"Family Ties " Chapter 6

A/N: I'm not exactly sure what there is to do at Camp David so if I include an activity that doesn't really exsist please excuse it.

The First family finally had a chance to get away from the White House and take a family trip to Camp David. They all needed a break , it had been so long since they had done anything just the seven of them that didn't have something to do with Mac's job... they had arrived early that morning , Horace and Rod took off to play some ball before lunch and the girls headed straight for the pool, while Mac and Kate prepared lunch inside.

" Are you guys tricking me?" Amy asks sitting up from her pool chair. The girls were huddled together , floating around in the pool.

"Amy why would we tell you what we're planning on doing if it's to trick you?"

Amy thinks it over ... "You promise you guys aren't going to get me in trouble?"

Avery grins. "Amy , Becca and I used to do this all the time. Mom and dad pretend they get a little mad but they really think it's funny. So are you in or not?"

"Yeah I'm in."

Becca lowers her sun glasses and looks around seeing the coast is clear.

"Okay, so you know what you have to do right?"

Amy nods, "Wait till he's asleep then we get him!"

Avery splashes water at her. "Amy! Quiet we don't want him to hear us, if he does it won't work, remember? Now you can't tell anyone."

"Is this like a secret club or something?"

Becca and Avery laugh.

"Yeah it's like a club, and now you're in it."

Amy got all excited and hopped off her floaty , "I'm going to go practice keeping it a secret."

Rebecca and Avery crack up as she swims off .

" Feels like old times doesn't it?"

"Yeah... I haven't had this much fun in months. I'm glad I moved back, I really missed all this."

"We missed you too... it's not nearly as fun without my partner in crime. Mom and dad don't tend to be as amused."

Avery laughs, "I doubt they'll be amused by the end of this trip.Not with the bomb I'm going to drop on them."

"Oh yeah but what a cute little bomb it will be."

"How can you stay so positive about this?"

"Well because as bad as a situation as it is, it's really not that big of a deal... You aren't the first to have a kid before getting married and without the dad, which by the way you never mentioned who he is."

Avery stiffen a bit. " And probably never will. He's not involved... never has been in fact he's a ass."

" Well you have me and soon you'll have everyone else. It'll freak them out at first but they'll get used to it... Does anyone else know about the baby?"

Avery nods , "Joshua does."

Becca gasps "Joshua Templeton! Oh my God how could you tell him... Why would you tell him I mean unless he was... Avery he's not the father is he?"

Avery tries to choose her words when Mac comes up swimming behind them.

"Hey girls, what are you up to?"

Avery a bit flustered " Us? Nothing just hanging out."

"Really? Because you know I saw Amy over here a little while ago and the three of you seemed pretty deeply involved in a conversation. You girls wouldn't be starting up with your old tricks?"

Becca jokingly acts stunned by the accusation, " Tricks? Mom when have you known us to play any tricks?"

"Oh I don't know maybe that time you girls shaved your brothers head when we went camping. Or when you tried giving him away to promote your lemonade stand... you had that big sign "Free brother with any purchase of a cup of lemonade"

All three begin to laugh

"Oh ,we were good weren't we ?"

"Yeah and you Ms ring leader."

"Hey no one ever told Rebecca to listen to me. She did it out of her own free will. She loved every minute of it and now so will Amy."

"Ah, so I was right. I should be expecting chaos tonight."

Rebecca reassures her mother, "Don't worry mom, nothing major just a little fun."

Mac smiles "Alright as long as there is no blood loss and your dad and I don't get involved in the process than it's okay."

"Got it mom." The three continue to lounge around by the pool, laughing over the many jokes played by the Calloway children over the years .

Later that night, Amy, Rebecca and Avery quietly make their way into Horace's room. Ready with whip cream , a feather and a black marker. Rebecca carefully draws a mustache on his upper lip and big mole on his cheek... Avery loads his hands up with whip cream and moves back.

"Go ahead Amy , tickle him" Avery whispers while she and Rebecca stand at the end of the bed. Amy excited to finally be let in on something with her older sisters , moves over his face with the feather and begins tickling him. Horace stirs- still very much asleep, he reaches to scratch his face instead getting a handful of whip cream all over himself...Finally realizing what went down he jolts up in bed.

"What the...Oh you three better start running."

The girls scream and run out of the room and down the hall past Mac and Rods room into the living room.

Laughing Rebecca jumps over the couch to get away from him. "Look at your face."

" Haha we got you..." Amy chanted dancing around with her tongue out at him.

"Whose idea was this?" Horace asks angrily and Amy points at Avery. "Oh you're gonna get it."

Avery not laughing anymore is leaning against the fireplace holding her balance.

"Guys I don't feel so good."

"Yeah right, you're just saying that."

"No I mean..." she collapses to the floor Rebecca runs over to her realizing this isn't one of her ordinary dizzy spells.

"Horace go get mom and dad, hurry!"

Horace does as he's told, running into Mac and Rods bedroom , out of breath.

"Mom , dad-hurry -Avery she passed out."

Mac and Rod jump out of bed and run to her side .

" Avery, baby wake up. What happened to her?"

" We were just joking and she said she felt weird and passed out."

Mac looks her over trying to figure out what's wrong... "Oh my God Rod she's bleeding."

Rebecca begins to freak out not knowing what to do.

"You have to get her to a doctor, please mom hurry..."

"We are you kids stay here with your grandmother."

"No I'm coming with you" Rebecca declares.

"Rebecca this isn't the time for one of your games..."

Trying not to say to much... "You don't get neither of you know... you just don't know." She begins to cry.

"What don't we know? Becca if you know what's wrong with her tell us."

She pauses then looks up at her mother. "She's pregnant."