"Life, Love and Other Mysteries" Chapter 7

Chapter 7


Jael kissed Eliana's forehead as she tucked her into the crib for the night. Her family was going to keep both Eliana and Khalil for the night so that Jael and Elisha could spend their wedding night together and then send Elisha off in the morning to return to Iraq. Her stomach was twisted with nerves and worry, as she turned to tuck Khalil in as well. Elisha sat on the edge of the bed and kissed Khalil's chubby cheek as Jael pulled the covers over the little boy. She caught her husband's eyes and smiled gently, as he covered her hand with his.

"I love you, Jael." he whispered.

"I love you too, Elisha." she replied, leaning across the bed to kiss him.

"Let's get going before they wake up again." he chuckled softly.

"Yes, lets." she followed him out of the room, and clicked on the night light before pulling the door closed.

"What are you two still doing here? Get going!" Cambria pushed them toward the door.

"Well goodness!" Elisha chuckled, tugging her toward the door.

Jael stood inside the doorway and pinned her sister with a look, "You have the numbers right?"

"Yes, and I won't need them. I can handle two children." She closed the door a little bit.

"But, if they need us..." she sighed, pushing the door open, half wanting to run back into the room and take both little ones with them.

"Jael, your family is more than capable of taking care of them. Let's go." he kissed her gently.

"Okay, okay. I'll be back tomorrow at ten." she called as the door slammed in their faces.

Sighing, she obliged and followed her new husband to the car. Jael took her seat beside him in the passenger seat of their compact car.

"Are you okay?" he asked, taking her hand in his.

"I'll be okay. It's all happening so fast. We're married." she stated softly.

He nodded, "That's right baby, we're married."

Life couldn't get any more mysterious to Jael at this point. Marriage.

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Cambria walked into the living room where everybody sat. Eliana had just fallen back to sleep after what seemed like an eternity. Everybody was laughing and joking around.

"Guys, not to be rude or anything, but can you please quiet down so I'm not up for another half hour of trying to get the child back to sleep." She said sitting on the floor next to the chair Ezra was sitting in.

"Were getting to bed anyway." Maryn said. Bry kissed Bronx and than stood up as did Maryn.

They walked out of the apartment and to her neighbors house. Everyone else said their goodnights and walked out of the room leaving Cami and Ezra alone.

"So your taking on the mommy role now?" Ezra asked as Cami stood up and walked over to sit on the couch.

"You could say that." She said with a smile but it soon faded as she heard Khalil start to whine.

"I got it." Ezra said standing up.

She watched him walk into the room and the whines continued but also the crying started. Cami stood up and walked into the room.

"What's wrong buddy?" Cami asked sitting on the bed next to Khalil.

"I want my daddy." He said. Cami picked the little boy up and put him on her lap and started to rock him.

"Daddy will be back don't worry" She said. The whines stopped and she looked at Ezra. "Is he sleeping?" She whispered.

Ezra looked at the boy and nodded.

Cami gave a relieving sigh and set the boy down in his bed. They walked out of the room and Cami looked at the clock. "I think I will sleep in their room tonight just in case one of them wakes up." She said.

"Your going to be such a good mother when we have kids." Ezra said with a smirk.

Cami raised her eyebrows."Why thank you. I try." She said with a smile.

"Well it doesn't look like it takes much. You're a natural." He said pulling her close to him.

She smiled and kissed him.

"Get to bed." She said.

He laughed and walked away.

Cambria walked into Carina's room and got her stuff then walked into the kids room. She laid her stuff on the ground and than laid herself down. God, he seems a little to perfect. Please, don't let me get hurt outta this. Please let Him be the right one. She prayed.

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The Next Morning

Cami woke up to Eliana looking at her through the bars of the crib.

"Morning baby. How long have you been up?" She asked.

The baby gave her a toothless grin.

Cami stood up and picked the baby up out of the crib.

"Mo'nin. " Khalil said, sitting up in his own bed.

Cami laughed."Good morning handsome. You guys ready for some breakfast?" She asked.

Khalil nodded, "Hungry."

"Me too" she agreed, as she helped him off of the bed. Together the three of them raided the kitchen, she set Eliana in her high-chair, and helped Khalil into the booster seat. "What do we want for breakfast?" she asked, finally opening the cabinet to take stock of the food that resided there.

"Toast!" exclaimed Khalil, bouncing in his seat.

"I agree." Cami said. She took the bread out of the refridgerator and put two pieces in the toaster. She walked over to the refridgerator and took out the apple juice. "You want apple juice to drink?" She asked. Neither kid gave an answer because Khalil was dancing and Eliana couldn't talk. She took a sippee cup out of the cabinet and a bottle and started to pour the apple juice into them.

"Good morning." She turned to see Bronxon walking in.

"Hey! Good morning. Want some toast?" Cami asked.

"I don't know. I haven't really heard great things about your cooking." He said with a smirk taking a seat next to Khalil.

"Keep an eye on them? I have to get the baby a bib so she doesn't make a mess." Cami said. She ran into the kids room and opened the top drawer and grabbed a bib. Than she ran back out to the kitchen. Ezra was now in it sitting next to Bronxon. "Good morning, Ezra." She said with a smile.

"Morning, Cami. Bronxon says your cooking? Should we get out of here?" Ezra asked.

"Shut up! You guys don't have to eat my cooking. It's just a piece of toast!" Cami said. She took the two pieces out of the toaster and put another two pieces in.

"Babe, were kidding. It's fine." Ezra said.

Bronxon laughed.

This was going to be a long day.