AN: I know where I want to go with this story, these few chapters are a little harder to write, they are fillers to get to where I want to go. Again thanks for the reviews.

Chapter 41

The next morning Steven woke when the nurse came into the room, "Morning Mr. Barnett, Nurse Foreman is already here but she had to check her schedule for the day and will be up" Jackie started to stir, "Morning Mrs. Barnett, just going to check your blood pressure and everything, it looks like everything was pretty normal over the night. So I see no reason for Dr. Stevens would keep you, as long as everything else is OK. He will come in and do an exam make sure you haven't dilated anymore and then take you down for the ultra sound."

"Yea I am ready for my own bed"

Kitty knocked on the door, "Hey"

"Hey Mrs. Foreman, come in" Steven said

"Good morning, did you guys get much sleep last night?"

"Some, would be easier in our bigger bed"

Kitty gave her signature laugh, "Kim back when these two were in high school I found them sleeping on Steven's cot together, trust me a lot smaller than this bed"

"Mrs. Foreman I was also a lot smaller in high school than I am now"

"Oh sweetie, I am sure after the baby is born you are going to be just as small again"

The nurse looked at Jackie, "Well from what it looks like here you are just about all baby"

Just then Dr. Stevens came in the room, "Good morning everyone, nurse Kitty good to see you, are you working today?"

"No I am here to see my grandson"

Kim handed Dr. Stevens Jackie's chart, "Well so far everything looks good, no I need to check you and make sure you haven't dilated anymore and then we will get that ultra sound and check the little guy out."

After the exam, the doctor looked at Jackie, "well looks like you haven't gotten into early labor, so let's keep you on bed rest and now for us to see go down and see how the baby is. I forgot to ask, have you decided on a name yet?"

"Reginald William, but we will call him Reggie" Jackie answered. Kitty just stood there beaming like she had any time the baby's name was said. Steven couldn't help but wonder if he had been a girl and named after Kitty if she would have been able to handle it.

After the ultra sound they were told the Reggie still needed some time for his lungs to develop but should be good in a two weeks or so. Jackie was going to be on bed rest with weekly visits to the doctor. It was suggested that Kitty keep an eye on her with her blood pressure at home at least once a day.

Jackie and Steven got home to a quiet house Kitty said she would drop food off later and Angie was at the store. Steven bent down to carry her up the stairs, "Steven I can walk, you don't need to be carrying me as big as I am now"

"You are not that heavy, and I'd rather not risk you taking the stairs, come on think of Rhett Butler carrying Scarlett up the stairs"

"Yes but we can't do what they did once they got up the top of the stairs"

Once they got to the bed Steven lowered her down, "Ok, I am going to go down and get our bags out of the car, other than going to the bathroom you are to be in bed. Do you need anything else?"

"I am hungry but get the bags first"

Steven carried the bags upstairs to their bedroom and heard the shower on in the bathroom, "Jackie I thought you were supposed to be in bed?" he poked his head in the bathroom.

"Steven I have been in that hospital room, I need to wash the hospital germs off of me, then I will get in bed."

"I brought our bags in, would you like a sandwich or something?"

"Peanut butter and honey with pickles sounds good"

Steven shook his head and went downstairs to get lunch. As he got down stairs there was a knock on the door, he went over to open it and Red stepped in. "Hey I had some things I needed to take care of and thought I would see how Jackie is"

"Well she is taking a shower right now and then getting in bed, I am going to make lunch for us and take it up to her"

"I sort of need to speak to her, everything that has been going on I hadn't taken care of her trust fund and getting it over to her. I have a the paperwork and such here"

"As long as you don't mind that she's in bed you can come up, just let me make her sandwich and see that she's in bed like she should be."

Steven made the peanut butter and honey sandwich and put some pickles on the plate and then got a glass of milk, he knew that is what she normally drank with her sandwich. He took it upstairs and found Jackie in bed with pillows behind her sitting up.

"Steven you are going to need to get me some things to do or this is going to get really boring really fast"

"Well I'll see about that later when Angie gets back from the store, but how about a visitor for now?"

"Who is it? Not that I care, anyone will be a distraction right now"

He couldn't help but chuckle, not even 10 minutes and she was already bored, this was going to be along few weeks. He walked over and hollered down the hall "Red you can come up"

"Red? Without Kitty dragging him here?"

"Yea he has some things for your trust fund to go over"

Red stepped in the room, "Hey Loud One, are you doing better?"

"Yes, I was surprised you came on your own, I figured you'd wait for Kitty to drag you over"

"Hey you know me better than that, besides we have some paperwork to go over, but first I was instructed to give you this letter to read before anything. I have had it in my possession for quite a while. Your father's parents were close friends of my parents, I wouldn't say Jack and I were close friends growing up, he was a several years younger than me. They had hoped that Kitty and I would keep an eye on you growing up, they were disappointed that your parents never had you baptized or gave you godparents, so your grandparents asked us to take the role behind your parent's back. But just so you know that isn't why you have been my favorite, I like you for your personality and the fact that you know your way around a car" He gave her a wink and handed her an envelope, it had yellowed with age. Jackie was careful to open it.

Jaqueline,

Unfortunately you parents have cut ties with us and that means they have taken you out of our lives, we love you and pray the best for you. We have tried our best to keep up with your accomplishments in school, the Foreman's have been a big help, your grandmother passed away a few months before as I am writing this letter, I know I am not far behind her, so I am writing this and giving it to Reginald to hold on to along with all that I have to be in a trust fund for you when you reach 19. I know right now there is something fishy going on with my son, I don't know if he is planning on getting an inheritance from me, but I have cut him out of my will years ago when he told us he didn't want to see us, and it was enforced when he refused to come see his mother on her deathbed, I had also asked for you as well and of course he refused you to come as well. Reginald and his wife came and they brought a picture with them that was recently taken of you, you looked beautiful in that lavender dress, and that young man next to you was handsome as well. I hope that you find love, maybe you already have, there looked to be a spark in your eyes as you were looking at him. Your grandmother cherished that picture. I wish I could see you in person, but know we never forgot you. I hope your parents can take care of you, if not that you find someone that will. I want you to have what would have been your father's inheritance. Make a good life for yourself, value love over money, love those that are there for you.

Love,

Grandpa Burkhart

Jackie looked at Red with tears in her eyes, "The picture?"

"Kitty and I tried to get you to be able to go with us, I owed it to them to try, but your father put his foot down. It was right after we had taken Steven in, and Kitty bugged him about a copy of a prom picture, so he made a copy and that is what we took, so they could see how pretty you were."

Steven sat there in silence he had read the letter with Jackie, he remembered getting the copy of the picture to Kitty and then not long after they took a trip out of town.

"That was why Kitty was on to me to get a copy of our prom picture, I wondered what happened to it."

"Well Kitty had seen your copy of that picture and decided she wanted to take it instead of the one she had of Jackie before you guys went to the disco, it seemed more recent at the time, Jack said you couldn't go anywhere because you were sick."

"Right after Steven moved in this happened?"

"Yea, that was when I first met Leo, he made the copy for me, then I went back to him when he posted a help wanted sign at the Photo Hut"

"I was sick, I caught something that night at the reservoir, I was sick like a week or so."

"What was you doing at the reservoir?"

"Red we were dumb kids at the time, we all was bored and well ended up swimming, that was the night Eric found out Edna left me"

Red was giving them a look, he knew there was more to the story than they were saying. Steven sat there thinking what could Red do to them now, he didn't live with them, this happened years ago. But before Steven could say anything, Red spoke up, "what were you guys wearing to go swimming?"

"Um nothing, that is why we ended up at Steven's, someone stole our clothes while we were in the water."

"You and Donna went skinny dipping with these dumbasses? Got your clothes stolen and went to Steven's?"

"Well as Eric put it, you didn't like us with our clothes on, much less if he brought us back to your house naked, so I told him since Edna was gone that they just come to my house, the girls went through Edna's clothes she left behind and they guys took some of mine. Though looking back I can honestly say I am thankful Jackie didn't find any of her clothes suitable to wear, now I don't have to have a picture of my wife in my mother's slutty clothes"

"I wrapped up in blanket and Michael took me home" Jackie knowing Red was wondering what she wore if she didn't wear Edna's clothes.

"Ok that is enough about you idiots skinny dipping, I am guessing that was a onetime thing since you got your clothes and got sick from doing it"

Steven and Jackie shared a look, they both said "Yes" at the same time, he didn't need to know any more than he already did.

"Look this is the paperwork done by your grandfather's attorney with the amount of the trust fund, basically everything saw liquidated of theirs for your trust fund, he told me when I met with him before he died with his attorney that he thought there was something up with the amount of money your dad was making. They had already started investigating, I wasn't surprised when he was arrested. Your dad was ticked that he didn't get anything after his dad died, your mom wasn't too happy either, neither one of them knew who was in holding of the trust fund, they tried to get it from his lawyer but everyone was tight lipped about it. I don't even know how much it is, I kept the documents and that letter in a lock box, I am going to guess that you will be able to have a comfortable life and not worry about any bills. You could put it aside for the little one for college or whatever. But I want to stress more than anything, your dad worried more about making money than the real treasures he had in life, make sure that you don't let money be your goal. I think your grandparents would be proud of how you have handled yourself after your mom left both times. Even if part of that was sneaking into my basement"

"Thank you Mr. Foreman, sorry about sneaking into your basement"

"No you're not, but we can pretend you are. Now you just need sign these and fill out this last form and I can take them to the lawyer and the money will be put into your account. You can take your time, and just let me know and I'll pick them up and take care of it for you"

"Thank you for everything, now I have something to do while I am staying in bed."

After Red left Jackie put the papers aside and picked up her sandwich, opening it up and putting the pickles on her sandwich.

"I am not sure I can get use to these weird cravings"

"Aside from eating, sleeping and reading what the heck am I supposed to do?"

Steven looked around the room, how was he ggoing to keep his wife that has always had problems staying still to stay in bed for several weeks?

"What if we got a TV in here?"

"Ok, but make sure it comes with a remote, or Fez"

"I'll run get one when Angie gets home, maybe she'll have more ideas of what you can do"

"How about now you get in bed and take a nap with me, I know you didn't sleep much last night."

It didn't take long before Steven was laying in bed with his wife in arms and both fell asleep.