"It's not your fault, it's not Jackie. Jacks?"
Jackie slowly opened her eyes, she saw Nick leaning over her as well as Houston.
Houston was staring at his mother with a mix of concern and fascination.
"Where am I?" Jackie asked quietly.
"You at home mama. You crazy?" Houston asked her, clearly thinking she had completely lost her mind.
"It was a dream?" Jackie asked, barely above a whisper.
She bolted out of bed and raced into the baby's nursery. She looked into the baby's crib and was horrified to discover she was gone.
"Where's Hundley?" She screamed.
Nick and Houston ran into the room.
"She's downstairs in her swing, she's fine. Are you alright?" Nick asked her, now he too was concerned about her.
She didn't answer him she raced out of the room, nearly knocking both Nick and Houston down as she did so.
Down in the living room just as Nick had promised was Hundley, sitting in her swing.
Johnna sat next to the swing appearing to be teaching the baby about the different sounds animals make, using a cute children's book as a guide.
Jackie raced over to the baby and picked her up, the baby squealed happily.
"Mama, put her back in dere, me read her a story." Johnna said pointing at her swing, sounding very annoyed that her story had been so rudely interrupted.
"I'm sorry sweetheart." Jackie said as she returned the baby to her swing.
Jackie took a seat on the couch so she could hear the rest of the story.
"Dis Hundy is a moo cow, it say moo." Johnna said as she pointed to a picture of a cow in the book.
Johnna then turned the page.
"Dis is a dog Hundy, like Dolly, it say Roof. Talk Dolly." Johnna said as she looked at the dog, who was lying in the middle of the floor.
Instead of barking like Johnna had requested Dolly rolled over.
"Bad Dolly." Johnna scolded.
Jackie stifled a laugh.
"Speak Dolly." Jackie told the dog.
The dog barked which caused both Johnna and the baby to erupt in a fit of giggles.
Dolly then got up and left the room and Jackie knew right where she was headed too, the treat cupboard.
Jackie chuckled and got up and got her a treat and then went back into the living room.
"The story is done Hundy." Johnna said after she had read the last page.
The baby started to get fussy.
"There no more Hundy." Johnna said growing frustrated that the baby didn't understand that there were no more pages to read.
"It's alright sweetheart, I'll take over." Jackie told the little girl as she picked the baby up.
"You are so nice to read to your sister Johnna Marie, and you are a great teacher. Do you want to be a teacher like mommy when you grow up?" Jackie asked.
"No." The little girl replied.
Jackie smiled at her.
"What do you want to be?" Jackie asked her.
"A daddy." Johnna replied without missing a beat.
"A daddy?" Jackie asked.
"Yeah." Johnna said with a smile before leaving the room.
"Good luck with that goal kiddo." Jackie thought to herself silently.
Her kids were hilarious and she loved them more than they'd ever know!
The End!