Okay, so I kinda lied about the whole "I'll be back tomorrow" thing, and I'm sorry. I hope you can forgive me enough to read this chapter! I think I'm gonna set a review limit so I don't make that little mistake again. When I get at least 45 reviews, I'll update!

This chappie is all Simon and Cecilia, and maybe, just maybe, the next one will be Martin and Ruthie (although it doesn't fit into the story, I promised you more of them, so you're going to get them. As for the Marthie story, it might be another month or so before I can work on it…) Here's the chapter!

This chapter takes place about two years later, so Castle is six, the triplets are five and Zach is two.

Chapter Twenty-One: Jessica Simpson?

"Mommy, Madalynn wants you to meet her mommy," six-year-old Castle-Lynn stated one afternoon. Cecilia sighed. Simon was at work, and Cecilia was watching their five children all by herself, not to mention her oldest daughter's best friend from school.

She hadn't had time to meet Madalynn's parents, and neither had Simon. Madalynn always came over to their house to play.

Cecilia gave Castle and Maddie their after-school snack, which was a fruit bowl.

"Mommy, I don't like peaches," Castle whined.

"That one doesn't have peaches. That one has bananas, oranges, grapes, blueberries and strawberries."

"Okay."

"Mrs. Camden, I think you'd like my Mommy," Madalynn said.

"Really, dear?"

"Yeah, you act like her a little bit. She's coming to pick me up today. You can come out with us to meet her."

With that, the girls ran out of the room.

"Mommy?" asked December. She was sitting on the floor with Christmas and Gabriel watching High School Musical. Zachery was sitting there too, but he was playing with his toys.

"Yes, Deci?"

"Can we go to that one place for dinner? I want nachos and cheese."

"Taco Bell?"

"Uh-huh. I like that place."

"Will you eat more than just nachos?"

Deci nodded solemnly. Christmas nodded too.

"Gabriel, do you want Taco Bell?" Cecilia asked her oldest son. He kept staring at the TV.

"Yes!" Zach exclaimed excitedly.

"Zachey, you little cutie. You do, do you?"

Never taking his eyes off the screen, Gabriel nodded. Cecilia laughed. Her son was more in love with Castle's new movie than she was.

Two hours later, Cecilia heard a car pull up into their driveway. She started to go upstairs to get the girls when the doorbell rang. She looked out the peep hole to see who it was.

The young woman looked slightly familiar, with beautiful blonde curls that fell loosely around her face and big brown eyes that looked like they came straight from a china doll. She was holding a young boy with her right arm and was holding a little girl's hand with the other. Both children looked identical to Madalynn.

Suddenly, she knew who the woman was. It was Jessica Simpson. Jessica Simpson was Madalynn's mom?

Castle and Maddie came up behind her. "Maddie, I think it's your mom and you're younger sister and baby brother."

Madalynn opened the door. "Mommy! Hannah! Brendyn!" she exclaimed.

She turned to Cecilia. "Mrs. Camden, this is my Mommy."

"H-hi," Cecilia said, almost too shocked to speak. How could she have gone three years without knowing that Jessica Simpson was Madalynn's mother? Of course, Madalynn's last name was pretty common. She didn't honestly think that Madalynn Cook was Dane Cook and Jessica's daughter!

"Hello, Mrs. Camden," Jessica said, setting Brendyn down next to Hannah. Both children, who were four and one, ran into the house. Jessica called after them. "Hey, you two! You can't just go into someone's house like that…" To Cecilia, she said, "I'm so sorry. They always do that at my sister's house…"

"Don't worry about it. Oh…come on in. It isn't really all that clean, but…"

"Ours isn't either," Jessica laughed, coming in. "Wow, your house is beautiful!"

Taken aback by Jessica's reaction, Cecilia offered her a Coke. Jessica took it gratefully and they followed their daughters into the living room, where now all of the children had gathered to watch the movie.

"Wow, even Brendyn likes this movie," Jess said, smiling at Cecilia.

Just then, the phone rang. Cecilia answered it. It was Simon, calling to say that he was working overtime and would be about four hours later than usual. Cecilia sighed.

"Kids, I don't think we can go to Taco Bell tonight," she said after she hung up. "Daddy has to work late. How about spaghetti for tonight?"

"Aww…I want nachos," December pouted.

Jessica's face lit up. "I have an idea! Why don't all of you join us at Tony Roma's for dinner? My sister and her family are coming, too."

"I don't want to barge in on your privacy. We can just eat here," Cecilia protested.

"Really, I would be honored to have you join us. Anything for Maddie's friends. You can meet my husband."

"Are you sure?"

Jessica nodded. The two women smiled at each other. The kids started jumping up and down excitedly.

Madalynn looked at Castle. "You get to meet my Daddy and my Aunt Ashlee and Uncle Braxton and Heavynne and Cashten…"

Jessica grabbed her daughter by the shoulders. "IF you behave," she said.

"Okay, Mommy."

Cecilia and Jessica left the kids to watch the movie, placing the two younger ones in Zach's playpen. They moved into the dining room, where Cecilia offered her a chair. They sat down and talked for awhile.

"Gee, I guess I never really thought about…I mean, Maddie looks exactly like you…" Cecilia stuttered.

"It's okay. Most of her other friends parents' don't know either. I'm lucky, I guess."

"Yeah, I guess so."

"If you don't mind my asking, um…Maddie told me that you guys are having financial trouble," Jessica said uneasily.

Cecilia blushed. "Yeah…kinda. My husband got a better paying job, but we still don't have enough to pay all of our bills, buy gas and groceries, and keep our children happy with new clothes and toys and such. We didn't really get to go to college, since we, you know, got pregnant with Castle when I was seventeen."

"I'm sorry. It must be so hard."

"It is," Cecilia said, swallowing the lump in her throat.

"Maybe…do you feel comfortable with any type of entertainment jobs?"

"No, actually, Simon's family is paying for my modeling classes."

"Maybe my father could help you get a modeling job or something. He loves helping people. He was a minister once, you know…he'll help you, I know he will."

"You really think he'd do that for me?"

"Of course."

Before they knew it, they were in the Camden's car, on the way to Tony Roma's. They had parked Jessica's Crossfire in the garage while they were gone. Cecilia turned on the radio. Her favorite song was on, and she began to sing along. When she was done, Jessica touched her arm.

"You're an amazing singer," she said sincerely.

Cecilia blushed again. "Thank you," she said.

"Any chance that you would consider auditioning for my father?"

"I guess so. I could try."

"He'll fall in love with your voice."

"You think so?"

Jessica nodded. "For sure."

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Three hours later, Cecilia had made friends with Jessica's whole family, and now sat with them in Joe Simpson's office. The kids were playing quietly, and Simon had joined them.

"So you sing," Joe said.

Cecilia nodded shyly.

"Can I have a sample?"

Cecilia began to sing softly, growing more confident each moment. She finished strong, and smiled at Jessica. Ashlee gasped.

"Wow," she said.

Joe finished up with the notes he had been taking and looked up at Cecilia. He smiled and nodded at her.

"Is this something you would like to continue doing?"

"I guess," she said. "If I'm good enough."

"You're very good. So I have these papers for you to sign, and next week we'll begin looking for a record company."

This was too good to be true. Cecilia couldn't believe what was happening, but Simon did. He pulled her in for a kiss. Although they didn't know what this was going to happen, all of the kids jumped up and down, excited that their mother was finally happy.

Okay, don't yell at me…I honestly had no idea what was going to go on in this chapter, and this is how it came out. Please tell me what you think…