Something New
Chapter 21
AN: Thank you for all the reviews it means a lot. Don't worry I plan on bringing them back later in the story.
2 Months later
Peyton is now two and very smart, independent and extremely stubborn. Thankfully she is over the biting stage. Her friend Dylan bit her back and since then she has been so much better. In fact they are pretty proud that Peyton is doing really good with potty training. Callie is glad that she catching on so quickly since she is pretty much sure she is pregnant. So there will only be one in diapers. But she has been too nervous to take the test. Because she hasn't been sick like with the first two. She has been super tired and moody. Also it hasn't been very long since they started trying again. That's not the only surprise she has for her husband. Diana and Jim asked if they could have Peyton for the night before Caleb's birthday party tomorrow.
On her way back from dropping off Peyton at her in laws house Callie stopped at the store to pick up a pregnancy test. She also made reservations at Jamie's favorite steak house. She got home and takes a shower. Jamie comes home and hears Callie in the shower. He walks in the bathroom as she is getting out, Jamie pouts and Callie smirks. Callie can tell he has had a hard day.
"Hey what's the matter?" Callie asks then kisses him hello.
"Hey. Where is our munchkin? I'm fine just a long day. I was hoping to join you in the shower…" Callie smiles at him.
"Well she is with you're parents. They asked if they could take her for the night since we will be tomorrow. I made us reservations at your favorite steak house." Jamie grins and kisses Callie. He notices the pregnancy test box on the bathroom counter.
"Have you taken that yet?"
Callie shakes her head. "I wanted to wait until you were here with me. I'm not sure I am. I haven't been sick but I have been more moody. My last period was super light… I don't know I just have a feeling." Jamie has to laugh at her she is so cute when she nervous. He rubs her back and kisses her.
"It will be okay babe. If you aren't we will keep trying… Whatever happens we are in this together…" Jamie kisses her and goes to change while she takes the test. Callie comes out and gets dressed then joins Jamie on the bed. Callie grabs Jamie's hand. They both jump when the timer goes off. Jamie pulls her to the bathroom. Callie stops him.
"I can't look. Can you do it?" Jamie nods and goes gets the test. He comes back out to Callie. He smiles and nods. Jamie can see the worry in her eyes.
"Hey it will be okay. Nothing is going happen."
Callie looks at him. "How can you say that?"
"Because I have faith that it won't. Callie we have to stay positive. This baby is going to be fine. But whatever happens we will get through this together." Jamie holds her and kisses the top of her head.
"I don't want to tell anyone until the second trimester." Jamie nods.
"Sounds good to me. Lets go celebrate." Callie nods and they go to dinner.
They eat dinner and then go for a walk on the beach. Callie can tell Jamie still has a lot on his mind.
"What is going on babe and don't you dare say nothing…" They stop and sit on the beach.
"I resigned today. They are going to buy me out of my partnership…" Callie is a stocked to say the least but knows there is a good reason behind it.
"I trust your judgment Jamie. But why now, I mean you just made partner which is what you wanted…"
"As you know that case that you were working on that was declared a miss trial. Well they hired the firm because they know I'm married to you. They were hoping I would have inside information that would help them win." Callie sighs and squeezes his hand.
"I'm sorry babe. But think you for respecting me enough not to do it." Jamie looks at Callie and smiles.
"I like to win just at much as the next guy. But I refuse to put my marriage on the line to do so. I happen to love my wife more than my job. Plus she is rubbing off on me I would never do something like that. Sean resigned too. Maybe this is the push I needed to go work with my dad…"
"If that's what you want to do. You know I will support whatever you decide but with a new baby will you still have to travel so much?" This has been her one worry since he started talking about working for his dad.
"I will probably have to be gone some but if Sean will work with me too then maybe he could handle some of the trips by himself. But I won't do anything without talking to you first okay?" Callie smiles at him.
"Okay. I love you but lets go home I don't want to waste our night alone sitting on the beach…" Jamie laughs and helps Callie up.
They enjoy their night alone. The next morning Jamie makes Callie breakfast in bed. He smiles when he sees Callie still a sleep. He kisses her to wake her up.
"Morning baby." She smiles and kisses him back.
"Morning. Thank you for breakfast."
"You're welcome." Jamie steals a piece of bacon. Callie playfully glares at him.
"You know you aren't supposed to steal from your pregnant wife…" Jamie grins at her.
"I love you Callie." He gives her his best puppy dog eyes, which happen to be the same that Peyton uses when she really wants something. Callie sighs and shares her breakfast with him.
"I love you too. Now I know who taught Peyton that same look." They both laugh and enjoy the rest of their morning together.
They shower and get ready for their day. Callie finishes wrapping Caleb's presents. Jamie comes and wraps his arms around Callie and holds her.
"I can't believe he is already a year old."
"Me either. I just hope Peyton behaves today with your whole family there." Callie sighs.
"She will be fine. Besides at least it's my mom's side. They adore her and they know what it is like to have a toddler." Callie looks at him.
"So your dad's side doesn't like her?" Jamie sighs.
"That's not what I meant. I just mean that they are a lot more hands on with kids. My dad was raised by nannies. But they do love her in their own way. Just like they loved us. I want to go to Texas this summer and show you and Peyton where I spent most of my summers growing up. Peyton would love all the animals." Callie nods and smiles at him.
"I would love to see it and Peyton loves animals."
Jamie loads the SUV and they head his parent's beach house. They are hosting the party since Brandon and Eliza's place isn't very big. They want to go early to help set up. They get there and Peyton runs over to them and they see the cutest black and white cocker spaniel puppy running after her
"Mama, dada!" Callie smiles and picks her up and kisses her cheek. Jamie kneels down and pets the puppy.
"Hi sweet pea where you good for Nana and pop-pop?" Peyton nods. Diana walks over to them.
"I good mama." Peyton wants down to play with the puppy.
"She was a very good girl."
"I see Daisy had her puppies." Jamie says.
"She did and Peyton adores them. In fact she picked this girl out if it's okay with you and Callie." Callie looks at her husband praying he says no. But seeing the look on Peyton and Jamie's faces she isn't going to be the bad guy.
"I promise me and Peyton will take care of her…"
"You better." Callie can't believe she said yes to a new puppy with a baby coming. Hopefully she will be trained before the baby gets here. Jamie picks her up and shows Callie how adorable she is.
"Just look at this face." Callie smiles and pets her.
"She is pretty adorable. What are we going to name her?"
"Molly mama." Callie smiles at her daughter.
"Molly it is." Jamie puts her down so she can play with Peyton. Peyton runs off with Molly not far behind her. Jamie holds Callie and kisses her.
They help set up for the party, they get done just in time as everybody starts to arrive. Peyton runs over to her Nama and Grammy. She can say grandma now but the name Nama has seemed to stick. Which is fine with Stef. Stef picks her up and kisses her all over, which makes her giggle.
"Nama. I got puppy her Molly." Peyton tells Stef and Lena. Stef looks at Callie.
"You got a new puppy named Molly?" Peyton nods and wants down. Stef sets her down and she pulls her into the other room where the puppies are.
"Dat one nama." She points to the little black and white fur ball. Stef smiles at her granddaughter.
"She is very cute buggy. You know only big girls have puppies so you are going to have to help take very good care of her." Peyton smiles.
"I big girl Nama." Stef smiles.
"Yes you are buggy. Lets go see the birthday boy." They go and find Eliza, Brandon and Caleb.
The party was under way and of course Peyton had to tell all of uncles and aunts about Molly. Callie sits with Jamie as Peyton helps Caleb with his presents. She shows him how to tare the paper. Now that she is older she likes to help Caleb learn new things and tries to show him how do them.
"She is going to make a great big sister some day." Mariana tells Callie.
"Yeah she is." Callie can't help but smile.
After all the presents at open, it's time for his first birthday cake. Unlike Peyton, Caleb isn't so sure about it. Everybody laughs when Peyton pushes his hand down in the cake and the look on his face was priceless. Caleb tastes it and then dives in head first. Peyton joins in and they are both blue from head to toe.
"They are both going to need a bath after this." Lena states and they all nod.
"Let them have some fun. Kids are meant to have some fun. That's why they are washable." Grandma Lynn tells them.
"So Jamie and I were wondering if would be okay if we come for a visit this summer?" Callie asks.
"That would be wonderful Callie. You guys are welcome anytime. She is going to love it we even have a pony waiting for her."
"Please tell me you didn't buy a pony for her?" Lynn smiles and pats Callie's leg.
"No dear. We got him for the grandkids. They out grew him but we kept him around since we figured the great grandkids would come along." Callie sighs and nods.
Callie takes Peyton upstairs with Eliza and Caleb to clean them up. They give them both a bath then put them down for a nap.
"I hope my parents didn't over step with the puppy." Eliza tells Callie.
"I was surprised but it will be good for her. Hopefully she will help burn some of Peyton's energy off. Plus with Jamie resigning he will have sometime to spend with both of them."
"My brother resigned from the firm? Why he just made partner?"
"It's a long story but they wanted him to spy on my case and he refused."
Eliza nods and they go back down stairs. The party starts to wine down and spend the rest of the afternoon visiting. Callie notices Jamie and Jim aren't around. Mariana hands Callie a glass of wine. She takes it but doesn't drink it she just doesn't want to give off any warning signs.
"You seem lot happier Cal." Mariana states.
"I am. I have some bad days still but it's getting a lot better."
"Good. I know this is hard for you but we are going to throw a baby shower for Emma at moms in a couple of weeks. Everybody will understand if you don't want to come…"
"It's okay Mari. I will come. I can't hide forever and this is a happy time for them. Do they know what it is yet?"
"Yeah. It's a boy. They wanted to keep it a surprise but Jesus was so excited." Callie smiles at her sister. Callie excuse herself to go find Jamie.
Stef notices the untouched glass of wine, but doesn't want to say anything. Callie will tell them when she is ready. She is just happy Callie has moved on. Callie finds Jamie and Jim in his office. She hears him tell Jim that he will start in a couple weeks but he isn't going to travel so much and Callie smiles. Jim agrees and is super happy that his son is finally going to be working with him. Jim sees Callie in the door way and smiles at her.
"I will leave you two to talk." Jim leaves and Callie walks over to Jamie and wraps her arms around him.
"I take it the talk went well?" Jamie nods and kisses her softy.
"It did. He agreed to all of my terms. He said that once I take over I'm in charge of the scheduling. So everything will be up to me…"
Callie nods and hugs him. She knows that it's going to be hard but they will work through everything together. Once Peyton wakes up they join the rest of the family out by the pool. They swim with Peyton for while before Peyton starts to get cranky and Callie is very tired. They still have to stop at the pet store to get everything for Molly. They say their good byes and get Molly before leaving.
They stop at the store and Callie can't believe everything a puppy needs. She is starting to wonder if she should have said no. But Peyton and Jamie are so excited. They finally get home. Callie gives Peyton a bath while Jamie sets up everything for Molly. Callie brings Peyton back down in her pajamas.
"Pway wift Molly mama?" Callie smiles and sits her down.
"Yes baby you can play with Molly for a little while then it's bedtime."
"I not baby mama. I big girl." She says and then plays with Molly.
"Yes you are a big girl. But you will always be mommy and daddy's baby girl." Callie says as she sits on the couch with Jamie.
Peyton giggles as Molly licks her face. Callie snuggles into Jamie as they watch their daughter and puppy.
"I can't believe we have a puppy now."
"I was planning on getting her one when she got older. But this way they can grow up together…"
"So you are going to be taking care of Molly when I'm tired and cranky from being pregnant…" Jamie grins and rubs her flat stomach.
"Of course and I will still have time to take care of you."
The few days were pretty uneventful. Callie went to work while Jamie stayed home with Molly and Peyton. Molly is actually very smart and Jamie has her pretty much house trained. Callie is off today and they finally have a doctor's appointment. They drop off Peyton at daycare and head to the doctor's office. Once they get there and fill out all the paper work the nurse takes them back. After the nurse does all normal stuff. Then takes some blood. Callie changes into the gown. Jamie knows how nervous she is and squeezes her hand.
"It's going to be fine Callie just breath."
Dr. Green comes in and smiles at the couple.
"Hi Callie. How are you feeling today? I see you took a pregnancy test and it was positive?" Callie nods.
"Yeah, I took it because I have been pretty moody and super tired. But I did I have my period last month but it was very light."
"Well your HCG level is pretty high so my guess is your farther along then you think. It could have been spotting which can happen early in pregnancy. Lets take a look." She does her exam. Then does an ultra sound as she looks at the screen she smiles. Then Callie and Jamie smile when they hear the heartbeat.
"It sounds different from last time like there is an echo. Is everything okay?" Jamie asks trying not to worry.
"Well that is because there is two heart beats." Dr. Green states and turns the screen so they can see.
"Two as in twins?" Callie asks clearly in shock. She looks at Jamie and he looks like he is going faint.
"Yes you are having twins. You are 8 weeks along. There is only one sack so they are identical. So they will be either both boys or girls." Dr. Green says as she prints some pictures for them.
Jamie finally comes back to reality and kisses his wife. They both have tears in their eyes. Dr. Green explains how twin pregnancies can be different and what to watch out for. She also gives her a prescription for her vitamins. They make their next appointment before leaving. Callie once the shock wears off she starts to freak out.
"I agreed to three kids but I never thought I would be having twins… I mean we barely handled Peyton by our selves what are we going to do with two newborns and a toddler? Now you are going to be gone and I'm going to be by myself." Jamie holds her and tries really hard not laugh at her.
"Babe it will fine. We can do it. You aren't going to be by yourself. I will take as much time as I need too." Callie calms down a little. She notices his face.
"You better not be laughing at me. When you almost fainted when she told us." Jamie can't help it anymore and starts to laugh. Callie playfully smacks his chest.
"Sorry babe but you are cute when you get so worked up."
"Well just for that you are sleeping on the couch tonight buddy. Oh and just so you know we are done having kids unless you are the one to get pregnant." Jamie stops laughing.
"I'm sorry I won't laugh anymore. I don't want to sleep on the couch…" He pouts and Callie laughs at him.
AN: Thank you for reading. Please let me know what you think.