A/n: two months have passed since the last chapter.

Second time round

Part three

Home visit

Mary tapped her fingers nervously along the dashboard. Carlos was in the convenient store, and Charlie was asleep in the backseat. They were on their way to Glenoak, and as each mile passed the more nervous and excited Mary became. This long weekend all the Camden kids and their families were going to be at Eric and Annie's. That was the nerve racking part. By now everyone knew that Mary wasn't expecting. But now there was more, and well she hadn't told any of them yet, Carlos and she had decided to keep it as a surprise for the long weekend visit, but now that her stomach was in knots, she wasn't quite sure that they had made the right decision.

Carlos smiled at her as he hopped back in the car and handed her the can of coke she had requested.

"You right"?

She nodded her head. He smiled "Only two more hours" Mary tried her best at a smile back. It was exactly a 5 hour and 45 minute trip from their place to Glenoak. They could have flown, But Mary had had her fair share of plain rides and had convinced Carlos to drive, it was cheaper. And if not even more comfortable for Mary in her condition.

She rubbed her belly. To say she was showing would be an understatement. She was six months pregnant and was now bigger than what she was when she was 9 months pregnant with Charlie. She felt fat, cranky and uncomfortable 99 percent of the time. This time round, it was harder in every aspect.

"Mary" Carlos shook his wife gently "We're here" Mary opened her eyes. At the confused look on her face Carlos added "You drifted off"

She nodded and looked up; they were parked behind the house, right near the back yard. "Why are we here"?

"The front was booked up "Laughed Carlos

"Oh, which means we're the last ones here"

"I guess so" he squeezed her shoulders "Just relax will ya, it'll all be fine."

They unbuckled a very excited Charlie from the back seat and headed through the back gate.

Mary gingerly opened the kitchen door. To be met with the sight of her Mom leaning over the kitchen counter, cook book in hand.

She cleared her voice and Annie looked up.

"Mary, Carlos and Charlie." She squealed delightedly she hugged little Charlie and Carlos first then took in the sight of her daughter "Look at you "she exclaimed. Before she could say anything else "We have some news" responded Carlos

Annie smiled knowingly "Well come on, lets go into the living room, everyone else is in there, then you can both tell us your news"

Carlos took hold of Mary's hand and little Charlie toddled after them.

Everyone looked up as they entered Lucy rushed over to Mary , Sylvia in her arms "Mary" she hugged her sister "It's so good to see you" she glanced at her stomach "Wow" she giggled "How are you"? Before Mary could reply Lucy added "Come sit down" Mary shot Carlos a help me look, he shrugged his shoulders and simply followed

Matt, Sarah, Eric and Simon and Kevin all greeted the family hello. Eric reached out for Charlie and the little boy toddled over to him. "So what's new"? Asked Annie excitedly as she took her place next to Eric. The family looked at the couple expectantly. "New"? Questioned Eric. Annie nodded "Carlos and Mary told me they had some news".

"Well tell us" Added Lucy now almost as excited as her mother.

"What about Ruthie and the boys"?

"There at Peters, they'll be back in time for dinner" Answered Eric

"I think we'll wait till they come back"

Annie smiled "Alright then, I guess we can all wait till then, it's all good news I hope?"

Mary gave a small smile "Yes"

The next few hours were to be spent catching up, halfway through all the women left for the kitchen to help Annie prepare dinner, while the men all went out the back.

An hour Later Ruthie and the twins arrived home, mud smudged on their faces. Annie shook her head "I'm not even going to ask, just clean up and come help set the table" she requested.

Ruthie grinned "Alright Come on guys" she took her brothers and headed up the stairs.

15 minutes later the entire family were seated at the table. After saying grace they tucked in.

Despite her condition Mary could hardly eat a thing, much to Carlos surprise who had kept shooting her funny looks, Mary ignored them, in no time it seemed to her that everyone had finished their meals and were once again staring at the couple expectantly.

The time had finally come to tell everyone

Mary opened her mouth "Well um we have something to tell you"

Annie nodded "We know that"

"Tell us already" Piped up Ruthie "So we can have dessert"

Her father shot her a disapproving look.

Mary and Carlos took in a deep breath "We're having triplets"

Everyone was silent and then suddenly their was an uproar of cheers and congratulations

That night in bed Mary sighed with relief. It seemed that her family had finally left her bad girl image behind, and as her mom had said to her at dinner. 'You have grown into quite a woman' Mary finally felt she had grown up.

A/n : this is the third and final part , with an epilogue soon coming! I hope this didn't disappoint, I've felt so overwhelmed with the response of the last two chapters, you're all so nice :) I hope this didn't seem too rushed, but as I had first planned this was only going to be a short story, now time to thank everyone. Thanks goes out to KayKayelle, SarahandMattCamden4ever, Swimminkindofgirl, Shouhei, GeorgeStultsFan, Nightangel, Ahjnkces, Stargazer108 and Miracle2002. Thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed, it was much appreciated.