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In The Days Ahead

Chapter 6: Action!

February 2

Hailey Camden sighed and looked at her watch. 7:52 PM. She had been on the set of Jamestown since 9:00 this morning. Almost everyone else had gotten to go home for the evening. It was just Hailey, and a co-star, the girl who played her best friend. They had been working on the same scene for just over an hour now, and just couldn't seem to get it right. She hated to be here so late. Sam got off of work every day at 6:00, and she hated to be away from him so much.

"Hailey!" The director's voice shook her from her thoughts. She looked up. "From your line please. Let's go from "She's going crazy."" Hailey nodded her head. She took a deep breath and got in to character. "And…action!" The director called. Hailey put her hands in the soapy water of the sink and began to 'wash the dishes.' Her 'best friend' turned to her as she dried the dishes, and Hailey began to talk.

"She's going crazy. I mean, we all know that there are no such things as ghosts. I don't mean to put my sister down, I really don't. It's just…" The other actress nodded.

"Your poor sister. She's simply losing her mind." She said. Hailey lifted a plate out of the sink and there was a crash off stage, as planned, as the 'door' was opened and slammed shut. No one came in. Now totally into her part, Hailey dropped her plate, and it shattered into pieces on the ground.

"Wh-what was that?" She asked, acting convincingly afraid. She looked around her and gasped as the picture frames flew off of the table in the end of the room, each shattering on the ground. "What's going on?" She, as her character, cried. The actress playing her best friend just shook her head, not having any words. Suddenly, the other actress screamed.

"Anne!" She cried, as Hailey's character's name was Anne. "Look!" Hailey spun around and screamed too as they saw sprawled across the window in deep blue letters 'No such thing as ghosts?'.

"And…CUT!" The director yelled. "Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful. Now of course, there will be some dramatic music and all that, but if I do say so myself, I knew what was going to happen and I just about wet myself. Fabulous, ladies. You can get your things and go home for the night. We're done! See you tomorrow morning at 11." Hailey and her co-star nodded and went opposite ways to their trailers. Hailey got her purse and got in her car. After driving for 20 minutes, she pulled into she and Sam's driveway. She got out and locked up. She was reached for the door handle and entered her house. When she got in, she was greeted with the sight of candles, lit around the room. Sam stepped out and kissed his wife.

"What's all this?" Hailey asked, pretending that she had no idea. Sam smiled and kissed her again.

"Well, you see, it's my wife's 25th birthday today." He explained, "and I thought we could celebrate after she got home from work." Hailey smiled happily. She was absolutely convinced that there was no man better than hers. Sam lead his wife to the coffee table where there was a small, wrapped box. "For you, my dear." He told her. She smiled and they sat down. She unwrapped the box carefully, only to reveal another, black, box. She opened it up and gasped. Inside was a bracelet. It was a silver chain. In the center were 3 gold hearts, all connected, with diamonds down the left side of each heart.

"Sam this is beautiful!" Hailey exclaimed. "Thank you!" She kissed her husband sweetly and he smiled at her.

"Your welcome." He told her. "I love you."

"I love you too." She replied. They spent the next hour there on the sofa, spending some much-needed time together.

"Mom?" Asked Rachel on Sunday night, walking over to Cecilia. Cecilia looked up at her daughter and nodded. They sat down at the kitchen table. "I need to talk to you. And you have to promise that you won't flip. OK?" She asked. Cecilia eyed her daughter suspiciously.

"OK." She said. "Go ahead."

"Well there's this guy, right? And he's really cool. I mean, really, really, really cool. And he's mature and awesome and…"

"And?" Cecilia asked. She knew that her daughter was getting to something, only she didn't know exactly what.

"And he asked me out today and I really, really wanna go." She said. Cecilia looked at her daughter with 'the look'.

"You know the rule, sweetie. No dating until you're 16. And how old is this boy anyway?"

"16…" She said looking at the ground. "So if one of us is 16 can I…"

"NO!" Cecilia exclaimed. "16? Rachel you're 13. 13. There's no way that you're going to date a 16-year-old. You have to be 16."

"Mom!" She objected.

"I'm sorry, Rach, but that rule is for your own good. I just don't want you to get hurt!" She told her daughter. Rachel folded her arms. She hated be 'only 13'. She was ready to be older. "But remember the other rule…you're allowed to start double-dating when you're 14. Only 3 months away…Rachel nodded. "And when you get to be that age, then we'll discuss who you date, when you date, and so on.

"OK." Rachel said. She rose from the table and went back upstairs. A few minutes later, her music was heard coming from the 2nd level of the home. Cecilia shook her head. Kids wanted to grow up so fast!

Monday, February 4

"William, Luke, and Madison Kinkirk, get over here, now!" Lucy called for the 6th time that morning. The kids were being extra slow this morning. They all got up late, took a long time getting dressed, even longer eating breakfast, and now they had been gone for the last 20 minutes doing heaven knew what. Liv was the only one on time. She was sitting at the kitchen table, backpack on. She had her lunch in her lunch box, which was sitting in front of her.

"Mom!" Liv complained. School started at 9:00 am and it was already 8:53. Lucy nodded her head.

"I know sweetie. Ya know what? Why don't you get in the car? I'll be right there." Liv did as she was told and Lucy started down the hall. The triplets were all in the bathroom. Lucy gasped when she saw what they were doing. They had pulled out all of the shaving cream and were in the process of covering the mirror in it, tracing things in it as they went. "That's it!" She yelled. "Will, Luke, Maddy, go to your rooms, now. I'm taking your sister to school."

"But we'll be late!" Maddy objected.

"Go to your room." She repeated. The kids did as they were told. Lucy grabbed her purse and got in the car. She dropped Liv off at her preschool class right before the 9:00 bell rang. When she got home, she went down the hall again. Will and Luke were in their rooms, and Maddy was In hers. Lucy entered the boys' room first.

"Luke, go get Maddy." He did as he was told. After he and Maddy came into the room, Lucy had them each sit on the floor in front of her.

"You three, I am very disappointed in you." She told them "You knew that you had to get to school this morning. You knew that you were supposed to be in the kitchen ready to go at 7:45, and you knew that your sister had to get to school too!" They all looked at the floor. "Now, Maddy, go to your room, Luke, stay here, and Will go wait in daddy's office so I can talk to you each on your own." She said. They did as their mother told them. After going to each room and sentencing them each to a 1 week grounding, and no dessert for the day, she had them all go into the bathroom and clean up the mess they had made. After they were done, Lucy gave them each their lunch, and drove them to school, one hour late. When she got home, she sighed and looked at the bathroom again. Despite herself, she began to laugh, remembering the time when she and Mary had done the exact same thing, at ages 6 and 7.

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