Sam's POV
I woke up next to my loving husband, his arms draped around me. I curled up into him and kissed his bare chest. I looked at the clock and saw it was 7:30. Carly would drop the girls off in half an hour. I carefully removed my husband's arms from around me and slipped my robe on. I headed for the shower. I felt the warm water wash over my body, I closed my eyes and leaned my forehead against the wall.
I felt a pair of arms snake around my waist. "Good morning Mrs. Benson." He whispered in my ear
"Freddie…" I turned around. I kissed his lips and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"How'd you sleep baby?" he asked me
"Amazing. You?"
"As long as I'm next to you any night is amazing." We stood in the shower swaying with each other
I pulled loose from my husband and stepped from the shower grabbing my towel and wrapping it around myself. "You okay?" he asked
"I'm fine…just a little sick. I'll go start breakfast." I told him going to get dressed
I quickly put on a tank top and shorts due to the abnormally hot temperature in the house. I started gathering the ingredients for pancakes…the girl's favorite and mine. I was craving chocolate so I took a pack of chocolate chips and poured it in the batter. The pan was warmed up now and I poured some batter in.
I soon heard a knock on the door. I heard Freddie come down the stairs to answer it. "DADDY!" Two little girls squealed
I heard their little feet racing to the kitchen. "Pancakes! Mommy you haven't made pancakes in forever." Maddie said climbing on the stepstool to wash her hands
"Well daddy and I wanted to make this breakfast extra special." I told her
"Why mommy?" Bethany asked
"You'll find out in a little while." I said flipping a pancake onto a plate
Once we all sat down around the dining room table we talked about the girl's night with Aunt Carly, and mommy and daddy's night at home until I finally said to my 6 year old girls. "Girls, what would you say if mommy and daddy wanted to add another family member to this family?"
Maddie and Bethany took a minute glancing to each other and whispering things back and forth. "We would say…" Bethany began
"That we want a little brother or sister!" Maddie said
"Well that's great to here because…" I began
"Mommy is going to have a baby!" Freddie finished for me
"Really?" The girls said and started spitting out questions faster than I could keep up
I got up from the table while Freddie talked about the baby with the girls. I grabbed my Pearphone and dialed my mother-in-law's number.
"Hello Sam." She answered
"Hey, Marissa…do you have time for tea today?" I asked
"Why of course dear." I could hear the smile in her voice "Is 12 okay?"
"Yes. I will see you then." We hung up just as Freddie came in
"Who was that?" he asked
"Your mom." I whispered
"Did you tell her?" he looked hurt
"No!" I quickly answered "I'm going to tell her when we have tea later…do you want to come, but after we tell her…I want to talk to her alone…"
"You and my mom…alone?" he asked
"While you were with Carly after Maddie and Beth were born, she was there for me. She watched Maddie while I was at work. She brought us many dinners after I had a late shift. She was there for me…when you weren't." I turned around and walked up the stairs
Freddie's POV
She was there for me…when you weren't…
The words keep echoing in my head…every word was true…I wasn't there for my girls…any of them…Sam, Bethany, or my sweet Maddie…who I've barely begun to know…I am a horrible father…how was I going to do this with a third child…sure it's less…complex now, but I can't even care for my two I have now…
I went upstairs and lay on the bed…What was I going to do…
"Can you believe this Sam?" I smiled down at my wife who had just given me a little boy…our third child
"He's beautiful…"
I looked at my son in his mother's arms…why wasn't I here for the girls? Why did I have to lie and cheat? Why wasn't I a good father?
"Maddie? Bethany?" Sam called out to the girls sleeping in the chairs
"Momma?" Maddie said perking up when she saw the baby
"Our brother!" she smiled alerting Bethany
They ran over and pushed me away. "Girls…why'd you do that?"
"You're a bad daddy! Bad daddy! Bad daddy!"
"I'm a bad daddy!" I screamed jumping awake
"What did you say Freddie?" Sam asked entering the room "Hey, are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost."
"I'm a bad father…" I whispered barley loud enough for her to hear
"No…no you're not. You are a great father who has just had a rough time." She told me
"What if I make the same mistakes I did?" I asked
"But you won't…that's the past baby…this is now…our now…" she put my hand on her flat abdomen… "This right here…is our future…along with the two in the other room." She gave a small smile.
A/N: Sooooooo…does Freddie's dream mean the baby is a boy? Or am I just messing with you? What do you guys think? Leave me your thoughts in a review and tell me if you think it should be a girl or a boy!
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