Title: A Chance at happiness 47?
Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.net)
Disclaimer: these characters belong to once and again except any characters you don't recognize
Distribution: Take it, but let me know. If you have any of my other fics, go ahead.
Comments: email me all you comments and suggestions. This is my first once and again fan fic so any ideas or comments you have would be great. So please email me with them. J oh people I have been reading the reviews and the very least I can see if first OMG! I am so shocked I have gotten so many reviews. If you have any other questions then email me at purplehaysc@netscape.net Oh and after finding out about the cancellation of the show I've found it harder to write some reason because when I watch the show inspiration comes so if you have any suggestions email me purplehaysc@netscape.net or im me at purplehays10 (ok I'm going to use the kiss that happened on the last eps with Karen and Henry as if it did already happen but that's the only thing I'm actually keeping)
"Can you believe it?" Jessie shrieked.
Katie laughed. "I don't think I've ever heard you this happy before."
"Well that's because I've always wanted to be a big sister. I think I'll be a good big sister don't you?"
"There's not a doubt in my mind of that." Katie said smiling.
There was a knock at Jessie's door. Eli walked up and sat down on her bed. "You talking to Katie?" He asked.
She nodded.
"Tell her hi." He said.
"Katie, Eli says hi." Jessie said trying to mock him.
Eli took the phone from her. "Katie, Jess has to go because I've got to tickle her to death." He said smiling
Jessie took the phone back. "If I don't show up tomorrow, it's his fault." Jessie said laughing.
Eli took the phone and hung it up.
Jessie got up and backed away slowly. "Eli, don't. Please Eli." She begged.
Eli finally caught up with her and started to tickle her. Finally, he stopped and they sat on her bed.
"So why may I ask are you so looking forward to being a big sister?" Eli asked.
"Why wouldn't I want to be? I mean come on, you like being an other brother right?" She asked.
"Sometimes." He said smiling.
"I'm not that bad." She said laughing and threw a pillow at him.
It hit him in the head. "Sometimes you are, sometimes you aren't but I love you any way." He said laughing.
"Sorry didn't know that I was so much trouble." She said sarcastically.
"I guess we forgot to tell her." Rick said as he came up the stairs and smiled at Eli and Jessie.
"Yeah I know we were supposed to." Eli said playing along.
"Ok the both of you stop it." Jessie said pleading.
"Ok we will." Rick said as he sat down on Jessie's bed
"So what do you want?" Jessie asked Rick.
"What I can't just come up here to talk to my children?" He asked sarcastically.
"No, because you just happened to of dropped one heck of a bomb down there." Eli said.
"But the two of you are happy right?" Rick asked.
"Yes, you didn't get that from our smiling and hugging?" Jessie asked sarcastically.
"I guess we didn't smile enough, we'll have to work on that Jessie." Eli said laughing.
"No, you two were happy enough. I just wish Grace and Zoe would have been happy." Rick said sadly.
"Grace is happy now. She just needed to calm down first." Eli said.
Rick looked at Jessie.
"Sorry I'm not that close with Zoe." Jessie said.
"Ok, well maybe she'll change her mind when the baby comes." Rick said hoping.
"She might. But the question is can you take having another child around?" Jessie asked.
"What's that suppose to mean?" He asked defensive.
"It means dad, I think you're a little out of practice when it comes to babies." Eli said patting him on the back.
"So did you have a good time?" Henry asked as he helped Karen out of the car.
"Yes, I did. Thank you so much." Karen said as she leaned on Henry's arm to get out of the car.
"Well I'm just glad to see you smile." Henry said as they walked up to the front door.
"Well it seems the night is over." She said as she reached for the door.
"Wait." He said.
She turned around. "What?"
He grabbed her face and kissed her. "That's what." He said smiling, turned around, and headed back to his car.
Karen smiled and opened her door.
"So we're going to have another little sibling." Zoe said sarcastically and lay on Grace's bed.
"You know you could be a little happier." Grace said sitting next to her.
"Why should I? I've already had one little sibling, I'm not in the mood for another one." She said grumbling.
"Well for one this child is going to live in the same house as you and you're going to for the first time see what's it's really like to be a big sister." Grace pointed out.
"And this is a good thing?" Zoe asked.
"Ok if that doesn't matter to you at least think of Mom. Can't you be happy for her?" Grace asked.
"She doesn't need me to be happy for her." Zoe said.
"Ok I give up!" Grace said getting up.
"Let me try." Lily said as she came into her room and sat down on her bed next to Zoe.
"Good luck." Grace said sarcastically.
"Zoe, Grace, I really want both of you to be happy about me having this baby because this child is going to be your little brother or sister." Lily said.
"We already have one." Zoe said.
"Yes I know but this one will actually live with the both of you and will need you. And so will Rick and I because we will not be able to take care of this child all the time. Will you be willing to help us?" Lily asked and looked at Grace and Zoe.
"I will and she will too." Grace said speaking for Zoe.
"Those are your words not mine." Zoe said.
Grace hit her in the head with a pillow again. "So Mom do you really think you're ready to have a baby in this house again?" Grace asked serious.
"I think I will be." Lily said.
"Well I'll believe it when I see it." Grace said smiling.
"She looks very peaceful." Jake said as he held Tiffany and looked at Maddie.
"Well she knows that both of her parents are watching over her so she can sleep." Tiffany said.
"Do you really think she knows?" Jake asked.
"I know she does. She can feel all the positive energy coming from us." Tiffany said.
"You're probably right." He said smiling and led her into the living room.
"So the energy we're giving out is positive energy?" He asked smiling
"Yes, the energy we are giving off is positive." Tiffany said with a smile.
"That's good to know." He said.
"Yes it is. Well I am going to go get ready to go to bed. You going to join me?" Tiffany asked.
"In a minute. I want to say good night to Maddie." Jake said as Tiffany walked off.
Jake walked over to Maddie. "Maddie, have I ever told you how much I love you and your mother?" He asked.
The baby did not move.
"I don't think I have, but it's time you know that I love you and your mother so much. I never want to lose either you." He said seriously.
Tiffany stood in her door way smiling.
"Hey, you ready to go to bed?" Eli asked as he came into his bedroom.
Grace was sitting on his bed, trying but failing to play his guitar. "Oh Eli, I didn't hear you come in." She said as he put the guitar down.
"You know if you really want to I can teach you." He said picking up the guitar.
"No, I was just making the time go by." She said.
"I don't believe you." He said smiling. "And for that fact I will teach you tomorrow." He said.
"Ok, but I'm a horrible student." She said truthfully.
"You can't be much worse than Jamie." He said smiling.
"You never know." She said laughing.
"Ok you have now officially sacred me." He said laughing.
"Good, that's what I was trying to do." She said smiling.
"So you never answered my question are you ready to go to bed?" He asked sitting down next to her.
"Yeah, you know it's nice to know you'll be here while I sleep." She said smiling.
"Well actually I'm just going to stay here till you go to sleep and then I'm going to my mother's but I will be here when you wake." He said worried about what she was going to say back.
"Why?" She asked thinking it was something she did.
"Because I want to take this relationship on the normal route. I want to take you on a normal date…"
"But Eli you're my stepbrother that already kind of makes this abnormal." She says.
"I know that but I want to treat you like you deserve to be treated and I don't think that if I keep sleeping with you, knowing that you love me, that I'd be able to do that." He said seriously.
"I guess that's fair but Eli?" She asked.
"What?" Eli asked.
"You do want to sleep with at some point don't you?" She asked worried.
"Yes, that seems to be the problem. See I want you right now. I want you every time I see you but Grace I want our first time to be special, to be something neither of us will ever forget." He said holding her hand.
"I want it to be too but you are right about one thing Eli and that's that I don't think we could control ourselves much longer. At least I know I can't." She said smiling.
"Well in that case, Ms. Manning. I suggest that you go to sleep before we both lose the little control we have left." He said smiling.
She lay up against him. "Good night Eli. I love you."
He kissed her. "Good night. Grace. I love you too."
"Do you really think we're ready for another child?" Rick asked Lily nervously when she came into bed.
"Whether we are or we aren't, we're having one." She said also nervous.
"Let me guess the girls got to you too?" He asked.
"Yeah, they are right you know. We haven't had a baby around in a long time." Lily said.
"Well in that case then we better make sure we're ready for this baby when it comes." He said.
"You think we will be?" She asked.
"Yes, I do." He said seriously.
"Well I guess we have six months to get ready." She said smiling.
"Only six months?" Rick said nervously.
"Don't worry though we can do it." She said laughing at how nervous he was.