Hey, everyone! Sorry for the delay. I've just been hella busy with summer stuff and haven't had the time or motivation to even log onto ff or update for that matter. Anyway, here's the 14th chapter of "AitF", meaning there's only 2 more to go after this. This chapter takes place four months after the previous chapter, so Ike is now eight years while Stacy is six. Sit back and enjoy this chapter! ;)

Chapter 14: Another Krelborn

It was June 17th, 1972. The Krelborns were all watching the news after having had eaten dinner. Five men had just been arrested for breaking into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate complex.

"Mama, can we watch cartoons instead?" insisted Stacy, having had been bored of all the news they had watched for much of the day. Per usual, she and Ike were on the floor, with Scampers sitting in between them.

"Sure, honey." replied Audrey, who switched to cartoons with the remote control. She then resumed to rocking in her rocking chair and knitting clothes for the new baby, who still wasn't due for another week. Tonight's showing was The Pink Panther.

"Here, honey." said Seymour as he gave his wife desert of ice cream with pickles. He then kissed her cheek.

"Eww! That's gross! I'm out of here!" shouted Stacy as she headed for her and Ike's room. Scampers followed her.

"Mom, you've been eating a lot of weird food lately. What's with that?" asked Ike.

"Well, you do know that I am pregnant." said Audrey.

"And sometimes when a woman is pregnant, they tend to want to eat certain foods, like ice cream and pickles!" chimed in Seymour, trying to explain it all the best he could to an eight year old.

"Ok..?" said Ike, still confused, yet he didn't bother to ask his parents anymore about it. He then went into him and Stacy's room.

"Stacy. I think our new sibling is going to be a brother."

"Nah. Betcha 20 dollars it'll be a girl!"

"Try me," replied Ike. "Mama and daddy's first baby was a boy."

"That's you, Ike!"

"And their second baby was a girl, so the third baby will probably be a boy. Like a pattern, almost!"

"Well, I want a sister! One brother is enough!"

"Hey, kids!" said Seymour as he walked into the kids' room to see what they were fighting about.

"Hi, daddy!" squealed Stacy as she ran into Seymour's arms. He then picked her up and patted her on the back.

"We were just talking about whether the baby will be a boy or girl." said Ike smugly. Scampers barked, seeming to be responding to Ike's statement.

"Oh, yeah. Well, ya know the baby won't be born for another week, so you kids will have plenty of time to argue!" replied Seymour.

Eight days later, Audrey woke up early in the morning to sharp pains in her stomach.

"Seymour! I think the baby's coming!" she squeaked.

"Ok! Let me go and start my car and then we'll drive you to the hospital!" replied Seymour.

"But the kids! We can't just leave them here by themselves!"

"I'm going to wake them up, we're going to get you set up in the hospital, and then I'm going to drop them off at the Dentons'."

After waking the kids up, Seymour dropped the kids off at Arthur and Marianne's house, and then drove Audrey to the hospital. He turned on the radio for her and sang to her during their drive.

When they got to the hospital, Audrey's water broke. Dr. Norma rushed her into a birthing room and Seymour went with Audrey. He sat in the birthing room with Audrey. After quite some time of labor, Audrey gave birth to a little girl. Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" had started to play on the radio

Isn't she lovely

Isn't she wonderful

Isn't she precious

Less than one minute old

I never thought through love we'd be

Making one as lovely as she

But isn't she lovely made from love

Isn't she pretty

Truly the angel's best

Girl, I'm so happy

We have been heaven blessed

I can't believe what God has done

Through us he's given life to one

But isn't she lovely made from love

"Oh, Seymour!" said Audrey happily. "She's very lovely!"

"Yes, she is." replied Seymour. "What should we name her?"

"Well, I was thinking we could name her after my mother."

"Maude Krelborn?" said Seymour. "How about something different." He then paused for a moment, and then said "Yet quite similar."

"We could name her Madison." said Audrey. "Madison Marie Krelborn. Her middle name will be based off of Marianne's name, loosely."

"Maddy Marie, huh?" Seymour said as he looked down at his newborn daughter. "May I please hold Madison?"

"Why certainly!"

So Seymour had a few minutes holding Maddy. He introduced himself as her daddy and Audrey as her mama. Seymour also told Maddy that she had a big brother named Ike and a big sister named Stacy - as well as a dog named Scampers - and that she would meet them in three days when they brought her home. Maddy started to cry, so Seymour gave her back over to Audrey, who cradled her and told her "Shh. It's all right, little girl. Mommy's here."

"She looks just like you and Stacy." said Seymour.

"Yes," replied Audrey. "Her eyes are a lovely mix of green and blue. She's so beautiful."

"Just like you!" said Seymour.

Three days later, Ike and Stacy were back at their house. Marianne had dropped them off there right after Audrey had called her to tell the family that she had just given birth. Seymour called the kids' babysitter, Marcie to watch them. Both Stacy and Ike had made a big poster saying "WELCOME HOME MADDY MARIE" since their parents had also told them the name of their new sibling. They had made it with the help of Marcie and hung it up on the front door.

"Welcome home, little sister!" said Ike and Stacy in unison as they both opened the door for their parents (and sister). Scampers barked and wagged his tail, startling MADDY a little bit.

"Oh, you kids!" said Audrey, who was rocking Maddy to calm her down. "You didn't have to do this."

"We wanted to." said Ike.

"You can thank me!" chimed in Marcie. "It was all my idea!"

"Well, thank you very much, Marcie." replied Audrey.

"Oh, you're welcome!"

"Can we hold Maddy?" asked Stacy.

"Why, of course!" said Audrey. "But just be careful with her, because she's a brand new baby and she's very delicate."

So Audrey handed the three day old baby over to her older daughter and said "Hey, Maddy. That's your big sister, Stacy, and our beagle, Scampers. Over there's your big brother, Ike."

"Hi, Maddy. I'm Stacy Anne Krelborn. I can't wait to show you all my dolls and watch cartoons with you." Stacy said to the baby. She sat down with Maddy briefly, to which Scampers went over to sniff the baby, then looked up at her mother and exclaimed "She's SO tiny!"

"Well sweetums," said Seymour as he leaned down to Stacy's height. "All babies are tiny when they're first born. You and Ike were pretty small yourselves."

"Hey, Stace. I never got to hold Maddy." chimed in Ike. "May I?"

"Sure!" said Stacy as she carefully handed Maddy to Ike.

"Oh, Seymour." said Audrey as she smiled and put her head on his shoulder. "The best things in life we ever made together were these three."

"Yes," said Seymour. "And before we know it, they'll be grown up and married, with little ones of their own."

"Don't worry. That's not going to be for a while yet!"

Haha! What a clever, yet slightly abrupt ending! So, yes, Seymour and Audrey had another baby girl (and I do have a few pretty awesome ideas planned out for Maddy when she's older). I really don't have much else to say, other than some stuff about the next chapter.

Chapter 15 will take place on July 4th in 1973, so a little over a year after this chapter has taken place. It'll also have Maddy saying her first word! This chapter will be up in the next day or so hopefully. Sorry I went on a bit of a hiatus for six months, but I promise you guys it'll be up.