Chapter 18: The Future

A couple of months past and Taylor was now five months pregnant. Her stomach was getting bigger and she was starting to show. As Taylor came home, she saw Jen sitting on the couch playing with her and Wes's four-month-old son, Sky, in her arms. "He's getting big," she commented. Jen looked up at her with a smile.

"Yep, he's gotten strong, like his father," Jen agreed.

"Of course he is," Taylor laughed.

She walked over and held onto his hand. "Of course he will be," she cooed at the baby. Sky gurgled and then Taylor was about to sit down when they heard a crash coming from the upstairs.

"WES!" They heard Eric shout.

"What?" Wes asked.

Taylor looked at Jen and both women laughed. "I should get up there and see if Eric's going to kill your husband yet," she laughed. Jen nodded before setting Sky into his playpen and followed Taylor upstairs.

When they opened the nursery door, Taylor covered her mouth trying not to laugh. It looked like the paint bucket fell and now Eric was covered in in yellow paint. "Thanks a lot, Wes," Eric snapped.

"Come on, Eric, you should know by now that Wes isn't very good when it comes to manual labor," Jen teased.

Wes looked up at his wife. "Is that so, huh?" He asked. Jen crossed her arms over her chest.

"Yes, you knocked paint over the first time we started working at odd jobs," she reminded.

"That was an accident," he whined.

Taylor watched as Wes took a paint brush that was covered in red paint and flung the paint at Jen. Jen gasped and looked at herself. "WES!" She shouted. Wes was cracking up by now.

"You look good in red," he commented.

Jen grinned as she grabbed one of the paint brushes behind her and flung yellow paint at him. Wes was covered in yellow paint. Taylor was laughing until she saw herself also covered in paint. "Eric! I didn't even do anything," she pointed out.

"Well, why should Wes and Jen have all the fun?" Eric asked.

Taylor grinned evilly as she got Eric covered in more yellow paint. Pretty soon, the four of them were having a paint fight in the nursery. Eric grabbed Taylor around her waist and spun her around as they fell back on paint covered floor. Taylor was laughing and then they were all tired. "I'll tell you one thing, the walls look pretty interesting with all that red and yellow mixed paint on the walls," Wes commented. Jen swatted her husband's shoulder and Taylor smiled as she placed a hand on her stomach.

"This didn't hurt the baby did it?" Eric asked.

"Nope, I think she enjoyed hearing her parents have fun," she replied.

"How are you so sure it's a girl?" He asked.

"Mother's instinct."

"It's going to be a boy."

"Girl."

"Boy."

"Girl."

Wes and Jen laughed at them. "Remember when we argued like that with Wes?" She asked. Wes wrapped his arm around Jen and nodded.

"Yep, but I was right," he replied.

Just then, Sky started to cry. "I think he's hungry," Jen commented. She got up and then Taylor got up as well.

"While we're taking care of the baby. You two take care of this mess," Jen instructed.

"That's an order, Commander Myers," Taylor ordered.

Eric saluted at his wife before getting up to help Wes clean up their mess.

Jen smiled as she picked her son up from his playpen. "Look at mommy's big boy," she cooed. Sky was giggling and putting his hands on his mother's face. Jen looked at Taylor. "Wait until your baby's born and then you'll get those fun times and those bad times," Jen commented. She walked over towards her diaper bag and pulled a bottle out. "Do you want some practice?" Jen asked.

"Sure," Taylor replied.

Taylor sat down and took Sky into her arms and started feeding him. Jen smiled at her and then she looked up when Wes and Eric came down the stairs. "Paint's cleaned up, ma'am," Eric informed.

"Very good, Commander," Taylor teased.

Eric walked over and kissed the side of Taylor's head before looking at Sky. "You've got a strong boy, Wes. He'll be a great Silver Guardian one day," Eric commented.

"Are you kidding me? My boy might be like me, but there's no way he's going to be a Silver Guardian," Wes commented.

"Then what do you plan for your son?" Taylor asked.

Wes grinned as he picked Sky up. "He's going to be a great Ranger one day. You hear me, Sky, you're going to be a great Ranger," he told them. Jen wrapped her arms around herself as she thought about her son being a Ranger one day.

Later that night, Taylor came downstairs drying her hair when she saw Eric sitting out the couch flipping through the channels. "Do you think that will actually happen?" She asked. Eric looked up at her.

"What?" He asked.

"Wes's son being a Ranger one day?" She asked.

Eric sighed as he had Taylor sit down beside him. "I don't doubt that Wes's son won't be a great Ranger. I think Jen's worried about something more than Sky's safety. She knows something," Eric replied. Taylor placed her head on his shoulder and held onto his hand.

"What do you think we should name the baby?" She asked.

Eric sighed as he placed a hand on her stomach, where the baby he helped make was growing. "I'm not good at names," he replied.

"Come on, Eric, you have to help me name the baby," she insisted.

Eric sighed as he held onto her hand. "How about Tyler for a boy?" She asked. Eric smiled as he kissed the top of her head.

"Sounds like a good name," he agreed.

She looked up at him and Eric let out a sigh. "I would think about naming the baby Elektra if it's a girl," he told her. He looked down at Taylor to see her thinking about it. "What do you think?" He asked.

"Elektra, I like it," she agreed.

Eric kissed the top of her head and smiled at her. "I love you, Taylor," he told her. Taylor kissed him before answering.

"I love you too, Eric," she answered.

She snuggled up closer to Eric and fell into a deep sleep. Eric held Taylor close to him and thought about it. Jen was worried about something and he wondered what it was. He pushed the thought away and looked down at his wife. He kissed the top of her head before taking her upstairs to their room.

Eric placed Taylor on the bed before climbing in next to her. She placed her head on his chest and Eric smiled as he held her to him. Nothing could ruin this moment...nothing.