Chapter6: Tears in Heaven

Katie was driving in her Jeep Liberty in Detroit with Sawyer in the back seat fast asleep. She sighed and looked back to the road.

'Aw, Katie. He's just like you in so many ways." Evelyn stated watching, as Sawyer was asleep on the couch in her house.

"Thank you." Katie stated.

"I'm glad to call him my grandson." Evelyn stated. Katie smiled as she helped Evelyn with the dishes.

"How long are you in the states for?" Katie dried one of the plates and replied.

"Well for about a week, my dad wanted to see his grand-son and I wanted to stop by here and let you see him and meet him too."

"I'm glad I had the chance too, I just hope Jackie does too." Katie looked away when she mentioned Jack.

"How is he?"

"Oh, I don't know. He's in New York, All of them used to call but they all stopped later on after a few months."

"I'm sorry Evelyn."

"Don't worry Katie, Just make sure you tell Jack. He deserves to know sweetie."

"Grammy! Grammy!" A two year old called running into the room.

"What is Sawyer?"

"Mary Tywer More!" Evelyn smiled as her grand son said The Mary Tyler More show was one.

"Want to watch?" Evelyn asked turning to Katie.

"No, I'll just finish up here." Evelyn smiled as Sawyer pulled on her hand and walked into the living room with her.

Katie leaned against the counter thinking of what the Mercer boys were doing at this very moment.

She returned to the dishes.

Sawyer looked up at Evelyn and stated. "I like that song." Evelyn smiled as he sat on her lap and replied.

"Me too."

"But I don't know the words." Sawyer said. Evelyn smiled and started to sing it to him. After the show was over the song played again. Katie stopped washing the dishes and leaned her head into the living room and smiled hearing them sing: "Love is all around, no need to waste it. You can have a town, why don't you take it? Your gonna make it after all. Your gonna make it after all."

Katie sighed as she pulled up to the funeral she stood in the back with Sawyer at her side. She looked down at Sawyer thinking that he wouldn't have a clue who just died. She looked back up to see Jack standing in front with Bobby and Jerry. She watched as the lowered the casket into the ground. A tear rolled down her cheek. She sniffed her nose and soon became surprised and cried even more when she heard Sawyer humming the theme song to the Mary Tyler Moore Show, In her head she sang along. "Love is all around no need to waste it." She smiled and grabbed Sawyer's hand and walked off to the car and drove off to Jerry's house.

OoooOoOoOoOoOoOo

Katie watched as Jack walked in front of her and in front of the crowd that was walking into the house. She grabbed Sawyer's hand tighter and walked inside.

"Katie. Thanks for coming. It means a lot." Jerry greeted her. Jack stopped listening to Bobby and shifted his eyes over to where Jerry was standing and the woman in front of him who was 20 at the time, Jack was 22.

He made his way through the crowd and stepped up next to Jerry. Katie noticed Jack and avoided his eyes; she really hated being in awkward moments.

"Jerry!" Camille called. Jerry excused himself and went to his wife.

"Katie." Bobby said coming up behind Jack.

"Hey Bobby, Jack."

"Nice to see after all these years." Bobby stated. Katie knew he was trying to irk her, rub it in her face about how she left Jack.

"You too." She simply replied. Jack just starred at her, Katie looked over at him and saw that gaze she hated and loved at the same time back in high school, but now she just didn't know if she hated it, loved it, or was scared of it.

"Mommy! Mommy!" Sawyer cried coming into the room and pulled on her skirt.

Katie kneeled down to face Sawyer.

"What is it?"

"I have no one to play with." Bobby snickered.

"Sweetie mommy is talking." Sawyer sighed loudly and looked at the older man standing across from his mommy.

"Will you play with me?" Jack looked up at Katie and back down at Sawyer.

"Um, I really-". Now Jack was in the awkward position.

"Please?" Sawyer begged. Jack sighed and nodded his head while giving a look to Katie.

Sawyer led Jack out into the backyard. Katie sighed and walked up to refill her coffee, she walked past the door and saw Jack pushing Sawyer on the swings.

"Jackie know?" Bobby asked spooking Katie. Katie panicked for a minute and she tensed up.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Katie stated.

"Bullshit."

"No Bobby he doesn't."

Bobby smirked that evil smirk of his, I guess it runs in the family because all of the Mercer's smirk. As Bobby stepped back Katie stepped away and was about to walk out in the backyard until. Bobby grabbed her elbow and twisted her around.

"He needs to know, you already hurt my brother once, I'm not going to let you do it again. I can promise you."

Katie stood there looking at Bobby she knew that was a threat. She stood up and looked him straight in the eyes and replied.

"Please don't tell him Bobby. Please." Bobby sighed and gave a glance to see Jack walking back towards the house with Sawyer behind him.

"Fine I won't but I'm going to make sure you do, that's why you're coming back to Ma's house. You'll stay there with us there." Katie nodded her head as Bobby brushed past her. She smiled seeing Sawyer coming through the door.

In her mind she was thinking. Back to the old stomping grounds. She defiantly didn't have a good feeling about this.

OoOoOoOoOo

Bobby walked up with Jerry to the house and Katie was trying to get her stuff out of the jeep.

"Need some help?" Jack asked coming up behind her.

"Yes." Jack grabbed Sawyer and made his way up the steps. Katie smiled seeing Angel but he didn't notice her yet and she didn't want to cause a commotion because Sawyer was sleeping. She followed Jack into the guest room and watched as he laid Sawyer down on the bed. He then walked out of the room. Katie sighed and set her suitcases down and Sawyer's backpack. She walked out of the room and slowly closed the door behind her; she was going towards the bathroom until she saw Angel standing there smirking.

"Aussie, been a long time."

"Angel no." You stated as he walked forward. He did the same thing to you on your graduation day. He knew you hated it. He smiled and walked towards you and gave you a hug really tight and picked you off the ground. You started to kick as he sat you back down.

"Still the feisty one aren't you?" Angel stated.

"Angel I'm not the same little girl you used to know." Angel shook his head and rubbed her head.

"You'll always be the little Aussie." He then walked off. Katie scoffed and headed towards the bathroom.

She smelled smoke and looked in Jack's room, he wasn't there. She stood there thinking where he could of gone but then she saw the window open.

She walked into his room and over to the window she saw him sitting on the roof smoking. He only did that when he was nervous, ticked, confused, sad, or scared. She climbed out the window and sat down next to him.

"Hey." Jack just nodded his head. Katie sat there looking on the street as she remembered one of their fights.

"Why'd you have to go and do that?" Jack screamed.

"What? I can't help it that I'm not one of your rocker girlfriends, I'm not like that! You can't tell me what to do, what music to like! You can't change me! It's either me or one of your ex rocker girls! You can't have both!" Katie screamed back.

Jack sighed in frustration and stormed over to his house. Katie slammed her door shit and stomped up the steps to her room and slammed the door shut and laid on her bed. A few minutes later she sat up and looked around her room she saw tons of stuff that belonged to Jack. She didn't even bother putting all of it in his shoebox that she has for him. It's when they break-up she puts his stuff in there. She stood up and grabbed her brush and brushed her hair out and finished and the walked past the window and stopped seeing Jack sitting out on the roof smoking. She hated it when he smoked, she couldn't stand it. She opened her window and looked over at him and screamed across the street.

"SMOKING KILLS!" Jack looked at her and just kept smoking. She slammed her window shut and Jack smirked. She then pulled her shades down.

"Nice kid you got there." Jack stated.

"Yeah, he's really great." Katie said. Jack was still smoking and looking over the street at Katie's old house.

"You know we could of started a family together." Katie tensed he just had to say that. Katie was just starring out into the street.

"You and me, we could have had a kid." Katie hated this. All the Mercer boys like to punish her in some way, First Bobby and now Jack.

"Jack, we did start a family together." Jack stopped smoking and turned to her.

"What?"

"Jack, Sawyer is your son." Jack shook his head and replied.

"No, he can't be."

"Jack he is!"

"How old is he?"

"Four."

Jack sat there thinking; four years ago he was 18.

"No, he's not."

"Jack Yes he is!"

"No."

"I haven't been with any other guy besides you four years ago." Jack just sat there.

"Remember what you told me that night Jack?" Jack sat there running a hand through his hair.

"Your allergic to latex." Katie stated. Jack sighed, he was to stupid then, he wasn't allergic to latex.

"He's your son Jack, weather you like it or not." Katie stood up and climbed back inside his room. Jack followed and before she set her foot out into the hallway he asked.

"That's what this meant?" Jack asked throwing the letter to her.

Katie sighed and sat down on his bed remembering the letter she gave him.

Jack I'm sorry I left. I had too, I needed too. Please don't hold this against me, I love you Jack and I always will. Someday you'll find out why but I just couldn't tell you now. I'm sorry.

Love, Katie.

She nodded her head.

"Why didn't you tell me then?" Jack asked starring into Katie's eyes.

"Jack, I don't want to get into this right now." Katie stated as she walked towards him. Jack walked around her and closed the door and leaned his back against it.

"Too bad. We are."

Katie sighed and replied. "Come on Jack, move."

"No tell me why and I will." Jack said moving in front of her. Katie tried to pry his hand off the doorknob but he wouldn't budge. He just leaned his head against the side of her head and said.

"Tell me." Katie backed off while jerking her hand away.

'Fine you want to know?"

"I want to know." Jack stated.

"Fine, After I found out I was pregnant I thought that you wouldn't have time for a baby or a family since right after graduation your going straight off to New York."

"You think I wouldn't have time for you or the baby?"

"Yeah."

"Katie I would of made the time just to be with you."

"Jack I didn't want you to have a burden while you were touring or whatever."

"Having a child wouldn't be a burden!"

"Jack! You were irresponsible! You weren't ready for a child!"

"And you were? You were 16 at the time!"

"Jack.." Katie said.

'Look, I don't care what your going to say. But I'm going to be there for Sawyer now, even if you don't like it, he is my son."

"Fine I'll tell him about you. Jack I am sorry, and I didn't lie in that letter. I will always love you no matter what." Katie said and then left.

Jack sighed and laid down on his bed. Katie walked to her room and saw Bobby leaning against the door.

"I told him Bobby. Happy?"

"Depends." Bobby replied.

"Depends on what?"

"If your going to stay with Jack this time."

"Look Bobby, Jack said he wants to be there for Sawyer, I'm not going to do anything about it. I'm glad that Jack said he wants to be there for him."

"Don't think that we've forgiven you that quick." Bobby said before he walked off. Katie sighed and leaned against the wall.