Here's the second chapter everyone! Sorry it's taken so long, but I was away all Thanksgiving weekend, so I couldn't write anything.
Driving down the street, Jack found that trying to watch the road and glancing at his family at the same time was very difficult.
Teri reached out and took his hand. "You ok?"
Jack smiled. "Yeah, I'm just glad it's over."
"Ditto," piped up Kim from the backseat.
Jack and Teri both chuckled, as they pulled up to their house they had left over twenty-four hours ago. Kim jumped out of the car and ran up to the doorstep. "Come on, I need to get inside."
"So you can get in bed and rest up for school tomorrow?" Jack asked, and then laughed at the horrified look on Kim's face.
"I really don't have to go to school tomorrow, do I?" Kim asked.
Teri smiled as Jack slipped his arm around her waist. "We'll see," she told her daughter. "Right now I suggest we get some sleep."
Kim nodded slyly. "Well, we know at least I'll be sleeping," she said, smirking at her parents.
"Kim," Teri said warningly as she unlocked the door.
"What?" Kim asked sweetly as she walked past them into the house. "Can you honestly tell me that you aren't going to make up for the night that you missed?"
"Go to bed," Jack playfully ordered his daughter.
Kim came over and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Good night, Dad. Good night, Mom," she added, hugging her mother as well.
"Good night sweetie," Jack replied.
"I love you," Teri said.
"I love you, too," Kim replied as she disappeared into her room.
Jack grinned as he pulled Teri into him, wrapped both his arms around her waist and kissed the corner of her mouth. "So, are we really not going to make up the night we missed?"
"More like we're going to celebrate the fact that we all got out of there alive."
"Or I'm going to demonstrate how much I love you," suggested Jack with a smile.
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"Do you think it's going to be a boy or a girl?" Jack's voice broke the easy silence.
"Hmm?" Teri asked, opening one eye and turning her head towards him.
Jack gently rubbed his hand over her stomach. "Do you think the baby's going to be a boy or a girl?"
Teri thought for a moment. "A girl. Just so we can outnumber you three to one," she teased.
"Yeah, but if they both team up on me, I think I'm going to be able to score some sympathy votes with their mom," he chuckled as he rolled on top of her and snuggled against her for a moment.
Teri yawned. "What do you think the baby's going to be?"
"Don't know, and I don't really care, just as long as it has ten little fingers and ten little toes."
"And, you know, good health in general," Teri added.
Jack rolled his eyes. "That's what I meant." He leaned over and kissed the soft spot under her ear as Teri yawned. "You should get some sleep."
Teri grinned at him. "That's slightly hard to do while you keep distracting me," she murmured.
Jack sighed and pulled her close to him, wrapping his arms around her and she settled her head in the crook of his neck. "Go to bed," he told her, kissing the top of her head. "Good night."
Teri yawned again. "I love you," she whispered as she drifted off to sleep, but was awake long enough to hear Jack's reply:
"I love you, too."
I know this was a really short chapter, but it's because I'm going to mostly focus on Tony and Nina, but I couldn't just abandon Teri and Jack! So they're going to be side characters in this fic. And there's going to be a little angst coming, so be warned! And I've only had one suggestion for Jack and Teri's baby! I need boys names! Oh, and review!
-anna-k