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In the Movie/Game Room at the other end of the house, Jackson has a visitor...

JACKSON- “Symia?  I wasn’t expecting you, everything okay?” He reaches over and pecks her with a kiss on the cheek.

SYMIA- “I suppose I am okay. The game was really awesome last night. You and Gabe were amazing out there!”

JACKSON- “Yeah it was. Glad to end with a win and a winning season. Makes it all worthwhile I suppose. Dad was happier than I was I think.”

SYMIA- “Rowan was pretty excited too. Listen, Jack, we need to talk about something...”

JACKSON- “Sure babe, anything.  My mind and attention are all yours now that football season is finally over.”

SYMIA- “I never thought you let football get between us, Jack. You are always willing to listen to me, but this is important.”

JACKSON- “Okay, I am listening, seriously...”

SYMIA- “I am sorry Jack, but I didn’t tell you the truth last week. I didn’t want anything to effect the game, or get you distracted so I lied...”

JACKSON- “Okay, and you just said that you never thought I let football come between us, and now you are saying you kept something from me so that I wouldn’t get distracted? So which is it, Symia?”

SYMIA- “Keep your voice down, please... I just didn’t want anything I did to pull your concentration from the game and this would have.”

JACKSON- “Okay, fine.  What is it?  What is so important that you couldn’t tell me the truth??”

SYMIA- “I am pregnant, Jack. I lied about the results of the pregnancy test. I bought three of them to make sure, and they all showed positive. I didn’t tell you the truth because...”

JACKSON- “Because you didn’t think I could handle it?  Or because you didn’t think I should know the truth?  How long do you think you could have kept this from me Symia??  I mean you are pregnant for watchers sake, Don’t you think I would eventually have realized it !? Why, why would you tell me you weren’t when you were!? I can’t believe you did this Symia!!”

She breaks down in tears...

SETH- “So boys, I talked to Franklin and he has agreed to do your ceremony, so that is out of the way. As your wedding planner I think now we need to focus on the music and entertainment... So a band?”

IAN- “Mark is your sister still here?”

MARK- “Yeah, she is going to be here for a while. She is taking a break touring and trying to relax before she starts working on her next album.”

DANIEL- “So you think a band would be better than a DJ?”

SETH- “It’s your choice, I mean you know what you would like better. I think with a DJ you would get more of a mix of music.”

JACKSON- “As long as we all can dance to it, it doesn’t matter, I just wanna dance!”

IAN- “So do you think your sister would agree to sing at our wedding?, for the ceremony, I mean, not the reception.”

MARK- “Really?  I didn’t think you were a big country music fan, Ian.”

JACKSON- “You can’t dance to country music!!”

IAN- “Sure you can dance to country, but it’s for the ceremony, not the reception.”

MARK- “And you want Roxie to sing in your wedding??”

IAN- “YES!  I mean have you heard her??”

MARK- “Not really, I am not a big fan of country music.”

IAN- “OMG!  She is your sister, Mark, you should at least listen to her music.  But seriously, there is one song on her album that would be perfect for the ceremony. “For the Last Time”, Listen to it, you would love it. It would be perfect before we exchange vows.”

MARK- “Okay, I will ask her and see what she says.  But she is trying to take a break.”

IAN- “It’s just one song...and could you imagine the look on peoples faces when Roxie Cahill gets up and sings at my wedding?!!”

GABE- “What is up with Symia? She was running out of here, almost knocked me over.  What happened?, she was crying Jack.”

JACKSON- “I don’t know...Actually, I do know. She lied to me Gabe.”

GABE- “About what? She seeing someone else?”

JACKSON-  “No, not that.  She is pregnant.”

GABE- “SHE’S What?  I thought last week she wasn’t and now she is? It doesn’t happen that fast, Jack, and I told you that you two needed to use protection.”

JACKSON- “Well, yeah it CAN happen that fast, Gabe.  One time is all it take. Just takes a while to confirm it.”

GABE- “I know that!  But last week she said.. OH so that’s what she lied about?!  That she really was pregnant then and she lied and told you that she wasn’t. So did you get mad at her? Yell or what, why did she run out of here balling like someone died?”

JACKSON- “I was upset at first and I may have raised my voice a little, but I wasn’t mad, I was just surprised.  I told her I was sorry for raising my voice and that I wasn’t mad.”

GABE- “She didn’t look like someone that was given an apology Jack.  She was out of control crying.”

JACKSON- “I don’t know what happened.  I took her in my arms and told her I was sorry and tried to explain why I was surprised, you know like I told you. I told her that when she told me she wasn’t pregnant, I was relived and happy because I wasn’t going to end up like my Dad and Mom and live with regrets...

GABE- “Oh...She told you she was pregnant, and you told her you were upset because now you think you are going to end up like your parents and have regrets.”

JACKSON- “That isn’t what I said, Gabe. I said...OH SHIT.  Yeah, I guess that is how she took it?”

JACKSON- “I am so sorry, Symia, I shouldn’t have yelled.  I get it. I understand why you didn’t tell me the truth at first. It’s just that I was okay before if you were pregnant. Then you told me that you weren’t and I was so relieved. I was so afraid I would end up like my parents and regret how my life had turned out. But then you told me that you weren’t....

SYMIA-  “Regret? End up like your parents?...  Sorry Jackson.”

JACKSON- “Symia what’s wrong?  What did I say now? Where are you going?  ...SYMIA!?”

CHADWICK- “One more game, then soon graduation will be here, then prepare for Foxbury.  Are you ready for all of that, Gabe?”

GABE- “I suppose. just a little nervous and I’ve never been away from home before, so anxious as well.”

CHADWICK- “Foxbury is like home, at least once you get used to it. I prefer campus to being at home. I mean I love my uncle Adrian and everything he has done for me, but this past year has been life changing for me. I am an independent soul, so I suppose that is why I have done so well.”

GABE- “I am not so much. I suppose I will have to learn how to be though, huh?”

CHADWICK- “Hey, Jackson will be there, and Symia...and of course I will be there to help you get acclimated. You will do fine.”

Jackson and Symia are talking amongst themselves and not paying attention to Gabe and Chad.

JACKSON- “So, I guess this is good night, how about a good night kiss?”

SYMIA- “Of course, and I am serious, Jack, nothing to Gabe about any of this, okay?”

JACKSON- “Just kiss me, okay.”

GABE- “So you coming to the rally and the game, Chad?”

CHADWICK- “Yeah, sure.  I mean if you would like me to. Not a big fan of football, but sure I would love to see you play your final high school game.”

CHADWICK- “Listen, Gabe, I know this is short notice, but the winter ball is in a few weeks. The last event of the winter season. I was wondering, well I was hoping you would go with me... what do you think?”

GABE- “Uh...I hadn’t thought about going, I mean Balls are like football is to you, not a big fan of them. But, if you would like me to----

CHADWICK- “I would love for you to, it would mean a lot to me. I mean it is the social event of the season here, so to speak and I will be going back to Foxbury for the final semester just a few days after the Ball and...well I would like to spend some time with you before I go back.”

GABE- “Okay, sure. I would like that.”

CHADWICK- “Good...whew... that wasn’t so difficult.”

GABE- “Why would that be difficult for you, Chad. I mean we have been friends for a long time, of course I would go with you.”

CHADWICK- “Yeah, I just meant...well nothing. You are right, I don’t know why I thought it would be difficult.”

GABE- “I mean it’s not like it’s a date or something, right? Just two friends enjoying a night out.”

GENERATION ONE ~ Episode 6

A lot can happen in five years, 

...but not much in the Schrieber Family. Seth and Mark are settled into a routine so to speak, and are growing still closer everyday. Raising Jackson has not been too much of a challenge once he made amends with his father and dealt with the loss of Corrine. This is his last year of High School and planning on attending Foxbury in the Fall. 

   Seth and Mark have been discussing having a child of their own, but obstacles keep getting in the way. Neither want to do the artificial womb and carry it themselves, and then finding someone to carry a child has been difficult, as they do not have that many close female friends or family. 

However, there has been a new addition to the family so to speak. About a year ago, Mark found out that his mother had a baby before she was married to his father, while in high school. The man was someone she met in town one night who was home on military leave.. Mark’s grandmother knowing a baby at such a young age was too difficult for her daughter made her give up her newborn daughter to the father and his family. She was raised by her father, George Cahill. Yes, that George Cahill, in Strangetown. Recently she was finally told who her mother was, and she went looking and found her. She also found a little brother she didn’t know she had, Mark  Mark’s older sister just happens to be the newest and biggest sensation in Country Music, Roxie Cahill, and she is staying with Seth and Mark while she is in town, during a hiatus!

 Ian and Daniel are living together and planning a wedding soon, and Penny and Kelvin are married and have a two year old daughter, Delaney. Enoch is still sober and doing quite well for himself. He and Hailey are now married and the owners of the Schrieber home, paying off the loan to Seth and his mother. He and Hailey had another child as well, a son, Caleb Albert. Hailey now works at Seth’s Vet clinic as the Receptionist/Secretary and Enoch is selling insurance. Seth and Enoch’s mother was diagnosed with dementia and she has gotten progressively worse in the last two years, so the brothers had her put into a specialized extended care adult center, where she is thriving and doing very well.

Mark’s father and step-mother still live in Brindleton, and his half-brother Gabe and Jackson have become the best of friends and big High School football stars. 

SYMIA- “So did you ask him?”

CHADWICK- “Yeah, I did. He said yes, just like you said that he would.”

SYMIA- “So why the long face, Chad. I mean you finally have a date with him.  A real date.”

CHADWICK- “Not really, he thinks it was just a friend asking a friend.”

SYMIA- “Chad, you need to tell him how you feel. I know Gabe likes you, You need to be honest with him. Let him know this is not just as friends.”

CHADWICK- “I know, and I will, but can we not talk about it? So did you tell Jack, about your situation?”

SYMIA- “Would you stop calling it that, Chad.  It’s not a situation, it’s a baby.”

CHADWICK- “Which means you lied to him didn’t you?”

SYMIA- “I can’t tell him right now. But I will. I promise.”

CHADWICK- “Well, you need to tell him pretty quick, before you start showing.”

A Week or So Later...

SETH - “You really look engrossed in that chat. One of your clients?”

MARK- “No, it’s Dr. Rouse. I was following up with her in regards to the in-vitro to see if there is any news.”

SETH- “She said it would take a while to get verification that the eggs were---”

MARK- “It’s been a week, she should know something by now. I know that Roxie is anxious to have the eggs implanted and get this going. Certainly they should have some information as to if there has been conception...”

SETH- “I am anxious too, sweetheart, but we need to be patient and let science take it’s course...”

MARK - “Oh wait, she is replying...”

SETH- “So are you going to tell me?  What did she say??”

MARK- “She said that she is calling Roxie later this afternoon for implantation!  She has viable results and that they need to be implanted as soon as possible, so maybe even tonight!”

SETH- “They, so how many are there that are viable?”

MARK- “Out of the six, four are viable and she wants to implant all four of them!”

SETH- “FOUR!? We are going to have four babies!!??”

MARK- “Possibly, but she said not likely all four of them will survive, but she wants to implant all of them that are viable to give a greater chance for pregnancy. That is why she is calling her as soon as possible.”

SETH- “So once these eggs are implanted did she say how long it would take before we know for certain that they are attached and growing?”

MARK- “She said within a couple weeks. If for whatever reason some of the eggs do not attach, or do not “take” as she called it that Roxie’s body would extract them spontaneously but it should not effect the one or ones that did “take”

SETH- “This all sounds so complicated and very risky.  I mean six eggs were fertilized and we have already lost two---