Six Months Later
"Another grand daughter." Jack held the new baby in his arms, and looked at William. "Can't believe four grand children."
"I know, everything seems to be moving so fast. Lance and Charlene are thirteen, Thomas just turned one last week. Zoey is four months now. Everything seems different since Thomas was her age." William rested his head back onto the sofa.
"You, and the kids got to go to sea with me as well. That was fun." Jack let his grandchild hold his finger. "You have a strong grip there Zoey."
"Plus Crystal is letting Charlene date Patrick now" William smiled across at Jack, and Zoey "I hope that my Zoey never grows up, to date."
Jack laughed. "All children grow up William. In fact girls grow up more faster then boys."
William stood, and walked to the window. "Speaking of Patrick, and my daughter. They should be back by now."
Jack stood up with Zoey still in his arms, and walked up next to his son-in- law. "How serious would you say he is for her?"
Charlene came into the parlor, and found her husband, and father staring out the window. She tip-toed up behind them. "Bird watching boys?"
William jumped when he heard his wife's voice. "Hello honey. What are you doing up?"
"I figured that since you weren't in bed when I woke up, that you might be downstairs waiting for a daughter who is already in bed." She saw Zoey in jack's arms. "Let me guess you brought Zoey so that way you would have an excuse for when I came down here, and you were going to tell me that she was fussing, and you didn't want for her crying to wake me up." She took her baby from Jack. "Don't worry baby, daddy is just having to deal with the fact that your big sister almost doesn't need him as much anymore. Anna!"
Anna came into the parlor. "Yes Mrs. Turner?"
"Put Zoey back in bed please." Crystal handed her youngest daughter to Anna.
Anna took Zoey back upstairs.
Crystal watched as Anna walked into one of the bedrooms upstairs, then she walked back into the parlor where William, and Jack were standing by the window looking at her. "You two shouldn't worry about Charlene so much, she is very responsible. She came home at five o'clock, and went straight to bed this evening." She looked at her husband. "You were taking a nap in the bedroom darling, and dad was bothering Darrin." She narrowed her glare at her father. "Darrin asked me to tell you that he is a busy man, and he would like it if you didn't keep asking him to have a drink with you."
Jack wrapped his arm around his daughters shoulder. "I thought that Darrin could loosen up by having a drink with me."
"Father, William, and I prefer for our workers to not drink while working." Crystal stared at her husband. "It's moving on eight dear we have better be getting to bed."
William pulled Crystal out of jacks reach. "Good night Jack." He led his wife up to there room. "I guess I should had checked in Charlene's room before thinking that she was still out." He put on his nightclothes and then crawled into bed.
"Charlene told me that Patrick wants to marry her when she turns sixteen." She checked in the crib, and covered Zoey a little more. Then crawled into bed with William after changing into her nightgown.
"Sixteen is to young to get married." William sat up in bed, and stared at his wife.
"I was sixteen when we got married, and seventeen when we had Lance, and Charlene." Crystal took a hold of her husband's hand. "It won't be for another three years."
"We were different." William squeezed her hand.
"How?" Crystal lied on her side.
"I was twenty, I was old enough to take care of you." William lied back onto his pillow.
"When she is sixteen he'll be nineteen honey." Crystal kissed her husbands cheek. "Three years from now, good night."
"Oh no!" William stared towards Zoey's crib. "In thirteen years from now we might be in the same situation with Zoey."
Crystal wrapped her arms around her husband's chest. "Maybe she'll be a nun."
William smiled. "That would be a break."
"Good night dear." Crystal kissed her husband, and then rolled over, and went to sleep.
William got out of bed, and walked to his baby daughter's crib. "Zoey, it's me dad. If you really love me, you'll promise not to grow up." He leaned down, and kissed Zoey's cheek, then went back to bed.
-A Couple Days Later
Patrick was with Charlene in the barn while their families were in the Turners home. He watched as she combed her Mares black main. "You sure are beautiful, you know that?"
Charlene smiled at Black Pearl. "Did you hear what he called you? You know he is right, you are beautiful."
Patrick rolled his eyes. "I was referring to you, my dear Charlene."
"Really?" Charlene put Black Pearl back in her stall. Then walked over to where Patrick was.
Patrick leaned in, and kissed her cheek softly. "I'm going to marry you whenyou turn sixteen, you'll see."
Brendan walked in, and saw the kiss. He cleared his throat. "If you don't mind Miss Charlene, I am here to feed the horses." He walked into Williams horses stall.
"Brendan, I am so glad that you came. "I've noticed a change in black pearls behavior, I think she might be sick." Charlene walked towards Brendan. "Will you check her out for me please?"
Brendan walked into Black pearls stall, he felt her stomach, and looked at Charlene. "I will have to ask my father, he knows all about animal behavior. I'll let you know when he is done checking her out tomorrow." He left the stables.
"I thought Brendan was your gardener ." Patrick stared at Charlene.
"He takes care of all outdoor matters." Charlene took a hold of Patrick's hand. "Let's go inside, and see what our family is doing."
Patrick shook his head. "I need you to do something for me."
"Anything." Charlene squeezed his hand a little.
"I don't like the way that Brendan looks at you, I don't want you around him." Patrick wrapped his arms, around her shoulder.
"He takes care of our garden, and our horses. Why can't I be around him?" Charlene stared at her horse in the stall.
"You're my fiancée, that's why. I say so." Patrick turned Charlene to face him forcefully, causing her arm to hurt. "Understand?"
"I am only thirteen, I never said I wanted to get married to you." Charlene took off towards her house, and ran straight upstairs to her room.
Patrick walked into the house, and joined the families in the parlor.
William looked around for Charlene. "Patrick, where's my daughter?"
"She's mad at me." Patrick sat down in a chair next to the fireplace.
Thomas walked up to where Patrick was sitting. "Pa-twak!"
Patrick smiled down at Thomas. "I hope you are better with girls when you get to be my age."
"PATRICK!" Lance came storming down the stairs, and charged at Patrick pushing him out of the chair, and onto the hard tiled floor. He started punching Patrick in his chest.
William pulled lance off of the boy, he turned his son to face hi9m. "What on earth drove you to lash out on Patrick?"
"He hurt Charlene!" Lance glared at Patrick.
"I never laid a hand on Charlene!" Patrick stared at his parents "You have to believe me."
"She told me that you pulled her to face you when you told her that she can't be near Brendan. You spun her around causing her arm to twist, and now she's hurting!" Lance tried to pull out of his dads grip, but didn't succeed.
"I hope that this isn't true Patrick?" Oliver stared at his son. "I hope I raised my son to treat women with respect."
"I could have maybe pull her arm to hard, I didn't mean to hurt her though." Patrick stared at his mother, who was almost in tears, then stared at William.
"Patrick, you are not allowed into this house until my daughter can trust you again." William stared at Oliver.
Oliver pointed into the main hall. "Go wait in the carriage, until your mother, Peter, and I are ready to go home."
"Good bye, Mr., and Mrs. Turner." Patrick left the parlor, and walked out of the house.
Oliver stood to his feet. "I know it's not worth much, but I apologize on my sons behavior with your daughter. We raised him better then that." He looked at Peter, and then his wife. "We need to get home, so we could discipline our boy." He led his family out the door. "Anna!" William called for Anna from downstairs.
Anna peeked over the stairwell. "Is Charlene okay? Have you checked on her?"
"Yes sir, she's just fine." Anna looked down at William. "I put Zoey, and Charlene to sleep. Lance, and Thomas's beds are made for sleeping when ever you are ready to send them upstairs, sir."
:"Lance take Thomas upstairs, and go to bed. Anna's already prepared your bed." William watched as his two sons headed off to bed. He looked at his wife. "Let's go to sleep now mrs. Turner." He took his wife's hand.
Crystal smiled. "I love you William, and I think you handed tonight's situation very well."
William led his wife up to bed for the night.
(Sorry about this chapter I couldn't think of a good way to end it, because I was to excited about how the next chapter was going to be, so I just kind of finished this chapter . Read & Review.)
"Another grand daughter." Jack held the new baby in his arms, and looked at William. "Can't believe four grand children."
"I know, everything seems to be moving so fast. Lance and Charlene are thirteen, Thomas just turned one last week. Zoey is four months now. Everything seems different since Thomas was her age." William rested his head back onto the sofa.
"You, and the kids got to go to sea with me as well. That was fun." Jack let his grandchild hold his finger. "You have a strong grip there Zoey."
"Plus Crystal is letting Charlene date Patrick now" William smiled across at Jack, and Zoey "I hope that my Zoey never grows up, to date."
Jack laughed. "All children grow up William. In fact girls grow up more faster then boys."
William stood, and walked to the window. "Speaking of Patrick, and my daughter. They should be back by now."
Jack stood up with Zoey still in his arms, and walked up next to his son-in- law. "How serious would you say he is for her?"
Charlene came into the parlor, and found her husband, and father staring out the window. She tip-toed up behind them. "Bird watching boys?"
William jumped when he heard his wife's voice. "Hello honey. What are you doing up?"
"I figured that since you weren't in bed when I woke up, that you might be downstairs waiting for a daughter who is already in bed." She saw Zoey in jack's arms. "Let me guess you brought Zoey so that way you would have an excuse for when I came down here, and you were going to tell me that she was fussing, and you didn't want for her crying to wake me up." She took her baby from Jack. "Don't worry baby, daddy is just having to deal with the fact that your big sister almost doesn't need him as much anymore. Anna!"
Anna came into the parlor. "Yes Mrs. Turner?"
"Put Zoey back in bed please." Crystal handed her youngest daughter to Anna.
Anna took Zoey back upstairs.
Crystal watched as Anna walked into one of the bedrooms upstairs, then she walked back into the parlor where William, and Jack were standing by the window looking at her. "You two shouldn't worry about Charlene so much, she is very responsible. She came home at five o'clock, and went straight to bed this evening." She looked at her husband. "You were taking a nap in the bedroom darling, and dad was bothering Darrin." She narrowed her glare at her father. "Darrin asked me to tell you that he is a busy man, and he would like it if you didn't keep asking him to have a drink with you."
Jack wrapped his arm around his daughters shoulder. "I thought that Darrin could loosen up by having a drink with me."
"Father, William, and I prefer for our workers to not drink while working." Crystal stared at her husband. "It's moving on eight dear we have better be getting to bed."
William pulled Crystal out of jacks reach. "Good night Jack." He led his wife up to there room. "I guess I should had checked in Charlene's room before thinking that she was still out." He put on his nightclothes and then crawled into bed.
"Charlene told me that Patrick wants to marry her when she turns sixteen." She checked in the crib, and covered Zoey a little more. Then crawled into bed with William after changing into her nightgown.
"Sixteen is to young to get married." William sat up in bed, and stared at his wife.
"I was sixteen when we got married, and seventeen when we had Lance, and Charlene." Crystal took a hold of her husband's hand. "It won't be for another three years."
"We were different." William squeezed her hand.
"How?" Crystal lied on her side.
"I was twenty, I was old enough to take care of you." William lied back onto his pillow.
"When she is sixteen he'll be nineteen honey." Crystal kissed her husbands cheek. "Three years from now, good night."
"Oh no!" William stared towards Zoey's crib. "In thirteen years from now we might be in the same situation with Zoey."
Crystal wrapped her arms around her husband's chest. "Maybe she'll be a nun."
William smiled. "That would be a break."
"Good night dear." Crystal kissed her husband, and then rolled over, and went to sleep.
William got out of bed, and walked to his baby daughter's crib. "Zoey, it's me dad. If you really love me, you'll promise not to grow up." He leaned down, and kissed Zoey's cheek, then went back to bed.
-A Couple Days Later
Patrick was with Charlene in the barn while their families were in the Turners home. He watched as she combed her Mares black main. "You sure are beautiful, you know that?"
Charlene smiled at Black Pearl. "Did you hear what he called you? You know he is right, you are beautiful."
Patrick rolled his eyes. "I was referring to you, my dear Charlene."
"Really?" Charlene put Black Pearl back in her stall. Then walked over to where Patrick was.
Patrick leaned in, and kissed her cheek softly. "I'm going to marry you whenyou turn sixteen, you'll see."
Brendan walked in, and saw the kiss. He cleared his throat. "If you don't mind Miss Charlene, I am here to feed the horses." He walked into Williams horses stall.
"Brendan, I am so glad that you came. "I've noticed a change in black pearls behavior, I think she might be sick." Charlene walked towards Brendan. "Will you check her out for me please?"
Brendan walked into Black pearls stall, he felt her stomach, and looked at Charlene. "I will have to ask my father, he knows all about animal behavior. I'll let you know when he is done checking her out tomorrow." He left the stables.
"I thought Brendan was your gardener ." Patrick stared at Charlene.
"He takes care of all outdoor matters." Charlene took a hold of Patrick's hand. "Let's go inside, and see what our family is doing."
Patrick shook his head. "I need you to do something for me."
"Anything." Charlene squeezed his hand a little.
"I don't like the way that Brendan looks at you, I don't want you around him." Patrick wrapped his arms, around her shoulder.
"He takes care of our garden, and our horses. Why can't I be around him?" Charlene stared at her horse in the stall.
"You're my fiancée, that's why. I say so." Patrick turned Charlene to face him forcefully, causing her arm to hurt. "Understand?"
"I am only thirteen, I never said I wanted to get married to you." Charlene took off towards her house, and ran straight upstairs to her room.
Patrick walked into the house, and joined the families in the parlor.
William looked around for Charlene. "Patrick, where's my daughter?"
"She's mad at me." Patrick sat down in a chair next to the fireplace.
Thomas walked up to where Patrick was sitting. "Pa-twak!"
Patrick smiled down at Thomas. "I hope you are better with girls when you get to be my age."
"PATRICK!" Lance came storming down the stairs, and charged at Patrick pushing him out of the chair, and onto the hard tiled floor. He started punching Patrick in his chest.
William pulled lance off of the boy, he turned his son to face hi9m. "What on earth drove you to lash out on Patrick?"
"He hurt Charlene!" Lance glared at Patrick.
"I never laid a hand on Charlene!" Patrick stared at his parents "You have to believe me."
"She told me that you pulled her to face you when you told her that she can't be near Brendan. You spun her around causing her arm to twist, and now she's hurting!" Lance tried to pull out of his dads grip, but didn't succeed.
"I hope that this isn't true Patrick?" Oliver stared at his son. "I hope I raised my son to treat women with respect."
"I could have maybe pull her arm to hard, I didn't mean to hurt her though." Patrick stared at his mother, who was almost in tears, then stared at William.
"Patrick, you are not allowed into this house until my daughter can trust you again." William stared at Oliver.
Oliver pointed into the main hall. "Go wait in the carriage, until your mother, Peter, and I are ready to go home."
"Good bye, Mr., and Mrs. Turner." Patrick left the parlor, and walked out of the house.
Oliver stood to his feet. "I know it's not worth much, but I apologize on my sons behavior with your daughter. We raised him better then that." He looked at Peter, and then his wife. "We need to get home, so we could discipline our boy." He led his family out the door. "Anna!" William called for Anna from downstairs.
Anna peeked over the stairwell. "Is Charlene okay? Have you checked on her?"
"Yes sir, she's just fine." Anna looked down at William. "I put Zoey, and Charlene to sleep. Lance, and Thomas's beds are made for sleeping when ever you are ready to send them upstairs, sir."
:"Lance take Thomas upstairs, and go to bed. Anna's already prepared your bed." William watched as his two sons headed off to bed. He looked at his wife. "Let's go to sleep now mrs. Turner." He took his wife's hand.
Crystal smiled. "I love you William, and I think you handed tonight's situation very well."
William led his wife up to bed for the night.
(Sorry about this chapter I couldn't think of a good way to end it, because I was to excited about how the next chapter was going to be, so I just kind of finished this chapter . Read & Review.)