Life Changing

Chapter 46

Four months had passed. In that time Penelope had celebrated her eighth birthday and Emily and Sam had celebrated their one year anniversary. Through therapy Emily had made immense progress from what happened to her. She still had sessions but only when she felt like she needed to. She was finally coming back to work tomorrow. She'd just gotten home from running errands and taking Bubbles to her annual appointment to the vet. She took out her phone and dialed Sam's number.

"Hello?" He said.

"Hi sweetheart." She said.

"Hi." "How's your day going?"

"Good." "I have some news about Bubbles."

"Is she ok?"

"She's fine." "She's pregnant."

"She's gonna have puppies?"

"Yeah." "The vet said she's twenty-eight days along and she's having a litter of six."

"Hang on, tell Penelope." "Penelope." He said taking the phone away from his ear. "Emily's on the phone." "She wants to tell you something."

"Hi Emily." Penelope said getting on the phone.

"Hi." Emily said. "Guess what."

"What?"

"The vet told me that Bubbles is pregnant." "She's gonna have six puppies."

"Really?" She said excitedly. "That's great." "Daddy can we please keep a puppy?" She asked.

"We'll talk about it when the puppies are born." Emily heard Sam say in the background.

"How are you Emily?" Penelope asked.

"Fine." Emily said.

"I can't wait for you to come back on the road with me and daddy." "I miss not having you with us."

"I miss it to." "I'm gonna see you tomorrow and I love you."

"I love you too." "Bye."

"Bye."

Sam got back on the phone.

"I guess we'll have to get Bubbles fixed after this pregnancy." Sam said.

"Yeah." Emily said.

"I can't wait to see you tomorrow."

"I can't wait either."

"I've gotta go." "I love you."

"I love you too."

The next day Emily had just gotten to the hotel in Michigan. She'd just gotten to the room.

"Hello?" She said as she went inside.

"Hi Emily." They hugged.

"Hi." "Where's your daddy?"

"Napping." "He said for you to wake him up when you got here."

"Ok." "I'm gonna go do that then." She opened the bedroom door and went in.

"Sam" She said softly getting on the bed. "Sweetheart, wake up." He rolled over to face her and opened his eyes. "Hi."

"Hi." They kissed. "I missed you."

"I missed you to."

Later that night Emily was at the make-up table with Penelope. Everyone was coming up and welcoming Emily back. Austin came up.

"Hi Emily." He said.

"Hi." They hugged.

"It's good to have you back."

"It's great to be back."

Fifteen minutes later Britt came up. They hugged.

"You look great." Britt said.

"Thanks."

"I'm so glad you're back."

"Me to."

The next night Emily, Penelope and Sam were in their hotel room in Oklahoma City. Emily and Sam were sitting on the couch. Penelope came and sat between them.

"Something on your mind?" Sam asked.

"Daddy is it possible to have two mommies?" Penelope asked.

"Yeah why?"

"I was wondering if Emily can be my mommy to." "I kind of feel bad for thinking about it."

"You don't have to feel bad." "Your mommy knows you love her." "It's ok to have two mommies."

Penelope looked at Emily. "Can I call you mommy?"

"Yes you can." Emily said smiling. She kissed Penelope on the cheek.

A few hours later Emily and Sam were sitting up in bed.

"I was thinking." Sam said. "We should get a place together, like our own place." "One where you feel like it's yours to."

"Your house feels like mine."

"You just referred to it as my house." "I want us to have a house where you think of it as our home."

"Ok." "We can start looking."

"Good."

"Wanna have sex?"

"Are you sure?" "We haven't done anything since...

"I know." "I'm ready." She straddled him and kissed him. "I love you."

"I love you too." They kissed.