Baby Makes 3
Sonny Munroe-Cooper smiled squinting her eyes in the warm and welcoming Wisconsin sun seeping through her bay window. She propped herself up on her elbows and felt winded. She looked down at her growing stomach exasperated, for a moment she forgot she was carrying around an extra 20 pounds.
Before she could tear the covers off her expanding waistline her little cousin Carolyn came sprinting into the room in her pink Bratz footie pajamas. Her dark blond hair was fluttery around her as she giggled jumping into Sonny's bed and wrapping her skinny arms around Sonny's side and kissed her stomach.
"Good morning little cousin", the four year old beamed in her high pitched voice and placed her ear on Sonny's stomach to listen for a heartbeat.
"I can hear him in your tummy", Carrie beamed excitedly rubbing her big cousin's stomach. Sonny couldn't help but laugh at Carrie's over excitement. She hadn't seen her in a few days, but every time Carolyn saw her she'd jump and scream at her stomach.
"Carrie, Carrie", Sonny's Aunt Meg called urgently jogging toward Sonny's bedroom. "Alison might be resting", she completed once she finally made it to the bedroom. She smiled at her niece and daughter curled up in bed.
"Good morning sweetie, sorry if this little rascal woke you", Meg smiled leaning forward to kiss Sonny on the cheek.
" I was already up", Sonny grinned ruffling Carolyn's air playfully and looked toward her aunt.
"When'd you guys get here?"
"I brought Carolyn and Mathew over late last night while I um, rekindled the flame with my husband", her aunt wiggled her eyebrows smirking.
"Ugh", Sonny laughed pretending to be repulsed.
"What?" her young aunt asked innocently giving her wavy brown hair a toss. "You're married, you understand".
"Oh sweetie I- Meg crinkled her youthful face that resembled Sonny's in more ways than one. In fact if it wasn't for the age difference it looked like they could've passed as sisters.
"Its okay, really', Sonny nodded with a simple white lie. She always started the mornings off good, but it was some days when her mind would drift off to Chad and stay there.
"Mommy, mommy look he's kicking", Carrie beamed excitedly hugging Sonny's stomach.
"Now Carolyn, you know Cousin Sonny is having a girl" Megan corrected her daughter.
"Uh un", Carolyn pouted shaking her wispy blond curls. " She's having a boy I can tell".
Connie shook her head smiling at her little cousin's persistence, every since she had found out that there was going to be a baby, she insisted that it was going to be a boy.
Megan smiled shaking her head leaning down to pick Carolyn off the bed and onto her hip while heading for the door. " Let's go help Aunt Connie with break-fast?"
"Kay", Carrie agreed excitedly resting her head on the crook of her mom's shoulder.
"See you in a few", Sonny called with a wave before she was left to herself again. She laid back down and folded her warm hands on top of her stomach and looked down. She couldn't help but smile, actually Carrie was sounding a lot like Chad did when he swore they were going to have a boy.
Her smile faltered when she thought of the photograph of Chad and Portlyn she'd saw in the tabloids the other week. It looked pretty friendly, but still the notion of it all made her sick to her stomach. Even with everything going on she wanted Portlyn to be good too.
Sonny's mother didn't raise her to hold grudges or be spiteful, the time apart from Chad had actually been good. Her mind had been cleared, her chest pains hadn't been as frequent, and she actually felt good. Besides missing Tawni, there was nothing else to dwell on. She was thoroughly convinced that she was over her old Hollywood life and everything bad that followed it.
Still, she couldn't help her slender fingers from reaching across her nightstand to pick up the glossy magazine pilled under a few books. She ran her finger across the Us Weekly before turning the crisp pages. Almost every famous face she'd seen, she knew personally. She stopped at page 43 that read Chad and Portlyn: Reunited. In the glossy full color page Chad and Portlyn were standing a few inches apart and looking into the distance.
She started to read the article until her father's voice rang up the stairs. "Baby, break-fast is ready".
Sonny folded the magazine up with a twinge of jealousy and tossed it across her table.
"Coming", she called back.
….
"Coming", Kendra Cooper called sprinting through the gold embroidered foyer in her massive Beverly Hills mansion. Her 5 inch Gucci heels were moving vastly through the marble doors to opened the door. She was expecting the caterers for her brunch for the last ten minutes.
When she swung the floor to ceiling doors open she nearly flew back and her well-toned behind at who she was seeing. It was her son.
"Chad", she beamed throwing her slender Capri tanned arms around her first born tightly where he stood glowing in the sun. He was dressed spectacular as always in white Diesel pants, paired with a simple white Ralph Lauren polo drawing attention to his sculpted biceps. Gold framed aviators framed his handsome face, making him look every bit of a superstar.
"Hey Mom", he smiled giving her a tight squeeze back.
She tensed remembering the company she was entertaining. " What are you doing here so early?" Kendra asked. Chad didn't show up anywhere unexpected, or early.
"I was in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd come earlier for your party". Every since him and Sonny's falling out he'd spent a significant amount of time with his mother. And she loved every extra second, but he usually called.
"I didn't expect you until later", she tried to reason as Chad allowed himself inside casually.
"Relax mom", he told her casually walking toward the main dinning room.
"Chatty, its just that-", his mother's words trailed off when Chad saw for himself what she had been antsy about.
Portlyn stood confused in a pretty earth green summer dressed that hugged her growing belly just fine. Her dark hair had been pulled into a chic chignon as she crinkled her eyebrows.
"Portlyn", he mouthed.
"Chad?" she asked in return.
Kendra was reeling. She didn't want Chad to think she had set up a meeting for them, in fact it was all by chance. She didn't want to jeopardize the new healthier found relationship with her son. Or, with the girl she'd considered like a daughter to her for years.
"I'm sorry Chad, I didn't know you'd be here so soon", Kendra apologized standing in between the former couple.
"Its fine", Portlyn breather calmer. "I'll go".
Chad didn't know what happened but every since the blow up with Sonny it was like she'd gotten a dose of reality and finally started acting like a human being.
"No", he shrugged with his hands in his pockets. "We're all adults here, and my mom's having a party. You should stay", Chad maturely concluded.
"Really?" Kendra Cooper asked anxiously.
"I don't see why not-
The doorbell ring and his mother excused herself to go sprinting to get the door.
Portlyn stood awkwardly and held her hands together switching her weight from her right to left foot.
Chad's eyes couldn't help but scroll down to her round belly that poked behind her dress. He wandered how far along she was, actually that would determine a lot of things. As in, if it was actually his or not. He wanted to ask her, he just didn't know when or how.
She cleared her throat to direct his attention back to her face.
"I um, heard about your new movie".
"Yeah it's called The Rebel", he nodded.
"Have you talked to Sonny?" Portlyn asked casually, and to Chad's surprise there was no malice or sarcasm in her voice.
"Not really, we're still going through the motions".
The two engaged in casual conversation until Portlyn excused herself to run to the bathroom. A couple minutes after the caters arrived the whole house was filled with guest outside for the pool/ patio party.
Tawni arrived an hour or so fashionably late. She and Travis had recently starting talking over the phone again and when she asked him if he wanted to go to a party with her, he said yes.
He smiled as they comfortably fell into step as she carried the china plate set walking toward the laughter and clinking of glasses of the preppy and elite.
Travis leaned forward and whispered. "What's this party for, is it her birthday?"
Tawni laughed. "Rich people have parties for random things. Like Kendra, she's throwing a party because she just had her patio remodeled", she told him.
The couple was quickly greeted by Kendra who welcomed her with a tight squeeze, and shook Travis's hand as she accepted her gift.
"Thank you smooches, enjoy the party", she told them.
"Hey, where's Chad?" she asked.
Kendra pointed across the spacious patio toward the massive, luxury, rock bordered luxury pool.
Tawni followed her finger and walked over to greet her friend who stood by the pool holding casual banter with an older Hugh Hefner looking gentleman as he sipped from his champagne glass. She looked closer and realized it was thee actual Hugh Hefner.
"Hey good looking", she teased appreciating her reflection grinning back at her in Chad's gold aviators.
"What's up ?" Chad smiled nudging one of his best friends, he barely noticed Chad.
"Travis is here", she concluded.
"Hey Cooper", he patted Chad's shoulder and draped his arm around Tawni's shoulders.
"You two are here, as a couple?"
"I couldn't find any Rose' so I settled for Moet", James voice appeared as he lifted his glass for emphasis. He smiled seeing Tawni.
"Hey gorgeous", he told her as if they were the only two standing. Immediately Travis felt his anger boil to the surface again. He didn't know James, and frankly he didn't want to get to know him either. From day one James had been standing in between their relationship.
"I didn't know you'd be here", Tawni furrowed her eyebrows.
"And I was hopping you wouldn't be here", Travis voiced his opinion.
James clenched his fist on impulse. " You better relax".
"Or what?"
Chad shook his head entertained and drained the rest of his glass watching as his friends bickered on. Portlyn cleared her throat once everyone had noticed her presence.
"What is she doing here?" Tawni asked boldly.
"I was invited", Portlyn stated matter of factly. "Kendra's about to do a toast"
…
"Toast?" Sonny asked Carolyn as she sprinted through the water at the lake after they had break fast.
"Yes", Carrie smiled picking up the soggy piece of breathed she'd found in the ocean. The wind blew Sonny's long hair across her cheeks as she laughed.
"No, put that down", she told the little girl who shrugged tossing the bread across the sand and continued on her quest for seashells.
"Kids", Connie laughed where the three women laid sprawled out across the beach on the warm April day.
Sonny slowly rose to her feet.
"Where ya' going?" her aunt asked.
"I'm just going to take a walk around", she told them before slipping off her flips flops to walk bare feet. She was in blue jean shorts and a simple white T shirt with square Ray- Bans framing her beautiful face. Sonny dug around in her back pocket and pulled out her cell phone.
She thought about texting Chad but knew it would take him too long to respond. Maybe I'll call him, she thought.
…
Chad stood poolside reached into the side pocket of his blazer in search of his buzzing phone as he patted himself down until he found it. He smiled in relief when he finally located it in his lower pocket and slid off his sunglasses to get a better look at the caller ID. Before he could distinguish the name someone bumped into him and sent his cell phone flying into the pool.
"So much for that phone call".
"Are you okay?" Portlyn asked after James had rudely bumped into Chad on his tyrant to get to Travis. She looked down at his sure to be damaged phone sinking lower and lower into the pool.
"Was it important?"
Chad shrugged. " I guess I'll never know".
Sonny bit her bottom lip when Chad's familiar voicemail appeared. She had to fight to keep herself from letting the salty tears that had been building up fall. Her hand slowly fell to her stomach as she began walking back to her family.
"How was your walk?"
"Pointless", Sonny simply answered.
I made this chapter long to fill you guys in! Sorry 4 the late update I'll try to update as soon as possible from now on. Please comment and review! Your feedback is valued. Love you all.