April 30th, 2005
Week 26
Jing-Mei hated bed rest. She always did, but she wanted Jakob to be born on time. It was impossible to have triplets and be on bed rest though. Thank god April and her mother was helping out.
"Here is a sandwich." Mrs. Chen walked into the bedroom and placed a grilled cheese sandwich and some tea on the nightstand. She looked at her daughter; "You're staring at the wall."
"I'm just thinking." Jing-Mei said softly. Mrs. Chen sat next to her.
"About what?"
"If I was a good mother or not." Jing-Mei smiled slightly.
"You're an amazing mother, Jing-Mei." Mrs. Chen said, "You have three wonderful children here and one blessing about to enter the family. You're much better of a mother than I ever was to you and I know that." Jing-Mei's face softened.
"That's not true." Jing-Mei said, "You've been a great mother."
"No I haven't. I've been horrible and judgmental." She said.
"Well, yeah…" Jing-Mei smiled, "but that what mothers do." Mrs. Chen shook her head.
"I hope you tell the triplets that you love them every single day. Tell them how wonderful they are and make sure they know you'll behind them one hundred percent when they chose to go with their dreams." Mrs. Chen said. Jing-Mei smiled tenderly at her mother. She had never heard her mother talk like this before.
"Mom, I know you are behind me. It's been a long road for us, but I know now how amazing you are. You've changed so much over the years and I appreciate that." Jing-Mei said.
"Well, you are my daughter after all." Mrs. Chen said, "You will see how it feels when Josslyn and Josephine fall in love.
"I don't want to know how that feels." She chuckled. "They're never going to get married or have children. They're going to stay little forever." Mrs. Chen took her daughter's hand and kissed it.
"No matter how many times you hope that happens, they always grow up into the amazing people you want the to be." She said.
"I love you, Mother." Jing-Mei said softly, hormones running high.
"I love you too." Mrs. Chen said.
* * *
John walked into the house after his long shift. He wasn't sure if Jing-Mei the kids were asleep so he wasn't about to yell out her name. John walked up the stairs to the bedroom.
"Deb?" He said softly. She looked up to him with a smile.
"Hey, Darling. How was work?" Jing-Mei asked him.
"It was nice." He said loosening his tie, "How was your day?"
"Wonderful. Mother and I had a nice talk about her parenting skills." Jing-Mei said. John arched his eyebrow; "It wasn't like that. We had a nice heart to heart. We really needed that."
"That's great." John smiled taking his shirt off. Jing-Mei arched her eyebrow.
"It was." Jing-Mei smiled softly and closed her eyebrows. She was right. A nice heart to heart was exactly what their relationship needed.
May 14th, 2003
Week 28
John had the triplets today. Jing-Mei was extremely tired and she couldn't handle the children. John was taking them out to eat.
"I'm gonna eat only fries." JT said climbing up onto a chair.
"You're eating a burger too." John said stepping up to the cashier. "Hi. Could I have three hamburger happy meals with Pepsi and a number two with a dr. pepper?" The cashier nodded.
"A dr. pepper for Dr. Carter." John turned around to see Harper Tracey standing behind him. His eyes widened.
"Harper Tracey! Oh my god!" He laughed loudly, "It's been forever hasn't it??" The last time John saw Harper was that forth of July when Jing-Mei thought he was leaving her for Harper.
"Harper Winslow now." Harper said showing him her hand.
"You got married?" He asked.
"Two years ago yesterday." Harper smiled. John glanced at the baby she was holding in her arms. It was a gorgeous little girl.
"Is that yours?" He asked, shocked. Harper nodded.
"Chantel." Harper smiled, "She's almost a year old. Time sure flies." Harper glanced back at the table to the triplets.
"I can't believe you have a child." John laughed, "Those are mine, Josslyn, Jonathan the fourth, and Josephine. Jing-Mei is pregnant with our fourth, Jakob." Harper grinned brightly.
"That's terrific." She said with a chuckle, "So, we've grown up."
"That we have. For the better I hope." John grabbed the tray of food, "Why don't you ladies come join us?" Harper nodded.
"Great, thanks." Harper slid Chantel into one of the high chairs.
"Hi. Who are you?" Josephine asked. Harper smiled as she sat down.
"My name is Harper. I used to work with your daddy." She said.
"You're a doctor?" JT asked with excitement in his eyes.
"Yes, sir." Harper smiled. "They're darling, John. They look so much like you." John nodded as he handed the kids their food.
"Are you in Chicago for long, Harper?" John asked.
"For awhile. We got stationed out here so I figured we can catch up with old friends." Harper said giving Chantel a French fry.
"Ahhh, you're still an army brat." John laughed. Harper nodded.
"Forever and always of course." Harper smiled, "We need men and women more than ever right now." John nodded.
"How true. How true." He said.
* * *
"MOMMY!!!!" Josslyn yelled running into the house.
"I hear you." Jing-Mei waddled down the stairs. She stopped in her tracks when she saw Harper walked into her home.
"Hey there." John smiled, "You're supposed to be resting."
"I will be resting on the couch." She gave Harper a look.
"Look who we ran in to." John smiled, "She's married and has a little girl now so don't freak out, Deb."
"I'm not freaking out." Jing-Mei said looking at the little girl in Harper's arms. "Come into the living room." Harper smiled softly.
"Chantel and I should really get going." Harper said.
"No, please Harper. Come in. The kids seem to like your little one and they need to get used to having little ones around." She said.
"Thank you." Harper said as John led them into the living room. This was a little awkward, but Jing-Mei would be on her best behaviour. Harper was married and had a child; she couldn't be interested in John and who cares if she was. Jing-Mei knew john wasn't interested in her.
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