I Won't Be Home For Christmas
December 20th, 1959
Ava's Point of View
I sighed to myself as we exited the courtroom. Mike and I had just gotten divorced and I was granted custody of our kids. That's right, kids. With an "s". More than one. Plural. In the past 10 years we've had 8 kids, and I'm currently 5 ½ months pregnant with twins. Twins! So in April, I'll be up to 10 kids, who only go and spend the day with their father on birthdays and holidays. Why don't I pick you up to speed on all my children (A/N: Ugh, I hate that show.) We've got Keegan, Nicholas, Dylan, Kyle, Matthew, Jacob, Bailey, and Benjamin Callahan, and the twins (who I expect to be boys) are soon-to-be Caine and David Brenner-Callahan. Heaven help me. And they all look exactly like me. They have Mike's build, but they all have my eyes and my hair. My mum always said they are like little carbon copies of me, right down to their lack of magic.
"Mum, are you alright?" my oldest asked.
"Yeah, Keegan, I'm fine."
"We'll all help out, I promise."
"You're not going to ship us off to Grandmum's, are you?" Kyle asked.
"Now, you all know I wanted guardianship of the eight of you more than anything in the world."
"What's guardianship?" They all asked simultaneously (although five or six of them butchered the world horrendously).
"Never you mind. Come on, let's go."
A/N: Okay, here's a list of all the children and their birthdays:
Keegan Michael Callahan, Jr: March 16th, 1948
Nicholas Corey Callahan: May 19th, 1950
Dylan Riley Callahan: January 4th, 1952
Kyle Henry Callahan: July 14th, 1953
Matthew Louis Callahan: August 12th, 1954
Jacob Alexander Callahan: February 5th, 1956
Bailey Donald Callahan: June 26th , 1957
Caine and David Brenner-Callahan: Unknown (Well, I know, but I'm not telling yet)