All of a sudden I started to stir.... It was a deep, Narvel was waking me up. "Kenzie, can you say Good Morning to mommy and the baby?" He smiled picking the three year old toddler.
"Morning mommy." She giggled and smiled
I smiled and looked down at my what looked to be about a 3 month baby bump. "Can you say goodmorning to the baby?" I asked her
"Morning baby!" She smiled
I smiled and pecked Narvels lips.
He smiled kissing me back
I picked up Kenzie and pulled her onto the bed placing her on my hip bones.
She laid on top of me and got comfy
I smiled and rubbed her back and looked at Narvel.
He smiled at me
I smiled at him
He kissed my cheek
"So Kenzie has a D-O-C-T-O-R-S appointment today" I said, she hates going to the doctors.
"Oh does she now?" He asked
I nodded
He kissed me
"I'm nervous" I said, today was the first one Narvel wasn't going to be with me for because he and mama were going to move all of mamas stuff in, she has been living with us for a while now but not all her stuff is at the house
"Baby don't be." He said smoothlyinh
"I can't do it alone" I said
"What time is her appointment?" He asked
"11:40" she said
"Maybe your mama would be okay until waiting until it's over."
He said
"No.... No... It's fine, I know she wants to get it done and over with" I said
"I know but you two need me." He said
"It's okay" I have a weak smile. "I can do it. I don't think she needs any S-H-O-T-S" I said
"thats good." He smiled
I nodded and picked her up getting out of bed
"You hungry?" I asked him
"No, I'll probably just have some coffee" he said
"Baby you need to eat real food." I said
"I'm not really hungry, I haven't been feeling well recently and food just makes it worse, I'm good." He said
"What's wrong?" I asked concerned
"It's nothing." He said playing it off, he didn't want to worry me.
"Baby." I said
"I'm okay" he said taking his coffee
I pecked his lips
He smiled. "Call me after the appointment" he said
"I will baby." I said
He nodded and he he left with my mama.
A little later we were checking Kenzie in at the doctors, it hasn't been the same sense Lizzie left the hospital.
"Mommy?" Kenzie said
"Yes beautiful?" I asked
"Me no likey." She said
"I know baby" I said
She whimpered and reached for me
I picked her up and held her close
She clung to me
I smiled and held her close
She hugged me tight
They called us back
She held on tighter
I sat down on the bed with her and we waited for the doctor to come in
"No octor." She said
"I know sweetie" I said kissing her head. Sure enough the doctor came in with her head down. "Miss Makenzie Blackstock?" The girl said
"Not here." Kenzie said
The doctor giggled and looked up and her smile froze. "Reba?" Lizzie said shocked, she hadn't seen her for years.
"Lizzie?" I asked
"What are you doing here?" She asked
"Little miss has her check up." She said
"Oh my! She's gotten so big!" She said.
"She's three now." I smiled
"Oh my goodness! I've missed so much!" She said
"How are you guys doing?l I asked
"We are going through some rough times but it's okay" she said clearly upset.
"What's wrong?" I asked
"Um... Our son got sick... And he had cancer and um.... We should get going with her check up" she said fanning her eyes.
"Peyton had cancer?! Is he okay?" I asked
She looked at me. "He passed away last Month" she said turning around.
My heart shattered. "Lizzie... I'm so sorry." I said
"Alright Kenzie, do you remember?" She said clearly trying to get off the subject.
"Aunt Lizzie." She smiled and giggled
She smiled and she checked her and smiled. "She's perfectly healthy" she said grabbing her clipboard
"Aunt Lizzie?" She asked
"Yes Sweetie?" She said
"Love you." She missed her so much
"Oh honey, I love you too" she said kissing her head
She hugged her tight
"Alright... I better get going to my next patient" Lizzie said
"Hey" I hugged her tight
She held me tightly
"I miss you."I said
"I miss you too" she said
"Me hug too." Kenzie said
Lizzie giggled and hugged Kenzie. "I should really get going" She said
"Call me tonight." I said
"Okay" she said
We left
When we got home Narvel and mama were done moving things
"Daddy! Grandma!" Kenzie ran in
I followed behind her and smiled, Narvel had picked her up
"Lookie!" She pointed to her sticker
"Did you get a sticker?!" He smiled
She giggled and smiled big
I came in
"Mommy." She smiled
"Hey gorgeous" I said
She giggled
"Babe can I talk to you?" I said
"Sure." He nodded
I pulled him go the side and said "so today at the appointment I saw Lizzie" I said
"Really?" He said
"Yeah.... And her son, he passed away from cancer a month ago" I said
"Peyton?....he's gone?" He asked heart broken
"He's gone" I said hugging him tight. "She didn't even call or anything" I said to him
He hugged me tight and kissed his head
I held him tightly
He rubbed my back
I started to cry
"Oh sweetie." He said
"I'm a horrible person" I cried
"Baby know your not." He said
"Yes I am" she saidb
"No." He said
"She wouldn't even call me when she needed guidance and help.... And a friend" I cried
"Sweetie:" he soothed
I looked up at him
"I didn't do anything wrong." He said
I nodded and we awaited the call at night.
She called me round 8:30
I answered
"Hey." I smiled
"Hey" she said softly
"How are you?" I asked
"You know, the usual.... We are just getting over the passing, It's all really hard. I we are also trying for another baby right now and after 6 months we are starting to give up because of our past." She said
"No no don't give up." I said
"Reba I have no hope left" she said
"No no you always have hope." I said rubbing my belly
"Yeah coming from you. You don't even try and you get pregnant." She said
"I'm so sorry." I said
"Yeah." She said sharply
"I really am." I said
"I have to go." She did
Said*
"Love you." I said
"Love you." She said fast and hung up.
I sighed
Kenzie came running in yelling "baby! Baby!"
"What sweetie?" I asked
"Baby!" She said reaching for my belly
"Yep there a baby." I smiled
"Auntie Lizzie?" She said
"What About her?" I asked
She just snuggled into me
I kissed he cheek
Narvel walked in
"Hi baby."'I smiled
"Hey" he smiled
I kissed him
Kenzie pushed him away so we couldn't kiss
"Baby?" He said kissing her cheek
She pushed him away too
He poked his lips out
She hit his lips with her hand
"We don't hit." He said
She hit him again
"Kenzie." He so
She slapped him across the face
"Kenzie no." He said
"Yes." She said hitting him with both her hands
"No." I said moving her away
"Yes!" She said and started to hit me
"No we don't." I said putting down
She started hitting my legs and giggling
"Kenzie no." I said
"Yes!" She said
"No." I said
"Yes!" She said and started kicking me Nd hitting me
Narvel picked her up
She kicked and hit him hard
"Time out." He said
She just kept hiring him
She put her in her room
She looked up at him and ran over to her toys
He watched her
She played with her toys while she was in time out
He smiled at her
She held her dolls close
"I love you." He said
"Mommy" she whined
"What baby?" I asks
"Auntie Lizzie" she said again
"She's not here." I said
"Call" she said reaching for a phones
"She called me already." I said
"Again!" She whined
"Baby it's bedtime.@ I said
She started crying
"Kenzie." I said
"Mommy" she cried
"What baby?" I asked
"Call" she whined
"Baby." I said
"Mommy, please!" She cried
"Okay okay." I pulled her close and called Lizzie
She sniffled and held me close
I kissed her cheek
"Auntie"she said into the phone when she picked up
"Hi cutie." She said
"Auntie come over" she said
"Oh sweetie I would love too." She said
"Weally?!" She said
"Yes baby." She said
"Yay!" She smiled
"I'll come over tomorrow." She said
"No, tonight" she said
"Baby it's too late." She said
She started crying and ran off
I held her close and soothed her
"Mommy now" she cried
"Baby look at me." I said
She looked at her crying
"I promise she will come tomorrow but it's bed time." I said
"school" she cried
"Baby you don't have school tomorrow." I said
"Yes." She said sadly
"It's Saturday." I said
She ran over to her bed and curled up
I rubbed her back soothingly
She started to fall asleep
"I love you.." I said
"Love.... You...." She cried
I kissed her cheek
She fell asleep
The next day
Kenzie was up at 5:00 am
I was fast asleep
"Mommy! Mommy!" She whined
I huffled and got up
"Auntie! Auntie!" She said
"Baby it's five in the morning," I said
"Auntie!" She cheered
"She's coming later I said
"Now!" She whined
"No sweetie." I said
She started crying
"Sweetie what's wrong?" I asked
"Auntie!" She cried and ran out of the room
I picked her up
She was screaming and crying
"Baby." I said
"No!" She cried
"What's wrong?" I asked
"Auntie!" She cried
"She's coming later." I said
"Now!" She cried
"She's sleeping." I said
She kept crying
I soothed her
She hit me
"Hey." I said holding her hands
She looked at me
I kissed her cheek
She curled Into me crying
I hugged her tight
She looked at my belly
I rubbed her back
"Baby" she said
"Yep there is a baby in there." I said
She placed her little hand on my belly
I smiled big and placed my hands over hers
She smile
I kissed her head
She laid her head on my chest
We both fell back asleep." I said
Narvel woke up before us
We were all exhausted
"Goodmorning baby" I said to him
"Morning." He smiled and pecked my lips
I smiled and hung in his lips
HE kissed me again
I deepened the kiss
He smiled and pulled me close
"It's the baby" she said
"What about the baby?" He asked
"Nevermind" I giggled
He just kissed me
I smiled and kissed him back
"i love you." i smiled
"I love you" he smiled
I kissed him again
He chuckles
I smiled and giggled
"How is Kenzie?" He asked
"She's good now." I said
He nodded
A few hours later
Lizzie was over
"Auntie!!" Kenzie ran to her
"Hey baby girl!" She smiled
She hugged get tight
"Hi!" I smiled
"Hey." She smiled
"How are you?" I asked
"Good how are you?" She asked
"I'm good, did you get our Christmas card?" She asked me
"Sure did." I smiled
"Did you look at it?" She asked
"We just got it today. Baby wanna help mama open it?" I smiled at Kenzie
Lizzie glanced over at her husband and smiled as she sat down at the kitchen table
Kenzie and I opened
When we pulled it out there was a picture of the two of them kissing and then another one of their dog, the caption said "merry Christmas from our growing family to yours" and there was a little sonogram picture below.
"Lizzie?!" I smiled and excitedly
"What?" She smiled looking at me "it's just us and the dog" she smiled
"Your pregnant?!" I smiled
"Maybe.... Maybe just a few months" she blew it off like it was nothing.
"How far along?" I asked
She was wearing a very bulky Christmas sweater and her scrubs were huge when we went to see her yesterday. "We just got to 15 weeks.... Because of what happened the last time... We didn't want to tell anyone because we didn't want to risk having a miscarriage with this baby like we did with Peyton" she said
"Lizzie!!!" I smiled big and hugged her tight. I put my hands on her belly
She smiled and she had a expanding baby belly. "Lizzie you said Peyton got cancer...?" Narvel said. I looked at Jake and he nodded. "Okay well you see... When 'peyton' was born... It wasn't me. That was not me in the delivery room, the 9 months of pregnancy. That was our adopting mother.... She was pretending to be me. We never had a baby" she said looking between me and Narvel.
"Wait hold up? I was in that room and it was most definitely you". I said
She looked at me and shook her head. "It wasn't." She took a deep breath and it was very shaky. "I was in the room until you left, and I was pretending.... Then our real mother came in. We did all of it because we wanted to get pregnant so so so bad.... That's why we haven't talked in years because I was recovering from the emotional strain it had on me. We have been trying sense and we got pregnant once and it failed. That's why this time we waited so long. I'm sorry..." She said
I was completely in shock and very confused but I just hugged her tight
She held me tightly and she was beginning to become very emotional. "Maybe we should get going.... I've clearly hurt and confused you and probably lost your trust forever" she said pulling away, her mascara was running so bad and she was trying to wipe it off but it wouldn't go away.
"Auntie, mommy baby too." Kenz got in the middle of us
Lizzie smiled. "Yes baby, Auntie has a baby in her belly too" I smiled
She giggled and smiled
"Actually baby doll, we think it's actually three babies in this room, maybe even four" Lizzie said
"Huh?" She asked
Lizzie looked at me. "Oh... Uh, nothing" she smiled softly
"What do you mean?" She asked
"It's nothing" she said
"Mommy?" She said
"Yes sweetie?" I said
"Four babies?" She asked
"Yes. Your mother is having triplets and I'm having twins." Lizzie spit out. "So actually that would be 5" Lizzie said
Narvel was only one who knew. I didn't want Kenzie knowing just try
"mommy?" Kenzie said clearly nervous And upset. "I'm sorry.... Was I not supposed to say anything?" She said
I picked her up and held her close. "She didn't know about 3 babies." I mouthed
Lizzie looked down and nodded, her pregnancy announcement wasn't even a big deal anymore. Her having twins.... Was nothing to me having triplets as she thought. "Jake we should get going...." I said standing up
"No no don't go." I said
I saw her look around and Jake came up behind her. "We have to go deliver all our Christmas gifts to everyone's house tonight....." I said
"Lizzie look at me. I'm not mad and I'm so thrilled you guys. You deserve these babies." I smiled
"Your having three.... My two mean nothing to your three." And said
"It doesn't matter who has more." I said
Lizzie just looked down. "We should really get going.... You have a lot to talk over with Kenzie" Lizzie said getting slightly emotional as she put her coat on.
"Auntie." Kenzie said reaching for her
Lizzie picked her up. "Hi baby girl" she kissed her head
She held on to her neck
I swayed and rubbed her back soothingly
"She wake up at five this morning because she was so excited to see you guys." I smiled
"Really?! You couldn't wait to see us?!" Lizzie smiled tickling Kenzis
She giggled and smiled
Lizzie smiled and kissed her little ole head
She giggled
"Wanna go play?" She asked
She smiled
Lizzie took Kenzie to the play rokm
Kenzie held ger hand
I smiled watching them
