A little ray of sunshine
Chapter 12.
Disclaimer: I don't own 7th Heaven or any characters except for Frank Bennett and Samantha Collins, I do own Ben's mothers first name as I don't believe it was ever mentioned in the show.. Please enjoy.
Warnings: Same sex coupling
Primary Pairings in this chapter: Ben and Mary Kinkirk
Patty-Mary Kinkirk and Samantha Collins
The Colonel and Grandma Ruth's.
25th August 2012
10:30am
"Well, We hope to see you all again very soon", Ruth said smiling as she hugged them all goodbye, The Colonel following after and hugging them all too.. "Of course you will", Mary said smiling as she hugged them back, "You should come back to California for Thanksgiving, I'm sure Mom and Dad won't mind", Lucy added smiling as she looked at her grandparents. The Colonel nodded and smiled, "That is a lovely offer, We will check our calendar and make sure we can make it", He said softly as he lifted Savannah up in his arms and hugged her tight. "You make sure you lean all all you can in school little Miss", He said as she kissed his cheek, "Yes Sir", She said chuckling as he let her down and she stumbled over to her mother, "Bye bye", They all said as the Kinkirk's all piled into the car to head to Ben and Kevin's parents house. "Bye, See you soon", The Colonel and Ruth said waving and then heading inside.
"Well that little girl is just something else isn't she Ruth", John said to his wife as he closed the door and smiled at her, "She sure is.. She is much like both Mary and Lucy at that age". They headed into the kitchen to cook their breakfast and John looked at Ruth, "She will do well in what ever she decides to do one day", He said, heading over to the coffee maker to put a new pot of coffee in. Ruth and John were just tickled pink that they had such a wonderful family with beautiful grand children and great grandchildren and it made their day to see them seeing as how they weren't often able to get to California anymore so it was a treat for them to see the family, well at least part of their family from time to time when they came to Buffalo.
Meanwhile back in California
Camden Residence 7:30am
Ruthie was walking from the garage apartment to the main house when she heard a familiar voice calling her name, a voice she hadn't heard in a long time.. T-Bone "Hey Ruthie". She spun around, her face full of surprise.. "T-Bone... Wow.. I mean Hi... How are you.. It's been a long time", She said as she took a good look at him. He was good looking with dark shortish hair spiking up and looked lean and fit. It didn't make her wish she had stayed with him though, she was very happy being with Martin. "I'm good Ruthie..". he said as he eyed her up and down, a fact that Ruthie was a little uncomfortable with to be honest. "How have you been?", He asked her as he finally looked up into her eyes. She nodded with a small smile, "I've been good, Thanks". He moved a little closer to her, "So, where is Martin? That's his name right.. Martin?", He asked pretending he didn't know his name when he knew he very well did.
"Martin is wonderful, He is away serving in the Marines, but he is due to come home for Christmas". She said as she backed away a little, still feeling a little uncomfortable at the way he was looking at her, she pushed her hair out of her face, her wedding and engagement rings gleaming in the sunlight. T-Bone caught sight of the rings, making out he had no idea.. "So you and Martin are?", he said not able to finish his sentence. "Yes, we are married T-Bone, So don't think that just because he is away that you can somehow worm your way back in my life". Ruthie had not forgotten what T-Bone had done and she was not about to let him back in with open arms as even a friend right now. "What.. I wasn't thinking that", He said trying to act innocent as he folded his arms in front of his chest.. "Yes.. I am sure you weren't T-Bone.. anyway, I gotta get going", She said as she began walking towards the main house again, not looking back, whilst he was muttering in the background about how he would make her his again.
Once Ruthie was inside, she breathed a sigh of relief as Annie looked at her, "Honey.. you Okay?", She asked as she looked at her daughter with concern. "I'm fine Mom", She replied as she walked over to the table and put her books down, As well as working in Simon and Cecilia's day care center, she was also studying early childhood education at the local community college so she could become a teacher for children just starting off their educations. "It's just T-Bone is back", She said sighing as she sat down at the table whilst her mother poured her a glass of orange juice and brought it over to the table for her. "Wow.. I thought that was him.. What did he say to you?", Annie asked as she sat down at the chair opposite Ruthie.. "He just asked how I was and where Martin was, but it was how he was looking at me, It gave me the creeps".
"Well, maybe he just regrets what he did and the fact he lost you", Annie said looking back at her daughter who nodded, "Possibly, I'd never go back to him even if I wasn't married and in love with Martin though". It had really hurt Ruthie, and she had found out in the worst possible way, Seeing them together in the act.. She was so glad now she didn't let T-Bone be the one to take her virginity.. She was proud of herself for deciding to wait till she was married and very happy that it was her husband. Her mother noticed her expression and smiled, coughing a little to get her attention, "How bout some pancakes for breakfast? You shouldn't be going off to class on an empty stomach". That did the trick, Ruthie smiled as she looked at her mother, "Sure, that would be wonderful, thanks.. Where are Dad and the twins?", She asked as she looked around and listened for them..
"Well Dad and Dave went to the hospital for a blood test and I believe Sam decided to go with them.. I think your Dad mentioned taking them out for breakfast afterwards". Ruthie nodded before she took a sip of her orange juice and smiled, "Is David's platelet counts down again?", she asked concerned.. "Well, He is developing symptoms of them, so we will see.. Sarah said to get a blood test done and she will call us with the results". Ruthie seemed satisfied with that for now and stood up, "So can I help you with the pancakes?". Annie smiled at her daughter, shaking her head, "No, I'm fine sweetie, you go and sit down, relax", She said as she got everything ready to make the pancake mix. Ruthie nodded and smiled as she sat back down and began to read through her class notes, studying a little bit as they sometimes had unexpected quizzes, trying to push her mind away from the uneasiness of her talk with T-Bone.
Back in Buffalo, New York.
2 hours later
It was now around 12:30pm and the Kinkirk family was pulling into the driveway of Margaret and Frank Kinkirk's house. Patty-Mary and Samantha were already there having helped her mother with getting prepared. They were going to have a nice late afternoon bbq as a family and they were all waiting out the back for them. Patty-Mary was the first to hear the car pulling into the driveway and stood up excitedly, "They are here guys", She said happily, smiling wide. The rest of the Kinkirk family stood up as they all got out of the car and headed into the back yard through the gate.. "Hiii ", Savannah squealed loudly as she spotted her Aunt and ran into her arms.. "Hey kiddo", She said as she lifted her up, swinging her a few times before settling her on her hip and leaned in kissing her cheek. "I missed you Aunt Patty", Savannah said in an excited voice.. "I missed ya too sweetie".
Samantha had come over and Savannah nuzzled into her Aunty a little shy until Patty-Mary patted her back. "It's okay sweetie.. That's Samantha, She won't hurt ya babe". Samantha smiled and looked at Savannah, speaking softly, "Hi there Savannah.. I have heard so much about you, Your Aunt talks about you all the time". Savannah came around and smiled, peering up to Samantha shyly, "Hi.. Can I call you Sammi?", She asked and Samantha nodded, "You sure can sweetie", she said as she poked her nose gently and smiled wider. As Savannah was getting requited with her Aunt and meeting her Aunt's girlfriend, the rest of the family.. Mary, Ben, Kevin and Lucy were all greeting Margaret and Frank. "We missed you guys so much", Margaret said as she hugged her two boys and smiled wide, trying to hold back tears. "We missed you too Ma". Kevin said as the boys let go and pulled away slightly.
Once the boys had been hugged, Margaret turned her attention to her two beautiful daughter in laws.. "Lucy, Mary", She said as she held her arms out to them and they leaned in, cuddling her back tight, "Hey Mags", Mary said as she pulled away rubbing her pregnant stomach. "Ohhh look at you.. You look beautiful.", She said placing her hand on Mary's chin and then doing the same to Lucy, "You both are". The girls both smiled and blushed softly, "Thanks.. You look just incredibly beautiful yourself", Lucy managed to reply as Kevin pulled her into him smiling. "Why thanks Lucy.. It's so good to see you all". she said smiling as Patty-Mary and Samantha came over with Savannah. "Hey there baby girl, come to grandma", She said as she held out her arms to Savannah who happily wriggled out of Patty-Mary's arms to go to her grandma.. "Hi Grandma.. ", She said as she nuzzled into her and smiled, kissing her cheek.
Frank came over to hug his grand daughter and smiled as he ruffled her hair, "Hey there sweetie.. ". He kissed her forehead and smiled at her, Hi Grandpa". She said as she held out her hand like he taught her to shake his hand.. He took her hand chuckling and nodded, "I see you remember what I taught you". She nodded excitedly, "Yup.. I sure did", She said giggling as he tickled her. While Margaret and Frank were talking to their granddaughter, Patty-Mary and Samantha walked over to Mary, Ben, Kevin and Lucy smiling as they walked hand in hand. "Hey guys.. I thought I'd properly introduce you to Sam", Patty-Mary said softly as she looked at her brothers and sister in laws. "This is my Brothers Ben and Kevin", She said pointing to them both, "And these beautiful girls are my sister in laws.. "Mary is married to Ben and Lucy is married to Kevin", She said smiling as Lucy and Mary both gave Samantha hug. "Hi.. It's nice to finally meet you in person", Mary said happily..
Samantha smiled back and hugged the girls back, "It's nice to finally meet you and Congratulations on your pregnancy Ben, Mary", She said as Ben hugged her too.. "Thank you.. We can't wait till the babies are born",He said as Mary rubbed her stomach.. "I bet you can't wait", Patty-Mary chimed in, "Wow, look at you.. you look wonderful, You both do", She said as the girls blushed a little. "So why don't we all get comfortable and we can sit and catch up", Patty-Mary added as she started to walk over to where they had the big table with some snacks and nibbley type food set up. The rest of them all followed and sat down, Margaret walking over to put Savannah in her father's arms and smiled at all of them, before going to sit down as well.. Frank decided to go and get some drinks, "Does anyone want anything to drink?". They all answered and Ben and Kevin decided to go and help Frank with the drinks, so as Kevin stood up, he handed Savannah to Patty-Mary who happily went to her as the adults went about their conversations.
Meanwhile.. Back in California
10:00am
Sarah walked up to the Camden door and headed inside, "Hey guys.. anyone here", She said as she closed the door.. "I'm in the kitchen", came the answer from Annie and Sarah walked into the kitchen and smiled as she saw Annie bustling around in the kitchen.. "Do you ever stop", She said chuckling as she put her bag down on the dinning room table and walked over to her mother in law to hug her. "Well, you know me. always busy", Annie replied back with a smile as she hugged her daughter in law back. "So.. what's the news.. I guess you have David's results back". Sarah nodded as she sat down at the table, Annie sitting down opposite her. "They are low as you suspected, They are 6 thousand which are really low.. They are wanting him to go and stay as an inpatient and have a transfusion".
She looked carefully at Annie's face for a reaction and she knew she wasn't overly pleased with that news.. "What do you think Sarah?", She asked knowing already if Sarah agreed with the plan, then she Annie would do it, She trusted Sarah's opinion and judgement and would do whatever she had to for her children. "I think it would be a good precaution.. It would be just till they get them back up to a more normal level and maybe work out a better treatment for the time being, We want him to be all good and better for when school starts", She said as she took Annie's hand and squeezed it gently. "Where is David anyway?". She asked looking around. "Eric took the boys to breakfast once the blood test was over, they should be home any moment". Annie said as she smiled a little. "It will be fine Annie.. I promise.. Matt and I will check in on him all the time and you or Eric can stay as much as you want with him".
Annie nodded fighting back tears as Eric and the twins walked in the backdoor, Eric suspecting it wasn't all good straight away when he noticed the serious expression on Sarah's face.. David knew too, his stomach clenched up in knots as he turned in his fathers arms, almost clinging to him, "Please.. don't make me go". Eric hugged his son to him tight and sighed sadly as he looked at Sarah and Annie, "So, I am guessing hospital?", He asked Sarah as Annie stood up and went to hug David and Eric, "Yeah.. I'm afraid so". Sam got a little tearful as well when he heard his brother had to go stay in the hospital, however he was gonna be supportive and smiled a little as he hugged his brother, "It will be okay Davey.. I'll hang out with you and we can play games and watch tv". David nodded and smiled at his brother before looking at his parents, "I guess I should go and start to pack". He then moved away and started to slowly walk up the stairs, Sam following after for moral support.
"So the results weren't good then?", Eric asked as he looked at his wife and daughter in law, "His count today was 6 thousand, so not good at all". He sighed and nodded, "I'll go help David", Annie said as she smiled a little and walked up the stairs to the bedrooms. "I'm sorry Eric", Sarah said softly as she looked at him, her feet shuffling around nervously. "Don't worry, if hospital is the best place for him, then of course we will do whatever it takes". He sighed as he stood up from the chair, "I should call my parents.. let them know.. I dunno if I should tell Mary, Ben, Kev and Lucy though.. I don't want to disturb their family time with the rest of the Kinkirks". Sarah looked at him, her eyebrows raised, "You gonna tell me I should tell them?". Sarah nodded and smiled.. " I think you should.. They would wanna know.. You can tell them it's not an emergency and it's all just a precaution and to not cut their time in Buffalo short"
Eric nodded and gave her a hug, "Thanks.. I'll be in my office if anyone needs me.. Tell Anne to get me when she is ready to go and I'll drive over with them". Sarah nodded and smiled, "Your welcome and sure.. of course I will". She patted his shoulder and then headed upstairs to tell Annie what Eric said whilst Eric went into the office to make the phone calls that he needed to make.. Not ones he wanted to have to make, but he knew Sarah was right and the kids should know about this.. He knew his parents would wanna come out as soon as possible as well. He sighed sadly as he sat at his desk and reached for the phones to begin his phone calls, worrying about his son and how they were all gonna deal with it.. He knew he would be asking his parishioners to pray for his family this weekend.
Hey Readers.. Sorry this has taken so long to get out.. I had a mishap with one of my chapters for another story and lost the whole chapter and after that I kinda lost the motivation to continue and then came Christmas and New Year so I decided not to write over the holidays.. I have finally decided to start writing and wanted to make this chapter my first priority.. I know it is primarily a Mary/Ben story but I like to include the whole family as well, so I hope you like this chapter.. I am hoping once I get back on track with my other stories, I will be able to get these updates done more often.