Chapter 9: Another Call

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the 7th Heaven characters, nor do I own 7th Heaven!

Rating: PG

The rest of March passed quickly for the Kinkirks. Matt and Sarah returned home to school. Soon, April was upon them. Due in only three months, Lucy seemed to get rounder by the day. Then one day in mid-April, Lucy was home alone while Kevin was at work, when the phone rang. She picked it up and spoke into the receiver warmly.
"Hello?"
"Hey Lucy! It's Sarah" Her sister-in-laws voice rang happily on the other end of the phone.
"Sarah! How are you?" Lucy asked, happy to be talking to Sarah again.
"I'm great." She answered. "I had my doctors appointment today." Sarah trailed off.
"And you're going to have a.?" Lucy asked.
"We're going to have a son!" Sarah cried excitedly. "Matt is ecstatic."
"Congratulations!" Lucy told her. "Have you told your parents yet?"
"My parents know and they're really happy." Sarah told her. "We're calling up Eric and Annie next."
"So.what's the baby's name going to be?" Lucy asked, hardly able to wait to hear the answer.
"Drum roll please." Sarah joked. "His name is going to be." Lucy felt she was going to die of anticipation "Bryan Matthew"
"Bryan Matthew!" Lucy cried, "How cute is that? Bryan Matthew Camden. A good solid name for any nephew of mine. Same due date still?"
"Yep. Still September 14th! Six months!"
"Congratulations!" Lucy told her. Just then, the door opened and Kevin walked in looking upset.
"Oh, Sarah, I have to go. I'll talk to you later." She said into the phone.
"All right. Love ya. Bye!" Sarah said.
"Love you too. Bye!" Lucy hung up the phone. As soon as she did, Kevin pulled her into a tight embrace.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked her husband worriedly.
"I have to go out of town," Kevin said.
"When and why?" Lucy asked.
"June 2-10. For work. The sergeant came in today and told Roxanne and I. There's this convention in New York for Policemen and women. He had to choose 6 people to go, and he chose me as one. He said he's sending his best people." He told her with a mock-cocky smile. " I told him that my wife was expecting a baby a little after that, but he says I need to go still. He's like a grade-school teacher I swear!" He joked.
"But you'll be back on the 10th right? I'll be fine I'm not due until the 16th and my mom was late having every one of us. I'll probably be the same." The re-assured him. "Don't worry." She told him. She decided to change the subject.
"Guess what" She said
"What?" Kevin asked, half-heartily.
"Sarah and Matt are having a boy. Bryan Matthew." She informed him. Kevin seemed to forget what he was thinking about and he smiled.
"So we're going to have a nephew? That's great. I can't believe it!" He said happily.
"Isn't it?" She asked him with a smile.
That night, Lucy went to bed before Kevin. She was so happy she felt she might burst. Then she thought of her parents. 'How happy must they be?' she wondered to herself. Suddenly, she felt the baby kick and a smile grew on her face. 'Only three months.'