The Love that Hasn't show: Time isn't a problem

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After we sing all the kids happy birthday, there's a knock on the door. Who would be this late for the party? It starts at five, and now is six already.

Since Lizzy and Alex was dealing with kids in the nursery, I went to open the door, I thought it might be pizza delivery.

"Sorry Lizzy, I was dealing with a client, and I wasn't..." The guy looks at me, "Who are you?"

To be honest, he looks hot, and somewhat familiar, but I forgot where I had seen him.

"I'm Bella Hope, Who are you?" I give him a stern look

"I'm Eli Harley."

Who?

"Eli! You made it!" Lizzy rush over and give him a hug.

"Sorry, Baby sis." He smile, "I was dealing with a client, and I wasn't noticing the time."

Oh, yeah, I forgot Lizzy's oldest brother name is Eli.

"Don't worry, The triplets are inside."

Doesn't he have a wife? I figure he would bring her, I mean it's around 5 years since I saw him. What's his wife name, Jenny or Bonnie? Who cares.

I walk over to Lizzy, "Why is Eli coming alone?" I ask

"What?" She look at me, confuse

"Isn't he married?" I ask

"Oh yeah, You we're down in uni when that happened, Eli caught Bonnie cheating on him."

"That hurts." I said, "I'm sorry, good thing I didn't asks."

"It's fine." She smiles, "Just don't mention anything related to him, he doesn't like it."

"Got it." I said

-
After the pizza was here, I grab a plateful and sit in the backyard.

"Hey, I haven't see you for a long time." Someone sits beside me

"Yeah, I think the last time I saw you, it was Lizzy's wedding and that's 5 years ago."

"I know, no wonder why we don't recognize each other." Eli laugh, "So how have you been?"

"Fine, I guess." I shrug, "I have a job, and a life."

"Then you want to introduce me to your boyfriend or something?" He look around

"Hey, I'm 24, I'm still in the phase where all boys are idiot." I tell him,

"Isn't that the same phase you were in like 10 years ago?" He asks

"And I'm still in it." I tell him,

He let out another laugh, "You didn't change much."

"Not really, my Ma always says 'why change yourself when you can just be yourself'."

"It doesn't make any sense" He said

"I know, but it's Pony Hope, when does my Ma ever make sense?"

"That I can't argue with."

I kind of miss talking to him, even though back then, he only look at me as Helen's little sister, but sometimes he'll give me this 'big bro' talk I can never get from my idiot brother.

-

It's like two weeks after the party, and I been thinking about something that I want to do, and I want to talk to Eddy about it.

"Hey Bell." He pull me into a hug, Eddy's like another big brother to me, because the only three boys in my house, according to Ma, are all idiots, except Josh for sure.

"Hey." We sit down and open a menu, we're at a restaurant, and I asked Eddy here because I want to go over my plan with him, before I tell Josh.

"How are the adoption coming?" I ask

"Still denied, Josh is really sad though, He always wants a family, but it looks like it'll never happen."

"Okay, here's the thing." I told him my plan, "Josh is my brother, and you are like a brother to me too, I really want you two to have a family, so if you thinks it's okay, I can be your surrogate, so you can have a child."

There's a long silent

"Bella, I can't ask you to do this." He said.

"But you didn't ask me, I want to."

"You know that might destroy your life, right?"

"I know." I shrugs, "But I don't care, if people look at me differently because I want to do something good for my brother, then to hell with them."

"Does anyone else know?"

"Yeah, I walk to all of my sisters." I said, "They all want to do it, but Helen had a hard time with the twins, and Dylan was a month earlier than his due, so I don't think it feels right if we let Helen do it, You know Nolan is in a wheelchair, and Willow is super busy now, if she do it, it will be too tired for her. Paris can't do it, because after she had her triplets, she went into complications, now so she can't have anymore kids."

"Bell." He said, "You know if you do it, what will that affect your life, right?"

"I know, but Josh is my triplets, I want to do this for him."

"You didn't know how much that means to us." He pull me into a hug, "Thank you."

"Hold your tears brother-in-law." I laugh, "There're going to be more tears in the future."

-

"You want to do what?" Pa look at me and all of my siblings like we're insane, except Josh, we replace him with Eddy.

"Pa, it's call surrogate, it's not call what." Helen said to him

"Helen Rose." Dad shot a glare at her, but she just shrugs.

Then he turn back to me, "Bella Paige Hope, do you even know what will happen if you do that."

"I have an idea." I said, "Pa, Josh wants kids, and He's my triplets, I want to give him a family he wants."

"You're still single, this might destroy all your chance of having a family." He told me, "Most boys can't accept the fact of their other half was pregnant before."

"Then to hell with them." I told him, "And who says I'm going to get a boyfriend."

"I think it's fine." Ma said

"Pony Angela." Pa give her another look.

"I mean it, if Bella thinks it's okay, then it's fine, I mean she's not 16 anymore, she can afford the change that's going to be made to her life."

"Bella, did you actually think this through?" Pa asks

"Yeah." I told him

"Fine, go do it, it's always you kids gang up against me." Pa mumble