Chapter 14: Plans

"MOMMY! MOMMY! MOMMY!" A voice shouted. Ashley looked up as Jamie ran down the stairs. Ashley picked her crying daughter up.

"What's wrong sweetie?" She asked.

"I fell down."

"You fell down."

"Uh huh."

"Aw, let mommy see."

She set Jamie up on the counter. "Where's the owie?" She asked. Jamie held up her elbow, showing a cut on her arm. "Aw that's a bad owie isn't it?" She asked. Jamie nodded and she sniffed. "Mommy will make it better," she assured her. She cleaned the cut up and she put a band-aid over it. She kissed the cut with a smile. "Kisses make it better," she commented. Jamie smiled and Ashley wiped her tears away.

Jamie had shoulder-length light brown hair, brown eyes, she was wearing white shoes, a knee-length yellow dress, and she had a headband in her hair.

Jamie looked at the floor. "Why the frown princess?" She asked.

"Mommy when's daddy coming home?" She asked.

Ashley kissed Jamie's cheek. "Soon, princess, soon," she replied. She set Jamie back on the floor and watched as she ran back upstairs. Ashley cleaned up the stuff she used for Jamie's arm and she pushed her hair out of her face. She missed Andros. He went to Reefside to speak to Tommy about a few things and that was a few days ago. Ashley sighed as she thought about the conversation she had with Andros the night before he left for Reefside.

(Flashback)

"Andros…I've been thinking," she started. Andros looked up from his computer and looked over at her.

"Yeah?" He answered.

Ashley played with her wedding ring. "I'll just come out and say it. I want another baby," she informed. Andros was taking a sip of his drink and he nearly spit it across his computer screen. He coughed and set his cup down.

"You what?" He asked while coughing.

"I want another baby," she replied.

Andros sat back and he looked at her. "Do the words "I never want another kid as long as I live" ring a bell?" He asked. Ashley wrapped her arms around herself.

"I was just thinking about it, I mean, it might be nice to have another baby around," she replied.

Andros pushed his hair out of his face. "Would you want to go through the same procedure we did with the twins?" He asked. She shrugged.

"I don't know…maybe," she replied.

He let out a sigh and he looked at the clock. "Listen…I have to leave early tomorrow to get to Reefside. When I get back, we'll talk more about this," he assured her. Ashley nodded her head slowly before following him up to their room.

(End Flashback)

Ashley let out a sigh and she leaned back against the counter. "Would I want to go through all that again?" She asked herself. She looked down at her ring and she bit her lip. "It's worth it…isn't it?" She pondered. She looked up when the door opened.

"I'm home!" Andros announced.

"DADDY!" The twins shouted.

Ashley watched as Hayden and Jamie ran down the stairs.

Hayden had chin-length dark brown hair with blonde streaks, hazel eyes, he was wearing sneakers, blue jeans, and a red t-shirt.

Andros set his bag down and he hugged his kids. "We missed you!" Jamie told him. He smiled and kissed them both.

"I missed you too," he answered.

Ashley smiled as she hugged Andros and kissed him. "Welcome home," she murmured. Andros hugged her back and he kissed her shoulder.

"I'm glad to be home," he answered.

Later that afternoon, Andros and Ashley were sitting out on the porch watching the sunset. Ashley placed her head on his shoulder. "We had a deal," she commented.

"We did?" He asked.

Ashley pushed him slightly. "Yes! You said that we'd talk about that other baby when you came back from Reefside," she reminded.

"Damn," he muttered with a grin.

"Andros…I was being serious that night."

Andros sighed and he wrapped his arm around her. "Here shift around a bit," he told her. They shifted so that he was laying back with his head on the pillow that was on the porch swing and Ashley had her head on his chest.

"Now seriously, Andros. I want another baby," she informed.

Andros ran circles over her shoulder. "Before you ask, I would go through the same thing I went through with the twins," she answered. Andros kissed the top of her head. "If we need help we can just call my dad or one of our friends to help us," she pointed out.

"You've just got this all planned out huh?" He asked.

"Yeah."

Andros sighed as he stared out at the sunset. "So what do you say?" She asked looking up at him.

"Well, you're going to make me agree to this anyways," he started.

They both laughed at the comment. "So yeah, and besides that, I think it would be nice to have another baby around," he agreed. Ashley smiled and she kissed him. Andros kissed her back and he stroked her face.