Summary: Lexi babbles, just like her Uncle Jake.
December 11
"I heard you were going to visit your uncle in Springfield." The youngest Jensen looked up at her teacher, then went back to folding the letters neatly. Just like Uncle Jake always said, Lexi volunteered where she could. Jake was veritably Lexi's hero, so she got really excited when she got to see him again.
"Yeah! Everyone's going to be there! Uncle Jake's whole team will be there, and Aunt Jolene said she couldn't wait to see me again. Although," Lexi ducked her head to hide the faint blush on her cheeks, "I don't really remember her that well. I haven't gotten to see Uncle Jake in so long! I mean, he calls a lot, and he showed Mom and me how to do video calls so we do that often. But I really miss him." Oh yeah, babbling ran in the family. At least, Lexi thought it did. Lexi never really heard her mom babble. Jerri was pretty straightforward.
Which was probably a good thing considering her daughter and brother. The teacher laughed and accepted the next stack of folded newsletters Lexi helped her with, so she could start putting them in envelopes. "What's your Uncle Jake like, Lexi?"
Lexi gasped and shot wide blue eyes up to her teacher, as if everyone should know Uncle Jake. "Well, Uncle Jake a soldier. He says he's Special Forces or something? Anyway, he's really fun. He's not like a lot of other adults that are boring and stuff. And! He's super smart. Uncle Jake made the computer my mom uses for work. Uncle Jake is also big," Lexi jumped out of her chair and stretched her arm over her head to show just how tall Uncle Jake was. "He's even taller than Mom. Although," Lexi leaned over the teacher's messy desk and whispered conspiratorially, "Mom showed me old pictures of Uncle Jake, and Uncle Jake was really skinny."
Grinning proudly, Lexi pointed at her own face, "Actually, I look a lot like Uncle Jake! Before now, anyway. Whenever he sees me, he gives me the biggest hug and tosses me into the air!"
Chuckling, Lexi's teacher looked up from her own task again. "He sounds wonderful. Lucky you. It's such a shame you never get to see him." Lexi blinked at sat back down with a shrug.
"Yeah. I do miss him a lot. But it's okay. I know why Uncle Jake is never home. Mom says he's protecting us every day he's gone. And Uncle Jake tells me he loves me every day, somehow. When he can't call, he emails me, or leaves me a message on skype." The woman froze and looked up at Lexi. Lexi didn't sound as excited at that last bit, probably because she wished her uncle was around more.
Frowning, the teacher turned her focus back to the task at hand, thinking. There was nothing she could do. At least Lexi got to spend time with Uncle Jake when the holiday break started. "Well," she smiled across the desk at Lexi, "enjoy every moment with your Uncle Jake to the fullest when you do see him."
Grinning right back, Lexi nodded. "Absolutely!"
Aw. I can't wait until Jerri and Lexi arrive in Springfield. Can you? I just love how much Jensen loves his niece, and I just sort of added a sister complex on top of that. Whoops. Haha. Anyway, sorry these latest ones are so freaking short. I can't help it! I just read through them and think that if I write more, I'll be ruining the happy mood, since I write angry and sad so much better.