Double Dad Duty Chapter 5 It All Works Out, an i dream of jeannie fanfic

Chapter 5 – It All Works Out

Roger and Skylar took the Bordens back to the airport that afternoon, delivering them to the Worldwide Airlines terminal by Howard's reporting time of 2:00 p.m. Howie gave his new "little sister" Skylar a big hug, then each man gave their newly "adopted child" a hug.

When Roger got home, Tracy was putting all of her Hot Stuff tubs away. Skylar went to talk to her, and within minutes, Tracy came out fuming.

"What do you MEAN, you traded children and didn't tell them who you were?" she hollered at Roger.

"Calm down. It was both of our ideas. Howard wanted to see what it was like to have a daughter, and I wanted to know what it was like with a 10 year old boy. So we traded kids and didn't tell them we weren't who they thought we were."

"You TRICKED them!"

"No, not really. Howie assumed I was his father, and I never said I was or wasn't. Skylar assumed Howard was me."

"Did you ever tell them?"

"Trace, honey – they both guessed. I don't think it took either of them very long. Howie's a pretty smart little guy – he figured out I wasn't his dad by the fact that I didn't fall down a lot when I skated."

Tracy tried not to laugh, but she did anyway. "I guess T.J. taught you that, eh?"

"Yeah. And Howard gave it away to Skylar when he ordered a milkshake for her, for lunch. She knows I always get her regular milk."

"But that still wasn't…"

"Sweetie, we all had a good lesson from this. We remember just who we love and why, and that it's fun to share another person's kid once in awhile to make us appreciate each other." Roger took Tracy in his arms. "And when Howard looked at you last night, in the bathroom, I knew I wasn't letting you go. I might be able to share my kid, but I can't share my wife, with ANYone." He laid a gentle kiss on her lips that became passionate. Skylar came around the corner, saw her parents kissing, and giggled.

"My mommy and daddy – they kiss – again!"