"Mommy!" Carmen yelled as soon as she saw her mom's car pull up.

"Hey sweetheart, how was school today?" Courtney asked as she wrapped her arms around her daughter.

"It was good, my teacher wants to talk to you."

"About what?"

"I don't know," Carmen said as they walked toward her classroom.

"Hi, Miss Garcia. I wanted to talk to Carmen's mother not her sister, so if you could inform her mother of this then—" The teachers words got cut off by Courtney who said, "For your information, I am her mother. I gave birth too her, took care of her, and helped raise her. So I would like to be recognized as her mother."

"Oh, sorry miss Garcia, I feel awful. I should have known, but you're so young. Do you mind me asking how old you are?"

"I just turned 22 two months ago, and my fiancé is 21. My daughters father is also 22."

"Oh, well I am very sorry, now down to business. Your daughter's intelligence is far beyond that of the average first grader, and my suggestion is to bump her to the second grade."

"As much as I would like for her to be ahead, I'd rather she stay with children her own age. Thank you for speaking to me on this matter, and now I would like to get home and tell my fiancé that I am pregnant." Courtney said as she grabbed her daughter's hand and marched out of the building.

"Mommy," Carmen asked as she and her mother drove toward their apartment, "Am I really going to have a baby sister or brother?"

"Yes you will, in seven months a new little baby sibling will be around."

"Yay!"

"I'm glad your happy, mommy will need as much help as possible. Guess what? I have decided that next year I'm going to enroll in community college, which means I'll need even more of your help."

"I can't wait!"

Courtney pulled into her parking spot and parked her car.

"Daddy!" Carmen yelled as soon as they entered the apartment.

"Carmen, how yah doing princess? How was school?" Duncan asked as he twirled the little girl around. Courtney observed the scene with a smile on her face as she placed a hand on her stomach. She imagined their children playing with him, and being spun around jut like Carmen was.

"Duncan, there's something I need to tell you…"