Disclaimer: Sue Thomas FBEYE does not belong to me
Chapter One
Bobby Manning stared at the empty desk. He missed her. The bullpen wasn't the same without her. He shuddered as he thought about how close he had come to losing her for good. How could he possibly have ever thought that he loved someone else? Glancing at his watch, Bobby stifled a sigh. Five more hours and he could go home. Standing, he made his way over to the unoccupied desk and picked up a glitter ink pen. He smiled as he thought about her many arguments with Randy Pitts over filling out reports with glitter pens. Grinning, Bobby sauntered back to his desk with the pen in hand. It had been way too long since they had had a glitter-induced Randy tantrum.
Sue Hudson rubbed her burning eyes as she finished transcribing the last video. She quickly printed her notes and moved to fax them to the FBI team she was assisting. She loved being able to work from home and to help more than one unit, but she greatly missed being with her team-mates full-time.
While waiting for confirmation that the fax had been received, Sue felt something grab her legs. She looked down into the hazel eyes of her thirteen-month old son.
A soft smile crossed her face. "Hey there, Sparky Junior." Sue rolled her eyes at the nickname that had come out of her mouth. "I've been spending way too much time with your Uncle Bobby."
The boy's face lit up and he clapped his hands. "Unca! Unca!" he cried gleefully.
Sue grinned and ran her fingers through his thick, curly, black hair. Jackson adored Bobby. And to everyone's surprise the toddler had also developed a close relationship with Myles. Of course, that could have something to do with Myles sectioning off a corner of his flowerbed for Jackson's digging purposes after that unfortunate incident of Jackson eating a prized Crimson Myles.
Sue lifted Jackson onto her hip and carried him to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
Buckling Jackson into his highchair, Sue handed him a sippy cup of water and studied his tiny features. So much like Jack's. Her heart swelled with love. She could hardly believe that he was hers. So much of her life now seemed like a wonderful dream. Sue could hardly believe that she was the wife of Jack Hudson and the mother of Jackson Samuel Hudson Jr. A year ago her husband had been laying in a coma with doctors telling her that there was no hope that he would ever awaken. And yet here they were. Jack had returned to work at the FBI seven months ago and they were expecting their second child.
Tara Manning groaned as another contraction hit. They were coming more frequently today. Pushing away from the computer, she stood to go get a refill for her tea. Feeling something wet on her leg, Tara looked down. "Well," she muttered. "Looks like our ankle biters are going to make an appearance sooner than we expected."
"Manning." Bobby answered his phone, not noticing that Jack was doing the same across the room.
"What?!...Are you sure?...Stay there. I'm on my way."
Bobby and Jack leaped up sending their desk chairs crashing backwards. "It's time!"
They stared at each other incredulously.
"You too?"
Bobby recovered first and rolled his eyes. "Leave it to our shelias to go into labor at the same time. See ya at the hospital, mate." He raced from the bullpen with Jack hot on his heels.
Myles looked at his teammates with a raised eyebrow. "I wonder how long it will take Jack to realize that he needs someone to care for Sir Jackson."
Lucy giggled while their two rookie teammates looked at their watches.
Three minutes later Jack ran back into the bullpen, his eyes wide with panic. "Lucy…"
Still giggling, Lucy reached for her purse. "Don't worry, Jack. I'll meet you at your house to get Jackson and Levi."
"Thanks." He disappeared as quickly as he had appeared.