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Things happen
Chapter fifteen
September 6th 2014
The S-F/J-house
Steffy is running around the kitchen trying to get everything ready for tomorrow. It was time for Kelleigh´s first birthday party.
Liam and Hope were baking the cakes at their house, Thomas and Michala were in charge of decorating the main hall of the house and Wyatt was helping Steffy make the little bite size pieces of food the guests would be eating. There weren't that many people coming, but the people that were coming mattered the most for both Kelleigh and her mother.
Kelleigh had been picked up by her grandparents that morning so that Steffy didn't have to worry about her daughter while prepping for the party.
Steffy had planned the party preparations for the last month making sure everything would work out the way it should on the day of the party. She hoped it would be a success and it would be the twins first appearance at a family function.
The newest additions to the Spencer-family would be two weeks when their niece celebrates her first birthday and having gotten some information from both parents, Steffy knew that Eric had kept his patient personality and that Maribeth had calmed down a lot over the last few days, they just needed somewhere quiet to sleep and a chair or something to lean on while awake.
"Now, I need to figure out where to put the pack n' play for ME when they need to sleep and find where the pillow that Kelleigh used as support while a newborn. But you just keep doing what you're doing. We need to have those done by 3 PM at the latest." She looks at the clock. 1.55 PM and then back at Wyatt.
Wyatt just nods his head and after getting her confirmation Steffy walks off to get things ready for the little ones.
The plan for Kelleigh´s birthday party was your typical first birthday party, until Steffy had fallen down the stairs and she had gotten some sense knocked into her. Now it was a going to be a small, what you might consider a cocktail party, gathering with only family present.
There had been a quick visit to the ER to make sure there was no concussion and while they waited Steffy had started re-planning the party.
There would now be a buffet containing a big lasagna and then some smaller dishes as well as appetizers, some various salads, some other pasta dishes and some melon slices.
Steffy walked through the house checking for the best place to have the twins sleep while they needed to that was also close to the main hall of the house.
The main hall was placed under Wyatt´s 'flat' of the house and it had a small kitchen along the far side of the house.
Thomas and Michala´s suite was situated on top of the kitchen and laundry room while Steffy and Kelleigh´s was on top of the garage. By the landing off the staircase leading up to Wyatt´s suit there was also a big home theater where they would watch movies and things. They had also decided to have a big storage space between Wyatt´s suite and the home theater.
In the part of the house that connected the two legs of the H-shaped house, was a living room and above that was a home gym. On the floor under the home theater there was another storage space and a home office. There was a connecting door between the garage and kitchen so that they didn't have to carry groceries any longer then they needed to.
The outside space between the Main hall and Kitchen/Laundry room contained a fenced pool and some landscaping and the outside space between the Office/storage and the Garage had a U-shaped driveway with a fountain in the middle as well as some other landscaping. Along the short sides to the front of the house there were also spaces to park your car if you've come to visit.
She was very proud of the house they had created together and after thinking about if for a little while she decided to put Kelleigh´s pack n' play in the office next to the main hall and have Bill and Katie place the twins in there as well.
Steffy walks back into the kitchen. "So, is Jessica coming tonight or tomorrow?"
"She's coming tomorrow morning. She had some things to do tonight, but she'll be here early tomorrow."
"Good!"
Jessica had fit into the little group instantly the moment she and Wyatt had started dating. Katherine fit in just as well and Steffy was wondering if Katherine wouldn't possibly be a good match for Carter and had decided to see how they would get along during the birthday party. Yes, Katherine had no plans for kids and Carter wanted them, but you never knew. Meeting the right guy might start her internal clock, plus, she had just given birth to Bill and Katie´s twins and that might have been a piece to changing her mind. If they didn't get along, no harm, no foul. But it would be interesting to see.
With Derek and Bridget becoming a couple as well as Jessica and Wyatt dating the Dawson´s were a permanent feature in the Spencer/Forrester/Logan-family. That first meeting with Katherine had brought so many good things with it and Steffy couldn't be happier.
Steffy and Wyatt continue working on the food for tomorrow.
~Things happen~
Katie Spencer´s car.
It was the first time she was driving with the twins in the car and she was a little bit worried. She was on her way over to Taylor and Ridge´s house because she wanted to give it a try to drive with the twins. Will was home with his father and Katie had packed up the twins and gone to see her newest found friends.
There had never been any ill feelings between Taylor and Katie, but since Brooke left for New York, Taylor and Katie had formed a bond that was more sister like then anything. Because she knew that Taylor and Ridge had Kelleigh today, she felt it would be okay to come by as the couple wouldn't be going anywhere anyway.
She comes onto the road leading up to both the Mansion and the S/F/J-house and smiles as she drives by the house that Wyatt shares with the Forrester siblings, Kelleigh and Michala.
The bond between the four adults was strong and they were so funny to watch while spending time together. She almost wanted to go see them, but she knew they had so much to do in preparation for tomorrow that she decided against it and continued down the road.
Maribeth had fallen asleep the moment she was placed in the car seat, Eric continued to look around at everything the whole ride over.
She comes to the gate to the Forrester Mansion and drives up the driveway. She parks the car and starts taking things out when the door to the guest house opens.
"Hey Katie! I thought I heard a car coming."
Katie turns around. "Oh! Hi Stephanie! How are you doing today?"
"I'm doing okay, my left shoulder hurts a little bit, but otherwise I'm doing okay. How are you doing?"
"I just went on my first car ride with the twins on my own so I'm still a little worried, but they seemed to enjoy the ride."
"You have the twins with you?" Stephanie´s eyes start to sparkle.
"I do, do you want to see them?" She sees Stephanie nod her head. "I was on my way to see your son and daughter in law, but I think you'd be a better choice right now! Maribeth is sleeping so we can leave her in the car while getting Eric into the guesthouse."
Stephanie starts smiling. When she had heard the news that Katie and Bill wanted to name their son after Eric, she had felt such great pride in her chest that she had started crying.
Katie brings the diaper bag and Eric into the guesthouse led by Stephanie and then after leaving Eric in Stephanie´s arms, she went out and got her daughter. But before getting Maribeth out of the car, she dropped by the front door and had a small talk with Taylor, who then told her that they would be right over.
About five minutes later, there's a knock on the door and Katie goes to open it with her daughter in her arms. On the other side of the door, Ridge is standing holding a diaper bag of his own and Taylor came strolling up behind him with Kelleigh slowly making her way over to great grandma´s house. Then she sees Katie holding the baby and turns around to be picked up so that she'll get there quicker.
"Well, looks like aunty Maribeth and uncle Eric is the best birthday gift ever!" Taylor says with a laugh as she comes closer to Katie and the little girl.
"Marbet!"
They had gotten surprised the first time Kelleigh knew which of the baby was which just by looking at them and watching the excitement on Kelleigh´s face when in close contact with her aunt and uncle was heartwarming.
The moment Steffy came and saw them at the hospital, it had been decided that Katie would be great aunt Katie.
The second thing Ridge sees as he walked through the door was his mother sitting on the couch with a baby in her arms. When she looks up, there are tears in her eyes.
"Oh mom, it'll be alright. When the time comes you'll see him again."
"Oh Ridge, it's not about Eric. This is about me getting another round of grandchildren to spoil. I know Bill would be happy to leave that to me! Beth might not be, but I really don't care, I've gotten two new grandkids!"
Listening to Stephanie talking, Katie got a little emotional, leading Taylor to reach over and give Katie a hug.
"She's always liked you best you know!" Taylor whispers. "At least of your family. I'm pretty sure she likes me more!"
Katie just nods her head.
"So, are you ready for tomorrow?" Ridge looks over at Katie.
"Yeah, the car ride over here took away my last apprehensions. I can't believe how much things have changed over the last year."
"Well, that's good!" Taylor smiles. "Yeah, it seems to be mostly good things though."
"Most definitely!" Stephanie agrees with her daughter in law. "Liam and Hope have gotten their marriage on track and their offer on the house was accepted so they'll be moving soon. Bridget has found love again. You and Bill have gotten two little ones. Steffy is content and happy with the life she leads. My son has married the second love of his life again. Thorne is moving back to LA, do you think Thorne could live in the Cliff house? I mean it's a Spencer-property, but he needs somewhere to stay. Last time I talked to Felicia she was thinking about moving back as well. She and Dante have rekindled their relationship. Kristen and Tony are stronger than ever. I don't know what's going on with Donna or Brooke, but last I heard Brooke is doing kind of good. Rick is doing great both in the company and with Caroline. Wyatt is on his way to love and Thomas and Michala are getting ready to get married. I just wish Eric could've been here to see his kids get married and see that everything has worked out for the better."
"Yeah. It's an amazing turnaround. I'll talk to Bill about letting Thorne live in the Cliff house" Katie smiles with sparkles in her eyes. "Hey, have you heard about Steffy´s next deed as Cupid?"
Both Douglas-adults look shocked. "I have actually. Do you agree with her? I mean, even after her being a part of the family for almost an entire year, those two still haven't met each other?"
"I do agree actually. I think they'd be really good together. It's just the children-thing that puts a wrench in her plans."
"When she told me about it, she said she'd just introduce them and they'd have to do the rest because of that wrench."
Ridge and Stephanie just look at each other. "I'm sorry, who are you talking about?" Ridge questions his wife.
"Carter and Katherine." Katie looks at them like she's thinking 'Who else?'.
"What do you mean next 'deed as Cupid'?"
"Oh, I know this!" Stephanie exclaims. "Steffy is the one who thought that Derek and Bridget could be a good couple. If she hadn't thought that, she might have dated Derek herself, but she knew almost instantly that Bridget and Derek were made for each other."
"Oh." Ridge leans back in the couch again. "Maybe Steffy is in the wrong business as well? I mean, Thomas seems to be thriving with Derek, maybe Steffy should consider becoming a match maker?"
"Nah, I think she feels like she's made to be in the PR-department." Taylor objects.
"I agree with you there!" Katie looks down at her daughter while talking.
"Yeah, thank you for that by the way!" Ridge gives Katie a small smile.
"You're welcome, although she did it all on her own. I'm sorry for the way we treated you when Bill owned the company."
"Well, that's all over now. I don't think either of us even thinks that much about that time anymore. We've moved on."
Katie nods her head.
"Looks like someone is hungry!" Taylor points out and then nods her head towards Stephanie and baby Eric.
"I got it!" Ridge springs into action, finds the diaper bag, finds a bottle with a green top and goes to warm it up a little bit. Just as Eric starts getting a little fussy, Ridge returns and hands over the bottle to his mother.
Stephanie places the bottle at Eric´s lips and he instantly latches on, suckling away with his eyes open looking at the old lady that's feeding him. "You know what?"
All three other adults in the room look at Stephanie. "Eric looks a lot like Thorne did when he was an infant."
"How could that be? There's no blood shared between them?" Taylor is confused.
"Maybe I'm just seeing things." Stephanie waves her hand in dismissal.
"No, actually, now that you mention it, hasn't there been a similarity between Felicia and Katie all these years?" Taylor looks around at them all. "I mean, they've looked more like siblings then Katie, Brooke and Donna. Storm looked like a blend between Katie and Brooke. Actually, Katie and I look more like siblings then Katie does with her own sisters and they supposedly have the same sets of parents."
All three of them turn towards Katie.
Stephanie reaches a hand over and Katie takes it. "Would you be willing to take a test so that I can find out if my husband cheated on me with your mother after him and I were married as was Stephen and Beth?"
"Absolutely!"
~Things happen~
Later that day.
Kill´s house
Katie walks through the door carrying Eric in his car seat and the diaper bag. Maribeth was still in the car sleeping and Katie had no intentions of waking her up right now. Bedtime was about three hours away and this little nap that Maribeth seemed to take this time every day was not something she wanted to rob her daughter of.
So, Katie placed the car seat on the floor and then left Eric in the house while going to get everything else.
Meanwhile, Bill was walking down the stairs with Will in his arms and the two of them sees the car seat with their son/brother in it.
"Eic!" Will´s tears dries up as he sees his little brother.
"Yes! That is your little brother Eric. Do you think that maybe your sister and your mother are here as well?"
Will looks around after breaking eye contact with his father. He gently nods his head. "Mhmm.. Eic not here without momma!"
"And if momma is here, then your sister is as well!" He sees Will nod his head with power. "We'll just wait here then."
Then they hear the doorknob turning. Will turns his head towards his father. "Momma?"
"We'll see!"
The door opens and another car seat comes through the opening. Katie comes through the door and a smile forms on her lips as she watches her little boy and his father staring at her.
"Oh no, have my little boy been crying?" Katie places her daughter on the floor and then walks over to dry his tears.
"Someone woke up from their nap on the wrong side of the bed, but it got better when he saw that Eric was home!" He then notices that she seems a little drained. "What's wrong?"
"Well, turns out I might be a Forrester, not a Logan."
"What do you mean?" He searches her eyes for something.
"Wait a little until I've taken my clothes off and I'll show you some pictures that will make things a little bit clearer."
He watches her take her coat off and then reach down in her purse and take out a stack of pictures. He takes them and looks through them. As he comes to a picture that shows a little boy laying in a crib, he looks up at his wife with a big question mark in his eyes.
"Guess who that is!" Katie motions towards the picture.
"Well, it looks like Eric, our son, but it can't be because he has never slept in that crib."
"That picture was taken almost 55 years ago by Stephanie Forrester of her son Thorne Forrester when he was two months old."
"But he looks just like our son! How is that possible?"
"Well, there's only one thing that makes it possible and that's for Eric to have cheated on Stephanie with my mother and she got pregnant. With me. Also, take a look at the picture of the Forrester-siblings again. Doesn't Felicia look just like me at that age?"
Bill is so confused. "That's a big secret that Eric kept from Stephanie in that case. Can you imagine what Stephen felt if he had found out about it?"
Tears forms in Katie´s eyes. "I think that might be why he left. He found out about mom´s affair and that it had resulted in me and he just up and left."
Bill reaches over and pulls his wife into a hug. "So, what are you going to do about it?"
"Well, Stephanie wants to know the truth, so we're going to get tested." Katie sighs. "This day has been filled with surprises. By the way, Thorne seems to be moving back to LA and Stephanie wondered if maybe he could stay at the Cliff House until he's found a place of his own?"
Bill raises his right eyebrow. "Sure, Liam and Hope won't be living there much longer, I believe they've started packing boxes already. It's going to be empty either way. Might as well let your potential big brother live there."
"Good, I'll let Stephanie know tomorrow." She gives him a kiss then takes her son from his arms.
~Things happen~
"Can you open the door please?" Steffy smiles at Michala through her stress.
"I'm on my way!" Michala goes and opens the door to find Hope and Liam standing on the other side with four cakes with them as well as a bag. Michala puts on her most joyous smile. "Welcome! What's in the bag?"
"We didn't ice the cakes entirely, so we'll be doing that in the kitchen off from the main hall if that's okay?"
"Definitely, you go do that and I'll tell Steffy that you're here!" She watches them start off in the direction of the main hall and then Liam turns around.
"Where is my daughter?"
"She's with Nana and Dada! She'll be here within an hour or two! Ridge and Taylor will be bringing her and Stephanie with them when they get here. Because of the party they've had her since yesterday." Michala watches him nod and then turn back around and follow his wife. When she doesn't see him anymore, she turns around and walks back to the kitchen.
"So, what should I do now?"
"Take the pasta in the big pot and drain it, add it to the yoghurt mixture and then you can tell me who was at the door?"
"Oh, Liam and Hope came with the cakes, they weren't completely done so they went to the small kitchen behind the Hall to get them done." Michala works through her assigned task with silent efficiency while watching Steffy´s stress levels skyrocket. "Hey!" She says a little louder than planned and sees Steffy´s head snap up from the herbs she's cutting up. "What's with all the nerves?"
"I just want this to be the best first birthday ever, but I'm nervous about Katherine and Carter as well."
"Oh, don't worry about that! Katherine and Carter will fall head over heels and Kelleigh won't even remember her first birthday! Trust me, everything will work out the way it's supposed to!" Michala smiles one of her most mysterious smiles.
"Hey, what's that smile about?" Steffy smiles right back.
"Well, I've picked a date for the wedding."
Steffy raises her hand to place it over her mouth as her eyes start watering. "Are you telling me that I need to start on your dress?"
Michala just nods her head. "There's one more thing though."
Steffy looks at her with confusion in her eyes, then Michala changes. There's a glow shining through her every pore.
"No? Seriously?" Michala nods her head. "Have you told Thomas?"
"No, not about either, but he'll find out soon!"
"How far along?"
"According to the ultrasound, about 14 weeks."
"How long have you known?"
"About three days. You know I haven't been feeling 100% these last few weeks and that's apparently the reason why, not the stomach bug I thought it was."
"Oh, I'm so happy right now. Nothing can make me sad right now!" Steffy walks over with tears in her eyes and gives Michala a big hug. "When did you decide to have the wedding though?"
"January 23rd. The day of my parent's anniversary."
"But you'll be heavily pregnant by then?"
"Yeah, but I want to be married when the baby comes and it's a few weeks left to the due date. It's the perfect time to get married."
"So, I've got five months to make your dress and you need bump room?"
"Yes, and I do!"
"Oh, mom and dad are going to be so happy!"
"They are! Both the wedding and the baby."
Wyatt comes skipping through the doorway at the end of Michala´s statement. "What baby?"
Michala turns around and points to her belly. "Really?"
"Yes, but she hasn't told Thomas yet so you need to keep quiet!"
Wyatt zips his lips together and then goes to pick Michala up and spin her around. "Congratulations!" He puts her back on the ground, places his hands on her cheeks and then gives her a big kiss on the lips.
"Hey! Get your hands off that girl!" Jessica says from the doorway. "Don't forget you're not single and neither is she!"
Wyatt turns around to look at his girlfriend with a big smile on his lips. "Well, I can't tell you why I kissed her, but believe me, I have no romantic interest in Michala what so ever!"
Jessica walks over to her boyfriend and glides into his arms. "Yeah, I know." She tilts her head up and he gives her a kiss.
"Hey Michala!"
"Yeah?"
"You better turn that glow off or people might put the puzzle together." Steffy whispers into Michala´s ear and then watches her friend de-glow herself.
"Oh my God!" Both girls turn towards Jessica and Wyatt. "You're pregnant!"
Michala nods her head. "That's why you couldn't tell me why you kissed her!"
Thomas really couldn't have picked a worse time to walk through the door. "Who kissed who?"
"Wyatt just kissed your girlfriend!" Jessica says with such a serious look on her face that Steffy starts having trouble containing her laugh.
"I'm sorry, what?"
"My boyfriend just placed a big kiss on your girlfriend's lips in front of your sister and I walked in on them!" Jessica still has that look on her face.
"Okay. Good to know!" Thomas then turns her attention towards his sister. "How are things going in here?"
"Oh man!" Jessica complaints looking up at her boyfriend. "Not even a little bit of jealousy?"
"It's going good!" Steffy smiles at her big brother. "We're almost done! One more pot of pasta to cook and then we're golden! The salads just need to blend together in the fridge for a bit."
"Good! Has Hope and Liam arrived yet?"
"Yeah! They came about fifty minutes ago? Liam is dealing with Kelleigh-withdrawal so don't stand in his way when she arrives!" Michala warns the people in the kitchen.
The other four adults nod their heads.
"Michala..." Steffy gains her friends attention. "..shouldn't you talk to your man about something?"
"You really think this is the time for that?"
"Yes!" Both Wyatt and Jessica injects their approval of the idea.
"Okay then, Thomas!" He turns his attention back towards his girlfriend. "We're getting married on January 23rd and we're having a baby!"
Four of the adults sees Thomas´s eyes go wide and then fall straight backwards. "You said?" Michala chuckles with Steffy at the look on Wyatt and Jessica´s faces.
"Help me carry him to the couch!" Wyatt asks Jessica and Steffy to help him. "So, everything ready for the party?"
"Yes!" Steffy smiles. "Just need to get the Hall totally ready!"
Someone rings the doorbell and when Steffy has opened the door, she sees her father carrying her daughter so she tells him to go to the kitchen of the hall so that Kelleigh´s father can see his daughter. On the way, Ridge notices his son laying on the couch and so he turns around with his eyebrows raised in question. Steffy just chuckles.
"You'll find out soon enough!" Ridge then turns his head towards Wyatt and Jessica.
"Yeah, that's our fault! Kind of, but it is good stuff!" Wyatt saying the first part and Jessica the second.
Michala smiles. "Yeah, it's all good stuff!"
Just as Ridge disappears with Kelleigh, Taylor walks through the door with a few bags and Kelleigh´s overnight bag. She looks around and sees her son laying on the couch. She focuses on Michala.
"So, you told him, did you?" Causing jaws to drop all over the place and Taylor to chuckle. "You really thought I didn't know about the baby?" She winks at her son's girlfriend.
"But I didn't even know until three days ago."
"Oh, don't worry, it's been all over you so just let the glow out will you!" The smile that emerges on Taylor´s lips as Michala lets her glow out rivals Michala´s glow completely.
"Where's grandma?" A worried Steffy looks around.
"Bridget and Derek are picking her up, they had something they needed to talk to her about so they thought to catch two flies with one crack of the whip?"
~Things happen~
Bridget, Derek and Logan are driving up the street towards the Forrester Mansion and as they pass the gate to Steffy, Thomas, Michala and Wyatt´s house, Logan starts looking sad and Bridget notices.
"Hey!" Logan looks up at his mother through the rearview mirror. "What's wrong?"
"Well, you said that we were going to Kelleigh´s house for her party, but we just passed their house!"
"Oh, honey, we are going to Kelleigh´s birthday party, we've just got to go get grandma Stephanie first!" At this announcement, Logan´s face lights up once again.
"Awesome!" And so, he goes back to the car he had rolling on the seat.
They reach the gate to the Forrester Mansion and after the gate opens, they drive up the driveway to find Stephanie already out on the deck waiting for them. Bridget turns towards Derek.
"Well, here's your chance!" She had an inkling of what he wanted to talk to Stephanie about. He opens the door and walks over to the older woman and has her sit down on one of the chairs that sits on the deck.
"What's he doing?" Logan looks out the window at the man he considers a bonus father.
"My guess is that he's asking Stephanie a very important question." Logan just nods at his mother's reply. Then Logan starts making car noises again.
After Stephanie and Derek give each other a hug, they walk over to the car and Derek opens the door for Stephanie.
"Hi grandma!" Logan smiles up at his grandmother, but the greeting sends Stephanie´s eyes searching for Bridget´s eyes.
Bridget just smiles and says her hello to her stepmother and Stephanie turns her attention back to the little boy beside her. "So, are you ready to celebrate your cousin?"
"But grandma, Kelleigh is not my cousin."
"What do you mean? Of couse she is?"
"No, Kelleigh´s mother is momma´s niece, so Kelleigh can't be my cousin."
"So, what do you think Kelleigh is to you?" Stephanie is getting more confused by the minute.
"Well, I don't know. But I love her like a sister. She's like the sister I don't have!"
"Oh, so Kelleigh is like your pretend sister then?"
"Yeah, kind of. But more like real sister." Logan trails off and focuses his eyes outside of the car.
A couple of minutes later, they turn up on the driveway to the S/F-J-house and sees that the residents has decorated with a few balloons on the entry way. Derek parks the car and then gets out to help Stephanie out of it.
"Thank you!" Stephanie smiles at the man in front of her, she hears Bridget open the door on her side of the car and then she feels someone stroke her back so she spins around and sees Logan smiling up at her indicating that he wants to come out of the car. So, she laughs at him and then takes another step forward to let him out, only to see him run towards the door. With a smile on her face, she turns towards Bridget. "You'd better not let this one go! Such a well-mannered boy!"
"I don't intend to!" Bridget sends a mysterious smile Derek´s way as she's talking. "Should we join my son?"
Both Stephanie and Derek agree and so they turn around to see Logan knocking on the door jumping up and down in excitement.
~Things happen~
Jack, Nick, Owen and Jackie arrive at their destination at the same time as Bill, Katie, Will, Eric and Maribeth.
"Well, look at you! Looking gorgeous Katie!" Nick walks over and gives his former fiancé a hug.
"Thank you! So, should we head inside?" All five of the adults agree.
Bill reaches in to take his oldest son, then hands him off to Nick, then he releases his daughter's car seat and takes it out of the car before handing her over to Jackie´s capable hands. He reaches in and gets the diaper bags that he hands off to Owen, then he walks to the trunk of the car and pulls out a pack n' play and some blankets and other stuff for the babies to have while napping.
Meanwhile, Katie has taken Eric out of the car in his car seat. "So, after dumping all of our stuff and some of our kids in the arms of our friends, are we ready to go in now?"
"Yes! Let´s go celebrate my granddaughter´s birthday!"
The gang then walks over to the door and Jack knocks on it.
On the other side, they can hear a little boy ask if he can open the door and a woman telling him yes.
"Logan´s here!" Jack exclaims with excitement.
"Well, it does sound like it doesn't it?" Nick smiles while looking at his son.
The door opens and on the other side, Logan stands and then his jaw drops when he sees who's on the other side. "Jack!" He runs out and gives his step-nephew a hug. Then both boys run into the house again and disappear.
As the rest of them are about to walk into the house, another car is coming and in it are a few people that haven't been in LA in a very long time.
Marcus, Dayzee and Carter exits the car and then Dayzee opens the door where her stepdaughter is currently shielded. She picks her up and Rosie puts her head on Dayzee´s shoulder and continues sleeping.
"Welcome back to LA!" Katie says to her nephew and his daughter, wife and brother.
"Thank you! It's a good time to come back!"
"It sure is! Let's go inside!"
As they walk inside, Steffy catches on that Rosie is still sleeping and gently pulls Dayzee with her to the office where there's also a daybed and Dayzee lays Rosie down on it, Steffy then grabs a lighter blanket and drapes it on the little girl, knowing that she probably won't need it, but that it could get a little cold in the office if the sun retreated behind the clouds.
When they come back out, someone has rung the doorbell and Carter has decided to open it. Just like Steffy thought, the expression on both Carter and Katherine´s faces tell her everything she needs to know.
She does a little victory gesture and then she places the cool calm collected face again.
"Hey! Who's that?" Dayzee asks having seen both the gesture and the look on both her brother in law´s and the woman on the other side of the doors faces.
"That's Katherine, Bill and Katie´s surrogate."
"What's with the victory gesture?"
"Oh, it's nothing. I just had a hunch and I was right!" Steffy turns her head towards Dayzee and then smiles.
"Well, when aren't you?"
"There's been a time or two!" Both women laugh. "Hey Bill!"
She gets his attention. "You can put your stuff in the office, just don't make much noise, Rosie is sleeping!"
He nods his head and leaves to put the stuff away.
"Okay, so, we've got almost everything done. I believe there's maybe one flower left to put on a cake or something, so, let's go to the Hall and celebrate my daughter's birthday!" Steffy says with such pride in her voice.
The celebration goes exactly to plan. Everyone is having so much fun just talking, eating and some sleeping a little.
Maribeth and Eric migrates from one set of arms to another. It's getting towards the end when Steffy walks over to Bridget to have a conversation.
"So, a little birdy told me that an important question has been asked. Is it maybe time for a certain dress to be designed?"
"The question has not been asked to me yet, but I would say that it's probably only a matter of time. So, I'd say that yes, it's time."
"I'll have a sketch ready for you by Monday next week!"
"Wait, which birdy?"
"Oh, I'm not telling!" Steffy says with a mysterious smile on her lips, leaving Bridget with questions in her head.
Steffy walks over to her brother. "Hey, I know you two probably don't want to take away from Kelleigh´s birthday celebration, but I think you should tell them now!"
"You sure?" Thomas looks at her worriedly.
"It's okay!"
Thomas looks around for his fiancé and waves her to him, when she gets there, Steffy walks away and Thomas clinks his glass to get the attention of the rest of the people in the room.
"First of all, I'd like to say that I'm thankful for the chance to celebrate my niece´s birthday!" He looks down on Michala. "Secondly, I'd like to invite you all to celebrate with Michala and I as we get married on January 23rd next year and as we welcome our very own little baby a few weeks after that."
A lot of the women in the room take a big breath in as they watch Michala transform right before their eyes.
"Congratulations!" Bill says before clapping his hands together for the two. "On both engagement, wedding and baby!"
"The third thing I'd like to say is that it's time to eat cake!" And this causes pandemonium as Jack, Logan, Will and Rosie come running towards the table where the cakes are. Causing their parents to start laughing.
~Things happen~
AN:
Yeah! So many things!
Let me know what you think!