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Ruthie Parke smiled down at her tiny niece who was in her arms. She laughed when Kate wrapped her hand around her pinkie.
"Sarah, she's beautiful." She said, looking up at her sister in law. They sat in Sarah and Matt's living room.
"Thank you." Sarah said. "She looks like Ella when she was a baby. As of yesterday, Kate's two weeks old!"
"How exciting!" Ruthie said. Kate began to cry and she stretched her arms out towards her mother. Sarah turned and looked at the clock.
"Lunch time already." She said. Ruthie handed the baby to her mother.
"I'll be right back." She said.
"Take your time. I'll hang out with my friend Ella." Ruthie said, smiling at the three-year-old who was seated by her feet. When she heard what her aunt said, she immediately leaped up to sit next to her. Sarah carried the baby down the hall to her room where they disappeared. Ella turned to her aunt.
"Isn't my sister cool?" She asked excitedly.
"She's very cool." Ruthie answered.
"Sometimes she cries, but wanna know what I do when she does?" Ella asked.
"I'd love to know." Ella smiled and put her hands over her ears. She began to hum very loudly.
"That." She said proudly, taking her hands down.
"Good idea." Ruthie told her with a smile. "When my little brothers were born, your Uncle Sam and Uncle David, I would always bury my head under my pillow." She told her little niece.
"I tried that, but I could still hear it." She said with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Oh. I guess your way works better, huh?"
"Much better." Ella said confidently. The little girl looked over at her aunt thoughtfully. She scooted over close to her and leaned towards her middle. She studied it for a long time, and looked back up to her face.
"Aunt Ruthie?" She asked.
"Yes?" Ruthie answered.
"You need to hurry up and have a baby." She said. Ruthie froze. "You already missed your turn. It goes mommy, Aunt Lucy, then you. You missed and moms got 2 now. Aunt Lucy has one, and you have none!" She leaned over to her Aunt's stomach again. "Anybody in there?" She asked. Sarah came out and saw what Ella was doing.
"Ella!" She shouted. She sat up and looked at her mother.
"Go play in your room please." She said. Ella nodded and got up. She skipped down the hall. Sarah rushed over and sat down next to Ruthie. A tear slid down Ruthie's cheek as she stared at the floor.
"She's right." She said quietly.
"You're perfectly on time. Don't worry." Sarah said, trying to sound reassuring. Ruthie shook her head.
"I have to go." She said, standing up quickly and heading for the door.
"Ruthie!" Sarah called.
"I'll see you later, Sarah." She said. "Have fun with Ella and Kate." Before Sarah could say another word, Ruthie walked out the door.
"Ella! Get out here!" She shouted.
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Ruthie walked down the isles of the supermarket that was down the street from her home. She stopped in front of the home pregnancy tests. She leaned over and grabbed four. Silently, she walked to the check out counter and paid for them.
When she got home, she put them all in her bathroom cabinet. She shut the cabinet and studied herself in the mirror. She turned to the side and pulled her shirt tight against her skin, looking for some kind of bump, a bulge, anything. But there was nothing. Her stomach was as flat as a pancake. Ruthie smiled sadly at the girl in the mirror and walked out of the bathroom.
A/N: Hey just FYI, it's great when you review and put your e-mail address in ( )'s in the name box along with your pen name or whatever. You don't have to put in there, don't feel pressured, but I do try to write back to everyone who lets me know the e-mail address to reach them at! : - )
Ruthie Parke smiled down at her tiny niece who was in her arms. She laughed when Kate wrapped her hand around her pinkie.
"Sarah, she's beautiful." She said, looking up at her sister in law. They sat in Sarah and Matt's living room.
"Thank you." Sarah said. "She looks like Ella when she was a baby. As of yesterday, Kate's two weeks old!"
"How exciting!" Ruthie said. Kate began to cry and she stretched her arms out towards her mother. Sarah turned and looked at the clock.
"Lunch time already." She said. Ruthie handed the baby to her mother.
"I'll be right back." She said.
"Take your time. I'll hang out with my friend Ella." Ruthie said, smiling at the three-year-old who was seated by her feet. When she heard what her aunt said, she immediately leaped up to sit next to her. Sarah carried the baby down the hall to her room where they disappeared. Ella turned to her aunt.
"Isn't my sister cool?" She asked excitedly.
"She's very cool." Ruthie answered.
"Sometimes she cries, but wanna know what I do when she does?" Ella asked.
"I'd love to know." Ella smiled and put her hands over her ears. She began to hum very loudly.
"That." She said proudly, taking her hands down.
"Good idea." Ruthie told her with a smile. "When my little brothers were born, your Uncle Sam and Uncle David, I would always bury my head under my pillow." She told her little niece.
"I tried that, but I could still hear it." She said with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Oh. I guess your way works better, huh?"
"Much better." Ella said confidently. The little girl looked over at her aunt thoughtfully. She scooted over close to her and leaned towards her middle. She studied it for a long time, and looked back up to her face.
"Aunt Ruthie?" She asked.
"Yes?" Ruthie answered.
"You need to hurry up and have a baby." She said. Ruthie froze. "You already missed your turn. It goes mommy, Aunt Lucy, then you. You missed and moms got 2 now. Aunt Lucy has one, and you have none!" She leaned over to her Aunt's stomach again. "Anybody in there?" She asked. Sarah came out and saw what Ella was doing.
"Ella!" She shouted. She sat up and looked at her mother.
"Go play in your room please." She said. Ella nodded and got up. She skipped down the hall. Sarah rushed over and sat down next to Ruthie. A tear slid down Ruthie's cheek as she stared at the floor.
"She's right." She said quietly.
"You're perfectly on time. Don't worry." Sarah said, trying to sound reassuring. Ruthie shook her head.
"I have to go." She said, standing up quickly and heading for the door.
"Ruthie!" Sarah called.
"I'll see you later, Sarah." She said. "Have fun with Ella and Kate." Before Sarah could say another word, Ruthie walked out the door.
"Ella! Get out here!" She shouted.
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Ruthie walked down the isles of the supermarket that was down the street from her home. She stopped in front of the home pregnancy tests. She leaned over and grabbed four. Silently, she walked to the check out counter and paid for them.
When she got home, she put them all in her bathroom cabinet. She shut the cabinet and studied herself in the mirror. She turned to the side and pulled her shirt tight against her skin, looking for some kind of bump, a bulge, anything. But there was nothing. Her stomach was as flat as a pancake. Ruthie smiled sadly at the girl in the mirror and walked out of the bathroom.
A/N: Hey just FYI, it's great when you review and put your e-mail address in ( )'s in the name box along with your pen name or whatever. You don't have to put in there, don't feel pressured, but I do try to write back to everyone who lets me know the e-mail address to reach them at! : - )
