Sorry it took so long, but heres chapter 8. This has a bit of a song in it.
The Afters
Chapter 8
2:50 am
"Kim," Ron moaned hearing a cry echo throughout the hall.
"Not again," both of them woke up and got out of bed.
"This is the fourth time tonight." Ron yawned putting his arm around his wife.
"Imagine when she starts running around."
"Kim, she's only two months old. I don't think she'll start running around for a while." Rufus appeared on Ron's shoulder and yawned. He grew irritated and shook his fist angrily.
"I think Rufus is jealous." Kim giggled.
"You must admit, we haven't been paying much attention to him lately."
"We haven't been doing a lot of things lately Ron." She yawned yet again, "Including sleeping."
"Wonder what she wants this time." Both of them entered Holly's room. She was wailing in her crib for her parents' aid. "Kid's got a set of lungs."
"Must have gotten that from her father."
"Hah, hah." They both sighed as Ron picked her up. "Maybe she's hungry."
"Maybe, or maybe she just can't sleep. That's how I was when I was little."
"I was always the one who was hungry."
"Go figure." Kim sighed sitting on the rocking chair. "Come here Holly." Ron passed her on to her mother.
"Maybe if you sing to her?"
"I'm too tired to sing, and those corny lullabies never work now."
"Well sing a different one."
"Ron, just." They both paused noticing that Holly was no longer crying, but sleeping.
"Guess she just wanted attention." He shrugged his shoulders. "Kim?"
Kim was also sleeping silently on the rocking chair.
"Good night," he leaned over and kissed them both on the cheek.
4:25 pm
"Holly, what do you think of spaghetti for dinner?" Kim called over her shoulder while she was stirring sauce in a pan,
"Heh," Holly giggled while banging her hands on her highchair.
"Ok, we'll have it." She stopped and looked around for a minute. "It's too quiet in here. I hate Wednesdays, everything sounds all spooky,"
BOOM
Thunder crashed in the distance. Holly burst out crying and screaming.
"Holly, Holly its oka-" the lights went out. "Okay, maybe it isn't." she felt around for a flashlight that she had in the kitchen. "Where is it!" she felt something round. "Here's the….bottle…." she groaned, "Wait, the communicator!" she took it out of her pocket and switched it on, the light from the screen made things brighter.
"Hey Kim!" Wade greeted.
"Hey Wade, what's- wait, don't you have your power out too?"
"My room never runs out of power. It has its on generator." He pointed to a large generator in the corner.
"Oh."
"Hey, um have you talked to Sara lately?"
"Wade you know I haven't been at work lately."
"I know, but I wanted to ask her something." He sounded frantic.
"Oh," Kim smiled knowing what was going to happen.
"So," he changed the subject, "What did you call for?"
"Oh, I needed the light for my house, powers out, and I can't find the flashlight," she said picking up the wailing Holly.
'Wow, Holly wails just like Ron."
"Tell me about it, she's pretty brave though. Just cries."
"When do you think you're going to, well you know?"
"Come with us? I don't know. Ron and I never really talked about it before."
"Well you should."
"I know, I know."
"Heh, the Possible line continues. Hard to imagine before."
"Yeah, well at least Ron and I have a descendent to take over."
"Lets hope she'll be just as good."
"I know she will Wade." The lights flashed back on. "Powers back on."
"I, uh got to go too Kim, someone just rang the doorbell. BYE!" he quickly hung up.
Kim chuckled and smiled. "Looks like Wade is asking Sara to the prom."
Although Wade graduated from college already, he decided to be a student teacher at Middleton High. He does take extra-curricular activities such as art and gym and theatre. He also is adored by the students and befriended all of them. Sara is his best friend. Kim thought of it as a Ron and Kim relationship.
She focused her attention on Holly, who was still wailing.
"Holly, it's okay, it was just a flash shower."
She wailed even louder.
"Holly, Holly sweetie, I-" she got an idea in her head.
"I Know we've been friends forever
But now I think I'm feeling something new
and after all this time I opened up my eyes
now I see you were always with me"
she cooed to her child. Holly's eyes grew dry, she listened.
"could it be you & I
never imagined
could it be suddenly I'm falling' for you
could it be you were right here beside me and I never knew
could it be that it's true
It's you and it's you"
Holly smiled and stopped crying all together. Kim felt it was okay for her to go back in her chair. She heard clapping for the doorway. When she turned around, she found Ron, in a drenched raincoat.
"Ron!" Kim greeted him.
"Hey, how are my girls?" He went into the kitchen and kissed Holly on the cheek, and Kim on the lips.
"I was just singing to Holly." The redhead laughed nervously.
"It didn't sound like a lullaby," he gave her his hand, like he did at the prom. Together they danced around the kitchen, Holly grew her eyes wide as she watched them.
"Well, it was the song we got our first kiss to." She placed her head on his shoulder.
"The night everything changed," they said in synch. Together, they leaned in and kissed again. Holly giggled as they hugged each other. The two separated and starred at Holly, who was banging on her high chair again. All three giggled, until Holly grew drowsy and fell asleep.