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Since no one wanted to give any suggestions for the baby's name I named him Roman, but if you have a better name that I like more let me know.
CHAPTER 13
Keira stood looking down at her new-born baby boy "What should we call you?" she asked "What about Trey?" she frowned and shook her head "Your so much like your daddy, we should just call you Jak" she giggled as he looked up at her, his dark blue eyes shinning at her.
"Hi" Came a voice from behind her and she turned around, she smiled seeing Kai, with a huge bunch of flowers "The guys are all in the palace wetting the baby's head, trying to get Jak to join in but he's just trying to sneak off...its kinda funny when he gets to the door Dax spots him, its like he has a tracking device on him"
Keira giggled "Jak should enjoy himself while he can, he's had too much pain in his life, never even got the chance to be a teenager, neither of us did, and now we've got this little one to look after"
Kai nodded putting the flowers down and walking over to her "He's so proud of his son, I thought you'd be naming him after Damas"
"Jak didn't want to, he said it's still too painful for him" Keira said looking back to her son
Kai looked at him "No denying who his father is, is there?" he smiled
Keira shook her head "Not in the slightest, even the eco was buzzing around him for a while after he was born"
"So what are you going to call him?" Kai asked
Keira shrugged "I dunno, nothing seems to fit him right, maybe we should just wait until he starts talking and he can tell us what he wants us to call him"
Kai laughed "What are you going to call him until them, come get your dinner boy"
"Yea, that is a bit daft" she laughed
Kai turned to Keira and smiled "I'm so glad your happy, you deserve it, and you and Jak are just perfect for each other"
"Thanks Kai, I know it must have been hard for you, considering your feelings for me and all that, but I really do appreciate everything you've done for me" she smiled
Kai nodded "I was only to happy to help, and I don't have them feelings for you anymore, I knew as soon as you mentioned Jak I didn't stand a chance and when I saw you together for the first time, that was all I need to put out any lingering flames, I do still think the world of you, but only as a friend" he smiled
Keira nodded "We need to find you a nice girl"
"Nice girls are boring, what about a bad girl, your friend Ashelin up to much lately?" he teased
Keira laughed "No idea, she's probably at the clinic trying to get rid of some kind of infection" she laughed again as the door burst open and Jak slid in, Keira stared at him "What the hell happened to you?"
Jak panted "I finally managed to get out the door and was half way down the beach when I heard Daxter behind me so I legged it, does this door have a lock" he said urgently scanning the door
Keira burst out laughing and looked down at her son "Thats your daddy, and you may aswell know, you're going to have to compete with an annoying furry ottsel for his attention"
Jak frowned "He will not, nothing comes before you and my son..." he looked at Kai " oh hey Kai, I was wondering where you'd got to, still after my wife?" he joked
"Yea, thought I'd give it one last shot before she settled down to a life as a wife and mother" he joked back
Jak slipped an arm around Keira's waist "Thought of a name yet?" he asked looking down at his son
Keira shook his head "I dunno Jak, he just doesn't seem to suit any name I can think of, he seems to good for any of them"
"Well he will be king one day, we should give him a kingly name" Jak said
Keira frowned "What names are kingly, I've never heard of a King Jak before?" she giggled
"No but if I was King I'd be known as King Mar, wouldn't I?" Jak smiled
Keira nodded "Forgot about that...maybe we should just flick through a book and pick the first name we come to" she sighed
"The first name we come to could be a horrible name or a girls name...what about Roman?" he asked
Keira looked up at Jak "I like that" she looked down at him "Do you like Roman?" she smiled as he blinked at her "Well then hello Roman Mar, I'm your Mama" she beamed at him
Jak grinned his eyes shining with pride "And we love you more than anything in the world"
Kai slipped out the door smiling at the happy family.
Three days later back in Rainbow Village, Keira put Roman into his pram and smiled at his sleeping face "I love you" she whispered before quietly leaving the room and going into the kitchen, she smiled at Jak sat at the table and went to sit on his knee "Do you fancy a walk?" she asked
"Where to, its getting kinda late?" he asked back
Keira grinned and kissed him "I have a surprise for you" he took his hand and got up, pulling him up with her and dragging him into the lounge
"Will he be okay?" Jak asked looking down at his sleeping son as Keira started to wheel in out
Keira laughed "He'll be fine, come on, it won't take long".
It took them longer than she expected to reach the garage, everyone they saw wanted to look at Roman and offer their advice, Keira was getting a little annoyed with it all "God do they think I don't know anything" she moaned as they arrived at the garage
Jak chuckled "Their only trying to help"
"Well its annoying...anyway were here" she stopped and placed her pass card up to the wall and waited as the doors hissed open, once they where open she reached inside and flicked a switch on the wall.
Jak saw something light up above him and looked up his eyes going wide, bright blue letters lit up by yellow light bulbs appeared above the garage door 'MAR RACING' it read 'MECHANIC : KEIRA MAR, RACER : JAK MAR' he looked back at Keira stood smiling "You put my name above your garage?" he asked "I'm honored" he reached for her and pulled her towards her
"It is kinda my name as well you know, and there's more" she smiled moving into the garage and waiting while Jak brough Roman in she grinned and pulled a dust sheet off one of the cars in the garage "Tada" she said happily
Jak stared at his car, the bright blue paint gleaming in the light, the glittery silver lettering on the side and on the hood, he read them a J and K intertwined on the side of the car, while on the hood was Mar Racing and his name in smaller letters under it "You did this?" he asked
"Yup, now we'll always be together" she smiled
Jak looked at her eyes wide "When did you do all this?" he asked
"A few weeks ago" she shrugged
Jak nodded "Thats why you wouldn't let us use our proper racers for practice" he said
Keira nodded as Kai, Spud and Ayr wandered in "Hey boss whats up?" they asked
Jak frowned "You did theirs aswell"
Keira nodded and pulled the sheets off the cars one by one "Surprise" she beamed
"Wow" they all said rushing towards their cars "Your amazing" Spud yelled happily
Keira frowned "Ssshhh...sleeping baby" she said "Now I want you all out for lap times tomorrow"
"Keira you have a baby to look after, you can't be running a race team" Jak said wrapping his arms around her
Keira shook her head "He'll have to get used to being down on the track, besides you can do all the hard stuff, I just want to watch how the cars perform" she smiled leaning up for a kiss, Jak happily complied.
Later that night Jak and Keira lay snuggled up in bed, listening to the steady breathing of their son "Jak?" Keira said looking up at him
"Hmmm" he answered without opening his eyes
Keira smiled and stoked his face "Was you a little disappointed that I'd painted the guys cars aswell?" she asked
Jak smiled and opened his eyes "A little, I thought you'd done it just for me, but it was for the team" he said lifting her hand and intertwining his fingers with hers
"Well actually I did, I didn't paint the guys cars, I only did yours, got some one else to do the other three, but I wanted yours to be the best, special, so I did it" she smiled
Jak laughed "Oh okay then"
"Are you still a little jealous that I went on a date with Kai?" she asked
Jak looked down at her sadly "I can't help it, I know nothing happened but I hate to think of anyone touching you the way I do, anyone kissing you but me, I hate it"
"You don't have anything to worry about, I love you, Kai knows that, he knows he didn't have a shot" she smiled
Jak nodded "I know and he's a good friend, but what if I hadn't found you when I did, what if you'd given up and moved on...I can't bare to think about what I would do without you"
"Well you did find me...to be honest I was starting to give up hope myself, starting to think you didn't want to find me, that I should move on, but my heart just wouldn't let me, if you'd taken any longer I'm pretty sure I would have come to see you, I couldn't move on without knowing how you felt" Keira said
"I wish I'd found you sooner, in fact I wish none of it had happened and you hadn't had to leave...we wasted so much time apart baby, it kills me to think of how we could have been if I hadn't been so..." he trailed off
"Hey it doesn't matter, you had things you had to do, I don't blame you, you're a hero" Keira smiled
Jak kissed her head and looked towards his son's crib "How in the world do I tell my son what I've done, that I'm a murderer, a monster?" Jak asked sadly
Keira turned his face to hers and looked into his eyes "You are not a monster, yes they tried to turn you into a monster, but you turned that evil into something good, you destroyed the ones that did that to you, that tried to take over the universe, if you didn't have that in you, you wouldn't have been strong enough, yes what Praxiss and Errol did to you was horrible and unforgivable, and even though he went completely the wrong way around it, what he tried to do was for the good in a twisted kinda way" she said
Jak nodded "I guess, I mean if he'd have just come up to me and said 'look I have an idea, but it involves dark eco being pumped into you' I probably would have helped him anyway, it's just the rest of it that was wrong, the torture, I don't think Praxiss knew or even cared what Errol or his guards did to us, did to me...you know when Errol realised I was getting stronger from the dark eco, when he figured out I could probably kill him and his guards he'd have me chained down while I was still unconciese from the dark eco, so he could beat me and I couldn't fight back" Jak said sadly
Keira stroked his face "Oh Jak, I'm so sorry you had to go through that, and that I didn't believe you when you tried to warn me about Errol, but he was good at pretending, I'm so sorry, I should have hugged you and kissed you and loved you the minute you walked back into my life" she said as tears started to form in her eyes "And you are not a murderer"
"Oh no, what about Krew, the thousands of KG, the marauders, Errol?" he said
Keira smiled "Well, you didn't kill Krew, the explosion did, and anyway wasn't he shooting at you?" Jak nodded "Well then self-defence, and the KG, well they shot at you, beat you while you were in prison, again self defence...and as for Errol, he tried to take over the universe, and what he did to you in that prison, I would have beaten him to death myself with a wrench if I'd known"
Jak nodded "I quite enjoyed killing Errol, he was an evil, evil man and what he did to me, god you wouldn't even see it in the worst horror movie, I'm sure he'd sometimes give me extra eco just to hurt me, plus he was after my girl" Jak smiled slightly as he pulled Keira closer
"See you are not all them things you think you are, I will not have you putting yourself down, and degrading yourself...you are the sweetest, kindest, bravest, strongest, most loving man I have ever met, and I love you for all you have done, but most of all I love you for just being you, just being the Jak I fell in love with when I was thirteen when you filled my room with fireflies, for just being my Jak" Keira smiled and leaned up wiping a tear that had escaped his eye and was falling down his cheek "One day we'll have to tell our son all about how his brave daddy saved the world and defeated the dark makers and metal heads, but right now all he needs to know is that your his daddy, and he loves, trusts and depends on you, that's all he needs to know" she smiled and kissed him
"Thank you baby, you always make everything seem so much better, I love you and I've loved you since I first laid eyes on you" Jak kissed her again "I just wish we hadn't had to go through all this, do you ever wonder what life would have been like if we hadn't left Sandover?" he asked
"I used to, I hated myself for fixing that damn rift rider, but if we hadn't neither of us would be the people we are, and you wouldn't be able to talk, so I think although its been a horrible journey, it some how feels that it was all worth it" Keira replied
Jak nodded "I agree, I hated that I couldn't just tell you how I felt about you, I said it a million times in my head, I just couldn't and every time I was close to trying to show you, Daxter would show up and I wanted to yell at him to go away but I just couldn't" he chuckled slightly shaking his head "Hey I wonder what our younger selves are doing now" he said
"Probably trying to get away from Daxter...wait Daxter wouldn't be there, it would just be you and me, chasing fireflies, skimming stones across the sea, just you and me" Keira grinned
"Sounds kinda nice" Jak smiled shuffling down the bed and holding Keira close as they fell into a happy sleep.
The next morning Keira was getting breakfast ready with Jak playing with son "He's smiling at me" He yelled happily
Keira popped her head out of the kitchen door and laughed "Probably got wind" she teased
"He hasn't, you haven't got wind have you son?" he said to Roman, Keira laughed and went back into the kitchen "You know your Mama is the best person in the world, she's beautiful and smart and talented, no one can build or fix a zoomer or car like her, and she's incredible in..."
"Jak, don't tell him that" Keira yelled from the kitchen
Jak chuckled picking his son up and going into the kitchen "In the kitchen I was gonna say"
"Yea whatever" she giggled kissing Jak "Now give me my son, he's due a feed and your breakfast is ready" she demanded
Jak smiled and kissed her again "Our son" he corrected and handed him to her while he sat down
Keira sat across from him and began to fed Roman "We got flowers off Ashelin" she stated suddenly
Jak coughed and choked thumping his chest his cheeks bright red "What, why didn't you say, what did you do with them?" he asked
"Tess was here when they came so she just threw them out, I didn't want them in the house, I don't trust her not to put poison in them or something" Keira said looking down at her son
"You should have told me"Jak said glaring at her
Keira shrugged "They only came yesterday, and I'm telling you now...besides I didn't want you worrying"
"I'm supposed to worry, its my job to worry about my family" Jak said
Keira shook her head "No its your job to love us and look after us, not to worry about us"
"You should have told me" Jak said putting some food into his mouth
Keira took the teet out Romans mouth and rested him on her shoulder and began to wind him "I know I should have done, but I know what your like" she smiled as she got a gentle burp out her son "Good boy" she smiled moving him back to her lap and continuing to feed him "Anyway what have you got planned today?" she asked
"I have to take Spud and Ayr out for some training, then I thought we better start sorting the wedding out again" Jak smiled
Keira looked up and frowned "What if I don't fit into my dress anymore, I've put weight on since I had him"
"Your more beautiful than ever" Jak smiled "I can't wait for us to have a proper wedding"
Keira smiled "Well I suppose everything will be the same, oh but no fireflies" she said sadly looking down at her son
"I don't think I can do that again, but we will have our son with us" he grinned
Keira nodded "Do you think I could get away with dressing him up in frilly clothes?"
"No you can't, he'll have a little suit" Jak said firmly
Keira laughed "Where will you get a suit to fit him?" she asked
"If Daxter can get one I'm sure Roman can have one, I'll go see the guy who did mine and Dax's suit" Jak said as Daxter and Tess walked in, he looked at them "Come in why don't you" he said sarcastically
"Yeah, yeah...so whats for breakfast?" Daxter asked jumping up on the counter
Keira glared at him sitting Roman up to wind him again "Daxter don't get fur everywhere, I don't know how you manage it, I found some in out bed the other day...can't you groom him better?" she giggled to Tess
Tess laughed "He's like a scruffy kid, never wants to bath or brush his fur" she giggled
Jak frowned at Daxter as he went quiet "Daxter why was your fur in our bed?" he asked
Daxter shrugged "No idea"
"Daxter?" Jak growled
Daxter lifted his hands up "Okay, okay...when you were in Spargus, and you sent me to get some things, I kinda took a nap, I was tired and I miss having a big bed to sprawl out in" he said guiltily
"Daxter you can't do that, what if Roman had been on the bed after that and he got some of your fur in his mouth" Keira snapped getting up and handing Roman to Jak "Or what if he was allergic to it?"
"He can't be we'd know by now" Daxter said
Keira snapped causing Roman to jump "Thats not the point, stay out of our bedroom" she stamped out of the room and went into the bedroom
Jak sighed while soothing his son "God Daxter when will you learn" he said not really expecting an answer, and went to follow Keira into the bedroom "You okay?" he asked watching as she stripped the bed
"No I'm not, when is he gonna realise were not children anymore?" she snapped
Jak nodded cradling Roman in one arm while he wrapped an arm around Keira's waist and pulled her towards him "Hey baby, its okay, he won't do it again...Roman's getting upset look, he doesn't like seeing his Mama upset, and neither do I" he said his fingertips gently stroking her back
Keira looked down at her son starting to get fussy "I'm sorry honey" she kissed Jak on the cheek and took Roman off him "Sorry Roman" she smiled as her son started to settle "But if Daxter comes into our bedroom again, Tess will have to start referring to him as her girlfriend" she warned
Jak laughed and kissed her "I'll make sure Dax gets a hard time while were out there today" he smiled
"Extra hard" she corrected and kissed him "I love you"
Jak smiled and kissed her again, before kissing his son "And sort our wedding out" he shouted before leaving the hut.
Tess wandered into the bedroom "Am I allowed in here?" she asked as Keira put Roman in his cot
"Sorry Tess, but this is our bed and he shouldn't be on" she smiled
Tess nodded "I know, I wouldn't like it if someone else slept in my bed"
Keira went over to the dresser and pulled some clean bed sheets out "Would you like to help me plan the wedding today?" she asked
"I'd love too, hey I'll go get your wedding dress" she jumped up excitedly and hugged Keira "And I really am sorry about Daxter"
Keira smiled "I know, I've known him long enough, I shouldn't have got so upset, it's just, its mine and Jak's, something that Daxter isn't a part of, where we've had our most intimate moments, its special, I share enough of Jak with Daxter I don't want to and will not share this with him"
"I know, won't be long" Tess said jumping down and running off.
"Keira sure did get upset earlier, is she still hormonal or something?" Daxter complained from Jaks shoulder
Jak stopped and swiftly picked him up by the scruff of his neck and looked at him sternly "Daxter you are like a brother to me and you are always welcome in my home, but Keira is my life and you will not ever talk about her like that again, understand?" Daxter nodded "And you do not ever, ever go into mine and Keira's bed, that place is special, you are not sharing that part of our lives...Keira and Roman are my life now, do you understand?" Jak finished
"I was only sleeping it wasn't like I had sex with Tess in it" Daxter blew out
Jak frowned "Daxter, stay out of our bedroom...I mean it Dax"
"Okay, geez...I'm sorry" Jak dropped Daxter to the ground "So we have to plan your bucks party"
Jak smiled at Daxters ability to shrug anything off "No strippers Dax" he said firmly
"But that's the best bit" he argued
Jak shook his head "Whats the point when Keira's the only girl I want?"
"The point is we get to watch naked ladies dancing around" Daxter said
Jak shrugged "I only ever want to see one naked lady ever again, and I wouldn't call strippers ladies"
"I bet Keira's a right little fire cracker when she gets going, and that body god, I bet you love doing the body work on that" Daxter grinned
"Daxter, I am not having this conversation with you" Jak snapped
Daxter grinned "But I bet you do, don't you, you dirty monkey"
Jak grinned before mentally slapping himself "Okay, all I'm telling you is, our love life is amazing, and she is perfect"
"So when was the last time you got any?" he asked
Jak frowned "Before Roman was born, in fact we were just about to do it when she went into labour, but I'm happy to wait until she's ready again, she has just pushed a person out of her"
Daxter nodded "You truly are made for each other, I'm glad you finally got your acts together" he smiled looking around and smiling at Jak
Jak smiled back "So am I..." he started to whisper as they neared Spud and Ayr "...Now enough, don't want them getting jealous"
"Yeah, what would you have done if she'd got with one of them before you found her?" Daxter asked
Jak shrugged "I was a little worried about Kai, but I would have fought for her, either that or it would have killed me".
Daxter nodded and carried on walking towards the guys.
Tess sat on Keira's newly made bed, sitting on a towel so she didn't get any ungroomed fur on it, she smiled as she watched Keira look at herself in the mirror "How the hell have you done it?" she asked
"Done what?" Keira asked
Tess smiled "Managed to look even more stunning than you did last time"
"You really think so?" Keira blushed
Tess nodded "So where's the weirdest place you and Jak have had sex?" she asked
Keira spun around "Tess, why do you want to know that?" she stuttered
Tess shrugged "Just curious"
"Well I guess probably the garage, or the roof of Spargus palace" Keira blushed
Tess laughed "You did it on the palace roof, when?" she asked
"The day we got married, Jak took me up to watch the sunset over the desert and we made love up there" she shrugged "Undo me will you?" she asked turning her back to her
Tess started to undo the buttons and carried on "What about the best present he's ever given you?"
"Well part from my beautiful son, and wedding ring...he once filled my room with fireflies, on my thirteenth birthday, that's when I feel in love with him" she smiled
"Was it better than filling the temple with them?" Tess asked
Keira nodded as she took her dress down "It was just so special that he did that for me, all on his own...well with a little help from Daxter"
"Daxter is really happy for you two you know, I know he can be a bit of a pain sometimes but he does think of you as his family" Tess said
"I know, he's like the annoying little brother...but I do love him" she smiled putting her clothes on and going over to get Roman out his chair "Your gonna be a handsome little page boy" she cooed
"Shall we go wait for the boys down at the bar, we can ask Kai about your reception?" Tess asked
Keira nodded "Have we to go wait for daddy and uncle Daxter?" he smiled at her "Well come on then".
Just a wedding and reception to go, and then thats it.
As ever thanx for reading and please review.