Chapter 8 of Don't Forget About Me!
Hey again, so this chapter is going to have a new announcement from Mitchie and Jason. It's 2 months later, so Alex is 7 months old, the twins are 3 months, Annabelle is 11 months, and Caitlyn is 5 months pregnant. Hope you guys are all following okay!!
Also, I received a review that mentioned that I was giving the wrong message about Hyperthyroidism. Now this is not entirely true. It is mentioned in Chapter 2, "Sick", that Ashley would undergo surgery to remove her thyroid. Now I do not suffer from this, and my heart goes out to anyone who does. It was implied that I do not do my research, but I will tell you all right now, I do. I am not the kind of person to just dump cancer on a character, without doing research on some medical attention that can be given to that character!! I have page limits, and can only put so much into a page of writing, so I cut to the chase about the surgery. If you wish for me to write about fairy tale romances, then you may proceed to look somewhere else, because my stories do not seem life like without a tragedy of some sorts!!
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Family
2 Months Later…
NORMAL POV
It was 2 amazing months later. Caitlyn was 5 months pregnant, with her and Nate's much anticipated baby girl, Mitchie and Jason were now engaged after knowing each other for almost 8 years, and Shane and Ashley's lives with the twins were getting better by the day.
Melody now looked like a 3 month old baby, and had beautiful hazel eyes, and looked like her dad. River was the charmer as Shane called him, and he resembled Ashley even more so with each passing day.
Today, Mitchie, Ashley, Caitlyn, Melissa, and Melody were going shopping for new baby clothes, mostly for Melody and Caitlyn. Melissa, who naturally despised shopping unless she felt she needed new clothes, came along for the trip.
Ashley was very skeptical of this, as Melissa wore a baby carrier, and Melody in it, around the local mall. Ashley had thought of it as a means to distract all attention from her stomach, as Melissa never had an issue of wearing tight shirts, but lately they were loose.
"I'm gonna try this dress on" Melissa said, as she shuffled around trying it on. She came out of the change room a moment later, in a dark brown chocolate colored dress that went just below her knee caps. Ashley turned around, and stared wide eyed at her best friend.
Melissa grew nervous as Ashley continued to stare.
"Ash, you're kind of scaring me" she spoke. By now, Mitchie and Caitlyn were also staring, but it was not at the dress at all. Instead, it was at the little bump, with the belly button starting to poke out, that caught their attention.
"I should have told you?" she squeaked. Her hands immediately snaked around her growing stomach, as she ran back into the change room.
MITCHIE POV
She emerged from the change room a couple minutes later, tears in her eyes. She had never lied to Ashley before, and the guilt was starting to build up.
"Mel" I heard Ashley call. I could hear the sadness in her voice. As I turned around, I felt someone bump into me. Melissa was sanding right me, looking like she was about to make a run for it.
"Are you okay?" I asked her. She shook her head, and proceeded to make her way to the counter. I calmly stepped in front of her, and placed my arm on her shoulder.
"Melissa, is something bothering you? You can tell me anything, that's what friends are here for, okay?" I asked gently, knowing how upset she was.
"Well, if you already guessed I am knocked up with a kid, then that's correct! I wasn't ready to tell anyone just yet, but I didn't know the dress would show my stomach as much as it did. I'm just in shock, but I will confirm it to her in a minute. Actually, I don't even like this dress" she laughed, and smiled. I smiled at her.
"Do you know the gender?" I asked her. She nodded her head, and smiled.
"It's a boy. I never wanted a girl, only a boy, since I am such a tomboy" she said, a huge sparkle in her eye.
"So, do you know what you're naming him?" I asked. I couldn't help but love talking to Melissa. She was so carefree, and couldn't give a damn about what people thought about her.
"Uh, I have a couple names, but their Greek, so their highly unusual, since Melissa is Greek" she mentioned, rubbing her stomach as we walked around the store.
"Oh, that's pretty neat. What does your name mean?" I asked. I was pretty curious about names now!
"Honey-bee. So not my personality, but I guess every name serves a purpose for something" she said, as we saw Ashley wave us over.
"Hey, between us, it's 2 boys, but I don't want anyone to know yet, okay? So, please, try not to tell anyone" she said, a nervous glance cast upon me.
"Melissa, I would not do that. I respect that you are telling me this on your terms. I would never tell anyone, unless you gave me that right to do so, okay?" I asked.
"Thanks Mitchie. And, as for the names?" she said, as I looked at her again.
"Yeah?"
"Their names are going to be Johann Aleksander and Elias Henry. If all goes well" she whispered the last part. I happened to hear the last part.
"What do you mean, 'if all goes well?'" I asked, almost afraid to know the answer. If something happened to Ashley, when she already lost her sister, and nearly died in labor herself.
"My pregnancy was labeled as high risk. That's the reason why I never said anything. I'm iron deficient, and getting pregnant has already put the babies and I at risk, so I need to eat organic food only, I can't drink pop, not that I like the shit anyway, but breakfast smoothies help put on a good couple pounds, so I'm prepared for anything!" she mused.
I simply stood there. She was not afraid of something happening to her when she had her boys! In my defense, I would be terrified.
ASHLEY POV
I had happened to hear the whole conversation between my 2 good friends. My heart was beginning to shatter, and it was growing on me. I had Melody in my arms, so as an act of not willing to let anything happen to my baby.
I was very upset. My friend had always said she clearly never wanted kids, but I knew she would have a change of heart. At this rate, after hearing that her pregnancy was high risk, I would rather have her saying she didn't want kids.
I shrugged it off for the time being, and decided to talk with Melissa after dinner. Nate and Caitlyn were hosting a dinner for everyone, and they were going to announce the name of their unborn daughter. I had my hunches, since Caitlyn would not stop talking about her love of Greek names, and she had been favoring the name Lena. That just so happened to come across her mind as we were watching the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Shane and I were talking about the possibility of another child. We loved our twins so much more than words would allow us to speak. Every time I looked at Melody and River, I saw wonder and curiosity. Everything they saw was for the first time, and I often found myself looking at everything in their perspective.
"Whatcha doing sexy?" Shane asked me, scaring me and causing me to jump. He smirked at his answer, and kissed my cheek.
"Not too much, how about you handsome?" I asked him. He smiled at me, followed by a wink. Damn! Even after 8 years together, he made me blush at the smallest and cutest things, whether it be a smile, a wink, or a passionate kiss.
"Waiting patiently for dinner, and to hear what Nate and Caitlyn have decided to name their baby girl" he said, adding emphasis on "baby."
I smiled at the thought of another baby. I wanted another baby so badly, but I wanted to wait until the twins were 9 months old, that way there would be 18 months between them all.
DINNER TIME
Everyone was seated at the table, waiting for Nate and Caitlyn to announce the name they had chosen for their daughter. Caitlyn had a dreamy look on her face all throughout dinner, and they had obviously intended to hold out on the news for as long as possible, but were not succeeding.
"Everyone, can we have your attention please?" Caitlyn asked. Everyone had quieted down, and Nate had prepared to speak.
"As you all know, Caitlyn and I are expecting a little girl in a couple of months" he said, as Jason cheered loudly, followed by the rest of us.
After a minute, we all settled down again, encouraging Nate to continue.
"Well, the name we have chosen for her, is Emrys Justine Gray. It means Immortal" he finished. My eyes widened, Shane smiled, Melissa went into a dream like state, Mitchie had tears in her eyes, and Jason was smiling like an idiot.
"That, is by far, the most beautiful name I have ever heard of" I said, as I got up to hug my 2 best friends who were over the moon from our reactions.
It was here and now, that I realized that family didn't have to be biological siblings, but more or less could consist of who you trust and treasure to spend your years growing together with. Sure, these wonderful people were not my biological family, but they were closer than most of my cousins combined. Melissa I had known since we were in utero, and the rest of them I had met growing up.
Family comes in all shapes and sizes, and now I knew the one thing I never did: Never take your family for granted!!
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A/N: Sooo, what did you think?? There is will be less updates from now on, since I just got hired at my new job today, and I start next Monday. However, it is part time, so I promise to update whenever I can!! Please read and review!!
