AN: Something I had thought of with Rocketman coming out in theaters, for the first part of the story, does the realization of Elton John's real name make Steven want to change his? Not sure if it was even known, but well this gets creative and for the purpose of the story.
Steven woke ready to head up to the hospital and bring Jackie and Reggie home. WB said he and Angie would leave that evening after Jackie got home so they could have family time alone, but he still wanted to see his grandson. From what he heard from Eric Kitty was cooking up a storm for their first night home dinner, despite the 10 casseroles she had stocked in their freezer. Brook said that Betsey was anxious to meet the new baby but they would wait till they had been home a few days first. When he got in Jackie's room she was sitting in bed still in her hospital gown, and Reggie was in the room asleep in the bassinet. He noticed Jackie was reading Teen Beat, he couldn't help but shake his head, "Babe you know you are no longer a teen right? I mean yea you are 19 but you are married with a baby"
"Sorry one of the nurses heard me listening to Elton John late last night and brought this to me. Did you know his real name is Reginald?"
Steven sat down on the bed and looked at his son asleep, "You mean that my son has the same first name as Elton John?"
"Well know, because he changed it and he was named after Red and not the singer anyway."
"We already filled out his birth certificate any way haven't we?"
"Yes I filled it out, I put John Lennon down as the father" Jackie gave him a smirk.
Steven moved over to attack Jackie and tickle her, "Really I guess we start calling him John instead of Reggie?"
Trying to control her laughing so not to wake the sleeping baby, "Steven stop you are going to make me wake up Reggie, and I put you as the father, Steven Elton John Barnett."
"Jackie Beulah Barnett"
"Ok, Steven James Barnett, now remember I just gave birth, can you stop with the attack?"
He stopped and lifted up and kissed her lips, "Love you doll"
"Love you too" She put her arms around his neck and sighed, "I've missed you and missed this"
"I've missed you too. Can't wait till I get to sleep with you in my arms tonight"
"I hope you are going to be OK with just that for a while, no sex for six weeks, I have to heal from giving birth."
"I know, but I will be happy with holding you"
Just then Dr. Stevens came in, "Hey guys, Jackie are you ready to go home?"
"Ready to be out of this hospital gown, this room and this hospital"
Dr. Stevens began to feel around on her stomach and such, "well are you in any discomfort or pain?"
"Some but nothing too bad, I know I never want to take that one pain killer you gave me afterwards again."
"I have made a note in your chart, some people react differently to different medicines and pain killers, and side effects can be different as well. If you have any severe bleeding come to the ER right away, and I am sure nurse Kitty will be there for any questions you might have. If all goes as planned I'll see you in six weeks for a check up. No heavy lifting"
"So we are good to go?" Steven asked, he was ready to have Jackie and his son home.
"Everything looks good Jackie, and the doctor checked and has released Reggie, so if you want to change and sign the discharge papers a nurse will be here to walk you out. I have a feeling Kitty will be in here to do that" Dr. Stevens chuckled as he walked out.
"Steven can you get Reggie changed for me while I change, I hope we don't have to wait too long to get out of here."
"Sure" Steven looked around, and realized he had a lot of things they didn't bring to haul home, flowers and stuffed animals and then he noticed a little bag that got his attention, there was a card that was from WB, inside was a small Led Zeppelin t-shirt. Looking that Jackie was in the bathroom with the door closed, he looked at his son. "So looks like Grandpa B got you your first rock t-shirt, I don't even know if I had said anything to him about this, maybe your Uncle Eric did, well as my son you are going home in this." He held up the shirt and put it aside, changed his diaper, and got him dressed before Jackie came out. "Now I just need to get you your own sunglasses and maybe get me a new pair, I have no idea what happened to mine, and to be honest I have been too busy to think about it, but you and me are going out and getting matching glasses"
He didn't realize that Jackie had come out of the bathroom and heard him, "Father son talk?"
"I guess you could say that. Look doesn't he look badass? He just needs the glasses" He held up Reggie to show Jackie.
"Seriously? You both have gorgeous eyes, why cover them up?"
Steven quick on his feet, "Hey that way you are the only one to see our gorgeous eyes"
"Yea I hated the glasses more than the sideburns" Jackie said as she took her son. "Start wearing the glasses again the sideburns got to go"
"Ok, but he is going to need some, I mean we have to protect our eyes from the sun"
"Outdoors sunny days only, no wearing glasses inside" Jackie challenged looking at her son, "Where did this shirt come from?"
"It was in a bag I guess WB brought in, I found it and figured put it on. We get home and you can put your shirt on and we could have a Led Zeppelin family picture" He tried to imitate her pout to see if he could get away with it.
"Are you pouting to get your way?"
"Is it working?"
Jackie couldn't help but laugh, "Maybe, but that will mean he can't have spit up or anything on it before the pictures"
"No problem," he went over to the diaper bag they had and pulled out a bib that said Momma's Boy, he figured the bib would soften her up more to get his way. He put it on him and looked at Jackie.
"Oh you are good. OK, I'll change when we get home, I want to get comfortable when we get home anyway."
Steven started packing up things and took them down to the car. When he got to the room Kitty was in there with a wheel chair holding Reggie, she was in her nurse uniform. "Jackie has signed everywhere she needs to, just a few places for your signature and then we can walk you guys out" She never looked up at them, just kept making baby faces to Reggie. "You get to go home, and you have such a lovely room, and then when you want to you can come see me and Grandpa Red, and we can babysit anytime your parents want. Your grandpa thinks he is being sneaky but he went out and got a baby bed to put in Aunt Laurie's old room, he knows this is just the start for babies. He has fixed it up behind my back, but I know he is going to just spoil you more than anyone expected."
Jackie's hormones were still out of whack and she had tears start to form at the thought of the hardass father figure to all of them being so soft and sweet.
"Jacks, you OK?"
"Yea, I don't know exactly why I am crying, Red being sweet, my baby having grandparents, who knows"
"Oh sweetie that is just the hormones, actually you are never going to be the same again."
Jackie began to gather her bag when Steven stopped her, "I believe I can get that, you get a ride out of here."
"Ok, but who is going to push me if you have the bags?"
"Silly me, here you take Reggie and I will push you out of here, let's just put him in his seat. And he can sit in your lap and I'll push you out."
Once they were outside Steven went and pulled his car up, he realized that all their things would have to sit in the bed and it was going to be interesting shifting with the car seat in the middle. Things he didn't think of this morning, never considered bringing Jackie's car, they may have to travel more in her car or maybe it was time to get something a little more family friendly. He helped Kitty get Reggie settled, he had slept the whole way down to the car, now if he could sleep all the way home.
Once they got home, Steven made Jackie just stay on the couch with Reggie while he put everything away, flowers went in their room, stuffed animals in the nursery. He took care of getting laundry sorted he knew he probably needed to do a load since it hadn't been done this week, but he figured maybe wait till at least tomorrow. He heard Reggie's wails and knew it was time to eat, the cries didn't last long, when he came back down stairs Jackie had made herself comfortable in the recliner nursing Reggie. "Is that all he ever wants is to eat?"
"I think so, it seems I am constantly feeding him. I am glad that we have the bassinet in our room for the nights, at least till he doesn't eat so often."
"Do you want me to bring that down here for now and I can take it back up tonight?"
"No, we have this bassinet part for the swing, he can sleep in it when he's down here. So what was on your mind on the way home? You seemed in deep thought"
"Trying to figure out what car I need to get, kind of hard to drive and shift gears with all three of us"
"Well we could just use my car and use yours when we go on dates or such, you know when this guy stays with Grandma Kitty and it's just the two of us"
"I guess it would be hard to get rid of the Camino, wouldn't it"
"Harder than Red getting rid of the Corvette, we have too many memories in that car"
"I guess we do." Steven sat on the couch and stretched out. "WB and Angie should be here, and then I think they are going back to Milwaukee today."
After getting Reggie down for a nap, Jackie got a blanket and laid down in the chair. She was asleep when WB and Angie came in, Steven heard the backdoor open and got up to see them coming in. "Hey guys, Jackie and Reggie are asleep in the living room. How is the store doing?"
"Doing great, aside from Leo you have a pretty good work crew" WB told him. "The store looks to be in good hands, you will be able to make money and not have to work much yourself"
"Dad why don't we go ahead and get the car loaded that way we don't have to worry about it later?"
"Yea, I have called and have an appointment in the morning with a guy to get your pictures taken care of, he is interested in seeing these pictures from Africa, who knows maybe this guy can help lead Eric to selling some of his prints."
"I think Eric is coming over soon, Jackie will need to change, we are going to get pictures done in our Led Zeppelin shirts"
"yea Eric told me that idea, is Jackie going to go for it?"
"He is wearing it now, I think I convinced her, she said as long as he doesn't mess it up before Eric comes over. She probably let me put it on him to bring him home in hopes that would happen"
"that sounds like something she would do." Angie said.
"What would I do?" Jackie walking into the kitchen.
"Jackie how are you doing? I hear my son has convinced you to a family photo in Zeppelin t-shirts?"
"I guess, if Reggie doesn't mess his up before then."
"Steven said you have it set up so he will get it messed up and not get the picture"
"I would never" Jackie protested
The other three in the room, "Yes you would!"
She could only smile, Steven looked at her, "do you need something, I though you were asleep?"
"I was, but I got hungry."
"Well let's see what we have that can be fixed quickly, maybe put one of the casseroles in the oven later for dinner."
"Well we actually picked up burgers at the hub before we came back, and figured you might be home or almost home we got you guys some too." Angie said holding up the bags of food.
"That sounds wonderful," Jackie said as she went to the table. The others followed and Angie passed out the food and drinks.
After they had finished Eric had showed up with his camera, Jackie went upstairs to change, she was disappointed she couldn't fit into her jeans still. But found a pair of sweat pants, just as long as they could take the picture without anyone noticing she was in sweatpants she would be OK, right now she was comfortable.
She came downstairs to see Angie cooing over the baby that was laying on the couch beside her. Steven looked up to see her coming down, she looked hot, but she always did when she wore that shirt for him. He had been showing Eric the pictures that had been developed and the stack that WB was taking.
"Oh I tried to take care of that picture the other night, I was up in the middle of the night had it in my pocket and everything and mom caught me"
"You put it in your pocket, didn't you tear it up first?"
"No, I didn't think I would get caught, I think she has the negative locked away somewhere or even a stack of copies of that picture"
"What picture are you guys talking about?" WB asked
The boys looked at each other not sure what to say, finally Steven spoke up, "a rather embarrassing picture of the two of us when we met"
Angie looked up from her spot on the couch, "Kitty took a picture of the two of you in the bath together? I have to see this picture!"
Steven and Eric both looked at the girl on the stairs "Jackie!"
"It wasn't Jackie, Michael told me about it when we were dating. He sort of gave a rundown of how everyone met"
"Sis there is no way in Hell you are going to see that picture"
"Aw, it's a sweet picture, I have it burned in my brain"
"yea and if we are lucky no one else will ever see it, promise me you won't take pictures of our son in the bath tub, and never make him take a bath with a friend, that just wasn't right."
WB just sat back and watched the exchange, he had taken over holding his grandson, who couldn't help but wonder exactly what his son's life was like growing up, just the things he had learned from Jackie, and then to be a little boy so dirty that Kitty had to give him a bath. These were the things that when he reached out to Jackie he was going to make sure his grandson would never have a life like that. He was glad Steven got his act together, because of all the things that Steven grew up without, having a real father figure was what he needed the most back then. He looked down and saw the bright blue eyes staring back up at him, "I think someone is awake. You are not going to cry in my arms like you do Grandpa Red now are you?"
Reggie just looked up like he was studying WB's face. It was amazing the love he felt for this little guy, then he realized what had woken him up, "Guys I think that Reggie needs changed"
"Here dad, I'll take him, Reg let's make sure you don't mess up your shirt before pictures" Steven took him over and changed his diaper being careful of the shirt so it wouldn't get messed up.
"I never thought I would see the day that Steven would be changing diapers." Eric said as he took a picture.
"I know isn't it hot?" Jackie asked
"Jackie sweetie, you know that only happens to you right and would be sort of wrong for anyone else in this room to find Steven hot at any time?" Angie said to Jackie.
After pictures were done WB and Angie left to go back to Milwaukee and Eric took his copies of his pictures home with him to show his mom and dad.
That night after getting Reggie a bath and in bed, Steven and Jackie crawled in bed together.
"So Steven is this when life goes to crap, married with kids?"
"Babe over the years I have learned that many of the things I thought were wrong and I am man enough to admit it. There is nothing wrong with love, not everyone is going to leave me, and life with you just keeps getting better and better. Now I had to go several nights with empty arms, and I'd rather not do it again and we better get some sleep before he wakes us up.