walked downstairs to Molly, Tom and about four bags.

"Molly? Tom? What's going on?" Sam asked.

Molly looked at Sam. "Dad, Tom got some upsetting news and needs some time away from home. Can he stay here for a few days? His dad said he can if he sleeps in Adam's room."

"Sure he can," Sam sighed. "But what's going on?"

"My dad has decided to get married," Tom groaned. "I'm not okay with it, but he doesn't care."

Sam immediately had a flashback to when Finn found out about his mom and Burt. It was upsetting to his best friend at the time, but he eventually grew to see Burt as a father, and Ally's birth had really helped them all grow closer as a family. But it wasn't exactly the same situation. Tom had known his real mother for nine years and been taken from him when he was young. To see his father with another woman was probably traumatizing.

"Yeah, he can stay as long as he needs to," Sam said. "And Nick, listen, Finn knows what you're going through. When he and I were in high school, his mom started dating another man and it was hard on him. If you need someone to talk to, you can always go to him."

"Thanks Sam," Nick said.

"No problem," Sam said. "Molly, your mom and I are in our room if you need us."

"Thanks Dad," Molly said as she nodded.

As Sam began heading upstairs, he heard Tom say to Molly, "I like your parents. I wish my dad was like them."

Sam smiled to himself as he went back into the room. "What's going on?" Quinn asked.

"Tom's dad's getting married and that's not going over well with Tom," Sam said. "Molly offered to let him stay here for a few days."

Quinn looked down. "It must be hard to lose a parent at such a young age and then see your other parent replace them."

"Yeah, that's why I'm letting him stay here," Sam said. "For a few days at least."

"I hope he can accept his stepmother, eventually," Quinn said.

"He'll come around," Sam said. "As I was coming upstairs, I heard Tom tell Molly how he wished his dad was like us."

"That's so sweet!" Quinn said. She giggled. "Sam, this baby's been kicking like crazy!"

"Well, all our kids are pretty active," Sam said. "It's hard to believe that we ended up having so many!"

"I wouldn't want it any other way," Quinn said. "It's so hard to believe our oldest are now in seventh grade."

"I know!" Sam sighed. "All these years later, Q, you still take my breath away."

"And you do for me," Quinn said. "During the past week I've had lots of flashbacks to junior year."

"Yeah," Sam said. "I actually remember, we were lab partners in science junior year… we had to dissect a frog together…" Sam grimaced in disgust at the memory

"They'd better not make our kids dissect anything!" Quinn shouted. "Oh, and remember the time I broke into your locker?"

"I'd forgotten about that," Sam said. "Ah, Q, we have so many memories."

"I love you," Quinn giggled.

"I love you, too," Sam said. "You and Adam and Molly and Georgia and Daniel and Olivia and Faith and the baby who's on the way."

Quinn placed Sam's hand on her stomach as they felt another kick. She'd dreamed of of the catwalk, he'd dreamed of the NFL. They originally had planned to end up in New York, but they couldn't be happier than they were here in Tennessee.

"I just hope everything works out for Tom," Quinn sighed.

"Don't worry," Sam said, kissing Quinn's forehead. "I know Molly will take good care of him."

"I just worry more than usual with my pregnancy hormones, you know?" Quinn said.

"Quinn, you don't have to worry so much," Sam said. "Hopefully, it'll all work out."