Chapter 9
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The whole journey here was a long one to say the least, but like every time she felt this way she just gazed into the eyes of the most important person in her life. The one she was adamant was a result and a reminder of probably the best thing that had ever happened to her. She just wondered if he still felt the same for her. Despite what she put him through all those agonising months ago. However at the time she didn't have the choice but to act on what she was told to do, but now she was a different person altogether, and with achieving that sense of independence, she also made a solemn oath to herself and the person now sitting beside her in the passenger's seat that she would fix the final thing that would make this life a happy ending.
(Meanwhile)
She woke up with a smile today and a reason for that feeling was experiencing the sensation of a pair of well constructed arms wrapping themselves around her from behind her in a protective and loving embrace. His lips naturally opting to make that feeling known to her in a clear and concise manner.
"Mmmmmm morning" she let out in the form of a dragged out moan, and the response she got in return was a deep groan initiated into her neck, along with a playful bite that had her humming and giggling at the same time. His scratchy stubble nuzzling deeper into her as her giggles turned louder.
"Jaaack stop…….ahhhh, stop or I'm gonna pee myself." the brunette kept on trying to express while getting a handle on her giggling fit.
"Jaaaack" she attempted to get out again as her pleas for him to stop seemed to spur him on even more, and it wasn't until the brunette grasped hold of a certain part of him that he finally stilled.
"Okay, okay I'll stop then before you risk the chance of us ever having any more children." Jack joked while gazing down at the part of him she was still grasping tightly within her hand, but his smile soon turned into that of a frown when he caught hold of a drastic change in her from that point on.
"Kate are you……."
"What's gonna happen Jack?" she inquired while making the move to suddenly get up and think once again of the predicament of their relationship. One that could bring this relationship to an end as a result. At first the possibility of it scared her to death because there was so much more at stake now other than the man who was staring at her now. The same man who had an expression of growing confusion masking his worried features.
"What do you mean?"
"Sarah's baby and the……." she responded before her emotions got the better of her at the very recollection of what was so unfortunately revealed to her the night before. Along with the other confession that caused that much more pain to weigh upon her already fragile heart.
"Kate look at me" was all he chose to ask of her while making the move to mirror her current position from behind. His hands automatically finding their way to her slumped shoulders. The tension in them wordlessly screaming out to be soothed by the one and only cure, a Surgeon's hands.
"LOOK AT ME" he asked yet again, although his voice took on an almost demanding tone. A thing he really didn't like doing to her, but he needed to make her understand what he was going to do about this, or in his terms how he would fix it.
"What Jack? What could you possibly say that could make this any…….."
"I love you." he finally admitted and expressed with the utmost sense of emotion, and with that she slowly turned her form around to face him. Her face showing nothing but shock. However he could sense something else mingling along with it.
"You lo….."
"That's right Kate I love you, and I know that it's taken me quite a while to say it, but I've just been so emotionally scarred in the past that I don't really know what love truly was. That was until I met you. You showed me a side of life that I had never experienced before, and it was that very sense of adventure that made me fall in love with you. You and our baby Kate and I don't want anyone to come in the way of that." he confessed in one long breath, his eyes showing her the true meaning and intent of his words.
"What about Sarah Jack?"
"What about her Kate. Yes she might be having my baby but that doesn't mean that we're together or that I would want to be with her in any way. You're the one I love. You're the one I'm glad I'm having a baby with."
"Oh Jack I….." she choked out in the form of a sob, but this time they were both interrupted by the incessant ringing of the bedside phone, and without any hesitation whatsoever Kate opted to pick it up. Seeing as she was closer to it's location and all.
"Hello" she spoke into the phone in a naturalistic manner, but her face contorted into an expression of genuine confusion at the reason this person called. Never the less she just assumed that it was medically related, her heart secretly hoping that everything was okay, especially with Sarah. Even though a part of her failed to show concern over the matter, because if anyone was at fault in that situation it was Sarah. She was the one who didn't tell him in the first place.
"Okay…….ummmm it's for you" she then opted to convey while offering him the phone. Once he managed to take it from her, she mouthed the silent instruction of taking a shower, and with a nod shared she was off into the bathroom, leaving him to find out what he was needed for. His thoughts automatically running towards Sarah, more so the baby. If there was one in fact, he sadly thought to himself as he remembered what Marc had told him.
"Dr. Shepherd here how can I help……"
"Your needed down here." was what the other voice simply instructed of him. Their tone appearing somewhat emotionless but he could tell that it rooted from a genuine state of shock. Probably at what they were witnessing before their eyes at this very moment.
"Uh……Okay I'll be there in a half hour or so." he replied and then disconnected right away. Him giving little chance for the person on the other end to reveal the reason they were needed.
(Back at the hospital)
"Did you get him?" the person behind the reception counter asked while gaining a firm hold on the frantic toddler she had the honour of knowing and regarding as her son. The one light in her life.
"Yes Mam and he said that he would be here in about half an hour, so for the time being why don't you sit in the waiting area or take little……"
"Jack." the blonde woman expressed almost immediately with a smile on her face at the significance of that name and what it meant to her, and the person across from her was alert enough to think along the same lines, but out of courtesy she opted to stay quiet on the subject cause it was really none of her business to begin with.
"Okay…..so if you want to take little Jack to our play area or something then I can have……"
"No, no it's okay we'll wait. Thank….."
"Alex could you just give these to Martin while I head out to make a few errands." an elderly man instructed of the woman behind the desk. His gaze alternating between her and the other woman who still stood behind it looking at his badge with an expression of pure shock.
"I'm sorry can I help you miss?" he attempted to offer with a genuine sense of curiosity.
"You're Christian Shep……Shepherd." the woman struggled to get out. Her shock overpowering every fibre of her being.
"Well that's what the badge says…..so if that's all you wanted to ask then could you please excuse me. I've got better things to do." he expressed in the utmost politeness, although mumbling the last part but it was momentarily cut short at witnessing something or someone who reminded him an awful lot about someone he knew himself.
"And who's this little guy?" he asked before he could think of what he had just said.
"I'm Jack, but everyone calls me little Jack." the boy revealed with an expression of genuine pride at the name. Not even knowing the significance of that name to the man who just stared right back at him with wide eyes.
(Meanwhile)
While Kate was still in the shower, he just sat on the bed in a state of wonder. What could it be? He asked himself while trying to think of anything other than his most pressing problem at this point. Sarah and what he was really going to do to resolve that?
"Hey. Is everything okay?" a voice suddenly asked him as they stepped foot into the room. Their previous line of thought being abandoned at witnessing an almost bewildering look adorning their chiselled features.
"Jack?" the brunette asked again as she wrapped the towel a little more firmly around her petite form.
"Huh….what?"
"What's wrong. Is it Sarah?" she attempted to ask while widening her eyes to play out her genuine sense of concern over the woman.
"No. At least I don't think it is, but they said that I was needed so…." He uttered and then drifted off as his gaze travelled to the vision sitting right beside him. Her beauty still shining effortlessly through her mixed expression of curiosity and confusion.
"So they couldn't find anyone else to fill in for you." she asked without even realising how insensitive that would come off as a result, but to a certain extent she couldn't help but feel that slight sense of hurt at the fact that she was in some ways being ditched for his duties.
"I'm sorry sweetheart, but I promise that I'll be back early." he assured her while taking hold of both her hands and attaching his lips to hers as a seal of his promise, and for the time being she gave in, while still keeping in mind what they started to discuss before they were so unexpectedly interrupted. A thing she was honestly growing tired of these days.
"Okay….but Jack we still need to talk." she finally relented to his wordless request of compliance which came in the form of small baby kisses being planted all over her moist and freckled features.
"Okay" he replied while nodding and smiling in agreement. Not before stealing one last kiss from her as he made the move to ready himself.
Ten minutes later and he made his way down towards the living room to look for the brunette, but instead he was welcomed with a scent he never thought he would ever get the chance to experience. Not since his days with Sarah in the beginning, when they were happy with each other.
"Mmmm that smells so good." he verbally expressed as his form wrapped itself around her from behind, while she continued to work over the root of that very delicious smell. Her own senses picking up on something else that smelt delicious at that very moment.
"So do you." she replied while inching her head slightly backward so that she could get another little taste of the scent which lingered within there.
"Well it's just my usual aftershave." he attempted to playfully argue while masking an expression of mock confusion, but it soon gave way to a chuckle when she just raised her eyebrows at him in response while turning the heat down on the cooker and removing the last of what she concluded to be a perfectly shaped pancake. Just the way her own Mother used to make them for her.
"Syrup or butter?" she asked as he immediately sat himself at the table, anxiously awaiting like a little child at Christmas.
"Well…….I'll settle for the butter for now because I think we can find some better uses for the syrup." he suggested with a wicked smile before reaching out to grasp her waist. Leading her to fall into the recess of his seated form. Her still blushing furiously at his sultry comment, but her mind couldn't help but form a little reconstruction. The outcome of that glimpse turning her into a pile of mush, and lucky for her the man below her was a little too engrossed in his meal to even notice the distinct change within her. However that feeling of warmth was soon accompanied and replaced with a squeamish sensation, and with that she was off. Her legs sprinting to the nearest form of relief. Lucky for the fact that this house came with 2 toilets.
"That's it honey, good good." she was immediately welcomed with a voice behind her. Along with the normal and expected sensation of his hand rubbing up and down her back. Her sickness being soothed by his miracle working hands only moments later.
"Thanks."
"Anything for the mother of my child." he expressed with a smile, eliciting a similar expression out of her in turn.
(Ten minutes later)
"You sure you got everything?"
"Yes Mom!" he teased as she wordlessly shoved a packed brown bag into his hands right before he attempted to leave for work.
"Watch it!! Now have a good time and come home soon cause I just might have a little something, something planned for when you get back." she lightly warned, and then more or less purred with a smile. The gesture growing into that of a devious one when she mentioned the last bit.
"Mmmmmm you really making this hard for me you know that."
"Mmmmm hard is how I like you the most." the brunette had the audacity to express, and she grew that much bolder when she attached her right hand onto the very point of his rapidly growing hardness. His dragged out moan of appreciation showing her how aroused he was becoming, but before the moment could progress the way he thought it would at the moment, she pulled away from him with a smile. A gesture to show her satisfaction of what she was able to achieve so easily from him.
"Your cruel you know that." he playfully growled as his arms reached out to grasp her sides. Her body moulding ever so perfectly against his when the contact was finally initiated, and with one last kiss shared between the two, he reluctantly pulled away and made his way out. Stealing a few more kisses along the way.
However the mood changed considerably when he stepped foot into his car. His mind now focusing on the task at hand, particularly the reason for his immediate presence at the Hospital. He knew he shouldn't have paid much attention to it. Him concluding the whole time that it was probably work related, but he couldn't help but think that it was something more. He could feel it.
Well there it is guys and come next chap Jack will finally meet his possible son "Little Jack", but is Penny being sincere this time or is it just another financial related ploy? Anyhoo so what do you think so far guys? Please drop a review on your way out :)
P.S. Shannon will be coming back very soon and maybe Charlie and Claire as well ;)
