Life Choices, Challenges and Changes

Christening Party Continued

Life Choices Challenges and Changes Part 2

Christening Party Continued

June 25, 2017

"Rory, we want to talk to you. Shira and I want you to have this. A little something for the baby."

Rory looked at the couple that said her name and was approaching her. It had been five years, and even though they were repairing their relationship with Logan, she wondered if she could be civil to his parents. Rory wondered if this was an olive branch that they were offering her. Rory looked around and wished that Finn was standing beside her but felt relieved when she felt her brother in law Angus put his arm on her shoulder. Suddenly Rory was distracted by her two little boys. Lucas and Liam were running towards her. She watched with a smile on her face as little Liam tried to catch up to his brother. The Batman cape was flapping behind him. She glanced over to the right and saw that the Huntzbergers were also walking towards her too.

"Mama, Mama, can we go swimming? Aunt Steph said that we have to ask you. Can we? Can we? I don't want to wait till we go to Australia. I want to go now. It's hot," Lucas asked her all excited.

Liam ran up to her and wrapped his arms around her legs. "Peese Mama."

Liam looked up at her with his big blue eyes. Rory lifted him up and smoothing the curls on his head she gave him a kiss on his cheek.

"You two boys really want to go swimming now? What will you wear? We didn't bring your bathers with us," she asked them hoping she could talk them out of it.

"That's okay, Mama, we can go nakie," Lucas responded.

She heard laughter and glared at Colin and her brother in law. She then saw her husband and Logan approach her with big smiles on their face.

"Colin, what pool do you have open? Is it heated? And who will be supervising them? Where is Steph," she said, looking around the party.

"What's wrong, Love?"

"Da, we want to go swimming, and Aunt Steph said we had to ask first. But mom forgot our bathers," Lucas turned and told his father.

Liam looked at his father and reached out for him.

Finn took Liam in his arms and smiled. Liam patted his father's face and said, "Da go simm, peese."

Finn smiled looking down at Lucas and Liam and then at his wife. "Boys you don't have your bathers."

"Go Nakie," Liam parroted his brother shaking his head and pulling at his shirt and batman cape.

Rory blushed while Logan, Colin, and Angus started laughing.

"Ace it seems that you have two little Finns. What's the old saying, the nut doesn't fall too far from the tree?" Logan teased Finn.

Rory nodded in agreement then turned to her oldest son and tried to reason with him.

"Lucas, I understand that you want to go swimming, but in Uncle Colin's pool you need an adult with you, and I didn't bring my bather with me."

"But Da can, we can all go nakie like we do in Australia," Lucas told her. "Da, you always say, we don't need bathers, that they are a bother."

"Luke, I'm sorry, but your mom won't let me swim nakie here. I can't go in the pool with you without my bather."

"Why is she always the boss?" Luke pouted, giving his best Rory pout.

At that Angus, Colin and Logan burst out laughing. Colin leaned over and whispered to Logan, "I think we have experienced that pout before."

Finn heard him and winked at them.