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Once dinner was ready, the whole house sat down to eat. Liberty sat at the table, rubbing her eyes sleepily, yawning excessively. Emily tapped her shoulder, and Liberty sighed, putting her hands on her lap.

 

Troy sat beside Elle as she dished out everyone’s plate. She then sat in her seat and smiled. “Please bow your heads.” She said softly, bowing her head and closing her eyes. There were several long moments of silence before everyone raised their heads and began to eat and chat amongst one another.

 

“Elle, Emily, this is amazingly delicious. Thank you, girls.” Troy said as he rose to collect everyone’s empty plates. Elle rose from her chair as well, grabbing the plates that had leftovers on them. Emily smiled and picked Liberty up from the table, walking upstairs to put her to bed.

 

As Elle made her way to the kitchen, she stopped walking, and a splash could be heard on the floor. She looked down, and sure enough, between her feet was a puddle of water. She looked up to meet Troy’s eyes- instead; she met those silver eyes she had seen earlier above her head.

 

As if the puddle on the floor wasnt bad enough, the sight of those eyes once more caused her to drop the dishes she was carrying. Left over’s crashed to the tiled floor, the dishes below them shattering into a million pieces. Elle looked down at the floor once more, then up to Troy- this time Troy's eyes were his own baby blue, and a huge smile was spread across his face.

 

"Who said today wasnt the day?" He asked, walking over and picking Elle up so as she wouldnt step on any of the broken glass. "Emily!" He called up the stairs.

 

"What happened? Whats all the breaking of platters for?!"

 

"Baby's coming!"

 

Emily nearly screamed with delight. She could be heard running back to Liberty's bedroom and then back down the stairs, Liberty in her arms. "Come on! Troy, move it!" She urged him, pushing him out of the house.

 

As Troy walked from the kitchen, Elle looked back, trying to find those silver eyes once more.

 

"Elle, what are you looking at?" Emily asked.

 

Elle simply shook her head. "N-nothing." She lied. "Just the broken dishes."

 

Emily giggled. "Oh honey, dont worry about that."