New Begins

Taking Away

We have been living in our new house for two months now and I love it. Bo and Sydney are loving school. They are making a lot of friends. It still feels like Luke and I have been together longer than four months, it feels like years. I took the day off from work so I could take the kids to their doctor appointments, I just got to the house from dropping them off at school. I left
Tate and Hunter at daycare since they love it there and Luke told me that he would pick all of our babies up today.
 
   I'm so thankful for Luke. Mark never treated me like Luke treats me. Mark never kept a job and he wouldn't help me take care of the kids. I don't know why Mark keeps popping into my head lately. I just have a feeling something's going to go horribly wrong. As the thought comes my phone rings making me jump, I look at the screen and freeze. It's Mark.

  "Hello?" I answered his call.

   "Where are my kids?" I can tell that he is drunk and pissed.

   "They are here with me." I told him.

  "You are not at your mom's and she won't tell me where you are. Tell me now so I can get my kids!" He yelled through the phone.

   "I'm not telling you where my kids are. They are not going to be with a drunk that will put them in danger." I'm scared that he would find us, he has put me and my kids through too much and I'm done with it.

   "They are my kids and if you don't bring them to me. I will come and get them!"

   "You will never get those kids and you will never see them again." I said hanging up the phone. I feel tears running down my face and my hands are shaking. I hear Luke's truck pull in, I go upstairs so the kids won't see me like this. When I closed the door my phone went off with a text message. It's from Mark. I opened it and I regret ever answering his call.

     ~From Mark
         I will find you and the kids. When I do you will regret ever leaving me.

   I lost it then, the tears came faster and I was shaking harder. I feel sick and the room is spinning.

   "Britney!" Luke yells, all I can do is scream. I hear Luke running up the stairs and bursting through our bedroom door. He runs to my side and wraps his arms around me. "What's wrong, baby?"
 
  "M-Mark." I said shaking more.

  "Your ex?" All I could do is nod. " What did he do?" I showed him my phone. I was hyperventilating and I was sobbing but nothing was coming out. "That fucking bitch!" Luke yelled
"He will not touch you or our kids. We can get a restraining order and we can go to court to get full custody of them babies and you will never see him again." Luke said holding me tighter. "My mom and dad are staying in their house here in Nashville and she was wanting to know if she can have the kids for the weekend? We can have the weekend to ourselves, we can go on a date or we can stay here and really break in our bathroom and bedroom." Luke said making me laugh, and smacking his arm.

   "Where are the kids now?" I asked wiping my face.

   "They are downstairs with mom right now. You clean up, while I get the kids clothes ready." Luke said kissing my head.

     I went into our bathroom and washed my face. I fixed my hair and make up. I have never met his parents before and I'm really nervous to meet them. Will they like me? Am I good enough for Luke? I don't need to be thinking these thoughts so I left the bathroom and walked down the stairs. I found everyone in the living room.

   "Britney, this is my mom, LeClaire." Luke said introducing me to his mother.

   "It's nice to meet you." I said

   "I have heard so much about you. I hope you don't mind me taking the kids for the weekend. Nothing will happen to them."

   "No, that's fine. I trust you, you did rise this one." I said pointing to Luke.

   "That's not a good point. This one didn't turn out as good." His mom said laughing.

   "Hey! I think I turned out fine!" Luke defended himself.
 
   "I was just teasing, son."

   "Yeah, yeah. Go before I change my mind."

   "If you change your mind, you will not be getting any!" His mom told him with a straight face.

  "Mother!" Luke yelled. I laughed and walked over to the kids. Giving all four of them a kiss and hug.

   "Bye mommy." They all said. It's the first time Bo and Tate has ever called me mom. It warms my heart.

   "Bye babies. Have fun." Luke gave them hugs and kisses and we told his mother goodbye and they left. "Let's go have dinner and start our weekend off right." Luke said kissing me. Honestly I thought the first thing he would do was drag me up to the bedroom but I guess not! That will have to wait till later!