"Crissy what do I do, I mean I want her 30th birthday to be special and something she won't forget" Nick was trying to juggle the phone on his shoulder while he brushed Molly's hair. "Sugar will you sit still please" Nick asked his daughter "What do you suggest?"
"I am not really sure Nick, has she dropped any hints?"
"Nothing, she has not even mentioned it. I was thinking of throwing a party but I want as many of our friends and family here as possible. I don't know how many would be able to fly down on such short notice"
"Nick, Nick, Nick, you have a jet at your disposal young fella, send out the invitations and then arrange for everyone to be picked up. I am sure that you can come up with something really good for her birthday. I have faith in you"
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Kim Ann walked hand in hand with Alex through the busy intersection. She clasped his tiny hand in hers and held him tight. Alex had been awake when she awoken and instead of waking Nick and Molly the two of them had decided to play explorer and search the city for treasure.
"Momma look at that store, can we go in there?" Alex pointed at a tattoo shop.
Kim Ann walked over to the store window and picked Alex up so he could get a better look. "Momma that one is neat, I like it" Alex's chubby little finger pointed at a tattoo and Kim Ann's mouth dropped. Her son was pointing at a tragedy mask, the same one that had decorated AJ's arm. "Alexander why do you like that one?" she asked her son.
"Uncle AJ had one didn't he momma?"
"How did you know that buddy?"
"All the pictures show that momma. When I get older I am getting that one so Uncle AJ and I can be twins."
Kim Ann looked at her excited and smiling son and she hugged him tight "Molly and AJ I hope you can see all this" she whispered to herself.
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"Mrs Richardson a Mr Coates has left a stack of messages for you, he is insistent about talking to you." AmyLynn informed Skylar over the phone.
"Amy if he calls back please tell him that his services are no longer needed and that I will contact him about payment when I get back. How is Zach's ear infection?"
Kevin stood in the doorway, toweling off his wet hair and listening to his wife on the phone. He drank in her beautiful curves and smiled. He had been so worried that she was going to tell him that she needed time away from him but after the previous night he knew that he had nothing to worry about. He knew that the woman whose smile lifted his spirits, the fingertips that sent shivers down his spine whenever she touched his face and the lips that kissed away his problems were now safe in his possesion. He would never let her get away now.
"I will talk to you tonight, thank you Amy" Skylar felt the soft lips on her naked shoulders and as she slipped the phone into the cradle she turned to meet his lips with hers.
~~**~~
Jessi looked at her handsome husband who was bringing the sour grapefruit peice to his lips "Baby" she said softly.
"Yes?"
"I need to tell you something, something really important" Jessi slipped into his lap, not caring that they were eating breakfast in a crowded and busy cafe.
Howie ran one hand up her thigh and the other one hid in her hair "What is it?"
"I am going to see a specialist when I get home?"
Howie's voice filled with fear, the last women he had loved that had gone to see a specialist ended up battling cancer. "Why, baby are you sick?"
Jessi stared into her husband's brown eyes "I think I am infertile. It may be nothing but I need to go and reassure myself."
Howie breathed in a sigh of relief "Jess let's wait until I am finished this tour and then you and I will go together, you should not do this on your own."
"I need to know Howie"
"For someone who didn't want children you are awefully impatient now, aren't you" Howie teased "Baby I am sure that everything is alright, but if you want to do this just promise me that you will wait till I get home and let me do this with you"
Jessi smiled and kissed her husband "Promise"
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"Momma you look bee-u-t-ful" Alex said, smiling as his mother stared at herself in the full length mirror. They had been walking by a store and Kim Ann had spied a stunning dress and had gone in to try it on. As she stared at herself she couldn't help but smile. Her body still carried the extra baby weight that she had gained with the twins and had not come off easily and the last 20 pounds seemed to hold on no matter how hard she excercised. The short, flowing forest green dress slimmed her and made her green eyes stand out like emeralds. Her short hair was tousled and as she tried to fix it in the mirror she looked at Alex and smiled. "How did God ever find it fit to entrust me with such an angel?" She bent down and scooped up her son into her arms and as she smothered him with kisses and he sqeauled she did not see the papparazzi snap pictures of her and her son. The one thing that she and Nick had worked so hard on was keeping the twins out of the press. They wanted the twins to grow up normally, they were in a public kindergarten and although their house was big by the neighborhood's standards it was not as big as Skylar and Kevins' house. They had rejected the various offers by the media to publish pictures of the twins and they were even hesitant to talk about them in interviews other than to say how they had changed their lives and how much they were loved.
Kim Ann placed Alex back on the ground and let him in the care of the sales woman while she changed.
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Nick and Howie walked on either side of Molly, each holding one of her hands. "D what do I do, where the hell do I start?"
"Nicky call your mom and Denise, I am sure they would love to plan a party for Kim Ann. Those 2 are Martha Stewart incarnated I swear" Howie teased. "Did you get around to talking to her about the phone confession the other night?"
Nick looked down at his daughter who was jumping to avoid the cracks and keeping herself entertained by commenting on everything she saw. "Howie I just don't know how to bring it up. How do I ask her if she really wants another child, and how do I tell her that I don't want another child until we get married."
Howie stopped, causing Molly to stop and flash her uncle an annoyed look. "Hey peanut do you want a piggy back?" Howie knelt down on the pavement and wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck "hold on tight" he turned his attention to his friend "Nicky are you serious, you are going to ask Kim Ann to marry you?"
Nick looked at his daughter, her long blonde curls whipping around against the wind and her tiny arms hanging onto Howie's neck. "Howie, Kim Ann and the twins are the 3 greatest things to happen to me and I want to be a family. Right now we are playing family but until Kim Ann has my name we aren't a family. I cannot have another child until I know that we are going to be a complete family forever" Nick reached into the backpack and took out a baseball cap and then gently tucked his daughter's wind messed hair into it. "Is that better Molly?"
"Yes Daddy, now I can see" Molly smiled brightly at her dad and blew him a kiss.
Nick caught it and tucked it into his pocket "Can I keep it for later?"
Molly laughed and then tugged on her uncle Howie's ponytail "Giddy up Uncle
Howie, giddy up"
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