To answer the latest Guest(s?) reviews:
- Nope, we never heard Amy speak Spanish in the show – but we do know she speaks it, as she said in one episode :) (And we did hear her mother say one sentence in Spanish during the Thanksgiving episode of season 5 as well.)
- About Jake dying in my The Good Place AU: it's said in the story – he died while trying to fall off a roof Die Hard-stylez (like in 4x18) but here it didn't work out and he fell on the ground (tbh I didn't want to go into the details about their deaths and focus more about their afterlife haha).
- Idk if your 'supernatural vampire AU' is a prompt but if it is, I'm sorry, I don't think that's the kind of stories I could write... though something like that probably does exist somewhere? I have no idea.
Anyways, thanks for your reviews! :D
As much as Amy loves her job (and she does – a lot), she really loves being on holidays as well; especially when they consist in spending some quality time with her husband and young daughter, doing nothing else than just rest by the pool of their hotel all morning, enjoying the bright weather and a good book, and occasionally joining the two most important people in her life into the water.
Usually, she wouldn't like this type of relaxing vacation too much – she's more the kind of person who plans a lot of activities to fill her trips away and not miss anything the place has to offer – but, being presently 8 months pregnant and her doctor having told her she needs to go easy on herself so that the baby wouldn't come out too soon, she doesn't really have a choice. She's well decided of making the most of her quiet holidays, always finding it better to remain lying in a deck chair watching Ana and her father playing around than staying in a bed at home, alone.
What she doesn't love, though, is to see them rush towards the pool the minute they're out of their clothes, both too impatient to go inside the water to wait for any more second.
"Aren't you guys forgetting something?" the woman asks with a shake of her head and a severe look on her face as she watches them run away. The sound of her voice in their backs doesn't go unnoticed, making the two immediately stop in their tracks. They exchange a quick glance, wearing a matching confused expression with their brows furrowed and half-open mouths before their turn back in her direction in a same, synch move. This makes Amy's own frown soften, until they're suddenly back at her side and pulling her in a tight embrace, covering her face in kisses and whispered I love yous.
Then they draw away after just a few seconds and don't add anything else when they act like they're going to leave her side again, persuaded this was what Amy meant with her words.
But it's not – and she's so startled by Jake and their daughter's sudden burst of love towards her, she almost doesn't have the time to say so before they rush back towards the pool. "Okay, that was nice, but not what I was talking about." She lets out a warm chuckle as she speaks, which turns into a real laughter when she sees their smiles turn into another same confused frown. There's truly not a doubt about Jake's being the father of the little girl – not only did she inherited his curly raven hair, she took a lot of his expressions and ways to react to things as well.
(Not that there was a doubt to have in the first place, though.)
"I was talking about putting some sunscreen on before you go into the pool." She takes out the small tube she brought with them as she further explains herself. Both concerned parties let out an annoying sigh at that, and Ana's the first one to complain with a pout on her face.
"But, mommy, we're going in the water!" The child tries to argue, soon backed up by her father.
"Yeah, mommy, we don't need it right now – it's gonna melt."
Amy does her best to stay serious, rolling her eyes at her husband's comment, though she can't help but feel amused about the two members of her family being on the same page. "Jake," she shoots him a severe look – he's supposed to back her up on this and not make things harder than they already are for their child to agree on putting on some sunscreen and wait before having fun in the pool. "You know that's not how it works, right?"
He gives up then, well aware deep inside that his wife is right, and that it's important Ana is protected from the sun. He pauses to think for a second before saying anything, in search of a way to make things easier to get their little girl to concede to their demand without creating a fuss – she can be quite impatient, sometimes –, until the idea eventually pops into his mind.
With a grin, he lowers himself to meet her daughter's level. "Hey, Anana, what do you think we all make a bet, huh?" He looks up at Amy, seeking her approval before going further, which she easily gives him with a bright smile of her own covering her face, her whole attention drawn onto him already, the competitive side of her having woken up in her core at the man's only use of the word 'bet.'
It's something that runs in the family, after all – a part of them their daughter clearly inherited as well, they discovered that soon enough.
(It helped them avoid a lot of tantrums in the past, to be honest, turning every possible boring task into such a game.)
"What's the prize?" The woman asks, curious.
Jake smiles at her before looking back down at the child. "First one done with having sunscreen put on their whole body gets an ice cream later? If I win, mommy buys me one but if you guys win, I'm buying both of you one. Deal?" He raises up his hand, waiting for Ana to clap it with hers. She doesn't think for long before doing it, her pouting face now completely shining with amusement, the beam curling up her features so bright, it shows her small dimples.
"Deal!" she excitedly replies, going to stand in front of her mother without any complaint this time, even rushing her to start covering her little body with the precious lotion when she sees her shaking hands with her husband and talk to him, challenging, a new glint lighting up her brown eyes.
"Good luck," Amy tells him. "I've mastered the art of putting sunscreen since I was 8. We're gonna crush you – I'm quick and efficient. And remember: the winner is the one who gets their whole body done."
Her smug grin is so huge now, it makes Jake realise something he didn't think about before making this new bet. "Wait, how am I supposed to do my back alone?"
"I don't know, son. You figure this out," the woman teases him, then finally puts her whole attention back on her daughter, who's getting impatient, unable to stand still. "Ready, Anana?"
"Yessss!" the girl is quick to exclaim, squealing even more when she hears the tube of sunscreen open in her back.
"Three, two, one, GO!" Amy counts when her husband has done the same with his own tube.
It only takes her a few minutes to finish covering her daughter's body with the creamy product – she's so quick even that, in the end, Jake doesn't even need to wonder about putting sunscreen on his back alone anymore, because he still has a few other uncovered parts of him he has to take care of first when Amy and Ana exchange a high five and start a (weird) victory dance together.
"I want chocolate, and vanilla, and strawberry– no, hazelnut, and–…" The child starts reciting flavours she'd like to get for her ice cream to her father when she's eventually calmed down and stopped moving around, not having forgotten about the prize that would be offered to the winner – or, in this case, winners.
"Easy, tiger!" He cuts her off with a laugh. "First, you'll have to choose only one flavour. And second, we're not getting it right now anyway – it's too early."
Ana pouts in return, a little bit upset, but it doesn't remain long on her face, soon replaced with a malicious expression. "If I get two scoops, I can give you one." She wants to trade with him, playing with her hands as she speaks and looking at him with puppy eyes, bouncing on her feet, trying to get to him this way.
This time, it's Amy's turn to laugh, listening to the conversation from the side.
"You sneaky little girl." Her father smiles when he comes to ruffle the child's hair with his hand. "We'll see about that later, okay? In the meantime, how about you start playing while mommy puts sunscreen on my back and I put some on hers, and then we go into the water together, huh? But don't go too far – we need to always be able to see you."
Ana simply nods, stepping a few feet away, leaving her parents alone. For a short moment, they watch her without a word, smiling at the sight of their baby girl taking some toys out of her bag until Jake finally sits in front of his wife on her deck chair so that she can take care of him while he can still get an eye on their daughter.
"Hey, babe?" He asks after some time spent in silence, with him enjoying the feeling of Amy's hands expertly massaging his back. He sounds rather hesitant when he lets out the words.
"Hmm?" She only hums in return, too caught up in her work to truly say anything.
"Even if I lost the bet, you'll still share your ice cream with me, right? You won't leave me alone without nothing?"
His voice is full of concern, almost childish, even, which only makes the woman laugh, her palms going still and flat on his body.
"You've heard your daughter," she teases. "She'll share hers with you if you get her two scoops."
The detective laughs along with her, shaking his head in disbelief and mostly amusement. "What have we created?!" He falsely complains – his daughter really is the most precious thing he holds in his heart (with his wife, obviously). It's true she's a real phenomenon, though – but he shouldn't be surprised. She's part-him, part-Amy, after all.
They couldn't ask for less of her, then.
"And very soon there will be two of them," the woman dreamily answers, looking down at her prominent stomach for a second with a loving smile.
She can't see it from where she stands, but in front of her, a similar beam comes curling up the corners of Jake's mouth at the mention of a second baby growing inside his wife's belly. He doesn't reply with anything right away, until Amy is finally done with covering his back in the lotion and he can turn around, facing her huge stomach and blowing a light kiss on it on his way.
"There will be, yeah." He looks up at her with the brightest grin, completely glowing with happiness, to be able to live alongside his dream girl and see their family only grow bigger.
She smiles back, getting lost in his shining eyes only for a second before immediately putting her whole attention back on their first daughter, who's still quietly playing with her toys, gently stroking his hair.
Eventually, they trade places, Jake going behind Amy so that he can quickly put some sunscreen on her back before Ana gets tired of waiting and he can take her into the pool with him after a last press of his lips against his wife's. "Let's go play in the water!" He grabs the girl on his way along with her water armbands, making her laugh heartedly as he tickles her while holding her.
Once alone, Amy finishes covering her body with sunscreen, her eyes never leaving sight of these two people she loves so much, only looking down when she starts rubbing her belly with her creamy hands. "I get why you'd like to come out early." She smiles when she starts talking at the life growing inside of her. "You want to meet them too, huh? They're truly the best, you'll see. I'm so lucky to have you all."
A kick answers her words, making her beam brighter.
Even when she's finally all done and ready, the woman doesn't go inside the water just yet, enjoying the view that Jake and Ana offer from afar, her child's laughter breaking into the air in front of her father's silliness while they play together – it's a good thing there's not many other people around them yet, with all the noise they make and the waves they create inside the pool.
Quickly though, she's interrupted in her contemplation and invited to tag along when her girl starts calling her. "Mommy, come in the water with us!" She smiles and waves at her mother, and the latter doesn't have the heart to refuse, despite the shiver running down her spine the second she puts a first foot inside – the temperature's still too cold for her.
"It's not cold anymore when you're inside," Ana tries to convince her, rushing her father to bring her closer to the woman so that she can grab her hand and make her follow her further down the pool.
Jake is soon to do the same, encircling her waist with his arm from her other side, making her shiver more at his wet, cool touch on her skin. He only shoots him an amused grin when she complains though, and the little family finally ends up all having fun together in the water, making the most of one of their last moments as the three of them before a fourth member makes her way inside of it.
(When later, Jake gets his girls their promised ice cream, even giving in and buying two scoops for his daughter, he doesn't have to ask for them to share their prize with him. Because after all, in the end, no matter the silly games they can engage in, they're all playing in the same team. The 'Santiago Peralta' team. And it's a pretty awesome one, if you ask them.
The best, even.)