Chapter 8 the life of the Collins family

Hayley woke up the next morning on Jake's chest. She smiled to herself and began to stir. Jake noticed this and woke up. "Good morning beautiful." Jake said as he kissed the top of her head. "Good morning to you too." Hayley said looking up and smiling at Jake. "I don't want to work today. Why can't we just stay like this forever?" Hayley whined. Hayley did work from home but she still didn't feel like work, not today. "I know but we have to work. It's Monday." Jake said as he took off the covers and sat at the edge of the bed. "No good morning kiss?" Hayley said turning his face towards her. "Why of course." Jake said smiling and giving Hayley a sweet kiss before standing up and walking into the bathroom.

After breakfast the kids and Jake were just out the door. "Bye mom." the two said in unison. Jake ran up to Hayley and kissed her on the check. "Bye" he whispered. "Okay, let's go kids." Jake said pushing them out the door. "See you after school." Hayley yelled after them. Just when the door closed Hayley felt a weird feeling in her stomach. She ran to the bathroom and threw up. After throwing up about 3 times she finally contained herself and stood up and got some medicine. She didn't know what this meant. She never got sick and no one had gotten sick in he family since last week when Jake was sick. Then the thought occurred to her. Am I pregnant? She thought as she traced back to the last time her and Jake had had intercourse. Her eyes got wide and she ran upstairs to get her phone. She quickly dialed Amy's phone number and waited in panic. "Hello" Amy said on the other line. "I think I'm pregnant!" Hayley said into the phone still in panic. "OMG are you sure?" Amy said. "I think so. I still haven't taken a test." Hayley said. "Come over and you can take a test." Amy said as she calmed her voice to help Hayley. "Okay, I'll be there in 10 minutes." Hayley said already grabbing her keys and purse.

Hayley stood there waiting in Amy's bathroom. The little stick was sitting on the counter. Hayley was sitting on the toilet running her hands through her fingers. Amy was outside the door awaiting the answer. After three minutes was up, Hayley took a deep breath and walked over to the counter. She saw a little pink plus sign in the window. She screamed and Amy rushed into the room. "YOU'RE PREGNANT!" she screamed with Hayley.

Hayley walked through the door and was still in shock. I'm pregnant. She thought. How am I going to tell Jake? And the kids? She had so many things running through her mind when the door unlocked and in walked Jake. "Hey honey" Jake said coming closer to Hayley. "Hey" Hayley said in a cheerful mood. "Why are you so happy?" Jake asked a smiling Hayley. "Well, I was just at Amy's because I didn't feel well and I'm pregnant." Hayley said in one breath really fast. "Say the last part again." Jake said a bit shocked and confused. "I'm pregnant." Hayley said again. "You are?" Jake said putting on a smile. Hayley just nodded and Jake scooped her up into his arms and kissed her.

Around 4 when the kids come home

"How was soccer practice today?" Hayley asked as the kids and Jake came through the door. "Good, I got three goals today." Andrew said in triumph. "Good job, you're really improving." Hayley said with a smile. She would usually pick the kids up but considering the fact that she's pregnant Jake told her to take it easy. She on the other hand didn't want to. "And how was dance class?" she asked Annabelle once Andrew sprinted upstairs. "It was good. We did a lot of skips and jumps." She said. "That's great honey. Could you go upstairs for a minute? I have to talk with your father." Hayley said and with that Annabelle skipped away.

"When should we tell them?" Hayley said in a whisper. "I don't know. Maybe at dinner?" Jake suggested. "No, then they won't eat their food. Let's tell them after dinner while they're sitting in the living room doing their homework." Hayley said. "Sounds good." Jake said as he smiled and placed a hand on Hayley's stomach.

After dinner that night

"Dad, what's 30x26?"Andrew asked as he stared at his homework blankly. "I don't know. Ask your mother" Jake said not even looking up from his computer. "Jake!" Hayley yelled from the other side of the room. "What?" Jake yelled back, finally looking up from the computer. "Help your son with his homework. NOW!" Hayley said giving Jake the death stare. Jake knew that stare too well and quickly shut his laptop and hurried over towards his son who sat at the coffee table.

Flashback

Jake and Hayley were sitting in the living room. Hayley was pregnant with Andrew for just about a month. "Jake, Honey, can you get me some ice cream?" Hayley said looking up from her magazine. "At 11pm? Are you crazy?" Jake said looking at Hayley like she was insane. "No I'm not. I'm a pregnant woman who gets cravings and right now I crave ice cream." Hayley said. Jake looked to see the first death stare he hadn't receive in a while. Hayley would always give it to him when they were in the Troop and he would mess up. She would have to stay after and miss cheerleading or student council and she would get pissed at Jake. Hayley would narrow her eyes and would stare at Jake. Jake quickly got up and ran towards his keys and ran to the car. Hayley smiled to herself and said, "The death stare always works." Then she went back to reading her magazine.

End of flashback

After Andrew finished his math homework, Jake and Hayley looked at each other and Hayley nodded. "Kids, your mother and I have some news for you." Jake said looking at Hayley. "What? Are you getting a divorce?" Andrew blurted out and got up. "What are you talking about? We're not getting a divorce." Hayley said looking at her son in disbelief. "Then what is it? You guys never have some news unless it's bad." Andrew said. "That's not true." Jake said. "Yeah it is. Once the news was my cat died and another was when grandma was sick but she lived." Andrew said proving his point. "Fine so maybe we've told you some bad news as well but this is good news." Jake said. "What is it?" Annabelle said standing beside her brother. "I'm pregnant." Hayley said putting her hand on her stomach. "Really?" Annabelle screamed with joy. Hayley nodded and smiled. "Oh thank goodness it's not bad news." Andrew said letting out a sigh of relief. Then he realized something. "Does that mean there will be another baby in this house soon?" He asked looking at his parents. Both of them nodded. "Then forget what I said. This is going to be a disaster. I thought one little kids was enough but two really?" Andrew said pointing to Annabelle. "HEY!" Annabelle said (more like yelled. She gets that from Hayley) "I'm not little anymore. I'm almost 5!" Annabelle stated as she held up five fingers. The two kept arguing and Jake and Hayley just stood there and looked at each other. Both were thinking this was going to be a long road ahead of them.

*Sorry for the late update. I got a little writers block in the middle but I'm back! For the next few weeks I'll probably do another chapter every week just because of school. I'll write it during the week and then upload it on weekends so write all suggestions and comments on weekends. Until next weekend! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!*