Three Weeks Later
"First day of seventh grade, are you boys excited?" I asked. Mason shook his head.
"Not at all." He said. I laughed.
"What about you Trenton?" I asked. Trenton was staring off into space.
"Oh yeah, sure." He said but didn't look away from his trance.
"You okay kiddo?" I asked. Trenton nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine mom." Trenton told me. Anthony came downstairs rubbing his eyes under his glasses.
"You look so cute in those glasses Ant." I told him.
"Mommy, I'm a big kid now, I no cute." Anthony said annoyed. I smiled.
"You will always be my cute little boy." I told him. He rolled his eyes.
"It's okay Ant, she still calls me kiddo." Trenton told him. Anthony grinned.
"That's funny." Anthony giggled.
"So are you going to work with me today or the park with Uncle Mark?" I asked Anthony.
"Uncle Mark!" Anthony told me excitedly.
"Go call him." I told him. Anthony nodded and ran off.
"So, do you want to take a lunch or eat school lunch?" I asked Mason and Trenton.
"School." Mason said.
"Take." Trenton told me. I laughed.
"Do you guys agree to disagree?" I asked. Mason shook his head.
"No, we just like different things." Mason said.
"Joking Mr. Smarty Pants." I snapped and started to pack Trenton's lunch. I started to prepare Trenton's mayonnaise and ham sandwich. I caught a whiff of the mayonnaise and instantly wanted to hurl.
"Mom are you okay?" Trenton asked. I nodded and swallowed the nausea.
"I'm fine, go get your shoes and backpacks." I told them. They nodded and went upstairs. I finished Trenton's sandwich and quickly capped the mayonnaise. This was the third time this week that smells had been making me sick. I had a feeling I was pregnant. Anthony came back into the room.
"Uncle Mark said he was on his way." Anthony told me.
"Okay, go get your shoes on." I told him. Anthony nodded and took off upstairs as Mason was coming down. Trenton still had issues getting up and down the stairs. He had to have crutches a few more weeks. Callie had said that it was healing nicely but she was afraid if she took him off crutches he wouldn't be careful enough. Anthony came back down the stairs the same time Mark honked. I gave Anthony a quick kiss and watched him climb into Mark's car. I waved as they pulled out of the driveway. Then I loaded up Trenton and Mason and took them to school. By the time I got to the office I was exhausted. I plopped down in a chair behind my desk and before I knew it I was fast asleep. Addison knocking on my door woke me up.
"Good morning sleepy." Addison said.
"Sorry, the kids were incredibly tiresome this morning." I told her.
"It's cool. I understand. Whitney and Nathan were arguing all morning over a stupid teddy bear." Addison told me.
"Wow, I'm sorry. Do you need something?" I asked.
"Oh yeah, Cooper told me to tell you he was going to be late tonight." Addison told me.
"Okay. I don't know how Mason's getting home from practice then." I said and ran my right hand through my hair.
"Mark can get him. He has the day off." Addison told me. I nodded.
"Thanks." I told her.
"Are you okay? You look exhausted." Addison told me.
"I think I'm pregnant and Cooper's been working so much lately I've been taking care of the boys and running them everywhere. I'm beyond exhausted." I said and put my head down on my desk. Addison came around behind my desk and rubbed my back.
"Do you want me to make sure you are pregnant?" She asked. I nodded and lifted my head off my desk.
"That would be really helpful." I told her. Addison smiled and I followed her out of my office and down the hall to an exam room. I sat down on the table while she took some blood.
"I'll have Dell put a rush on this." Addison said and left the room. I sighed and picked at the tape that was holding the gauze down over the site where the needle pierced my skin. Addison came back in a few minutes later. "Dell sent it off right away." Addison told me and pushed her hair behind her ear. I nodded and rubbed my temples.
"Don't stress yourself out, because if you are pregnant you could have a miscarriage." Addison told me. I sighed. She was right. But how could I not stress with all of these kids running around? Addison's hand flew to her mouth and she made it to the trash can just in time to throw up her breakfast. Once she was finished she whipped her mouth and washed her hands.
"I forgot how much I hated morning sickness." Addison groaned. I sighed.
"Yeah, I feel you." I agreed. "How many weeks are you now?" I asked.
"Eleven weeks." Addison said and rubbed her stomach.
"No complications?" I asked. Addison shook her head.
"Not so far anyway." Addison told me.
"That's good!" I told her. Addison nodded.
"Yeah, I hope it stays that way." She said.
"Have you told the twins yet?" I asked. Addison nodded.
"Whitney is excited." Addison told me.
"What about Nathan?" I asked.
"Nathan is indifferent." She told me. I nodded.
"Not everyone gets it at age four." I agreed. Addison nodded.
"Yeah, I don't think he really understands what is going on right now." She told me.
"He'll get it eventually. I'm a little worried about how Anthony is going to react if I'm pregnant yet. Trenton and Mason will probably be indifferent." I decided. Addison nodded and went over to the cabinet. She pulled out a container of hard candies and grabbed a candy out of it.
"Want one?" She asked and popped the candy into her mouth. I shook my head. Someone knocked on the door. "Who is it?" Addison asked and put the candies hurriedly back into the cabinet. Dell opened the door.
"I got the test results back." He said and handed Addison the results. Addison nodded.
"Thanks Dell." Addison said. Dell waved at me on his way out.
"Bye Charlotte." He said and closed the door behind him. Addison pulled the results out of the sleeve and studied them carefully.
"Well you are pregnant." Addison told me. "Do you want to find out how far along you are?" Addison asked. I nodded.
"Sure, I mean since we are already here and everything." I said and laid down on the table. I pulled up my shirt and Addison started the ultrasound. After a few minutes she pointed to the screen.
"There is your baby." She said pointing to the small fetus. "It looks like you are about five weeks." Addison told me. I nodded.
"It's really happening again." I said and pushed my bangs back. Addison smiled.
"You might finally get your girl." Addison grinned.