At the same time three remaining members of the Hudson family were spending their evening together on the living room. Both of Jack's girls were cuddled to him, as he had one of his arms around Sue's shoulders, and the second one around Sarah, who was sitting on his lap. They all looked at the same place; at the photo album lying on Sue's knees. They had a lot of albums on the shelf and most of them were full of pictures, but this one was the most special of them all. It was one of those who weren't filled completely and there was the title "The 'Sue and Jack' Story" on the front cover; they got it from their friends on their wedding day and promised each other that they're going to slowly add more pictures of every important event of their life together.

Sue opened the album on the first page to see a photo of her and Jack at the part the team held for her when she joined it. She could still remember how Bobby insisted on it being taken; he told them that every trainee had to have a photo of themselves with their training agent and was ready to hold them, just to make sure that she'll have one, too. Little did he know that for the next years, it was one of her most cherished pictures and she even had it framed, but hidden in the drawer so Lucy won't be able to see it and tease her about it. She only let this little secret become known when she and Jack started dating.

The next few pages were filled with photos of the next three years. They always had huge smiles on their faces when they reached the reminder of their undercover marriage, which always caused a lot of confusion for those, who didn't know about it. They also always laughed when they saw the space, where instead of the picture, their friends placed a note "Here should be the photo of the first time you were MAKING OUT. What a shame that Janice didn't take any.". This time however they managed only a small, forced smile when they looked at each other. The last photograph in this period of their life was of the two of them toasting with donuts on the day when everyone heard about her decision to stay in D.C. instead of going to New York. It was absolutely obvious for everyone that only her initial intention of leaving made Jack realize that if he ever wants them to share something meaningful, he can't avoid telling her his feelings forever.

Then there was a period when they were hiding their relationship and even though both of them were happy that they took this step, they were also very frustrated that they can't show this happiness. However, they used every opportunity to spend time together, even if it was only the afternoon work. Even now Bobby laughed that Jack never had so many paperwork, and he never did it so slowly as then, just to stay longer in the office with Sue, for who it wasn't unusual to want to finish everything at once. During Lucy's stays at her grandmother and her visits to her mother, they were able to do something more than just share the evening, and they went for a few trips then.

Finally they got to their engagement party; all of their friends thought that it's just a party for Jack's birthday, because they specially chose the date to mislead them. Sue regretted that she wasn't holding a camera when everyone got there and saw, that there were also members of her family because their face expressions were priceless. Only when everyone gathered they announced the news and it was considered one of the biggest surprises everyone ever experienced. Nobody even suspected that they were an item, especially that that the bond between them was always very strong and it didn't really change, they just stopped denying everything.

Few pages later was Christopher's first ultrasound picture. It was a huge shock for both of them when they found out about him, because they were always very careful not to get pregnant. Sue still had a goose bump when she thought about her parents' reaction, or more precisely her mother's; she could still see Carla's furious face when she was yelling at her and she still remembered that she felt like a teenager then, even though she was a grown up woman. Her father was a bit disappointed but quickly started to be happy that he was going to get the first grandchild from his daughter. He was even more happy when it turned out to be his first grandson in general, because his sons had only daughters then. Jack's parents however were ecstatic and Sue knew that it was also partially thanks to them that her mother appeared on her wedding.

It was one of the most wonderful days in their lives and everything was perfect. Even the weather made them a wonderful surprise; it was an awful summer in general because it was raining a lot, and everyone were sure that it's not going to be any different at their wedding. However the morning greeted them with a beautiful sun and a temperature high enough to make it a very pleasant day. The ceremony was wonderful and everyone who attended it was consentaneous that it was one of the most beautiful wedding ever for sure. They were also glad that they decided to have the photo shoot after it, and thanks to it now they had really beautiful pictures.

The next one was the photo, which Sue loved and hated at the same time. It was taken few whiles after Chris was born; after thirteen long hours of the labour she was exhausted and in her opinion, she looked absolutely horrible. However, she still managed a happy smile sitting on the bed with a blue bundle in her arms, leaning against Jack who had his arm around her shoulders. Following pages were full of Christopher's pictures; starting with him sleeping peacefully on the first day at home, through his first smile, tooth, unassisted step and other firsts, to Jack's favourite picture, placed just after Sarah's first ultrasound photograph. Sue took it on the holiday they spent in Wisconsin with Jack's family and it was very special for the whole family because it showed four generations of Hudson men. Jack was sitting in the middle of the bench in the garden, with Chris on his lap, his father at his left and grandfather at his right. They were all very similar to each other, and it made the photo even more amazing; it was also the last time they saw the oldest Hudson because few days after they left he passed away in his sleep.

The next picture was very similar to the one after Christopher's birth, this time however she was holding a pink bundle, Chris was sitting at the other side of her and even though she looked tired, she still thought that she looked much better. She touched Sarah's hand and pointed to the picture and then at her. Sarah looked at her with a smile and made the "little" sign, which she answered with a "yes". Then the girl rested her head on Jack's chest again and yawned.

"I think someone here wants to bed. Come to mommy." she took Sarah from Jack, and the girl leaned down to give him a goodnight kiss.

He watched them go out of the room and upstairs, and when they were out of his sight he stood up and place the album on the table. He almost jumped at the sound of the doorbell and went to open the door. Surprised look appeared on his face when he noticed Bobby, but then he heard the word which made his heart jump.

"Daddy!" he heard his son's voice, and felt his arms grabbing the material of his jumper when he ran to him.

He immediately leaned down and lifted the boy, pressing him against himself, hugging tightly. Bobby noticed tears in his friend's eyes when he looked at him with a grateful look and nodded his head in a thank you. Manning only send him a small smile, and then closed the door. He wanted Jack and Sue to just enjoy the moment of reunification with their little boy in privacy, and just went to his car to go home.

Jack stood there, in front of the door, with Chris in his arms and couldn't believe it was real. He hugged the boy tightly, as if he was going to disappear the moment he'll loosen his grip; tears flowed down his face and then, when he heard the sound of something small and heavy falling to the floor, he remembered that Sue upstairs had no idea that Bobby has just brought their son home. He carefully went upstairs and noticed that Sarah was tucked in her bed and Sue wasn't in her room. Then he noticed a light in their bedroom and went in; Sue turned around at the same time and when her eyes landed on them tears immediately streamed down her cheeks.

She closed the distance between them within a minute and Jack placed one of his arms around her shoulders, embracing her and Chris at the same time. Her hands immediately started stroking the boy's head and she was placing kisses all over his face. Then she just hid her face in her son's tummy and started to cry with relief and happiness, letting all her emotion get out. The only thing that mattered to them at the moment was that everything was okay, that their son was back with them and their family was complete again.


It was late in the evening when Jack went out of the bathroom and made his way to the bedroom. He knew that Sue went to sleep even before he went to take a shower but he stopped in the door when his eyes looked at the bed. A small smile appeared on his face when he noticed his wife, sleeping curled on her side, with one of her arms placed protectively over Chris, who was lying just next to her. Only when he came closer he noticed another small figure in the feet. He leaned down and slipped his arms under Sarah's sleeping form and carefully lifted her to lay her in the middle of the bed, next to her brother. Then he took the duvet and placed it over the three of them.

He stood in front of the bed for a moment, just watching them. Now, when all of the strong emotions faded, they were all completely exhausted. The last two days were really difficult and he couldn't feel more glad that it was over. If someone would tell him fifteen years before how his life was going to look like, there was no way that he would believe them. Then he didn't imagine himself as the kind of person to really settle, have wife and children; now he knew that it was all because he's never met the right person and it became obvious for him when Sue came to his life. He loved them more than he ever thought was actually possible and couldn't imagine his life withot Sue, Chris, Sarah and this little one, which was growing inside his wife. He sighed, thinking how lucky he was; he had no idea what he did to deserve them and knew, that he will probably never know it.

"Jack..?" he heard Sue's voice and it got him out of his thoughts; when he looked at her he noticed she was looking at him sleepily. "Come to bed."

He slowly went to the other side of the bed and slipped under the duvet. He quickly felt Sarah snuggle to his arm, when he was lying on his back and looked at the girl. She was sleeping peacefully, just like her mom and brother. He smiled and closed his eyes; the moment he did it, he joined them in dreamland.