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Chapter 13

Wow I Wasn't Expecting That

"Welcome to your new home," Mary-Ann Wilkins, the woman who represented the newspaper that was giving Kate and Simon their new house, said as she opened the door to Kate and Simon's new home.

When the Camden family and Mary-Ann walked into the foyer they could see a set of stairs in front of them, a hallway that led to the kitchen and den, and doors on the left and right.

"Let's go into the dining room first," Mary-Ann said and she opened the French doors on the left. "The table will fit about thirteen people in all, which is good because you have such a large family.

"This is great," Simon said.

"Now, let's go and see the living room," Mary-Ann said. They went across the hall and looked at the living room. Then they went into the kitchen. It had an open doorway so that Simon and Kate could watch the kids while being in the kitchen.

"Surprise!" Kate and Simon's families yelled when they entered the den. There was a huge sign on the wall that said, "Congratulations On Your New Home," colorful balloons and a pile of house-warming gifts on the floor.

"Wow! Thank you guys so much!" Kate exclaimed. She, Simon, and Alex all hugged everyone while saying thank you.

"Are those presents for me?" Alex asked, eagerly.

"I don't know we'll have to see when we open them," Simon said.

"Why don't we go and see the rest of the house?" Mary-Ann said and she lead them upstairs. First they looked at the guest bedroom. It was simple, with a floral theme and had a bed, dresser, and end table in it.

Then they went and saw Kate and Simon's bedroom. Of course they loved it, especially because it was really big and they had their own bathroom. Then, in order to calm down Alex they went to see his room.

"We found out that Alex loves cars. So we decided to decorate his room with them," Mary-Ann explained. She opened the door and Alex ran inside. The room had a car bed, with a car comforter and the walls were also decorated with cars. His toys could be found through out the room in various places. Alex jumped on his bed and then explored his room.

"I love it! Thank you!" Alex exclaimed and he hugged Mary-Ann.

"You're welcome," Mary-Ann said. "Now, shall we go and see the babies' rooms."

"Okay," Kate said. Mary-Ann led them to one of the doors that was in the hallway. She opened it and inside there was three white cribs, two dressers, and a toy box. The walls were painted a light yellow and the white daisy theme that Simon and Kate had chosen could be found throughout the room.

"The room looks great!" Kate exclaimed. "It's just what I imagined!"

"Thank you," Simon said.

"Your welcome," Mary-Ann said. "But what you see is not all. Open up the closet."

Simon opened the closet and inside he found new clothes, diapers, baby food, formula, bottles, pacifiers, toys and everything else needed for their babies. "Thank you," Simon exclaimed. "This is great."

"Your welcome. Now let's go and see the boys' room," Mary-Ann responded. She opened the door that connected the two nurseries. There was two wood-colored cribs, and all the furniture that was in the girls' nursery. "Now, open up the closet," Mary-Ann instructed and Kate did so. Like the other nursery the closet was filled with things for the babies.

"Thank you Mary-Ann for everything you've done. It means so much to us you have no idea," Kate said and she hugged Mary-Ann.

"This is your new room," Simon said and he took Kenny out of his car seat. "You have a lot more rooms here so I know you'll like it."

A couple of hours later Mary-Ann and Simon and Kate's family left. "I can't believe that we actually live here," Kate said as she flopped down on the couch next to Simon.

"I know," Simon said. "I can't believe this was all donated to us."

"Mom and dad I love this new house!" Alex exclaimed as he ran into the den. "It's so big and my room is the best!"

"I'm glad you like it," Kate said. "We better start warming up bottles. The babies are going to be waking up any minute." Kate got up and got five bottles out of the refrigerator and put them in the microwave.

As Hannah started to wake up in her swing Simon picked her up and started to calm her down. Soon Kate came in with the bottles and Simon started to feed his daughter. When Andrew woke up, Kate gave him his bottle and he stopped crying. About ten minutes later all five babies were fed and Andrew and Hannah were back asleep in the cradles that were in the corner of the room. Kenny and Faith were lying on the floor playing with toys and Emma was in the bouncer next to the couch.

"Mommy, what are we having for dinner?" Alex asked.

"I don't know. What should we make in our brand new kitchen?" Kate said to her son.

"How about ice cream?" Alex suggested.

"I don't think so," Simon said. "Why don't we make pizza?"

"Yeah!" Alex exclaimed. "I love home made pizza."

"Okay," Kate said. "We have to go to the store to get the ingredients."

"I'll go," Simon said.

"Can I come too?" Alex asked eagerly.

"Of course," Simon said. "Let's go."

"The grocery list is on the counter. Don't forget to take it," Kate said as her husband and son left the den.

"Okay," Simon and Alex both said. A couple of minutes later Kate heard the door shut and she knew that Simon and Alex had left.

"Looks like we have the house to ourselves guys," Kate said to her five children. She took a toy off the floor and started to play with Kenny and Faith.

"Mommy!" Maggie screeched as she ran into the kitchen.

"Yes Maggie," Mary said, exasperatedly. Mary was tired and her head was also pounding which probably had something to do with the fact that she hadn't gotten any sleep last night.

"I want to go outside," Maggie said.

"Not right now. I have to clean up the kitchen and start to make dinner," Mary said.

"I'll go outside by myself," Maggie stated, simply.

"No, you're too young to go out by yourself. If one of your brothers want to go out with you then you go out. Otherwise you have to stay in the house," Mary explained.

"Well I already asked them and they said that they didn't want to go outside," Maggie said. "So why can't I just go out by myself?"

"I already told you that you're too young to go out by yourself," Mary said.

"But why?" Maggie whined.

"Because I said so," Mary said as calmly as possible.

"But that's not fair!" Maggie exclaimed. "I want to go outside! I never get to go outside when I want to!"

"Maggie either you go and play elsewhere or you can go into a timeout," Mary said.

"Fine I'll go and play outside," Maggie said and she headed to the back door.

"Maggie Sophia Rivera! Get over here right this instant!" Mary yelled. "I just said that you aren't allowed to go outside. You are not allowed to play outside by your self. Now go and play in the play room!"

"No!" Maggie screamed. "I want to go outside! I want to go outside! I want to go outside!"

"Young lady come here," Mary picked up her daughter as she kicked and screamed. She put her on a chair and put it in the corner of the room. "Stay there until I say that you can get out!" Mary ordered and her daughter gave her a dirty look. "And keep your dirty looks to yourself." Mary went back to putting dishes in the dishwasher as Maggie screeched and Mary tried to ignore her. The only problem was that the screaming was only making her head ache worse.

"Honey I'm home," Carlos said when he entered the house from a school board meeting. "What's going on?" Carlos asked when he came into the kitchen

"Maggie's throwing a temperature tantrum," Mary said and she kissed her husband hello. "See if you can get her to stop. I have the worst headache I can't take this screaming anymore."

"Maggie," Carlos said as he walked over to where his daughter was sitting. "Maggie either stop screaming or you're going to stay in the time out for five extra minutes and you're going to bed as soon as we're done with dinner."

"Fine," Maggie said and she stopped screaming.

While Carlos was reprimanding Maggie Jake started to cry upstairs in his crib so Mary went upstairs to get him. "Hey Jake," Mary said and she picked her son up out of his crib. She sat down on the rocking chair and started to rock her son, hoping to get just a couple of minutes of quiet. While she was rocking Jake started to squirm so she sat him on the floor with some toys.

She was sitting on the rocking chair when Carlos came into the room. "Hey hon," Carlos said. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," Mary said. "I'm just a little tired that's all."

"Oh. Why don't you go and take a nap? I'll take care of the kids and make dinner," Carlos said.

"Okay," Mary said and she kissed her husband. "Thank you for this. I love you."

"I love you too," Carlos said and he quickly kissed his wife and she left the room.

When Mary got into her and Carlos's room she sat on the bed and picked up the phone. After hearing the dial tone she dialed the number that she knew so well. "Sarah...Hey its Mary...Can I ask you to do something for me?"

"Wait Alyssa," David said as he ran towards the curly-browned haired girl that was about ten feet from him.

"Yeah," Alyssa said as she turned around. "Oh hey David."

"Listen I was...ah...You know that there's a dance on Friday night...Well...Well I was...ah...wondering if you wanted to...ah go with me," David asked.

"Oh...I'm really sorry...I wish you had asked me about ten minutes earlier...John just asked me and I said yes. I'm sorry," Alyssa said and she turned and walked away.

"Not as sorry as I am," David said to himself.

"Hey, Dave come on, Dad's waiting for us outside," Sam said and he ran to his twin brother. "Hey are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine," David said. "Let's go."

"No wait really what's wrong?" Sam asked.

"I just asked Alyssa to the dance and she said no. Okay?" David said, angrily and he walked away.

When Eric, Sam, and David got home David immediately went upstairs and into his and Sam's room. He sat down at the desk and got out his homework and started it.

As the doorbell rang through out the Rivera home Mary ran downstairs to get it while yelling, "I'll get it!" When she answered the door Mary found Sarah standing outside holding a small paper bag.

"I was hoping you would answer," Sarah said. "Here you go."

"Thanks so much. I really appreciate it," Mary said and she hugged her sister-en-law.

"You're welcome and good luck," Sarah said as she walked down the pavement and towards her car.

"Who was that?" Carlos asked as he came towards the front door.

"It was Sarah. She was just dropping off something for me," Mary explained.

"Can I ask what it is?" Carlos said.

"Just girl stuff," Mary said and she went upstairs. When she got there Mary went into the bathroom for a couple of seconds and then came out. "Now I just have to wait ten minutes."

Mary sat down on the bed and waited for ten minutes to pass. When it did she got up and went into the bathroom. She got the white stick that was next to the sink and picked up. "Well here it goes," Mary said and she looked down. Seeing that there was a negative sign she let out a sigh.

"Well this is good. It's too soon to have another baby. Jake's only four months old it would be overwhelming to have another baby right now." Mary tried to convince herself as she sat down on the bed. "If this is so good then why do I feel so lousy," Mary said as she started to cry.

"Mary it's time for dinner," Carlos said as he came into the room. When he saw Mary lying on the bed crying he rushed over and said, "Mary what's wrong?"

Mary sat up and said, "I thought that I was pregnant and I'm not. I know it's too early to have another baby but for some reason I just want another baby."

"Mare, if you want to have another baby we can, but you have to realize that having six kids isn't going to be easy. Especially when Jake will only be a year old when this new baby is born," Carlos said.

"I know, you're right," Mary said. "We should wait a little while before we have another baby, if we have another baby." Mary and Carlos hugged and Mary said, "I love you."

"I love you too," Carlos said and he kissed his wife. "Now let's go downstairs and eat dinner."

"Okay," Mary said and she and Carlos walked downstairs hand in hand.

"David what's wrong?" Eric asked his son.

"It's nothing," David said. "I asked a girl out today and she turned me down."

"Aren't you a little young to be dating?" Eric said.

"That doesn't matter anymore. She turned me down remember," David said. "Besides I turned thirteen last week remember. I'm not a little kid anymore and Lucy started dating when she was thirteen."

"Your right," Eric said. "I'm sorry."

"That's alright. I'll be fine in a little while," David said.

"If you say so," Eric said and he left the room. A couple of seconds later the doorbell rang and Annie yelled for David to come down.

"The door's for you," Annie said and she left the room.

David went to the door and found Alyssa standing outside. "Hi Alyssa," David said.

"Can I talk to you?" Alyssa asked.

"Sure," David said and he went outside and he and Alyssa sat down on the porch swing.

"Well I went out with John tonight and he was a real jerk. He practically ignored me the entire time so I told him that I couldn't go to the dance with him and that he would have to find a new girlfriend," Alyssa explained.

"Well good for you," David said.

"I was wondering if you still wanted to go to the dance with me," Alyssa said.

"Really? Then I would love to go to the dance with you," David said.

"Good," Alyssa said. "Well I have to go. My sister is waiting for me in the car."

"Okay, well bye," David said and he kissed Alyssa's cheek.

"Bye," Alyssa said and she walked to her sister's car. David went into his house and pumped his fist into the air and yelled, "Yes!"

"What's wrong with you?" Sam asked as he came into the foyer.

"I'm going to the dance with Alyssa," David said. "I have a girlfriend."

"That's great," Sam said and he patted his brother on the back. "Now we both have dates."

"Wait who did you ask?" David said.

"I asked Kelly," Sam said. "I asked her at lunch in school today. I didn't want to say anything since Alyssa had turned you down."

"Cool," David said. "We both have dates. Why don't we go and watch TV and celebrate."

"Okay," Sam said and he and his brother went into the living room.

I hope you like this chapter! I hope your happy that I gave Simon and Kate their house! And its pretty nice too!

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