"Life, Love, and Other Mysteries" Chapter 2

Life, Love, and Other Mysteries

Chapter 2

The cell phone next to Cami's head started to ring and she did not want to answer it. She rolled over and looked at the phone that read "dad".

"Hello?" She answered.

"Cambria? It's Ezra." The voice that now brought her to her feet.

"Hey Ezra." She said feeling her cheeks get hotter by the second. "What's up?"

"We are kind of lost. Your dad told me to call because your mother isn't good at directions and he's driving." He said with a laugh. Cambria smiled at the sound of his voice. His voice was something she wouldn't mind waking up to every morning.

"Oh where are you?" She asked walking to the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror trying to freshen herself up. Why? She had no idea.

"Um. I have no idea actually." He said. She laughed than walked out into the kitchen to find something to eat.

"What was the last sign you saw?" She asked getting a bottle of water out of the refridgerator then sitting in a kitchen chair. He told her than she finished giving him directions. "So you guys should be here in about 5 minutes. I have to wake up my sisters and get the house cleaned so I will see you guys soon!" She said.

"Ok thank you! God bless." He said then hung up. She hung up and wanted to freak out, but she had to get stuff done before they got there. She called Jessie to wake her up then walked into Carina's bedroom.

"Carina wake up!"

"Shut up!" Carina said throwing a pillow at Cami's head. Cami laughed.

"No Mom and Dad are going to be here in 5 minutes." Cami said still laughing. Carina still laid there.

"Ok I'll be out soon." She said. Cami nodded with delight than walked out and into Jael's room.

"Jael, Mom and Dad will be here in 5 minutes, seriously. Ezra just called!" Cami yelled. Jael laid in her bed.

"Ok I'll be there soon." She said. Cami rolled her eyes then walked out just in time for the knock at the door. She pulled her hair into a pony tail and walked over to the door. She opened it and her mother stood there.

"MOM!" She said hugging her. Her mother smiled and hugged her back.

"Where's Dad, Ezra, Maeryn, & Bryna?" she asked. Her mother smiled and walked into the house.

"They're getting your sisters stuff out of the car. I decided to come in here to tell you to get out there and help." Cami rolled her eyes and threw shoes on than ran down to her parent's car.

"Hey guys." she said slowing her pace down to a slow walk so she didn't get there to soon. Make a nice entrance.

"Hey sister!" Bryna said running over to her. Cami smiled and hugged her.

"Hey Bryna" she said. "What's the scoop?" she whispered to her still hugging her.

"Well Bronxon and Ezra came with us. So it seemed like a long ride here" Bryna said as they started walking towards the car. Cami hugged Maeryn and her father then shook Ezra and Bronxon's hands. "Hey thanks for coming to help." she said to them. Ezra smiled at her and at that moment she hated Jael for being right. He was getting more gorgeous every year.

"Hey Ezra, Cami snap out of it and grab a bag." Bryna said. Cami smiled than grabbed a bag. Was she really staring at him for that long? Was he really staring at her for as long as she thought?

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Jael watched as her family traipsed in and out of their apartment bringing what seemed like an unending supply of boxes into their nearly spotless home. Her hands were itching to get rid of the boxes already, just as Eliana started crying from the other room. Sighing, she set down one of the boxes and strode back to the nursery picking up the baby. "Morning Miss. E!" she cooed as she lay the baby on the changing table and changed her into a new diaper and outfit.

Her daughter cooed back at her and smiled. It was a rare occurance as of late for her to have a few minutes of peace and quiet alone with the baby, and she found it was nice.

"Jae! Elisha's here!"

Jael smiled as she scooped up Eliana and placed her on her hip. "Let's go see Elisha and Khalil."

Her daughter cooed and babbled on her hip as they rounded the corner and walked directly into Elisha. "Well hello handsome, fancy running into you here."

"Are you okay?" he asked, rubbing her arm as he smiled at Eliana.

"I'm fine, and so are you." she winked as Eliana reached for him.

"Hi baby girl." he cooed, taking her into his arms and holding her close.

Jael kissed his cheek and smiled, "I'm going to make sure they got it all inside."

"You will not." he set Eliana in the playpen beside Khalil and kissed her. "I'm going to see if they got it all inside, you can stay here and finish organizing the mess."

Shaking her head, she watched him walk out and smiled. "He is something else." she said to the kids and went back to organizing the boxes that had been left in the living room haphazardly.
Finally when all the boxes had been brought inside, Jael set out the sandwiches she'd made last night and a several bags of chips for the moving party. "Time to eat everyone!" she announced, as she opened a bag of styrofoam cups and plates.

Elisha walked behind her and wrapped an arm around her waist, "When are we sneaking away to have some time to ourselves?" he whispered close to her ear.

"How about tonight, after the party...we can take the kids with us and get caught up." she winked and spun around to face him.

He nodded, grabbed two plates and handed her one. "Sounds like a plan to me."

A knock sounded at the door and she spun toward it and smiled. "I'll be right back."

Carina shot her a look and shook her head.

Jael nodded and smiled as she opened the door. "BJ! So nice to see you here."

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Carina held Eliana on her lap and hoped to God that she could ignore the six-foot-seven inch handsome man who'd just come through the door. "I don't know what your mother is up to, but she'd best cut it out." she cooed gently to her niece.

The baby smiled up at her and began to bounce up and down as if she got the joke. "Mama!"
Eliana exclaimed, her eyes leaving Carina and searching the room for Jael.

"BJ, you remember my sister Carina?" Jael's voice reached her before they did.

Carina looked up at her sister, determined to look uninterested and casually greet him.

"Hey Carina...you came to a few of the games, right?" BJ asked, sitting beside her.

She nodded, swallowing as she tried to keep her nerves under control. "A few." she said aloud, in her head she said 'just every one that I could get to' she said to herself.

"I'm playing at the University of Delaware now...you should come see some games this season." he replied with a smile.

"I'll need a schedule." she said, looking down at Eliana who was reaching for BJ.

"Hey princess." he smiled at Eliana. "Can I?"

She nodded again, "Of course, meet my niece Eliana."

"Jael's baby?" BJ asked, taking her into his arms and holding her as she bounced happily.

Carina smiled, "Yeah. So about that schedule?"

He looked from Eliana to Carina and nodded, "I'll get it for you...do you have a number I can reach you at?"

Swallowing hard, Carina forced herself not to freak out. "Yeah, let me get a piece of paper to write it on for you." She reached into the side table and pulled out a tablet and pen. Quickly, she scribbled down the digits and ripped it out of the tablet. "Here ya' go."

BJ smiled at her, "Thanks Carina, I'm going to be giving you a call tonight. Right now though, I'm going to get something to eat up there...You want to come with?"

Her heart seemed to be flying out of her chest with each beat as she said, "Sure."