Yes, I'm posting another chapter, I haven't forgotten about this story, I've just had other things going on, sorry it took me so long I promise the next chapter won't take as long to get up.
I feel like I'm not giving you a good chapter, I'm fast forwarding several months, and it's shorter than my normal chapters.
But, on a good note, I've written the last chapter of this story so I've got something to write towards. :)
Daisy sighed as she got up, she had to use the bathroom again; Enos muttered something unintelligible as Daisy got up "I've got to use the bathroom," she said before leaving the room.
Once Daisy was finished in the bathroom, she went back into the room she and Enos shared, after laying down next to Enos again she snuggled up to him.
"You're too far away." Enos said sleepily, he tried to pull Daisy closer but Daisy spoke "the baby is poking out too much."
Enos woke up a little bit at this, "I love the baby, but I wish he or she would let me snuggle with you properly."
"And just think, the baby is going to get even bigger before he or she is born." Daisy said.
"Oh joy." Enos said, he brushed a stray piece of hair away from Daisy's face and said "We still haven't decided on a name for the baby."
"I'm not due until May." Daisy said giggling a little "I think we have the time to decide on a name."
"This baby's probably going through an identity crisis because they are unnamed." Enos tried to sound serious but Daisy could tell he was about to start laughing.
"Okay, what do you think of Christopher?" she asked, still giggling.
"Hmmm, Christopher Strate," Enos said, "No, I don't like it,"
"Beldon Strate." Daisy said.
"And down on the Beldon Straight there are low clouds and little humidity." Enos said in his best impression of a weather forecaster.
Daisy laughed as she continued listing off names "What about Thomas?"
"No."
"Catherine?"
"I think our son would object to the name Catherine, haven't you heard the song "a boy named Sue?"
"What if it's a girl?" Daisy asked laughing
"It's a boy, I can tell." Enos said confidently.
"Oh, I see I have no say in the matter." Daisy said, pretending to be put out.
"Fine dearest, what do you think the baby is, boy or girl?" Enos asked, knowing full well what Daisy thought.
Daisy hesitated, to be honest she felt the baby was a boy as well; she had been playing when she mentioned the girl name.
"Ha, I knew it!" Enos said joyfully, "I knew you think it's a boy."
"Okay so I do, but I thought Jenna was a boy so you can tell how good I am at figuring out if I'm carrying a girl or boy."
Enos raised himself on one arm to look at the clock. "I'm surprised Jenna isn't up yet," he commented after seeing the time.
"Me too…" Daisy started, just as running footsteps came from Jenna's room down the hall to the master bedroom.
"Great, I awoke the beast." Enos said, a grin crossing his face.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Jenna's excited voice carried down the hall "its Christmas morning! Can I come in?"
"Yes Jenna, you can come in!" Daisy called, she sat up, as Jenna burst into the room.
"Guess what Mommy?" Jenna asked, running to Daisy's side of the bed and climbing up. "I saw a shooting star last night and I made a wish, guess what the wish was?" Jenna took a quick breath and continued before Daisy could say anything. "I wished Uncle Bo would come back."
Daisy and Enos shared a glance, it had been nearly four months since Bo had run off, the only time they had heard from the blonde was a card for Jenna's birthday. "Maybe he will come back." Daisy said, trying not to get the six year olds hopes up.
The phone suddenly rang; Enos reached over and grabbed it, "Hello?" His eyes widened as he listened to the voice on the other end of the line. "We'll be over in about an hour." He promised, and then hung up.
"We need to hurry up to go to the farm." Enos said, he threw the covers back and got up, "That was Luke, he's got a surprise for us and he wants us there earlier then we planned."
"Yay!" Jenna cried, she got up and raced to her room, Daisy got up a bit slower than her daughter and got dressed, the newly formed baby bump pushing against her clothing.
"Oh, these jeans fit yesterday!" Daisy complained, trying to button the jeans.
"Why don't you wear a dress?" Enos suggested.
"I don't like wearing dresses." Daisy said, "At least not when I'm at this stage in my pregnancy." She thought for a moment. "Oooh wait, I think I kept some of my maternity stuff from when I was pregnant with Jenna." Daisy went into her closet and rummaged around for a few minutes. "Here we go!" she sang happily, emerging from the closet. She was holding a pair of jeans up, "let's see if these fit..." she muttered trailing off as she changed clothes. "Don't look Enos." She teased.
"Okay." Enos said, not looking at his wife.
Daisy looked up at Enos, a bit confused, it was a private joke between them and Enos would usually make an obvious attempt at "sneaking a peek." Whenever Daisy teased him about it, it was the first time he'd actually turned away.
"Enos, is something wrong?" she asked, buttoning her maternity jeans.
"What? Oh nothing's wrong." Enos said quickly, he quickly put his shirt on and after checking to make sure Daisy was decent he opened the door and left the room. "I'm going to make sure Jenna's putting something on that's appropriate for the weather." He said.
"Okay, something's bothering him," Daisy muttered as she got her coat out of the closet, there had been a cold snap and she wanted to make sure she stayed warm.
"Mommy, I'm ready! Let's go!" Jenna's cry made Daisy hurry more, she threw her coat on and opened the door.
"Let's go," Daisy said happily, Jamie's enthusiasm was infectious.
Enos grabbed the keys to their car and the family of three headed out to the car.
"I wonder what the surprise is." Jenna said, bouncing in her booster seat as Daisy tried to buckle her in.
"I bet it's a real big surprise." Enos said, trying to sound excited.
"I hope Santa came to the farm, because I didn't see any presents under our tree." Jenna sounded a bit put out as Enos and Daisy shared a knowing look, Daisy had made arrangements with Luke and Uncle Jesse to have Santa "accidentally take the presents to the farm, but Luke hadn't been supposed to call until 7:30, it was now 6:45.
"Enos?" Daisy asked as they drove, "I can't help but think that something's wrong." She was speaking quietly so Jenna didn't hear.
"Can we talk about it later?" Enos asked he glanced behind him to see that Jenna was playing with the teddy bear Uncle Jesse had given to her for her birthday.
The rest of the drive was quiet, a rarity in the Strate household. When they got to the farm, Jenna screamed, Daisy immediately covered her ears, the noise of Jenna getting louder every second. Enos stepped on the breaks so quickly that Daisy and Enos were thrown up against their seat belts, Daisy could feel the baby kicking in protest. Enos quickly glanced at Daisy and put an arm on her shoulder, as he looked at the bump, he looked back up at Daisy and she gave him a smile. "I'm fine." She said quickly as Jenna started fidgeting around in the back.
"I know what the surprise is!" Jenna said, she unbuckled herself and ran from the car, racing up the driveway.
Daisy and Enos both threw their seatbelts off and got out of the car as Jenna raced up the driveway screaming with joy.
The door to the farmhouse was thrown open and Jenna was picked up and thrown up in the air. "Higher Uncle Bo!" Daisy could barely understand her daughter "Higher!"
"Bo?" Daisy whispered in shock. Both Daisy and Enos made their way up the driveway to where Jenna and, Bo were playing.
"Bo?" Daisy spoke louder; the blonde heard and looked up.
"Hello Daisy."