Chapter 9
Telling the Stokes
That day Sara and Nick went out shopping to find a gift for his parents. That evening everyone was getting ready for Christmas Eve. The guys went out to get a tree and after the brought it back everyone helped decorate it. After awhile everyone sat or stood around the Christmas tree to admire their work until dinner was called. After dinner and when everything was put away and washed, everyone gathered around the tree while the fire place was going and everyone was talking about something or another. Nick sat on a chair with Sara in his lap and their arms around each other and they would look up at one another at times and smile. After awhile one of Nick's sisters started asking questions about Nick and Sara.
"So Sara, you and Nick were friends before you started going out am I right?"
"Yah Faith you are."
"So exactly how did you guys start dating, did you just confuses your love or what. How did it happen?"
"Well it…." Nick started but then looked over at Sara and smiled at her.
"Sara why don't we give my parents our gift. We usually give one gift on Christmas Eve."
Sara just looked at Nick and shook her head yes.
Nick got up and walked over to the tree and picked up a wrapped present.
"Mom, dad this is from Sara and I." Nick handed his parents the gift then walked back over to Sara and sat back down like they were before. Sara just looked up at Nick smiled at him and kissed him.
Nick's parents were a bit confused at how this would explain how they started dating, but started opening up the gift anyways.
After the paper was off Nicks parents were left with a little white and yellow photo album in their hands.
"Nick, Sara, this is vary nice, but how does this explain Faith's question?"
"Mom why don't you open it up." Nick's mother opened up the photo album and on the first page there were spots to put the baby's parent's names, its birth date, the grandparent's names and so on and so forth.
This is how it looked:
Baby's Name: Baby Stokes # 25 (Until the baby's born and they give it a name)
Birth date: August 2007 Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada
Father's Name: Nick Stokes Mother's Name: Sara Sidle
Grandparents Names from father's side:
Bill Stokes and Jillian Stokes
Nick's Parents just looked up at Nick and Sara speechless.
"Mom, dad why don't you turn the page?"
They turned the page and there was a picture of Sara and Nick with Sara warring and tight shirt that you could she a pit of a bump and on the picture there was an arrow pointing to her stomach and beside it was written baby Stokes.
Again Nick's parents looked up at both Nick and Sara.
"Mom" Faith said.
"Mom, what's in the album and how does it answer my question?"
Nick's mom didn't even respond to her daughter but looked over to her youngest child and started talking since he had given her the present.
"Nick is this true?"
"Yah mom it is 100 true." Nick looked over at Sara and kissed her.
"Is this why you started dating her, because you guys had a one night stand and this happened so you decided that getting together was the best solution."
Nick just started at his mother in disbelief that she had actually said something like that. Sara looked at Nick with tears in her eyes. Sara started crying.
"Ssssshhhh, Sara ok everything is going to be fine. You need to breathe baby ok, can you do that for me?" Sara just shook her head yes.
"Mom, I cannot believe you said that. I thought you of all people will be happy about this."
"Nick this is not how I thought I would be getting another grandchild and you know that I disapprove of how you just jumped from girl to girl and having one night stands, but with one of your co-works and friends that is just unacceptable."
"Mom, you hear me now and you hear me clear. I love Sara and I love my baby to death so don't you Ever say something like that again. That baby that Sara is having might be mine legal but is it not mine biologically, but I love that baby like it is mine flesh and blood. Sara came to me about three weeks ago and told me about the baby and she asked me to help and that she wants only me to help her so I did it because I wanted to and because I love her and because she is one of my best friends and I was not just going to let her go through one of the hardest moments in a women's life, by her self. You got it mom."
Everyone just looked at Nick in shook that he would talk to his mother like that, but he did not care and he did not notice because as soon as he was finished with his speech he went right over toward Sara took her hands kissed them then placed a kiss on her lips and helped her up out of the chair and guided her up to their room so they could spend some alone time together.