Chapter 6
Camden Residence
"Mommy, I'm hungry." Emma says climbing into bed with Sara and Ethan.
"O.K. Just a second. Mommy needs to wake up."
"O.K." Emily says giving Sara a kiss, hopping down off the bed, and then running out the bedroom door.
"Why don't you sleep in? I'll get the girls up and I'll get the breakfast. That way you can sleep in a little." Says Ethan getting up.
"No. I'll do it you sleep. What do you want for breakfast? I'll go make it and bring it too you." Sara says shooting out of bed and throwing on her socks and bathrobe. Ethan goes over and puts his hands on Sara's shoulders.
"Sara. Go back to bed. It's O.K." Ethan says, "It's just me, not Dylan." He tells her rubbing his hands up and down her arms. "It's O.K." He giver her a little kiss and gently puts her back too bed and walks out the door closing it behind him. Sara leans back against the pillows lost in thoughts about Ethan.
Kinkirk Residence
'This one? Hmm....no...where in the world is it?....I wore it last week...Hmm.....where did I put it?' Lucy thinks to herself as she pushes her clothes around, "Aha!" She yells out loud pulling on the shirt she was looking for. She walks in front of the mirror to do her hair. Kevin walks up behind her and wraps his arms around her waist while kissing her neck.
"Good morning beautiful. How was your night? Mine was wonderful with you by my side. And when I opened my eyes and see your sweet face. It's a good morning beautiful day." He sings softly in her ear.
"Good morning to you too Steve Holy." Lucy laughs, turns around and kisses Kevin. She sighs into his chest. "So you work today?" She asks hoping for a 'no'.
"Yes but I can come home for lunch if you want."
"Yea." She pauses, "I want you home." After a minute of cuddling she says, "What time will you be home?"
"For lunch or tonight?" Kevin asks.
"Both."
"Lunch, I can probably get out at about eleven and tonight I'll be home around 5. So I'll be home for dinner." He says. Kevin moves out of Lucy's arms to get ready for work. Lucy checks her outfit one last time and heads to the kitchen too make herself breakfast.
Camden Residence
"So what do you want to eat?" Ethan asks Emma, Maggie, Sam, and David who are all sitting at the kitchen table.
"Pancakes."
"Waffles."
"Cookies."
"Ice cream." They all say at the same time.
"Lets try cereal." Ethan says as he watches four smiles fade.
"O.K." The kids say. Ethan gets out four bowls and spoons before going on the hunt for cereal. Ruthie bounds down the stairs into the kitchen.
"So you must be Ethan." She says making her presence known.
"Yea and you must be Ruthie." He says pouring cereal and milk for the little kids.
"So why exactly are you and that other girl here?" She inquires.
"Sara? Well we have some..." He pauses.
"Problems? Issues?" Ruthie finishes for him. Ethan gives her a funny look. "Everyone that is friends with anyone in this house or anyone in our family has issues and problems. It's the Camden curse." She concludes. A little while later Sara comes down the stairs. She goes over too Emily and Meghan and kisses them both, then she kisses Ethan good morning.
"Hey Ruthie long time no see." She says, "Do you even remember me?"
"Yes, I think so. You and Lucy were in that bad car accident when the jeep rolled down the hill, right?" Ruthie says trying too remember. Annie walks down the stairs with Eric behind her.
"Morning." Everyone already in the kichen say too them.
"Morning." Annie and Eric say back.
"So does anyone have plans today?" Annie asks.
"We are playing with them." Sam says pointing to Maggie and Emma.
"Yea." David says.
"I have too go to Peter's house. We have a project due." Ruthie says putting her dish in the sink and running upstairs to change.
"Baby-sitting." Says Ethan.
"I gotta go change Lucy and I have to have a long talk." Sara says also running upstairs to change.
"I have to work at the church." Eric says.
"Well does anyone want too go play at the spray park today?" Annie says.
"Yay!" Sam and David yell. Maggie and Emma shift in their seats.
"What's a spray park?" Emma asks innocently.
"It's a public park where this is a play area with slides and swings and there is also a special part that has water spraying up from the ground and there is also some big fake flowers that spray water. There is a bunch of half circle shaped pieces that you can run through and get really wet." Annie explains.
"Oh." Says Maggie.
"We don't have money. And we are not allowed to go to the park. He gets mad when we go out without telling him." Emma says talking about Dylan.
"Well I have money plus it's free and we can ask your mommy if you and Maggie can go but I think she will say yes." Says Annie giving Emma a hug.
Kinkirk Residence
Kevin walks over to Lucy who is putting some dishes in the dish washer. "Have I told you how much I appreciate all that you do around the house?" He asks looking into her eyes.
"Not yet this morning but I don't do housework just for you I do it for me too. I don't want too live in a dirty house." She says smiling.
"I know I just want you too know that I love you. And how much I love you." He says caressing her cheek.
"And I love you." She says tilting her head up and kissing him. The two separate after a few minutes but are soon interrupted by a knock at the door. "You need to got to work so that you can be home for lunch." says Lucy giving Kevin another kiss and yelling too the person at the door to come in.
"O.K." Kevin says, "I love you."
"I love you too. Be safe." She say just like she does everyday.
"I will. Bye." He says hugging her and kissing her one last time before work. "Bye Sara." He says while walking past her to go out the door. Sara walks with Lucy over too the couch and the two sit down.
"So how did you sleep?" Asks Lucy.
"Good no one woke up so I was happy." Sara says.
"I know you really don't want too talk about it but what really happened with Dylan? And what is up with Ethan?" Lucy says gently so as not too push Sara too much.
"Well like I said last night Dylan hits me and I don't want him too hit the girls."
"How long has he been hitting you?" Lucy asks.
"Years. Four too be exact." Sara sighs.
"He's been hitting you since Emily was born?" Lucy gasps.
"Yea. It started then and it wasn't half as bad as it was when I left." Confesses Sara. She pulls her knees to her chest. "It started just after she was born. And he hit for not having dinner on the table when he got home. And I just told myself he's just tired and hungry it won't happen again. But I was wrong so wrong." She pauses. "You see, I didn't want anyone too know because I thought that he would stop but he didn't and I don't think he ever will. There were new rules and new things that I had too do too prevent rape and abuse. I couldn't leave the house for anything. I couldn't get the mail without his permission. I couldn't talk on the phone or check my e-mail."
Sara gets up and paces around as Lucy's head follows her movement. "I had too have the laundry and dishes washed before he got home. I had too have his dinner piping hot and on the table when he got home. I could only cook specific things. There were no babies at the table or even in the kitchen when he was eating. I was terrified that if I did have Emma in there he would hurt her. I feared he would hurt Emma. Then I feared for Maggie. When I got pregnant with her he went crazy. He accused me of having an affair. That's where Ethan comes in."
Sara's thoughts shift from Dylan too Ethan. "Last year I met him at the store where I was grocery shopping one day with the girls and he noticed a bruise and I told him that I fell but he didn't believe me. He looked up at me and we talked for a bit, and I told him to come around the next day for lunch. During lunch he kept saying that if I didn't tell him the truth he would call the police and tell them that he thought I was being abused. I didn't want Dylan too find out so I told him." Sara stops pacing and Lucy stands up beside her. "That day Ethan said 'I will help you, I will save you' and he has. In so many ways he has. I really think he loves me. And I think I love him but I don't want this too be another Dylan thing I can't handle it." She starts to pace again. Lucy walks up too her and holds her shoulders.
"It won't." Lucy says, "He loves you. I can tell. He looks at you the way Kevin looked at me when we first met. Like he knew we would end up together."
"Really?" Sara asks tentatively.
"Really. You will have what Kevin and I have." Lucy fiddles with her wedding ring. "I promise. And I think it will be with Ethan." She says smiling at Sara.
"I feel so much warmth when I'm with Ethan and I feel like he respects me and that he really wants what is best for me." Sara says sitting back down on the couch with Lucy.
"I feel that and so much more with Kevin. I feel safe and protected. I feel loved. I get the 'fuzzies' every time I'm near him. Even when I'm mad at him I can't stay that way because I know he loves me and I love him. I can't imagine me with anyone else in the world but him." Lucy says dreamily.
"See I feel like that with Ethan but I'm scared. I don't want this to turn out bad. I think I love him but I'm afraid that he will stop loving me or that the girls and I will be too much for him and he'll leave I don't want that." Sara says.
"You will have what you want with him. As long as you talk too him. I learnt that with Kevin a long time ago." Lucy says thinking about Kevin.
"Yea." Sara sighs. The two sit in thought about their respective loves until Sara says, "Hey did you see that Johnny Depp movie 'Pirates of the Caribbean'?" She says out of the blue.
Lucy laughs, "What does that have too do with anything?"
"I don't know but I said all that need to be said about Dylan and plus Johnny Depp is more interesting." Sara says.
"Hmm...O.K." Lucy says, "Yes I did see it. I have it. I love Captain Jack Sparrow. He's my favorite character. That's such a funny movie. Did you know he's in that music video 'Girls Lie Too' by Terri Clark?"
"No way that's wicked awesome." Sara laughs. The two continue to talk for a while but are disturbed by the phone. Lucy picks it up.
"Hello?....Hey sweetie.....yea.....O.K....I could do that hang on." Lucy turns to Sara, "Hey Kevin is coming home for lunch with Chinese want to grab Ethan and have lunch with us?" She asks Sara.
Sara shakes her head and says "I promised the girls I would go to the park with them, Ethan, Sam, David and your mom."
Lucy put the phone back up to her face "They can't their going out....you are?....O.K...see you soon....love you too....bye." Lucy hangs up.
"Speaking of the park I have too get going. We are supposed to leave for noon and it's almost eleven-thirty already. Thanks for the talk it feels good to get that off my chest." Sara says getting up from the couch.
"Hey what are you going to do about Dylan? Like are you going to press charges?" Lucy asks.
"I don't know probably not I don't want him to do something and I don't want too deal with him anymore. If he doesn't do anything I'm not going too worry about it." Sara says, "Hey have a good lunch with Kevin." She winks at Lucy.
Lucy rolls her eyes "Bye Sara." She says laughing a little.
"Bye." Sara says walking down the stairs and out the apartment. Lucy walks over too a picture of her and Kevin and sits on the bed. She smiles to herself while thinking about lunch with her husband.
A/N: Sorry this chapter is wicked long but I couldn't find a good spot too break it up into part 1 and part 2. So sorry but you guys just need to deal with that ;) Although I did try too break up that long paragraph where Sara talks about Dylan and meeting Ethan. So I hope that made that paragraph easier too read. Also I'm sorry that I haven't updated in a long time but my computer was broken and the day it got fixed was the day I was assigned and essay from my Writing 101 professor and I got busy with that (It was on 7th Heaven ;p) and I just turned that essay in on the 15th. Plus I just got a new job I now work at Kmart as an associate so I had interviews and today I had orientation so I've been wicked busy. Furthermore I will try to update once to twice a week but you need to remember I have school, working at the daycare, working at Kmart, being a nanny and a personal life. So I am busy but I will try too update as much as I can. I already have some of chapter seven written. So I think I'm doing pretty good. Oh and short disclaimer I do not own 'Pirates of the Caribbean'(well I own a copy of the DVD but I don't actually own the rights to it or anything like that.), Johnny Depp (I wish), 'Girls Lie Too' by Terri Clark or 'Good Morning Beautiful' by Steve Holy