Eleanor's face glowed at the mention of the baby boy she was carrying in her tummy.. Cass was going to be surrounded by brothers. Elle could already picture her sons looking out for their only sister. Hopefully he would be the last one but knowing Parker, he's expecting Elle to give birth to a whole soccer team.

"Shh," she admonished her friend. "None of this will get to Parker or I'll have to endure yet again another one of his scolding sessions. That man is way over protective, I tell you."

"Hey," Summer said picking up a beater and manually mixing a brownies mix. "He's just new to this pregnancy thing and all. You should have seen Finn when I was going into labor. The poor man seemed to pass out. I would have laughed at his face if it weren't for Kelly giving me my own hard time."

Eleanor laughed and wiped her forehead free of flour. "The thing is, Parker's being way more strict with this pregnancy than he's ever been when I was pregnant with Cassandra. I don't know. I'll never understand men."

Summer nodded in agreement.

"So. When will my next niece or nephew be coming?" Elle teased her friend. 

After going through her first time giving birth, Summer swore to not have any more children. 

"In nine months time," she said nonchalantly pouring the mix into a pan.

Eleanor stopped what she was doing and gawked at her friend in astonishment. "Nine months? You're pregnant!" She declared stating it instead of a question.

Summer only grinned which confirmed it.

They spent the rest of the afternoon cooking and baking for the party later on that night. Eleanor's parents flew and headed straight towards their place to help out. Her relationship with her parents only grew stronger as time went by. They never fell back into their old relationship when she grew up with them, it was so much better.

Finn arrived a little while later announcing that he passed by Parker on his way back home.

"Hey Mum, can you watch over the oven? I need to get ready and also the kids."

"Sure, no problem honey," replied Carmela shooing her away. "You go on now."

Eleanor walked to the play room, picking up Cass who struggled in her arms wanting to stay to play with Kelly. "In a little while, sweet one. You need to change out of your stinky clothes." Walking to the TV room, she peeked her head in. "Luke, my angel?"

"Yes, Momma?" He asked his eyes never leaving the screen.

"You and Cass need to get ready. Your father's about to come home."

He jumped out of his seat, his face brightening like it usually does. "Okay." He bolted out of the room and up the stairs to his room.

Eleanor walked down the hallway to where Cass' nursery was located and quickly changed her into a cute dress that Agatha got her for her second birthday. Then she set her back down to play with Kelly and went to freshen her self up for a bit. 

Parker Jenkins became one of the most powerful CEOs in the airline industry over the past two years. He had an intelligent mind just like his father and put it to good use, expanding his company over to the US. He was leaving the office when Caleb fell in step with him.

Parker and Caleb's friendship was back on track when he came back from Norway a year ago. They reconciled with each other, and Caleb was back to working for him as the head director that oversaw the architectural department of the entire company.

"Hey you riding in with me over at the house?" Parker asked stepping through the exit doors.

"Sure," Caleb replied. "I have to talk to you some more about the expansion in the States on the way."

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