Chapter 4: A Weird Relationship

 After I got my computer working I found a man who basically swept me off my feet online! I couldn’t wait to meet him in person, his name was Connor Frio. I told him about my baby challenge, how I needed men who would help me have children, but didn’t need to participate other than that if they didn’t want to. Connor told me we wanted to participate, which I was grateful for…at the time…

When he showed up I greeted him with a big smile, which he in turn gave me.

Lucy- “I’m really glad to finally meet you.”

Connor- “I am too, I feel like my whole life has been leading up to meeting you here.”

Okay that was a bit awkward. Before we did anymore I decided to tell him the rules one more time.

Lucy- “So the way this challenge works is that I get help from men to have 100 babies. After we have conceived there is no commitment after. Are you okay with this?”

He paused for a moment, but then smiled sweetly again.

Connor- “Of course honey bunch. You don’t want any commitment out of this. You just want babies.”

Lucy- “Well yea…I mean, if you want to be in the child’s life you can, but that’s about it.”

There was an awkward silence.

Lucy- “Are you okay with that?”

Connor- “Of course, of course.” 

 I wasn’t getting that great of a vibe from this guy, but I wanted my baby challenge to keep going, so I moved in for a kiss.

We moved to the bedroom and conceived the next baby 

Taking care of twins took up a lot of my time. If one was sleeping the other needed to be fed and diaper changed and visa versa. You think with dealing with my siblings I would be used to this by now! 

 Luckily Benton kept himself busy while I cared for his younger sisters.

He was great with doing his homework all by himself… 

Even when his homework was finished he had his nose in a book. He once told me that books were the greatest friends he would ever had. I didn’t know if this was a good or bad thing, but he had a smile on his face so I left it at that. 

Birthdays came fast! Baby #2 Kennedie as a toddler

 Baby #3 Maizie as a toddler 

Baby # 1 Benton was finally a teenager, and he was quite handsome I might add!

Not too far after I realized that I was pregnant with baby #4! I was so excited to see his/her cute little baby face!

 In the mean time I taught the twins how to talk…

 And walk… 

 Late in the night I woke from bed with a horrible pain. I realized right away that I was having the baby.

I woke up Benton to tell him to watch the twins while I went to the hospital. Again, the hospital was like a street down so I just walked. 

 Right as I checked myself in Connor ran through the door, which I thought was rather odd. I didn’t call him, there wasn’t enough time…but I blew it off. Connor has a right to see his baby born.

 Woo! Another boy! Welcome baby #4 Ewan Conway!

When I got home I had a bigger surprise than I thought. There Connor was just waiting for me.

Lucy- “Uh, Connor, don’t you think it’s a little late to visit? I promise you can come over tomorrow to visit your son. I’m just so tired now, I need a while to recover.”

Connor- “Oh, I’m so sorry Lucy, I didn’t mean to bother you. I just thought…well I thought I might help you with the baby for a while.”

Lucy- “Look, Connor, it really doesn’t work that way. This is a baby challenge, if you’re here all the time it’s almost like we were dating or something.”

 Connor- “Well…aren’t we?”

Oh boy, this guy’s head was thick. How to I break this to him?

Lucy- “Connor, that’s not how baby challenges work…”

 Connor- “Oh….I get it…I guess, I’ll leave you alone.”

He looked so sad as he walked to the door. I hated being the bad guy…

Lucy- “Connor…wait…if you want you can stay here tonight.”

Oh I was going to regret this in the morning…

 But tonight I was going to have fun.

 Early in the morning he left and I hoped that it would be the last time I saw this man.

With Connor gone I got to work caring for the babies. 

 Ewan was such a cute little boy. I really loved spending time with him.

My little girls just loved it when I held them as I did chores around the house. 

Benton was a wonderful older brother and helped me take care of his younger sisters. Time flew before I realize it was their birthdays! 

 Baby #2 Kennedie as a child

Baby # 3 Maizie as a child (matching shorts?!?)

 The night of their birthday I woke up to realize that I was pregnant again. Oh boy….

 I knew that whatever was between Connor and I needed to stop. I knew I couldn’t count this baby as part of my challenge. Even though I would love him/her with all my heart, I needed to focus on my challenge and having a weird relationship with one man was not going to help me at all.

I called Connor and asked him to meet me at the city park to talk. He was more than happy to see me. 

While I waited for him to come I fished, hoping to relax myself for what I was about to come. 

 But still when I saw him I wished he would’ve taken longer.

 Connor- “I’m so happy you called honey pie, what did you want to talk about?”

Lucy- “Well, umm…I thought I should tell you that I’m pregnant again.”

Connor- “Are you serious? That’s great!”

Lucy- “Well….I’m happy about the child, but we need to talk about us.”

 Connor- “Well what’s wrong Honey Pie?

Lucy- “Look, Connor, when we had sex…the second time…didn’t you tell me you were wearing a condom?”

Connor- “Oh yea…about that…I thought I had one, but I didn’t.”

 Lucy- “So basically you lied to me.”

Connor- “Lucy, I don’t know why you’re mad. You got another child and it’s my child.”

 Lucy- “But that’s the problem. It’s your child.”

Connor- “What’s that supposed to mean?”

I could tell he was getting agitated. 

 Lucy- “Connor, my baby challenge has rules. One of the main rules is that the fathers have to be different. I can’t just have children with you, I need to find other fathers to have children with.”

Connor- “So you’re telling me that the whole reason you are breaking up with me is because you want to go have sex with a hundred other guys?!?”

Lucy- “That’s…not the whole reason…” 

 Connor- “I can’t believe this.”

Suddenly Connor turned and walked away. 

 Suddenly he turned around and started glaring at me angrily.

Connor- "Well what's the whole reason then?"

 Lucy- “Look, you came over and were just so clingy…it was really weird.”

 Connor- “Oh! So I am the weird guy because I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you?!?”

Lucy- “Woah there…”

 Lucy- “We chatted online for like a week before you came over. You think I would throw away my entire challenge for a guy I met over the internet in a week?” 

 Connor- “We are meant to be together Lucy!”

Lucy- “Do you know how weird that sounds? I barely know you! How could I ever be okay with that?”

Connor- “BECAUSE IT’S MEANT TO BE!!!!!”

 I stood there shocked and really afraid of this man.

 After I found my voice again, I tried to be as brave as I could be.

Lucy- “Look, Connor, even if I wasn’t doing this challenge I wouldn’t want to be with you. You’re scaring me. I want you to leave and I don’t want to see you again, and stay away from my children.”

 As he left I heard him grumble to himself, mumbling the word "Slut". 

 Once I couldn’t see him anymore I took a big deep breath. That was the worst confrontation I had ever been in. I had to calm myself down and trying to comfort myself by saying that I was bound to get a few freaks in my challenges.

I was glad it was over and I wanted to go home to make sure everyone was alright. I knew I was going to be on edge for a while, but I knew I did the right thing. Connor was bad news. And I swear if anyone every calls me Honey Pie again they’re going to get slapped!