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Chapter 7: The Reunion (part 1)
Annie got up early Thursday morning to start her cooking. She was so happy to get the family back together after so long. Only two more day before their first family reunion and Annie wanted it to be great.
Annie first took out her cooking book to see what she would be making: greens, yams, stuffing, turkey, chicken, ham with bacon and marshmallows, beans, and whatever else she could think of. For dessert it would be chocolate, strawberry, carrot cake, and pumpkin pie.
She gathered all the things she needed to make this big meal.
Two knocks at the door interrupted Annie's thoughts as she opened the door to see Matt, Sarah, and the kids.
"Matt! Sarah!" Annie yelled as she gave them a huge hug and then the kids.
"Mom, we're so glad to see you," Matt said, putting the bags on the floor.
"I cleaned out the garage apartment for Sarah, you, and the kids. I even added some more beds so there could be enough."
"That's great, Mom. Love you," Matt said, kissing his mom and then heading to the garage with Sarah and the kids.
Annie hummed a song she had in her head. She just couldn't wait till the whole family got together. Even though she knew not everything would be all laughs and fun. She just wanted everybody to forgive each other and be one again.
Sarah walked in about an hour later to help Annie with the cooking. They talked about the kids, the new job, and whatever else they could think of.
"Mom, do you know who's all coming?" Sarah asked, cutting up some greens and potatoes.
"Actually, Eric supposed to get the list today and figure it out," Annie said, seasoning the chicken. "I just know everyone of my kids are supposed to come except Ruthie. I haven't talked to her in almost a month or so."
"Really? Matt just talked to her yesterday. She's at Simon's," Sarah said.
"Really?"
Matt and the kids came in and woke Eric up. Eric didn't mind since he hadn't seen his grandkids in a long time.
Eric got up and followed Matt to his office and the kids went to play with Sam and David in their room. Matt was going to help him get the list of everybody that was coming ready.
Matt grabbed the list out of his dad's desk and started reading it:
1. Lucy
2. Kevin
3. Matt
4. Sarah
5. Simon
6. Sandy
7. Jonathon
8. Mac
9. Margaret
10. Jane
11. T-bone
12. T-bone Jr.
13. Martin
14. Mr. Brewer
15. Ben
16. Rose
Matt read the list slowly and thought that this was going to be a total nightmare. Everybody on this list didn't like somebody that was on it and this was not good. Matt also realized the list wasn't complete but he didn't see why they made a list anyway.
Matt looked at his dad who was spending around in his chair. Probably thinking of how Saturday will plan out.
"Dad, do you know Ruthie's out here?" Matt asked, still knowing that Simon and her were up to something.
"No, I didn't," Eric said, looking at Matt. " Where is she?"
"She's at Simon's."
"Figured," Eric said, biting on a pencil he had in his hand. "When did she get here?"
"I don't know. I was talking to Simon on the phone last night and then she asked him for something. I don't even think Simon was going to tell anyone she was out here. I think they're up to something or hiding something," Matt said, taking a seat on the couch.
"Probably," Eric said, pulling out the list, "but Ruthie doesn't know about Aaron or anything that's been happening over a year or so."
"Really? Nobody told her about Aaron?"
"Nope...Well, she probably knows now," Eric said.
"Yeah, but I just thought she didn't come to the funeral because of the Martin thing."
"Your sister's not that mean, Matt."
"With Ruthie there's always a surprise."
Lucy and Kevin were getting ready for Saturday. They had to hurry because on the way they were picking up Sandy and Jonathan.
Lucy and Kevin decided to move to Crossroads. She wanted to start new. Kevin went back to being a sheriff and Lucy was a mom that stayed home. Lucy was going back to school to study communication and child development. Lucy wants to open up her own church one day.
"Lucy, is Savannah ready?" Kevin asked, throwing the bags in the car.
"Yes, here we come," Lucy said, coming out the door. She locked it behind her and walked to the car to put Savannah in her car seat.
Kevin started the car and they were off.
Hours later, they arrived at Sandy and Jonathan's apartment. Lucy grabbed Savannah as Kevin followed her up the stairs.
"Lucy!" Sandy said with excitement as she threw her arms around Lucy. Lucy still couldn't believe Sandy was five months pregnant and Aaron just died a little over a year ago.
"Sandy," Lucy said, hugging her back and then releasing her. "Wow, you're getting big."
Lucy set Savannah down on the coach as Kevin and Jonathan went in the back to get the bags.
"So, how are you doing?" Lucy said, continuing the conversation.
"I'm doing better," Sandy said, sitting down on the couch. " I still can't believe it happened but it did and I know God have things happen for a reason. He'll always be in my heart and be my first child that I loved," Sandy said, smiling and putting her hand on her stomach.
"Yeah, but I just didn't think you'd get pregnant again so fast."
"Yeah, me either," Sandy said, letting out a little laugh, "but like I said, things happen for a reason and even though he's gone everyone has to keep living."
"Does Martin know?" the only thing about this reunion that Lucy was worried about was when Martin found out about Sandy having a baby and with the one man he hated with a passion.
"Nope?"
"So you're just going to show up and say 'Surprise, Martin, I'm having a baby with Jonathan'?"
"What I do is none of Martin's business anymore and what he does is none of mine."
"Sandy, do you ever regret not telling anybody about that guy Malcolm?" Lucy said, really surprised at the things she were saying.
"Not really, Luce, I really didn't think he was the father at first but then it turned out he was. Were you ever mad at me?"
"I was at first for making Martin go through all that but he brought this father stuff on himself. It takes two to tango. When you brought my brother into this I was pissed but then like I said he had to be a man and take care of his responsibilities to find out what was his and what wasn't," Lucy inhaled in and exhaled hard and just sat back and thought about the reunion and how it would turn out.
Dear Mary,
I didn't want to do this because I loved them so much. But I think their real dad should be with them instead of me.
When you told me I wasn't the dad of my little girls I began to cry. I thought all night of how you could do this to me. I was there with you from thick to thin and now you do some shit like this to me. I loved your ass for a long time and now you want to come out and say that the two twins I cared for since they were in your stomach aren't mine. That's some fucked up shit.
Tell MY little girls that I love them and I will always be with them no matter what. I will always be their dad.
Tell the family I love them and I'm sorry I can't make it to the family reunion.
The one you fucked over,
Carlos
P.S. We're getting a divorce.
Mary showed Sarah and Annie the letter as she began to cry. Mary got in not just an hour ago with little Carrie and Mary.
"Oh, honey," Annie said, holding her daughter tight. She couldn't believe Mary's been holding this secret in for this long. "It's going to be okay."
"No, it's not. I messed up my family."
"You only did what's right for Carlos and the girls."
"Yeah," Sarah said, joining the hug. "It'll be okay."
"Mary," Annie asked minutes later, pulling away and looking Mary in the eye, "who's the father?"
"T-Bone, come on, we have to get ready and go" Natasha, T-Bones' girlfriend of a year and 3 months. She was just like him: sensitive, loving, sweet, naive at times, and had a tough spot somewhere.
She had long blonde hair that went down to her back, her makeup was flawless all the time, and she loved wearing high heels that made her look tall. She was only 5 feet tall and T-Bone was 5 foot 6 inches tall.
"Do we really have to go?" T-Bone asked, coming out the bathroom. He saw the Camdens every Sunday at church. T-Bone went to Glenoak Community College and lived with his girlfriend in a one-bedroom apartment.
"Yes, T-Bone. We promised Annie and Reverend Camden that we would be going and you never cared about going over there so why care now?" Natasha asked, curious.
"Baby, you don't know the family like I do. This is going to be a disaster," T-Bone said, coming behind her and kissing her on the neck. "Do we really have to go?"
"Don't play that game on me, T-Bone. We're going and that's final," Natasha said, "and besides we have to tell them about our engagement."
That's right-engaged. T-Bone had asked Natasha last week to marry him and she said yes. Since he was 9, all he wanted to do is to get married to that special girl.
T-bone gave up knowing he wasn't going to win this battle.
"Hello?"
"Hello?" Martin froze for a while. He knew who it was on the other end of the phone line. He would never forget that sweet sounding voice.
Authors note: I loved this chapter. Not a lot of Martin and Ruthie but there will be and there's a reason why I wanted to bring everyone back. I'm adding a lot of characters and what they are doing because everybody has their own favorite character or characters on 7th Heaven. And I just wanted them to like the story too. Even though this is a Martin and Ruthie story. I want to meet everyone's wants that reads this and at the end it will be all about Martin and Ruthie so don't worry. Thanks for reading and the other review. Please keep reviewing.
Next chapter: Family reunion 2
