February 19th, 2001

Week 14

Stu and Fran celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary recently. It was fantastic to have gone this far in their opinion. Before the whole sickness, they never pictured them married, but now, this was where they wanted to be.

"How are you feeling?" Stu crawled back into bed, cuddling up to his wife.

"Wonderful." Fran said caressing her stomach. "I'm feeling the baby move." Stu began to grin. His eyes sparkled.

"Really?" He asked. Fran nodded.

"The baby already seems to be very active." She said. Stu stared at her stomach. Tears began to fill his eyes. 'Oh don cry."

"Maybe....Maybe this time everything will work out." Stu said sitting up.

"Everything will." She slid out of bed, "I need to pee."

"Thanks for the info." Stu smiled watching her leave the room. God he hoped this baby would be okay. He reached over to his bedside and pulled out a mini photo album that was filled with Roslyn's pictures. He looked at the first picture. It was of him, Fran, and Roslyn in the hospital they day she was born. They looked so happy. Little did they know in three months she would be dead.

He kept on turning the pages watching Roslyn grow and change, but then the mood of the pictures changed. Roslyn's eyes were red. Her nose was runny. She had the flu. Then there was pictures of her grave sight. Stu took in a deep breath. This time would be different.

"Now I feel better." Fran smiled sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Remember this?" Stu showed her the picture of Roslyn grinning. Fran smiled.

"Of course. That was her first day smiling." She said touching the photograph. "I think she knew how happy we were for her." Stu nodded as he continued to look through the album.

"This baby is going to have more than one photo album." Fran said.

"This baby is going to be president of the united states." Stu said. Fran laughed loudly as she leaned against the pillows.

"East Texas, there isn't much to be president over." She said.

"Hey, Boulder is bursting at the seams." Stu said, "We're going to start creating towns ont he outskirts of us soon. Maybe Governor of Colorado then." Fran smiled.

"That sounds great." She said. "Speaking of which, I was talking with Lucy and the schools here are starting tog et too full." Stu nodded.

"I know. The D.O.T. and I are talking about putting one about ten miles outside of town." He said, "I'm thinking about building a small neighbourhood called Ogunquit Heights."

"Stu, that'd be perfect!" She laughed. "When Lucy and Tommy go back east, we can have them bring back supplies." Stu nodded.

"The retrieval committee is going to Canada soon." He sad laying back next to his wife. Fran smiled snuggling into him. Things were falling beautifully into place. Fran was so happy.

March 5th, 2001
Week 16

Lucy kissed Tom's sweaty chest. Sex was always wonderful with her husband. No one believed her when she said how wonderful he was. It was true though.

"I'm not cold anymore." Lucy chuckled.

"Good." Tom said, "Glad I could help." Lucy stretched out next to Tom.

"You should call in sick." Lucy said.

"I can't. I need to work." Tom said sitting up. Lucy groaned.

"I know." Lucy got out of bed, "I need to get the kids up anyway. Promise me you won't stay late?"

"I'll try." Tom slid his pants on. He grabbed his shirt as he stepped out into the hallway.

"Dada!" Nicolena cried from her nursery. Tom smiled walking in. Nicolena squealed when she saw him.

"Are you ready to get out of bed?" Tom slid his shirt on and picked his daughter up. Nicolena was grinning brightly.

"I'm going to make some breakfast. Want eggs?" Lucy asked.

"Sure." Tom said. Lucy walked down stairs. Lawrence was already sitting in front of the television watching their version of Sesame Street. A couple of years ago it was discussed that the talk shows and soap operas were great, but there needed to be more educational programming for children. Boulder CO was what was created.

"I'm making eggs, Buddy." Lucy said going into the kitchen.

"Scrambled?" Lawrence asked.

"You bet your butt." Lucy grabbed her carton of eggs.

"I like scrambled." Tom said walking into the kitchen. He put the baby in her high chair.

"Me too." Lawrence grinned, "Did my daddy like scrambled eggs?" Lucy looked at Lawrence and nodded.

"Sure. He loved it." She said as she began to make breakfast.

"I got time off for our trip to new York." Tommy said.

"Good. I'm looking forward to it." Lucy said, "We'll see if we can get into Queens, but if not New York Coty will be just as great. I wish there were still plays and...Well, people there."

"We can check out how beautiful it is though." Tom grinned, "I never gone."

"Can we go now?" Lawrence asked.

"This Summer." Lucy said handing Tom and Lawrence a plate of eggs. "I suppose they'll want us to bring back some things too. Raid the pharmacy stores and things like that."

"We'll bring the truck with us." Tom said. Lawrence grinned brightly.

"Yay! I love that truck." He said.

"Eat, Boys." Lucy said as she began to feed Nicolena. A car horn came from outside.

"That's Vivian." Tom said standing up shoveling food into his mouth. "I'll see you later after work and after class."

"Okay." Lucy smiled, "bye.' She blew him a kiss as he ran out of the house.

"Do I gotta go to school?" Lawrence asked. Lucy nodded.

"Yes you do. Uncle Stu should be here in a minute." Lucy got up and handed him his lunchbox, "Remember, you need to behave and listen to your teacher." Lawrence groaned.

"I know, Mommy." He grabbed his backpack and ran outside. Lucy looked at Nicolena.

"Well, girl, it looks like it's just the two of us." She said wiping her daughter's face off with her bib. Lucy didn't mind working from home, but she did miss getting out there. She was thankful to be traveling this summer. She needed to get out.

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