Chapter 30: The Chain Reaction

Freddie's POV

I washed dishes while Sam and Carly worked on some little appetizer for tonight's gathering. Sam's mom and my mother have never been in the same room before and they were polar opposites. I had no idea how they were going to react to this news. I knew for a fact my mom really didn't care for Sam. Well the old Sam, this Sam was a little different, different enough that my mom may even respond to her warmly.

"Taste this meatball," Sam order as she held the fork up to my mouth and I took a bite. "Is it too sweet? I think I added too much brown sugar to the sauce."

"No, I like it." She finished the rest of it and frowned.

"Maybe it's my warped taste buds everything tastes weird. You know I don't even like ham right now. It's too salty. Still like friend chicken though."

"Spinach dip is ready!" Carly exclaimed. "Do you want this stuff in the living room or set up in the kitchen."

"I think the living room is better. It's the most comfortable room in the house for breaking intense news." I agreed with Sam and I was glad she hadn't called the news bad. As more days passed I realized how much happy I was now that I was here with Sam. I couldn't wait to be a family with either. Seeing Sam each day confirmed everything in my mind, fate knew what it was doing. She turned a rolled her eyes at me. She was wearing a lavender summer dress with her hair down.

"Benson, stop staring and grab the punch will ya? Our parents and the others will be here in like five minutes." We all set up in the living room and Dylan came in with order of fried chicken wings that Sam had requested. Sam put her hands on her hips and looked to be in deep thought about something. After a few moments she put her hand on her forehead.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, a little dizzy spell it will pass." She took a seat on the couch and Carly went to down the hall and came back with a moist washcloth. "I'm glad we invited other people this way your mother won't kill me." Sam chuckled I sat beside her and grabbed her hand.

"She wouldn't anyway. If there one thing I know my mother is crazy about babies. She wouldn't do anything to harm them or their mother." There was a knock on the door. Maxine and her husband came in and they brought a dish and some homemade cookies.

"Hey not so little momma! Where do you want the snacks?" Sam looked over the table, it was kind of crowded.

"You could sit them on the bar. I think I'm going to have left over which is good it means I won't have to cook later." Sam smiled as shifted up enough so that she could hug Max.

"Oh not to bother you with business today, but I got some great news. After our meeting with Mr. Reynard his came wants to settle, checked my email this morning and that's what they said." Sam beamed she got up and hopped around a little.

Yes! I knew they would! How much?" The girls walked down the hall I guess so they could talk in privacy. I watched curiously.

"Yeah, you need to get used to that Max is her other lover!" Nate said as he sat down to me. "They call each other at all times of the night. I'm warning you so you don't think it's weird. Also, now that Sam is pregnant the pressure is on me double time to get my wife knocked up so thanks for that!" Nate chuckled.

"I'm sorry?" I didn't know what to say and Nate's eyes widened.

"Why are you sorry? I'm I heaven. I spend the majority of my time lately in bed with my wife. I mean it seriously thank you! She wants Sam and her to be able to send their kids to the same schools and stuff so she wants to be pregnant like yesterday."

"Oh so I'm not the only one? Carly has been baby crazy too and we just got married!" Dylan plopped down in the recliner. "We'd agreed upon two or three years of newlywed bliss but now that's out of the window. You and Sam have started a chain reaction and I am afraid we have no choice but to follow," Dylan was teasing me but I could tell he was partly serious.

"Well I know my Max has been wanting a baby for some time now so I can't blame you completely," Nate grabbed one of the drinks off the table. "I've been the turning the tables though, I keep telling Max that she needs to focus on getting Sam ready to be a mom and thinking about marriage that usually changes the tide of that conversation. Are you thinking about popping the question man?" Both Dylan and Nate stared daggers into me. I most definitely wasn't expecting these types of questions from them.

"Uh, right now I'm just focused on telling my mom about the babies! One step at a time guys." Sam and Max came from the back and I quickly made my way to her and kissed her on the cheek. She seemed a little alarmed by my PDA. "I've never been so happy to see you!" I whispered and she chuckled.

"Okay, you're acting weirder than normal. Are your nerves shot? Mine are, this is just enough stress to make me go into labor." Just as she asked there was a knock on the door. "So you gonna answer the door?" She asked as she pushed me forward.

"I guess so." I opened the door and there was my mother standing there holding her purse tightly to her like she always did. "Hello mom," I mumbled. It had been a long time since I'd seen my mom.

"Fredward! Sweetheart, you don't know how shocked I was to have you call and then want to see me! Is everything okay?" She gripped me in a bear hug and attempted to squeeze the life out of me. "Here let me get a look at you!" I heard Sammy chuckle from the background. Come on in mom have a seat once my mom was seated I motioned for Sam to come over to me and I held her hand in mine. She hesitantly came over and my mom's eyes doubled in size and all the color left her face.

"Please don't tell me that this is what it looks like?" She said dryly. Sam looked down and at her belly. She was squeezing my hand tighter I knew this wasn't the reaction that she was hoping for, but I knew that by the end of the day we'd have my mom on our side. I sat down and pulled Sam into my lap.

"Yes mom, it is and we have a lot to talk about."

Author's Note: I don't know how many people are still reading this, but I want to thank all of you that are. This chapter was written as a request for Seddie99. Lots of love Seddie99 thanks for reading my stories! Please know that you can PM at anytime and request a chapter to any of my stories. I do find it helpful to get a gentle nudge to come back to stories sometimes. Next Chapter will be for Black and Grey! As always please read, review, and no flames.