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A/N: Okay guys. This is the last chapter until I get back. I hope you enjoy. There's a little surprise at the end! (No cliffhanger, I promise.) It's mostly Jack and Maddie. Laura is in it a little bit though. Enjoy and I'll update when I get back!

Chapter 13

October 1, 1979

Saturday morning, Maddie woke up to find Jack's side of the bed empty. It was 9:00, and there was no practice, so she was surprised he wasn't there. Sort of disappointed, she decided to get up and take a shower. Before she got around to getting up though, the door opened and Jack walked in with a plastic bag.

"Hey baby. You're up."

"Yeah, I just woke up. I was wondering where you went."

"I had to go to the store. There was no more maple syrup, or juice." Maddie gave him a funny look, wondering what he was talking about. Jack disappeared into the kitchen area and came back in a minute later with a tray.

"Happy anniversary, baby," Jack said smiling. Maddie smiled and looked really surprised. "You didn't think I'd forget, did you?"

"No but . . . wow. This looks amazing," she said referring to the tray in front of her. Jack made delicious looking pancakes and sausage, completely covered in maple syrup, just the way Maddie liked them. There was a glass of orange juice, a few strawberries, and a dish of extra maple syrup. On the tray was also a vase with a red rose and a card.

"Look good?"

"Yeah, amazing. Thank you baby," Maddie said hugging him.

"You're welcome. I love you."

"I love you too." As Maddie started eating, Jack got his tray and sat next to her, eating his breakfast.

"This is so good," Maddie said with her mouth full. "You shouldn't have made this."

"It was no trouble."

"Maybe not. But now that I know you can cook, I'll make you do it more often," Maddie said laughing.

"I don't think so. You haven't seen the kitchen yet. And trust me, once you see the mess in there, you'll never let me in there, again, let alone to cook."

Maddie leaned over and kissed him. It was a sticky kiss from the syrup, but Jack didn't mind. He only wanted more. Turning to face her, Jack set his tray farther down on the bed. He placed his hands on her cheeks and deepened the kiss. Maddie ran her hands over his chest, kissing him back.

"Wait," she said, wanting to move her almost empty tray. "This is in the way."

Jack took it from her and put both trays on the floor before continuing to kiss her. Their kisses grew more passionate and soon Jack was laying over Maddie, straddling her waist. She tugged at the bottom of his shirt, and pulled it over his head.

Jack continued kissing Maddie's lips and neck hard, making her moan softly. After getting her shirt off, his hands still kept busy, playing with the drawstring of her pajama pants. Jack stopped for a minute and half sat up.

" I have something we could do," he said in a husky voice.

"What?" she asked, playing along.

Jack reached down to the side of the bed where their trays were. He picked up the maple syrup that remained in the extra dish.

"Know how much you like maple syrup?" Jack said, kneeling back up, but still over Maddie's waist. He started to tip the dish so the maple syrup would pour out on her chest and stomach. "Well, I bet I would grow to love it if it was on you."

Maddie giggled in response as she felt the sticky syrup pour over her body. Jack leaned down and ran his tongue gently over her stomach, where the syrup was. They both knew this would end up making a big mess, but at that moment, neither cared too much.

A half an hour later, the syrup was gone and all that remained was a sticky mess on Jack and Maddie, along with the bed sheets.

"Now guess what we have to do?" Jack said.

"Get in the washing machine with the sheets?" Maddie guessed.

"Wash the sticky syrup off of each other and then wash the sheets," Jack said and smiled.

He took Maddie's hand and led her into the bathroom, then turned the water on and stepped in the shower. Once they were finally cleaned off, and done doing some other things, they got out and dried off.

"Can I give you your present now?" Maddie asked Jack.

"Sure. But you're not getting yours until later tonight."

"I get more? I'm starting to think we should celebrate anniversaries more often. Like every month," Maddie joked. "Your present is a little game."

"A game?"

"Yep. A guessing game. If you guess everything right, you get the prize at the end." Maddie walked over to the night stand next to the bed and pulled out a sheet of paper. It had ten clues listed.

"Smelly guys and massages? A mirror? Warm and chewy, with milk in parenthesis?" jack asked, reading a few things off the list. "Maddie, what is this?"

"A scavenger hunt. Those ten clues are clues for the top ten things I love about you. You need to figure out what each reason is, with the help of the clues, and tell me when you figure everything out. Some of the harder ones have more clues in the places the first clue leads to."

"What's my prize?"

"You'll find out if you get those all right."

Jack said that he was going to go out for a while, and start his scavenger hunt. He told Maddie to be ready at five for dinner because he made reservations at a nice restaurant. Maddie was left alone with not much to do, so she decided to pick out her dress for that night.

She had brought a few from Boston just incase she needed them, and now she was glad she did. Trying them on to see which she would wear, Maddie was surprised so find the first one didn't fit. She couldn't get the next two on either. It was then Maddie realized that she was starting to show. Turning sideways in front of the mirror, Maddie saw the little bump of her baby belly.

Oh my God, I'm getting fat! she thought, terrified. And now, none of my dresses fit.

Next Maddie decided to try on her jeans. They were her favorite pair, but she hadn't worn them in a week. To her dismay, Maddie couldn't zip them. Quickly rummaging through her closet and trying on almost everything, Maddie found that almost nothing fit comfortably. She had noticed her clothes feeling a little tight over the last few days, but now it was even worse. Breaking down in tears, Maddie sat on the floor and cried.

A few minutes later, a light knock on Maddie's door got her attention. Wiping her face, Maddie went to see who was there. It was Laura.

"Hey Laura," Maddie said, pretending to be happy to see her.

"Hey. Are you okay? I heard crying and I thought this was your room, so I wanted to make sure everything was okay."

"Uh yeah, thanks. I'm fine though." Laura looked through the open doorway and noticed clothes everywhere. "I was just trying stuff on," Maddie explained.

"Oh. How's the baby?" Laura asked, changing the subject.

"Great. Wait, who told you?" Maddie asked, knowing that she never mentioned the baby to Laura.

"Robbie told me the other day. I hope you don't mind."

"No, not at all." Maddie faked another smile. She wasn't upset that Laura knew about the baby, but Maddie just wanted to be alone.

"Did you need help with something?"

"No. I'm fine," Maddie said, but before she could stop herself, she started tearing up again.

"What's wrong?" Laura asked, putting her arm around Maddie.

"Nothing fits," Maddie said sadly.

"It's okay. You'll probably just need some maternity clothes."

"Yeah. But I need a dress for tonight. Jack and I are going out to celebrate our one year anniversary."

"That's exciting! I'll take you shopping for a dress and some maternity clothes," Laura offered.

In all honesty, Maddie didn't want Laura's help. All she wanted was for Laura to go away and leave her alone. If anyone else offered help, like Gail, she would have gladly accepted, but this was Laura and Maddie didn't think she could out up with her. Especially going shopping with her. Maddie wasn't about to tell Laura that though.

"No, I can't bother you for that," Maddie said. "You probably have better things to do."

"No, I would love to help. It'll be fun. Maybe we can even shop for some baby clothes while we're at it."

"Are you sure you don't mind?" Maddie needed to think of an excuse fast if she wanted to get out of this one.

"Not at all. It'll be fun. Let's go."

"Well, okay," Maddie said reluctantly. Maybe one afternoon won't be so bad, Maddie thought, though knowing at the same time that this could be the worst afternoon of her life.

The first few stops the girls made were at regular clothes stores. Laura tried to make conversation, but Maddie tried to talk back as little as possible. She didn't want Laura to get the impression that they were friends.

Maddie found a bunch of clothes that she liked. She didn't need all maternity clothes because normal clothes still fit, but now she just needed bigger sizes. Laura got a few things too. Maddie was surprised that not everything Laura bought was slutty. Surprise, surprise, she actually has an okay taste in clothes, thought Maddie.

Next, they went to a few dress stores. At first, Maddie couldn't find anything she liked, to fit. She was ready to give up when she found a pretty black dress. It was a floor length, halter dress, and it had some rhinestones scattered at the top. There was only one size, and Maddie was ecstatic when it fit.

Laura and Maddie stopped for lunch at a pizza place next, and chatted while eating.

"You're really lucky to have a guy like Jack," Laura said.

"That's the first time I've ever heard that."

"Really?"

"When we first started dating, and even now, my friends and especially my family, tell me that I'm going to get hurt. Jack didn't exactly have a great track record with women."

"Well Robbie wasn't like that at first either, and I knew it. Which is why I had no problem with it. I knew our relationship wouldn't last, and I didn't want it to."

"How about now?" Maddie asked. Maddie knew Robbie cared about Laura, even if Maddie knew he could do better. She had no idea what he saw in a girl like her. Maddie often wondered how Laura felt about him, because she didn't seem to care that much.

"It's scary because I'm falling in love with him," Laura admitted. After pausing for a minute, to think about what she said, she added, almost to herself, "Wow. I've never said that out loud before."

"Well, I'm glad to hear that you guys feel the same way about each other," Maddie said. Upon hearing this, Laura smiled.

"Really? He loves me too?" Maddie nodded her head.

"Don't tell him I told you though."

"I just never thought . . . I mean, he's said it, but I didn't realize he actually meant it."

"Well, Robbie didn't tell me he loves you, but I can see it in his eyes when he talks about you."

"Oh. As much as I think I feel the same way, I'm scared. I've never, ever felt that way about someone."

"There's a first time for everything." For the next few minutes, the girls ate their pizza in silence, thinking about the conversation they just had.

"You didn't like me at first did you?" Laura asked, breaking the silence.

"Yeah I did," Maddie lied, wondering how Laura ever got that idea. Even though it was true, Maddie wasn't going to admit it. She was actually having fun shopping with Laura, and after spending time with her, Maddie realized that Laura wasn't so bad after all.

"No, you didn't. I may be a blonde, but I'm not stupid. Well, I'm not most of the time," Laura said, laughing.

"Well, I guess you weren't my favorite person," Maddie admitted.

"That's okay. I understand. Girls never like me. My only friends in high school were the stupid cheerleader types. I wanted to be friends with people like you more than anything, but I could never fit in with them. They were all smart and I don't think they would have wanted me to be near them. I was also afraid of ditching my friends because without them, I would have had no one except guys."

"I bet that's not true."

"It is, trust me. And by the time I started college, I had no idea how to be friends with the 'smart kids' so I settled for the same people I hung around in high school. When I met you, I knew you were one of them, and I know you could tell I wasn't anything more than a dumb blonde."

"It's not that you did anything wrong, but I guess I thought your personality was a bit fake."

"I was so jealous of you. The guys all liked you and I knew Robbie did too. He considers you a friend, and I didn't think it was fair. I figured if I hung out with the guys, they would like me too."

"Believe it or not, I was actually jealous of you," Maddie said. "I thought the guys liked you better than me because they always said how fun you were to be around. You also have a very outgoing personality, and I thought the guys preferred that."

"That's ironic."

"Yeah, it kinda is," Maddie agreed. "After today, I like you a lot more though," Maddie assured her. "I guess I just had to get to know you."

"Yeah." Laura said with a smile. "Ready to go buy clothes for the baby?"

"You bet."

Meanwhile, Jack was trying to figure out his scavenger hunt. The first clue being smelly guys and massages, led him to the locker room. In his locker, he found a little note, saying "I shamrock hot shots." The shamrock was actually a little picture of a three-leaf clover. Then he knew the answer to the first one, as he remembered Maddie saying it before. She loved that he was a hot shot hockey player from Boston.

Jack's next clue about a mirror, left him a little confused. He then realized that he was supposed to look in a mirror. Maddie loved his good looks and muscular body.

The warm and chewy with milk clue was next, and Jack spent a few minutes on it. He had no idea so he decided to skip it and come back. He eventually figured out the other things that Maddie loved. One clue was something about a picture, and Jack knew the answer was his smile.

Another answer was his cocky, tough guy personality and hot headedness. Part of that answer was also that he had an ego the size of a hot air balloon.

One of the other answers was his Boston accent. The clue for that was "I love to wauwtch hauwckey." He figured Maddie was trying to phonetically spell that with his accent.

Jack had to admit the clues were all really cute. He knew Maddie out a lot of time into the gift. The tenth clue ended up telling him that she loved everything about him, and would never stop. Jack added a little something to his reason for that and put the sheet away.

After Laura and Maddie were done shopping, Maddie thanked Laura again. She also invited Laura to hang out with her and Gail on the following Wednesday night. Gail and Maddie were having a girl's night again, and Maddie knew Gail wouldn't mind if Laura came too. Laura's face lit up when Maddie asked, and she gladly accepted the offer.

Just before five, Maddie was putting the finishing touches on her makeup when Jack knocked on the door. Maddie answered it and saw him standing in a nice suit with a bouquet of roses. He looked so nice dressed up. Maddie smiled and took the flowers.

"Thank you," she said hugging and kissing him.

"You look incredible. I love your dress," Jack said when they broke apart. Maddie was glad he liked it.

"I bought it just for you."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Well, actually, none of my other dresses fit." Jack stepped back and looked at her stomach. "It's hard to tell with the dress on, but I am getting fatter."

"Well, I guess I'll have to examine that for myself later."

"I think that is an excellent idea."

"Ready to go?"

"Yeah, we're starving," Maddie replied, referring to her and the baby. Jack smiled in response.

The restaurant was on a lake and their table overlooked the water. It was a beautiful view. Jack and Maddie enjoyed their dinner, and decided to get dessert. They ordered a piece of chocolate moose cake to share. When they were waiting for it to arrive, Jack pulled out the scavenger hunt sheet.

He read off the list of reasons Maddie loved him, purposely not mentioning the last one. Jack explained sone of the ways he figured some of the clues out. Maddie thought the warm and chewy one was the funniest. The reason was that Jack loved chocolate chip cookies, especially right out of the oven, just like Maddie. Maddie left milk and cookies in his room, but apparently Jack only saw crumbs. Rizzo had eaten the cookies, not knowing they were for Jack.

"So where's my present?"

"What about the last one?"

"I want to read that after. I got it, but I want my present first."

"Okay fine." Maddie pulled out an envelope and handed it to him. Jack pulled out tickets and his face lit up instantly. Maddie had gotten him four tickets to the Bruins and North Stars game two weeks from now. It was in Minnesota, but Jack had tickets right behind the Bruins bench.

"These are amazing! How did you get them? I love you so much." Maddie was happy Jack liked his present. She could tell he was very excited. "Baby, thank you." Jack got up and kissed her. After he sat down again, Maddie reminded him that he needed to give her the final reason she loved him.

For some reason, Jack suddenly looked almost sick and he didn't respond.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah," he said, taking a deep breath. "You love everything about me and will never, ever stop." He took another deep breath. "And I will never stop loving you either." He held her left hand with his right hand and then continued.

"Maddie, I know the last couple months haven't been easy, but I just wanted to say that I love you more than anything in the world. I want the two most important people in my life, to be with me no matter what. I had this all planned out for after the Olympics, but with the baby on the way, it seems like I need to do it now."

Jack stopped and reached his left hand in his pocket. "I love you and I want to live happily ever after with you and our baby, and maybe more kids someday." Jack got out of his chair and walked over next to Maddie, lowering himself onto one knee. He pulled out a blue velvet box from his pocket. Maddie started to cry, knowing what was coming. Jack opened the box to reveal a beautiful diamond ring.

"Madison Alyssa Reynolds, since we've both made it pretty clear we'll never stop loving each other, will you marry me?"

"Yes," Maddie said, tears coming down her face. Jack put the ring on her finger and stood up to hug and kiss her.They pulled away, breathless, and smiled at each other, knowing they couldn't be any happier. Jack cupped her face with his hands and wiped the tears of happiness from her cheeks.

"I love you, and happy anniversary," Jack said, almost whispering.

"I love you too."

A/N: Hope you liked it! Leave me with reviews for when I get home!