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Author's Note: Hey everyone! Well here it is the epilogue for "Special Delivery" Sorry it took so long. This is actually my second version. I had another one but didn't like it too much so I went with this one. Anywoo thanks for all the reviews! I am kinda glad that you guys didn't know that it wads twins. I really wanted it to be a surprise. Just like it was for Red lol. Ok well, before I ramble on I'll let you guys read the final chapter of "Special Delivery." Enjoy!
More than two weeks later…
"So that's how it happened."
"That's how it happened." Jackie nodded as she smiled at her daughter and closed the big blue photo album that was on her lap.
It had been a long day today, and for the past few days it had been even worse. All Jackie wanted to do was sit down and relax, but when her ten year old twins came to her with one of their many family albums, she was happy to share one of her favorite stories with them.
"And that's why I was named after Grandpa Red?" the little boy with his fathers curly hair asked.
"That's right RJ." His mother smiled, "Reginald after Grandpa Red and James is your father's middle name."
RJ smiled largely, proud to be named after two of his heroes. His twin sister on the other hand didn't look to happy as he watched gloat.
"What about me, Mommy?" she asked.
"You honey, are named after both your Grandma Kitty and your Grandpa Red." Jackie informed her youngest daughter, "Katherine because that was your Grandma Kitty's full name and Scarlet because it's another shade of red, like Grandpa Red."
"So that means I'm really special right?" Kathy asked hopeful.
Before Jackie could respond her sixteen year old daughter entered the living room from the hallway.
"Yeah, Special Ed." She teased.
"Mommy!" Kathy cried.
Jackie sent her oldest daughter a warning look, "Emily."
"I was just kidding!" Emily defended herself before leaning down and hugging her little sister and little brother, "You know I love you two twerps."
Jackie rolled her eyes at her daughters words. She was always like that. Pretending she hated her siblings, but at the end of the day she was the one offering to help them with their homework.
Emily sat herself between Kathy and Jackie. Now the order on the couch was RJ, Kathy, Emily, and Jackie with the album still in her lap. Emily cuddled up against her mother, and it was then that Jackie noticed she was no longer wearing her black dress, but an old Packers sweatshirt.
Jackie was happy that she had changed into something different. She wished her two other children would have done the same thing before bringing her the photos. She hated seeing little kids wearing black.
"What are you guys doing?" Emily asked her mother.
"Mommy was telling us the story of the day we were born." RJ informed his oldest sister.
"Again?"
Jackie shrugged her shoulders and smiled a small smile, "It's a good story."
"I guess."
"It is!" Kathy argued before her twin brother stepped in.
"Except for the part with you." He said to Emily, "You were a big baby!"
Emily pulled away from her mother and sat up straight, "I was not! Mom just doesn't tell the story right because she wasn't there." She looked over at Jackie, "Right Mom?"
"Nope." Jackie answered and then looked down at the closed album again.
Emily let out a hurt cry as the twins giggled and then a new voice entered the room.
"I don't know, Jacks."
Jackie turned her head towards the second entrance of the living room and saw her husband walking over to them in his black suit and tie and no aviator sunglasses in sight. Any other day she would have said he looked sexy and would have sent the kids out somewhere, so they could have some alone time. But not today.
"I think Emily's got a point. You weren't there with her that day, you don't really how she was behaving." Hyde continued as he took a seat on the arm of the sofa while his oldest daughter grinned proudly. She knew her daddy would come to her rescue.
Hyde smirked, "She was ten times worse."
"Daddy!"
Emily's family laughed at Hyde's words as she shot him a murderous look and crossed her arms.
"Sorry, Princess." Hyde said lifted his hands up to defend himself, "You were really something else that day. I still have no idea what Red said to you that changed your mind so fast."
Emily smiled and titled her head, "And you never will."
She had always loved the fact that she had a secret with her grandfather. One that only he and her knew about, and nobody else. Especially not her parents. But Hyde had never given up on trying to find out what had been said. He, to this day, still asked whenever the subject came up.
"You know Ems," he began, "I'm sure now that…"
"No way, Dad." Emily shook her head, knowing what Hyde was going to say, "I promised Grandpa Red. Tick a lock."
Hyde watched Emily pretend to lock up her mouth and then throw away the key. He frowned at the gesture as his wife giggled; she had taught her that and it annoyed the heck out Hyde.
"Dad," RJ turned and looked at his father, "I miss Grandpa Red."
Hyde stared down at his son. He knew the same went for all of his children. It went the same for him and Jackie. It went the same to the rest of the family too. That grumpy old man would be missed by every person he ever called a dumbass. Hyde nodded his head before speaking.
"I know son, me too." Hyde then placed her left hand on RJ's left, shoulder and looked at the rest of his family, "But you know, he's still here. We may not be able to see him, but he's here. Him and your Grandma Kitty are watching over you guys. Over all of us."
Hyde looked past his three nodding children and over to Jackie. She was nodding her head while her eyes filled with tears.
"That's something nice to think about, Dad." Emily commented moving Hyde's attention away from Jackie, "But I think Grandpa Red's probably watching the Packers game right now."
The family laughed at what Emily had said. It could very much be true. Up until the end, Red had hated missing those football games. It was only on rare occasion that he did, and usually those occasions had to deal with his grandchildren.
"You know," Jackie spoke up as she wiped the tears away from her eyes, "I don't think Red's watching anything. I think he's making up some lost time with Kitty."
Hyde cringed at the image Jackie had created in his head. Jackie laughed at the expression he made. And the kids just stared at their parents, not quite sure what was going on.
"Making up for lost time how, Mommy?" Kathy innocently asked her mother.
"Oh…um…"Jackie struggled for an answer, looking over at Hyde was no help. He was still trying to erase the picture from his head. "Hey, how about whoever brings me their baby album first gets to be the one I'll tell you stories about?"
Both Kathy and RJ forgot about the comment their mother had made earlier and hopped off the couch. They exclaimed 'Okay!' and then ran off to their bedrooms to retrieve their baby albums.
Emily watched the two younger children take off and rolled her eyes.
"Ugh, they are so immature."
Before either of her parents knew, Emily was off the couch and running in the same direction as the twins.
"Move out of my way, little people!" she shouted as she ran out of their sight.
Jackie laughed at her daughter before looking over at Hyde. When she saw him her laughter continued. His face was still scrunched up in an almost horror-struck expression.
"Steven?" she called scooting closer to him, "Are you?"
"Jackie, I don't think I'll ever be ok again." Hyde truthfully told her, "I can't get rid of the image of Red and Mrs. Forman…doing….that."
His body shivered at the thought and Jackie laughed again.
"Well I guess, since I put it there, I should help get it out." Jackie said in a seductive voice as she titled her head slightly to the left.
Hyde raised an eyebrow and dropped himself off the arm of the sofa and into the seat beside Jackie.
"I guess so."
The two smiled at each other before leaning in to kiss the other. It was a long loving kiss, on there living room sofa. With three kids in the house constantly yelling 'Ew!' anytime the saw them kissing, a kiss like this was usually reserved for the bedroom.
Knowing their kids could be back any second they pulled away and broke the kiss.
"It's almost gone." Hyde nodded, "I think one more could do the trick."
Jackie laughed as she placed her right hand on his chest to stop him from coming any closer. Suddenly she stopped laughing and frowned. Hyde noticed the quick change in her behavior and followed to where her eyes were looking. The three diamond ring on her ring finger.
"Huh." She said as she brought it closer to her face.
"What?"
"On the I.O.U. you gave me, it said you would get me two shinny expensive things." Jackie said as she continued to examine her ring.
Hyde still didn't understand where she was going with this, "Yeah and?"
"And you only got me one." She said as she lifted up her hand to him, "This ring."
Uh-o.
"Um…no I didn't." Hyde defended himself not very convincingly, "I got you three. Three diamonds. For each of our kids. Isn't that romantic?"
Jackie snarled slightly at her husband with her head tiling to the other side. She snatched her hand away from Hyde and he sighed.
Hyde had known all along that he had only gotten his wife one shinny and expensive gift not two like he said he would. But when he had given her the ring that Christmas the twins were born she had been so thrilled he thought he was off the hook.
He hadn't told anyone. No one had realized it was only one gift and that he still owed her another. No one except Red.
"You couldn't let me get away with it could you?" he asked, looking up skyward, "You had to make her remember."
A smile broke Jackie's frown as a new thought entered her mind. A thought that tugged at her heart.
Just like he had done the day the twins were born, Jackie knew Red would be there to watch over and look at her. She knew he would because she was his favorite.
The End
Author's Note: There you go, Chapter 7 of "Special Delivery" Hope you liked!
Please don't put you foot up my...you know for writting Red off too. i did it so now he's with Kitty. He's happy. Although he was happy in my other version too....but that a different story...i mean it's the same one but...please don't hurt me!
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