A Few Weeks Later

The silence of the night was broken as Shannon and Tori began to hear Jackson start to cry over the baby monitor. The last few weeks have been very trying, but good for the new parents. Jackson was a very good baby, only getting up twice a night.

"Tori, I will get the baby out of the bed." Shannon said.

"I will get his bottle ready."

Shannon and Tori seperated ways as he headed for the nursery and Tori headed downstairs toward the kitchen. Once it was heated up, she headed back for the nursery.

"Shan, here is the bottle," Tori whispered.

"Thank you," he said smiling, as Tori knelt down beside the rocking chair in the nursery. "Why don't you go back to sleep. I can feed him and get him back to sleep."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah go ahead," he said as he kissed her forehead.

"Ok."

She then stood up, kissed Shannon and Jackson both and went on to bed. The next morning, Tori was doing some light house chores as Jackson napped.

"Hey Tor," Shannon said as he walked into the kitchen. "I'm going to head down to work for a little bit. I shouldn't be gone too long."

"That's fine," she replied smiling. "We aren't going to do a whole lot here. I know you have alot going on at work, so you take as much time as you need."

"Ok," he said wrapping her in his arms. "I love you baby."

"I love you too Shannon. How about you bring home dinner?"

"Ok deal," he said as he walked out the door.

About an hour past. Tori was trying to burp Jackson when she heard the doorbell. When she opened the door, she was definitely shocked to see the two people on the other side.

"Mom. Dad. What are you guys doing here?"

"Can we come in?" Tori's dad, Richard, asked. "We would like to talk to you."

"Sure, come on in," she said fully opening the door.

"Tori, is Shannon here? We would like to talk with him as well," her mom, Ann, asked.

"No, Shannon's at work right now. What can I do for you guys?"

"First...can we see our grandson?" Ann asked hopeful.

After thinking for a moment, Tori nodded as she handed him to his grandmother. "We named him Jackson. He's three weeks old."

Richard and Ann doted over their grandson for a few minutes, and then turned toward their daughter once again. "Tori, we have been thinking alot, and we want to apologize to you and Shannon," Ann said.

"Yes," Richard agreed. "We didn't give him a fair shot, and shouldn't have taken Jason's side...even after you guys broke up."

"I know its asking alot, but can you find it in your heart to forgive us?" Ann asked as she handed Jackson to Richard.

"Well, its going to take alot," Tori said, "but I think that if we keep working on it, one day we can get over this. Tell you what, Shannon is supposed to bring home dinner. Would you like to stay with us?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure." Tori said smiling.

Richard then looked at Ann and agreed to the dinner. Tori called Shannon to explain the situation, and within the hour, Shannon was home with a few pizzas.

"So, they really apologized?" Shannon whispered as he and Tori retrieved plates and glasses.

"Yeah I was shocked. I got to thinking, you know how this has hurt and I figured it would take some time, but I think after time goes on, we can get through this."

"Well, whatever decision you make, I stand by your side no matter what. You know that right?"

"Of course I do," Tori said she and Shannon shared a quick kiss.

That night, Tori and Shannon shared a great meal with her parents, and for the first time in a long time, they all got along great.