Catherine and Sara were pulling a double.

Catherine walked into the break room to get some much needed coffee. She poured herself a cup and then sat down.

There was a breaking news alert on the TV, a plane had crashed leaving Las Vegas. Catherine's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open in horror.

"Cath, you ok?" Sara asked as she walked into the break room and saw the look on Catherine's face.

Catherine didn't answer her, she just continued to stare at the television.

"How horrible." Sara said as she looked at the TV.

She herself had a slight fear of flying and she couldn't imagine how terrifying that would be for the people on board.

"Sara, Nick and Jackie were on that plane." Catherine nearly screamed.

"Oh my god, that's right, Nick said they had a connecting flight in New York. Sara said as the realization hit her.

Catherine immediately set down her coffee and shakily got her cell phone out of her pocket. She dialed Nick's number, hoping against hope that Nick would answer although she knew the chances were incredibly slim.

"Hello." Answered a voice.

Catherine was so stunned she nearly dropped the phone.

"Nick where are you?" She demanded.

"I'm at home and so is Jackie, we're fine, we missed our flight." He fibbed, not knowing what else to say.

"Thank God." Catherine said before turning her attention to Sara.

"They're fine, they missed their flight." Catherine told her.

Catherine wasn't the only one that had heard the terrible news of the plane crash.

Nick's mom had sat down on the couch and turned on the TV. A breaking news alert flashed on the screen, a plane that was headed to New York from Las Vegas had crashed and everyone on board had been killed.

It took Jill a moment to realize who was on that plane.

"NICKY." She screamed in absolute terror before she burst into sobs.

She sat there and cried all alone because her husband was at work. She dialed her husband Roger's cell phone number.

"Roger the plane crashed, Nick and Jackie are dead." She yelled into the phone the second he had answered.

Roger screamed and then immediately raced out of work and jumped into his truck so he could go home and be with his wife. He was driving erratically and he was crying so hard he could barely see the road.

He suddenly heard the sound of sirens, he was being pulled over.

He pulled his truck over to the side of the road, put his truck into park, and sobbed harder.

"My son and daughter-in-law were in a plane crash, they're dead, I have to get home to mu wife, she needs me." He told the officer the second the officer appeared by his window.

Jill still sat at home alone, crying uncontrollably.

Her cell phone rang suddenly.

"Mom." Came a voice the second she answered it.

"Nicky?" She asked, as if she didn't believe her ears although she desperately wanted to.

"It's me mom, Jackie and I are fine, we missed our plane. I've been trying to call both you and dad to tell you guys that we're safe but both of your phones have been busy." He explained.

"Nicky, tell me something only you would know, to prove to me that's it's really you." Jill begged.

She wanted it to be Nick on the phone so bad but she was afraid that it was someone that was playing an unforgivable joke on her.

"It's me mom, I promise." Nick told her.

"Then let me talk to one of the kids." She said.

"We only have the baby with us, the other kids are at Jackie's parent's house." He explained.

"Well than let me talk to him." She insisted.

"Say hi to grandma kiddo." Nick told the baby as he put the phone in front of the baby's face.

Nick knew very well Sloan couldn't say hi, the baby couldn't even say mama or dada yet but Nick wanted to reassure his mother.

"Ack." Sloan yelled into the phone, eating up all the attention like he always did.

Jill was so happy she screamed which scared the poor baby and made him cry.

"It's ok." Jackie told the baby with a chuckle.

"Nicky I am going to call your dad to tell him you guys are safe. I love you and Jackie more than you will ever know, always remember that." She said before she hung up so she could call Roger.

Jackie had just gotten the baby calmed down when the doorbell rang. She got up with Sloan still in her arms to answer the door.

"Who is it?" She called.

"It's your dad." Jackie opened the door.

"Jackie, thank god." Her dad said as he wrapped his arms around her.

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"Didn't mom tell you we're ok?" Jackie asked.

"Yes she did, but I just had to see that you were safe with my own two eyes." He responded.

Jackie's dad had been at work when he heard about the plane crash. He had rushed to his truck so he could go home. While speeding home he had called his wife and she had explained that Jackie and Nick had missed their flight and were safe.

Jackie's mom had tried to call him earlier but his phone had been in his locker and he had missed the call.

After checking on his daughter and son-in-law Jackie's dad went home.

Nick and Jackie spent the rest of the night contacting friends and family to tell them they were ok!

TBC…