THIS IS KIND OF A CRAPPY CHAPTER. BUT HEY JAROD FINALLY GETS TO LEARN ABOUT THE KIDS. I'M SO SORRY THAT I'M POSTING SO LATE I HAVE GOT TO GET A NEW COMPUTER.
CHAPTER 24
THE NAMING
March 2, 2003
11:00pm
Blue Cove, Delaware
Miss Parker's House
"Parker?" Jarod called entering her house. All of the lights were out but a fire was going. He found her asleep on the couch. A cold cup of coffee sat on the table next to her. It appeared as though she had tried to stay wake, as she waited for him. Jarod sat on the couch and just stared at her taking in her beauty. He knew that he should wake her up but she looked so peaceful. It turned out that he did not need to wake her. Parker had begun to stir shortly after Jarod sat down on the couch. "Hey." He said when she opened her eyes.
"Hey." She replied, smiling at the sight of him. She was both grateful and nervous that he had arrived.
"So you needed to tell me something." He said brushing a stray lock of hair from out of her eyes.
"Yeah." She said sitting up avoiding his eyes.
"What's wrong Morgan?" He asked lifting her chin so that her eyes met his.
"Jarod I don't even know where to start." She said
"I here that the beginning's always a good place." He joked.
Parker sighed deeply. "It's about the children."
"What about them?"
"There ours." she admitted. In that moment Jarod went through a wide rang of emotions ranging from shock, to anger, to complete joy. "How could we not have know Jarod?" Parker asked him. "They look so much like us."
"I know. Now that I think about it, it all makes perfect sense." Jarod said. He wrapped his arms around Parker and the two sat like that for almost an hour. Staring into the flames as they pondered this new revelation. It was Parker who broke the silence first.
"It's funny for all these years the Centre tried to keep us apart. And then they go and create a bond that will keep us tied forever. They're beautiful you know. Will's going to look just like you. He even has a mole under his eye just like you." She said.
"He has your eyes though. They all do. And that eye brow thing you do."
"Sam says their going to be trouble." She commented.
"You told Sam?" Jarod asked frowning.
"He found out on his own."
"Can we trust him?" Jarod asked.
"Yes. He'd die for the kids. Our kids." She corrected herself.
"I still can't believe that they're ours. I mean I believe it but..." He trailed off.
"I know. It's just so hard to take in." Parker said. "My mother knew." She spoke after a moment. Jarod looked at her. "She halted the start of the Black Files. I guess she was hoping she would be able to get us out first." They were quite for a while. The two of them sat listing to the other breath.
"Even though thy did it. I don't regret that they're here. If any thing I'm glad. They've given us four beautiful, intelligent, wonderful children." Jarod spoke.
"I don't regret them being here either. They only thing I do regret is that we weren't there for them when we should have been. I wasn't able to bare my own children. We weren't able to hold them the day that were born. We've missed so much time with them, Jarod."
"I guess we're going to have to make it up to them some how." He replied.
"Jarod, how are we going to tell them?"
"Together, I know that much."
"Jake has a plan on getting me and Peter with in a week." She told him. "What's going to happen then?"
"Well we're going to raise our children, and your little brother. You will come to live with me in my mansion. And there we will live happily ever after."
"Is that right?"
"That's how I've planed it."
"Really and just how long have you been planing this?" She asked him
"Oh since we were about fifteen." He admitted
"Now I see where our kids get their relentlessness from." She teased. "Jarod were are the kids." She asked suddenly concerned.
"They're back at the house with my Dad, Ethan, Em, and Chris. Don't worry they're safe." He reassured her.
"The house must be close if you're able to make it there and back with in a day."
"It's in Charlottesville, Virginia." He told her.
"Why so close to the Centre?" She asked.
"It's like the saying goes, keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That and I wanted to stay close to you." He admitted. "I always try to stay close to the ones I love." He said. Morgan looked up at him in shock. "What? Do you find it so hard to believe that I love you, Morgan?"
"No." she whispered. "It's just that after everything I've put you through. After everything I've said to you."
"It's in the past. Besides I've done some pretty cruel things to you as well."
"Yeah but you have ligament reasons to back yours up. I was just cruel to you for no reason."
"It does matter Morgan, it was just a façade you displayed to protect your self from being hurt again." He said and then proceeded to kiss her.
When they broke apart it was she who spoke first. "I need to tell you something. I'm afraid to tell, but I'm even more afraid not to. I didn't tell the last person and he died never knowing how I truly felt. I love you Jarod, more than I ever thought possible. I couldn't bare to lose you."
"You won't, I have not intentions of going any where. I promise." He said and kissed her again.
"You know what?" She said after they parted.
"What?"
"Our children don't have any middle names."
"Well then I think we need to fix that." Jarod replied. "I believe it's quite obvious what our daughter's middle name will be."
"Really? And what's that."
"Katharine only with a K." He told her.
"Why with a K?" She asked
"Because."
"Gee I love your explanation." Parker replied sarcastically. "Jarod what's your full name?"
"Jarod Michael Russell." He told her.
"Oh well there went that idea, there's already a Michael. What about giving Andros your brother's name." Parker suggested. Jarod looked at her and smiled.
"How do you feel about hyphenated names?" Jarod asked her.
"Fine. After all Arron fist name is really Arron-Daniel. Why?"
"I was thinking for Andros maybe Thomas-Kyle as a middle name. It has a nice ring to it."
"I like it and that way they both will be remember no matter how short they were in our lives. They made a difference." Parker replied.
"What about Aaron, and Will?"
"Well since Alex and Andy have middle names with a K it's only right that Aaron has one too." She told him.
"How about Kole?"
"I like it. Aaron-Daniel Kole Russell, it's missing something though." She pondered for a moment. "I know the perfect name, I was watching this show earlier on TV and one of the character's name was Oz. Aaron-Daniel Oz Kole Russell.
"That's going to be one hell of a signature." Jarod commented.
"I know. So what about Will?"
"Well thanks to William's Uncle Christopher, I know the perfect name. Aiden it means fire."
"Your little brother has a sick sense of humor." She told him.
"They know each other you know."
"Who?"
"Will and Chris." He said. "Raines let them work together every now and then."
"Jarod what if your family doesn't like me?" She asked suddenly.
"You're part of my family Morgan. You're the mother of my children, as well as Ethan's sister. I know for a fact that Chris likes you. If my father and Emily have any problems then that's just to bad." Jarod said.
"Jarod I don't want to cause a rift between you and your family." She spoke.
"You won't. Listen for now lets not worry about it. Well deal with it when we get to it. Right now we're just going to focus on getting you and Peter safely out of the Centre."
"And our children. Jarod I still don't know what to tell them."
"Morgan that doesn't matter. They aren't going to be angry with us, for not knowing that they were ours."
"So now what?" She asked him.
"I told my father that I'd be back tomorrow. I also promised him I'd get some sleep before I headed back home. Do you mind me staying the night?"
"I would be thoroughly disappointed if you didn't." she replied. The tow got up and walked to her room. Parker went to the bathroom and changed into an over sized tee shirt, while Jarod striped down to a pair of boxers. The two proceeded to climb into bed. Parker snuggled into Jarod's warm embrace and the two fell asleep to the rhythm of each other's breathing.