I am now 20 weeks pregnant, there is 14 weeks left before Kate and her husband arrive home. I'm sitting outside on the deck with Frankie in my arms laying in front of my noticeable belly of the pool at our house watching Carter and Bentley in the pool. I'm surrounded by Cam, Tim, Mason and Chloe as we all relax for the afternoon. I never got a phone call from dad either saying he's sorry for his behavior so I guess only Cameron's parents and Chloe's parents will be involved with her life, considering Chloe's family took me in when Dad kicked me out.
"Mum can you help me?" Bentley runs over towards me struggling with his swim shorts that have become undone
"Sure thing mate, Don't run please" I say as he walks off smiling. Carter's cast is off already because it was only a minor break.
"Hey Mason?" I say catching the teenagers attention
"Yeah Ash" he responds instantly
"What kind of relationship did you have with your parents? You don't have to tell me, if you don't want to" I ask him watching his facial expressions
"They're never home. I'm pretty sure my dad hasn't spoken to me i at least a year and seen me twice in my whole life. I've basically raised these boys before you were here and I'm glad you're here because these boys love you and they need someone like you, you're like the older sister / mother we never had. Thank you for taking us on" Mason says honestly,
"You are so brave, those boys needed you and you took charge and they'll love and appreciate you for that forever. I'm happy you guys accepted me" I notice is sad expression change to a happy thankful one towards the end of his sentence and it warmed my heart. He grabbed my hand and said 'thank you sincerely and I smiled at him.
Unknown caller:
"Hi is this Ashlee Mitchell?" the male person says on the other line
"Who's speaking?"
"This is Mark Lacie from Child Government agencies, im just ringing to let you know that Bentley, Carter, Frankie and Mason Williams are officially now under your permanent care. Congratulations"
"Um I'm sorry?" I respond. Earning everyone from the table around me attention.
"Ashlee Mitchell you must've signed documentation to take the kids on and its been approved and processed" the man says
"who are the birth parents" I quiz this guy
"Kate and Michael Williams" I pause. Oh god
"Where are they?" I ask not wanting the answer
"Their state is not confirmed" the guy responds and my face sinks
"Are they alive? Does anyone know?" I say again
"Thank you for your time Ashlee Mitchell, Congratulations on being a mum. All the best" he says and the call ends
... They're not coming back
"I'm the official parent of you now" I say to Mason, his face doesn't change - he almost doesn't care
"What do we do now?" I ask,
"At least you know that Benny and Carter won't mind" Mason says and I smile half heartedly
This was supposed to be for another 14 weeks then I could raise my daughter with Cam, I don't know how im feeling. Am I angry, upset, confused, do I actually care that these will be my kids? I can't give them away, these kids are my family.
"Äre you okay Ash?" Cam asks kneeling in front of me while I was staring into space
"Uh yeah I'm just ah going to go for a walk" I say and cam takes a sleeping Frankie out my hands because im a little unstable right now. Cam follows me in our room and I sit on the bed and express all my thoughts to him and he reassures me. He grew up surrounded by siblings. He asks me how its any different to continuing this than it has been the last few months. I think I'm more stressed about the baby.
He reassures me and we go back outside and I return to my normal state understanding and processing my new life ahead of me. Plus I'll have Chloe and Tim to support.
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"Cam, Cam, CAM" I whisper yelled waking him up
"yeah baby?" he says rolling over
"I'm bleeding" I say and he springs out of bed and around to my side to help me up to get dressed and go to the hospital.
"Chloe, I'm going to the hospital. You've got the boys and Frankie" I say as she stares at me
"Why ash?" she asks with concern getting out of bed
"I'm bleeding" I say trying not to cry, I could see Chloe was doing the same thing. She just hugs me before giving me a smile
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"Miss Mitchell and Mr Grayson" the doctor announces as he approaches us sitting there
'"Hi yes, that's us" Cam says standing up nervously as I watch him
"So Miss Mitchell lost quite a lot of blood which is generally concerning considering how far along you are, you do in fact still have the baby but you may not be able to go full term meaning a ceasarian" he says and I smile with relief that our baby girl is okay. The doctor dismisses us and we head home as the sun is rising
"Our baby girl is okay" I say gently squeezing Cameron's hand as he drives.
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"So how'd it go" Chloe says getting up from the table and as I come into sight she ses my face and her face relaxes
"She's still with us" I say with a smile and hug Chloe.
"How's the kids?" I ask her
"Frankie didn't wake" just as Chloe finishes her sentence I hear Frankie start to stir and wake up. We laugh at the coincidence and i go in to get her with Cameron following closely.
"Good Morning" I say to Frankie as I lift her up
"You're going to be a big sister soon" I whisper to her, seeing Cam in the corner of my eye standing in the doorway.
"You're gorgeous" he says to me smiling then embracing me before we kiss.
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The Babysitter
FanficI groan shutting off my alarm to get up and ready for class. Luckily its only for 8 more weeks. I sit up and see my best friend & dorm room buddy, Chloe sound asleep. I move quietly to get ready so I can go get Chloe and I coffees before I have to m...
