Chapter 9

Jo, Katie, and Kendall were still in the living-room until Mrs. Knight woke up. She came in there with them but she stated coughing and clearing her throat. All of them had asked if she was ok and when she had seen her son, tears of joy started forming and one ended up going down her cheek.

"Oh my... Kendall." Mrs. Knight said speechless as she went over there and hugged her boy half to death.

"Hey mom. How have you been?" Kendall asked after he had to catch his breath again from being squeezed tightly.

"Just trying to get over this cold. Can I make you something to eat?" She asked offering them something to eat.

"A little bit. I'll help you." Katie and Jo said getting up and going into the kithen.

Washing their hands before touching any of the food. Jo tried to keep the baby in cause she was about to be due but not until a few days after Christmas, hopefully the baby doesn't come before then. Kendall could hear all of them laughing and having a great time in the kitchen and he just sat there looking at the wall for a few minutes.

"Mom are you ok?" Kaite asked pulling her hair back into a ponytail and started drying her hands off.

"Yeah I'm fine. Its just this cold I have, but I'm not gonna let it get in the way of me spending time with my babies." Mrs. Knight replied with a smile on her face.

Little did they know that she was keeping something from them, not wanting them to find out either. Mrs. Knight just wanted to make her children happy along with her daughter in-law. Even though she was in pain, she wanted to spend her last few days with them.

"So Jo is the baby a boy or girl?" Katie asked as she mixed the cake batter getting the air bubbles out of it.

"Well, the baby is a girl. Her name is Bella." Jo said looking at both of them and pulled pans out for the batter to be poured into.

Katie and her mom congratulated Jo and Kendall for wanting to start a family. Mrs. Knight always wanted grandchildren but when her children grew up. After they were done in the kitchen, they started setting the table and asked Kendall to help.

When dinner was finnished, Jo and Mrs. Knight cleanned up the dishes and Katie pulled Kendall aside and asked him something. He went with her to see what she was up to.

"What is it Katie?" Kendall asked trying to whisper as soflty as he possibly could.

"Would you mind helping me with a song? I really wanted to sing one for a present for mom." Katie asked as she put her hands into her pockets.

"Yeah sure I'll help you. What song is it that you want to sing for her?" Kendall asked crossing his arms.

"Thank you by Dido. I want to mom know how much I'm thankful for having her as my mom. Another thing is that I want her to know..." Katie couldn't think of anything else to say.

Kendall had agreed to help out his baby sister with her Christmas present. They had spent hours of time practicing and going over the song. Kendall played the guitar while Kaite sung the lyrics. Spending days if they had to even though Christmas was three days away.

All of them spent time together while their dad wasn't there to ruin the family bonding time. Kendall helped Katie when it was dark outside and their mom was asleep.