Baby Makes 3
"Oh, my goodness you're glowing. I love it", Kendra Cooper confirmed leaning forward to peck Sonny's cheeks and rub her now 9 month old belly. She flipped her platinum blond bob across her freshly tanned shoulders welcoming more guests to the fabulous baby shower, she was throwing for her now fabulous daughter in law. They hadn't always gotten along but lately they were inseparable. They did everything together: shopping, lunching, complaining about Chad, and various spa dates. Kendra had filled the void that Sonny's mom left open after she and Chad had came from Wisconsin.
"Yikes", Gina confirmed seated next to Sonny in the back yard of the Cooper's massive Beverly Hills estate, where the couples closest 100 friends were sprawled across enjoying finely catered food and cheesy baby shower games.
"That woman's like Martha Stewart Barbie", she confirmed shaking her wavy brown hair with a smile before sipping from a glass of white wine.
"Shut up", Sonny giggled nudging her sister in the rib, and sighed happily holding her swollen stomach at her beautiful of a party Kendra had thrown, well Kendra's assistant more likely.
The backyard was decorated round tables covered with baby blue, and pink table cloths that had a center piece with glittery cupcakes decorated with baby bottles and pacifiers.
In the middle of the party was a huge table adorned with hundreds of gifts addressed to Sonny and Chad.
"Alison", Sonny's grandmother cooed strolling toward her granddaughter proudly. " You know you shouldn't be on your feet", she warned concernedly.
Sonny sighed rolling her shoulders back, if she attempted to lift a plastic cup someone would get it for her and demand she sit down and rest, as if anything she did would induce her labor.
"Yeah, But I-", Sonny's brown eyes scurried around the room to find the perfect excuse, she smiled when she saw Chad in a corner of the pool house attempting to fix the ice machine.
"I was going to check on my husband grandma, then take a seat", she quickly confirmed before wobbling toward the pool house.
Chad had his back turned to Sonny as he fumbled with the machine with no luck.
"You're actor, not an engineer", Sonny teased causing him to flinch.
Chad spun around and grinned excited to see her gorgeous, pregnant wife. He hadn't seen her all day between running errands for the party and his mother constantly nagging him about the ice machine.
"Babe", Chad shook his head at a loss of words at the way the white summer dress looked on her. It had thin spaghetti straps, reached her ankles, and hugged every curve of her stomach.
"You look amazing", he breathed pulling her closer and pecked the top of her forehead.
"Shut up", Sonny smiled embarrassedly swatting the cotton of his peach polo shirt not taking him seriously, he'd say anything to make her feel better.
"You've never been sexier", Chad argued standing behind her and placed his big hands on both sides of her stomach and kissed the side of her neck.
"I'm fat, my ankles hurt, I'm always hot, and I threw up an hour ago", Sonny listed matter of factly.
Chad grinned into her neck and turned her body toward the glass of the pool house and motioned toward their reflection that mirrored.
"You see that?" he asked jutting his chin toward Sonny's reflection and started to stroke her stomach.
Sonny nodded confusedly.
"That is the most beautiful, sexiest, smartest woman I know and if she thinks she's anything less I'm sending her to the psych ward.
Sonny giggled shaking her head and turned around to peck Chad's lips when he leaned downward to slowly kiss her.
"Can you believe all these people? Here for a baby they haven't even met yet", Chad joked and looked and pecked Sonny's stomach while she stroked his buttery blond hair.
"I can't wait to meet you kid", Chad whispered pecking Sonny's stomach before coming back up to meet Sonny's face.
"Chad", Kendra called sing song prancing around the yard in search for her son.
Sonny giggled when her voice came closer but was hushed when Chad covered her mouth with both his hands.
"You're in trouble", she whispered teasingly.
"Sonny", Connie Munroe's voice appeared behind Kendra's. Sonny stopped laughing and looked across the glass anxiously. Her mother had scolded her to stay off her feet and open gifts instead frolicking around and "endangering" the baby.
"Crap", Chad hissed grabbing Sonny's hand mischievously and attempted to slide out the back but was meted by both their mothers, who stood awaiting.
"There you are, I've been looking for you all over", Connie spoke graciously taking her daughters palm.
"Chaddy, I swear you can't fix anything except a plate of food", Kendra spoke hitting her son's shoulder playfully and motioned across the yard. "Come on, your aunt Astaire is here come say hello", she concluded guiding him in the opposite direction.
Sonny sighed and playfully pouted her lips at Chad as if their mother's were kidnapping them. Chad made a gun with his fingers and pretended to shoot himself when Kendra wasn't looking.
"Sit", Sonny's mother concluded and handed her a plate of baby shower friendly snacks and a glass of water.
Sonny sighed looking over at Gina who was scraping down some greasy food enviously.
"Mom I've been eating junk every since I was pregnant, what's different now?" she complained.
"Sweetie I understand-
"Hey, Hey", Tawni Hart beamed making an entrance, bringing life back into the baby shower. She was dressed casual in white skinny legs that she paired with a peach off the shoulder sweater. Two over-sized gift bags dangled over her skinny arms .
"Tawni!", Sonny beamed excitedly sprinting over to hug her best friend thankful that she had an excuse to avoid her mother.
"Hey gorgeous", Tawni smiled hugging her shorter friend tightly. She hadn't seen her since her and Chad had come back Wisconsin, she was busy promoting her new movie in New York. Although she hated being away from L.A. she was thankful to get away from James after they had hooked up. Things were awkward, she wasn't ready for a relationship with him again just yet, but she didn't want to see anyone else with him yet. Which is what she saw across the pool. James was leaning against a gazebo with his hands in his pockets laughing at some joke that some red head with an extremely low cut dress was telling him.
Tawni felt a twinge of jealousy but pursed her lips refocusing on her best friend.
"So", she flailed her arms for instance. " How's it going, where's Chad?"
Sonny sighed rolling her brown eyes to the top of her head. "Talking to his Aunt over there, our mother's have been driving us crazy all day. They think the slightest is going to send me into labor", she joked holding her round stomach absent mindedly.
"Are you sure it's not the truth?" Tawni laughed placing her manicured palm on Sonny's stomach in amazement when the baby kicked, " You're huge".
"Shut up", Sonny snickered accepting the huge gift bags reluctantly and gripped her stomach when she felt a sharp pain penetrate her chest and pierce through her stomach for a second, she said a silent thank you when the pain went away but still felt worried.
"Thank you T, but enough with the gifts ok? You've been buying the baby gifts since I was 3 weeks", she stated with a giggled flipping a loose strand of hair out of her right eye, causing her huge diamond wedding ring to glisten in the sun.
"Oh shut up", Tawni spoke nonchalantly flicking her bracelet clad wrist. " I plan on spoiling my niece rotten to the core.
"I'll take those ma'am", a petite woman with dark hair confirmed swiftly taking the gifts out of Sonny's hands and marched them toward the already overcrowded gift area.
Tawni furrowed her eyebrows. " Who-
"Mid-wife, Kendra hired her to assist me".
"But I thought you were giving birth at the hospital", Tawni continued.
"I am", Sonny rolled her eyes. " But Kendra and my mother got together and insisted I keep her around just in case I go into labor randomly".
"Oh yeah?" Tawni asked absent mindedly keeping her eyes glued to James and his apparently new girlfriend. James nodded a caught a glimpse across the room and froze when he saw Tawni across the pool, standing next to Sonny.
They locked eyes automatically, that guy right there was her husband Sonny confirmed to herself when she saw Chad coming toward her.
"I missed you", Chad confirmed leaning downward to plant a slow kiss on his wife's lips before draping his arm across her body pulling her close.
"What's up T?" Chad greeted excitedly draping his free arm around Tawni who paid no attention.
"T?" he laughed snapping his fingers in front of her face to bring her back into reality.
"Huh?" Tawni asked wide-eyed and smiled.
"Oh I see", Sonny giggled catching on to what Tawni was staring at.
"Are you staring at my best man?" Chad teased playfully.
"What? No, don't be ridiculous I was-
"JAMES!", Chad yelled waving his friend over. "Get over here, bro. Tawni's here".
"Oh my god", Tawni breathed, " Sonny your husband is trying to kill me with embarrassment".
"I-
"Attention everyone", Kendra Cooper confirmed clapping her dainty hands that went unnoticed until Connie Munroe whispered gaining everyone's attention.
"We're here today in celebration of new life in the Cooper- Munroe family", Connie confirmed followed by an applause of clinking champagne glasses.
"Hi", James smiled when he was finally face to face with his ex-girlfriend.
"Hey", Tawni concluded casually, trying to sound cool and detached.
"So", Kendra concluded. " We want you to enjoy the food and drinks in honor of my future grandchild while we start the Pregnancy Picker game!".
The crowd hoorayed and rallied toward the center of the sunny back yard to pick up all the materials of the game, to guess what the baby nursery looked like to win a prize.
"Is it blue!", Caroline asked climbing onto Sonny's lap where she, Chad and the rest of the gang sat catching up.
"I don't know sweetie, you have to make a big guess", Sonny spoke excitedly while running her fingers through her 5- year old cousin's hair before the little girl sprinted across to the game table.
Chad smiled admiringly at his wife interacting with her cousin, it was then he knew she'd be the best mother any child could dream of having.
Across the back yard a shiny black Jaguar parked in the Cooper's residence and slammed the door shut. A pair of kitten Gucci heels appeared, followed by a baby blue gift bag. The woman flipped her hair out of her face and caught the attention of everyone that passed until she made her way toward the back yard of the residence.
Gina was the first to spot her as she strolled back over toward the open bar, she nearly choked off the olive out of her martini glass.
The brunette kept on her stride throughout the lavish baby shower and smiled when she spotted Kendra Cooper.
"Portlyn?" Kendra bellowed in disbelief and gripped her chest at a loss of words as she leaned forward to hug the obviously very pregnant woman. " What are you? When? How?"
"Kendra, Kendra, it's fine don't worry yourself. Do you mind telling me where Sonny is?" Portlyn asked surveying the backyard.
Kendra froze and absently pointed toward where Sonny sat with Chad, and a group of her friends.
Portlyn confidently strutted toward Sonny with her gift bag in tow, her jet black hair flowing in the wind like a black cape.
"Lovely party", Portlyn spoke clear as day catching everyone by surprise, as she handed Sonny the gift she was holding like a Prada tote.
Sonny stood unfazed. " Thank you".
Chad sat frozen to the core and felt his insides go raw, and his heart fell to his chest.
Tawni arched her eyebrows. " Whoa", she whispered.
"Portlyn what the hell are you doing here?" Chad bellowed standing up next to Sonny protectively.
"Chill Blondie", Portlyn smirked. " I was invited", she spoke matter-of-factly flipping her luxurious waves out of her pretty face clearly enjoying herself. It was nice to have the upper hand for once.
"By who?" Chad demanded and clenched his jaws at his mother when she appeared next to Portlyn.
By this time the whole party had fell silent as they watched the drama unfold.
"Mom how could you do this-
"I didn't do anything this time, I swear", Kendra confirmed wide-eyed shaking her blond bob.
"Well, then who did?" Chad demanded angrily eyeing everyone at the party accusingly.
"I did", Sonny confirmed casually causing everyone at the party to double over in disbelief.
Hello everyone, I want to thank all my fellow BM3 fans for bearing with me with me while I take forever to update. I swear this story is always on my mind, it sometimes takes me time to make it just right. But anyway next chapter will be the most interesting yet! I promise. Please comment rate and review.