Here's the next chapter! Thanks for the reviews yall!

Okay, so a lot of different things are going on in this chapter—nothing to extravagant, but it may be a bit hard to follow where everyone is. Just read carefully and maybe it will make sense. Hahaha.

Enjoy!

A few days later

It was already dark on a Friday evening. Sam and Jessica had just returned from work, as Alexis had gotten home from school, hours earlier. Jules had spent the day cleaning and taking care of Carly.

"Hey—Mom." Jessica said quietly as she stood in Sam and Jules' doorway. Sam slipped out of the room and headed into the kitchen as Jessica went and sat down on the bed next to Jules. "What's up?" She asked, holding Carly in her arms. "I was just wondering if I could go out tonight—With Jake." Jules giggled and nodded, "Of course you can. Oh and sweetie, you're 19, you really don't even have to ask." Jessica laughed, "Well, anyways, thanks—I'll be back before midnight." She pulled Jules into a hug as Jules then held her shoulder. "Again—You're 19—Stay out and have some dang fun! If you need a ride home, call me." Jessica laughed once more as she hugged Jules gently and smiled, "Okay—See ya." Jessica waved as she left the room.

Only 15 minutes after the front door shut, Alexis came marching into Sam and Jules' room. "Yo Mom." She said, flinging herself around the doorway. "Yo Alexis." Jules replied, closing her laptop. "Okay—Don't say yo—It doesn't sound too cool." Alexis said with a cringed look on her face, "Anyways—Can I go to Clark's house tonight?" Jules shot her a stare. "Don't worry—Mr. Lane said I could come over—Call him if you don't believe me or just say hey to Clark's parents when you drop me off." Alexis crossed her arms, trying to compromise. "Fine—But, you know, Sam and I wanted to talk to you about what happened." Alexis' eyes widened, "Aw Mom—Please no!" Jules shook her head, "To the couch." She said, standing up and pushing Alexis down the hall and into the living room. Sam was sitting on the couch watching TV, when he saw them coming and turned it off. "Mo-om!" Alexis complained as Jules pushed her next to Sam.

"You want to act like an adult—well, you need to be able to talk to your fellow adults." Jules told her, sitting down beside her. "Well this sure is cozy." Alexis complained. "Sweetie, we just want to make sure that you know you can always tell us anything." Jules said, looking over her to Sam. "She's right Alexis." Alexis looked from side to side at her parents. "I told you guys I was having sex within five minutes after I did! It doesn't get really anymore personal than that!" Both Sam and Jules laughed, "Yes—And we're really glad that things are still working out, but its up to you if you want to continue doing this or whatever." Jules explained. Alexis smiled at her then looked over to Sam, then down at her hands. "But I don't really know what to do." Jules placed her hand on her daughter's back, "That's up to you and Clark to figure out—Go get ready and I'll take you on over there. Sophie wanted to finally see Carly too." Alexis smiled and nodded as she pulled both her parents into a group hug, "I love you guys." She giggled as she pulled away, got up, and ran upstairs.

"What are we going to do with her?" Jules laughed as she leaned onto Sam. He wrapped his arms around her, "I have no clue."

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"Hey Lexi." Clark said, placing his hand on her hip and kissing her gently as he held the front door open. "Clark! Neighbors are watching, and so is Jules and Carly—Get in the house!" Sophie yelled, walking towards the front door. Clark laughed as he and Alexis ran into the living room.

"Jules, she's beautiful." Sophie said sweetly, stroking her hand over Carly's small arm. "Well, I'm going to head on home—Sam's waiting for me to get back." Jules smiled. Sophie nodded, "Eddie is somewhere around here—oh well, he'll turn up when he smells any kind of food—or beer." Jules laughed, "Yep, that sounds like Ed." She paused for a moment, "Hey—What do you think about—." Sophie nodded, "Don't worry—Ed and I have left it to Clark to figure out, how did—." Jules smiled, "That's what Sam and I said." They both laughed as Carly began to cry, "Well, I'm going to get her home—Tell Alexis to call me when I need to come get her or whatever." Sophie nodded, "Okay—Bye!" Jules returned to her car and strapped the carrier into the car seat's position. She got in and drove off into the dark, heading home.

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"This restaurant is so pretty." Jessica smiled as she and Jake sat down. "I know—My mother loves this place, so we would always come here as a family when I was a kid, and I think I got kinda addicted to their pasta." Jessica giggled, "That's cute—the only place Jules loves is the bar or work."

Jake nodded, "Where do you work?" Jessica's eyes wandered, "Sam place as my parents—Strategic Response Unit here in Toronto. Both Sam and Jules are constables, I just work at the desk, but I'm in training right now." Jake lit up, "Woah, that's pretty sweet! I've seen them on the news whenever we have big situations around here, like when the guy started shooting all those cops near City Hall—." Jessica looked down, "That was before I met Sam and Jules, but all I know is Jules was the one shot down on the roof." Jake's eyes widened, "You serious? Man, she's back working? That guy was insane—I cant believe what he did, I'm glad they got him—." Jessica giggled, "Sam took him down—He had one of their teammates with a gun to his head." Jake's jaw hit the floor, "Jessica—This—Oh my gosh—." Jessica laughed, "That's exactly what I said when I started hearing all of this—and living it."

His shocked smile dropped, "What? I mean—If you don't want to share you don't have to—." He didn't want her to feel like she had to share her whole life story with an almost complete stranger. She shook her head, "No—I like sharing." She giggled. "Okay—Do you remember a little over a year ago—what happened at the mall with the man and the two girls—It was all over the news." He nodded, "Yeah—They said the girls were being stalked by—Oh my gosh." Jessica dropped her head and nodded. "Was that—?" He asked, placing his hand on hers as they sat, waiting for their food. She nodded, "That was the day my sister and I met Jules and the rest of the team. She spent the whole night with my sister and me in the hospital. At the time, she was dating Sam and they weren't really allowed to date—oh it was really confusing—but anyways, she adopted us then got married to Sam—and over a year later—everything is going smooth, or well, sorta." Jake shook his head furiously, "Jessica—You're amazing!" She laughed, "What?" He nodded, "I remember that news story! For you to be sitting here just a little over a year later, and being able to talk about it—That's amazing." She cringed in embarrassment as she pulled her fingers between his. They then both looked up to see the waiter placing plates on the table. Jessica smiled at Jake as he returned a smile also.

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"Well—We're alone." Jules said, sitting on the couch with Sam's arm draped behind her neck. All of a sudden, cries came from the nursery, "Or, well, almost alone." She giggled, getting up to go check on Carly. Sam shook his head as he also got up and followed her.

He stood at the doorway, out of sight, as she lifted the baby from the crib. "Sweetie, what's wrong?" She asked Carly, not really expecting an answer. She kissed her and rocked her in her arms as she stopped crying. "I love you." She told her, kissing her gently and slowly placing her in her crib. She smiled as she walked to the door, dimming the light and turning, "Hey Babe." Sam said quickly, lifting her around his waist. She breathed heavily and her heart raced as he had scared her out of nowhere. "Hey." She said quietly, stroking his cheek as her face was level with his. "Is she asleep?" He asked, pressing his lips to hers. She nodded, "Mhmm." Sam carried her around his waist to their room where he dropped her onto the bed, them ripping clothes in every direction. He pinned her down as he kissed her passionately, "So—Did I scare you?" She nodded, "Affirmative" He smiled brightly, leaning back in for another kiss.

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"Clark—What should we do?" Alexis asked as they both sat on his bed. The door was wide open, but he still had her pulled closely to him. "I'm not sure—I want things to just stay smoothly like they are now." She smiled, "But what does that mean?" Clark shook his head, leaning down to kiss her cheek. "I have no clue, but I don't want to ruin things between us."

"Hello!" Ed said, popping his head in suddenly. "Dad—We're discussing a serious matter, can you please just stop being so embarrassing." Clark was mad and Alexis was having hard time stopping her laughter. "Hey Mr. Lane." She smiled. "Hey Alexis, well—Fine—I'll leave you kids alone. Just know—I'll be watching! Mwahahaha!" Clark sank against his pillows as Ed rubbed his hands together evilly and left the room. Alexis laughed, "Clark, calm down. Your dad is funny." Clark shook his head, "No—He just cant let me be alone for five minutes!" Alexis pressed her lips to his, "We can go to my house tomorrow. You know Jules—She never cares about anything, and Sam and Jessica will be at work. It will be like almost having the house to ourselves." Clark smiled and nodded. "I'll take you home in a little bit—why don't we just watch some tv?" She nodded as he grabbed the remote and changed the channel as they snuggled up closely.

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"Well, that was nice." Jules giggled as she placed her head on Sam's bare chest. "Yes it—." Cries came loudly from across the house. Jules sighed as she pulled away and grabbed her clothes. She slid her clothes back on and walked quickly to grab Carly. "Come on sweetie, shh—calm down." She rocked her in her arms. "Shh." She told her once more. Sam smiled as he climbed out of bed, throwing on pajama pants and walking across the house to be with her.

"That better?" Jules asked, placing Carly back in her crib as she had just changed her diaper. Jules smiled as she looked over the crib and felt a warm chest wrap behind her back. "How about we go watch tv on the couch in case she wakes up again." Jules smiled and nodded as Sam lifted her back up around his waist and carried her to the couch, falling behind her as they lied down and turned on the tv.

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"Dinner was amazing." Jessica said as they walked out to Jake's car. She had left her car at his apartment, and they were just going to head back to his place so she could drive home. "It was." He grinned, taking her hand. She smiled. "I just want you to know how much I really do like you." He told her, working his fingers between hers. "I really like you too." She said, as they slowly became closer and closer. They kissed gently for a few moments, then pulled away smiling. "What time is it?" She asked, still holding his hand. "It's only 10." He said, smiling. She nodded, "Where should we go?" Jake's eyes wandered for a moment, "You wanna grab a drink at my place?" She smiled and nodded, "Sure."

They drove back to his house both quiet the whole way as they held hands tightly.

"Here you go." He said, handing her a beer as they sat down on his couch. She smiled, "Thanks." A silent moment came between the two as they just kept to themselves with the occasional sipping of beer.

She leaned over and kissed him once more. She giggled, "Sorry." Her cheeks turned bright red as he kissed her back. "Don't say sorry." He laughed.

Jessica was tempted to just dive in for another kiss—so was Jake—but they held back and after an hour of watching tv and talking about themselves, Jessica decided she should head on home.

"I had an amazing night." She told him standing in his doorway with her hands joined with his. "Me too—I really wish you didn't have to go." She sighed, "Well, I have work in the morning and I think it would be best if I just got my sleep for that. I'll call you tomorrow though, or you can call or text me whenever. I'd love to get to see you tomorrow." Jake smiled, "Me too—I'll definitely call you tomorrow." Jessica giggled, "Great. Well, I'll see you tomorrow hopefully." She started to turn away as Jake paused her. He pressed his lips to hers with a smile. "Goodnight." He told her as he pulled away. "Night." She said, smiling and walking down the stairs of his apartment building.

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Alexis crept into the house as Clark had just dropped her off in his car.

Jules sat up on the couch, lifting Sam's arm from her waist, as he lied fast asleep. "Hold up." Jules called out, "How did you get home?"

"Uhm—Clark dropped me off."

Jules nodded as she walked towards her sleepily, "Why didn't you call? I could have come and gotten you."

"Oh—Um—I just figured that you and Sam would either be screwing each other or asleep."

"Nice—Well, go on to bed."

"But it's a Saturday night!" Alexis complained, until Jules shot her a stare, which sent her straight to bed. When she then saw headlights pull into the driveway, she smiled as Jessica jumped out of her car and ran to the front door, entering quietly. Jessica stopped and sank against the front door after it closed.

"Someone looks like they're happy." Jules smiled, scratching her messy hair until it fell straight. She then crossed her arms and waited for the whole story. Jules sat down on the floor next to Jessica as she sighed deeply. "I just had the best night of my life, Mom—And it was all thanks to you. If you hadn't forced me to go to the club last night, I would have never met Jake—Mom—He's amazing."

Jules smiled, "I'm really happy for you sweetie."

"We had dinner—and—All I can say is tonight was unbelievable." Jessica smiled, still sitting on the floor with her back pressed to the front door and Jules sitting next to her. Jules pulled Jessica into a tight hug as they both smiled brightly, "I'm glad sweetie."

Gah, Okay—You might have to read this chapter again because even writing it I got majorly confused with everything going on. Oh well—PLEASE review!!!!!! (: Thanks!