Chapter 5
It had been about two hours since Toni and Jess had started cooking the dinner. They then heard a knock on the door. "I'll get it mom." Jess said as she walked to the door.
She opened the door to see Toni's parents standing there. "Grandma, grandpa!" Jess said excited to see them.
"Jess!" Julie said happy to see Jess.
"Hey my little agent." Martin said to Jess. That was his nick name for her.
"How are you guys?" Jess asked them as they came inside.
"We're doing great." Julie told Jess as they walked to the kitchen to say hello to everyone.
"Hi Mom, dad." Toni said excited to see that they were there.
"Toni, you look great." Julie complimented as she gave Toni a hug.
"Thanks, mom." Toni replied back.
"Hey Toni." Martin said as he too gave her a hug.
"I'm so glad that you could come." Toni said smiling.
"You knew we wouldn't miss it." Julie smiled.
"I'm glad you wouldn't, and now we have a new member of the family and a third coming." Toni stated.
"A new member to our family? Who?" Julie asked interestedly.
"He sure is." Jess told her.
"How about we meet him?" Martin suggested.
"No problem. I'll go get him and Doug." Jess answered as she began walking out of the kitchen.
Once Jess got upstairs where Doug and Collin were talking, she knocked on the door and they both looked up at her. "There are guests here to see you Doug." Jess said.
"Who?" Doug asked curiously.
"Grandma and grandpa." Jess informed him. "And they want to meet you Collin."
"Tell them we will be down there in just a minute." Doug said.
"Ok." Jess said smiling as she walked back downstairs.
"They said that they will be down here in a minute." Jess told everyone.
"Wonderful." Julie said smiling.
"How have you been Jess?" Martin asked her.
"I've been pretty good, I got into an accident earlier this year but it's part of my job." Jess replied.
"What happened? Are you alright?" Julie asked.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine, I just got in a dangerous situation and it got me hurt and everyone says that I was in a coma for 6 weeks." Jess said.
"Yeah, your boss, Pollock, called us and told us what was going on and we wanted to come down there so bad but he insisted that everything you were fine and we shouldn't worry. But he kept us giving us updates every chance he could." Toni told her.
"Yeah he told me about that." Jess said. "I was glad when I called you guys to finally tell you that I was awake and safe." Jess added.
"We were glad to hear from you." Toni admitted to Jess.
"Hey grandma, grandpa!" Doug said as he walked into the kitchen followed by Collin.
"Well hello Doug." Julie said happy to see him.
"It's nice to see you again." Martin said also happy to see him.
"How have you been?" Julie asked him.
"Great." Doug exclaimed.
"That's good." Julie said.
"You must be Collin." Martin mentioned as he looked at Collin.
"Yes." Collin responded as he shook Martin's hand.
"I'm Martin, Toni's dad." Martin said as he introduced himself.
"And I'm Julie, Toni's mom." Julie said as she too introduced herself.
"It's very nice to meet you both." Collin said politely.
"Oh he's so polite." Julie pointed out.
"That's why he's my fiancé." Jess said smiling at Collin. Collin just smiled back.
"Your fiancé?" Martin asked a little surprised.
"He asked me to marry him 3 weeks ago." Jess informed them.
"You two look like a happy couple." Julie told them.
"Thank you." Jess agreed.
"Who else is coming?" Julie asked Toni.
"Kelly and Dan." Toni said.
"Who are they?" Collin asked curiously.
"They are my dad's parents." Jess told him.
"Once they arrive, then everyone will be here." Toni said happily.
"That's great." Doug said.
It was about 4 pm now and they were all sitting at the dining room table talking and eating small snacks waiting for Joe's parents to arrive. They finally heard a knock on the door. "That must be Joe's parents." Toni said as she got up to answer the door.
"Toni, look at you. You look fantastic." Dan commented once she had answered the door.
"Thanks, you look good yourself." Toni mentioned smiling as they gave each other a hug.
"How are you?" Dan asked her.
"I'm great, you?" Toni asked.
"I'm doing well." Dan said smiling.
"Good. Hi Kelly." Toni said as she looked over at Kelly.
"Hey Toni. It's nice to see you again." She said smiling. "Where's Jess and Doug?"
"Right in here." Toni said as she let them inside and they walked toward the dining room.
"Hey!" Jess said happy to see them both. She got up and gave them both a big hug. "How are you guys?"
"We're doing great. How are you Jess?" Kelly asked her.
"I'm doing great also." Jess smiled. Doug had also gotten up and walked over to where Jess, Kelly and Dan were.
"Hey guys." Doug said to them.
"Doug! How have you been, we haven't talked in awhile." Dan said.
"I've been doing pretty good." Doug said. "Yeah, we've been busy here."
"Well it's good to finally see you again." Kelly claimed.
"I want you two to meet somebody." Jess said to Kelly and Dan.
"Who?" Kelly asked curiously.
Jess motioned for Collin to come over to where they were and he did. "Grandma, Grandpa, I'd like you to meet Collin, my fiancé." Jess said happily.
"Oh hi, it's nice to meet you Collin, I'm Kelly." Kelly responded. Dan also introduced himself.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you too." Collin said to both of them.
"Oh yeah, and I have a surprise that we found out about a month ago." Jess said.
"What?" Dan asked very curious. Martin and Julie had also walked into the living room where everyone was talking.
"We found out about a month ago that we are going to be parents." Jess announced excitedly.
"Jess that's amazing!" Kelly gasped both surprised and happy.
"Well, you two well make excellent parents." Julie complimented them.
"How about we get on with dinner?" Toni asked.
"Oh, of course." Julie said as they began to set up the table.
They all participated in setting up for the dinner while the continued to carry on conversations. "So Jess, how is your job going?" Dan asked her.
"It's the FBI." Jess laughed. "But actually it's going pretty good. I got in an accident earlier but everything is good now."
"You should really get out of the FBI, it's so dangerous." Julie warned.
"I know, but it's all worth it. Saving lives, helping people, just everything about it attracts me to it." Jess emphasized.
"But we all still worry about you a little." Julie reminded her.
"Trust me, everyone there, especially my boss, watches over me all the time." Jess assured her smiling.
"Alright we trust you." Julie said.
Jess just smiled. She was so glad to have everyone there and to be having such a good time.
After a while, they were all ready to start opening Christmas presents and enjoy the rest of the night since Jess and Collin had to leave early the next day. "I wish we could've gotten something for your baby." Kelly said.
"Oh, it's fine. No one knew. I was hoping it would be a surprise." Jess noted. "Plus I know someone back home has to be planning a baby shower eventually."
"Who do you think would?" Collin asked.
"Knowing Nicole, she would." Jess said.
They all laughed at that. "I bet she would." Collin agreed.
The next morning Collin and Jess were getting ready to leave, even though they wanted to stay longer. "Well, mom, I've had a lot of fun this Christmas." Jess said sad that she had to go.
"Aw, Jess, I've had a really good time too." Toni said.
"It was nice to meet you Toni, Doug. I've had a really fun time too." Collin speculated.
"That's great Collin. It was nice to finally get to meet you too." Toni said.
"Now, you have got to take care of my little sister." Doug reminded Collin.
"Don't worry, I will take really good care of her." Collin said smiling.
"I know you will." Doug joked.
"Well, we have got to get going mom, or we will miss our flight." Jess told her mom sadly.
"Have fun back at home and I hope you can come back over soon." Toni said.
"I do too. I love you mom." Jess said as she gave her mom a hug. "I love you Doug." She said as she also gave Doug a hug.
"I love you too Jess." Doug said sad that she was leaving.
"Don't worry; I'll call you guys later this week." Jess promised.
"We love you and we'll talk to you soon Jess." Toni said. "Bye."
"Bye mom, Doug." Jess said. Collin also said his goodbyes.
A little while later Jess and Collin were on their way back to Washington DC. "That was a fun trip." Jess said as they were heading home.
"It was, and you were right. You're family is really nice." Collin said.
"See I told you." Jess teased.
"You did." Collin agreed. "I actually kind of wanted to stay longer."
"Me too. But it's back to work on the 28th." Jess said disappointed that she couldn't stay out longer.
"Is this the same Jess that said she couldn't wait to get back to work a month ago?" Collin asked teasing Jess.
"Of course, but I'm tired of it again." Jess explained. "But only a few more months and I'll be out for awhile on maternity leave."
"Exactly. Enjoying being able to work in the silence while you can." Collin said.
"Trust me I will." Jess said. At about that time they were landing in DC. "We're finally home." Jess smiled.
Thanks to all of my reviewers! Next chapter... Everyone is back to work after Christmas... but something happens to Jess... Will her and her baby be alright? Please R&R... 3 reviews and I'll update! Lexie