Chapter 6
Later that evening, after the graduation, everyone went out to dinner at a fancy restaurant. New York was notorious for its great restaurants.
"Is everyone ready?" Carlos asked. Most of the people had left the graduation by now.
"Where are we going?" Mary asked her husband.
"I 'm treating you and everyone else to a night out with great food and fun," Carlos said, as he kissed his wife.
"I can't wait. Let's go," Mary said. With that, they all drove to the restaurant.
Once they got to the restaurant, Carlos went to let the restaurant know that they had arrived.
"May I help you?" the hostess asked him.
"Yes. I made reservations for a table of twelve at 7 o'clock," Carlos said.
"Okay, right this way," the waitress said, as she grabbed the menus and led them to their table.
"Can we have two highchairs please?" Lucy asked, as she sat down with Savannah in her arms. The other highchair was for Charlie.
"Sure," the waitress replied, as she passed out the rest of the menus. While she was gone everyone looked over their menus, trying to decide on what they were going to order. After a couple of minutes, the waitress returned with the highchairs and then took each of their drink orders. After they had received their drinks, they placed their food orders.
"I would like to propose a toast to Mary, Matt and Sarah for graduating. We are so very proud of you," Reverend Camden said, as he raised his glass.
"To Mary, Matt and Sarah," everyone said, rising their glasses as well. Matt put his arm around Sarah as he gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"I love you," he whispered in her ear.
"I love you too," Sarah said. Meanwhile, across the table, Mary and Carlos were holding each other close.
"I love you," Carlos whispered in her ear.
"I love you too. And thank you…for everything," Mary told him. Soon after, their food arrived.
"Okay, I am just dying to know, what are everybody's due dates?" Mrs. Camden asked, directing her attention towards Mary, Lucy and Sarah.
"Well, my due date is January 23rd," Lucy jumped in.
"And my due date is March 12th," Sarah told her.
"Mary?" Mrs. Camden asked her daughter.
"Happy birthday Mom," Mary told her.
"You mean that you are having the babies on my birthday!" Mrs. Camden said, excitedly.
"Yes. April 5th," Mary told her.
"This is the best birthday present I have ever gotten," Mrs. Camden told her daughter. With that, everyone went home and went to bed. It had been a very tiring, but exciting day. The family was all together again and that was all that mattered.