A/N: Modern AU

"Ace, you sure this is a good idea? The baby is due any day now," Jack asked as he followed his heavily pregnant wife into the Lodging House.

"It'll be fine, Jack," Katherine assured, smiling and placing her hand on his shoulder.

Jack sighed but didn't say anything as Romeo and Jojo looked up as the couple walked into the large living room and smiled. "Hey guys! What's up?" Romeo asked. "Just came for a visit. Where's the others?" Katherine asked, easing onto the couch next to them.

"Planning their April Fools' pranks," Jojo replied. "Why aren't you two?" Jack asked cautiously. "We did last night," Jojo grinned, high fiving Romeo.

Today was April Fools' Day and the Newsies treated this day as if it was religious to celebrate. It was their favorite holiday and they never missed it. When Jack moved out, the pranks began getting a bit more… well… dangerous. The April Fools' after Jack moved out, Mush nearly got a concussion from a prank Les had pulled.

Jack began to say something but stopped and sighed instead. "Kath!" a voice hissed, making the group look around. "Kath!" the voice hissed.

Katherine spotted Swift, Finch, and Sniper beckoning her over. "Um, I'll be right back," she said. Jack helped her up from the couch and she went over to the three teenagers. "Swift? What're you doing here?" Katherine asked, hugging her friend. "Came for a visit," she grinned. "Kath, we have an awesome prank planned, but we need your help," Finch grinned. Katherine looked suspicious but said, "What is it?"

The three explained their plan to her and, after a bit of convincing, she agreed. They helped her prepare for it, then she went back to the living room, the three teenagers following after a few minutes.

"Where'd you go? And where'd you three come from?" Jack asked suspiciously. "They were telling me about something," Katherine replied. It was the truth. Well, kinda. Jack began to question it some more when they heard a scream come from upstairs, along with thundering footsteps.

Henry and Albert came thundering down the stairs and a pink, glittery, Race quickly followed. "If it makes ya feel any better it wasn't meant for you!" Henry shouted as he and Albert ran outside. "It doesn't!" Race shouted, chasing after them.

"Should we go save them?" Jojo asked. "Probably. C'mon," Swift said and she, Romeo, Sniper, Finch, and Jojo got up and ran outside after Henry and Albert.

They came back a bit later with a safe Henry and Albert, with a fuming Racetrack.

Davey and Les soon showed up and Les dived right into the pranks with the boys. Davey was the victim of quite a few pranks that day. Now the whole group was sitting in the living room, munching on some snacks and plotting some more pranks.

Katherine suddenly remembered the prank with Finch, Sniper, and Swift and caught Swift's eye. She gave Maggie a subtle nod and said girl grinned.

Suddenly a large amount of water spilled onto the floor. "Where's that comin' from?" Mush asked, looking at the growing puddle. "Did one of you bust a pipe or something while trying to plan a prank?" Jack asked, annoyance growing in his voice. He was sitting next to Katherine with his arm around her shoulders. "No! We haven't touched the pipes since we almost flooded the basement a few years back," Elmer defended.

"Um, Jack. It's me," Katherine said, suddenly white as chalk. "Ace, did you pee?" Jack exclaimed, jumping up. "No, my water broke," she said. "What?!" the boys shouted.

"What do we do?"

"Should we call the doctor?"

Realizing they were actually going to call the hospital, Katherine nodded at Swift who shouted, "HEY!" The boys stopped panicking and looking at her. "It's a prank! Her water didn't actually break," Swift revealed. "Not funny, Ace," Jack said, sitting back down next to his wife. "It kind of was," Katherine said, laughing. The group laughed about it for a minute then resumed their previous activities.

Katherine and Jack stayed at the Lodge until it was dark and had dinner with the group. "Who has dinner duty tonight?" Specs asked. "Crutchie, Specs, and Jojo," Mush said, reading off from the list on the wall.

Said three boys got up and headed for the kitchen, coming back twenty minutes later saying dinner was ready. "What takes twenty minutes to cook?" Mush asked cautiously as everyone got up and headed for the kitchen.

They'd cooked (burned) some hot dogs and made macaroni and cheese. Katherine had been in the middle of getting her macaroni and cheese when a sharp pain shot through her making her gasp and drop her plate.

"Kath?" Crutchie asked, frowning in confusion.

A puddle grew around Katherine's feet and Jack noticed before saying, "OK, Ace, the first time it was funny. Not funny anymore." "Jack, it's not a prank," Katherine said. Jack looked from the puddle to his wife. He could see in her eyes that it was the real thing and dropped his plate as well.

"Um, ok, stay calm, I'll call the hospital, Crutch, can you get Ace a chair?" Jack asked. Crutchie nodded and set his plate on the counter and grabbed a chair, pulling it over to Katherine. She smiled gratefully at him and sat down.

Crutchie told the rest of the group what was going on and they came into the kitchen. "You ok so far?" Swift asked Katherine. She nodded, both hands on her belly. After Jack got off the phone with the hospital, they headed to the hospital.

Katherine was accepted into a room after the nurses made sure this was the real thing. Jack and Swift went into the room with her and the rest of the boys waited in the waiting room.

Newsies aren't very good at being patient when it came to anything other than selling papes, so they began entertaining themselves. Romeo and Race began flirting with the passing nurses, Albert, Elmer, and Henry got into an intense game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, Crutchie got into a conversation with Les about Les' latest TV show obsession, Power Rangers, and the rest of the boys except for Davey, Mush, and Specs, dispersed into different areas of the hospital.

They all came back after an hour or two, except for Sniper and Jojo, who came back twenty five minutes after the rest of the group returned, with bags of McDonalds. "Sniper, I thought you only had your permit," Davey said as the two passed the food around. "I do," Sniper replied.

Pulitzer showed up after a few minutes with Rose close behind. Rose began talking with Davey and the two lovers seemed oblivious to the rest of the world.

After another two hours, the group began getting restless. Some fell asleep, some began bugging the others, some tried to avoid the ones bugging them, etc.

Swift finally came out after another two hours passed and the boys plus Rose stood and waited. "C'mon, come meet her," she grinned.

They smiled and followed Swift to the room.

When they walked in, they saw a tired, sweaty, smiling, Katherine lying in bed holding tiny baby wrapped in a pink blanket, Jack was sitting next to the bed and smiling at his baby girl. The happy couple looked up when the group walked in.

"Hey guys. Come meet Joselyn May Kelly," Katherine whispered. "May?" Pulitzer asked, smiling. Katherine nodded, still smiling, "After Mom." "And Joselyn was my mom's name," Jack grinned, looking back at his daughter. "Congrats, guys," Davey smiled. The group murmured their congratulations to the couple, who continued smiling from ear to ear. "Thanks," Jack smiled.

"Can we call her Josie for short?" Romeo asked. "Josie," Katherine said, looking down at her baby, then back at Jack. "I like it," he smiled. "Me too," she said. They pecked each other.

The nurses soon kicked everyone out of the room, only allowing three or four in. The boys and Rose took turns coming into the room and holding baby Josie.

"I think this is by far the best April Fools' Day ever," Jack said to Katherine. "I agree," she said, smiling down at Josie.

A/N: Happy Birthday Joselyn May Kelly! I have great plans for her. I hope you all liked this! Is anyone still reading these?