"Alright Alright I'm coming calm down" she said with a sigh getting up." Bye guys" The four of them walked out to the car and said goodbye to each other as Courtney and Randy got into the car and drove. Courtney was sat in the car singing along with the radio and excited about meeting Randy's family but there was something bothering her.
Randy looked round and saw the look on her face far away, distant.
"Honey are you ok?" he asked "Randy turn the car around" she told him.
" Alright give me a minute then" he agreed "no Randy turn this car around right now!" she exclaimed.
"Why what's the rush?" he asked confused.
"mom and Christy were hiding something and it was something important and I won't feel better until I know what it is" she told him.
"ok I'm turning around" he sighed "you just don't want to meet my family do you" "Randy don't be so dramatic I can't wait to meet your family but I really do think that something is wrong" she told him sighing back.
An hour later they were back at the house and Courtney was banging on the door until Christy
answered looking surprised but pleased to see her. Christy couldn't even open her mouth to speak
before Courtney pushed passed her into the living room. Courtney barged straight into the room
and stopped dead in her tracks.
"Courtney sweetheart what are you doing back?" asked Joyce standing up as Randy walked into the
room "hello Randy"
"hey" he said walking over to Courtney who was fixed to the spot in the middle of the room not
taking her eyes off of the woman sat on the couch who was staring back at her but with a pleased
expression on her face smiling at Courtney, where as Courtney looked like she was going to be
sick.
"What are you doing here?" she finally asked softly.
"I came to see you sweetheart" the woman told her.
Courtney seemed to come back to her senses at that and her eyes hardend and became so cold.
It was a look Randy had never seen on her before so he knew there had to be something very
wrong.
"Don't you dare call me that!" she exclaimed looking at the older woman in disgust "In fact
how dare you come here"
"Courtney please I need to talk to you" the older woman pleaded.
"well I don't want to talk to you again" she said icily "not now not ever"
"please it's important" the woman tried
"fine say what you have to say and then go" she said simply.
"Courtney don't be like this I'm your mother for goodness sake" the woman said obviously
getting annoyed.
"no your not, you haven't been my mother for a very long time so I suggest you say what you've
come to say and then get out before I throw you out" Courtney told her.
The woman looked around feeling uncomfortable under Courtney's bold cold stare. There was such
hate in her eyes, hate that had never been there before.
"I needed to tell you that I'm dying" the woman said softly and the cold look in Courtney's eyes
instantly changed at those words and were filled with sorrow and regret at being so cruel.
"Mom what happened ?" she asked shakily sitting down. She didn't trust herself to stand on her
own.
"Honey I've completely destroyed me liver and lungs through smoking and drinking, there's
nothing they can do for me" the woman said softly "I can't get the money together for the
operation."
"how much is it?" she asked
"I couldn't take it from you" the woman said shaking her head.
"mom I'm not going to let you die how much do you need?" she repeated.
"It's three thousand" the woman told her.
"The I'll get it, wait while I write a check" she said straight away looking to find her bag.
Courtney wrote out the check without question, she felt so bad for hating this woman and now
she was dying, she couldn't let that happen. No matter what had gone on in the past Courtney
couldn't hold it against her, not now.
"Call me straight away after here's my number" she told her handing it over.
"I will Courtney" said the woman" well I better go your brother's waiting for me at home"
"ok mom bye" she said standing up and hugging the older woman goodbye.
Christy said goodbye to everyone along with John as they were heading to John's parents so
they had to put their bags in the car.
Courtney and Randy decided to go as well so they got into the car and started to drive off.
Christy and John were still putting things into the trunk and Courtney's mom's car was still
there.
"so do you feel better like you can relax?" asked Randy "I know you had a nasty shock but I'm
sure your mom will be fine now that she can have her operation"
"I do feel a bit better now" she admitted "she was the last person I was expecting to see"
"well we'll be at my house soon" he told her but Courtney was almost asleep and didn't hear
him. He smiled at her before going back to concentrating on the road.
"Honey wake up" Randy said shaking her gently.
"I'm up" she mumbled but she still didn't move. It was now eleven at night so Randy drove to
his own house instead of his parents. He ran and unlocked the door before picking up Courtney
and carrying her inside. He put her carefully down on the couch and kissed her forehead gently
causing her to wake up. Courtney smiled up at him and sat up.
"Where am I?" she asked
"my house" he replied
"nice place "she commented looking round the spacious well decorated home.
"We can see my parents tomorrow" he told her" but I need to get some sleep now"
"me too" she agreed getting up and following Randy upstairs.
The next morning they were up bright and early. After they were dressed Randy made breakfast
before they headed over to his parents house.
"I'm nervous" she admitted as they got out of the car and walked up to the front door.
"Don't be they'll love you" he reassured her.
Randy rang the bell and the door was immediately opened and both of them were pulled into a
hug by a very friendly looking woman.
"Randy it's so good to have you home" he woman exclaimed "and you must be Courtney!"
"Courtney this is my mother Emily" he said introducing them.
"nice to meet you Mrs Orton" she said politely .
"please call me Emily" Mrs Orton told her" now come in you two everyone is inside"
Great Courtney thought to herself feeling a bit uncomfortable around all these new people.
She knew she would love them all but she hated being in a room full of strangers. She was
surprised to find that once she was in the room she felt perfectly at home with all of them.
She was chatting away with Randy's little brother and older sister and she just loved his
niece and nephew who were already calling her auntie.
"Hey Randy have you told them our news yet?" she asked
"they knew I was proposing" he replied
"what about our other news?" she asked
"no I thought we should tell them together" he told her
"aww that's sweet I know it must have been hard" she said with a smile
"It was so let's tell them now" he laughed
"alright then" she said "you can tell them". She smiled at the happy look on his face she
knew he was desperate to tell them.
"Hey everyone we have an announcement" he called and a hush fell over the room" As you know
me and Courtney are engaged but we are also expecting a baby"
Everyone began talking again and congratulating them. Courtney was asked so many questions
like when is she due, have they thought of any names, they seemed never ending. It felt really
good to be part of this big happy family and she wished she had grown up with it but she was
determined that her baby was going to have a happy family like this and would always feel loved
and wanted. Everything Courtney had never had with her real parents but everything she had
with the Hemme's, she really was lucky when she thought about it. Christy and her mom for a
family, Randy for the love in her life, great friends and a great job. Everything was perfect
and they were getting better with a new family in law and a new life coming into their lives.
She forgot all about the drama from earlier and what had happened with her mother and
concentrated on the good in front of her. There was no point in looking back, the past was
full of hurt and sadness but here and now was exactly where she wanted to be
Heya people sorry its taken me soo long to update but im at my dads and word stopped working so
im in notepad and it's not very good and the comp is very slow but i tried. thanks for all my
reviews!!:) luv all of u!lol anyways don't know when i will update coz im out loadsa i wont be
homw til the 6th so i'll try and do another update soon. dunno y im typing all this im just
bored and none of u r interested.
bye xxxx