Because of You
By: GeorgeStultsFan
Summary: Something you never thought tore them apart and one of them has to raise their daughter by themselves. But, what happens when something you never thought would have happened brought them back together?
A/N: I don't own 7th Heaven but I do own George Stults World so that'll get me closer to owning 7th Heaven then most people. So please don't sue me if you don't like this story. Yet, I have forgotten to mention that I own all aspects of this entire story which means you can't steal the plot!
A/N2: This is story is set around February 28th, 2008
A/N3: I own Jen's Creations, Kid's Playhouse, Mark Anderson, Jacob Camden, Burger King and some other numerous things/characters in this chapter/story. If you don't think I do please e-mail me and let me know so I can research it myself and hopefully make the correct changes it needs. But I don't own COPS, Aura by American Eagle, Target, Sams Club, and Burger King
A/N4: Again, please continue to send me reviews. I enjoy them because it makes me want to be a better writer and because I'm learning to trust you guys even more! So if you do see mistakes, or you don't agree with something please let me know! I can't aspire if there isn't SOME criticism. If you do want to criticize just be nice about it.
A/N5: I had to split chapter seven and this chapter into separate ones. I'm very proud of this next chapter and hopefully you'll see why. I'm slowly but surely updating all of my stories. Again I really am in the need of a BETA!
CHAPTER EIGHT
"I have got to find that stupid list" she moaned. The light changed green and she inched up a few to turn after the last car went through the intersection and turned left.
"What's this?" she said distractedly, her eyes momentarily leaving the road. "Oh, lord, I wondered why my checkbook was so sticky" she groaned pulling a half eaten sucker out of her purse and threw it in the plastic garbage bag that she had in the Trailblazer.
A car honking drove her out of the little world she was in as she swerved a little. "What the hell Lucy? Pay attention. You didn't even see that car" Lucy told herself as she continued down the road.
Lucy put her foot on the brake slowly since the car in front of her started to turn into some apartment complex.
Her hand was back into her purse again, trying to find the shopping list she had made. She really hated to make them but she always felt organized when she had completed one. Suddenly, she realized that she had left it on the kitchen table; Lucy really started to get irritated.
"Just great Lucy Camden. What else could go wrong today?" she yelled in frustration, slamming her hands on the steering wheel.
Maybe it was the beginning of being frustrated and getting irritated that she took the curve too fast on Pontiac Lake Road. There were buildings and Senior Living Complexes on one side and the Glenoak County Commission building on the other side as well. Glenoak hadn't had much rain in a while so almost everything was dry, but the fast falling rain was making the pavement treacherous.
Lucy prided herself on the fact that she had never really had an accident, so it came to a completely surprise to find her vehicle now spinning out of control. For the first time in Lucy's life, she didn't know which pedal to push. Her foot felt around the floorboard even as her mind conjured up a brief image of her daughter and Kevin.
Lucy's last thought was that she had to get to Target to buy her nephew a birthday present before she slammed head first into a large oak tree.
15 minutes later Matt, Annie, Eric and the kids were still waiting for Lucy.
"Do you think she forgot?"
Matt shook his head. "No, she seemed content about coming to dinner tonight. Maybe she's still at Target?" he suggested.
"I'll call her cell" Eric replied grabbing his Motorola T720 out of his pocket and flipped it opened and searched for Lucy's cell number. When he found it, he hit the sent button and waited for the call to connect.
"You have reached Lucy Camden and Savannah Kinkirk. We can't come to the phone right now but if you leave a message and your number we'll get back to you"
Eric waited patiently for the voicemail message to end before he started to speak. "Luce, it's your dad. Were waiting for you here at Burger King still. Call us if you changed you mind" and hung up the phone when he was done.
"No answer" he told Matt and Annie.
Annie shook her head. "Maybe she forgot. You know how she and Savannah are when they are at Target. Maybe she forgot and already ate something? Besides it's almost 8 and the boys want to get home so they can watch that new cartoon and I should probably get Savannah ready for bed."
"Yeah, I probably should get home to. I'm sure Sarah and Rosina are home by now after looking at dozen's of furniture besides" Matt glanced out at the window and looked at the rain pouring down. "It looks like we are in for once nasty rainstorm tonight"
Annie and Eric nodded their heads in agreement as they watched the lightening dance across the sky. Yet, both were deep in thought over something more important.
"Gamma?" Savannah questioned pulling on Annie's shirt, pulling her out of her thoughts.
"Yes sweetie?"
"Where's momma? She said she would come"
Annie sighed. "I think momma went to Target and must have forgotten about us. I'm sure when we get home she'll have something special for you"
Savannah gave Annie a wide smile and a loud squeal. "I love Target!" she exclaimed loudly hoping into Annie's lap and giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. "I'm tired Gamma, can we go now?" Savannah yawned.
Annie nodded her head. "Sure angel. Why don't you go find Uncle David and Uncle Sam and have them help you put your shoes on and then we'll go okay?" she said with a smile.
Savannah nodded and jumped off Annie's lap and ran towards the play place looking for her two uncles.
Kevin stopped by his apartment for a quick change of clothes and some dinner before he headed off towards the Camden's home to straighten everything out with Lucy and her meddling mother, Annie before his family was torn apart.
Unlocking his apartment door he opened it and went in kicking the door shut with his foot. He ran into his bedroom and grabbed a pair of blue jeans and a white t-shirt and ripped his police clothes off in less than five seconds. He didn't want to waste any time doing stupid stuff that he could use to fight to get his daughter back.
Throwing on his clothes he raced out into the kitchen and yanked the refrigerator door and started to rummage around trying to find something quick that he could throw together or even possibly eat on the way there. Way in the back he found a box that said Pete's Pizza that he ordered a few days ago and grabbed it, tossing it on the counter behind him and grabbed a coke from one of the shelves, kicking the door closed with his foot.
He opened it up and grabbed a slice and popped the top of the can opened and took three gulps before he swallowed his pizza. He knew he was going to pay for how he ate later that night be he didn't care. He had some work ahead of him. He started to head for the door when he noticed that he had forgotten to grab his mail for the day.
"Oh well" he thought as he exited out of the apartment and headed down the stairs to where the small mailboxes were located at and picked the right key off of his key ring and opened the door.
"Junk, Junk, Junk, bills, bills" he muttered to himself riffling through the rest of his mail when his eyes caught onto a dark colored manila enveloped that stated simply.
Kevin Kinkirk
789 Brooklodge Apt #17B
Glenoak, CA 90066
He threw the other mail under his left arm and shut the door of his mailbox and started to run towards his truck. It was still raining but not as hard as it had been. Taking his car key he lifted the side of the dark colored enveloped and opened it up.
An official letterhead along with a bunch of papers was attached. Quickly he scanned the documents and almost swore out loud. Lucy did go through with her request of a divorce, but instead of playing the game fair she decided to play dirty. She was asking for full custody of Savannah and wanting to severe his visitation rights. He opened up his car door and threw all the mail into the passenger's seat and slammed the door shut. Now, he was really pissed. It was one thing to ask for a divorce but it was another to try and severe all ties between him and his own child. Kevin shoved the key into the ignition and the engine roared to life. He pressed his foot on the brake and pulled the car into reverse and slammed on the gas to back out. He didn't care how fast he drove all he knew was Lucy had to be dealt with and it had to be dealt with now.
Lucy moaned in pain. She could barely lift her head when she heard voices coming from somewhere behind her.
"Miss? Can you hear me Miss? My name is Mike and I'm an EMT. I need you to hold still while Joe and his gang cut you out of your car okay?"
"Lucy, repeat after me," Eric smiled at his daughter. "I, Lucy Camden, take you, Kevin Kinkirk to be my lawfully wedded husband."
"I, Lucy Camden, take you, Kevin Kinkirk to be my lawfully wedded husband."
Lucy groaned again and tried to speak but it hurt too much. She tried to move her head but the pain was so bad she felt like she was going into labor all over again. She heard the noises of machinery and gave a small sigh of relief.
She heard the noises cease and felt a few arms around her and move her out slowly onto one of those harden mats. They quickly threw a neck brace around her neck and started to check her eyes to see how dilated her pupils were.
"I'm feeling an overwhelming desire to have a baby with you Kevin Kinkirk!" she told Kevin with a big smile on her face.
Kevin gave her an odd look. "What made you decide to bring this topic up again? Are you telling me this because you're already pregnant?"
Lucy put her hands behind her back and stared at the ground with a big pause in between. "Yes. I'm gonna have a baby. We're gonna have a baby." She told him with an even bigger smile on her face. But her smile soon turned into a look of concern. Her strong willed husband who was a cop had fainted.
"Miss? Can you hear me?" she heard them ask again. She tried to speak but alas no words would come out. She tried to open her eyes but they wouldn't. She wanted to see the face of the person that was helping her.
"Can you tell me your name miss?"
"Come on Luce! You gotta push harder sweetie!" Kevin coached her as she gripped on to his hand as another contraction racked her body.
"I can see the babies head Lucy" Dr. Jackson told her. "Now Lucy, I need you to give me one big push okay? When I count to three I want you to push as hard as you can alright?"
Lucy nodded at looked at Kevin who gave her a crooked smile. "He's almost here Luce!"
Lucy took a deep breath and put her head back on her pillow and waited for the doctor's count. She heard one, two, three and she pushed as hard as she could. All of a sudden she heard a baby crying and looked towards her right and Kevin smiled at her.
"It's a girl" he told her giving her a soft, but sensual kiss on the lips"
"Lucy" she replied hoarsely.
"Lucy what miss?"
"Lucy Kinkirk" she replied before her world went black.
Kevin turned right onto Alta road and started to cruise down the street before he reached the Camden's house. He pulled his truck over to the curb and cut the engine off. Opening the door slowly he grabbed a hold of the divorce papers and slammed the door shut. Checking to make sure no one else was coming down the road in less than 10 strides he was across the street and heading up towards the Camden front door and knocked hard.
Eric, who was sitting in his office, heard someone pounding on the front door and got up to investigate but as he stepped out of his office he saw that Ruthie had beaten him to the door.
Ruthie peeked through the white curtains and saw that it was Kevin and got a big smile on her face. Yeah, so he wasn't that great of a talker when it came to sex but still he was one of her favorite non-Camden family members.
"Kevin!" she exclaimed opening the door and gave him a hug. "What are you doing here?" she asked him looking confused. He really never came around unless it was something that had to do with Savannah.
"I'm here to see Lucy" he muttered rolling up the divorce papers in his hand so Ruthie wouldn't see them as he stepped inside the house.
"Oh, well Lucy isn't here she went to Target" Ruthie replied shutting the door behind him.
"Do you know when she'll—" Kevin started to say when he heard Savannah's voice from the top of the stairs..
"Daddy!" Savannah cried out rushing into his arms. "Hey Anna" he whispered softly gripping a hold of his daughter tightly as he hugged her tightly. Savannah put her arms around his neck and started to give him her famous butterfly kisses.
"Are you here to take me back to the house?" she asked him.
"No I'm not sweetie" Kevin replied noticing the crestfallen look on Savannah's face. "I'm here to talk to mommy to see if I can take you next weekend" he told her with a smile hoping that would make her happy.
From afar, Eric watched the father-daughter moment and wondered if life for Savannah would be the same after Kevin talked to Lucy tonight.
"Do you know how much I love you?" he whispered in her ear. Savannah's eyes went big and she laid her head on Kevin's shoulder. "You love me lots" she told him happily. Kevin nodded. "I love you more than the world combined" which of course he knew Savannah wouldn't understand and just let her giggle at his words.
Kevin caught Eric hanging back in the hallway and gave him a half smile. Eric closed the office door behind him and walked out to greet his son-in-law.
"Kevin, Lucy isn't here"
Kevin nodded his head. "Yeah, Ruthie just told me. Is it okay if I wait here for her?"
Eric nodded his head and turned back towards the kitchen where Annie was hastily preparing the next day's dinner.
"I heard someone knocking on the door. Who was it?" she asked wiping her hands on the apron that she was wearing.
"Kevin" Eric stated simply grabbing an apple from the fruit bowl.
"What is he doing here? Didn't he get the message when I talked to him earlier today?" She snarled in anger untying the bow from her apron and throwing it on the counter. "I guess when I kick him out he'll realize that I was serious" she told Eric as she pushed her way past him and started towards the family room.
She didn't get very far when Eric grabbed her by the arm. "Let go of me Eric" Annie hissed at him her eyes flashing with anger.
"This is between Lucy and Kevin. You and I are not apart of this"
"Like hell it is! I'm not going to see another one of my daughter's life get ruined by some jerk who swept her off her feet 6 years ago! I already have one daughter who gave up everything I'm not letting my other daughter's dreams be taken from her because he was half custody" she practically yelled at him angrily as he realized his grip and let her stomp into the family room.
Kevin was in the family room with Savannah on his lap reading one of her favorite books that she had gotten out of the big toy chest that Kevin had bought for her last Christmas.
He had heard yelling coming from the hallway and shifted uncomfortably and still continued to read to Savannah. If his years of living with the Camden's he knew that Annie Camden wouldn't start a fight with her own children and granddaughter in the same room.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw Annie come from the hallway her eyes flashing from anger and watched as she stopped, smoothed her hair and shirt before she walked into the family room.
"Kevin. Hello" she spoke to him her voice barely above polite.
"Annie" Kevin acknowledged. He closed Savannah's book and moved her off of his lap.
"Daddy" Savannah started to whine when Kevin turned and looked at her.
"Sweetie, Grandma and I have to go and have an adult talk okay? Why don't you ask Aunt Ruthie to finish the rest of your story?"
Savannah nodded her head and grabbed her book, hopping off the couch and walked over to Ruthie. "Aunt Ruthie? Will you finish my story for me?" she asked. Ruthie smiled and patted her lap and waited until the little girl to climb up onto her lap.
Kevin stood up and followed Annie and Eric who was suspiciously hiding in the hallway into the kitchen.
"Sit" Annie practically barked at Kevin. He stood there shocked for a moment before he sat at the dining room table.
"What are you doing here?"
Kevin cleared his throat. "To see Lucy"
Annie eyed him suspiciously. "What for? I mean she sent you those divorce papers right? What's so important that you need to talk to her about?"
Kevin clenched his jaw. "Considering the fact that she wants full custody of Savannah and wants to severe my parental rights I guess I have something to talk to her about. Is that a good enough reason for you?" he asked her sarcastically.
"How….How…" Annie started to spat out when Eric grabbed her arm. "Annie" he warned her.
"Let me go Eric"
"Your're the reason why my daughter is unhappy. You're the reason why my granddaughter walks around the house all day asking me when you are coming to get her and mommy. You're the reason my daughter had to resort to taking full custody of Savannah" Annie started to yell at Kevin.
In the family room, Ruthie who was still reading to Savannah could hear her mother and Kevin screaming at each other.
"Aunt Ruthie?" Savannah said softly after Ruthie had paused to listen to what they were saying.
"Yeah?"
"Why are daddy and gamma yelling at each other?" the little girl asked innocently.
"I'm not sure Savannah. It's probably something between your mommy and daddy. Now let's finish the—" Ruthie started to say when she heard someone knocking on the front door. "Sam, David will you watch Savannah for me while I answer the door?" she asked her brothers who were still staring into the T.V even after their show, Teen Titans had ended and another cartoon started nodded their heads.
Ruthie got up off the chair and headed towards the front door grimacing from the screams and the yells that were coming from the Kitchen. She thought maybe she should have gotten one of her parents or even Kevin to answer the door but she thought about it twice before she went and interrupted their argument.
"Who is it?" she asked before she peeped through the curtains and almost screamed. There standing on her porch was Captain Michaels and another police officer. She opened the door and stared at the two men.
"Ruthie, is Kevin here?" Captain Michaels asked. Ruthie nodded "Him and my parents are in the kitchen. Did you need him or something?"
Captain Michaels nodded his head. "I think it would be a good idea if your parents came to" he replied. Ruthie looked at him quizzically and when she couldn't read anything off his face she retreated and headed towards the kitchen, grimacing into what kind of trouble she'd be in when she interrupted.
"SHE'S BETTER OFF WITH US!" Annie screamed at her son-in-law before she noticed Ruthie standing in the doorway. "What do you need Ruthie? Can't you see we are trying to have a conversation?"
"Captain Michaels is at the door along with another officer…he needs to see Kevin" she replied her face rather pale. "Oh, and he said you guys should come to" she told her parents and she walked back towards the front door.
For a moment Kevin felt frozen to the floor. The circumstances—indeed, the very look on Ruthie's face—made his heart pound. He moved slowly but surely towards the front door, somehow knowing that his boss and the other officer at the front door were going to tell him something that would change his life forever.