A/N Well I hope the conclusion is all you hoped for, since both of the babies are here I figured it was time to bid farewell to Jessica and the rest of her clan. Thanks for all the kind reviews and especially to my beta, Jacks.
Remembrance
Conclusion
I brought my little bundle of joy home yesterday; Cassandra Marie Cigliano was seven pounds and seven ounces with dark hair and eyes. She is twenty-one inches long with pouty lips and chubby cheeks. She is beautiful though I know they say all babies are ugly my baby is gorgeous. Once she is able to sit up we are hitting the pageant circuit okay not really but she would win though James insisted that its vanity. Yes, he knows that I modeled as a child but he says my mother kept me grounded, but I digress. Last night James watched her sleep all night because he was afraid she would stop breathing I know he did this because well, I watched him watch her.
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Mom called to warn me that Dad just left the house to go to the store and she thinks that he is heading my way to come look at his granddaughter. I laughed, Dad is as bad as James; poor Sandra will not get any rest until the novelty of having a baby in the family has worn off. I hear him now I will write more later.
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Three hours later,
My Dad was hilarious as he cooed and played blow on the tummy with Sandra while she grinned, its gas I know, at him. I cannot say I remember ever seeing my father so emotional. Maybe its because he is overwhelmed at being a grandfather though he insisted that Sandra will call him Papa. I laughed at him because more than likely my child will have her own name for him.
"So what do you have to say for yourself; making me a grandfather at such a young age?"
I just smiled.
"Oh Dad you knew we wanted kids right away we didn't try to hide it."
"Oh all the sex books you borrowed from us?"
"No comment."
Dad laughed, "Don't be embarrassed your mother told me; I will leave that subject alone."
He grinned as he picked up my sleepy child for a hug before he left.
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The comment about the sex books reminded me of the wedding.
Wedding Reception
Dad pulled James aside before we were about to leave the reception. I just saw them out of the corner of my eye. Dad pulled out his wallet then handed James a foil wrapped item. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm going to kill him," I said aloud causing my mother to look at me before she walked over to see what the problem was.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing,"
"Jessica look at me; is there something you want to tell me?"
I bit my lip as I pointed to Dad talking to James a little ways away.
"I think he just gave James a uh 'rubber'."
"Why? You two are already prepared right? "
"It's just a bit embarrassing if I saw him do that then someone else might have."
Mom grinned at me as I blushed.
"You know its okay your Dad just wants you to be safe, you know how much he loves you.
I knew and I was going to kill him.
Just before I went to
strangle my father Uncle Sam grabbed my hand.
"Hey Sweet Cakes
you ready for the honeymoon?"
"Sure, I don't think I want to discuss that with you though," I teased him.
Uncle Sam blushed in his flannel shirt.
"Touché, I just wanted to wish you Godspeed," he said as he hugged me close.
"Thanks."
Uncle Joshua was next in a line that went about twenty deep. James was missing all the well wishers and Dad was making me nervous as I watched my new husband shift uncomfortably. I wasn't sure if I wanted to know what Dad had to say that would take so long. I even noticed my mother looked their way a few times. Dad's dialogue seemed to be none stop. I couldn't take any more as I headed over to them but on the way over I decided tact was needed.
"Hey Dad you almost done with my hubby?"
"I'm sorry of course, you two have a safe trip," Dad said before he hugged me then walked away.
"What was that all about?"
"Oh we were talking about football," James grinned.
"Yea right, I saw what he gave you."
"But after that we talked football, really," he said as he kissed me soundly.
End Flashback
Okay maybe my mind was in the gutter but I imagined my Dad giving James sex pointers then again it could have been a Freudian thing you know where you fear something because in reality you really want it, not that he needed pointers.
What I learned: Leave mind reading up to the professionals.
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Six weeks after Sandra was born mom went into labor early while they ate dinner at our house. We got her to the hospital but once they examined her they determined it was false labor. Mom couldn't believe it she had delivered three children over her lifetime and never gone in ahead of time. Well she had never gone in since she had us all at home. She ranted about how she wished she could have the new baby at home.
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Mom got her wish a week later and Dad was an unhappy man to come home to find that I had helped Mom deliver my little brother who was born a couple of weeks early but seemed perfectly healthy. He had reddish brown hair, dark eyes and weighed close to eight pounds. Mom was fine though Dad calmly phoned the doctor once he came in the house.
"Cassandra?"
"I know Dean, it just happened. Jess was visiting and the baby came; there were no problems all our worrying was for nothing," she insisted.
I nodded in agreement hesitant to get in the middle of this argument especially when it was in opposition to Dad. This was the first time Mom had called me Jess, I felt that somehow that meant she and I were close after my helping her. It turned out to be true though I had never felt distant from Mom I just always felt closer to Dad.
"Are you so upset that you don't want to see your son?" Mom asked sadly.
Dad put a finger up to indicated he needed to complete the call.
Once he was done he pulled a chair over to sit beside the bed while I continued to clean up the room. As I was on the way out with the garbage I could hear them.
"I am not upset just concerned for you; he is beautiful."
"Meet your daddy, Caleb Dean," Mom said.
I did not have to see Dad to know he was grinning at his infant son.
What I learned: Believe in the unexpected.
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When we had a barbeque at our house a couple of months later, the entire clan was present. Uncle Sam and Aunt Missy brought all their children including Sarah who is now a sixteen-year-old volleyball star, Jack who played on the football team as well as Michael who just got out of rehab for alcohol abuse but seemed to be doing fine. Uncle Joshua and Aunt Alicia came by for a while with two-year-old Ariane as well as twelve year old, Lauren. I was surprised when Bethany drove up in her new SUV with a gentleman friend, but I was shocked to see Jon Jon drive in behind her with his wife and two daughters in tow. I hadn't seen him in years. Mom and Dad had dragged Mags along despite her ranting about not wanting to come to a family function as well as Gabe who was in town visiting. The entire reunion barbeque thing was my idea because I felt we didn't' get together much any more. That does not mean the local Winchester's were amiss at get togethers but the cousin's I grew up with were just busy with life and lived out of town like my own brother. Maybe I just craved that family dynamic that I was so fond of as a child but it turned out that everyone else enjoyed getting caught up on one another's lives.
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Dad thanked me near the end of the evening for having a family reunion he thought it was something we should do more often at least every couple of years. James came over with our little Sandra to put his arm around me. He seemed to be finally learning to get into the spirit of life with the Winchesters. Lately he spent time with my Dad and uncles hanging out watching football as well as going to games.
"I agree Dad we should all get together like this more often."
He nodded and kissed my cheek as he went to find Mom.
What I learned: Life doesn't have to be dramatic it just needs to be savored.
The End
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