Lasting Love

Theroux-Arquette family fun

"Bye, buddy!" I kiss Bentley as I hand him over to Justin's mom, Phyllis. He is staying with her and Justin's dad for the day and Justin, Kay and I are going to an indoor water park with Courteney, David and Coco. Even though it's with his grandparents I still hate to leave him with someone.

I get in the front of the car next to Justin and he pulls away. It's been 4 months since we started trying for a baby, and even though I've had no signs of pregnancy yet I've been having horrible motion sickness that I have any time we're in a car. I never had it before.

"You okay?" He asks knowing why I've been quiet the whole way so far. I nod my head and he doesn't bring it up again. We don't want Kayleigh to know that I'm sick or what is going on. Right now she is asleep, but I know as soon as we pull up to the Waterpark she'll magically wake up. I text Court to make sure that they are close behind us and she tells me that Coco has not shut up for the whole ride there. This makes me kinda happy that Kay is sleeping.

"We're here," I pick her up from her seat and follow Justin "Are you excited?"

She ignores what I asked and asks me a question instead "Where Coco?" She's always looking for her. I'm just glad Coco is only 2 years older than her and that they get along so good. We get into the park and Court tells us they are already changed, so we find a family bathroom we can all change in. I fight with Kay to get her bathing suit on, only for her to decide that she has to go potty after it is already on.

"Daddy can help you while I get changed." I tell her. Justin helps her while I change into a bathing suit that I should probably throw away. Justin swears it still looks okay, but looking in the mirror it looks too small to me.

We finally finish and go over to the sprinklers where Court and David and helping Coco jump around. She looks like she's having lots of fun, but the minute she sees us she runs over to Kay who is ecstatic to see her. I put our stuff next to theirs and join them all. The girls are jumping up and down and sliding around in the puddle, and all the adults are standing to the side letting the water hit our feet. Luckily we came on a Tuesday and there aren't many people here.

"Look mommy!" Kay yells as she shows me how her and Coco can jump almost as high as the water that is shooting up.

"Good job, baby!" I clap for them and they get excited. Courteney goes over and starts running around with them, and I join her since Justin and David are talking about something I don't understand. We run around in circles and the girls follow us laughing like crazy. They could do this all day if we let them.

"Let's go on that water ride," Justin says pointing to a boat ride with enough room for all of us. I pick up Kay and Courteney gets Coco. Justin and I walk over first with them following.

"Courteney?" Brad. Brad is behind them in line. What the hell is he doing here? Then I think again, and know that he's here with his kids, and probably Angelina as well. I don't want to look back, hoping that he won't see that I'm with, but he knows me too well to recognize me. Courteney and David talk to him for a little and it seems to work because he doesn't say anything about noticing me, but then Kay wants to play with Coco while we wait. She jumps out of my arms and runs over to where Coco is standing next to David.

"Just stay where we can see you, Kayleigh." Justin leans down to their level.

"Kayleigh?" Brad asks like he's figured something out. He looks around and finds me right away "Jen?" This makes Angelina look up from their kids very quickly and give me a dirty look as if I shouldn't be here.

"Hi, Brad." I try to act like I don't want to pick Kay up and go to the other end of the park right now. Justin on the other hand is staying on the ground playing with the girls.

"I didn't expect to see any of you guys here," he is trying to be nice. I have to give him credit for that "But it's nice to see all of you after so long." He looks down at Kay then back at me "She looks just like you."

"Thanks." I pick her up from where she is and she thanks him as well.

"You should see Bentley," David cuts in trying to relieve the tension "He's Justin's twin."

This makes Justin happy, and he finally speaks up "He is, but he's with my parents today, we thought he was too young to come with." At this point I would think Brad would stop listening, but instead he acting seems interested "Well, maybe we'll all run into each other another time somewhere like this."

"Yeah, that would be cool." Court says as we get to the front of the line. Angelina looks relieved when she watches us walk away. We pile into the boat with Court, David and Coco in the front, and Justin, Kay and I in the back. The ride starts and we go up a small hill, then around a loop and down a hill where we get completely drenched when we reach the bottom. The girls we're laughing and cheering the whole time and loved it.

"Do you want to go on another one?" Court asks the girls. They decide that they only want David and Justin with them, so we find one they like. It ends up being two huge side by side water slides that they can go down together. The girls decide again that they want to stand by themselves in line, and from where Court and I are sitting they look so tiny compared to the men.

"Any luck so far with you and Justin?" Court asks me. She knows that we've been trying.

I sigh "So far no, but it took us 3 months with Ben, so hopefully it'll be sometime soon."

"I hope it isn't too long for the two of you. It's really not an easy thing to go through." She looks from them in line back over to me "but it's totally worth it in the end." I know she's right. After all that her and David went through to have Coco she would never tell someone to go through this unless she was serious. Having Kay and Ben also reminds me daily that it's worth it.

"Was that one fun?" I ask Kay as I pick her up. She nods her head yes and her wet hair hits me right in the face. At least she liked it.

"Should we go get something to eat?" David asks. We all agree and find the closest food stand. I sit at the table with Kay on my lap and Coco right next to me while we wait for David, Court and Justin to get out food.

"Where's Ben?" Coco asks.

"He's with his grandparents. He's too young to do anything fun here." Answering this question makes me miss him even if I know I'll be seeing him in a few hours.

"He a baby." Kay adds since my answer wasn't good enough for her.

Justin hands me a tray with all of our food on it, and Court and David follow with theirs. I share my hamburger with Kay and she eats all my fries instead of touching her chicken nuggets that she just HAD to get.

"We'll have to plan something like this again sometime." David says as he carries Coco out. Both her and Kay are fast asleep after the long day of fun they've had.

"Yeah, I think they'll really like that." I watch as they go towards their car and we go to ours. All I wanna do is pick up Ben, and go home to bed. I'm exhausted.