Chapter 16: Happy New Year!
Disclaimer: I don't own LOST.
A/N: Now I know that Kate is a vegetarian, but for the sake of this story she isn't. This is the last chapter. I really appreciate all your reviews for this story. I have enjoyed writing this story immensely partly due to all of your continuous support to this fic. I will be writing a sequel, just give me about a week to figure out exactly what I want to do. This chapter is pretty much jate.
On New Year's Day Jack and Kate were able to leave the hospital with Nicole. They spent the night before celebrating the New Year in their room and watching the countdown on the television. Sawyer had hosted a party at his house and everyone had come. When it came to be midnight, Sawyer called Jack and Kate at the hospital and everyone shouted into the phone.
Jack had had to drive to a baby store to pick up a baby car seat/carrier, and he had to resist buying more things for Nicole.
They got into the car and Kate immediately began talking. "Let's go eat somewhere."
"Kate." Jack smiled and shook his head. "Don't you want to go home and get the nursery ready for Nicole?"
"The nursery is ready."
"Aren't you tired?"
"Jack I've been sleeping in a hospital bed for three days! I want to do something!"'
Jack looked at Kate, and back at Nicole as they stopped at a light. Nicole giggled and Jack sighed and shook his head. "All right fine. I'm never going to get my way with you two around huh?"
"Nope." Kate gave him a mischievous smile.
They ended up eating at a nearby burger place, and Kate ordered a big burger and a huge chocolate shake."
"Oh before I forget," Kate reached in her purse and pulled out the camera. She started to take pictures of Nicole and of Jack, and then of Nicole and Jack together, and then Jack took pictures of Kate, and then Kate and Nicole together. Then they asked someone to take a family picture for them.
"We're going to be using up a lot of pictures aren't we?" Jack was starting to understand what fatherhood was all about.
"Yes we are." Kate nodded.
"I'm going to get that one picture developed tonight so that you can put it in your locket." Jack told her. The night before Jack taken a close up of Nicole so that Kate could put it in her locket.
They finally ended up at home, after running into Rose and Bernard at the burger place they had spent another hour there with them.
Jack and Kate brought the baby in and showed her her room and put her to bed. They stood there staring at her for so long that they lost track of time.
Finally they managed to pull themselves away from the room and went into the kitchen. Neither of them had been home since they had left.
"So I was thinking." Jack began.
"What?" Kate asked as she started on the dishes in the sink.
Jack leaned up against the doorway. "How about a puppy?"
"A puppy?" She looked up at Jack for a second before continuing. "Don't you think that we have enough on our hands as it is?"
"Yeah I guess." He shrugged. "I just think that Nicole would love one."
"Let's wait a year ok." Kate smiled.
"Okay." Jack walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Mmmnn. This feels so weird you know?" Kate said as she dropped the dishes and the rag and put her arms over his.
"And yet so right?" Jack's voice was muffled in her hair.
"Yeah." Kate said and turned around in his arms to face him.
He smiled at her. She didn't say anything as she admired him. She loved it when he looked at her like that.
He looked into her eyes as he fought the shiver running down his back. He loved it when she looked at him like that.
Before they could stop it, they began kissing each other furiously.
A minute later Jack picked up Kate in his arms and he proceeded to take her to their bedroom with Kate giggling as they went.
"Shh Kate, you don't want to wake up the baby." Jack said, grinning
A/N: I just find it funny that I started this story as a multi-ship Christmas fic and ended it as a fluffy jate fic. Well I'm glad you all enjoyed it! I will be posting up a sequel soon so be on the lookout for it. Merry Christmas everyone!