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Chapter 18
"Hey dad!" Carey sighs and forces out a chuckle at the sound of Fiona's voice from the other room. The first couple times she had jokingly called him dad had been funny and everyone got a laugh out of it. But now it had been a two months since her return and the joke had died away. Carey had never considered the fact that when he married Molly he would become the stepfather to his two best friends.
"What is it Fi?" He yells back even though he knew Molly was resting upstairs. All she ever did was rest. She didn't want to though; doctor's orders had put her on the full bed rest. All she is allowed to do is to use the bathroom, staying still is a trait Molly could never master very well. Knowing it was her health and importantly her baby's made the boredom of staying still for hours on end a bit easier to swallow.
"Have you decided what kind of mobile you're putting in the crib?"
"No not yet. Why? You got an idea or something?" Carey did have an idea but Molly had turned it down. He couldn't understand why, what kid won't want little guitars looking down on him or her? But no she wanted to go for something more traditional like teddy bears.
"What about my old one? I think it's in the attic." He loved how Fiona was ok over the situation and instantly wanted to help out the second she stepped off the plane. But everything she wanted to baby to have had once belonged to her or Jack. Carey just wanted his baby to have some original things, brand new from the store. And he knew Molly agreed. Still no matter how times they hinted or flat out told Fi that she still continued to dig through old boxes.
"Thanks, I'll think about it." Carey couldn't believe in one more month he'd be a father. No one can prepare themselves for this moment. No matter how much reading on the subject learning everything humanly possible about the event will go the window the second it's born. And Carey couldn't wait. He really was ready for fatherhood and to have a full life with Molly to last till the end of time. Despite the objections almost everyone they knew. The only person who fully accepted the situation was Fi. Jack hadn't come back and had made no effort to connect them. But thanks to Clu doing some snooping and spying around discovered his where abouts and let Molly know. She would have preferred him back at home, but the knowledge of knowing he was safe staying with an old friend put some of her fears to rest.
"You're an idiot!" Carey jumps out of his seat and goes racing to the next room, sliding to a stop in his socks. He was sick of this consist bickering between the two girls; they always disagreed about every possible subject. At Fiona's return her and Annie had gotten along quite well, and Annie started acting normal and peaceful like she had when first arriving. Slowly that changed, almost as if Fi got tired of playing nice and being the overly polite one. However in 95 percent of the fights Annie provokes them, still Fiona's responding to her doesn't help.
"What's going on now?" Carey asks the girls who are both sitting on the floor with a bunch of papers spread across including one that is crumbled into a ball.
"She ruined my drawing." Fi responds while glaring at Annie.
"Because it was stupid! A stupid idea and they won't have liked it anyways."
"How do you know that!?" Carey realized now being the head male figure of the house he should put a stop to this, but decided just to let the scene play out.
"Conrad told me."
"Oh boy not this again." Fi says with a large eye roll, while Carey tried to hide his chuckles. Just when they thought she was done with this nonsense of panthers and other creatures she brings them back up.
"He's real! And he loves me!"
"And you're insane!" Carey clears his throat to let Fi know she should take it down a notch. Annie had away to make even the most levelheaded people snap into two. He himself many times had to bite his tongue it bled being near her.
"Ok what was the drawing of?" He finally asks suddenly tired of watching them.
"I was trying to think of ideas for a mobile incase I couldn't find the old one." Fi answers.
"But her ideas were dumb. So I was saving her from the pain of your rejection of it." Fiona almost continues the argument but instead just stands up and walks out. Leaving Carey alone with Annie. He hated being alone with her, everyone did. The child had a strange vibe to her that made you feel like you were breathing underwater. Because of schedule conflicts Annie had to stay with the family longer then originally planned. For three more months, everyone was literally counting the days till it would end. Carey still had trouble coming to terms with the fact that Molly had no real objections when Lisa had asked for the extension on the deal made months earlier. But Molly's hormones were somewhat short-circuited and many things she did didn't make too much sense.
"Hey there Carey." He sighs and tries to hold his lunch down. Annie was doing it again. Flittering with him.
