2 years later, I'm sitting in the hospital with Courtney waiting for her baby boy to arrive. With each contraction she cries and screams out "where the fuck is the asshole who did this to me!"
I try to call Brad again and this time he finally answers. "Hello."
"Jesus Brad it's about time! Babies coming now!" I yell at him.
"What right now? Ok I'll be there."
He hangs up and I soothingly tell Courtney he will be here soon. I call Derek to let him know what is happening.
Derek answers pretty quick and at the same time talking to Bryce to have him grab Gabby's juice. Gabby is crying in the back ground and Bryce sounds wound up.
"Hey babe, how's it going at home?" I ask.
"We are hanging in there. Where are you?"
"Well Courtney went into labor. So we are at the hospital right now."
"Oh wow should I come there?" Derek asked.
"No Gabby sounds cranky and Bryce seems wound up."
"You aren't kidding. Keep me updated. Did you get ahold of Brad?"
"Yeah he's on his way. He must have been working on the cottages in the woods because I've been calling him for at least 2 hours."
"Go figure. I'm going to call Dana and Ethan and see if they will take Bryce and maybe watch Gabby."
"If you want to do that, that's fine."
I look down at my own swollen belly as it growls. We had just sat down for lunch when Courtney's water broke. So needless to say lunch didn't happen and now I'm a starving pregnant woman!
I got pregnant with Gabby right as Bryce had come into our lives. In fact probably the day before they moved here and now I'm 8 and a half months pregnant with our second one, the gender is a surprise.
I got a text from Derek telling me that him and Brad are on their way and that Dana is with the kids.
Within the last 2 years we all got married, I've had a baby girl, Courtney is about to have a boy, Dana and Ethan were engaged last weekend and the winery is doing amazing. We've tripled our profits, we are building cottages for people to camp and the wine tours are taking off!
Mama and Papa have stepped back. Papa has since gained some health issues and we are making him take it easy and let us all do the work. Mama is having some knee troubles and will soon need a knee replacement.
Bryce has been pretty amazing to have around. He helps with Gabby a lot and takes care of the horses. He is eight years old now and a really great kid. He does really well in school and looks more and more like Derek as he gets older, they even have the matching glasses and Bryce can't wait till he gets older to get tattoos. Gabby loves him so much. He's such a good big brother to her and he cannot wait until the baby arrives. It was a really good transition when they moved here and Dana a Derek work together flawlessly with custody.
Brad and Derek arrive and my hero has brought me some food! Derek is great and I'm so happy to be with him, to be married to the man of my dreams and to have his children. I'm so glad I did not walk away from him.
Brad is now next to Courtney trying to comfort her and she's calling him every swear word in the book. When I had Gabby I was calm as can be the doctor even said that they would not have ever known I was having a baby. To see Courtney like this is hilarious. Can't do anything but laugh at her.
