Chapter7: Thanksgiving Day

It was Thanksgiving Mourning and Katie was helping Sawyer put on his Bob The Builder shoes.

"Mommy is he really my daddy?" Sawyer asked remembering what his mommy told him.

"Yeah, He is."

"How come I never seen him before?" Sawyer asked hopping off the bed.

"He's been working really hard." Sawyer nodded his head and walked out of the room and down the steps. Katie sighed and stood up and put her hair into a ponytail and walked out of the room and down the steps. She found Sawyer sitting at the table coloring in a book and Jack was getting some cereal out for Sawyer.

"Where the fuck is all the food?" Bobby asked looking in the refrigerator.

Sawyer dropped his crayon and looked at Bobby.

"Jerry's out buying some."

"He better get something that's fucking good, none of that healthy shit." Sawyer just starred Katie was getting herself a cup of coffee.

"Bobby, do you ever stop cussing?" Bobby looked at Katie and just raised an eyebrow.

"What the fuck are you going on about Aussie?"

"Never mind Bobby."

"Damn right." Bobby said. Just then the doorbell rang and Bobby went to answer the door only to have a snowball thrown right at him.

"FUCKER!" Bobby screamed while picking up some snow and throwing it in the person's back. Sawyer dropped his crayon and his eyes widened when he heard Bobby. He jumped down off the chair and walked over to his Mommy to see Bobby walking in while brushing away the snow.

"Mommy! Mommy!"

"What Sawyer?"

"Bobby said potty mouth words."

"How many?"

Sawyer held up six fingers and Katie walked over to Bobby and said.

"Bobby you owe 6 dollars to the potty mouth jar."

"The potty what?" Bobby asked turning around. Jack just sat on the couch with an amused expression.

"Whenever you cuss you owe the potty mouth a dollar."

"Why?" Bobby asked.

"So Sawyer doesn't pick up the habit." Bobby looked down at Sawyer who was holding a big jar.

"Bullshit."

"Seven." Bobby sighed and put some money into the jar.

"Bobby I bet you won't able to go a week without cussing."

"What Jackie? Did I just hear you make a bet with me?"

"Yeah I did." Jack said. Standing up.

"Fine, whoever wins gets the money from the jar."

"Fine." Jack stated walking towards the kitchen, Angel just sat there and shook his head and laughed.

Sawyer walked backs into the living room while carrying a video.

"What's that?" Angel asked.

"Veggie Tales." Sawyer replied with a huge smile.

"Veggie what?" Bobby asked.

"Can we watch it! I want to see Larry!"

"What?" Katie stood in the living room and watched as Bobby had an annoyed expression along with Angel.

"You guys want to spend quality time with your nephew don't you?" Katie asked, now it was time to torture the Mercer Boys.

"Fine." Bobby said in a menacing tone.

Katie smiled and walked back into the kitchen to help with the dishes.

"So, when's his birthday?" Jack asked. Katie set the plate in the sink and looked over to him and replied.

"December 2nd." Jack nodded his head.

"I missed you." Jack stated. Katie paused before setting the clean bowel back into the cupboard. She turned around and leaned on the counter and messed with the bracelets on her hands. Jack noticed this and grabbed her hands and set them on the counter and intertwined his fingers with hers.

"Could you give us another try?" Jack asked looking her in the eyes. Katie opened her mouth and closed it.

"I-I"

"I'll take you to the ball Barbara Manatee!" Jack backed up with a confused face and Katie laughed seeing him in a confused state and grabbed his hand and walked into the living room to see Bobby and Angel sitting on the couch-watching Sawyer singing along with Veggie Tales in Barbara Manatee.

Bobby sighed and rolled his eyes and looked over to Angel who was moving his foot along with the song.

"Angel!" Angel stopped and looked over at Bobby and explained.

"It's got a good beat."

Bobby shook his head and watched his nephew and looked over at Katie.

"What did you turn my nephew into?" Katie looked at Bobby and raised her eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

"After dinner, we're going to play hockey and I'm going to teach him how to be a man." Katie sighed and turned around and Jack just shook his head and laughed.

"He looks just like you." Katie smiled and replied.

"He has your eyes." Jack smiled and asked again.

"Could we start over?"

"Jack, look I'm-I'm."

"Back!" Jerry called walking into the house.

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During Dinner Jack was sitting across from Katie who was sitting next to Sawyer and Angel on her right, Bobby was at the end then Jack was sitting next to Jerry.

After they were done praying Katie sat down and looked at Jack who had a beer next to his plate.

" It's not healthy to drink." Katie stated. Bobby dropped his fork, which made a clang and looked up at Katie.

"Here comes the goody two shoes side of Aussie." Angel just shook his head.

"Mommy, I want to have a drink like his." Sawyer said looking at Jack. Katie looked at her son and back up at Jack with an I told you so kind of look.

Jack looked at Sawyer and back at Katie.

"Sawyer, you don't want this it's like medicine it tastes really bad." Jack looked back at Katie who mouthed. "Don't lie!" Jack gave her a look that said what was I suppose to tell him. Bobby sighed and smiled to himself seeing his brother with Katie again.

"You know she's right." Jerry stated. Jack sighed and shook his head.

A few minutes past by of silence and Katie noticed Jack was starring on in space and he started to shake, or at least it looked like he did. Katie stopped eating and looked at Jack and asked.

"Jack, You okay?" Jack turned and just looked at Katie and gave her that same look she hated and loved.

"Hockey?" Bobby asked.

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Katie was sitting on the bench with Sawyer by her side watching Jack, Bobby, Angel and Jerry playing hockey.

"Mommy! Look I drew you, daddy and me! Think daddy would like it?" Katie turned to Sawyer with a surprised look on her face. He was calling Jack Daddy already?

"Yeah, I think he'll love it." Sawyer smiled and started to draw Bobby. Katie watched as Jack came over and let another guy go in for him.

"Rough game." Katie stated. Jack just nodded and breathed heavily. He stood up and noticed the other rink where it was just strictly for ice-skating.

"Come on." Jack said going to the other rink.

"What? No." Katie stated.

"You have ice skates on, and your not going to skate?" Katie sighed and replied.

"I changed my mind, I don't want to skate.' Jack looked at her and turned around and skated onto the rink. Sawyer just looked at his mom and asked. "Let's watch!" Sawyer stood up along with his mom and walked over to the wall and watched Jack. Jack was skating backwards now and he smiled seeing Katie. He skated up next to the wall.

"Come on. Please?" Jack asked giving her a puppy face.

"Go Mommy! Go!" Sawyer said nudging his mom.

Katie sighed watching as Jack smirked. He looked up and skated out in the middle, no one else was ice-skating.

Jack stood there and called. "Get your ass on the ice!" Sawyer's eyes opened and Jack apologized and said.

"Get your booty on the ice!" Katie laughed and covered her mouth and dropped it and shook her head and skated onto the ice. Sawyer smiled seeing his mommy with his daddy. Jerry walked over and sat next to him because he was making a call to his girls.

"Maybe I'm not hearing you right. Did you just use the word Booty?" Katie asked skating next to Jack.

"Yeah I did. But you'll never ever hear that word come out of my mouth again." Katie laughed and shook her head. As they turned the corner Jack stopped and Katie did too, she looked at Jack with a questioning look as to why they stopped.

"What?"

"Remember this?" Jack asked kneeling on the ice. Katie had a confused face and kneeled down too. She smiled seeing the words "Katie "Aussie" and Jack Mercer, always and ever." Written on the wall with a heart at both ends. Katie smiled remembering that memory.

It was the in the middle of December and Jack and Kate were on a date. Jack was skating with Katie and Katie did a few spins and Jack smiled and clapped.

Katie smiled and skated over to him and He caught her and fell backwards with her in his arms.

"Nice catch." Jack smiled and looked at Katie. Katie smiled as she referred to him catching her.

"No, Perfect Catch." Jack stated referring to how Jack and Katie were together.

Katie smiled and turned her head away. Jack stroked her cheek and turned her to where she was facing him and kissed her and pulled back and said.

"I."

Kiss.

"Am."

Kiss.

"Head over heels."

Kiss.

"And madly."

Kiss.

"In love."

Kiss.

"With you." Jack said, as he looked Katie in the eyes. Katie smiled and stood up and helped Jack up and grabbed his hand. She skated towards the wall and kneeled down by the wall. Jack smiled seeing her and kneeled down next to her.

"I love you." Katie said as she kissed him. Jack smiled after the broke apart.

"Pocketknife." Katie said with her hand out.

"What?" Jack asked.

"Just give me it." Jack did as he was told and handed it to her. He smiled seeing Katie carve her name into the wall. She sat back and smiled at her work.

"There, now All Of Detroit will know I was here." Jack smiled and grabbed the pocketknife and wrote. "And Jack always and ever."

She smiled and turned towards him.

"Now everyone will know about us." Jack stated. Katie smiled as jack stood up and helped her up.

"That was so long ago." Katie stated. Jack smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, I'm surprised to see it's still here."

"Yeah, But I'm glad it is." Jack looked at Katie, as the two were standing starring at it.

"Me too." Katie smiled as the two skated again. Jack looked at Katie and slipped his hand into hers, and intertwined his hand with hers. Katie smiled and looked back at jack and down at their hands, She smiled seeing Jack's arm with black glovers and the finger parts were cut off he had a tattoo on his arm too, she looked to her arm and saw the purple part of her jacket and pink gloves. They were so different but yet they were so perfect for each other, That's what she loved about them.