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Later that evening, Elizabeth and Jack had managed to get the twins to sleep, and she sat down on the bed with a sigh.
"It's alright, we're in this together." Jack rubbed her shoulder.
"Yep…" Elizabeth leaned her head on his chest.
"You know, Louis has your eyes." Jack commented.
"I was going to say Louisa had your eyes!"
Jack kissed the top of Elizabeth's head, and put his hands in hers.
Later that night, Elizabeth had just fallen asleep, but then one of the twins started to cry.
Jack got up and walked over to the crib and picked Louisa up.
"It's okay…" Jack soothed her. He sat down in the rocker, and gently rocked back and forth with her.
"Hush little princess, everything will be okay." Jack whispered as she quieted down.
"That's my good girl…" Jack slowed his rocking to a stop.
Louisa slowly went to sleep, and Jack put her back in her crib.
Jack breathed a sigh of relief, and went back to sleep.
As the night went on, they took turns getting up several times taking care of the twins. By the time morning came, Jack and Elizabeth didn't want to leave the bed.
"Jack, this is going to take some getting used to." Elizabeth yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"I know, Elizabeth." Jack ran his fingers through his hair.
"Well, I gotta get up and feed the little ones." Elizabeth sighed and got up.
After a bit of time passed, Mary came in.
"Good morning, how did you sleep?" Mary asked looking at Jack.
"Not well, Mom." Jack confessed.
"Well Mommy will go make you a nice cup of tea and a good breakfast." Mary went out to go make them breakfast.
"She likes spoiling you." Elizabeth said as she walked over to the crib with Louis.
"I noticed…" Jack gently touched Louisa's face.
Elizabeth gave a small giggle.
"Oh, Elizabeth, I'm going to go see if I can help Mom with Breakfast."
"Okay, sweetheart. I'll be there in a minute." Elizabeth replied as she put Louis down.
When Jack entered the kitchen, Mary was setting some fresh,hot pancakes onto a plate for Jack.
"There's my sweet little boy!" Mary smiled as she put the pancakes in front of Jack.
Jack just blushed, and drank some tea. Jack gave a small yawn, and looked at his pancakes.
"They look good, Mum." Jack smiled.
"Only the best for my favorite son!"Mary continued to make pancakes.
About a minute later, Mary turned around, "Jack, do you think- oh my poor baby…" Mary lowered her voice while she looked at Jack's head laying on top of the pancakes.
"Oh Jack…" Mary whispered and gently rubbed his shoulder.
"What happened to Jack?" Elizabeth asked as she slowly approached the kitchen table.
"I believe my poor baby fell asleep."
"Oh goodness he has syrup in his hair." Elizabeth giggled.
"Huh?" Jack's eyelashes fluttered open.
"Aww my poor honey bun must not have gotten enough sleep." Elizabeth said as she used her free hand to brush Jack's hair.
"What happened?"
"You fell asleep in your syrup and pancakes, dear." Mary said as she rubbed Jack's shoulder.
"Oh, sorry Mom. I must be very ," Jack gave a yawn, "sleepy."
"Oh Jack, you have syrup in your hair." Elizabeth giggled.
"I'll go wash up I guess." Jack sighed and went to go wash his hair.
When Jack was done, he noticed Louisa was awake.
"Hi there, aren't you supposed to be taking a nap?" Jack gently picked her up. She just looked up at Jack.
"She wanted to see her handsome father." Julie giggled as she walked into the room.
"I highly doubt that." Jack winked.
"Oh Jack, I hope you will be a wonderful Uncle to my kids when the time comes." Julie looked in at Louis, who was sound asleep.
"Well, the Wedding is going to be happening in a couple days, how come I haven't heard many plans going on?" Jack asked.
"Well, all of us girls stopped for a day or two when the twins decided to come. But, anyways, we promised not to tell any of our guys about it, besides Edward, and occasionally Daddy."
"Oh, well, I'm sure everything will be perfect." Jack smiled.
"Yes, it will be, if Edward comes back..." Julie's voice died off.
"I'm sure he'll come back in time." Jack reassured her.
Later that afternoon, Jaclyn's hair was a mess, and she had accomplished dinner all by herself, plus cleaning up after her mess. Julie was with Elizabeth, Mary, and Kate, and they were making plans for the wedding. William was out for a horse ride with Lillian, and Jack had just woken up from a nap.
"Jaclyn, you're all done with supper?" Jack asked as he rubbed his eyes.
"Yep, just gotta let the soup heat up for a little longer and then we can eat." Jaclyn then heard someone knocking at the door.
"Excuse me, 'Dad'." Jaclyn said as she rushed to answer the door.
"Hello, Jaclyn."
"Oh, Bradley, it's nice to see you." Jaclyn tried to push her hair back, so he might not notice that her hair wasn't fixed up much.
"Jaclyn, go ahead, I'll watch dinner for you." Jack smiled.
"Okay Uncle Jack." Jaclyn smiled as she took her apron off and handed it to him.
"Want to see the twins?" Jaclyn asked.
"She had twins?" Bradley asked, confused.
"Oh right! You haven't been here to know, but I have a beautiful new little girl cousin, and a handsome new little boy cousin." Jaclyn said as she led him into the bedroom to see them. Jaclyn gently picked up Louis, and offered Bradley to pick up Louisa, which he happily did.
"I've never really held a baby before, toddlers, but not a baby." Bradley said as he looked at Louisa.
"You know, you're a natural." Jaclyn commented.
"You're the one who looks natural holding a baby." Bradley gently leaned over and kissed Jaclyn's cheek.
A little while later, Bradley and Jaclyn left for a walk, and William came back with Lillian.
"Jack, this little one wants to go on a walk."
"Pleeeease Daddy?" Lillian begged.
"Aw who can resist that cute little face. Come on sweetheart." Jack said as he took her hand.
As they walked, they didn't know they were walking where Jaclyn and Bradley were, until the next event occurred.
"Race you Daddy!" Lillian giggled as she ran ahead on the path.
"Hey no fair, you got a head start!" Jack ran after her.
Lillian giggled as she ran past Jaclyn and Bradley, and Jack soon raced past.
"I'm gonna get you!" Jack exclaimed.
Bradley forcefully un-linked his arm from hers, and turned around and started walking back.
They shared a few words, and then Bradley left.
Jaclyn felt several tears roll down her cheek, and she yelled to Bradley who was way ahead of her, "Fine! Be that way!"
Jaclyn fumbled to get her necklace off from him, and threw it on the ground, and ran home. She opened the front door, and shut it with a loud slam, and then went into her and Lillian's room, and shut the bedroom door with another loud slam, and locked it.
"What was that?" Kate asked.
"I think that was someone coming home quite angry." Mary added.
"Who though?" Julie asked.
"Jaclyn. Let's give her some space for a while." Elizabeth quietly said.
A few minutes later, Jack and Lillian were walking back up the path, and saw something shiny on the path.
'Hey that looks like Jaclyn's necklace...' Jack thought as Lillian picked it up.
"Here, I'll carry it back home." Jack offered.
When they reached home, Elizabeth started serving dinner.
"Jack, go see if Jaclyn is coming for dinner please."
"Sure." Jack smiled.
He knocked on her door.
"Go away!" Jaclyn yelled with sadness in her voice.
Jack slowly backed away and went to the kitchen.
Meanwhile, at the Ramsey's house, Silas and Dottie are talking to Bradley.
"Son, your mother and I want to ask you something."
Bradley just picked his biscuit apart into small flakes.
"Have you ever thought of when you might ask Jaclyn to maybe marry you? We know it is early to start thinking, but we had to ask, to make sure you're ready for when it's time." Silas continued, and with that Bradley left the table.
"He's mad at the Constable's niece," Dottie sighed, "this is just what we need."
"It might not be bad…" Silas tried.
"No, because next the Constable will be over here quite angry, you know him and that niece of his are close…"
"Don't think about it." Silas concluded.
Later that evening, Julie had gone to sleep early, and Lillian was playing with Kate and William. Mary and Elizabeth were knitting, and Jack was talking to them.
Jaclyn's head shot up from her tear stained pillow, she heard crying. She gently got out of bed, and unlocked the door, and went into the other room, where Louisa was crying.
"Aww what's the matter? Did you need someone to hold you in their arms like I need someone to hold me? Or do you need something? Hmm?" Jaclyn asked as she rocked her.
Jack slowly leaned against the doorframe, and watched.
"You know, sometimes I wish I was like you, immediately when you cry someone's there for you. For me, sometimes no one comes right away." Jaclyn gently touched Louisa's face.
"Do you need someone to hold you in my arms?" Jack asked.
Jaclyn turned around in surprise, and just quickly put her head down to look at Louisa, who had gently fallen asleep. Jack walked in,and ushered for her to come over.
Jaclyn put Louisa down, and immediately went into Jack's arms, who gave her a tight hug. She slowly started to cry, and Jack gently kissed the top of her head.
"Do you feel like talking?" Jack asked.
Jaclyn nodded, and Jack led her into the living room, where Elizabeth sat while knitting her blanket. Mary had gone off to bed.
"What's wrong honey?" Elizabeth asked, as she looked at Jaclyn's sad face.
"Oh 'Mom', Bradley and I had an argument…" Jaclyn sat down next to Elizabeth.
"Over what, sweetheart?" Elizabeth asked.
"It's okay if you don't want to tell us." Jack said as he sat down on the other side of Jaclyn.
Jaclyn gently bit her lip, and looked at Jack.
"We had an argument, over you…." Jaclyn cried as she put her head in her hands.
To be continued…...
Author's Note: Dun dun dun! Cliffhanger! :) Hope you enjoy it! :) Anyways besides that...thanks for all the reviews, and to all of the wonderful fanfiction chapters my other fellow writers have posted for their fanfictions. We can all work together to keep "pumped" for Season 2 in May 2015! BOOM!
~Angelica