CH 21: The Newest Additions
Reba's POV:
I looked at Reba Ann and Lori Nell. The two ten-year-olds looked nervous. A doctor came in the room. Lori Ann was nervous, too. She was going to be a new grandmother. She felt like one when Carrie gave birth to the girls. She became a step-grandmother, and now, she's a real one.
"Are you the family of Caroline Hart," she asked
"Carolina Hart," I corrected.
"Oh, sorry," the young doctor apologized, "Well, Carrie has given birth to twins. One girl twenty minutes older than the boy."
"Can we see her," Lori Ann asked.
"Carolina is currently undergoing surgery to remove her appendix," the doctor said, "It ruptured right after the boy was born. Did she decide on any names?"
"Cameron Austin Garner-Hart for the boy," said Lori Ann, "And for the girl Rae Ana Carolina Garner-Hart."
"Did Avery change his last name," Reba Ann asked.
"Yes, he did," I answered, "And your Mammy changed Rae Ana's name!"
"I talked with Carolina, and she changed the middle name," Lori Ann whispered.
Nine Years Later:
Carrie's POV:
Mom and Aunt Lori Ann are 64 now, but they still look pretty awesome. I'm now 34. Reba Ann and Lori Nell, oh God, they started college. As for Cameron and Rae Ana, Rae looks like Aunt Lori Ann, and Cameo looks like Daddy.
"Carrie! Are you ready," Avery asked. We were going out to dinner with Mom, Daddy, Aunt Lori Ann, and her new husband, Gregory.
When we got there, we met up with them.
"Carolina, look at you," Aunt Lori Ann said in amazement, "You look just like you mother." I laughed.
"I'm starting to sound like her, too," I said, "It's quite scary." Mom hit me in the head.
"Quit it you mo-ron," I yelled. Everybody started cracking up laughing. We got a table and sat down. Women on one side, men on the other.
"So how are the twins," Greg asked.
"Which ones," asked Avery, "We have two sets, remember?"
"The college set first," Greg said.
"Oh, they're fine," I said, "They both go to The University of Houston. Reba Ann has a man, so does Lori Nell. They're dandy. Rae Ana and Cameron love fourth grade. I miss the days when there wasn't a single gray hair on my head. Now I find at least three in a month." Everyone laughed.
"Carrie, bask in it while you can, because soon you'll look like Lori Ann," Daddy said.
"Go rub a monkey's tummy with your head," Aunt Lori Ann sneered.
"There's more than a little bit of devil in them angel eyes," Daddy retorted.
"Both of you just shut the heck up," I yelled, "Can't we all just get along like everybody in freaking Pleasantville?"
"You still like that movie," Greg asked.
"Yeah," I laughed. Tonight was a fun night with the family.