Chapter 8

Sophia was driving home. As she turned down the road, she noticed a party going on at one of the neighbor's houses. Teenagers were partying inside the house and outside in the front lawn.

"That's a wild party," Sophia said aloud to herself.

Sophia stopped her car and rolled down the window.

"Hey!" Sophia shouted.

A teenage girl with light blonde hair walked over to Sophia.

"Can I help you?" the teenage girl asked.

"Are there any adults at this party?" Sophia asked.

"No," the teenager replied. "This is my party, so why don't you mind your own business?"

"I'm just going to give you some advice," Sophia said. "I've seen parties this wild before and I know how out of hand they can get. You should shut it down before it gets too wild."

"And you should shut up and mind your own business bitch!" the girl shouted.

"Hey!" Sophia shouted. "You know what? Forget I said anything. What do I care?"

At that moment, Sophia looked to see a familiar girl walking out of the house. She immediately recognized who it was and she was shocked. It was Lydia.

"Lydia?" Sophia asked.

"Oh crap!" Lydia shouted as she rushed back into the house.

"Oh no you don't!" Sophia shouted.

Sophia put her car into park, turned off her car, and got out.

"What are you doing?" the girl asked.

"That girl who just ran into the house," Sophia said. "She's my sister-in-law and she's 13! Also, I'm shutting down your party!"

"Don't you dare!" the girl shouted as she grabbed Sophia's arm.

Sophia pushed the girl down.

"What are you, psycho?!" the girl shouted.

"I've had enough of you!" Sophia shouted.

Sophia stormed into the house. The party was wild and teenagers were dancing everywhere. Sophia walked into the living room where the stereo was blasting., turned it off, and stood on the coffee table.

"Hey!" a people in the crowd shouted.

"Attention everyone!" Sophia shouted. "The party is over!"

The crowd of teenagers booed her.

"I know!" Sophia shouted. "I suck! Now you all need to go home now or I will go to my house down my street and get my husband."

"Oh, I'm so scared," a teenage boy said sarcastically.

Sophia immediately recognized him as a player on Jamie's team.

"You should be!" Sophia shouted. "My husband is your basketball coach!"

"Oh, I'm out of here!" the teenage boy shouted.

Everyone began to leave.

"That's right!" Sophia shouted. "Go home! Everybody out!"

Sophia noticed Lydia about to go out the door. She immediately stepped of the coffee table and took Lydia by the arm.

"You are in so much trouble!" Sophia shouted.

At Jamie and Sophia's house, Jamie was sitting down on the couch. Sophia stormed in with Lydia.

"You sit on the couch right now young lady!" Sophia shouted.

Lydia sat down on the couch next to Jamie and Sophia stormed into the living room.

"Lydia?" Jamie asked. "What's going on?"

"Tell him Lydia," Sophia said.

"I…" Lydia started to say before Sophia cut her off.

"Don't talk!" Sophia shouted. "Guess where your sister was Jamie! She was at an unsupervised party down the street!"

"Lydia?" Jamie asked. "Is this true?"

"Yes," Lydia said.

"Didn't Mom and Dad say you could go?" Jamie asked.

"No," Lydia replied.

"So you deliberately disobeyed them," Jamie said.

"Yes," Lydia said.

"I'm calling them right now to come and pick you up," Jamie said.

"No!" Lydia begged. "Please don't call them!"

"I'm going to," Jamie said. "I am very disappointed in you Lydia."

After Nathan and Haley picked up Lydia, Jamie and Sophia sat down on the couch.

"The moment I saw Lydia go into that house, I don't know," Sophia said. "It's like this weird instinct took over. The way I shut down that party and scolded her, it was almost like I was being a…"

"A mother?" Jamie asked.

"Exactly," Sophia said. "I felt like a mother."

"Let's do it," Jamie said. "Let's have a baby."

"You really mean it?" Sophia asked. "You want to have a baby?"

"Yes," Jamie said. "I really do want a child. Look, I never meant to say I hate children. Actually, I never said it in the first place, but I'm sorry I made you think that I do, and wow I'm starting to get confused!"

"Come here," Sophia said opening her arms.

Sophia and Jamie cuddled on the couch.

"I'm sorry I overreacted," Sophia said.

"It's okay," Jamie said.

"I guess this is the end of our first fight as a married couple," Sophia said.

"Yep," Jamie said. "Do I still have to sleep on the couch?"

"Come on," Sophia said. "Let's get to bed."

"But it's only 8:30 and I'm not that tired," Jamie said.

Sophia looked at Jamie.

"Oh," Jamie said. "You don't mean go to bed, you mean 'go to bed'."

Sophia nodded.

"In that case," Jamie said. "Let's go to bed!"

Sophia looked at Jamie again.

"Tone it down a little?" Jamie asked.

"Just a tad," Sophia said.