"Dada." Luke cried out cheerfully when Jack walked into the room.
"Hey Luke." Jack took him from Jillian.
"Grama."
"Yes it's grandma." Jack said. "And Pops look."
"Pa." Luke held out his hands to Bill.
"Hey Lukey."
"He's gotten so much bigger since I last saw him." Nick commented.
"That may be a hint that you should come home more often." Jillian said.
"It's hard enough getting leave as it is Mom. If you want Sara can come and visit without me she's got plenty of leave saved up."
"You're always welcome." Jillian told her.
"Thank you." Sara smiled.
"He should probably have a nap too otherwise he'll be more grouchy than Louise." Jack said.
Bill handed his grandson over to his father.
"So that's eight out of 25." Jillian said.
"Nine." Bill corrected. "Sara met Clint too."
"I think that's a reasonable percentage for one day." Nick commented.
"But you never know who is going to drop by." Bill said. "Especially on weekends."
Sara yawned.
"Sorry." She apologised. "I guess I'm not used to be up during the day."
"Maybe you used should go and take a nap too." Jillian suggested.
"If you don't mind."
"Go ahead." Bill told her. "We'll all be here when you wake up."
"Thanks." Sara excused herself.
"So where are Nick and Sara?" Emily asked when she came back from putting her children down for a nap.
"Sara went to lie down, they work nights so she's not used to being up at this time of day. Nick went outside." Jillian replied.
"I guess I'll go and catch up with my little brother."
"Nicky." Emily said when she approached him outside.
"Hey Em."
"What are you doing out here?"
"Just getting some air." He replied.
"So Sara seems nice."
"She is. She's a little overwhelmed and it's only going to get worse tomorrow."
"She doesn't have a big family?" Emily questioned.
"Sara spent a long time in foster care. She has a brother she lost contact with through it. She really doesn't have any family except the people at the lab."
"Wow!"
"You know how it was for Jack and Bobby when they meet everyone. It was different for Erin, Gibson, Leland and Clint have know the family for years so they knew what they were coming into and that was before there were all the kids too. Sara's just getting thrown into all of this."
"She'll get used to it." Emily told her.
"I know she will. If we can find her some more of Stacey's science homework to help with she'll be fine."
"Stacey's homework?"
"She came over for help with her physics homework, she was looking for Jack but since Sara's degree is in physics she helped out. Science is the one thing that always made sense to her it got her through everything; it's why she maxes out on overtime almost every month."
"You really love her don't you?" Emily said.
"Yes."
"I'm happy for you little brother." Emily hugged him.
"Thanks."
"So Mom and Dad have final found someone to marry the last of us off too."
"They've been at it for the last twenty years since Andy married Erin."
"That was pretty much inevitable. She had a crush on him as long as I can remember."
"And Andy wouldn't go near her since she was his sister's best friend." Nick recalled. "I guess you really can meet your soul mate when you're a kid."
"I know it's something you only read about in books." Emily said.
"In one of yours I believe." Nick remarked. "You're good."
"You read them?" Emily questioned.
"Of course. I had check for procedural errors." Nick said in mock seriousness.
"And did you find any?" She inquired.
"No." Nick replied.
"That's what you get for having your own team of experts on the end of the phone." She smiled.
"And everybody in the Dallas criminal justice system."
"I wasn't cut out to be a cop or lawyer or forensic scientist or doctor, I'm better at writing about them, which is why I was nominated for an award for my last book."
"Very impressive. Congratulations."
"Thank you. Maybe I'll dedicate the next one to you and Sara."
"Always nice to get your name in print for a good reason." Nick winked at her.
TBC