Pretend This didn't Happen

Another forty years

Benjamin, Sandra and Mandy all screamed from their cribs, Mandy to hear the sound of her own voice, Sandra to challenge her and Benjamin to tell them both to keep it down because everytime they sounded off their sister Angareas would try to escape the confines of her crib again. Gary and Andrea had their hands full but loved each minute of it, no matter how much each sixty seconds stressed them both. "You know beautiful," Gary had let Angareas out of her crib to wander to safety "we are still in need of a short stop and three outfielders."

Having Sandra and Mandy each attached to a breast, the look on Andrea's face wiped the smirk off Gary's who was holding their son. "Where are we going to put them all?" Andra smirked "we already had to give up our Master bedroom to make the nusery capable of containing all three new family recruits." 

"What do you say Benjamin?" Gary lifted his son to look into eyes for the answer and caught a very familiar scent. "Oo boy you stinky. Gotcha, that idea stinks to high heaven." Gary set Benjamin back in his crib "take your mom's side," Gary smiled making silly faces at their son "your mom can change your stinky bum too when she's done with your sisters." Gary chased down his other daughter and stood her to her feet to practice walking. When Andrea was all finnised with their other three children Gary changed and dressed Angareas before making himself another pot of coffee.

Andrea came into the kitchen a while later after her shower and poured herself a cup of coffee and joined her husband at the table. "You know, I am not against the idea of having more children but we are simply going to need a larger house and I am not certain how we could manage, I mean we have four and they can't share a bedroom forever." Andrea took a sip of her coffee "we need to be reasonable."

Gary was making himself a coffee "I know my love." Gary sat with his coffee "I am not certain I want anymore children anyhow," explaining "we have enough to see them through to a good life at this time." Gary took a drink of his coffee "Yeah, I don't think that we would be able to produce a baseball team in time anyhow before our child bearing years are over. I am super suprised that you were able to cary triplets to term also as it is and even a week passed full term at that." Gary put his shoes and jacket on and went outside for a smoke."

Coming back inside Gary removed his coat and footwear before joining Andrea at the table again after giving her a kiss "I was elated when we were carying fraternal twins." Gary took a drink of his coffee "and horrified when an egg split and you then had tripplets to carry to full term." Tears began gently rolling down Gary's cheeks "I am so grateful that we pulled through this but I would be lying if I said I wasn't fearful for your life many times during the pregnancy." Gary took another drink of his coffee and wiped his cheeks with his sweater sleave. "I don't know what I would do if I ever lost you."

"A hubby," Andrea covered Gary's hand on the table with hers  "you're never going to lose me." Andrea now had tears of her own running down cheeks "I am more affraid of losing you to those stinky cancer sticks or something. Afterall you are also Twenty two years older than me also." Andrea took a drink of her coffee and standing to get the coffee pot "refil?"

"Yes my love" Gary slid his cup, coaster and all to his wife "promise me also that when I do pass on you are not going to live alone and miserable." Gary brought his cup back to himself "thank you" he took a sip looking at his beautiful wife now also in tears. "Replace me with whatever or whoever you need to keep yourself."

"I will," Andrea promised "but don't you dare go dying on me for at least another forty years" she demanded with a smile,wiping her tears.