Don't worry folks, I will finish my Christmas challenge story. I want to get the last chapter right and I was itching to start this challenge so it will return, don't worry. For now, enjoy these stories.
First we will explore Groundhog Day 2025. If some of it sounds familiar, it's because it's roots are from my 2018 February Bonesology Fanfiction challenge story Love & Family, Chapter 3.
February 1st Aubrey and Jessica were going through their list for Molly's birthday party and later Super Bowl party as Rachael, Jamie, and Savannah were eating breakfast at the table.
"Is the cake ready for pick up?" Aubrey asked his wife.
"Yes, I got the call while you were making the kids' breakfast. It's ready to be picked up today." Jessica scrapped yogurt from a container as Molly munched on a raspberry. "Come on baby. Greek yogurt is so yummy…need to be healthy for your birthday party tomorrow."
"Daddy, do you think Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow tomorrow?" Rachael said before drinking her orange juice.
Aubrey glanced out the window at the snow falling. "I hope so. Snow is yucky."
"How about the streamers and balloons?" Jessica fed their daughter the last of the food. "Good girl, Molly. You ate all your food like you daddy does."
Aubrey walked over and pet Molly's soft red hair. "That's because she's an Aubrey."
"Of course." Jessica cleaned up Molly's face. "Superman, the streamers and balloons?"
"I'm going to get them tomorrow morning before I go get the barbecue."
Jessica rinsed the yogurt container and put it in recycling. "Aubrey, tomorrow is not only Molly's birthday, but also Groundhog Day and Super Bowl Sunday. With everybody coming over, I would go get the stuff later so we can set up some stuff tonight. I'll need the morning to make up the wings and dips for the game."
"Good idea. I'll grab the stuff while I'm running errands today." Aubrey said.
"Daddy, can I go?" Rachael asked, her big blue eyes looking at her father.
"Sure Pumpkin." Aubrey kissed his daughter's head.
"I wanna go, too…" Jamie said.
"Me, too…" Savannah said.
Aubrey knew the errands would take twice as long with a six-year-old and a set of 3-year-old twins accompanying him, but he didn't have the heart to tell them no. "Okay, but you all have to be good or no Star Wars later."
As the kids finished their breakfast, Jessica held Molly as she walked up to her husband. "Rachael has talked about nothing but Groundhog Day for the last few days so she's going to talk your ear off about Punxsutawney Phil."
"Well, she's smart like her mother." Aubrey pecked his wife. "Maybe, Daddy will get a reward for his errands today…like say…an early Groundhog Day present from Mommy?"
"Perhaps, but first, you have to clean up your daughter." Jessica handed him the little girl.
"Why is she my daughter when she needs to be cleaned up?"
Jessica smiled. "Because dear Superman, I gave birth to your four children and it's a mother's privilege. After almost eight years of marriage you still don't know that?"
Before the agent could respond, Molly touched her father's face, leaving a trace of yogurt on him to his family's giggles. "Dada."
Aubrey looked down into his youngest child's green eyes. "Thank you, Molly."
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The next morning, Jessica was sound asleep when she felt a hand move up her leg. "Someone wants to celebrate Groundhog Day."
"…and the Super Bowl…and our daughter's first birthday…naked with my wife…"
Jessica looked at the clock. "Aubrey, we don't have time…the kids will want breakfast soon…"
Aubrey reached under the cover and pulled his pants off. "Yes we do, mother of my children and love of my life. We left out bowls for Rachael and the twins to get Cherrios while they watch the TV waiting to hear whether Punxsutawney Phil forecasts six more weeks of winter. Our birthday girl is still asleep. Booth and Dr. B will be over with Angela and Hodgins at 12 noon to help set up. We're all good…"
"Aubrey…" Jessica muttered without any heat as she felt her husband pull her pajama pants off her under the covers.
The agent responded by nibbling on his wife's neck as he pressed his excitement into her. "Come on Jess…we're going to be busy all day and we've got a few minutes…let's make them count."
Jessica felt her husband's nimble fingers make his way down to her pleasure zone and was lost. "Oh yes…"
Entering her from behind, the couple were enjoying their quickie so much that they didn't hear the loud paddling of feet up the stairs until their bedroom door swung open.
"Daddy! Phil didn't see his shadow!" Rachael exclaimed before jumping on the bed. "Spring is coming! Spring is coming!"
"Spring coming!" The twins yelled along with their sister as they jumped on the bed.
"Kids no jumping on the bed!" Jessica admonished as she put on her pants under the blanket.
"Yay! Spring!." Jamie said before running to his father, who was struggling to get dressed under the covers. "Daddy I'm hungry."
'Oh when isn't my son hungry?' Aubrey mused. "Hey, sounds pretty cool. Listen, why don't you guys go downstairs? Mommy and I will check on Molly and come down soon to make you a Groundhog Day breakfast."
Hearing the cheers, they watched their three older children run towards the bedroom door. "Walk, don't run!" Jessica yelled. When the door shut, she turned to her husband. "We've got a few minutes, huh?"
Aubrey pulled the covers off him and got up. "How was I supposed to know they would announce it this early? You were the one who didn't lock the door."
"Well, I didn't know my husband was going to want a morning quickie when we went to sleep last night…and since you were the horny one, you could have locked the door."
Aubrey's head tilted as he pondered Jessica's point. "Okay, you got me there, but I want a rain check tonight after the game."
"If you are not full of wings, beer, or sick from one of your food bets with Booth, sure Superman." Jessica got up as well and drank some water from the glass by her side of the bed. "Come on Superman. We have a lot to do today and Spring is coming early."
"Well, I did promise you when we got married that our lives would never be boring." Aubrey said before going across the hall to check on Molly.
"That…is very true, Superman." Jessica put on her robe and headed downstairs to feed their older children.