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Later that evening, still in Edith's hospital room, all was quite. Edith lay in the bed reading the Readers Digest, while Archie sat in the same chair reading the newspaper. Although he seemed to be having some trouble turning the pages, because Stephanie was asleep on his lap and in his arms. Archie groaned once again as he tried to turn the page of the sports section.
Edith looked up and over at Archie and Stephanie, and she couldn't help but smile. The scene before her, brought back the memories of when Gloria was a little girl. Edith couldn't count how many times she had seen Archie holding Gloria as the two slept while sitting Archie's chair, from when she was a newborn till she was almost sixteen or so. Though as time went by that scene was scene less and less, and unfortunately they had only had Gloria.
Many times Edith felt guilty about that fact. He and Archie did want a big family, four kids was their dream. Archie had hoped fro three boy and one girl, while Edith had always wanted two girls and two boys. In their newlywed months she had however convinced him about having two boys and two girls.
Well they got one of their girls. Years then passed and when Mike entered their lives it was like they had another child a son. Even if he and Archie didn't exactly see eye to eye. Then Joey was born and he became somewhat of their second son. But then their three children left the nest to fly to California and they were left in the empty nest.
That is until their fourth child came along.
With Stephanie, Archie and Edith were able to experience taking care of a child all over again, even if it was much later on in their lives. Stephanie had become like a daughter to them, their second daughter, and both Archie and Edith knew they wouldn't be able to let her go. Despite the fact that Archie would probably say they could.
"Archie?"
"What?"
"Archie, what are we gonna do with Steaphy if we move to California?" Edith asked getting his attention.
Archie frowned a bit, "We taker her with us."
"But what if Floyd don't want us to?" she asked very seriously.
"Then right before we leave, we'll hit her on the head, stuff her into a suitcase and tell her ol' man she ran away." He said jokingly, but Edith just shook her head.
"Oh Archie."
"Look, I'll tell youse what will do Edith," Archie started, "We'll call up your cousin Fruit…"
"Floyd." Edith corrected
"Tomatoes, Tomatoes." He said pronouncing the words the same way. Before going on, "We'll call him and ask him, when youse get back home."
"But he says no?" she asked him
"Well then we simply whatdaya call go with plan A." Archie told her smirking away. "Jeeze I'll tell youse one thing that's good about youse being in this here hospital." Archie groaned as he shifted Stephanie, "this kid'll loose some pounds now that she aint eating your cooking." He said while once again shifting the child. All Edith could do was smile and shake her head.
There you go! Chapter Six of As Time Goes By! Hope you liked! Please Review! Thanks for Reading! Have a Nice Day!