For disclaimer, see chapter one.
A/N: Hey guys. Thanks for all the reviews. I'm sorry that it took me awhile to update. I'm suffering from some severe writer's block. Haha. Let's hope that it goes away soon. Don't forget to review! If any of you have any ideas for this story, they would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail them to Camdengirlfanfic (at) Please, no spam. Don't ruin it for everyone else. Thanks.
Oh, and a couple people have asked if a one-year-old could really talk as well as Riley Kinkirk does, and the answer is this: She's about one and a half, and at that point, some children are beginning to speak the way she does. Trust me, I should know, I spend 2 hours with one and two year olds every Sunday : - )
Sunrise
Chapter Five: Surprises
"Let's go!" Mia wined incessantly at her mother. "Momma, come on! Let's go, let's go!" Lucy looked down at her daughter, frustrated.
"Hold on! Mommy's trying to get your sister ready to go." She said. Riley sat on the table in front of her as she attempted to get the baby's shirt and shoes on. "Today was Charlie's 6th birthday, and they were having the cousin-celebration at the McDonalds down the street. The girls were chomping at the bit to go, and it seemed that Lucy just couldn't work fast enough.
Go tell Emily to get her play clothes on. She's been in her PJ's long enough." She told the 4-year-old. Mia skipped down the hall towards the room that she and her twin shared. Lucy carefully fastened the last snap on her daughter's sandals, then picked her up and placed her on the carpet in front of the TV. "Mommy will be right back. She's going to go check on your sisters." She said. As she started to walk away, Riley started to cry.
"No, no leave me!" She cried. Lucy sighed and picked her back up. She started down the hall, and when she turned into the twins' room, she shook her head. Mia was sitting on her bed with her arms folded looking angrily at her sister. Emily was dancing around the room wearing her shirt as pants, with her pants on her head, and socks on her feet.
"Emily please get dressed correctly, or mommy's going to call a baby sitter, and just Mia, Riley, Meg and I will go to the party." She said. She immediately took the pants off her head and looked at her mother with wide eyes. Quick as a flash, she put on her clothes how they were meant to be worn. "Thank you." Lucy said. She opened the door next to Mia and Emily's room to find Meg sitting on the floor coloring quietly. "Hey Meggy. Are you ready to go?" She asked. Meg nodded her head and put her coloring book away. "Will you get Emily please and make sure she comes straight to the car? I only have two arms, and one of them is already taken by Miss Riley here. Meg laughed.
"Ok. You get Mia, I'll get Emily." She said, saluting her mother and marching into the next room. Lucy laughed. "Come on, Emma, let's go. It's party time!" She heard her daughter say excitedly, and a moment later, Meg walked out of the room holding Emily's hand and pulling her towards the garage, while Emily looked back, confused, at her mother. Lucy laughed again and stuck her head into the twins' room.
"Come on Mia" She said. Mia jumped up and took her mothers hand, and they continued out to the car.
After arriving at McDonalds, the kids took off to go play in the play land, and the adults sat at a table to chat. An unhappy Meg had been assigned Riley duty and had to stay in the smaller ball pit to play for awhile. The adults talked for 10 minutes happily, before they heard a blood curdling scream come from the play area. Lucy, Mary, Carlos and Sarah all jumped up. The scream quickly turned into loud sobbing. Mia ran out of muli-colored tubes looking distressed and ran to her mother.
"Mom!" She cried breathlessly over the crying, "Emily got hurt! It's her ankle, she can't get up!" Lucy ran towards the playground and jumped into the tubes, following the crying. As the playground was made for children, Lucy had a somewhat hard time reaching her daughter, but when she got there, she put her hand on Emily's shoulder.
"Shh honey, it's OK. Mommy's here. She said, trying to calm her four-year-old. She reached out and pulled her daughter onto her lap. Carefully, she slid forward and went down the slide that Emily had been in front of. When they got to the bottom, they were met by Sarah, Trevor, Jared, Mary, Charlie, Meg, Mia and Riley. Emily's crying had subsided to a quiet whimper. Lucy picked the little girl up and carried her over to the table they had been sitting at. She looked at her daughter. "Can you tell me, calmly, what happened, please?" She asked. Emily nodded.
"We were having a race to see who got get to the slide and go down it first," she sniffled," and I was almost there, but Mia grabbed my ankle to slow me down and I fell and it hurts!" She began to cry loudly again. Lucy motioned for Sarah to come over.
"Honey, let Aunt Sarah take a look at it" She said. Sarah sat down in the chair next to them and carefully lifted her niece's leg onto her lap. After having Emily show her which ankle was hurting, she looked at it, carefully feeling it with her fingers. After a moment, she sat up straight and looked at Lucy,
"She's going to be fine." She said, and the group let out a collective sigh of relief. "It's just a little swollen, nothing terrible though. It's just twisted. She'll be as good as new in a few days." Mia walked up timidly to her mother and sister.
"Sorry Emmy." She said quietly. "I didn't mean to hurt you."
"It's ok." Mia answered. She looked up at her mother. "Can I still go to school on Monday?"
"Yes." Lucy said with a laugh. "I've twisted my ankle tons of times. It'll be sore for a few days, but you're going to be just fine." She reassured her. She looked up at the adults. "I think that I better take the girls home. I want Emily to get some ice on her ankle, and to sit down for a bit. If we can help it to feel better faster, we'll certainly do it." She told them. "I'm sorry that we have to miss the rest of your party, Charlie. I know the girls were really looking forward to it."
"Luce, if you want, you can just take Emily, and the other three can stay here, and I could drive them home after the party is over." Sarah offered. Lucy looked around for her oldest and youngest daughters, realizing she hadn't seen them in awhile. Finally, she spotted them in the corner. Meg kneeled down, playing with a puzzle of Ronald McDonald while little Riley slept, still in the ball pit. Lucy laughed.
"Well, looks like Riley's had about enough, so I better take her, but it would be really great if you could take Meg and Mia home after this is over, if it's not too much to ask." Lucy said. Sarah smiled at her.
"It's not a problem at all. The party is over at 4:30, so I'll have them home at around 4:45 or so, all right?" Lucy nodded. She stood and walked over to where Riley was sleeping. With a laugh, she reached down and picked her up. The baby cracked one eye opened and glanced around for a moment before putting her head back down on her mother's shoulder and going back to sleep. Lucy looked at Meg.
"Honey, I need to take Emily and Riley home. After the party is over, Aunt Sarah is going to drive you and Mia home, OK?" Meg nodded. Lucy leaned down and kissed her daughter on the head. "Ok, sweetie. Be a good girl, and please keep an eye on Mia. I'll see you when you get home." She stood and walked back over to the table where Emily was still sitting, nursing her wounded ankle. "Come on, you. Let's get you home." She reached down and lifted Emily up with her free arm. "My, my, Miss Emma, you've gotten heavy!" She exclaimed. Emily laughed.
"Not as heavy as Meg!" Lucy nodded with a smile.
"That's true." She said. With that, she bid everyone goodbye, and took her daughters home.
David Camden smiled at his wife as she sat down across from him at the dinner table. Tonight he had made dinner, spaghetti. When she had gotten situated, they began to eat.
"So how was your day?" He asked her.
"Well, you know, same old, same old. Talked to some people, did their hair, the usual." She said with a laugh. "What an eventful life we hair dressers lead." As she laughed, David couldn't help but smile. Her joy seemed to be contagious. He leaned down and took another bite.
"Yeah, mine was pretty boring too. I worked on a column for a little while, and then spent the rest of the day trying to convince my boss that he runs the paper well. It was insane. He's having his midlife crisis over his newspaper." He laughed. After they finished eating, David grabbed the paper from that morning and went into the study to read. Anna cleaned up dinner quickly. She sat down on the sofa in their living room and pulled out the book that she had been reading. After opening it and staring at the pages for a few minutes, she put it back down, too preoccupied to be able to concentrate. She stood up and began to pace back and forth nervously. With a sigh, she walked to the door of the study.
Anna peered into the room and watched her husband as he read quietly. She started to take a step in, but then stopped and turned back. She cracked her knuckles nervously. After taking a deep breath, she cleared her throat.
"Um…David?" He looked up at her and smiled.
"Yeah?" She reached out and took his hand, leading him to the love seat next to his computer. "Anna, what's up? Are you okay?" He asked her nervously. Anna nodded and looked up at him.
"David…I have to talk to you." She said quietly. He looked at her waiting for her to continue. "Honey…I'm pregnant." David's eyes widened and he put his hand on his face. They had been planning to have children, but not for at least another year. They had only been married for one year as of a few months ago. Anna continued, breaking David away from his thoughts. "I took a test last week and it was positive, and then the next day, I went to see the doctor, and she confirmed it."
"Wait, so how long have you known?" He asked her. Anna closed her and thought for a moment.
"I saw the doctor on Sunday, and today is Saturday, so…"
"So 6 days." David said.
"Yeah…I guess so. David, I was going to tell you, but I didn't know if you would be mad, I mean, we weren't planning this at all. I'm as surprised as you are, trust me."
"I trust you." He reached out and took her into his arms. "Anna, it's true that this baby is, well, quite a surprise, but listen to me. It's not like it's your fault. You don't have to be afraid to tell me anything, ever, okay? I love you, and we're in this together. No matter what happens, I'm always here." He kissed her on the forehead. "When you saw the doctor and she confirmed this, what else did you guys find out?" he asked.
"Well," Anna began. "The baby's due on August 11th. Today is February 13th, so as of Thursday, I'm three months along." She said. She lifted up her shirt to reveal her stomach. "Feel this…there's just a tiny little bump, see?" she guided his hand over her stomach and he smiled.
"You're right." He said with a laugh. "That's amazing. A baby, our baby, is right in there." He said. Anna smiled and stood up, taking her husband's hand and pulling him up with her. She leaned out and kissed him.
Since the day he had met her, he had believed that Anna was the most beautiful woman in the world, and yet every day, she seemed to be becoming even lovelier. Her green eyes sparkled as she grinned up at him. Her wavy brunette hair was sitting perfectly around her shoulders, but the thing that he found the most attractive about her this evening, was the look on her face as she held her hand over her stomach, and this, he realized, was the most beautiful she had ever been.
A/N: Hey! I hope that you guys liked this! I made it a little longer for you since I haven't written in so long. Please review!
