Elizabeth didn't answer and walked out of the bedroom.
"Mom! Don't avoid the subject!" Ella said. "I hate it when you do that! Talk to me."
"Not now El." Elizabeth said and she went downstairs. "Just look through the photobook!!!!" Elizabeth yelled from downstairs.
Ella walked into the livingroom. She saw Elizabeth sleeping on the couch.
"Mom?" Ella whispered. "Mom wake up!" She said somewhat louder. Elizabeth slowly woke up.
"Hi...sorry I fell asleep." Elizabeth said. "What's that you are holding?"
"I was looking through the photobook and I took out some pictures, very careful so they can be put back in later."
"What kind of pics?"
"Pictures which were unclear to me." Ella said and she gave Elizabeth the first picture.
"Ah..this is me, you and your dad." Elizabeth said. "You were just born, and I wasn't sure about the breastfeeding thing, but your dad told me it would be okay. You were not even one hour old on this picture!"
"Wow...that's my dad at my birth..." Ella said and gave the second picture to Elizabeth.
"This is you and Rachel...." Elizabeth said. "Just before she was leaving. Your dad just died and she had just asked me if she could visit you in the holidays...this picture was taken on the airport, just a quick shot of you and Rachel." Elizabeth said. "I think Jennifer shot it. Yeah, she must have."
"And this one?" Ella gave the last picture to Elizabeth. "This one was made at the beach. I'm not sure who took it, it must have been a tourist because we are all in the shot....this is me, Rachel and your dad." Elizabeth said as she pointed at the picture. "Rachel was interested in this boy....we had just gotten her a surfboard." Elizabeth said and it was silent for a while.
"Well sweetie, it's getting late. You have to go to school tomorrow so you better hurry, to you bed!"
"Yeah...thanks mom." Ella said with a smile on her face.
"For what?"
"For the pictures."
"You're welcome."
"You loved eachother very very much."
"We did. I still miss Mark every day. Especially now."
"What do you mean?"
"Now I'm pregnant. I hate being pregnant without him."
"You chose for it, mom."
"I know, I know, I guess I always wanted an even number of children. I really wanted a baby again. The twins is growing up so fast and so are you."
"I know. But I still don't get it."
"Get what?"
"Well...why didn't you just wait. Wait for another man to have a child with?"
"I don't wanna be committed to a guy, just because I carry or have his child. This is for the best, I'll never love a guy as much as I loved Mark."
"Still it is not fair....me and the twins have the same mom and dad, and this baby won't."
"Ella, it's enough okay? I don't wanna fight with you about this. The last word was said about this." Elizabeth said and she went upstairs.
Ella turned out all the lights and she went upstairs too. She felt a bit sorry for being so rude to her mother. She decided to take a quick look if Elizabeth was still awake, if she was she would apologise.
"Mom?" Ella whispered. No reaction.
"Mom, we really need to talk." She said.
"What is it now, Ella?" Elizabeth said, with a mad tone in her voice.
"I'm sorry. I know it hasn't been easy for you and I think getting pregnant again was a very brave thing after all the troubles with the twins."
"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have gotten so mad so quickly."
"I hope this baby will be more like me, because I wasn't that full of energy when I was a baby and toddler right?"
"No you weren't. But it's the decease El."
"I know and it doesn't bother me, as long as they take their Ritalin."
"I know, but I've gotten used to them being like that. It's just who they are." Elizabeth said. "I love you Ella."
"I love you too." Ella said. "Well I'm going to get some sleep now."
"You wanna sleep here?"
"Sure I'm just gonna grab a few things."
"Okay." Ella walked to her room, grabbed her pillow and her blanket, brushed her teeth and jumped into Elizabeth's bed.
"Night." Elizabeth said.
"Goodnight." Ella replied and she kissed her mother on the cheek and on the belly.
"Mom! Don't avoid the subject!" Ella said. "I hate it when you do that! Talk to me."
"Not now El." Elizabeth said and she went downstairs. "Just look through the photobook!!!!" Elizabeth yelled from downstairs.
Ella walked into the livingroom. She saw Elizabeth sleeping on the couch.
"Mom?" Ella whispered. "Mom wake up!" She said somewhat louder. Elizabeth slowly woke up.
"Hi...sorry I fell asleep." Elizabeth said. "What's that you are holding?"
"I was looking through the photobook and I took out some pictures, very careful so they can be put back in later."
"What kind of pics?"
"Pictures which were unclear to me." Ella said and she gave Elizabeth the first picture.
"Ah..this is me, you and your dad." Elizabeth said. "You were just born, and I wasn't sure about the breastfeeding thing, but your dad told me it would be okay. You were not even one hour old on this picture!"
"Wow...that's my dad at my birth..." Ella said and gave the second picture to Elizabeth.
"This is you and Rachel...." Elizabeth said. "Just before she was leaving. Your dad just died and she had just asked me if she could visit you in the holidays...this picture was taken on the airport, just a quick shot of you and Rachel." Elizabeth said. "I think Jennifer shot it. Yeah, she must have."
"And this one?" Ella gave the last picture to Elizabeth. "This one was made at the beach. I'm not sure who took it, it must have been a tourist because we are all in the shot....this is me, Rachel and your dad." Elizabeth said as she pointed at the picture. "Rachel was interested in this boy....we had just gotten her a surfboard." Elizabeth said and it was silent for a while.
"Well sweetie, it's getting late. You have to go to school tomorrow so you better hurry, to you bed!"
"Yeah...thanks mom." Ella said with a smile on her face.
"For what?"
"For the pictures."
"You're welcome."
"You loved eachother very very much."
"We did. I still miss Mark every day. Especially now."
"What do you mean?"
"Now I'm pregnant. I hate being pregnant without him."
"You chose for it, mom."
"I know, I know, I guess I always wanted an even number of children. I really wanted a baby again. The twins is growing up so fast and so are you."
"I know. But I still don't get it."
"Get what?"
"Well...why didn't you just wait. Wait for another man to have a child with?"
"I don't wanna be committed to a guy, just because I carry or have his child. This is for the best, I'll never love a guy as much as I loved Mark."
"Still it is not fair....me and the twins have the same mom and dad, and this baby won't."
"Ella, it's enough okay? I don't wanna fight with you about this. The last word was said about this." Elizabeth said and she went upstairs.
Ella turned out all the lights and she went upstairs too. She felt a bit sorry for being so rude to her mother. She decided to take a quick look if Elizabeth was still awake, if she was she would apologise.
"Mom?" Ella whispered. No reaction.
"Mom, we really need to talk." She said.
"What is it now, Ella?" Elizabeth said, with a mad tone in her voice.
"I'm sorry. I know it hasn't been easy for you and I think getting pregnant again was a very brave thing after all the troubles with the twins."
"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have gotten so mad so quickly."
"I hope this baby will be more like me, because I wasn't that full of energy when I was a baby and toddler right?"
"No you weren't. But it's the decease El."
"I know and it doesn't bother me, as long as they take their Ritalin."
"I know, but I've gotten used to them being like that. It's just who they are." Elizabeth said. "I love you Ella."
"I love you too." Ella said. "Well I'm going to get some sleep now."
"You wanna sleep here?"
"Sure I'm just gonna grab a few things."
"Okay." Ella walked to her room, grabbed her pillow and her blanket, brushed her teeth and jumped into Elizabeth's bed.
"Night." Elizabeth said.
"Goodnight." Ella replied and she kissed her mother on the cheek and on the belly.