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Chapter Nine: Getting Started

June 19

Sarah Camden smiled at her oldest daughter as she came down the stairs, still dressed in her pajamas. Since school had recently let out, Kate had decided to move back in with her parents for a month or so while she found an apartment. The down side to living in dorms was that you had to leave over the summer. If she could get an apartment finally, she wouldn't have to worry about any of this! Amanda was thrilled to have her sister at home, as were Sarah, Matt and Jacob. Kate kissed her mother on the cheek on her way into the kitchen.

"What are you up to today?" Sarah asked, following Kate and making breakfast along side her. "Anything fun?" Kate sighed.

"Well, I was thinking of doing a little apartment searching on the internet, and I'll call Jason later on. I miss him." She answered. Jason was Kate's 23 year old boyfriend. At first, Kate had said that she'd be staying with him over the summer rather than at her parents' house, but after Sarah put up quite a fight about her daughter living with her boyfriend, she had finally given in and come to the Camden home.

"Sounds like fun." Sarah said, biting into her bagel and sitting down across from Kate at their kitchen table.

"Yeah." Amanda commented, entering the room.

"Good morning, beauty. How did you sleep?" Sarah asked the 14-year-old. Amanda smiled.

"I slept really well." She turned to her sister. "So you're apartment hunting already? I thought you were going to stay with us all summer." Kate shrugged.

"I moved out of here three years ago. You guys have adjusted to having four people living here. It's crowding you guys to have me around again, plus, after adjusting to living away from the family, moving back in isn't the most fun. I love you all, but I prefer living on my own." She laughed and Amanda didn't say anything. Still worrying about Jacob moving out as well, Amanda hadn't been too easy to get along with lately. Jacob, following his older sister's advice, had already gotten an apartment rather than a dorm, and would be moving out there when Kate whenever Kate went back.

"I remember that after I moved out, I never wanted to go back and stay with my parents again." Sarah said, laughing as well. "Once you're used to being on your own, the idea of going back isn't appealing." Kate shook her head and giggled. "Well that's ok. We're just glad that you've come to stay for a little while at least. We miss you, sweetie."

"I know. I miss you all too." Kate said, standing and taking her dishes to the dishwasher. "Well, I'm going to go get dressed and put my make up on, then I'll be off. I have some errands to run." Before anyone could respond, Kate started back up the stairs. Amanda put her head in her hands.

"This sucks. I'm losing two siblings at once this time." She complained, sounding incredibly pouty. Sarah smiled sadly at her.

"Yeah, but hey, with them gone, we'll get to have fun just the two of us!" She said, trying to make her 14-year-old feel better.

"Great." Amanda said unenthusiastically, and started up the stairs as well. Sarah sighed. Would she ever be able to please her daughter? The phone rang and she moved to pick it up quickly before her daughters could get a hold of it. She was pleased to hear her husband's voice on the other end of the line.

"Hey baby!" She greeted him happily. "What's up?" Even though it was Saturday, her husband had been called early this morning to come in for a delivery.

"Well…the baby was born about 25 minutes ago, which means that I'm just about done here. I was thinking…maybe I could take you out for lunch?" He asked. Sarah grinned.

"I would love that." She said honestly.

"It won't be anything fancy, as I don't think scrubs would be appreciated in a really nice place, but maybe we could do subway or something like that. Have a little time to ourselves." Sarah smiled.

"That sounds great." She said with a laugh. "Subway it is."

"Awesome." Matt told her. "I'll be by to pick you up in about 15 minutes, all right?" He asked.

"All right. See you soon." She said. He returned the sentiment and they hung up. As she started up the stairs to go change out of her pajamas, Kate came down the stairs closely followed by Amanda.

"I'm leaving, mom. Be back later." Kate said.

"And I'm going with her." Amanda added quickly, not waiting for a response before following her sister quickly out the door. Sarah sighed and changed quickly. She walked down the hall and knocked on Jacob's door. After a moment, he answered.

"Hey you." She greeted with a smile. He rolled his eyes.

"Hi mom." He said.

"Listen, I'm going out to lunch with your dad in a minute. Kate and Amanda just left as well, so you're going to be alone. Just hang out. Don't go crazy on me. You break it you buy it." She said with a small laugh. He nodded.

"I know, mom. Bye." He said, shutting the door immediately. This time, it was Sarah's turn to roll her eyes. "Teenagers" She thought to herself. The doorbell rang and she hurried down stairs where her husband was waiting at the door. She got into his car and with that they were off to lunch, away from work, and best of all, away from the kids.

June 20 (the next day)

Haylie Corbin opened her eyes groggily and looked at the clock: 11:42 AM. She stood up with much difficulty and walked to she and her husband's closet where she dressed. When she walked out of the closet, her husband met her, and they kissed.

"Well if it isn't sleeping beauty!" He said with a laugh and she playfully punched his arm.

"Hey now, if you were carrying our child, you'd sleep in late too." She said. They kissed again.

"I guess I probably would." He said, letting her win that argument. "Well, since we still have an hour an a half before church, I thought maybe we could go have some late breakfast at the diner. Are you up for it?" He asked. She nodded.

"Yeah, that would be nice. Let me put on some make up first though. I might scare people if I didn't." He scoffed.

"Haylie, what are you talking about? You're gorgeous and you know that. You don't need make up to look nice." He told her. She raised an eye brow.

"Right." She kissed him. "Nice try though. Listen, just give me five minutes and I'll be ready, ok?" He nodded and walked out into the living room to wait for her. Sure enough, exactly 5 minutes later, she emerged from their bedroom holding her purse. "Let's go." She said with a smile. "Your daughter and I are starving." Kyle laughed and nodded, standing and leading her out the door to his car.

The drive wasn't too long, and they arrived at the diner quickly. Kyle found a parking spot and escorted his wife inside and to a table. As they waited for a waitress to come over, Haylie looked down at her huge stomach. The baby was due in eight days. She couldn't believe how quickly her pregnancy had gone. It seemed like just yesterday that she had locked herself in the bathroom with a pregnancy test which came up positive. She looked up at her husband and he smiled at her over his menu. Haylie frowned and touched her stomach. Kyle looked up at her, worried.

"You ok?" He asked her, setting down his menu.

"Yeah, I'm fine. The baby kicked a little too hard." She said, giving him a small smile. When she felt it again a few minutes later, she stood. "I'm going to go outside for a minute, get some fresh air. If the waitress comes over, would you order me the scrambled eggs please?" Kyle nodded and Haylie stood and left the building.

Sure enough, the waitress came over a few minutes later, and he placed his and his wife's orders. With that done, he reached over and picked up the paper that he had brought from home and began to read the sports page intently. It wasn't until the food arrived 10 minutes later that he realized that his wife hadn't returned yet. He frowned and looked out the windows. Not seeing her, he stood up and, telling the waitress he'd be right back so she wouldn't think he was leaving the check, walked outside. He looked down the street and saw that no one was there at all. When he walked around the corner, however, he saw someone sitting on the ground. He hurried over and, to his dismay, found his wife crouched down against the wall. Her eyes were shut tightly.

"Haylie?" He asked. "Haylie!" She opened her eyes.

"Kyle, something's wrong. The baby is kicking really hard. It feels funny, and I mean funny in a bad way. It hurts." Her eyes began to well up.

"It's going to be Ok Haylie. Let me help you up and…" He was cut off when she moaned and grabbed her stomach.

"Ow!" She began to cry. He knelt down next to her.

"We're going to the doctor. Let me help you up." She reached out for his hand and let him lift her up.

"Kyle…" She took a step to get closer to him and as she did, felt a strange sensation on her legs. Looking down, she saw a puddle beneath her. "Oh my…"

"Honey…I don't think it's the baby kicking." Kyle said, seeing what his wife did. "I think you're in…"

"Labor." She finished his sentence in a whisper. "It's not time yet! Why is the baby doing this I…" She put her hand on her stomach again. "Make it stop!" She was growing more and more frantic by the second.

"Haylie, calm down. I can't make it stop honey. This is ok. It's a week early, and yeah that's early but it's not a problem. Haylie…we're having a baby." She looked up at him and a tear rolled down her check.

"Yeah…" She trailed off. "Wait! What about the food?" She asked.

"Forget the food. We're going to the hospital!" He said, sounding excited and nervous at the same time. He lead her to the car where he pulled out quickly and headed for the hospital. As they drove, Haylie grabbed her cell phone out of her purse and dialed her mother's house. Lucy had barely answered before Haylie began talking.

"Mommy! It's Haylie. I'm having the baby. My stomach…it hurts, and my water broke and I'm in labor, and the baby's coming." She blurted out.

"Oh my gosh!" Lucy shrieked. "Glen Oak Hospital right?" She asked.

"Yeah." Haylie said. "Come ok? I'm scared." Lucy sighed.

"Of course I'll come. I'm leaving now. And it's going to be OK sweetie. Pretty soon you're going to be holding Hannah in your arms, and this will all be worth it."

"Mom…does it get any worse than this?" She asked referring to the pain. She heard Lucy sigh again.

"Well, see you soon." Lucy said and hung up. Haylie's eyes widened. Not answering was never a good sign. It was a few more minutes before they reached the hospital. When they did, Kyle helped his wife out and together they hurried inside where their family was about to expand.

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