Bennys nineteenth birthday Olivia and Layla discussed the idea of having another baby. This time it would be through a sperm donor. A hop skip and a jump later Layla found out she was expecting.
Layla and Olivia have both discussed the idea with their son, Benny is a twenty year old male. Olivia thought it was a good time to bring in a new baby.
Layla was late coming into the bakery due to the doctor's appointment. She was four weeks along, in her hand she held the ultrasound for her wife to see. "Liv, look at our little bean" Layla said. Olivia looked at the ultrasound she kissed her wife.
While Olivia was looking at the ultrasound picture Randy and Benny entered the bakery. Benny looked towards Olivia she had a smile on her face. "Look Ben, it's your baby brother or sister" Olivia said. Benny looked at the ultrasound picture. A small blob was seen in the middle of Laylas belly.
Benny walked to his station unbothered by what he saw. Layla stopped Randy at the counter "please talk to my son about the baby coming he seems to like you more than his mothers" Layla snapped. Olivia went after her wife. Randy switched to the front counter.
Many of the regular customers were caught off guard from the lack of yelling. Each one left with a satisfied smile. Around noon a few people came in for interviews for a baker position. Whenever it was not busy Randy would sneak glances toward Benny.
"Lover boy quit making goo goo eyes at my son and take these orders" Olivia said. A line of customers were standing in front of him. Each one had simple orders. Olivia was retrieving the items into their boxes and handing them over to Randy.
Ms. Lloyd from the local elementary school picked up the Madagascar cookies. Benny worked extra hard on the cookies to make them look accurate. After Randy showed Benny all three Madagascar movies. Benny was making sketches of the characters.
Randy would look through the sketches when Benny was napping. Out of all the characters he noticed Melman was a common occurrence. After that it was Marty, Gloria, and Alex the lion. The fossa's were an unexpected occurrence. Which made Randy laugh, he set the sketch book aside and kissed Bennys tired head.
"The students are going to love these for the movie day, thank you Liv" Ms. Lloyd said. "Pleasures all ours you enjoy them" Olivia said. Randy helped Ms. Lloyd get the remaining boxes into her car.
"Thank you young man, here's a twenty for your help" Ms. Lloyd said. Placing the twenty in Randy's hand she then went into her car and carefully drove off. "Ms. Lloyd tips every time she picks up her orders" Olivia said. "Which school does she work for" Randy asked."Hemmington, she's the principal over there" Olivia said.
Hemmington was an elementary school, only very rich families could send their children there. Ms. Lloyd just happens to be the principal of the school. Each month the PTA has a special night for the students. This month is movie night featuring Madagascar.
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Benny was first enrolled at Hemmington before he was kicked out. Olivia has a love hate relationship with Ms. Lloyd due to that reason. Apparently Hemmington doesn't have the accommodations for an autistic child like Benny. Many of his teachers failed him and laughed in his face.
Layla received a call that morning from the school saying to come pick up Benny. When Layla arrived at the elementary school she saw a five year old Benny sitting on the curb. Tears were stained on his cheeks.
Once Olivia found out about what happened to her son she stormed into the school. School staff tried stopping Olivia but she was able to get passed them. She barged into Principal Lloyds office.
"Are you kidding me how dare you kick out my son for being who he is, you've lost a bright light in this school fuck you and fuck this school for not having the accommodations for my Benny, when my wife picked him up he was sitting on the curb crying, any other child would be getting the royal treatment and he or she would be able to stay in this school but not my Benny because he's Autistic shame on you Ms. Lloyd" Olivia said.
Olivia stormed out of her office, that night Olivia and Layla found a school for Benny who was accommodating towards Benny. Only autistic students could attend.
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Olivia had been working on the babies room. Layla wanted a neutral room until they actually knew the gender. Benny hadn't been home to see the changes that were made. A room was down the hall from Bennys room. This spare room was being used as the baby room. "We need to have Benny here to see the room" Layla said.
"Randy's bringing Ben over for dinner tonight, will show him then" Olivia said. Olivia noticed her wife growing nervous. "What if he doesn't like the idea of a new baby coming into our family" Layla asked. Olivia pulled her wife close holding her safely. "It's all going to be ok Layla" Olivia said.
Around six Randy and Benny arrived at his mom's house. Layla invited them in with happy smiles. "It smells amazing in here Layla" Randy said. "Thank you Randy, there's drinks in the other room if you'd like one" Layla said. Benny went towards his room to retrieve more items.
After leaving his room quietly he walked down the hallway to the closed door. The door was unlocked, Ben looked behind him to see if anyone was there. He heard chatter coming from the living room before closing the babies door behind him.
Once inside he saw beige walls, a crib was lined up against the wall. Inside the crib he saw an grey elephant. He gave each piece of the furniture a look through. The rocking chair was Bennys favorite part of the room. He spent twenty minutes swaying back and forth on the chair. His eyes began to droop. Until he heard.
"Ben, dinners ready" Randy knelt in front of him. His eyes opened Randy was rubbing his thigh. "Let's go eat Ben" Randy said. The older helped Ben to the kitchen. The table was ready with all kinds of delicious food. Olivia caught Randy in the kitchen. "He was in the babies room wasn't he" Olivia asked. Randy nodded.
"He was asleep on the rocking chair" Randy said. Olivia smiled "he always liked sleeping in those chairs" Olivia said. Randy went back to the moment where he found Ben. The lights dimmed a baby light was flashing around on the ceiling. In Bennys arms was an elephant. "Do you think he knows that he'll be an older brother" Randy asked.
Benny was now cuddled up on the couch in his mom's living room. He heard the conversations about a new sibling coming into the home. Benny knew he wouldn't be replaced. His mothers will always have unconditional love for their son. A new baby in the picture will bring more love and happiness to the family.
The drive home Benny thought about the idea of being a big brother. He began to draw out ideas in his mind of him and the baby. He also saw Randy in some of those drawings. Randy's been showing up in his mental drawings more and more.