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Chapter 52

The shower was held in the ballroom of the Quartermaine mansion. The French doors to the patio were open to accommodate outdoor seating and to let in the sunshine. Carly and her crew of decorators arrived promptly at nine a.m. to get started. Emily arrived not to long after that. Along with Keesha the three woman set about making sure everything was to their liking. In other words things were prefect.

They had decided to have a formal tea for the shower. The party was taking place in the early afternoon and the finger foods and delicate pastries would be perfect this time of day. With the ballroom being a blank space, it wasn't going to be hard to transform it into the theme of the shower. Teddy Bear's Picnic which tied into the theme of the nursery.

Tables and chairs were brought in. Linens of cream with pink or blue overlays were placed. Napkins were folding into the shape of diapers, which Emily found to be incredibly cute. Carly explained that for that last week her staff had been trying to figure out how to fold the napkins into storks but it wasn't working. A compromise was two tall storks made from shrubbery just outside the door in the hallway. One had a pink bow around its neck, the other bow was blue.

Carly ducked out of the main room to go to the large playroom down the hall. This space was already set up for the kids in the family, who were coming later, and today it would serve as an area for any other children that came. The invitation stated they were welcome. When the food was brought into the main room, the kids would be served at the same time. The nannies were getting double time to man this room.

"Okay we are all set down the hall and almost finished in here." Carly said to Keesha. "Where is Emily?"

"She is checking on the food." Keesha replied looking around the room. The florist was finishing up the centerpieces. Pink, blue, and yellow Gerber daisies with bupleurum and baby's breath to fill the out the bouquets. Each arrangement was in a container that looked like a child's wooden building block. At each table one chair had a ticket underneath and that person would take the centerpiece home.

"The pianist will be here at twelve-thirty. She should be the last of the staff to arrive." Carly was pleased with how things had come together. "I'm going to go call the baker and make sure the cake is on the way."

"What flavor?" Keesha wanted to know.

"Vanilla with vanilla buttercream and a strawberry filling between layers." Carly grinned. "I checked with Jason earlier in the week just to be sure Liz still wasn't eating chocolate. I'm glad I did. I was planning on a raspberry filling but he said she can't stand them."

"She ate a bunch at lunch last month." Keesha said laughing.

"This is new." Carly said heading for the door. It was eleven-thirty and they were right on schedule.

"You planning on wearing that to the shower?" Jason grinned at his wife who was standing in their bedroom in just her underwear. "I don't think I want anyone else seeing you like that. Unless we are skipping the shower?" He never thought he would see the day where he was more anxious to attend a party than she was.

"No, I'm getting ready to put on my dress. Thanks for shaving my legs for me." There was no way she would have been able to accomplish that feat, and pantyhose weren't going to happen.

"No problem, I'm a full service husband." He came over and kissed her. "What color are you wearing?"

"Green." Elizabeth pulled her dress off the hook on the wall. "This one." A dress she could pull over her head. She slipped on the maxi dress that left her arms bare and smoothed it over her bump before tying the fabric belt into a bow to create an empire waist. Slipping on her ballet slippers before stepping out in the main part of their bedroom. "Ta da." She felt pretty in the gauzy outfit.

"Beautiful." Jason said smiling at her. He was in a summer suit of grey with her favorite blue dress shirt. Elizabeth had requested he not wear a tie, which made him happy.

Elizabeth put on her diamond studs that he gave her as a wedding present and looped her wedding set around her neck. A quick swipe of lip gloss and she was ready. "Okay, let's get the boys and head out. Carly said we were starting promptly at one so that hopefully by the time my stomach goes nuts we will be winding down."

"There will be plenty of medical personnel there if you need help." Jason was thinking she would just end up napping at the house while he and the guys transported all the loot back home. "The crew will be out to paint within the hour." They had picked colors yesterday morning. They took Cameron and Jake and let them help with the final choice. Jake didn't really care, but Cameron took his job seriously. He even got to pick out the border, with teddy bears, that would go around the ceiling of both rooms.

"I'm hoping to start the mural by the end of the week." Elizabeth said as they headed to the car.

Jason nodded as he strapped Jake in. "Milo will be assisting you." Jason was worried about her on the ladder.

Elizabeth looked across the back seat at her hubby. "The babies will be in our room for the first few weeks. Would you like for me to do the mural then?"

"Will you be too tired?" Jason didn't want to stress her after the babies are born.

Elizabeth bit her lower lip as she gave it some thought. "How about if I outline the mural and pick colors. We can have another crew come out and paint it next week." She could give him this.

Smiling he nodded. "I would like that. I know you are capable of doing it. When the babies are older and we decorate their rooms with their likes in mind you can paint those murals." Like the train that was on Cameron's wall.

"Sounds good." She closed the door after making sure their oldest was secure and waited for Jason to come around and help her into the vehicle. Buckled in she got comfortable as they drove the short distance to the mansion.

By one-thirty the shower was in full swing. Kelly had decided that Elizabeth would sit in one spot and everyone could come to her and chat. So there was a sitting area off to one side of the room for the pregnant woman to relax in. The food was served buffet style and after fixing her a plate Jason had joined most of the guys in the outdoor seating area.

"Are they coming back in?" Sabrina was sitting with Liz.

"Probably when it's time to play the games and then open the gifts." Elizabeth knew that they would be starting soon. "How are things going with Milo?"

"Good." Sabrina said blushing a bit. "He is taking me away next month. That kind of surprised me because I figured he would be sticking close to you."

"Jason is starting his leave when I hit thirty-two weeks." Elizabeth was going to make it to thirty-seven weeks. She had decided that early on and was stubborn enough to make it happen. "So it is an ideal time for Milo to go away. I will make sure not to have the babies then, so I don't interrupt your time away." She said laughing. "Where are you going?"

"No clue." Sabrina admitted. "He said to take a week off."

"I expect details when you get back." Elizabeth said grinning. If she had to guess she was say they were going somewhere near the water. Milo loved the ocean. "I will track you down if I have too."

"Understood." Sabrina said laughing.

"How long can we hide out here?" Matt wanted to know.

"Until the games start." Jason had been warned by Emily they were expected to play since they wanted to come.

"What kind of games?" AJ asked nervously.

"No clue." Jason grinned at his brother.

"You guys are armed, in case we need to make a break for it right?" Jax looked over at Jason, Francis, Johnny, and Milo. All of whom shook their heads no. The grounds were being patrolled, but none of them were armed. "Damn."

"Stop being babies." Edward was looking forward to playing. "If they can handle it then so can we. I for one do not find it a hardship to sit in a room with lots of pretty ladies to look at. In fact I'm going to go find my granddaughter, and make sure she is comfortable." He said leaving the patio.

"He's going to flirt with my wife." Jason said frowning. "He started right in when we arrived. Telling her how pretty she was in her dress."

"A little competition is not a bad thing." Johnny laughed. He could because he and Matt had the only two women Edward didn't hit on. The older man had been flirting with Diane when he arrived with Maya.

"It's time for games, and surprises." Carly said walking out. "Man up and come back in." She threw over her shoulder as she reentered the house.

"Come on guys." Jason said following her back inside. He needed to get his girl away from his grandfather.

Elizabeth was positioned at a table in the front of the room as Emily took the microphone. "Welcome everyone to Elizabeth's shower." There was some applause. "We hope you have been enjoying the food, we are going to be serving dessert later in the afternoon. Now however it's time for a surprise for our mommy to be."

Carly came forward and blindfolded Elizabeth and then Jason helped his wife to her feet. At the door Keesha ushered someone in and over to where her sister was standing. Jason was grinning because he knew about the surprise. Taking his wife's hand he placed it in the hand of their visitor before whispering at her to remove the cover over her eyes. "Oh!" Elizabeth exclaimed before bursting into tears.

"Surprise." Steven said holding his sister as close as her belly would allow.

"I thought you couldn't make it." Elizabeth said crying all over him. She had talked to Steven just two nights ago. He had told her that work wasn't allowing him to get away at the moment, so he was sending a gift but wouldn't be attending. While it was disappointing Elizabeth understood.

"Like I would miss this." Getting back up when the babies were born would be harder, but he would make sure to get to the city not long after. Elizabeth let him go to hug Maggie as well.

"This is Elizabeth's older brother Steven and his wife Maggie." Emily explained. "They flew in from Memphis to spend the day with us." Literally just the day because they were flying out later in the evening. As Chief of Staff Steven didn't get a lot of time off.

"Sarah couldn't make it." Steven said apologetically. He had called their sister, and she told him that she had no intention of going to celebrate Elizabeth having more babies with that thug. He thought that Sarah was just jealous. As an adult looking back he could see that jealousy was why the two sisters never got along Sarah saw Liz as having taken her spot in the family something that wasn't the least bit true. Honestly with her current sour attitude it was best that she wasn't in attendance.

"That's okay." Elizabeth wouldn't expect her sister to come. They simply weren't that close. Her parents were another story. After Jake's birth they had called, which was somewhat shocking. Then they had come, and had a wonderful visit. Things were not perfect, but they were better. This new relationship was more than Elizabeth had ever expected. Travel would be a lot harder for them, and she would rather they stay and help others than spend an afternoon eating cake.

"Sit down." Steven wanted her off her feet.

Elizabeth sat and instantly someone was there with a glass of water. She was looking forward to talking with her brother and sister in-law as the afternoon progressed.

"Okay, it's time for games." Keesha announced. She was in charge of this part of the shower. While she had picked things that would be fun for Elizabeth, and the guests at the shower, Keesha had also picked some games that would make the guys squirm a bit. It was sure to be pretty funny. "Okay, the first game is pretty simple. Everyone is being given a cup with an ice cube in it. It's your job to watch the ice cube and when it melts stand up and yell 'my water broke'. The first one to shout will win a prize. You may not hold the cup over any of lights in the room, but all other methods of liquefying the cube are acceptable." She announced.

Once everyone had a cup it was time for the next games. "Okay every table should have twelve unlabeled, but numbered jars of baby food around the centerpiece. Everyone is being given a piece of paper, a pen, and twelve spoons raise your hand if you don't have them." A few hands went up and when everyone was ready Keesha started. "Open jar number one and everyone have a taste and then write down what flavor you think it is. Use a clean spoon for each jar please." She took the room through all twelve jars watching folks make faces, Matt looked ready to throw up after jar six. Jax completely bailed on the game after jar nine. Francis and Diane both never made it past jar two. "Okay put your name on the paper and hold them up. The person with the most correct answers will win a prize." Keesha announced.

"Okay this next game is for the guys only. Gentleman come on up. Edward you are exempt from this one." Keesha said smiling wide.

"No fair." AJ instantly protested.

"Stop whining and get to the front of the room." Tracy yelled, she was having a great deal of fun. The bartender made a wicked Cosmopolitan.

AJ glared at his aunt, but got moving.

"Everyone take a bottle." Keesha instructed. "The name of the game is Chug a lug. First one to finish their bottle wins."

"We have to suck through the nipple?" Milo asked looking at the odd colored liquid inside. If he had to guess he would say it was a greenish-brown. Sniffing it gave him no clue what it was.

"Yup, and no I'm not telling you what's inside." Keesha and most of the ladies in the room laughed. "On your mark." All the guys looked at the bottles and each other. She was counting on male pride to make sure they all played, and tried to win. "Get set."

"Go Jason!" Elizabeth called from their table.

"What about me?" Steven asked his sister, which made everyone laugh.

"Go!" Keesha yelled at the guys started sucking. After the first pull they would know it was just milk with food coloring, but it was funny how they were looking at the bottles. The room was filled with the sound of the ladies cheering on their favorite competitors. While Jason had the most cheers as the expectant dad, it wasn't even a close competition. Johnny crushed everyone sucking the bottle dry in just over a minute.

Jason finished not too far behind.

"What's my prize?" Johnny wanted to know.

"Box of all day suckers." Keesha called Maya up to present Johnny with his prize complete with a kiss. Since he had a sweet tooth the box of jawbreakers would get eaten. "Next game." Keesha announced.

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