She was nervous- he could tell. Her little doll hands shook with both excitement and fear. She looked at him nervously, with big dark eyes glistening with the snow. It was obvious she never went ice-skating before.

"It's okay, love, trust me." He squeezed her hand, guiding her onto the ice. Her breath hitched, something she did often.

"Oh, Jack…what If I fall?" She looked at him once more. Jack smiled as he stepped on the ice too.

"Then I'll be right here to catch you. Just hold on and trust me." Those tempting lips smiled ear to ear as has she nodded, leaning on him.

"I trust you," she whispered lovingly.

A few minutes later Sally was no longer nervous. She giggled as she skated a little from Jack, still clutching his hand. He spin her around, making her giggle more, he even twirled her a little bit. The sight and the snow were oh-so enchanting, all along with the smells and the current atmosphere. She felt like she was heaven.

Finally they were done, and in absolute bliss. The two took a seat at a local bench. She rested her head on his shoulder- he snaked an arm around her waist, pulling her closer.

"Oh, Jack…that was so wonderful…" He chuckled in response, lightly kissing her blood red hair.

"I thought you might like it…" She exhaled.

"Oh, but I didn't at first…I was nervous…thinking that I could have tripped and embarrassed myself-worse- embarrass you." He pulled away, leaving Sally slightly confused. She looked at him puzzled, and Jack cupped her face.

"But, oh-dear Sally, you could never embarrass me! Why, the thought of it! If you tripped it wouldn't be a big deal. In fact, it would simply be just another reason for you to be in my arms."

Sally smiled widely, attacking Jack with a bear hug. A little surprised at first, Jack took it in and hugged her back, nestling his head into her shoulder, taking in her wonderful scent. He felt her breath, knowing she was about to speak.

"Thank you," Sally muttered, pulling away.-which made Jack a little disappointed.

"For what?" He asked-only to receive a smile by Sally. He looked her in the eyes. Oh, those beautiful eyes…

"For everything." She looked down, breaking the gaze. She slowly took his hand in hers. Slightly confused, she looked back up, staring into his sockets. She smiled. He realized it was just a simple gesture and he smiled back, leaning in for a small peck on the lips.

"Sally," Jack said, pulling back from the kiss, she closed her eyes in bliss, and only managed a "Hm?" He chuckled quietly to himself, squeezing her hand.

"Our night isn't over just yet…"

Jack took her to a fancy restaurant. It was even rumored it took months for a reservation, at least for a "non-important" person. Hm.

Their waitress was a cute little blond. Sally could tell she was a vampire, by her dangerously light skin and the glow she never seen on anyone besides Vladimir. She reminded her of him…Of course, the waitresses just had to have a full figure along with a pretty face. Big blue eyes, long platinum blond hair, her uniform filled out in the front and the back.

Sally wasn't exactly jealous, just intimated. The ragdoll was very insecure, and being out here in the city seeing all these beautiful ghouls and female monsters didn't help much. And especially when they winked and waved at Jack. Right in front of her. She felt invisible and ugly…but she would never tell Jack that. He would spend ages telling her otherwise. She wondered if other females felt like this too…

"Hello, my name is Amy, and I'll be your waitress for tonite'." Great. She even had that cute little country accent too. Amy had already sat them down at a table for two and was currently handing them menus. Jack smiled, accepting it.

"I'll be here in a few minutes to take your orders. But take as long as you like, of course!" She beamed, and practically skipped away. Sally signed and sunk in seat. Jack noticed this.

"Baby, what's wrong?" He said, reaching over with his impossibly long arms and taking her hand, setting in the middle of the table.

"What? Oh, nothing…" She trailed off, looking down. Jack's expression was a sad one.

"Do you not like the restaurant…?" Sally's face shot up.

"No, no! I love the restaurant! You're so sweet and perfect for having all of this planned out, really! It's perfect. I'm just being silly, honestly." Jack cocked a non-existent eyebrow. She signed and smiled at him.

"Forget it, I'll tell you later. But right now, I think we should just enjoy ourselves." He replied in a smile, not letting go of her hand, simply running his thumb against her knuckles.

"Okay," He cleared his throat. "I have great news, Sally…" She perked her head up, signaling for him to continue. "One of the residents is moving into a bigger abode, the current one is a small little house, perfect for one with not lot of stuff." He leaned in closer, "I guess we're not the only one starting a family." She giggled and blushed, moving her free hand to her stomach. She looked down and signed. She was growing bigger each and every day. She honestly didn't even know if that was normal or not, but it wasn't too dramatic…just a tiny bit.

"Anyway," he continued, Sally looked up at him again, "The house would be perfect for Vladimir!" She beamed.

"Oh, that's great, Jack! I'm sure he'll be delighted."

"Yes, well, between you and me, my goal was to have him out before the wedding night. You know…" He winked, moving his imaginary eye-brows up and down. She blushed and giggled once more, her cheeks turning extremely pink.

"I suppose…I guess we need to make the most of what we can while we're, you know, alone." Jack crinkled his nose at that. Yes, she was right. Once again…Jack never really thought about life after the baby was here. The baby has needs, lots of them. What does exactly a baby need?

Sally noticed the distress look on her husband's-to-be face. "Are you alright?" she asked gently.

He snapped out of his thoughts. "What? Oh right…yeah, fine." She gave him an 'I don't believe you,' look as soon as the waitress, Amy, appeared again.

"Sorry it took so long," she said nervously, "But there seems some "chaos" in the kitchen!" She said, her knees bucking a bit. "Those chefs, I swear, gonna end up killin' somebody, ya'll." Jack chuckled, releasing Sally's hand and grabbing the menu. She had her notebook and pen at the ready.

"Um, I was wondering if we could start off with some appetizers… What do you think, love?" He looked at Sally, who was staring at the menu with curiosity. She's never been to a restaurant before…

Jack glanced back at the waitresses, who much to his surprise, was staring at Sally. Not in the dirty-looks kind of way, but in the admiring kind of way. Almost too admiring…

They ordered some fancy stuff, something Sally couldn't pronounce even if her life depended on it, but Jack said without a problem. After Amy left, he started chuckling.

"What?" she demanded, folding her arms.

"Looks you got an admirer, Sally." She gave him a confused look. He leaned forward once more.

"That waitress has a thing for you," he joked once more, trying to keep quiet.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, she was staring at you; I thought she was just admiring your beauty." She blushed, "Then she started staring at your chest." And then Sally blushed even more than before. She looked down, they we're a little exposed. She was wearing a lavender heart-shaped corset like dress that flowed out a little bit and rested to her knees. She crinkled her nose, not knowing what to say, but apparently Jack found it HILAROUS.

"Oh, hush!" She said, as the waitress started to approach them, setting their appetizers on the table. Jack beamed. Sally thanked her.

"No problem, sweetheart." She said swinging her hips a little, winking at her. Sally smiled. Jack attempted to keep a straight face.

"Um, I few more moments and we'll be ready to order," The waitress just smiled and replied,

"No problem, hun."

XXX

Three hours pasted before Jack and Sally returned home. They had a wonderful, magical time together. They now laid on their bed, cuddling, not bothering to change out of their current clothes into their nightwear. Sally made little circles with her fingers on Jack's ribs, which seemed to entice him a little bit. He leaned on his side, now facing Sally. He smiled has she kept her hand there, her other arm prompting up her head.

"Thank you, Jack…for dinner, and everything…" He chuckled.

"Well, I miss spending time with you, Sally." He grabbed her hand that played with his ribs and entwined with his own. She smiled.

"You're not only my lover, Sally…you're also my best friend." She beamed.

"You're my best friend, too, Jack…and I love how we're much more…" He signed in bliss.

"Me too." He kissed her, climbing on top of her. She giggled, wrapping her arms around his neck. She closed her eyes.

"Jack…" she moaned, trying to talk to him. "Hm?" She giggled and replied in between kisses,

"Jack, I'm a little tired tonight…" He stopped and looked at her, putting his hands between her head, holding himself up. He got hopelessly lost in her eyes. Which held all the innocence in the world. She blinked, her lashes fluttering. He signed.

"Oh, alright…" He laid back on the pillows, putting his arm around her waist, pulling her close to him.

"We can just cuddle tonight, baby-doll." She signed and closed her eyes, snuggling with him more.

"Thank you…"

XXX

Well, I'm sorry for the long update. I lack an excuse. This chapter didn't turn out the way I really expected too, but it's okay I guess. I just wrote it now, but I literally have three versions of this chapter. This is the finale, rushed result. Yay! Well, um, I'll start on the next chapter as soon I can. Im really sorry for the long wait. Im going through a really hard heartbreak right now and it took the best of me. But I'm finally starting to recover and write again! I'll be okay. It'll be okay. Though it did hurt a little writing this chapter, and previous versions of it…I'll eventually get over and back to frequent updates! Well, once a week updates. ;D Thanks for the reviews! They mean a lot! I'm wanting to reply but I dunno, I never do. Darn my shyness. :D

Just to clear this up, in the chapter, they're not in HalloweenTown, but some really big monster-filled city. Kinda like New York or something like that but underworldish. I had it all explained in the previous versions but didn't quite fit in here. And yes, they're ice skating in the first part, something new I added.