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A/N: Hey! As usual, thanks for the reviews! They're so appreciated. I'm so sorry that this chapter took so long to be put up. I've had the hardest time writing it for some reason! I swear I have ADD sometimes when it comes to getting myself to sit and write. Haha. I hope that you are still enjoying this story...review when you're done!

April 2

Beyond The Horizon

Chapter 8: Getting Ready

Faith sat up in she and Sam's bed and looked at the clock: 9:12 AM. She sighed and stretched her arms way up above her head: it was about time to get up. Since she had gotten out of the hospital on March 5th, things had been pretty lazy. She had doctor's orders to be in bed or off her feet for a large amount of the day, so she had spent the majority of her time sleeping and watching television. Because her doctor had told her to take her maternity leave from work, she had been writing-free for a few weeks now and it felt great. Without the deadlines hanging over her head, she felt so free and relaxed. She moaned as she stood up and her ankles seemed to scream out in agony. They were so swollen and sore that it hurt to stand and walk around. She put her hands over her large stomach. Her due date was approaching quickly: only one month and 20 days to go. She moved slowly into the family room and flopped down onto the sofa, turning on the morning news. When a wave of nausea came over her, she sighed. Of course: she had to take her pill. For her anemia, she had to take an iron supplement pill twice a day: one in the morning and one at night. She had been so exhausted last night that she had completely forgotten, and she would be paying for it this morning.

As she stood, morning sickness and anemia related nausea came over her and she ran for the bathroom, barely making it before she threw up. As if to add insult to injury, the baby gave a hard kick. Faith frowned and held her stomach. She walked into the kitchen and made herself a piece of toast. After eating it slowly, she took her morning pill, which would hopefully settle her stomach. The house was strangely quiet as she made her way back to the sofa. Now that Sam had gone back to work after taking off some time for her in the hospital, and Sarah had flown home on the 8th, things seemed...different...boring. She wished so much at times like this that she and Sam lived back in Glen Oak by the rest of the family. Their closest family member, David, lived over in Houston, and they rarely even got to see him.

She let out a sigh of relief as slowly but surely her nausea went away. She looked down at her basketball of a stomach and sighed to herself...this was really going to happen: she was really going to have a baby. She moved her hand back and forth over her stomach a few times, and laughed when the baby kicked, seeming to greet her back. She stood up and made her way into the baby's nursery. From the time that she had arrived home from the hospital, she and Sam had been working on getting the nursery, and it was about ready now. The walls were painted a pastel shade of yellow. A denim rocking chair sat in the corner near the window. There was a changing table up against the wall. She smiled as she neared the crib. With checkered yellow sheets to match the walls and some stuffed animals inside, awaiting the arrival of the baby, it was looking marvelous. She smoothed the sheets carefully then placed her hands back on her stomach. In just a few weeks, she'd be standing in this same spot looking into the crib and seeing a tiny baby...she and Sam's child.

April 6

Kate smiled as she hung up the phone. Everything was set for the wedding! She looked at her calendar: April 6. Exactly two months from today, on June 6th, she'd be walking down the isle. She couldn't believe that it had already been so long since they got engaged...January 8th was 3 months ago, and it seemed like an eternity. She and David had decided on a short engagement by normal terms today...only 5 months. She was anticipating the big day more and more as it got closer. She and her sister had already gone out a few weeks ago and chosen her wedding dress, a beautiful floor length satin white dress with thin spaghetti straps and discreet beading over the entire thing. It was a beautiful dress on it's own, but when Kate wore it, it was absolutely stunning.

She was so excited to finally call David 'her husband' that she could hardly stand it. From what he told her, he had already rented his tuxedo, though she hadn't seen it. She say down at the table and opened up the black 'wedding binder', flipping to the "guests" section. There she had printed out a list of everyone invited with two boxes next to each name; one labeled 'NO' and one labeled 'YES'. She scanned down the list and smiled, noticing that most of family could come. Eric and Annie could make it, as could her parents. All of David's brothers and sisters plus their spouses could make it, which was really nice. She checked down the list to double check that her sister and brother would be able to come with their husband and wife as well, and she saw that they would be there. The rest was sprinkled with yes' and no's when it came to friends and other relatives, but luckily, the majority of those invited would be there.

As a couple, she and David had decided that only David's nieces and nephews ages 13 or over would be able to attend their wedding. The only exception that they would be making was for, God willing, Sam and Faith's new baby, who would only be around a month old at the time of the nuptials.

She continued to flip around in the binder and look at all the beautiful things that she'd get to see in 3-dimensions in just a few months. She spent the next hour flipping happily through the plastic covered pages off in her own little world; and she was happy there.

A/N: I know this was really short and I'm sorry! This chapter was so boring for me as I'm sure it was for many of you. Don't worry though, things will be picking up when you hit the "Next Chapter" button. Just had to do a little bit of setting up. But hey, while we're on the button subject, why don't you click the one that says 'go' right next to "submit review"...