AN: Marla- FUBAR is a military acronym. It is F&! Up Beyond Any Recognition. It started back in WW2 i believe.
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Eric and Boyington were surprised when only two quit. The others kept coming and Eric kept pushing them. The unit huffed and puffed all week but they made it. They were improving daily but they had a ways to go. Eric was beat when he made it back to Point Place. As always when he arrived back to town he went to Red's shop to see Jackie. Red might have gotten made back when they were in high school but now Eric helped Jackie out so she could leave on time.
Kitty made a feast for dinner since Laurie was watching the twins for her. Laurie actually started changing diapers and really enjoyed watching her niece and nephew. Mostly they ate then slept for an hour then it was changing time and another nap. Jackie was worried about Laurie watching them but Kitty was always there too. Laurie mostly took care of them when Kitty needed to cook.
By 5:30pm Red said it was closing time. Jackie organized the papers quickly and locked the safe. Jackie had rode over with Red so she left with Eric. Once they were gone, Red turned to Ox and said " Help me get the Nomad in here real quick. We got to bring from down the block."
"OK Boss! Is this Eric's special project?" Ox asked
" Yes not a word to Jackie!" Red ordered
They pushed the Nomad back up the block with help. It had been painted and Eric had done the interior one day between paint and interior work. All that was left was putting the engine and transmission in. That would only take a couple hours and Eric would drive it home to his wife.
Jackie gave Red a look when he arrived home almost an hour after She had. Jackie had questioned Eric about what he and Red had been up to last weekend and Eric said they were doing guy things. Jackie knew Eric wasn't doing anything really bad because he wasn't built that way. However her curiosity was driving her insane.
Eric had told Red all about Jackie asking questions. Eric devised a plan to throw Jackie off. Eric would go for his daily run and Red would say he was going fishing, which was not unheard of, and they would meet at the shop. Red had agreed to Eric's plan.
Jackie was busy playing mom to the twins. She loved being a mom more than anything. As a little girl she wouldn't have thought about being a mom. Now that she was a mom, she could see why Kitty was always happy with her babies and basement babies.
Eric broke Jackie out of her thinking by touching her shoulder. Kitty had announced dinner. Dinner was delicious as usual and Jackie was going to miss dinners when they moved out. Jackie had decided Eric need to bathe Lucas so they could bond better than he and Red had. Eric went along with the idea and Lucas seemed thrilled with it. Lucas snuggled into his daddy's chest after Eric got him dressed for the night. Kitty couldn't refuse an opportunity for a picture. It would later get added to the baby book.
Eric got up like normal to go for his run and Jackie thought nothing of it until Red left go fishing. She was intrigued everything going on. She decided if they both disappeared again she would follow Red.
Eric beat Red to the shop but barely. Eric was happy with the interior work. The engine took some adjustment to get into the bay. The engine mounts had to be pushed back so everything would line up. Soon Red was working on getting the radiator in while Eric was placing the drive shaft. They had to be extra careful not to ding the paint. Red was putting fluids in when Eric crawled out from under the car. A little engine tuning later and the car was ready to roll. Eric gave his dad a hug and thanked him for his help. Red headed for home with the story that the fish weren't biting today. Eric was hot on his heels in the Nomad. Jackie came out when Red pulled in and she saw the grease under his fingernails. She was about to call him on it when they heard an engine in the driveway.
Red opened the door and walked out with Jackie right behind him.
Jackie slapped her hand over her mouth the second she got around Red. Eric was walking to her. He gave her a big kiss and said " Thought you could use a better car!"
Jackie looked at the car again then back at her husband. He was still being her knight in shining armor. He had given up his free time to fix up a car just for her. He still drove that POS Camaro but made sure she had a good car. Jackie began devouring Eric right in the driveway. Only to have Red say " Dammit don't do that in front of me!"
Jackie could only laugh as she kissed Eric again.