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Both looking at their little miracle dressed as a ballerina on a big stage with other little girls; she makes her parents really proud. Claire is now 3 years old but to Julia it seems like yesterday she was carrying her. Dale is a proud dad. He goes to every dance class with her and makes her practice at home. Julia has flowers on her lap. The little dance show ended and they all the parents applause their kids. Dale kissed Julia before telling her that she will get her and bring her back to her. Dale got close to the stage and took Claire in his strong arm. Julia took the flowers in her hands. Dale put Claire down; she ran to go see her mother. Julia kissed her and hugged her. She gave her daughter the flowers that they both picked up for her. Claire was so happy and she was smiling from ear to ear. ‘’Was I good mommy? ‘’ ‘’You were the best my baby! ‘’ ‘’Really! ‘’ ‘’I had eyes only for you! I love you honey! Let’s go home now, mommy is tired and you have to go to the kindergarten tomorrow because mommy has medical appointment. ‘’ ‘’Alright girls, I’ll go get the car! ‘’ ‘’Great, we will wait for you! ‘’ Dale came on the front with the car, Julia help Claire to put her seat belt and placed all her dance thing beside her. She came to sit beside Dale in the front of the car. They had a 45 minutes’ drive to do before being home. Claire felt asleep after only 10 minutes. Julia and Dale have been talking about her all the way. Julia remembers how hard it was to get her. 8 months of trying to get pregnant; being sick almost all her pregnancy and a rough delivery but it was worth it at the end. When they arrived home, Dale took carefully Claire in his arm; trying to don’t wake her up. Julia opened the door and helped him to get Claire’s jacket off and her boots. They both brought her in her bed. They stayed there to watch her sleep for a while. Dale took Julia’s hands and took her to their bedroom. On their bed, they are talking about their future dreams and expectations. They are now engaged since 3 years now but with the baby and everything they didn’t take the time to get married. ‘’Julia Shumway? ‘’ ‘’Yes, Dale Barbara! ‘’ ‘’Will you marry me? ‘’ ‘’Yes, I will. But let’s wait until the baby is born! ‘’ ‘’Don’t you think that we have wait enough? ‘’ ‘’Yes, that’s true! But you really want to marry a pregnant woman? ‘’ ‘’The mother of my children? Than yes, I want to marry a pregnant woman! ‘’ ‘’You are silly, Mister Barbara. ‘’ ‘’Plus, if we get married soon, you won’t have a bump! ‘’ ‘’Alright, let’s get married next month; is it ok with you? ‘’ ‘’Sure it is! ‘’ He kissed her and she returned his kiss. They cuddle on their bed. He kissed her everywhere; on her cheeks, behind her ears, on her chest and all the way to her belly. She took his face and kissed him like she never did before. Dale knows what idea Julia has on her mind and he had the same one. They made love and knowing that Julia is pregnant doesn’t matter. They don’t have to be careful so she won’t be pregnant because she is so they both let go. In the morning, they both heard a little knocked on their bedroom door. They also heard deep breath in and out; just like when somebody’s crying. Julia woke up. She puts her pants on and her shirt and goes to her door. Claire’s was standing there crying. ‘’What’s going on beautiful? Don’t cry mommy’s there now.’’ Claire held her mother tight and cried on her shoulder. Julia made a sign to Dale that she will be in the next room with their daughter. She went to the other room and sat on the couch with Claire’s on her lap. ‘’Stop crying baby and tell mommy what’s happening! ‘’ Claire didn’t said a word, she just cry and cry and cry. Julia checked on her if she wasn’t hurt or anything. She didn’t see anything. Julia tried to calm her down a little bit. After a while, she stopped crying. ‘’Are you alright baby? What’s wrong? Tell mommy! ‘’ ‘’Is she alright? ‘’ ‘’I don’t know she didn’t talk to me! ‘’ ‘’Claire, you have to talk to mommy and daddy. We want to know what is wrong, baby. ‘’ Claire left her head a little bit and looked at her mother and started to cry again. Dale went to check in her room if anything has moved or could have scared her. Nothing, everything was perfectly normal. Julia cuddled her and kissed her little head. ‘’Do you want to eat something? ‘’ ‘’Y….ee…ss…! ‘’ said Claire while crying her eyes out. ‘’Alright let’s go down stairs mommy will give you something to eat! ‘’ Julia held her close in her arm. ‘’Dale, I’m going downstairs to give her something to eat.’’ ‘’Did she said something? ‘’ ‘’I asked her if she wanted to eat something and she said yes. ‘’ ‘’Alright, I’m coming with you. Everything is perfect in her room. ‘’ All three of them went downstairs. Claire was crying harder and harder on Julia’s shoulder. Julia asked Dale to bring her something for Claire. She sat on the couch in the living room. ‘’Claire Shumway-Barbara, you have to tell mommy what you have. I can’t help you baby if I don’t know what you have honey. It breaks mommy’s heart to see you like this. Come on baby, tell me. ‘’ ‘’I….I…I… I had a nightmare!!! ‘’ ‘’Ok, now I can’t help you. You got scared baby. You know that this is not true. It’s only in your head. The proof, me and daddy are still here and nothing have changed. Now stop crying, beautiful, daddy will bring you something to eat. ‘’ Dale got in the room and gave the plate to Julia. He did a plate full of fruits because he knows that everybody like this. He washed Claire’s face and kissed his two girls. They meant the world to him. Julia checked the clock and realized that she was going to be late at her appointment. She gave Claire to Dale. ‘’I’m so going to be late! Claire, you stay with daddy, ok be good I’ll be back soon. ‘’ ‘’You maybe want to change your clothes first Jules. ‘’ ‘’Oh yes that’s true! ‘’ Julia ran upstairs, grabbed a pair of pants and another t-shirt. She put her jacket on and her high heel boots. She kissed Dale and got to her medical appointment. While she was gone, Claire and Dale did all kind of thing. They did drawing; cooking and now they are playing in the living room. Julia came back home. Everything was normal and she was still pregnant so that’s good news. She showed some magazine to Dale that she bought in her way home. They were wedding magazine. ‘’We’ll checked this out when she’ll be asleep.’’ END
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