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The Making of a Family
"Mom?" Ariel cautiously entered Jed's bedroom. "Mom, you in here?" "Yeah, over here." Abbey's voice answered from the bed. "Mom, we came to apologize, and to make it up to you." "How are you planning on making it up to me?" Abbey asked as she peeled the pillow off of her face. "We were thinking... maybe watch a movie with you." "Not if it's going to be anything like that other one." Abbey was quick to reply. "Crap, we wouldn't do that to you twice, Mom." Brennan popped into the bedroom. "We had Charlie go get Bambi." "Yeah, we thought we could all climb into bed with you, like we used to do when Dad was still alive, and we could watch the movie." Jason explained. "I'd like that." Abbey's voice was close to tears. "I'd like that a lot." ~~~ Abbey sighed as she looked down at her children... sleeping. And it was only halfway through the movie. Sighing one more time, Abbey suddenly found a leg scooting her off the bed. With a smile, Abbey moved completely off the bed, and headed for the door. Walking in the hallway, she heard a noise... a television. Following the noise, she was led into the living room of the residence, to find Jed sleeping in a recliner chair, watching CNN. Forgetting where she was, and who he was, as well as the confession she overheard earlier, Abbey somehow felt completely relaxed. Moving over, she turned the TV off, and then found a blanket and covered him up. "I love you." Jed said, coming out of his sleep. Abbey shut her eyes and froze up. There were those words again. "Mr. President..." TBC...
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