Here's the next chapter. I'm excited that people are seeming to like this story. I didn't think they would. Please continue to review because without reviews I will think that no one is reading it and I'll quit.
Oh, and to the review I got about my spelling Pheobe's name wrong. I realize that I spell it differently. I like spelling it this way.
Chapter 3-You're My Mommy?
"You can't just take him," Cole told her.
"I know that. I would never take him away from his sisters, from his father. I just want a chance to be his mother, to take care of him and watch as he learns and grows older. Give me that chance, Cole. Let me be his mother," she pleaded.
"I have a meeting that I need to go to. It's a dinner thing with a lot of clients," he started.
"I'll watch them," she cut in.
"All four of them?" he asked.
"Yeah," she told him. "It'll be fine. I'll get to spend time with them. They seem like wonderful kids."
"Are you sure that you can handle four kids?" he asked, knowing that it had taken him awhile to be able to handle them all together.
"Yes, I'm sure," she said.
"Ok. I'll finish making their dinner. Bennett needs a bath after dinner and so does Jaclynn. The twins need to be fed at 5. Baby food is in the cabinet. Jaclynn and the twins go to bed at 7, but I let Bennett stay up an extra 30 minutes so he feels more grown up. I should be home by then," Cole explained.
"Ok, she said. "And one question?"
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Why did you name him Bennett?" she asked, curious.
"I didn't. It was already his name. I found out that he was named that because it meant 'little blessed one.'"
"Oh, when is your meeting?" she asked.
"In about an hour. I gotta get going," he said, putting a plate on the table. "Ben, come eat."
The little boy ran into the room.
"Can you feed Jaclynn? I need to get ready," Cole asked putting the plate on the counter and walking upstairs to change.
Pheobe walked into the living room and picked up the toddler, who was playing with her toys. She put her in her highchair and tried to feed the child, who just didn't want to eat.
"Come on, Jaclynn. It's good," Pheobe begged.
"Try the airplane. Daddy does it," Bennett said between bites of food.
Pheobe tried and she actually got the child to eat some.
"Thank you," she told the boy, who smiled.
Pheobe finished cleaning up Jaclynn's mess from dinner and put her down in the livingroom. Jadynn started crying so Pheobe picked the baby up, but, of course, Jalynn started crying because her sister was getting more attention than her, so Pheobe had to pick her up as well.
Cole walked down the stairs.
"We'll talk about how to tell him about you when I get back," Cole said.
Pheobe nodded.
Cole gave out kisses to each of his children and without realizing it, did the same to Pheobe. They both stood there for a second, not knowing what to feel.
"Sorry," Cole said.
"It's fine," she told him. "Say bye to daddy," she told the children.
Cole glanced at them one last time before leaving.
He could hardly think straight. Seeing her with the children, the kiss, it all felt so right. Everything he had tried so hard to shield himself from was happening. He was letting those emotions bubble back up to the top.
Pheobe couldn't help but smile. She knew that he still loved her. Despite the fact that he had apparently moved on, he still had those same feelings. She could tell.
Pheobe played with the children a little while before putting the twins in the playpen so that she could bathe, both Ben and Jaclynn.
"Who wants the first bath?" she asked, loving being where she was.
She bathed Ben, and after coming out of the bathroom completely soaked, she hoped that Jaclynn would be easier to bathe than she was to fed.
Ben sat in the livingroom, watching cartoons while Pheobe bathed Jaclynn. After getting the kids in their pajamas and feeding the twins, it was 7 o'clock.
Pheobe got the girls to bed fairly easy. With a sigh of relief that none of them were crying, she walked back into the living room and sat beside her son.
"Whatcha watching?" she asked him.
"Spider-man," he answered. "Who are you?"
Pheobe really didn't know how to answer that question. She wanted to tell him that she was his mother, that she loved him, and wanted to take care of him, but she had told Cole that they would talk about it later, and it would probably be a lot to drop on a 3 year old.
"A friend," she answered. "So, you go to school. You're a little young to be in school already."
"It's a school to help me get ready for big school. That's what daddy said. I know my ABC's. Wanna hear?" he asked.
"Yeah," she answered, and the child started singing.
Pheobe sat there, amazed at her son. He was so smart and beautiful. Cole had done a good job. She had to give him that.
"Very good," she said, clapping, once he had finished.
They sat there, talking, until it was his bedtime. While she was tucking him in, she heard Cole come home.
He looked tired. He took off his suit jacket and put it on the stand before plopping down on the couch.
Pheobe walked into the room and sat by him.
"The kids are asleep," she said.
"All four of them? Really?" he asked, amazed that she had been able to get all of them to bed at the same time.
"Don't act so shocked," she said.
"Not shocked," he said. "You didn't tell Ben that you're his mother, did you?"
It was then that they noticed the little boy, who had been sitting on the stairs. His eyes lit up and he stood up at what he just heard his dad say.
"You're my mommy," he walked up to her and looked into her eyes.
Pheobe looked at Cole who nodded.
"Yeah, I am," she told him, picking the little boy up.
She walked to a mirror that was in the hallway.
"See," she said. "You have my eyes."
The little boy really didn't know what to think. He had a mommy! He had wanted one. He couldn't even remember what his last mommy had looked like, being too little to remember her.
The little boy threw his arms around her neck and Pheobe just held her baby, glad that he knew.
A very fluffy chapter. Hope you liked it. Please review.