A/N: Today a little shorter uptade, but this way all you're going to get is pure fluff :) That's the reason why it took me so long to actually write this chapter, but I certainly hope you're going to like it. I take absolutely no responsibility for the state of your teeth, or too high sugar lever in your blood after reading it :P And now, I certainly hope you're going to enjoy! :)
On the next morning she woke up to the feeling of fingers, gently moving over her head, hair, shoulders and soft, tender kisses being placed all over her face. At first she was a little taken aback, but then all the events from the previous evening came back to her, and a small smile appeared on her face. It alerted the man that she was awake, and she felt the kisses stop; she opened her eyes and gazed straight into a pair of warm, chocolate ones filled with so many feelings she could feel the warmth spread from her heart.
"Good morning." she spoke, and the initial response she got were his lips, capturing hers in a loving kiss.
"A very good one." he said, his voice a little husky and smiled back at her. "How did you sleep?"
"Like a baby…" only now she had the opportunity to look at him better, and a smile immediately faded from her face.
She noticed scratches and small bruises, present on his skin; she didn't notice them yesterday, but she had to admit that it was one of the last things she focused on. Touching, feeling were the two of her senses which were working much more and even though those didn't look serious, she still felt bad for not noticing them. At first she started to wonder if he didn't have any more serious injury, but then she realised that if he had, he probably wouldn't be there with her, but in the hospital. He was surprised by the sudden change in her and groaned, realising what was the reason behind it.
"I'm fine, really." he leaned closer and brushed his lips against her forehead. "Well, I guess I could be better if we could spend the whole morning in bed, lying cuddled…"
"That's a very tempting idea, however I'm afraid that it's not really possible…" his eyebrows raised moved up, he couldn't really see the reason why it would be impossible. Sue glanced at the clock and continued. "Our daughter is going to be up soon."
"She can always just come here, there is enough place for her to lie with us."
"I'd agree if it wasn't for the lack of clothing on either of us…"
"True… But we can always put something on and come back here…" he could see, that she was thinking very hard to tease him with another argument why they couldn't just lazy the whole morning and grinned, when it became clear that she couldn't come up with anything.
It was Sue, who slipped out from under the covers and gathered the clothes, which were lying around the bed, depending in which direction they actually discarded them. She picked them up and was about to give the shirt to him, but then decided against it. She placed them on the chair, standing in the bedroom, and took two of his T-shirts out of the wardrobe. She blushed deeply, when she realised that she was actually walking around the room almost naked and he was watching her, quite intently; she was a little surprised by her own reaction, but she couldn't say that she felt bad about it. Quite the contrary, there was this nice twinge of feeling in her stomach and she sent him a smile before throwing a shirt at him, and putting the other one on. When she approached the bed again, the fact that he wrapped his arm around her and didn't allow her to do anything what might have been on her mind, but pulled her back to himself, was not a surprise for her at all and laughed. They struggled playfully for a moment, laughing and stopped only after a moment, when he pinned her to the bed with his own weight, but careful to support himself as well. She was panting from the amount of laugh and they were both grinning at each other.
"Like a child..." he murmured and kissed her again.
He definitely didn't mind, he didn't see anything bad in acting a little childish every now and then, quite the contrary. And also, as he was watching her, her face lit up by a huge smile on her face, her eyes so full of love, he couldn't feel any happier and luckier. Yes, he definitely was a very lucky man to have a woman like her in his life, such a wonderful, loving, caring, understanding person Sue was, and many, many more. He could never understand how a lot of people just wasn't able to look past her deafness and see this, while the truth was that her disability to hear was probably one of those things, which in a way, made her this special creature, who he couldn't imagine living without. Yet another thing why he was incredibly lucky was that she actually decided to give them a second chance, he guessed that a lot of women on her place wouldn't or even if they would, for their child's sake, they would still keep their distance but he could see that she really wanted to trust him completely again, and her behaviour hinted that she was on the best of ways towards it. What would he do if she decided otherwise, he didn't even want to wonder and was going to be grateful forever for the turn of events.
The kiss lasted longer than the previous one, and was followed by another, and the next one. He only unwillingly moved away from her when he heard the sound of the door handle being pressed and jumping back up without the door opening, twice. He could hear a slightly irritated huff from the other side and slowly raised himself; he actually forgot they locked the door on the previous evening in case Emily would think of coming to them in the middle of the night, even though it was quite an obvious thing. It seemed Sue forgot about it as well, when he mouthed the name of their daughter to her and she realised that she must have been trying to get to them. Few seconds later he unlocked the door and opened it, looking down into a pair of teary eyes; he suspected that it was something completely new for the girl to find the door closed, especially that if Sue decided to lock it without Levi inside, she would have no way of knowing that anyone was on the other side, trying to get her attention.
"Oh, come here." he picked her up and then walked back to the bed, placing her on it and getting back in. Emily immediately snuggled to her mom, and he moved closer to two of them as well. Few seconds later he heard the sound of paws approaching them quite quickly and groaned loudly, when Levi's paws landed directly on him. He shared a look with Sue, and sighed. "Okay, okay, you too." he patted the bed and the dog jumped onto it, laying down in the legs, across the mattress, with his head turned in their direction. "I think it just got a little crowded here..." he mumbled, eliciting a giggle from both of his girls and smiled slightly as well.
Their eyes were fixed on Emily, who soon dozed off to sleep, cuddled to her parents. All the events had to be really difficult for her and they were both surprised, that she spent the whole night in her own bed, because they kind of expected her to come to them, tormented with bad dreams or simply unable to fall asleep. Yet, the fact that she was sleeping now, and it seemed that it wasn't just a shut-eye, was a good evidence that the night must have not be one of those easiest ones for her. Jack glanced up at Sue, who was gently stroking the child's hair, her eyes never leaving the girl's face; he was quite certain that she felt the same way he did, so relieved and grateful that she was safe and sound with them. What would they do if it didn't turn out this way, he wasn't even able to make himself try to imagine, it was such a complete abstraction that his mind couldn't create this image. There was no way he wouldn't do absolutely anything so she would be fine, even if it meant he would have to give up his own life for hers, and he would do that without a moment of hesitation. For her, and for Sue as well.
He never thought that he would one day fall in love with the woman the way he did with Sue. No, when he was younger he was sceptical that this kind of love actually existed and now he could see how ridiculous he was. When he met Sue, it all just fell into place and even though he wasn't struck by this feeling but it developed over time, the attraction was there since the beginning. He never really told that to anyone, but his relationship with Rhonda ended so soon after meeting her because the woman just couldn't take anymore of his constant talking about Sue, how great she was, what a great attitude towards people she had and millions of other things. "If she's so great, why don't you date her instead?" she asked him then, and man, he would if it wasn't for the whole anti-fraternization rule. Sometime later Allie was suddenly back in his life, but it was probably one of the shortest attempts at trying to make it work they ever had. No, he was lost for all the women around for the one he actually couldn't have. How much he wished, that when they finally decided to take the needed step, they weren't so stupid to hide. If they had gone to D., told him about everything and asked about their perspectives, all the drama that followed would have never happened. He liked to believe that they would have been happily married, Emily would have a brother, or a sister, or perhaps both, and they would generally lead a blissful life together. Was it ever going to be possible for them now he didn't know, but he was quite adamant to do what it would take, so they could have a life like this.
Soon the whole apartment was filled with the smell of pancakes, after their stomachs reminded them that they should eat something. Sue knew it was what probably the favourite breakfast of both, Emily and Jack, and she was going to spoil them a little (or if everything was going to go the way she hoped it would, even a little more than a little), just because she could. Yes, with the two of them her life couldn't be better and they definitely deserved to see it.