Sunshine sat in Texas and took a lunch break. She sat alone and thought about Nickolas and thought about the last time they were together; the afternoon of the night she left. She smiled to herself. She was missing him more each day that went by and couldn�t wait to be in his arms again. Wanting to hear his voice she picked up her phone and started dialing his number. She had no one�s number in memory or speed dial so every time she called someone she had to punch in the whole number. She didn�t finish dialing as she turned off the phone. He just might be recording and she didn�t want to interrupt. She put her phone down and started eating again while thinking.
She smiled and started singing, �I�m thinking about your smile�the sweet gently way ya kiss me�I�m thinking about the way ya hold me in your arms�the way ya make feel inside�Baby, I�m thinking about you�I�m thinking about us�I�m thinking about it all�24 hours 7 days a week.� She continued humming the song.
�It sounds good,� someone said and Sunshine jumped while looking. �Sorry.�
�Blake, it�s alright,� Sunshine said. �I just wasn�t expecting anyone.�
�Oh. I noticed ya sitting alone and��
�Go ahead and sit down. I don�t mind.�
�Thanks.� He sat down. �Did you write what you were singing?�
�No. Actually Nick did.�
�Sounds like a great song.�
�It is. He wrote it for me�one of the many actually. With this one I just fell in love with him all over again. It�s weird.�
�You guys are going to be together forever.�
�I hope so.�
�I�ve seen pictures.� She smiled. �I didn�t know you sang.�
�Yeah. I can also read minds and drive people insane just by looking at them.� They laughed and she sighed. �I took lessons to make my voice better for a movie I was going to do but then they��
�Gave it to Gwyneth Paltrow.�
�How�d ya know?�
�I do read and watch TV. I didn�t think she did that great of a job.�
�Neither did I.� They laughed. �Have you talked to Angel lately? I haven�t gotten a chance to see her the past couple weeks with everything that�s been going on.�
�Yes I did and she�s doing wonderful. In fact she told me to send you her love and hope you feel better real soon. And she hopes to see you and her brother real soon.�
�Cool. I miss that girl.�
�Does Nick know we�re dating?�
�Um�not exactly. He just knows that you two hang out once in a while.�
�He�s not as bad as she says he is when it comes to his little sisters dating, is he?�
�Nick�s completely harmless. He�s just protective over his sisters when they�re out their dating. He has nothing against it; he just doesn�t want their hearts to get broken. In fact if he had it his way they wouldn�t be dating at all and in a convent.� They laughed.
�Is this laughing party for just the people involved with the movie or can anyone join,� someone said and Sunshine and Blake looked.
�Drake!� Sunshine yelled jumping up and the two girls hugged.
�Hey, Sunn,� Drake said. �May I join you?�
�Yes of course,� Sunshine replied. �What are you doing here?�
�You wanted to talk and I have the next two weeks free,� Drake stated. �So here I am.�
�Wow!� She hugged her again. �I�ve missed you.�
�I�ve missed you too. The last time we�ve seen each other was at you wedding. Over a year ago.�
�I can�t believe it�s been that long.�
�Neither can I.�
�How have you been?�
�I�m doing all right. You?�
�Pretty good I guess.�
�How�s Nick?�
�He�s great. The Boys are in L.A. right now. No, I lie. They�re in New York for some meetings.� Blake cleared his throat and they looked. �Oh, Blake; I�m sorry. This is Drake Jackson.� They shook hands. �D, this is Blake Crane; my leading man.�
�Nice to meet you,� Blake said.
�Like wise,� Drake said.
�Blake, could you excuse us,� Sunshine requested. �I need to talk to Drake privately.�
�No problem,� Blake said. �I want to go over my lines for the next scene anyway. Excuse me.� He got up and walked away.
�He�s cute,� Drake stated.
�I guess so,� Sunshine said. �He�s going to be the next big thing.�
�Is he single?�
�Actually he�s kind of seeing Angel.�
�Nick�s little sis?�
�Yep. The second week of filming she came to hang with me and they started talking and stuff, exchanged digits, and you can guess the rest. They�re cute together though, but Angel didn�t tell Nick the whole truth, because of the way he acted with BJ and Rich when they got together. I don�t blame her either.�
�How cold�s Blake?�
�Twenty or twenty-one. He�s new to the business.�
�Cool.� They smiled. �So what�s up?� Sunshine didn�t say anything. �This look you have going on means something�s wrong. What is it?�
�It�s about my pregnancy.�
�What about it?� She looked at her. �Don�t tell me you lost it.�
�No, but I think it�d be better if I did.�
�Why?� She sighed. �Isn�t it Nicky�s?�
�Yes it�s Nicky�s. They�re definitely Nicky�s.�
�Then what?�
Sunshine looked around. �Let�s talk in my trailer.� They got up and walked to Sunshine�s trailer. They went inside and Sunshine closed the door. �Do you want a drink?�
�I�m fine. I just want to know what�s going on.�
Sunshine left out a sigh and blurted out, �There�s a 50/50 chance that I might die if I go through with this pregnancy.� Drake just looked at her not knowing what to say. �So Nick and I have to make a tough choice�me or the babies.�
�I�m so sorry, Sunn.�
�You and everyone else. Our parents don�t even know what�s going on. Just a few selected and they swore to keep quiet. I�m trusting you will too.�
�Of course.�
�I have no idea what to do. I�ll make up my mind, but then a couple days later I�ll change my mind thinking it�s not the right choice.�
�What does Nick want?�
�I don�t know. I don�t think he�s made up his mind yet. We have two weeks yet to decide. Whatever we decide I hope it�s the right choice in the end.�
�I hope so too.�
�Right now I don�t want to go through with it, because I�m scared of what might happen, ya know. I might die and Nick will be devastated and lonely and not capable of taking care of the twins. Then again I might not die and be paralyzed for the rest of my life. What will Nicky want with a cripple? I won�t be able to do anything for him.�
�Ya have to realize Nick will always love you no matter what happens. If you end up in a wheelchair for the rest of you life Nick ain�t going to care. As long as he still has you he�ll be happy. You said it yourself �all he ever wanted was you�.�
�And a family with me, but he may not get that.�
�Ya want to know what I think.�
�What?�
�I think Nick�s going to chose you. He loves you too much to watch you slip away right before his gorgeous blue eyes. He loves you too much to do that.�
�I guess so.�
�I�m right and you�ll find out soon enough.� She gave a little grin and Sunshine just looked at her.
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�Brian called this morning and said they�re coming home next Wednesday,� Danielle said to Venus later that night.
�Yeah I know,� Venus said. �Kevin called and said.�
�I can�t wait even though it is just for a few days.�
�We can make the most of those couple days.�
�Definitely. Brian and I are trying for another baby.�
�Really.�
�Yeah; we don�t want Adi to be the only child.�
�Well, I just found out I�m having triplets.�
�Triplets?�
�Yep; unless the baby has three hearts.�
�I bet you�re so excited. I would be.�
�I am.�
�Any names?�
�Just Kevin Scott and Misha Danielle. With my luck they�ll all be boys.�
�I doubt that.�
�Hopefully we get blessed with at least one girl, because I don�t want to be the only female in the house.�
�I�m sure it ain�t that bad. If you don�t have girls now you can always try again or even adopt.� Venus nodded. �That�s what Brian and I are thinking about. We would like to adopt one of those homeless kids they show on TV and stuff. We get those things in the mail to make donations, but I�d think it�d be cool to adopt one or a few instead. They deserve a good home too.�
�I agree. Kev was talking about that too.�
�Must run in the family.�
�It must.� They laughed.
�I can�t wait to see Brian.�
�I can�t wait to see Kevin.� They sat for a moment in silence.
�Oh man.�
�What?�
�Sunn and Nick have until the 27th to make up their mind and here we are talking about having children. I feel so bad.�
�That�s right.�
�This totally affects their future.� Venus nodded. �How can we be so selfish? If they don�t have this baby they may never have any. Or if they do their future may be over.�
�We are selfish.�
�Totally. How can we forget something this important? It�s so not us.�
�I know what ya mean, but maybe God wants it this way though. I mean, things happen for a reason and He probably wants this to happen.�
�But why?�
�I honestly don�t know.�
�Neither do I.� They both sighed at the same time and Danielle picked up Adrianna off the floor. Both girls sat there in the parlor not saying anything and continued watching TV.
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