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Post by teamluv08 on Mar 13, 2011 1:32:37 GMT -5
Thaddeus couldn’t remember the last time he heard from his friend who was just like a sister to him. Couldn’t remember the last time he saw her. After giving himself a headache from trying to recall the last time Tad decided it was time he did something about that. So after making sure she was home, after chatting with Liza he decided to pop over for a surprise visit.
When he arrived to The Montgomery Resident, he parked his car, cut the ignition and headed on up to the door. Tad rung the bell and after waiting a minute his buddy opened the door and he gave her a big smile. “Hi! I was looking for a Erica Montgomery. Does she still live here?” He asked. “She’s about,” he held his hand up or rather down indicating how short she was, “ye high. She has big hair sometimes and… You know now that I think about it she’s drop dead gorgeous.”
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Post by Erica Kane Montgomery on Mar 13, 2011 16:06:18 GMT -5
Erica hadn't seen anyone in town for months, but it hadn't bothered her much. The occasional phone call to Dixie or Angie, the brief exchanges in passing with Liza or Lily, the hug she gave Bianca when she got back home, the few texts she'd sent Kendall... that was about it. She hadn't been in the right state of mind since the New Year, & it had put a damper on her social life, but when she heard the door bell ring, she knew she couldn't hide forever. Especially now that things were going better with Jackson.
She opened the door & smiled brightly when she saw Tad & laughed at his joke before giving him a hug. "You know I think you're pretty gorgeous yourself," she played, inviting him in. "I haven't seen you in so long! How have you been, Mr. Martin?" she asked, leading him into the living room where she sat down on the couch. Colton was sleeping in the pack and play nearby.
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Post by teamluv08 on Mar 14, 2011 19:28:13 GMT -5
Tad accepted her hug and gave her a big bear one of his own before they entered the house. “Yes it has been… Years I believe,” he teased again as he went up to the pack and play and looked down at Colton. Last time he saw Colton he didn’t seem as big. Guess it wasn’t just his little ones growing like weeds. Sighing because soon his kids, God kids and grandson will be running circles around him he turned to Erica and took a seat next to her. “I’ve been good… great… amazing…” He chuckled. “I’ve been feeling like a superman. Watching the twins every move since they been getting out their cribs in the middle of the night and showing up at the door like nothing ever happened.”
“It’s a wonder my back hasn’t given out on me yet.”
“How have you been? Where have you been?” He asked. “I was starting to think Jackson kidnapped you and Colton and took you off to some place unknown.” As Tad took in Erica he noticed something different about her. It could have just been his eyes. He wasn't sure. “You… you look different.”
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Post by Erica Kane Montgomery on Mar 15, 2011 11:52:02 GMT -5
Erica laughed, wondering if Stuart would start doing that. He was beginning to climb the stairs & trying to climb the safety gates they had up around the house, & she thought that maybe the crib was the next thing he might start climbing. "I'm sure you love it, though, even if your back does give out," she noted playfully, knowing how much Tad loved being a father to his kids.
Erica then nodded. "I've been alright. Jack & I were having some issues, but I think it's all falling into place now," she told him, because it was finally the truth. "I moved out for about a month, & then I moved back in when Jack took off... but I was such a mess & I tried not to let anyone see me, because I was in a dark place," she explained, before adding, "But like I said... I think it's all getting back to normal now."
She then smiled a bit. "I look different, huh?" she teased a bit, knowing why she looked different, & was reminded of how she had the best girlfriends in the world for keeping her secret. "Well... maybe that's because I'm pregnant," she told him, unable to hide her smile now.
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Post by teamluv08 on Mar 16, 2011 19:45:28 GMT -5
Tad laughed and nodded. “Yea, I can’t even lie to you about that. I do love it.” He couldn’t even began to imagine going through his day without having at least one run in with the twins with them becoming the way they were.
Tad sat back and listened as friend/sister told him what’d been going with her. Hearing that she and Jackson had problems that made her move out, made a frown pull at his lips and concern lace his eyes. “Are you sure everything’s getting back to normal?” He asked placing his hand on top of hers. “I mean… I don’t know the whole story but you know I’m here for you,” he said before adding a smirk. “But I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that. You know that. You know whatever happens I got you.”
“Yea you do.” Tad chuckled when Erica repeated his question only with a little teasing behind it. When she said the last two words he expected to hear, his eyes became as big as saucers. “You… You’re pregnant?” He asked again. When she nodded, Tad gave her another once over, this time really taking her in.
Then in the next minute he was pulling her into his arms. “Congratulations!” Then he pulled back. “Wait… I know you’re smiling but this is a… a good thing right?” He asked. “I mean… Well you know.”
“How far along are you? When did you find out?”
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Post by Erica Kane Montgomery on Mar 17, 2011 13:42:43 GMT -5
Erica nodded. "I... I think so. He came home, we're going to therapy... it feels normal again, but I thought we were okay before & we weren't," she explained quietly, because until now, she hadn't even admitted this to herself.
"Gosh, Tad, I am so glad to have you & Angie & Dixie... even if I don't quite have all of Jack back yet, I still have your friendship & your love & that means so much to me," she said as she began tearing up. It was the hormones, she knew, but she couldn't control it. She felt much better after even seeing Tad.
She then hugged Tad as he was celebrating her pregnancy. She smiled now, as her threatening tears seemed to back down from her eyes. "Thank you so much! I am so happy about it... I'm five & a half months along & I found out the day before Thanksgiving, but I didn't tell Jack until New Years because I never had the chance," she said with a sigh, but then smiled. "But I'm so happy, Tad. I can't even tell you how happy this has made me."
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Post by teamluv08 on Mar 20, 2011 18:00:47 GMT -5
Tad raised a brow. “Don… Don’t cry buddy.” The words probably fell on deaf ears. He been around enough pregnant women to know when it came to hormones there was no stopping anything, especially crying. Reminds him of Dixie when she couldn’t seem to stop crying that one week while pregnant with the twins. At first it seemed normal but after awhile Tad thought it was a little scary. Even started sleeping with one eye open. He wasn’t sure what was going to happen next.
“You know you’ll always have us and don’t worry about old Jack… Give him sometime and he’ll come around. I’m sure now it’s just a lot going on. You know there’s Colton who’ll be making one in a few months and then there’s another on the way… It can get a bit overwhelming for anybody. And then having to go to therapy can screw with anybody’s head. You know you’re going for help but still sometimes you wonder,” he scoffed at the last part. He was glad he and Dixie were seeking help for their marriage but after having two one-on-one sessions with the doctor and then the others with his wife he wondered if maybe he spoke to soon when he said maybe they should see somebody. Maybe we did, he thought before shaking his head and looking back to his friend.
After seeing the excitement in her eyes Tad gave her another hug. “Five and a half months? Are you sure?” He teased, again pulling back and taking her in. She didn’t look that far along to him but maybe that was his eyes tricking him.
“Baby, you know I’m happy for you. Have you found out what you’re having yet? That way I can take Colton for a day or two and teach him all the in’s and out’s on protecting his little sister. Mean if that‘s what you’re having.” He muttered, “Show him the little tricks I used to run away Jenny’s little boyfriends.”
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Post by Erica Kane Montgomery on Mar 21, 2011 13:21:42 GMT -5
Erica nodded, knowing Tad was right. "I just hoped it would be different, but it's getting better now," she assured him, but added, "I just hope that it therapy will really make a difference. It seems like it's the only thing that's been helping our relationship," she confided softly. She really was more worried that it would stop working. She knew how hard it had been on Jack, but she also knew how hard it had been on her, & therapy was her only escape. Now it seemed like she could actually talk to Jack in therapy & not have it ruin their relationship.
She then nodded with a smile, "Yes! I haven't gained as much weight with this one, but I actually found out right before Thanksgiving & I was so excited!" Erica beamed.
Then she shook her head. "Actually, I have an appointment next Tuesday. Hopefully we will be able to find out the sex of our child then. And if you would like to take him for the day, I'd be more than happy to let you. I know I haven't been social lately, & I haven't really given Colton the chance to interact with anyone else, but it would be so good for him... I know he'd love to see you," she said, feeling guilty for the way she had been with her son, but also knowing that maybe he needed this break, too. Without Jack, he hadn't been the same, but now that he was back, she saw his smile & heard his laugh more than ever.
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Post by teamluv08 on Mar 28, 2011 19:34:25 GMT -5
“Hey, it’s completely understandable. Sometimes life get’s in the way and you just have to take a few steps back and regain composure.” He then reached over and touched her growing midsection. “Another Montgomery, oh boy who would have thought,” he teased. “What do you want?” He asked.
Another male in the house would probably keep Jack from losing his mind. But another female there, would definitely put him through the ringer. First there was Erica… He had no words. There was Kendall who was the outspoken Kane like her mother. Then there was Bianca who was the quiet one. Never in trouble, the little princess per say. If this new baby was a girl this one would be a combination, the quiet but lethal Kane/Montgomery. Now that he thought about it, this little one would be a Erica. Jr… Scary.
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Post by Erica Kane Montgomery on Mar 29, 2011 16:26:42 GMT -5
Erica smiled at the thought of her unborn child. "I really would like a daughter, but I also think having another boy would be fun," she told him happily, really expecting it to be either. She didn't have any of the "signs" of having a boy like she did with Colton, but she really hadn't felt this way with Bianca, either. She didn't have morning sickness, & she didn't really crave anything too strange, & her emotional strength had been stunning.
She then looked at Tad with a grin. "What do you think it is?" she asked, wondering if he had an opinion. No one else had told her what they thought yet, but that was probably because she hadn't seen anyone in a while.
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Post by teamluv08 on Apr 1, 2011 23:09:43 GMT -5
Thaddeus concentrated on Erica’s midsection and started wiggling his brows as if to work some kind of powers that would help him channel this baby. “Uhhh… I’m going to say a girl for five hundred,” he joked. “No, but seriously I’m going to say you’re having a girl.”
“I think watching you and Jackson raise a little girl would be something for the books. I was just sitting here thinking, with your stubbornness and Jackson’s lethal ways. Admit it your husband is a quiet lethal just like Bianca. To see a girl with both of those and watch y’all raise her. Funny!” He chuckled. “So I can tell you want a little boy. Just wondering my dear friend, why a boy? Why not a girl?"
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Post by Erica Kane Montgomery on Apr 3, 2011 8:49:15 GMT -5
Erica laughed at his humor; that was one of the things she admired most about this man. He was always up for a joke. "You think so?" she asked, rubbing her stomach happily at the idea of the baby being a little girl.
Erica nodded, "Oh, yes, he can be just like Bianca... & I can imagine our daughter being quite like that..." she said, her eyes widening in horror at the image. She could see Jackson & little Mona in a constant battle over what she wore, where she went, who she was with... good lord! "You know, I would like a boy, but I would also like to have a daughter, just because I miss Bianca being so little... but a boy would be wonderful. He could watch out for Colton & now that you mention it, he wouldn't be that dangerous combination of Jackson & I!" she kidded.
She then looked at him seriously. "But in all truthfulness, I don't want a little girl because I... I miscarried a little girl when I was pregnant with Colton, & I am terrified of having that happen again. I know it has nothing to do with gender, I really do... but... it does in my mind still, I guess," she explained, touching her stomach protectively.
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Post by teamluv08 on Apr 5, 2011 22:01:47 GMT -5
Tad chuckled as he watched the woman he looked to as his sister become taken by something. She had this scared look on her face. “You okay?” He asked.
Erica went on to answer his question about why she wanted a boy instead of a girl and her explanation made him nod in understanding. “Yea… Well Colton is going to have a hand full of protectors from the kids in our little circle. Adding a big brother, man, just imagine!” He thought about himself and Jake. They were thick as thieves and for as long as he could remember when one got in trouble the other one wasn’t so far away.
“You know I’m still sorry that happened to you and Jack,” Tad started softly. He remembered hearing about the miscarriage and it hurt him to his heart that he couldn’t have been there for Erica during that time. It hurt him that couldn’t be there for her and everybody else during their times of trials. “Whatever you have, I know this kid is going to be healthy and happy. And going to have the best parents he or she could ask for.” He put his hand on top of hers. “And of course the best Uncle. Mean who can outdo ole Thaddeus.”
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Post by Erica Kane Montgomery on Apr 6, 2011 9:35:42 GMT -5
Erica laughed again at his constant humor. "No... no one could outdo you, Tad. That is for sure!" she told him, still smiling.
She then nodded, almost sadly. "Well, I want to say it happened for a reason & that it's okay, but it's not okay. I still need to work through that, but I can say that this baby is helping me do that. It feels like I was given a second chance & I'm doing everything to make this the best pregnancy, especially since it is my last! No more after this," she shook her head as she began to grin. In jest, she could imagine Jack's reaction being funnier & not as hurtful as it had been this time, & that made her smile.
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Post by teamluv08 on Apr 12, 2011 1:38:43 GMT -5
“Sweet!” Tad leaned over and playfully kissed Erica’s cheek.
“Well you know your big brother is here for you. Ready to help you work through whatever. Of course you know if you need to come to me and cry or laugh or just sit in silence, I can do whatever.” He gave her a smile and winked. “But I have a feeling you’re going to be alright. You and Jackson are going to be just fine.” He then started laughing when she said that this was the last baby she was having. “Well… No I’m just kidding.”
He then sat back. “Hey, how’s everybody else? Bianca, Kendall, Greenlee, Lily?” He asked. “Reggie? What’s going on with him?”
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