Chapter Five
A wOnDeRfuL SuRpRiSe
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the 7th Heaven characters.
Kate and Simon Camden: They have 3 kids and have been married for 5 years.
Ryan Michael: He is 4 years old and loves playing with his cousins.
Alexa Lillian: She is 2 ½ and she loves to draw.
Sean Thomas: He is 1 and loves to talk (more like babble).
Clearview, Glenoak February, 5"Simon can you please watch the kids today. I have to go Valentines Day shopping." Kate yelled into Simon.
"Sure honey, anything for you." Simon answered with a smile.
"Thanks. All right I'm leaving now kids, so be good. And don't give daddy a hard time. Ok?"
"Yes, mommy!" All the kids screeched as they ran outside. Of course Sean was left inside because he can't walk.
"Ok, Simon I will be back around 3:00 don't spoil the kids to much," Kate informed Simon with a large grin.
"I won't," Simon answered back grinning 2 times as large.
The couple kissed and then Kate set out for the Clearview Mall.
"Okay, I need to buy stuff for Sean, Simon, Ryan, and Alexa. Let's start here," Kate said to herself as she walked into a shop named "Toys an' Things'".
She walked around the shop and picked up a large stuffed, brown, big-eyed dog, for Sean because he seamed to love dogs at this point. She picked up a Barbie set for Alexa who loved to play with Barbies. And she picked up a set of action figures for Ryan. He always went outside and played with the action figures, or he would play with them inside.
"I'll get cards and then I'll get Simon's gift." Kate said aloud. Then she walked into a store called "Cards For All Occasions", she picked up one for Ryan first. It had a bunch of sport balls on the front and it said, "Happy Valentine's to my Son, on the front.
Then she went on to Sean. Immediately she found one that had a dog on it. She picked it up and put it in her crate. Now she needed Alexa. She found one that had make-up and girly stuff on the front. She picked it up and put that in the crate. When she turned around she saw a card with a beach seen on the front and had a short poem on the inside. That was perfect for Simon.
"Now onto Simon's gift. He did say that he wanted that leather jacket."
Kate walked into a department store and looked around for a black leather jacket. Finally she found one and carried it to the cash register. She was done shopping!
At home Simon suggested that he would take the kids to the indoor pool. It is really close and the kids love it there. He wrote a note to his wife to meet them there.
At the pool he got everyone dressed into his or her bathing suits and then got their towels. Then they took off for the pool.
Inside there weren't a lot of people there. That was always good. He took Sean into the shallow end and told his other kids how deep they could go.
"Okay, Sean see the water is warm." Simon said to his youngest child. The pool was heated so everyone was warm in the pool. Finally Sean got used to the water and let his dad take him around in it without a fight.
Ryan and Alexa were having a race when they saw Kate.
"MOMMY!" Alexa yelled swimming for her mother.
"Hey, honey. How was your day?" Kate asked Alexa.
"Great daddy let us play outside and then go to the pool!"
"Yea!" Ryan said coming up behind Alexa.
"Well, I'm going to swim a little, you guys want to come?" Kate asked her children.
"YEA!" they all yelled together.
Everyone swam a little but then Simon left with Sean.
"Honey, I got to go but I'll take Sean and meet you at home okay?"
"Okay, Simon," Kate said a little suspicious of her husband.
At home Simon put Sean down for his nap and he started to make a surprise dinner for his wife. He made spaghetti and meatballs. "Perfect dinner for Faith," he said out loud.
Suddenly Simon heard Sean waking up. He went into Sean's room and picked him up.
"Hey, buddy." Sean's room was on the first floor just like Simon and Kate's room. Simon took Sean into the living room and put on a movie for him. He sat there next to Sean while watching the movie.
When he heard the Pasta boiling he had to take care of it, so he left Sean for a while.
When he heard the door open, dinner was ready.
"Wow, Simon you did this for me?" Kate asked walking into the room.
"Yup and Sean is watching a movie. But it is dinner time."
The family had dinner together and then they all watched a movie. After that Simon offered to tuck the kids into bed.
In Alexa's room she complained about thinking that she was sick. She didn't want to go to school tomorrow. Simon encouraged her by saying how much fun she will have with her friends.
In Ryan's room he didn't want to sleep because he thought the parents were having fun without him. Simon got him to sleep by saying that old people like parents don't have any fun and that they were just chatting and then going to bed.
In Sean's room Kate took care of it. She sat in his light blue room, bordered with trains, fire engines, and police cars. She sat in the rocking chair signing "Sleep On, My Child"
Close your little loving eyes,
Hush, my darling, do not cry;
And when golden sun greets the morn,
Back you'll be
In Mama's arms;
Back you'll be
In Mama's arms;
So lullaby,
Sleep on, my child;
May angel gleams
Pervade your dreams.
When she was done she came out of the room to see Simon watching her.
"You have a beautiful voice." He said.
"Thank you." Kate said.
Then the two kissed and sat in the kitchen to talk and then to bed.
A/N: PLEASE REVIEW! hope you liked the chapter!