Right Time, Right Place

Part 16

Timeline: 2 month time jump - Meaning Carmen has been living with Owen & Amelia for 2 months now!

Amelia's POV:

Owen is gone already for work meaning this is my chance to do something I have been putting off. I think I am pregnant but I have yet to find out. I go into our bathroom and take out a pregnancy test. I take a deep breath and do it and then sit there and wait for my timer to be done. The timer goes off and I look at it quickly : PREGNANT

I close my eyes as I start to tear up and smile. I can't wait to tell Owen. But I have no idea how. I walk down the hallway to Carmen's room and knock on the door. "Hey can I come in?"

"Yep!" She opens the door and looks at me, "Wait what's wrong?" she asks me

I smile, "sorry I am in like disbelief, but you can't tell anyone this yet okay but I desperately need your help"

Carmen nods and sits on her bed patting the spot beside her for me to sit down.

"I am pregnant and I have no idea how to tell Owen."

Carmen smiles, "I am going to have a little sister or brother!"

I laugh, "Yes you are but I need your help. Owen has wanted a family for as long as I have known the guy. He has been thrilled to have you and I can already see him going into dad mode with you it's really cute actually"

Carmen nods, "Yeah like yesterday I was telling Owen about working on a group project and I named my partners and a boy was in there and Owen got all tense and worried I was dating him"

I shake my head, "He's something else. But exactly he is already a dad, but we never exactly said we were trying for a baby it just sort of happened. And I should totally not be talking about this with my 14 year old daughter. I am sorry" I chuckle

Carmen looks at me not saying anything and I get worried, "Honey I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was overstepping. I will talk to someone else about this"

She shakes her head, "No, no its not that. It's just that you called me your daughter." She smiles, "I was never treated as someone's daughter in other foster homes."

I wrap my arms around her, "Well you know that Owen and I love you exactly like you are one of our own because in our eyes you are."

She smiles, "Thank you. But back to the original reason you came in here. Since you two are always joking around with each other maybe you could do like little things here and there tonight to see if he will catch on"

"Hm I like it. What should I do though?" I ask her leaning back against her wall

"Maybe you could leave a baby name book beside your bed, I am not sure if he will notice that right away so at dinner feed him something on a spoon. Then to really make him get it if he doesn't already have him unpack groceries and leave the last bag have like diapers in it."

"Wow you are amazing. Thanks for the help" I kiss the top of her head, "Now I have gotta go to work. Don't miss the bus. I am going to go to the store right after work so just text me when you get home. Owen and I won't be too late tonight."

Owen's POV:

I walk in from work and see Amelia and Carmen sitting on the couch. "How are my girls?" I ask hanging my bag up.

Carmen turns around and smiles, "We are good. Starving though so can you start dinner please?"

Amelia turns around too, "Yes we are indeed starving. I could even eat for two"

I laugh, "Well I don't want two starving girls so I am going to go up and change then I will start dinner. Decide what you girls want though." I walk upstairs and what Amelia said starts to hit me. Eating for two? I shrug it was definitely just an over exaggeration cause Amelia does that a lot when she is hungry.

I change quickly and then head back down. I walk into the kitchen and see Amelia eating ice-cream.

"Amelia what the heck I am going to start cooking right now." I laugh and kiss her cheek.

She gets a bite on her spoon and flies it around like an airplane and then puts it in my mouth, "You are so weird"

Carmen walks in and points to the grocery bag on the ground, "Hey Owen can you get me my new box of pencils out of that bag please?"

I nod and pick up the bag. I open it up and see the pencils but also... diapers? I quickly look up at Amelia and she is standing there innocently eating her ice cream. The eating for two, the spoon feeding me, the baby book I saw upstairs.

"Are you pregnant?" I ask her smiling big.

She nods, "I am" I put the ice-cream she was eating on the counter and pick her up. I start tearing up as I look at her again, "We are having a baby" I kiss her and hug her tightly.

I put Amelia down and we open up our arms for Carmen to come in too and we hug her.

"Congratulations guys" She smiles at us.

I look at Carmen, "Hey, I know we are really excited for Amelia to be having a baby. And I know this might feel weird for you, but you are such an important part to our family and you are without a doubt our first child. I just want you to know that. Even though you don't have our DNA and aren't officially adopted, you ARE our child and we can't wait for you to be a big sister."

Carmen starts crying and hugs us again. She looks at us after a few seconds and quietly asks, "Would it be okay if I called you guys mom and dad"

Amelia and I both start crying again and we nod. Amelia speaks first, "Of course Carmen. We'd love that"

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We finished dinner the three of us - well I guess 4 of us were cuddling on the couch. I had one arm wrapped around Amelia and my other around Carmen. We had a movie on the TV and we are really focused until Amelia sat up quickly.

"Woah what's wrong" I look at her.

"We need to get married now" She looks at me.

"And why is there a sudden rush" I ask her rather confused

"Because I am pregnant! I don't really want to wait another 9 months to get officially married. And if we wait too much longer I am also going to have a huge stomach." She looks stressed out so I sit up and kiss her forehead.

"First off, take a deep breath. Secondly, we can get married whenever you want. It doesn't have to be a big wedding. We can figure this out in a month or so. Maybe just wait until a little closer to buy your dress. So if you do start showing it won't be big deal. Okay?"

Amelia nods and takes a deep breath, "Okay, we can do this."

Carmen's POV:

After we say all say goodnight I get on my pajamas and lay in my bed. I pull out my journal and start writing...

Amelia and Owen are having a baby! I am really happy for them. They deserve a baby for sure. They have been such great parents to me so far. Today I even asked them if it would be okay if I called them mom and dad. That was a really big step for me. I am still not officially adopted yet because they still have to go through the entire process. But for now I am just happy to have a family that cares about me. It has been hard for me to adjust to that but I feel so safe here. They really are some of the best people and I don't think I will ever be able to repay them for how they practically saved my life.