Sorry for such the long update everyone. I've been busy with school. I'll try not to make such a long update again. Hope you enjoy this chapter. Please R&R :)
The sun shone through the windows and Lucy's eyes fluttered open. It took a few seconds for her to remember the night before. When she did, she pulled the blankets over her head and groaned.
" What did I get myself into now," Lucy mumbled to herself.
She looked beside her in the bed and noticed both kids were gone. Hearing the faint sounds of the tv she assumed they must be out there watching it. She didn't want to go out and face Kevin and decided to try and go back to sleep, although eventually she would have to talk to him.
Just as she had turned back over to go back to sleep, Maddy flung the door open and ran over to the bed. She climbed on top and bounced onto Lucy.
"Wake up mama!" she screeched.
The smell of pancakes wafted into the room.
" Who is making breakfast?" Lucy asked Maddy.
"Kevin. He put chocolate chips in mine," Maddy said, a huge grin on her face.
" Come out and have some," Maddy said pulling Lucy out of the bed.
Fear took over Lucy. She didn't know how to act around Kevin. She never felt this nervous of seeing someone after only kissing them. She braced herself and stepped into the kitchen, which was attached to the living room. Dylan was watching tv, a plate of pancakes loaded with syrup on his lap. Kevin was at the stove making himself some pancakes.
"Morning. How many pancakes do you want?" Kevin asked Lucy, acting the same as usual.
" I can make mine that's fine. You go eat yours." Lucy said, after a couple seconds.
" I don't mind, I'm cooking some already." Kevin answered.
"Alright, well I'll have 2 then. Thanks." Lucy said, taking a seat at the small table.
"No problem." Kevin said, pouring some more batter into the frying pan.
The day wore on and Lucy tried to avoid Kevin as much as possible.
At 2 o'clock Lucy had finally gotten the kids ready and was going to look for a place to live. Kevin offered her his vehicle, but her dad was going to help her instead. Eric honked his horn outside and Lucy and the kids left with just a quick good bye to Kevin.
"Where do you want to look first?" Eric asked Lucy.
" How about the trailer park just around the corner and down the street from Andy's Convenience Store." Lucy suggested.
" Alright." Eric said as he drove away from the apartments.
The only sound was the faint people chatting away on the radio, until Eric spoke up.
" You know you can live with mom and I until you save up a bit."
" I know, you've offered me before, but I need to do this on my own. These are my kids and I brought them into the world, I need to take care of them. I didn't depend on you guys from the start of their lives. I don't want to start now. You guys have Sam,David and Ruthie to still worry about." Lucy said giving a smile to make Eric believe her small speech.
" Adults ask for help you know, it wouldn't be wrong for you to ask us for help." Eric said.
"I know that you guys are always there if I need you. If ever I need help and don't think I can handle things, I will ask you, don't worry." Lucy said.
The rest of the ride was silent until they pulled up to the trailer park. Kids of all ages were scattered around. Some playing basketball on the court, some smaller children playing on the old rusty playground. Some girls were skipping and some guys skateboarding. It looked like a cheerful enough place. Lucy forced a smile to show her dad things would be fine. They pulled up to the place that Lucy called the night before and had found out was the landlord of all the trailers. Everyone jumped out of the car and Eric double checked to make sure it was locked. Inside the small building, which was the front of a small house, was a woman sitting watching tv, smoking a cigarette. The room was fairly dark and gloomy, not to mention dusty. The place must have not been cleaned since it was built.
The four Camdens approached the counter desk. The woman looked up and sat up, putting her cigarette out in a full ashtray.
" What can I do for you folks today?" the woman asked, going into a small coughing fit afterwards.
" I'm looking for Harriet Richard." Lucy stated.
" You're looking at her. Call me Jodie please, I hate Harriet. Jodie is my middle name." The woman said holding her hand out.
Lucy shook it, the woman flashed Maddy and Dylan a smile. She seemed friendly enough, just not very organized. After Lucy told her they were looking for a trailer to rent she rushed over to her filing cabinet. She had to go through 3 drawers before she found the folder with trailers for rent.
" Here we go now. We have 4 for rent. Two over across the lot, one three down from here, and another one near the entrance. Would you like to take a look at them?" Jodie offered.
" Sure. But first I would like to know what rent is a month." Lucy wondered.
" Rent is 240 a month." Jodie said. ( I don't know how much they really are).
They walked around the trailer park, getting a tour and information about it. Their first stop was the trailer 3 down from her office. She opened the door with a key. They entered to a dark, musty trailer. Streaks of sunlight shone through the windows, illuminating the millions of dust particles floating around. The pull out couch had a rip in one cushion, made by god only knows. Some stains here and there on the carpet. A crack in one window. Jodie gave them a quick tour, trying hard to persuade them to buy it. Letting them know their neighbors would be nice.
Lucy gave each kid an encouraging pat on the shoulder and whispered in their ears that everything would be ok.. The next three trailers were about the same. They walked back to the main office afterwards.
" So what do you think?" Jodie asked.
" They all look fine. I'd just like a minute to talk to my family." Lucy said, excusing herself.
" No problem." Jody sat down in her chair and flicked on the tv to a soap opera.
" What do you guys think?" Lucy tried to whisper, because it was obvious Jodie was trying to listen to them, with her tv down low, almost at a mute.
" I like that one near the basketball courts. With that little boy outside the trailer next to it. He looked almost same age as me." Dylan said, giving back his feed back.
" Do you like that one?" Lucy asked Maddy.
Maddy shrugged her shoulders.
" Well it's not going to get much better. I say we choose one of these. The one Dylan mentioned looked good. But do we all agree?" Lucy asked, mainly Maddy and Dylan.
Having lived in a trailer park before, even at a young age, the kids knew trailers wouldn't get any nicer than the ones they had just looked at, so they decided on the one Dylan mentioned. They told Jodie to hold the trailer and they would move in the following week. Eric and Annie insisted on paying the starting rent, since Lucy didn't have a job yet and she wanted to move in as soon as possible. The afternoon was over and night was falling in. Supper at the Camden house had again been arranged. Annie cooked a chicken and other assorted foods. Everyone gathered around the table to say grace and dig into the wonderful, home-cooked food.
The night again was spent together. The family played charades and made ice cream sundaes. Lucy went back to Kevin's early enough to give the kids a bath. Kevin was sitting on the couch going over some papers for work. He was to start the following Monday, which was in three days. Lucy sat down in the leather chair beside the couch and sighed.
"Long day?" Kevin asked, breaking the silence.
"Yeah. We found a place though. Moving in next week." Lucy replied.
"That's great. Where is it?" Kevin kept up the casual conversation.
" Oakland's Trailer Park, right around the corner from Andy's."
" That's good. About 12 minutes from here, driving. So we can still hang out." Kevin said, flashing his famous smile, which made Lucy smile and go a bit red.
They stared at each other for a bit, both smiling, before noticing what they were doing.
" So, are you going to stay with me until you move?" Kevin said, his eyes pleading.
" I don't know. We've already stayed with you long enough and I really appreciate it. Maybe I should stay at my parent's house."
" Are you kidding I want you guys to stay here. I'll be lonely once you guys leave."
" We can always come visit you. You'll have to get yourself a dog or a girlfriend." Lucy teased.
" Maybe a dog, not a girlfriend." Kevin tried hinting to Lucy that he didn't want any other girls.
" A dog sounds good then." Lucy smiled back at him.
Lucy decided to go to bed right after, floating on cloud nine, thinking about Kevin.
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