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Nina looked through her bills. She was very behind this month. She had no idea how she was going to make all of these payments. Maybe if she took a shower only when she really reeked? No, then she wouldn't have any friends. What if she only bathed Sam when he really smelled? No, then she would get a note home saying that her son had no proper hygiene. What if she only brushed her teeth, did her dishes, and washed her clothes at Andy's? No, if she wanted to further her relationship with Andy she was not going to use all his water. The only way that she could make the payment was if she sold her wedding and engagement ring. She knew that Carl wasn't coming back, but she was attached to her ring. She got it in high school and hated to give it away, but if she wanted to stay in that house she would have to. She sighed and picked up the phone to call a pawn shop. She described the ring to the man on the other line, he told her it was worth. It was just enough to get by, this time. A few minutes after she hung the phone Lilly came to the door.
"Hey, why are you here so late?" asked Nina.
"I need to talk to you. Do you know about Ephram and Madison?" Lilly asked. She looked nervous. Nina nodded. "Well, Madison wants to put the baby up for adoption. Ephram wants to keep it. We sat down and figured out whether we could take care of the baby. We found out that we had everything but a baby sitter. We would pay you to watch the baby. We would do anything. Please say you'll watch it,"
Nina sat there thinking about what Lilly had asked. She needed the money, but a new born baby? That was harder than pregnancy. "How much money were you thinking of paying me?"
"What do you need?" Lilly was desperate and the fact that Nina was even thinking of helping made her feel like there was a little hope.
Nina calculated in her head what she would need to keep the house. Sixty dollars a day sounded about what she would need, but that was way too much. She knew they would never be able to afford that. "Let me talk to Andy about it. I would love to watch the baby,"
Lilly couldn't believe she said yes. She smiled and gave Nina a huge hug. "Oh my God thank you so much! You are...oh my God, I have no words,"
Lilly hadn't even realized how much she really wanted this baby. She just couldn't believe that they had a chance. Lilly left Nina's house and ran over to hers. She ran into the room and jumped into Ephram's arms. He just guessed the answer for Nina's question. He was so happy, he had never expected Nina to say yes. Andy stood off to the side and knew that he had to let them keep this baby. He smiled and laughed a little. Thank God for Nina. Ephram put Lilly down and just laughed.
"I can't believe it! Do we get to Dad?" Ephram turned to his father.
Andy nodded and Ephram turned back to Lilly. He laughed and picked Lilly back up. Lilly laughed and laid her head down on Ephram's shoulder. He set her back down and went to go call Madison.
He dialed the number as quickly as possible and tapped his fingers on the counter.
"Hello?" asked Madison, she sounded like she had been sleeping.
"Hey Madison, don't put the baby up for adoption," said Ephram, he was so excited he barely made sense.
"I have to Ephram, I can't do this myself. This is the only way out," Madison was getting uncomfortable.
"I want custody of it. I want it, I've been looking over everything and I can take care of it. I want custody of the baby,"
"Are you sure?" Madison was happy Ephram wanted the baby, she hated the thought of putting it up for adoption. At least then she would know that it was safe and she knew where it was.
"Yeah,"
"Okay, if this is what you want, I want you to have the baby,"
Ephram hung the phone up and went over to his dad. He gave a huge hug, "Thank you,"
Andy started t cry a little but held it back. Lilly was on cloud nine, she was going to be a mom. That was when it really became palpable. A real baby, not a fake one or one that she baby-sits, a baby that she takes home and watches herself.
That night Lilly snuck into Ephram's room. She crawled in next to him and wrapped her arms around him. He woke up and turned around.
"Hey, is there anything wrong?" Ephram said.
"No, I just wanted to talk about baby names. What do you want to name the baby if it is a girl?" Lilly asked snuggling closer.
"I guess we should talk about it with Madison, but what about Bennifer?" Ephram said. Talking about names made it seem so real.
Lilly laughed, "If you name the baby Bennifer I will kill you,"
Slowly they fell asleep in each others arms. Even if a complete stranger walked in and saw them, they would be able tell that they loved each other very much.
"Hey, we need to get you registered for school, it starts in a week," said Andy over breakfast the next morning.
All three kids groaned. "Dad, haven't I ever told you. You don't say the "s" word until the day before the "s" word starts," said Ephram.
"Oh, yeah. Well today I'll go to the high school and get her registered. I think your mom sent all your school papers with your clothes that day. If you want to come with me we can sign you up for classes," ignoring there fake flinching after he said school.
"Fine I'll go, but I do not want to hear that word until the day before school," said Lilly.
They all laughed a little and finished up breakfast. "Oh yeah, Nina wants to talk to you about how much she should be paid to watch the baby," said Lilly suddenly remembering that information.
Andy nodded and kept on eating. He was wondering how much she would ask. He knew that Nina was having money problems and he knew that this was a way to help her way out of it.
When they finished cleaning up their breakfast Andy and Lilly got ready to go to the school. While waiting for Lilly he started to look through her transcript. He was amazed to see how well she did in school. She had made all A's since she had started high school and she had been in all advanced placement classes. Her extracurricular activities were amazing. Sh edited the yearbook, had been on the dance team, cheerleading, drama, chorus, band, and academic team. She had always seemed smart to him, but he never thought she was this smart. When she came down stairs he looked at her like she was a different person.
"What?" she asked when she caught his stare.
"Why didn't you tell us you were a genius!" he said.
She blushed a little, "Oh, you saw my transcript. I'm not that smart, I just study,"
"Let me see," said Ephram coming over to see it. "Wow! What are you superwoman?"
Lilly's face, if it was possible, got even redder. "No, things just come to me easier than to other people,"
"But not only that you were involved in everything available. You were even on newspaper, broadcasting, and governors honors. Governors honors is impossible to get. How did you do it?" Ephram had snatched her transcript from Andy.
"Let me see that," she said snatching it from him. "Hey they left off that started my own club,"
"What a tragedy," Ephram said rolling his eyes. He loved to make fun of Lilly.
Lilly stuck her tongue out at him and he gave her a hug.
"Okay let's go," said Andy wanting to get her registered as soon as possible.
Andy led her out of the house and they made their way to the school. Andy smiled, now he had someone to talk to about complicated, intelligent things. When they made to the school they got out to get registered. Andy was walking on sunshine, he had someone to show off academically. After everything was taking care of Lilly went to sign up for classes. She signed up for AP British Literature, AP Macroenomics, AP Human Anatomy, AP Calculus, Ap Latin, and Dance.
"You have a lot on your hands," said Andy when they got in the car. He looked over her schedule. "You know Latin?"
"Ita Vero! Yes, I've taken it since ninth grade," said Lilly. "It really helps with literature and stuff. I know all the big words,"
Andy raised his eyebrows, he was impressed, he had taken Latin himself. "What side do you root for, the Greeks or the Trojans"
"Trojans, I'm a sucker for a romantic story. Even though they fell out of love, I still wished Troy had won. Paris and Helen were so stupid. They should have run away to a different country not go back to Troy, especially since Paris had that prophecy,"
Andy laughed, he couldn't remember the whole story about Troy, so he really had no idea what she was talking about. When they got back home Ephram and Lilly went out for a walk.
"Lilly, why aren't you going to be a doctor or lawyer? I can't believe you want to be a dancer, you might never make a dime from that. Why not do something that you can make millions from?" asked Ephram. His question had been bothering him since he saw her transcript.
"I don't enjoy law or medicine, I enjoy dancing. I don't want to spend all of my life doing something I hate because I get more money for it. One of my teachers asked me the same thing when I told her that's what I wanted to be. When I told her my answer she smiled and told me that is why she got into teaching. She didn't want money, she wanted to teach," Lilly said.
Ephram smiled at her, she was so confident. How did she do it? "So you're a cheerleader? You don't seem like a cheerleader,"
"I was, I'm thinking of trying out this year. What do you think?" she said. She had seen a flyer up outside the school and thought about it.
"Are you kidding, I would love to have a sexy cheerleader girlfriend,"
Lilly rolled her eyes, "Is that all guys think about, sex? You are making me loose faith in men,"
Ephram smiled and kissed her. She smiled and they walked in silence for a while.
Madisa Delinda Est! You know the awesomest song is? Ohhh La La by the Wise Guys! Just thought you would like to know! If you don't believe me listen to it and find out for yourself!
Nina looked through her bills. She was very behind this month. She had no idea how she was going to make all of these payments. Maybe if she took a shower only when she really reeked? No, then she wouldn't have any friends. What if she only bathed Sam when he really smelled? No, then she would get a note home saying that her son had no proper hygiene. What if she only brushed her teeth, did her dishes, and washed her clothes at Andy's? No, if she wanted to further her relationship with Andy she was not going to use all his water. The only way that she could make the payment was if she sold her wedding and engagement ring. She knew that Carl wasn't coming back, but she was attached to her ring. She got it in high school and hated to give it away, but if she wanted to stay in that house she would have to. She sighed and picked up the phone to call a pawn shop. She described the ring to the man on the other line, he told her it was worth. It was just enough to get by, this time. A few minutes after she hung the phone Lilly came to the door.
"Hey, why are you here so late?" asked Nina.
"I need to talk to you. Do you know about Ephram and Madison?" Lilly asked. She looked nervous. Nina nodded. "Well, Madison wants to put the baby up for adoption. Ephram wants to keep it. We sat down and figured out whether we could take care of the baby. We found out that we had everything but a baby sitter. We would pay you to watch the baby. We would do anything. Please say you'll watch it,"
Nina sat there thinking about what Lilly had asked. She needed the money, but a new born baby? That was harder than pregnancy. "How much money were you thinking of paying me?"
"What do you need?" Lilly was desperate and the fact that Nina was even thinking of helping made her feel like there was a little hope.
Nina calculated in her head what she would need to keep the house. Sixty dollars a day sounded about what she would need, but that was way too much. She knew they would never be able to afford that. "Let me talk to Andy about it. I would love to watch the baby,"
Lilly couldn't believe she said yes. She smiled and gave Nina a huge hug. "Oh my God thank you so much! You are...oh my God, I have no words,"
Lilly hadn't even realized how much she really wanted this baby. She just couldn't believe that they had a chance. Lilly left Nina's house and ran over to hers. She ran into the room and jumped into Ephram's arms. He just guessed the answer for Nina's question. He was so happy, he had never expected Nina to say yes. Andy stood off to the side and knew that he had to let them keep this baby. He smiled and laughed a little. Thank God for Nina. Ephram put Lilly down and just laughed.
"I can't believe it! Do we get to Dad?" Ephram turned to his father.
Andy nodded and Ephram turned back to Lilly. He laughed and picked Lilly back up. Lilly laughed and laid her head down on Ephram's shoulder. He set her back down and went to go call Madison.
He dialed the number as quickly as possible and tapped his fingers on the counter.
"Hello?" asked Madison, she sounded like she had been sleeping.
"Hey Madison, don't put the baby up for adoption," said Ephram, he was so excited he barely made sense.
"I have to Ephram, I can't do this myself. This is the only way out," Madison was getting uncomfortable.
"I want custody of it. I want it, I've been looking over everything and I can take care of it. I want custody of the baby,"
"Are you sure?" Madison was happy Ephram wanted the baby, she hated the thought of putting it up for adoption. At least then she would know that it was safe and she knew where it was.
"Yeah,"
"Okay, if this is what you want, I want you to have the baby,"
Ephram hung the phone up and went over to his dad. He gave a huge hug, "Thank you,"
Andy started t cry a little but held it back. Lilly was on cloud nine, she was going to be a mom. That was when it really became palpable. A real baby, not a fake one or one that she baby-sits, a baby that she takes home and watches herself.
That night Lilly snuck into Ephram's room. She crawled in next to him and wrapped her arms around him. He woke up and turned around.
"Hey, is there anything wrong?" Ephram said.
"No, I just wanted to talk about baby names. What do you want to name the baby if it is a girl?" Lilly asked snuggling closer.
"I guess we should talk about it with Madison, but what about Bennifer?" Ephram said. Talking about names made it seem so real.
Lilly laughed, "If you name the baby Bennifer I will kill you,"
Slowly they fell asleep in each others arms. Even if a complete stranger walked in and saw them, they would be able tell that they loved each other very much.
"Hey, we need to get you registered for school, it starts in a week," said Andy over breakfast the next morning.
All three kids groaned. "Dad, haven't I ever told you. You don't say the "s" word until the day before the "s" word starts," said Ephram.
"Oh, yeah. Well today I'll go to the high school and get her registered. I think your mom sent all your school papers with your clothes that day. If you want to come with me we can sign you up for classes," ignoring there fake flinching after he said school.
"Fine I'll go, but I do not want to hear that word until the day before school," said Lilly.
They all laughed a little and finished up breakfast. "Oh yeah, Nina wants to talk to you about how much she should be paid to watch the baby," said Lilly suddenly remembering that information.
Andy nodded and kept on eating. He was wondering how much she would ask. He knew that Nina was having money problems and he knew that this was a way to help her way out of it.
When they finished cleaning up their breakfast Andy and Lilly got ready to go to the school. While waiting for Lilly he started to look through her transcript. He was amazed to see how well she did in school. She had made all A's since she had started high school and she had been in all advanced placement classes. Her extracurricular activities were amazing. Sh edited the yearbook, had been on the dance team, cheerleading, drama, chorus, band, and academic team. She had always seemed smart to him, but he never thought she was this smart. When she came down stairs he looked at her like she was a different person.
"What?" she asked when she caught his stare.
"Why didn't you tell us you were a genius!" he said.
She blushed a little, "Oh, you saw my transcript. I'm not that smart, I just study,"
"Let me see," said Ephram coming over to see it. "Wow! What are you superwoman?"
Lilly's face, if it was possible, got even redder. "No, things just come to me easier than to other people,"
"But not only that you were involved in everything available. You were even on newspaper, broadcasting, and governors honors. Governors honors is impossible to get. How did you do it?" Ephram had snatched her transcript from Andy.
"Let me see that," she said snatching it from him. "Hey they left off that started my own club,"
"What a tragedy," Ephram said rolling his eyes. He loved to make fun of Lilly.
Lilly stuck her tongue out at him and he gave her a hug.
"Okay let's go," said Andy wanting to get her registered as soon as possible.
Andy led her out of the house and they made their way to the school. Andy smiled, now he had someone to talk to about complicated, intelligent things. When they made to the school they got out to get registered. Andy was walking on sunshine, he had someone to show off academically. After everything was taking care of Lilly went to sign up for classes. She signed up for AP British Literature, AP Macroenomics, AP Human Anatomy, AP Calculus, Ap Latin, and Dance.
"You have a lot on your hands," said Andy when they got in the car. He looked over her schedule. "You know Latin?"
"Ita Vero! Yes, I've taken it since ninth grade," said Lilly. "It really helps with literature and stuff. I know all the big words,"
Andy raised his eyebrows, he was impressed, he had taken Latin himself. "What side do you root for, the Greeks or the Trojans"
"Trojans, I'm a sucker for a romantic story. Even though they fell out of love, I still wished Troy had won. Paris and Helen were so stupid. They should have run away to a different country not go back to Troy, especially since Paris had that prophecy,"
Andy laughed, he couldn't remember the whole story about Troy, so he really had no idea what she was talking about. When they got back home Ephram and Lilly went out for a walk.
"Lilly, why aren't you going to be a doctor or lawyer? I can't believe you want to be a dancer, you might never make a dime from that. Why not do something that you can make millions from?" asked Ephram. His question had been bothering him since he saw her transcript.
"I don't enjoy law or medicine, I enjoy dancing. I don't want to spend all of my life doing something I hate because I get more money for it. One of my teachers asked me the same thing when I told her that's what I wanted to be. When I told her my answer she smiled and told me that is why she got into teaching. She didn't want money, she wanted to teach," Lilly said.
Ephram smiled at her, she was so confident. How did she do it? "So you're a cheerleader? You don't seem like a cheerleader,"
"I was, I'm thinking of trying out this year. What do you think?" she said. She had seen a flyer up outside the school and thought about it.
"Are you kidding, I would love to have a sexy cheerleader girlfriend,"
Lilly rolled her eyes, "Is that all guys think about, sex? You are making me loose faith in men,"
Ephram smiled and kissed her. She smiled and they walked in silence for a while.
Madisa Delinda Est! You know the awesomest song is? Ohhh La La by the Wise Guys! Just thought you would like to know! If you don't believe me listen to it and find out for yourself!