AN: Okay there's probably going to be 1 or 2 more chapters and then this story is ending. On the bright side...VERY bright side. I am going to write a sequle to this. Zap ahead another 5 years or so. You will figure out why, don't worry. I'm sure you all want to know what Tony's like as a teenager.
"Sara," Tony said on the way home.
"Yes," Sara said. She was in the passenger side seat and looked back at Tony.
"How long until the baby comes," he asked.
"Um...I'm not exactly sure. It's takes about 9 months all together. So maybe 7 months left," Sara answered. Tony nodded.
"December," Tony said. Sara nodded.
"Right about then," Sara answered.
"Christmas baby," Tony exclaimed, smiling.
"Wouldn't that be cool," Greg said happily, turning around to look at Tony.
"Eyes on the road," Lena snapped from the back seat.
"Sorry," Greg exclaimed, quickly facing front again. Sara and Tony laughed.
"Honestly Greg," Lena exclaimed. "You have a child and a pregnant woman in the car, you'd think you'd drive more carefully.
"Sorry," Greg repeated, sounding like a little kid who got in trouble. Lena shook her head and smiled.
"God, sometimes I wished I could stay mad at you longer," she muttered.
"Me too," Sara said.
"Hey," Greg exclaimed after a moment, realizing what they were saying.
"When are you going to tell, um...all the people at work," Lena asked later that night. The three adults were sitting in the kitchen, sipping soda. Tony had already been put to bed.
"When I'm a little further along," Sara said. "Like when I have a... fat stomach."
Greg grinned and hugged her. "You'll look very cute with a fat stomach," he told her. Sara laughed and hit him playfully on the head.
"They won't believe me unless there is...proof," Sara continued.
"Yeah," Greg agreed. "They'd be more likely to believe that Nick died his skin green and became a member of a murdering cult of vampires."
"Shut up," Sara said, hitting him playfully again.
"Really," Lena asked, looking at Greg. Greg nodded enthusiastically. Sara stuck her tongue out at him.
"Oh I'm going to have a problem keeping the secret," Greg said, rubbing his hands together, looking at Sara with an evil grin on his face.
"Greg, you tell anyone...just remember I am perfectly capable of hiding your body where no one will find it," Sara said.
"You wouldn't do that," Greg said looking at her with what Lena had deemed the "puppy-dog-look"
"No," Sara admitted. "But still..."
"I won't tell," Greg said sincerely.
About a week after the doctor's appointment, Valerie called Lena. Lena had forgotten to explain the sleep-during-the-day-awake-during-the-night thing that she, Tony, Greg and Sara all followed. So they would have to schedule their play date in the morning. Which actually wasn't much of a problem.
They decided to meet at the park, probably due to Kyle's coaxing. But Tony thought it was a good idea. Tony liked the parks himself, and was actually pretty happy at the prospect of a play date.
Sara was actually off of work that night, so she agreed to come with Lena.
Kyle was the first one they saw. He had been waiting by the swings and ran up to them with as much excitement as when they first met him. He was grinning widely and ushered Tony away to the jungle gym.
"Valerie," Lena said, "This is Sara, Tony's...um..." She wasn't quite sure how to put it and looked at Sara for the rest of the sentence.
"Mother," Sara stated. "Adoptive mother."
"Really," Valerie asked, an appreciative look on her face. Sara nodded.
They all walked and sat on the benches near the jungle gym, so they could keep an eye on the two boys.
"Good thing Greg isn't here," Lena said to Sara with a smile on her face. "He'd be enjoying himself quite a bit."
Lena turned to Valerie, wh had a confused look on her face. "Her husband," Lena said. "The spirit of a two year old trapped in an adults body."
"Yeah that's pretty much Greg," Sara agreed and all three of them laughed.
"How old is Kyle," Lena asked Valerie.
"He just turned eight," Valerie told them. "How old is Tony?"
"He's ten," Sara said. "Ten and small for his age."
"Yeah," Valerie agreed, looking at Tony swing across the monkey bars.
The adults talked when the boys played. Sara gave Valerie a brief overview of her work, mostly because the hours were odd. It seemed to amaze Valerie that Tony kept the same hours as Sara and Lena was home schooling him. Sara stayed away from Tony's past and Valerie didn't ask. After a while, Kyle came running up to Valerie.
"Valerie," he said. "Tony says it's almost his bed time." The little boy sounded shocked, like he was looking to his sister to tell him that his new friend wasn't really this weird.
"Yeah Kyle. Tony and his family are awake most of the night and asleep most of the day," Valerie told her brother.
"Wow," Kyle said, his mouth open in an "O" of surprise. Lena looked at the little boy and smiled.
"We're vampires," Lena said. Kyle looked like he almost believed her.
Kyle looked from Lena to his sister and back again. "But I thought vampires couldn't come out in the day," he said, but he sounded unsure of himself.
Lena laughed. "We're not vampires sweety," she said, rubbing the top of the little boy's head. "Don't worry."
Kyle still looked like he wasn't quite sure what to believe, but with Tony's coaxing he returned to the jungle gym.