Ch. 13 A Second Chance

You and Darren have been dating for the last 7 months. Everything has been perfect. You are like the perfect little happy family. Things have been going so well that a month ago you, Darren, and the twins moved in together.

You were all settling in and getting used to the many intricacies of living together as a family. You had finally begun to form a suitable routine. Darren had his work on Glee, and you were able to watch the twins and work from home.

Everything was perfect, but lately you've been feeling under the weather. You think you are coming down with the flu because you're nauseous all the time.

"Thank you for the thought, babe," you said. "But, I'm not feeling well today."

"Again?" Darren asked. "You've been feeling sick all week. Are you sure you don't want to go to the doctor?"

"Yeah I'm fine, it's just a bug," you said shrugging it off.

"Ok, well I have to head to the set, but I will be home as soon as I can," he said as he kissed you on the lips and grabbed his keys. "I love you Paige."

"I love you too, Darren. Have a great day at work," you said back.

With that Darren left for work, and you got the kids ready for preschool. After you dropped them off, you went home and began your work. You logged onto your laptop and signed into the company's network. You were in the middle of responding to emails when you realized you needed to look up something in your planner. You flipped through the pages of the planner trying to find today's date when your hands stopped and your eyes got wide. Your hands stopped on last Monday's date. At the top of the page in bright red you had written "Period day." You realized it had been 10 days and you had not had your period yet.

"Not again" was all you could think of. Your mind couldn't help but remember the memories you had from the last time you were pregnant. You immediately ran to the closest Walgreens and bought 6 different pregnancy tests, you had to be sure.

You had all six tests lined up in a row. In the last three minutes you managed to wear out the entire floor just walking back and forth. You jumped at the sound of the buzzer going off to let you know that the tests were ready. Your heart started racing and you were so nervous. You walked over to the counter and looked at the tests.

You couldn't believe what you saw. Every single test had a clear positive plastered on them. You didn't know what you were going to do. Everything was going so well. You and Darren were doing so great, and Kyra and Braeden were really thriving with you and Darren together. How was this going to change things? What if Darren didn't want another child? You didn't know what to do.

Darren had to work late on set tonight so he didn't get home until after you had put the twins to bed. You knew you had to tell Darren so you placed all six pregnancy tests next to where he places his keys every night. You laid in bed waiting for Darren to come home.

You were reading a book and didn't even hear Darren come in the door. It was almost 10 p.m. and you were just about to call it a night.

"You're pregnant?" Darren asked with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face.

"Yeah," you replied back.

Darren walked over to you and immediately pulled you into a hug and kissed you.

"I am so happy right now," he said. "I can't believe we're going to be parents again, I love you so much baby!"

"Really? You're sure about this?" you asked.

"Of course I am Paige. Why wouldn't I be?" he replied. "I love you."

"I love you too, but don't you think it's just a little too soon?" you said.

"Was it in our plan, no, but Paige, I missed out on so much with Kyra and Braeden. I know that was neither of our faults, but I knew the moment we started dating that I wanted to have more children with you," he said.

"Really? And exactly how many more children were you expecting to have?" you smirked.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe about two more," he said nonchalantly.

"TWO MORE!" you coughed. "We already have two!"

"So I want a big family," he said.

"How about we just focus on this new addition before we start talking about another one?" you asked.

"hahaha deal," he said. "I just can't believe you are pregnant! I am just so ecstatic!"

"I am happy too! I was a little scared at first, mainly because I didn't know how you would react. But, now that I know you are excited, I can be excited too!" you said.

"I love you Paige, and I cannot wait to experience this with you," he said.

You and Darren spent the rest of the night cuddling. You knew that this wasn't necessarily what you had planned, but you were so happy. You were going to have another child, and this time Darren would be able to experience it with you. You were so happy, and you fell asleep wrapped in Darren's arms.

A/N: New chapter is posted! Sorry for the big jumps in time, but they needed to happen for the story to move along the way I wanted to. Please let me know what you think.