Having been in Mexico before, Jennifer had made many friends including a few bullfighters and so instead of wondering about the mystery child and waiting for Elliot Manning to pounce, she decided to visit some old friends.
She drove out to West to Roswell where her old friend Isabel had an Alien Store, because as everyone knows down in Roswell their big on Aliens
She pulled into a parking spot and snapped a picture of the giant Alien holding a guitar knowing it would make Jonathan laugh
She walked to the front of the store and spotted Isabel behind the counter
"Excuse me, I'm looking for Grisham Hall's Resident Advisor, I have her test results back and it's positive" Jennifer said
"Her STD test or Pregnancy test? " Isabel finished their joke and nearly jumped over the counter," Jennifer, Bella what are you doing here?"
"Well I'm here on vacation and I figured what better place to visit than my favorite roomie!" Jennifer hugged her
"Oh we've got so much to catch up on, come to the counter and sit while I setup for this Alien Convention" Isabel lead her to the counter and poured her a cup of coffee
"How is Howard and the kids?" Jennifer asked sipping her coffee
"Oh Howard's a thing of the past, apparently the new thing is dumping your wife of 15 years and moving with an Elementary Student" Isabel rolled her eyes and starting working on baking a cake
"Oh Izzy, I'm so sorry" Jennifer put her cup down
"Oh it's for the best..besides while He was stepping out on me, I met a new guy.." Isabel gave a smile
"You did? Tell me all about him!" Jennifer was always intrigued by new love stories
"Later, ..I see another of my favorite customers .." Isabel put her bowl down just as a small child rounded the corner and collided with her knees
"Mama Mama look what I made.." the little girl held up a picture of a rainbow
"Very beautiful..Can you say Hi to Aunt Jennifer?" Isabel asked her daughter
"Hello Aunt Jennifer!" the little girl yelled
"Hi Ruby!" Jennifer yelled back
"Jennifer I know you just got here and We desperately need to catch up but could you go upstairs with Ruby and relieve the babysitter who has the baby?" Isabel asked
"Sure, Come on Rubes" Jennifer said holding out her hand, Ruby took it and slid down her mother's hip
"It'll give you a chance to prepare for when you have a baby!" Isabel called after Jennifer
"Yeah but the difference is I can spoil the hell out of them and give them back!" Jennifer laughed
Jennifer relieved the babysitter who looked like she wanted to cry and soon figured out why because the baby, Colin was screaming his little head off
"It's okay Baby It's okay" trying to sooth him wasn't working and rubbing alcohol on his little gums wasn't an option
"Ruby, "She asked who was beside the crib with something that resembled an Ipad "How does Mommy make Colin stop screaming?"
"Well sometimes she runs the vaccum cleaner other times she gives him a bath and it makes him quiet down but most of the time she plays this .."Ruby handed Jennifer a disco
"Rock versions of Lullabies .." She read the title out "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Nirvana, let's try the bath thing…"
Jennifer took the baby into the bathroom and turned on the water and noticed that the sound of the water immediately calmed him
She sat with him for nearly a half hour until he was almost asleep but just before he was completely under .the sound of Hannah Montana blasted through the tiny apartment
"Ruby!" Jennifer desperately to call the child's attention without waking up the baby
But no such luck, Baby Colin woke up screaming almost to the beat
Until Isabel walked through the door
"What is going on here?" Isabel called over the music "Ruby Mae Turn off that Television right now!"
"I'm so sorry I can't get him to calm down" Jennifer nearly cried
"Did you try a bottle?" Isabel asked taking her baby
"No I didn't think..Rookie Mistake I guess" Jennifer felt stupid for not realizing the obvious
"It's alright we've got a lot to teach you" Isabel said going to the kitchen and making up a bottle
As soon as the bottle touched Colin's lips he quieted down
"I don't think I'm quite cut out for this motherhood thing" Jennifer said quietly
"Relax you haven't really done anything wrong…When Ruby was about a week old, I went to bath her in the sink and accidentally conked her head against metal part of the sink" Isabel reached out and took Jennifer's hand
"Well that's reassuring I guess" Jennifer said smiling
"Why don't I put the rugrats to bed and we'll catch up on the porch with some wine" Isabel said going into the nursery
"Mommy Can Aunt Jennifer put me to bed?" Ruby asked dancing around her mother
"Sure..Aunt Jennifer?" Isabel said crinkling her eyes
"Come on Rubes" Jennifer took her by the hand and lead her into the bedroom where she help Ruby put on a princess nightgown and read her four stories before Ruby finally fell asleep
Isabel joined Jennifer on the back porch, holding a baby monitor and a bottle of wine
"So tell me what brings you all the way to Roswell?" Isabel asked "An don't give me any crap about needing a vacation"
So Jennifer poured her heart out, from meeting Jonathan in London to getting engaged three days later and all that was happening and her being overwhelmed to the point of needing to escape and coming here to find out the ex-boyfriend from hell
Isabel was silent while Jennifer spoke and didn't speak for nearly 10 minutes after Jennifer was done
"Just so I can get this straight," She started slowly "You met and get engaged to a wonderful man who completes you and treasures everything you do and yet you run because planning a wedding and the idea of spending the rest of your life with someone scares you?"
When Jennifer heard it put this way, she realized how incredibly stupid she was and how she didn't deserve Jonathan
"I don't want to upset you," Isabel continued," but Jennifer why did you really run?"
"Because I don't think I'm good enough for him" Jennifer finally said the words she'd been dreading to say
"That's such crap you are obviously good enough for him and he's good enough for you..So I'm telling you this right now, go back to your hotel, pack your bags and go back to Los Angeles to him and apologize until he can't take it anymore" Isabel said
"Your right Izzie" Jennifer said standing up and walking to the door "I am going to do that ..I can't believe I walked away from the most important person in my life"
"I expect a wedding invitation when you get back!" Isabel yelled after her
"Get real!" Jennifer laughed and left the apartment
Jennifer couldn't wait until she could get back to her hotel room where she planned on taking the first flight out of Mexico to Los Angeles and Jonathan's arms
Somehow she got to the hotel quicker than she thought because the next thing she knew she was pulling into a parking space
As she walked to her hotel room, she noticed Elvis playing and doesn't think about it until she realized its' coming from her room as well noticing her door was slightly ajar
"Oh my god I've been robbed!" Jennifer panicked almost afraid to walk into her room in case whoever was still in there
"Just go in.." Jennifer took a deep breath and stepped into the room
The floor was covered in red rose petals and in a giant heart just before the bed was a ball of fluff with a tongue
"Ooh what a cutie!" Jennifer said reaching down to pick up the dog and noticed a tag attached to his collar
"Turn Around" a deep voice behind her said
She smiled knowing instantly who it was
"You know, we have to stop meeting like this.." Jennifer turned around and saw the most important person in her life she put the dog down and jumped into Jonathan's arms
They kissed for several minutes before coming up for air
"What are you doing here?" She wanted to know not breaking away completely
"I missed you and I know you were lonely so I come down…" Jonathan said
"But what about Max?" Jennifer asked
"Oh He's fine, He's down the street at some Alien Convention, apparently , the visitors from outer space enjoy one hell of a crap game" Jonathan said laughed
Somehow they lost their balance and fell on the bed, narrowly missing the puppy…
"Now tell me who this little guy is" Jennifer asked rolling off Jonathan and going eye to eye with the dog
"Well Max and I were cruising down the 405 and suddenly Max brakes and I hit my head on the dash, I asked him what the hell was he doing? And He said some sort of jack rabbit jumped out in front of us and he thought he might have hit it so he gets out and sees this tiny ball of fluff nursing an obviously broken foot , so Max and I scoop him up and run him to the vet where they run some more tests and set his paw..Max put up posters but no answers so I figured why not keep the little guy?"
"That's so sad, poor baby .." Jennifer said nearly crying "Did you guys come up with a name for him?"
"Well I think you should name him, be a part of his beginning .." Jonathan said rubbing her back
"Well since you found him on the 405 ..What about Freeway ?" Jennifer said "Are you Freeway?" he barked in agreement
"Hey Freeway..why don't you explore the room" Jonathan said putting Freeway down on the floor
"Oh Darling I've missed you so much" Jennifer whispered
"Let's agree, we'll never be separated for more than three days ..it's too much" Jonathan said climbing onto the bed with her
"Agreed" Jennifer said kissing him
And then they made love, it was like their romance ..
hot, passionate and intense …
And when it was over and they were wrapped in the sheets, watching the moon through the window, Jennifer realized that nothing mattered anymore except being right here in this moment with Jonathan…
"Oh Darling I can't wait until the four of us are at home" Jonathan said
"You mean five .." Jennifer said quietly
"No I mean you, me Max and Freeway .. that's four.." Jonathan said with a confused look on his face
"No ..the five of us are going home..you, me Max Freeway and a little stranger here" She said taking his hand and putting on her stomach, "Darling, We're going to have a baby"