Thanks for the reviews! Just wee bit of Jack angst and the rest is pure fluff, oh and jex of course.

They left the clinic, stopped at Jack's house so he could grab a few things and then drove back to Kate's house so she could grab a few things and they could pick up Jack's car. He'd put his foot down and demanded to drive them to the lake and Kate decided it was best to let him be the man and not push the issue. It was less than two hours to the lake and about an hour into the drive Jack's cell phone went off. He knew it was her again, resorting to text messaging him since he wouldn't return her calls. He looked down and saw that she was claiming it was an emergency, scanned through the names in his address book and punched the call button when her name came up. He sighed heavily and waited for her to answer while Kate watched him from the passenger seat, realizing he was calling someone he wasn't thrilled to be talking to and guessing it was his ex-wife. She listened to his side of the conversation.

"What's the big emergency? Are the kids okay?"

"I don't want to talk about it right now."

"I don't know when I'll feel like talking about it, but not today and not even this weekend."

"Look, you made this mess, not me and you've had a lot of time to think about it. Is asking for a couple of weeks to make the hardest fucking decision of my life that big of deal?!" He hissed and then looked in the rearview mirror. Luckily the child had her earphones in and hadn't heard him.

"What do you mean what decision? He's my son."

"Yes it matters, it has always mattered, they are my children, but you can't seem to just let things be, you had to keep pushing and look at the mess you've made."

"I don't know, maybe some day you'll be able to make your children understand why they shouldn't think you are a lying, manipulative, deceptive whore, but don't expect me to help you with that."

Jack looked at the phone and tossed it into the console.

"She hung up." Jack said and pulled into a small grocery store and bait shop.

"Why are we stopping?" Kate asked.

"We should get a few things, maybe some sandwich stuff or whatever you guys like to eat." Jack said.

The three walked into the quaint store. Kate grabbed a hand held basket and headed down the short aisles with the weekend's menu apparently planned out in her head. Jack headed toward the bait side of the shop and Maddie was right on his heels, finding his mission much more interesting than her mother's. Jack stopped in front of the tank full of live minnows and grabbed a bucket and a net. He looked down at the child who was engrossed in watching the tiny fish swim and smiled.

"You want to help?" Jack asked.

"What do you want me to do?" Maddie asked.

"Well, you can either hold this bucket while I catch the little fish in this net or I can hold the bucket while you catch the little fish." Jack said.

"I want to catch the fish." Maddie said excitedly making Jack chuckle.

"Imagine that. Let me put some water in the bucket and then see if you can catch about 30 of them. You can count to 30 right?" Jack teased.

"I'm almost in 2nd grade Jack. I can do my times all the way to my 3s." Maddie bragged.

"All the way to your threes huh, you must be pretty smart just like your mom." Jack complimented.

"No, I'm smart like my dad. Daddy says I'm pretty like my mom, but that I shouldn't think I can get through life on my looks." Maddie said very matter-of-factly.

"Your mom is very pretty, but she is also very smart Maddie and she works very hard." Jack corrected her.

"Okay." Maddie said and shrugged.

Jack had to remind himself that he was carrying on a conversation with a very young child who was being brain-washed into believing things about her mother that weren't true and stop himself from sounding like a defense attorney. This little girl was as much a victim of Michael Reynolds twisted games as Kate was.

"So, are you ready to catch us some minnows?" Jack asked.

"Are we going to eat them Jack?" Maddie asked.

"No, we are going to fish with them. Have you ever been fishing?" Jack asked.

"No, but I seen it on tv." Maddie told him.

Jack smiled at the child and held the bucket down low enough for her to accomplish the task. A couple of the minnows jumped out of the net and flopped around on the floor making her squeal and giggle. Jack caught them in his hand and put them into the bucket. When they were sure that they had 30 or were at least close he put the lid on the bucket, grabbed a container of worms and he and Maddie met Kate at the check out counter.

"What'd you get?" Kate asked.

"We got worms and little fishes and Jack let me catch them mom." Maddie told her excitedly.

Kate smiled at Jack and smoothed her hand over her daughter's long brown hair. They paid for their things, got back into the car and within 20 minutes were pulling into a beautiful two story lake front home. They unloaded the car while Maddie explored the house, finding the game room and becoming excited. Kate busied herself preparing something for them to eat for dinner while Jack moved out to the deck to check on the hot tub. He'd just gotten the cover off and was about to test the water when he felt her presence behind him.

"Did you bring a swimsuit?" Jack asked without turning to look at the child.

"No, but I have some shorts." Maddie answered.

"That'll work. It's too hot right now, but maybe after dinner it will have cooled down enough to enjoy." Jack told her.

"What's that?" Maddie asked making Jack turn to look to see what she was pointing at.

"Those are tire swings." Jack answered.

"What are they for?" Maddie asked.

"They are for swinging. Do you like to swing?" Jack asked.

"Uh huh, but I never saw that kind of swing before." Maddie said.

"Come on, we've got time before the sun goes down completely." Jack said holding his hand out for the little girl to take.

She placed her tiny hand into his large hand and they walked down the small hill and out toward the trees where the two tire swings hung. Jack put his foot into one of them and pulled all of his weight up, allowing it to rest on the tire while pulling hard on the rope with his arms, making sure the rope hadn't rotted and that it was still secure enough to hold a child without snapping. He climbed down and picked Maddie up under the arms from behind and encouraged her to put her legs over the top of the tire, the rope between her legs.

"Hold on tight to the rope and I'll push you." Jack told her.

"No, I don't like this Jack. I want down." Maddie whined.

"I wouldn't let anything happen to you sweetheart and I promise you'll like it if you give it a try." Jack encouraged.

"Do you promise to catch me if I fall?" Maddie asked.

"I promise, but if you hold onto the rope you won't fall." Jack said and began pushing the tire slowly.

Jack let her get used to it and pushed the tire a little harder making her giggle and ask him to make it go faster. He finally stopped the tire, had her cross her feet and hold on as tight as she could and began spinning the tire, slowly winding her up, tighter and tighter, making her giggle and then when he was satisfied it was wound tight enough he made her promise to not let go no matter what and let go of the tire, laughing as it unwound and spun the child wildly in the process making her squeal with delight. When it stopped she was laughing so hard it gave her the hiccups.

"Do it again Jack!" She begged in-between her hiccups.

"One more time and then we have to go in." Jack told her and began winding the swing up again.

Kate stood in the kitchen watching them through the window, the feeling of peace and happiness the moment brought was unlike anything she'd ever known and she wasn't sure who was having the most fun, the man or the child, but she knew she loved watching her little girl laugh and giggle and smile from ear to ear like that.

When the swing stopped spinning the second time Jack lifted the child off of it and set her on the ground. She was dizzy and fell down making him chuckle. He bent down in front of her.

"Climb on and I'll give you a ride to the house since you're too drunk to walk." He teased.

"I'm not drunk, I'm dizzy." She giggled and climbed onto his back and wrapped her tiny arms and hands around his neck.

He carried her up to the house like the 45 pounds of nothing that she was and into the kitchen where Kate was waiting for them with soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Jack scooted back and sat Maddie on the counter, excusing himself so he could wash up.

"Mommy did you see me spinning?" Maddie asked.

"I did baby, are you having a good time?" Kate asked.

"Uh huh, Jack is fun mom. He's going to show me how to catch a fish tomorrow. Do you know how to catch fishes mom?" Maddie asked.

"My dad used to take me fishing when I was your age. It's a lot of fun." Kate told her.

"We get to go swimming in the hot tub after we eat. Do you have swimsuit mommy?" Maddie continued on, her seven year old mind too excited to settle down.

"Only if it's cooled of by then munchkin." Jack interrupted and carried the bowls of soup to the table.

Kate lifted Maddie off of the counter and sent her to the bathroom to wash up. She followed Jack with the sandwiches and set them on the table. He turned around and she wrapped her hands around his waist, pulling him closer and kissing him deeply.

"What was that for?" He asked.

"Just for being you Jack, it's more than enough reason." Kate said and they kissed again, longer, deeper and more passionate, stopping when they heard Maddie giggling.

They ate dinner and Jack cleaned up the dishes while Kate convinced Maddie she could swim in her undershirt and panties, promising that Jack wouldn't look. She walked her out to the hot tub with a towel wrapped around her and helped her climb in, turning the jets on for her and laughing at how tiny and cute she looked in the middle of all of it. Jack joined them on the deck and adjusted the jets so the child could enjoy them without them knocking her over. When she was ready to get out, or when Kate decided it was time she got out, Jack covered his eyes so she could climb out and let her mom wrap the towel around her.

"Okay Jack you can look now!" Maddie chimed happily and walked into the house with her mom, making him smile and watch them disappear.

He sat on the deck with a beer and enjoyed the cool night air. Maddie came back about an hour later, freshly bathed and dressed for bed. She walked up to Jack and climbed into his lap. She gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Well thank you, what'd I do to deserve something that great?" Jack asked.

"You are very nice and you make my mommy smile and I love it here. I can't wait to wake up and play some more. Thank you for letting me come here." Maddie said.

"I'm glad you like it. Are you going to bed already?" Jack asked.

"Mommy said I have to and I'm tired anyway so goodnight." She said and climbed down from his lap.

Jack watched her skip back into the house and relaxed back into his chair. Kate appeared a few minutes later with a couple of fresh beers and a couple of towels. He pulled her into his lap, wrapped his arms around her and kissed her.

"She's great Kate, so eager to try new things and so tiny I have a hard time not coddling too much." Jack said.

"She's small, but she's mighty and she thinks you are the coolest thing since Strawberry Shortcake." Kate told him.

"Is that her favorite dessert?" Jack asked making her laugh.

"It's a doll Jack. Strawberry Shortcake and all her little fruity friends blow fruity kisses and they have all kinds of fun accessories." Kate explained.

"Sorry, I'm kind of out of the loop when it comes to toys." Jack said with just the slightest hint of sadness.

"So, are we going to enjoy the hot tub or not?" Kate asked.

"Are you're planning on getting in there naked?" Jack asked with a grin.

"Of course, why do you think I put the child to bed?" Kate answered and slithered off his lap and down between his legs, grabbing the button on his jeans and unfastening it.

He watched her intently, the sight of her between his legs unfastening his pants incredibly arousing. She slowly pulled the zipper down and reached in, becoming frustrated with his choice of underwear immediately. She placed her hands behind him and tugged forward on his hips.

"Stand up Jack." She told him, catching the dark desirous look in his eyes and feeling her crotch moisten.

He stood and she propped herself up on her knees, grabbing the waistband of his jeans and underwear and pulling them down to his knees, his semi-erect cock displayed before her. She took his cock into her hands and took her time feeling her way around, enjoying the feeling of him becoming hard in her hands and him watching the entire time not sure whether to let her continue or begin undressing her as well.

She placed her hands on his butt and pulled him forward, running her tongue along the vein with just enough pressure to increase his hardness and make him let go of a lengthy breath. She gently nudged him back into the chair and took her place between his legs again, looking up at him as she got ready to take his head into her mouth.

"You don't have to do this." He said softly.

"I know and that's why I want to do it more than anything." She said and lowered her head.

She began swallowing about three inches of him into her mouth, working her tongue slowly over the sensitive head while her hand gently twisted and tugged at his base. Having gotten him to a full erection she began to work feverishly on him. Taking in as much as she could, allowing his tip to hit the back of her throat, while sucking hard at times and simply licking and caressing at other times. His head was dropped back enjoying every second of what she was doing to him, feeling the tingling in his balls as his release neared. He held his head up and looked down at her, her head bobbing up and down and then making eye contact with him as she slowly pulled her mouth up and away from him, the small popping sound it made when she released him making him groan as she held on to his throbbing, bobbing cock and fisted him a few times, the tip of her tongue gliding up the underside of his head over the small opening, licking away the precum.

"Kate, you need to stop now." He pleaded in a breathy tone.

"I want you to come Jack, I want you to come in my mouth the way you make me come in yours." Kate told him and began deep-throating him again, over and over and over until he finally let go of a guttural noise and began spurting his hot juices onto her tongue.

When he was done and softening again, she stood and sat in his lap again, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him long and hard while his hand slipped inside her panties and between her legs, her pussy wet and hot and ready to explode. He pushed his middle finger into making her moan into his mouth and then he began moving it in and out of her while his palm rubbed over her pussy, cupping her in his large hand while fucking her at a rapid pace with his long finger and she came quickly, squeezing her thighs around his hand and trapping him there until she was ready to let him go. They stayed that way for a few minutes, his finger trapped inside her and him slowly recovering from the fellatio she'd just performed on him. He finally kissed her one more time and spoke softly to her.

"Now that we've got the naughty, lustful immediate needs out of the way, what do you say we recuperate in the hot tub for a bit before I take you upstairs and make sweet love to you until we can't do it anymore?" He said, smiling when her response was to just lazily nod at him.

They undressed and climbed into the hot tub together, sitting side by side drinking their beers and enjoying the warm pulsating water. She finally climbed into his lap, straddling him, their faces less than a foot apart. His hands immediately went to her breasts, cupping them and gliding his thumbs over the nipples before pulling her closer and kissing her, his mouth wet and hot, but the kiss so sweet and loving that she almost blurted the three words out in reaction to it. It startled her a bit and she pulled out of the kiss.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"Nothing, I was just wondering if it was okay." Kate said trying to distract herself from what she was feeling.

"You were wondering if what was okay?" He asked.

"The oral sex, was it okay? Did I do it right?" She asked quietly almost timidly, wanting to hear the answer, but not wanting to at the same time.

"Yeah, it was great, I loved it, but you'd have to bite to get me to complain about something like that." Jack answered in an almost teasing fashion.

"Please Jack, it's important to me to know the truth." Kate pushed.

"Kate, the best thing about a blow job is when the woman doing it is doing it because she wants to, not because she feels obligated, as if it is a tit for tat game, he ate my pussy so I have to suck his cock so he won't feel neglected. Sorry if that was too crass, but I really hate that and would prefer a woman never touch me if she's only doing it because she feels obligated to do so and I didn't get that vibe from you so it was really great, I mean it was really, really great. Did I not respond like it was really, really great?" He asked making her giggle and lay her head on his shoulder.

He felt her hand moving down between their bodies until she found his cock again. She wrapped her hand around him and began pumping him, attempting to make him hard again and it was working, the light nibbling on his neck and behind his ear helping the cause quite a bit. He finally reached down and put his head into her opening and she pushed herself down onto him, connecting them slowly and fully, her walls stretching against the invasion and wrapping tightly around him.

They wrapped their arms around one another and sighed and moaned as she opened up more for him and he sank deeper into her. She rotated her hips over him lightly and he smiled, his dick feeling like it just grew another inch. He pushed her back slightly and moved his mouth over her breasts, sucking each nipple into his mouth, swirling his tongue over the hard bud and then nibbling gently on it with his teeth.

He held onto her hips and began thrusting up into her, her feet planted firmly on the seats on either side of him, squatting and taking him in as deep as she could, his tip hitting that spot deep inside, that spot on the inside wall that when hit just right would send a warm, tingly wave of pleasure through her entire lower region. He continued to thrust up, holding her hips firmly, knowing he was hitting the spot, seeing it in her face and feeling it as each thrust made her walls wrap tightly around him.

"Harder and faster Jack, please." Kate pleaded.

"I can't, the water makes it too difficult to get that going." He said, his breathing becoming labored.

She held tightly to him, him still thrusting up as hard as he could and her coming so close but unable to get there. He finally stood with her, still buried deep inside her, grabbing the handrails while she wrapped herself tightly around him. He carried her out of the hot tub and into the kitchen, setting her on the island in the center and laying her back, placing her feet over his shoulders and thrusting in and out of her as hard and as fast as he could, still hitting the spot, but now hitting it hard and quick, over and over until she cried out and her entire lower region began shaking and quivering as the orgasm ripped through her. He continued his thrusts, slowing them down, making the orgasm last and last and then he lunged forward, buried himself as deep as he could and let go, her walls still quivering and clenching around him, drawing his release out of him as he held firmly the edges of the countertop, losing the ability to think, hear, see or speak for at least 20 seconds

When he regained his senses she was smiling at him, her hand caressing his cheek, her back still flat against the cold, hard surface.

"Are you okay Jack?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm just………that was amazing." He said as he gently lifted her up so he could wrap his large, protective arms around her.

"I'd have to agree with you Jack; that was highly explosive. I think I'm going to nickname you TNT." She giggled in a dreamy almost incoherent state.

"I think you're drunk on endorphins." He chuckled.

"I think I'm falling hard for you Jack." She said and kissed him deep and long, not allowing him the chance to respond, but instead staying wrapped around him, holding him, kissing him and encouraging him to take her upstairs and love her some more.