Chapter 15: Nicole
Disclaimer: I don't own LOST.
A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys, it means a lot. Some Jaby cuteness for you all:D oh and some Charlie/Claire as well.
The next morning Kate was finally allowed to see the baby.
Jack brought the baby in and gently put her in Kate's arms.
Kate just stared at her for a couple of minutes as Jack stood beside the bed.
"Nicole." Kate said. "I want to call her Nicole."
"I like Nicole too."
Kate stroked the baby's cheek as the baby yawned. "Her eyes are so pretty."
"Just like yours." Jack smiled.
"I love you. I'm going to take care of you and you're going to grow up to be a beautiful girl." Kate told Nicole.
"She's so small." Kate looked up at Jack.
Jack nodded. "Yeah, but she'll be ok."
"Okay." Kate was satisfied with the answer.
Jack put his arm around Kate and she lifted her head up to receive his kiss.
They spent the day together with the baby and then that night their friends began to come and visit. Claire and Charlie came first.
"Kate!" Claire rushed over to her and the baby and just gazed at her. "Oh Kate you're such a natural with kids! I've always known that with the way you take care of Aaron and Sara, but seeing you with your own really proves it."
"Thanks." Kate smiled.
"What's her name?"
"Allison Nicole, but we're going to call her Nicole."
Charlie walked over to Jack. Jack and Charlie had grown closer because of what had happened, even though neither of them realized it. Charlie had been the only one that had seen Jack at his worst, and now he was seeing him at his best.
"Gosh Jack you're just illuminating the room with your big smile." Charlie said.
Jack laughed.
"So how are you?"
"I'm doing good." Jack nodded. "I slept in that bed last night and it worked out pretty well."
"Ugh." Charlie made a face. "Hospital beds."
"Yeah I know."
"Well you let me know if Kate gets to be too much for you. Trust me, the first few days seem great, but then she'll start to feel weird and go crazy on you."
"Okay, but I doubt it."
"No seriously, within the first few days Claire began to pig out on peanut butter and she'd cry one second and laugh the next. It was worse than when she was pregnant!"
"Really? Wow. Sounds horrible." Jack started to get worried.
"Jack?" Kate got his attention.
"Yeah?"
"Could you hand me my water over there?" Kate motioned towards the nightstand.
"Sure." Jack grabbed it and handed it to her.
"Thanks." She smiled gratefully at him.
"See? There's the first step. She's going to expect you to do everything, and if you moan or groan, then she'll say, ' I spent the last nine months with a baby in me, puking and you're upset about going to the store for me?' She'll use it against you man. I'm telling you, it's horrible."
"You do know that we can hear you guys right?" Claire asked.
Charlie grinned sheepishly. "Sure honey, sure."
"We do not act like that Jack." Claire assured him. "And you're going to get it when we get home Charlie."
"You two act like a old couple." Kate laughed.
"Yes well other than Rose and Bernard, Claire and I have had the longest relationship out of all of you." Charlie said boastingly.
"What about Sun and Jin?" Jack asked.
"Oh." Charlie's face fell for a second. "Well then we're the third couple."
"What a great Christmas present right?" Claire said to Kate.
"Yeah. The doctor said that I might be able to go home tomorrow. I can't wait to show Nicole her room."
Charlie and Claire left, and soon everyone else visited them as well and gave them advice and cooed over the baby.
By the end of the day, Kate was exhausted and she fell asleep with the baby in her arms. Jack gently scooped the baby up in his arms and sat in the chair, just admiring her.
The baby opened her eyes and stared at Jack, absolutely amazed by him. She reached her hand up to his face and he bent over so that she could touch him. Her hand carelessly moved about his face, and then her hand went down again to his hand, and her hand wrapped around his finger. Soon she was asleep again, and minutes later, Jack was asleep as well.
A/N: so I'm debating.. would you guys like a sequel? There is one more chapter left, and I'm really sad to see this story go. If you want a sequel, review and let me know. If you do want a sequel, please feel free to give me ideas. If I were to do a sequel, I promise I'd focus more on the other characters too. So just let me know. :)