AN-Michael does not exist in this story. I've never really warmed to the character, even as an infant he bugged me and right now, my Michael hate runs a bit high. Anyway, Carly and Sonny have two children. Morgan, aged 7-same age as Cam, and Isabella, aged 2.

Chapter 7

August 15, 2007

Elizabeth sat at the kitchen table, staring at the date on the wall calendar, her breakfast cereal becoming mush in the bowl.
'August 15th...no it can't be...' she thought to herself. Only moments before, she had been writting her shopping list, going over the school supply lists for her sons...marveling at the fact that school was starting soon and that Jake, her baby, would be starting kindergarten soon, when it hit her and she started thinking back...'no, nothing in July, nothing in August...'
"This can't be..." she muttered to herself, her shaking hands dialing Carly's number.
"Carly?...Yeah, it's me...well, that's why I'm calling. Can you watch the boys for a few, I need to run to the PX to pick something up and I don't really want to drag them along with me...no, nothing's wrong, I swear...you can? Thanks, I'll bring them right over."
Elizabeth hung up her phone with a sigh, 'the sooner I go, the sooner I'll know for sure...' she thought to herself, calling the boys to put their shoes on and get into the car.

~~~later that evening~~~

She sat at the computer, listening to the weather channel, and reading the latest celebrity gossip and practically willing the 'IM' chat window to pop up. Taking a drink of lemonade that had been sitting next to her, she opened up the Old Navy site to see what sales were happening, she still needed to drag the boys shopping for school clothes,
'oh joy, Cam hates trying on clothes as much as his father does...and I really don't care who the next 'Bachelor' is...what the hell? Now that shirt is on sale? grrr...I hate that!...where is he? He should be online by now...probably a sand storm...'
'BUZZ'
"Hey babe"
"Hi baby...how are you today?"
"Hot how are you and the boys?"
"Good, did some school shopping, it starts next week"
"Already? time flies"
"lol! yeah, I guess. I'm getting a box ready for you...do you need anything, want anything?"
"You"
"awww...I don't think I can ship myself, sweetie...I'll ask the next time I go to the post office, lol"
"lol well I need some razors they always run out of the kind I like, oh and some good toilet paper"
"Toilet paper and razors...you just want the rest to be a surprise?"
"yeah"
"ok, we will send it off in the next day or two"
"hey can you put in some twinkies? it's Sonny's birthday and he loves those things"
"lol, yeah I'll throw a box in"
"thanks babe"
"No problem"
"so what's going on with the boys?"
"The boys are good, Jake is really excited to start school and Cam is trying to act all cool, but he's excited too. I have to finish getting them some clothes, some shorts and stuff...I will get some more winter stuff later, when it starts cooling off a bit."
"ok"
"Oh, I got some interesting news today."

"Yeah."
"well what is it woman?"
"I'm pregnant, well...we're pregnant. I made an appt with at the women's clinic. I go see them tomorrow, but I took four home tests, they all came out positive. If I'm right on the timing, we should be having another baby in early April."
"Jason? You still there? Say something...please..."
"we're having another baby?"
"Yeah. Are you happy?"
*please accept invitation to view webcam*
Elizabeth clicked accept, then turned on her webcam and waited for the slow internet to catch up with them. And smiled as her husband's face popped up on her screen. With a smile on his face, and tears in his eyes.
"babe you've made me the happiest man on earth again"
"I'm happy about this too"
"how are you feeling? morning sickness?"
"I'm feeling fine, just a bit queasy...I thought it was Carly's cooking, we had dinner there last week, she cooked"
"lol stop eating there it's not healthy for the baby"
"Ok this is pretty good timing, you know? You'll be home in January, I'm due in April, at least that's what I'm thinking."
"this is so awesome ok I gotta go, we have an early morning run...I love you babe"
"I love you too Jason...be safe...I'll talk to you later"
Elizabeth sat at the desk for a few minutes after the webcam and 'IM' window went dark...
"Well, little baby...that was your daddy...he's good looking, isn't he? And he loves you so much already...I know, I'm going to bed now...we'll talk to him more in the morning"
"I love you Jason, be safe and remember who holds your pink slip."