Ruthie woke up for the third time that night to her son crying. She rolled onto her back and tapped Martin on the shoulder.

"Honey. Do you hear something?" She asked worriedly. "I think he's up."

Martin shot out of bed and Ruthie laughed. Martin came back in, putting Nate in the bassinet in their bedroom.

"Everything's ok." he confirmed, sitting down on the bed.

"I know it is. But I just knew that would get you up if I said that."
"Oh very funny Mrs. Brewer." He said, rolling his eyes. "Remember…he's your son."

"My son? Who got me pregnant? Yes. You." She said jokingly.
Lauren came out of her and Allie's room and walked into her parents' room, rubbing her eyes tiredly.

"Mommy can you PLEASE tell Nate to SHUT UP?" she groaned.

"You do not tell your brother to shut up." Martin said.

"I didn't. I told mommy to tell him to shut up."
"Lauren Elizabeth…" Martin warned.

"It's just that he's been crying ALL night."
"I know sweetie. But you have to understand that he's only a week old. When you were that young, you cried all night." Ruthie said.

"But Mom! He's been crying all the time since you brought him home."
"He's a baby. He can't talk yet honey. When he needs me or mommy, he cries." Martin explained to the 5 year old.

"I know daddy. But can't he stop? For a little bit at least? I have to go to kindergarten tomorrow you know." Lauren said seriously and Martin and Ruthie had to hold back their chuckles.

"We know baby. I'll try to keep him quiet." Ruthie said, kissing her head and picking Nate up.

"Thank you." She sighed, walking out of their room.

"She cracks me up." Ruthie said, sitting in the rocking chair, feeding Nathaniel and rocking him back to sleep. She put a pacifier in his mouth and put him in the bassinet. She laid back down beside Martin.

"I'm definitely not going into work today."

"You mean tomorrow?"
"No…today. It's 4am. I need my rest."
"Ok babe." She said, kissing his cheek, snuggling in his arms and falling back asleep.

The alarm went off at 7:30 that morning-it was time to get the girls ready for school. Since Martin had gotten up most times with Nate during the night, she got up to get the girls ready. She went downstairs, making pancakes for each of them and packing their lunches. The girls came down about a half an hour later, dragging their feet and threw their bookbags on the floor, sitting at the dining room table.

"Mom do we have to go?" Madison asked, laying her head on the table.

"Yes you do."
"But mom! Dad's staying home and so are you!" Allison shot back.

"Nate was up all night and we had to be up." Ruthie said, sighing. She knew this was going to happen.
"We were up too! He woke ALL of us up! Lauren and Allie weren't like that." Maddie said, sighing as she took a bite of her pancakes and taking a drink of milk.

"I know they weren't, and neither were you. Maybe boys are different. I don't know…I've never had a son before. Your uncles were like that too."

"Can't we just sleep mom?"
"No girls. I'll send a note with your teachers, so if you're too tired after your morning classes, Daddy and I can come get you."
"Can we stay at Aunt Lucy's tonight?"
"Maybe. I'll call her."
"Ok. thanks mom."
"Better get going! You'll miss your bus Allie and Maddie! Lauren, I'm taking you to school."
"Ok." Lauren said, putting her dishes in the dishwasher.

"Bye mom." Maddie and Allie said, kissing her on the cheek and hugging her.

"Bye dad!" they called upstairs.

"Bye girls!" he yelled back and they walked out the door.

"Hold on Lauren. I just need to fix my hair and we can go."
"Ok mom." She said, sitting on the couch with her bookbag and lunch box as Ruthie walked upstairs. She quickly threw her hair in a ponytail and grabbed her keys and cell phone.

"I'll be right back I'm taking Lauren to school." She whispered in Martin's ear, gently kissing his neck.

"Oh man!" he said, kissing her gently on the lips.
"Hold that thought. I'll be back in ten minutes."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." He sighed, shutting his eyes and smiling.

"We have a new baby! Isn't that enough?"
"We want six…remember?"
"True. But come on! He's a week old!"

"We can still try."
"Why Martin Brewer…you naughty boy." She said, rolling her eyes and walking out of the room.

10 minutes later

Ruthie pulled into the driveway after taking Lauren to school. She opened the car door, grabbed her purse, got out, and shut it behind her. She looked up and saw Peter standing there, resting his elbow on the hood of her car.

"Why hello Ruthie Camden." He said, attempting to sound sexy.

"Um…hi Peter." She said nervously. "What are you doing here?"
"I came here to win you back babe."
"In case you didn't realize, I'm married to Martin Brewer and have been for the last ten years. Not to mention the five years we dated and the two years that I liked him."
"So? Nothing too important there."
"I have five reasons. One, I love Martin Brewer with all I am. Two, my daughter Madison. Three, my daughter Allison. Four, my daughter Lauren. And five, my son Nate."

"Wow. Got busy didn't you?" he asked jokingly.

"They're not very close in age so you can just shut up. They're ten, nine, five, and a week old."
"Oh. So you recently got busy?"
"Just get away from me Peter Petrowski. I'm over you. I have been over you for years."

"Oh come on. You know you want me baby." He said, leaning in closer to her.

"Go away now."
"Too late babe. I'm in love." He said, kissing her. She pulled away, obviously shocked and speechless.

"I'm married. I'm in love." She said, backing away.
"Yeah. You're in love with me." He said, kissing her again.

Meanwhile…

Martin was fixing a bottle for Nate since Ruthie wasn't home yet to feed him. 'She should be home by now.' He thought, looking at his watch. He saw Ruthie's car in the driveway and smiled. He peeked out the window hoping to find her coming towards the door.

He was very unpleasantly surprised by what he saw instead; Ruthie kissing another guy.

He felt his heart break into a billion pieces. His world was gone.

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