A/N: Ah, Katrina, she's such a fun child to write :) The song is "Sweet Dreams and Teddy Bears" by Peter Combe.

Bedtime Duty:
Sweet Dreams and Teddy Bears

"No."

Jackie closed her eyes briefly to control her temper before looking 2-year-old Katrina in the eye, "Katie, it's time to go to bed," Jackie repeated firmly.

"No, Daddy always sings to me before I go to sleep, I want Daddy," came the stubborn response.

Jackie scrubbed her eyes; she really didn't want to deal with this right now. She still had Jimmy and Nerys to get to bed and she all ready exhausted. Looking after three children was hard work.

Especially since Jackie was seven months pregnant with her fourth child.

She made a mental note to kill Michael later.

"Fine," she said finally, heaving herself off the side of Katrina's bed, "come with me," she said, holding out her hand.

Katrina took it, wondering what was going to happen, knowing she may have pushed her mother just that little bit too far.

Jackie took her into the kitchen and picked up the phone.

Michael answered on the third ring.

"Don't think you can get out of bedtime duty this easily, Michael," Jackie informed him before he could say anything, "Katie won't go to sleep unless you sing to her," she added.

Michael decided from Jackie's tone not to make any smart comments, "Put her on the phone, honey, I'll talk to her," he told her.

Jackie handed the phone wordlessly to Katrina. "Hi Daddy," she greeted him brightly.

"Katie, what's this I hear about you not going to bed for Mummy?" Michael asked, trying to keep his tone stern in the face of his private amusement.

"I wanted you to sing to me, I miss you Daddy..." came Katrina's quiet reply.

Michael rubbed his face with his free hand; work had been keeping him pretty busy lately, trust Katrina to be the one to give him the guilt trip about it.

"Two verses and then its straight to bed, missy," he informed her.

"Can't you sing the whole song Daddy?" she begged.

"Three verses," he amended, "no more."

"Ok Daddy," she agreed, there was a short pause, "can you sing the pussy cat verse?"

Michael sighed, "Fine," he agreed. Grateful that he had his own office and the door was closed, Michael began to sing:

"In the daytime sunshine
In the night time moonlight
In the morning blue skies
In the evening starlight
And everyday is followed by every night
Stay awake and then snuggle up tight
Sweet dreams and teddy bears tonight...
Sweet dreams and teddy bears tonight

Pussy cats go a prowlin'
By the silvery moon
Spooky sounds by my window
On a wintry night in Ju-u-une
Stay away from my window
I'm too scared to even peep
Pussy's nice in the daytime
But leave me be now, I need my sleep

But Mr Sun will always
Light up your morning
It's a daily miracle
The sunrise at dawnin'
And everyday is followed by every night
Stay awake and then snuggle up tight
Sweet dreams and teddy bears tonight...
Sweet dreams and teddy bears tonight..."

"Thank you Daddy," Katrina said sweetly, "good night. I love you," she added.

"I love you too, sweetheart, good night."

Katrina handed the phone back to Jackie and trundled off to bed, her teddy bear (Bumble) tucked securely under her arm.

"I don't know how you do it, but you're good," Jackie told him as she watched Katrina go.

"Just pure talent," Michael told her.

"I don't know about that, I've heard you sing," Jackie teased, in a better mood now that Katrina was going to bed.

"Very funny," Michael replied, pretending to be offended, "I'll be home soon," he promised.

"You better," Jackie told him, before they both hung up and Jackie went to check on Katrina. She smiled when she found her snuggled up in bed with Bumble, fast asleep.