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A/N: Hey everyone, thanks as usual for reviewing! I hope that you enjoy reading this next chapter. Now that our main plot holders and their families have been more introduced, the story will actually be able to pick up a little. Yay!

For The Moment

Chapter 4: Joy

A crash sounded through the Camden household and Cecilia cringed. She looked down the hall where it had come from. Then, Grace stepped out of her room with her hand over her mouth.

"Oops." She said nervously. Cecilia stood and walked into her 5-year-old's room where her mirror was in pieces on the floor. Ben and Noah came running and when they saw the mirror on the floor their jaws dropped. 9-year-old Noah jumped up and down and pointed at his younger sister with a mean laugh.

"Haha! Grace's gonna have 7 years of bad luck! Grace's gonna have 7 years of bad luck!" He changed, and his 11-year-old brother soon joined in. Grace started to cry. Cecilia looked angrily at her sons.

"Hey! Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum! Cut it out!" She shouted. Grace laughed. "It was an accident, and your sister definitely won't have 7 years of bad luck because that old saying isn't true, got it?" She asked. They nodded. "Now mind your own business and go play!" With that, the boys ran out of the room. She smiled to herself and turned back to her daughter. "Now, what happened?" She asked. Grace looked at the floor.

"Well, um, I was playing super-baby…" She started.

"By throwing them?" Cecilia asked.

"Ah..yeah. And one of the babies hit it and it fell and it broke." She said quietly, not daring to look up. Cecilia put her hands on her hips.

"And what have I said about playing super-baby?" She asked.

"It's a no-no." Grace answered.

"And what did I say would happen if I caught you playing it again?" She asked. Her daughter began to cry again.

"That you would take the baby dolls away." She said quietly and sniffed.

"That's right. So go get them, because you disobeyed me and now the babies have to take a little vacation." Grace threw her arms around her mother's legs and sobbed.

"No, mommy, I'll be good I promise and I won't ever play super-baby again really!" She cried. Cecilia rolled her eyes.

"That's not working this time, kiddo. I warned you. Go get them." Grace looked at the floor sadly and started into her room.

"Yes ma'am." She said. A few minutes later, she carried out her four plastic baby dolls and handed them over to her mother. "You have to take good care of them, OK?" She asked. Cecilia nodded.

"I'll take great care of them. You don't have to worry a bit."

"When do I get them back?" She whined.

"You may have them back in 3 days if you're good." Cecilia answered. The 5-year-old nodded solemnly.

"Bye guys." She said to the dolls as her mother walked away with them. She sighed and walked to Ben's room. "Do you and Noah wanna play Alien Attack with me in the back yard?" she asked, her tom-boyish side coming out.

"Sure." Ben agreed. "Noah, come on!" He called, and the kids started out for the back yard. Cecilia walked out of her closet where she had placed the dolls and went back to the kitchen. She looked out the window and saw her kids playing outside. She smiled. She sure bounces back fast! She thought to herself. She started doing the dinner dishes when the phone rang. She turned off the water and answered it.

"Hello?" She greeted. She was happy to hear that it was Lucy.

"Hi! Have you heard?" Asked her sister-in-law's excited voice.

"Heard what?" She asked curiously.

"Ruthie's pregnant!" Cecilia gasped. Before she could ask any questions, Lucy continued to fill her in. "They've known for a month and a half. Can you believe it? When I found out each time, I was dying to tell you all! I don't know how they did it! She says that she and Peter had planned to not tell anyone until she started showing. She's 5 and a half months along. 6 months on October 23rd!" She cried excitedly. "That's in a week! The baby's due on January 23rd. Oh, this is so exciting!" Cecilia laughed.

"Whoa, Luce, breathe!" She said. "This is totally exciting! We were talking about that the other day at your mom's! I'm glad that they're finally having a baby! How is she feeling? Is it a boy or a girl?"

"Well," Lucy began, "She had some morning sickness during her first trimester, but that's totally gone, she says. Now she feels like she's starting to be short of breath from the baby pushing on her lungs, which I remember is no fun. The baby has been kicking and she and Peter both really love that. Also, she complained for like 10 minutes about how 'fat' she is." She said with a laugh. "She should have a lot of fun in the third trimester if she thinks she's fat now." Cecilia laughed.

"Definitely."

"Oh, and they aren't telling anyone the sex of the baby until they've decided on a name, so it will be another few weeks at least. They promise to say before the baby's born though."

"That's good. I'm so excited for them!" Cecilia said. "Gosh, it makes me miss being pregnant."

"Wow, not me! I'm so done with all that. I'm perfectly happy, and only slightly overwhelmed with my 6." She said with a laugh. "But hey, there's still time if you want another."

"No way. There would be a huge gap in the ages, plus Simon keeps saying how much he enjoys only having three, how it's so different than when he was growing up, blah blah blah. Plus, a baby is so much work. As fun as it is to be pregnant, it's also really uncomfortable those last few months…I'd rather just be happy for Ruthie while she goes through it!" They laughed again. "Well Luce, I better go clean up a little mess that Gracie made, but I'll talk to you later. And thanks so much for calling to tell me! I'm going to have to call Ruthie and Peter later to congratulate them!"

"Yeah! Well, it was good talking to you, take care."

"Ok, you too. Bye." Cecilia said and hung up the phone. She smiled at the prospect of a new niece or nephew then, with a sigh, started down the hall to clean up the bits of her daughter's mirror.

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