For Disclaimer, please see chapter one. Thanks. I made up "Maisy's Market" for this chapter.

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Sunrise

Chapter Two: Silence is Golden

The next morning, Trevor Camden came bounding down the stairs with a huge smile on his face. He spun around the kitchen counter and ran to the table where his mother was sitting, drinking her coffee and reading the newspaper.

"No school!" He cried, startling Sarah. Five year old Jared, who was eating breakfast, looked at his brother and frowned.

"Yah huh, Trev, there is too school today." He said.

"Yes, there is. Trevor just has to stay home because he was very misbehaved at school yesterday." Sarah tried to explain. "Now, Trev, you're off school today as a punishment, not for a fun time. Why don't you go clean your room. I'm going to take Jared to school in a few minutes, but I'll be back soon."

"Fine…" Trevor said sadly and started up the stairs again. Sarah had to laugh. He was pouting as if she'd asked him to sell everything he owned. She turned to her younger son.

"About done, honey?" She asked. Jared nodded as he put his last bite of cereal in his mouth. He put his bowl in the dish washer and grabbed his back pack. "Ready to go?"

"Yep!" Jared called. Sarah grabbed her car keys and they got in the car. As they pulled out, they saw Trevor looking out his window at them, holding a few toys. Today would be a long day.


Lucy Kinkirk pushed her cart down the isle at Maisy's Market. Riley sat in the seat in the front while Mia, Emily, and six year old Meg walked along side. In all reality, 'walked' isn't the best word to describe what the twins were doing. It was closer to 'ran wildly, giggling all the while'. Lucy shook her head, exhausted, as she realized that maybe going from picking up the kids at school to the store wasn't the best idea she'd ever had. Riley reached out and knocked a box off the shelf, cooing excitedly as she did so.

"Uh oh…" She cried "Bye Bye, box!" Lucy stopped the cart and looked at her youngest daughter with her hands on her hips. Riley broke into another fit of giggles. "oops."

"Riley Marie Kinkirk!" Lucy scolded, reaching down and getting the box. She replaced it on the shelf. As they continued their shopping trip, the family encountered 2 more fallen boxes, one temper tantrum, and many angry shoppers. As soon as the family arrived home, the girls all began playing. Meg played doll house with Mia and Emily, while Riley played with her blocks on the floor in front of the television while her mother put away the groceries. As if on cue, as soon as she finished, Kevin walked through the door. With him were Mary and her five year old son, Charlie.

"Hey, honey, Mary, Charlie!" Lucy greeted, kissing her husband, then looking at him, her eyes demanding an answer. Kevin laughed.

"I thought that maybe you and I could go out to dinner, and so I called Mary to see if she would mind watching the girls, and obviously, she said she would."

"And I brought Charlie, I hope that's OK." Mary said apologetically. "Carlos isn't home from work yet, and I couldn't leave him alone."

"Oh, it's fine, don't worry about it." Lucy told her. "Girls! Come here please!" Riley, who was still learning to walk, got up using the sofa, took to steps, then fell down, bursting into tears. Lucy laughed and walked over picking up the one year old and bringing her back into the kitchen.

"Aunt Mary!" Chorused Mia and Emily as they wrapped their arms around her legs. "And Charlie." Emily said, laughing quietly. "Can't forget Charlie."

"Charlie!" Riley screamed, clapping her hands. Lucy laughed and shushed her daughter. Riley leaned forward, now whispering "Hi Charlie!" Mary laughed loudly.

"Well Luce, at least she listens a bit!" The women laughed. As Lucy handed Riley over to Mary, Meg finally entered the kitchen and greeted her aunt and cousin. Lucy grabbed turned to Kevin.

"I'm going to go change really fast; I'll meet you in the car, OK?" Kevin nodded and Lucy ran to their room. She quickly changed into a knee length red cocktail dress, grabbed her purse, and made her way into the kitchen again. As she passed the kids to get into the garage, Riley let out an ear piercing scream.

"Mama!" She cried, wiggling around and trying to get loose from her Aunt's arms. "Mama! No leave!" She sobbed. Lucy walked over and brushed back the hair around her youngest child's eyes.

"Mommy's going to dinner with daddy. We'll be back soon. Aunt Mary's going to stay with you. I expect all of you to be on your best behavior. Do you understand?" There was a chorus of three yeses, but Riley remained unconvinced.

"No. No leave." She said firmly, crossing her small arms over her chest. Lucy shook her head seriously.

"Goodbye, Riley, I'll be home later." She looked at Mary. "I have my cell just in case. Don't hesitate to call me if she won't calm down." She told her, over the noise of the one-year-old's tantrum. "Bye Meg, bye Mia, bye Emmy!" She called, and walked out the door, running to the passenger side of Kevin's car and climbed in. With a sigh of relief she turned to her husband.

"Ahh…silence truly is golden." She said with a smile. Kevin laughed and leaned over to kiss her before backing out of the driveway. When they arrived at the restaurant, Lucy saw that they had a reservation. A server led them to a beautifully set table with a crème colored table cloth, and two cranberry colored candles. "This is beautiful!" Lucy said, gasping.

"I'm glad that you like it, Luce." He told her, pulling out her chair so that she could sit down. After his wife was seated, Kevin took the seat across from her. "So how did your day go?" Lucy laughed softly.

"Well, it was busy like usual. We had an…interesting…shopping trip. Guess that's part of the job, huh?" Kevin smiled at her. "How was yours?"

"Not bad. We didn't have too many calls today, so it was sort of slow, but that's better than having too many calls for us to handle." Lucy nodded in agreement.

"So what's all this for?" Lucy asked suspiciously.

"Well," Kevin leaned forward and took his wife's hands in his. "I've been thinking about it a lot lately…and well, Riley's one now…I was just thinking…do you want to start trying for another?" Lucy's eyes grew wide and her jaw dropped.

"Kevin!" She cried. "Another? No!"

"Don't try to sugar coat it or anything…" Kevin said with a laugh.

"Well, Kev, I mean…have you not seen how full our hands are already? Maybe, maybe, in a few years…but not now! Jeese!" Kevin laughed. "Yeah, haha, very funny. You try staying home with those for all day every day. You'd react the same way!" Kevin nodded.

"I probably would." He told her. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." Lucy sighed.

"It's OK." She laughed. "I might have over reacted just a little…" Kevin nodded.

"Maybe so." Kevin said, smiling. Their conversation was cut short when their food arrived, which they enjoyed very much, laced into their, more light-hearted chatter.

A/N: Ha ha! I hope that you enjoyed this as I did writing it. Please review, it is always appreciated!