appearances

I had to baby-sit again. Jace was helping though. I had all of them in bed. Well Tara wasn't.

"Aunt Cambrey?" Tara asked as she entered the living room.

"Yes Tare-bear?"

"Is Jace my uncle?"

"No."

"When will he be?"

"When we get married."

"Okay." she ran away. That was confusing. I was picking up toys.

"Cambrey?" Jace asked.

"Yeah?" he was pulling out a box.

"Cambrey Noelle Nicholson will you do me the honor of being an Uncle?" I dropped the toys in my hands. Okay I am totally caught off guard.

"Yes I give you that honor." I kissed him. That was a weird way of proposing but it was unique way.

Six weeks later we were married. I know that is short but we had a little wedding. My favorite part was when he kissed the bride. Insert smile here. I still hadn't told Brody about his parents yet. But I will when I quit staring at my wedding ring.

I slammed the front door to my house.

"Cambrey chill." Jace said as he walked in after me. I forgot Jace was behind me. I hope he didn't run into the door.

"Brody!" I yelled. Brody came in appearance in the kitchen doorway with an apple in his hand.

"Yeah Cammi? What is all the yelling and slamming doors about?" he walked into the living room and sat on the couch.

"Guess what."

"Your getting a dog?" he questioned.

"No guess again."

"Cambrey just tell him. God." I shot a look at Jace.

"Okay Okay. Brody I found your real parents." He just stared at me for a couple of minutes.

"You did what?" he was shocked.

"I found your real parents."

"Did you call them? What did you say? You didn't say anything stupid did you?" I think he was excited. Yeah I am going to go with excited.

"I didn't call them. But I do have their information." I handed him the notebook.

"How did you do that?"

"Three nights on Google." he looked up at me seriously now. All shock and excitement gone from his face. Brody was sent to a foster home when he was four so he doesn't remember his parents very well.

"Cambrey I have to meet them." he looked at the state I had written down. He calculated in his head.

"That's only twelve hours Cammi." he told me.

"We can leave tomorrow. I'll have to talk to mom though."

"Cambrey do you think I'm stupid?" my mom accused me while cooking dinner. Yeah she multitasks very well.

"Mom he will be with me."

"That's what I'm worried about."

"Oh so I'm allowed to buy my own house, have my boyfriend live with me but I cant take my little brother to Idaho to meet his real parents?" she whipped around to me.

"Cambrey Noelle Benet you and I both know that is totally different. Besides what if somebody is trying to mug you wont be able to protect yourself. All guys take advantage of girls." I groaned even though I loved how she used my new last name.

She has said my full name about fifteen times now. I have never in my life of living here had my full name used so many times in one conversation. I think she yells at me more now than she did when I actually lived here.

"What if Devon goes with us?" Devon is still my favorite.

"No." I heard footsteps coming towards the kitchen.

"What's going on in here?" Jace asked.

"Mom here doesn't care enough about her child's feelings to let me take Brody down to Idaho to see his mom and dad." I saw my mother roll her eyes at me.

"Why not Mrs. Landry?" Jace asked.

"Don't give me that Jace. I know good and well you were listening to our conversation behind the kitchen door. I have nine kids Jace I know all the tricks." My mom said not taking her eyes off of what she was doing. Ha Jace was caught.

"Well Mrs. Landry is it okay if I drive with Cambrey and Brody down to Idaho?" My mom looked up at him. She trusted Jace. But I didn't know at this point in time how far that trust went. She eyed him carefully.

"Jace Benet if you do anything at all to harm either one of my kids…" she veered off. She couldn't finish because she knew him to well. She knew his mom to well. Even I wouldn't think Jace would harm anyone intentionally. He is not that guy that you don't trust your daughter with.

All he did was look at her. He didn't crack a smile. He was as serious as ever. He wasn't going to act like a little kid in this situation.

"Call me every hour on the hour are we clear Jace Benet?" it was not a question yet he answered.

"Yes ma'am." we walked out of the kitchen. Brody looked up at us from where he was playing with a basketball.

"And she said?"

"We are going to meet your parents man." Jace told him. Brody jumped up and hugged Jace and I.

Three hours later we were at Wendy's eating. I had just called my mom. Nine more hours and we are there. Well and we have to find the house.

"Hello?" I asked as my phone rang.

"What is this not pick up your phone night?" Cheyenne asked on the other end. Brody and Jace looked at me while I smiled.

"Sorry Shy I was on the phone with my mom and we are eating."

"Oh where are you?"

"Wendy's we are going to Bancroft, Idaho."

"Oh cool make sure to stop by Boise and pick me up some potatoes." I laughed. I was so wrapped up in our conversation that I almost didn't notice Brody whisper something to Jace. Jace mouthed "two more days" to him. Brody smiled. He looked excited why I didn't know. But I don't think they wanted me to.

"Cambrey!" Cheyenne yelled at me.

"What?"

"Aww Cammi I have to go but call me tomorrow okay?"

"Okay bye Shy." I hung up.

We sat there in the driveway for about a good fifteen minutes. We were there. At the Ashton household. The house was huge and white brick.

"Brody stop being scared and lets go meet them." I said.

"Cammi." he sounded terrified.

"What's wrong?"

"Cambrey they gave me up. Why would they want to see me again."

"Brody." I turned around to look at him. "They gave you up because they couldn't take care of you. Believe me it wasn't because they wanted to." Brody opened the car door. Jace and I got out as well.

"You do it." Brody said as we walked up onto the porch. We were inches away from the doorbell. I rang it. The door opened to reveal a dark brunette with blue eyes probably in her late thirties.

"May I help you all?" she asked.

"We are here to see Danielle and Dylan Ashton." I told her.

"I am Danielle. Dylan is in the living room. May I ask why you are here?"

"Danielle Ashton I am Cambrey Benet. This is Jace Benet and this is your son," I put a hand on Brody's shoulder. "Brody Ashton." she looked at all of us for a moment.

"My son?" she asked.

"Yes your son." Brody told her.

"Brody." she whispered to herself. She grabbed him and hugged him. Tears went down her face. Happy tears. "I am confused." she looked from Jace to me.

"About what Mrs. Ashton?" I asked.

"You are not the people I let adopt him. It was Tasha Landry and David Landry."

"Yes. I am one of Tasha's eight kids. I am the youngest. I was curious about something and Brody wanted to meet you. So here we are."

"And this is?" she motioned towards Jace.

"This is my husband Jace Benet." She welcomed us in. Brody was exploring the house.

"What were you curious about Cambrey?" Dylan asked us as we sat in the living room.

"We have met you before if you remember." Jace told them.

"Where at?"

"The hospital in Washington." I responded. They pondered for a moment and then realization hit them.

"Cambrey I knew I knew that name." Dylan said. We smiled.

"I have wanted to know for years now what was wrong with Joslyn that night."

Danielle and Dylan looked at each other for a moment before Danielle answered.

"She had a really bad case of asthma. Her lungs had not fully developed for some reason and she was in the hospital on breathing machines. She is fine now they have it under control."

"Cambrey Jace we are putting our new baby, Evelyn, up for adoption she is two. We cannot take care of her anymore. She needs a stable home." we looked at them for a second. I didn't know why they were telling us this. A light went off in my head. No.

"Excuse us for a second." I pulled Jace into the kitchen. "Jace we could do it. I have a steady income you have a steady income. We are very well suited to raise a child. Besides she is two. Jace we are able."

"Cambrey are you insane?" he looked at me weird. "Cambrey." I looked at him. He sighed. "Let's adopt a child." he smiled. I knew he was excited. Ha and now I don't have to go through the whole having a baby deal.

The paper work was almost finished. Brody was officially a Landry now. And Evelyn was almost a Benet. She actually had Jace's color hair and my eyes. So I was happy she actually looked like us.

"Cambrey!" I heard Devon yell.

"In the living room!" I called back. We were back from Idaho.

"Is it bad if your girlfriend gets mad for you not proposing yet?" he entered the living room.

"Yes man it is very bad." Jace answered. Devon sat on the couch. He sat there talking to Jace. I fell asleep listening to them. I was so excited. In three more weeks we will have our own baby. Even more special is she is Brody's sister.