Okay, in this story on LF this is considered chapter 7 & 8, I have been smushing since they are longer that way and it just works out better in the long run. So there will be for sure less chapers in this version, but all the words will still be there.
The next morning Margo was panicking making sure she had everything they needed packed and enough food for lunch. She gave both Jack and Kate some extra money just incase and put a list of phone numbers in Jacks backpack. Margo bought all of them new clothes for their first day. Kate put up a fuss because she did not want to wear a dress. So Margo had to compromise with a skirt but as long as she looked nice Margo was alright with it.
When Margo dropped them off she was getting out of the car to go in with them but Jack stopped her saying it was okay and that they would be fine. Margo watched as two of her babies walked hand in hand to the front door of the school.
"JackJack, I'm scared."
"It's alright Katie, we'll be together the whole time, you have nothing to be scared about, I'm right here."
Jacks words comforted her enough so Jack could feel her grip loosed a bit on his hand which he was grateful for.
When they got home Margo asked how their day was but they just said 'fun' and that's all she got out of them.
They ran out the door as soon as the sun set. It was their escape from the world.
"JACK!" Kate calls running through the field.
Jack turns around and runs to her.
"What is it Katie?" He asks. He gets worried seeing the tears in her eyes.
"I...I..." She stammers as she removes her foot from where it's placed.
"What Katie?"
She looks down.
Jack follows her gaze and sees that Kate stepped on a firefly and its light juice was slowly fading.
"Its okay Katie, it was an accident." Jack says taking Kate in his arms.
Kate nods in his chest.
"Stay right here okay?" He says as he leans back and wipes away the tears on her face.
"Okay." Kate says trying to stop her tears.
Jack runs off and soon returns with a small garden shovel. He starts to dig.
Kate kneels down next to him.
"I'm so sorry little firefly." Kate says quietly.
Once the small funeral is complete Jack takes Kate's hand and leads her in the house. He takes her to the couch and has her sit down as he goes to the TV and puts in a video.
"You know, you're pretty when you cry."
Kate lets a small smile escape from her lips.
"Which one are we watching?" Kate asks Jack.
"You'll see."
Soon The Muppet Movie starts and about five minutes later Kate is all smiles. Whenever they are sad they always turn on the Muppets, and no matter which Muppet movie they watch they always feel a lot better afterwards.
Jack joined Kate on the couch and she laid her head on his shoulder.
"I love you Jack-Jack."
"I love you too Katie."
Margo and Claire are watching from the doorway to the kitchen. Margo sighs as Claire speaks up. "Mama, are they gonna get married?"
Margo laughs as she bends down to give her daughter a kiss. "Someday hunny, someday." Margo says smiling.
That weekend Christian had off of work so they decided to do a family project to give the kids some time with their dad. They decided to build a tree house. Margo agreed knowing it would be much safer for Kate than climbing trees.
It took the entire weekend but the kids were happy that they had so much time with their dad. There were some difficulties with the nail gun but it ended up working out just fine. They still had to put the rope up and the fence. Claire also wanted to make curtains and design the inside with flowers and a table and chairs and even a tea set but Jack wouldn't let her, saying it has to be for both boys and girls, not a giant Barbie house. Claire started to cry so Jack, being the kind of boy he is, said it was okay for Claire to make curtains with whatever colors she wanted. She was happy with that and ran off to have her mom take her to the 'curtain store' as she calls it. Soon Claire and Margo were gone.
"Kate be careful going up there, the railing isn't on yet and I still have a few more nails to put in the floor."
"Its okay Uncle Chris, Ill be okay!" She says while climbing up the stairs.
It was her first time up there and she loved it. She could see so high up. She could even see above their house. She couldn't wait for her friends Sayid, Charlie, Hurley and Ana to come over so they could see this. She could be up high like she liked and she could walk around at the same time. She went out of the little house and went on the porch.
"Katie be careful, don't fall!" Jack yells up.
"Its okay Jack-Jack, I'm fine!" She calls down. But right after she said she was fine, a board below her flipped and she slid off the side. Christian heard her scream but couldn't reach her in time. Jack was close so he ran to where she was going to fall. He went below and held out his hands.
She landed on top of him just when Christian was under the tree house.
He turned around the tree and saw Kate on top of Jack.
"Ow ow ow ow." Kate was saying holding her arm.
Christian quickly picked Kate up off of Jack.
"Jacky boy, you alright." Christian says to a still Jack on the ground.
"I think so dad." Jack tries to get up, only to fall right back down holding his rib cage. "OW!" Jack yells out.
"Kate, stay right here and try not to move that arm at all." Christian says to the girl crying in front of him. She nods.
"Jack...Jack what hurts."
"It...It hurts right here." Jack says pointing to his ribs.
"Alright this might hurt a bit, just tell me if it's too much okay Jacky?"
Jack nods.
Christian begins pressing on his ribcage. Jack is squirming in pain. He presses on the spot and Jack screams out in pain.
"We have to get you two to the hospital." Christian says slowly picking Jack up.
"But you're a doctor, cant you fix it?" Kate asks holding onto her arm.
"No sweetie, I can't fix this."
Kate looks down sad. She follows Christian carrying a pained Jack to the car. He lays Jack down in the back seat.
"Kate get in the front."
"No I'm going to sit back by Jack."
"Kate there's no room."
"Yes there is." She says as she gets in and puts Jacks head on her lap with her free arm.
"Alright." Christian says shutting the door for Kate.
"Thank you." Kate says looking down at Jack while brushing his hair with her fingers.
"Eh, it was nothing Katie; I just didn't want you to get badly hurt." He says smiling up at her.
Christian slowly made his way to the hospital so he wouldn't hit any bumps.
After they were there for a while getting fixed up Margo finally reached the hospital with Claire. Luckily Christian was able to reach her on her cell phone; she usually never picked it up.
"Where are my babies, how are they?" Margo runs to Christian worried.
"They are going to be just fine Margo. Kate broke her arm and Jack broke a few ribs."
"How?"
"Well Kate wanted to go up in the tree house, I warned her to be careful because it still needed some more nails and there was no railing and you know how stubborn she is and would go up anyways. So she went up and was up there for a while and then I heard a scream. When I turned a board was sticking up and Kate was falling down. I couldn't make it in time so Jack went below and broke her fall, unfortunately he also broke his ribs and she re-broke her arm. But if he hadn't done that Kate could have some head trauma, so he pretty much saved her life."
"Oh my poor babies." Margo says holding her hand to her mouth.
"Where's Claire?" Christian asks.
Margo turns her head to the chairs and nods towards the sleeping form.
"You should take her home Margo; they should be done within the next half hour so we'll be home soon."
"Christian..."
"Margo, just take our daughter home to bed."
Margo nods and walks back over towards Claire picking her up in her arms and carrying her out the doors.
About five minutes later Kate walks out holding onto her arm.
"Wow I see you picked out a totally different color than you picked out last time."
"Well...I didn't remember what color I had and green is Jacks favorite color so I thought this would be a way of thanking him."
"That's very nice of you Kate."
"I know." Kate says with a smile. She pauses. "Where is Jack?"
"He is still getting fixed, were going to wait for him right out here."
Kate nods and lets out a big yawn.
"Tired?" He asks.
"No." Kate says while starting to rub her eyes letting out another yawn.
Christian just laughs. Kate goes up to him and sits in his lap. About thirty seconds later she is sound asleep.
After about another ten minutes Jack comes out holding his side.
"Hey there kiddo!" Christian says standing up with Kate still asleep in his arms. "How ya feeling?"
"Better...it still hurts a lot...how is Katie?"
"She's alright. Very tired though."
Jack giggles. "I see that dad." He pauses looking her over. "SHE GOT A GREEN CAST!" Jack says excitedly.
"Yup...all for you...what do you say we go home, it's been a long weekend for all of us."
"Yeah." Jack says with a yawn.
They make their way out of the hospital and Christian places Kate in the back of the car.
Jack gets in the back and does to Kate what she did to him before; he places her head on his lap. He just watches her sleep the whole way home so grateful that he got underneath her in time.
By the time Christian pulled in the driveway of their house both children were fast asleep.
Margo saw the car pull up and now she was running out of the house in her nightgown and bare feet.
"Oh where are they?!"
"Shh." Christian says putting his index finger up to his lips.
Margo peeks into the backseat of the car and sees both children peacefully sleeping. Kate on Jacks lap, and Jack sitting up.
Margo leans over and picks Kate up in her arms and heads to the house. Jack is picked up by Christian. After both children are in bed. Margo and Christian both collapse onto their bed, thankful that the day is over.
