Hey-O! Sorry this sequel took so long but I had other fics to do. Hope you enjoy this one.
I smiled as I bounced a baby girl on my lap. It had been eight years since my adventure in Jurassic Park. Eight years since Alan and I had gotten together and three years since he and I married. For those of you who don't remember, by the way, I'm Maggie Grant, formerly known as Maggie Sattler.
It was like a dream come true when Alan and I married. After five years of dating, Alan popped the question rather suddenly while we were out at a digging site.
I was looking at what had been dug up of the new skeleton the team had been digging up. We had found the skeleton they were looking for, digging was another matter. I was still an amateur when it came to digging, and Alan was trying to help me learn to use the different tools and brushes.
"I still can't tell the difference between bone and rock", I said.
"The main difference is the textures", Alan said taking my hand. "You feel it? The rock is rough and the bone is smooth."
I blushed as Alan held my hand in his, running my fingers over the rock and bone showing how different the two felt. He smiled as he looked at me, keeping his fingers wrapped around my hand.
"You know, I've been thinking", he said.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Will you marry me?"
I gasped and grasped Alan's hand tightly, my nails digging into his hand, making his grunt in pain. He looked at our hands and looked at me understanding he had shocked me completely. Alan was surprised to see I didn't look shocked at all. Instead, he saw me smiling with tears rolling down my face.
"Yes", I nodded. "Yes!"
I wrapped my arms around him tightly and kissed him as the tears continued rolling down my cheeks. I had Alan now and I was never going to let him go.
The baby in my lap started fussing.
"Did you want to go back to Mommy?" I smiled.
I looked up and smiled as I handed the baby to Ellie. Sometime before Alan and I married, Ellie had married. I know, it was a surprise to us, too. She and her husband, Mark had two children, three-year-old Charlie and six-month-old Angela. Alan and I at the moment were visiting before Alan's presentation that night.
"So when are you and Alan having any kids?" Ellie asked.
"Huh?" I asked absent-mindedly.
"Come on, Maggie", Ellie said. "You and Alan have been together for eight years! Don't you want to have kids someday?"
"Maybe", I shrugged. "But not now. We have the current digging, but you know how bad we're struggling to fund it."
"If you need money, all you have to do is ask."
"El, Alan and I are not taking money from you. You may be my sister but I would never stoop so low as to ask you for money."
"The offer's there. All you have to do is ask if you need help."
"I'm going to go check on Alan", I said getting up.
I wish Ellie would understand. I was too proud to ask my sister for money.