-baby you always stop singin'
when I walk into the room
and just the other night
why did you stop dancing
when I caught you in the kitchen with the broom
Jack awoke the next morning to find that there was a curled up blanket where Kate was supposed to be. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, and his legs out of the bed it suddenly hit him, Did she leave? No she wouldn't just leave. Shaking the thought from his head, he walked downstairs. About half way down he could hear Billy Joel filling his house from the kitchen, taking a few more steps he could now hear that Kate was singing too
Walking down the last steps, he stood quietly at the doorframe leading into the kitchen, smiling to himself when the chorus came again, Kate's hair was tied back in a ponytail, and she had his shirt on which cut off at a perfect length showing off her legs.
Kate now had a hold on the broom swinging it around and bopping her head, singing only the good die young.
Jack couldn't help but let out a chuckle at her causing her to turn around, seeing Jack standing there leaning on the doorframe with his arms crossed over his chest, grinning at her, she stopped singing and felt the red rise to her cheeks.
"Why'd you stop?" He asked walking up to her, laughing
She ducked her head, "Why do you do that?" He chuckled, as her head came up again giving him a weird look he continued "Duck your head"
"Cause I'm blushing" She told him bringing her hand to her cheek
"So?" He said wrapping his arms around her from behind "You look cute with your cheeks are red"
"You know you're a cover stealer" He told her and she raised an eyebrow at him
"I am not!" She said offended
They both laughed and satisfied he got her blushing this early in the morning, he changed the subject. Finally noticing the counter was filled with bowls and spoons.
"What are doing?" He asked
"Well I thought it would be nice to make you and Aaron breakfast" She said happily
"Well thank you" He said kissing her
"Your welcome, but see I don't really know where anything is, so" She stated
"So you decided while you were waiting you'd dance with my broom" He said shrugging his shoulders, she slapped his shoulder and he started laughing soon joined by her
"Ok I'll stop" He finished
A little while later they heard little footsteps coming down the stairs and soon Aaron emerged from the hallway, seeing Kate he raised his eyebrow and looked over at Jack, remembering their conversation the little guy just shrugged "Morning Daddy"
"Morning Buddy, You hungry?" He replied
Aaron nodded "Morning Miss Austen"
"Good morning Aaron" Kate said then looking over at Jack, who seemed happy that Aaron was adjusting to this new person in their lives.
"Aaron can you help me?" Kate asked moistening for him to come see her, She knew Jack was worried about how Aaron felt about all this so she was trying to include him as much as possible
Picking him up and sitting him on the counter, she leaned in to whisper in his ear "I need your help to make breakfast for your daddy; you think you could help me?"
Aaron smiled he liked surprising his daddy, he nodded happily. Looking over at Jack "Daddy go, it's a surprise" he said to him laughing and pointing towards the other room
Laughing Jack stood, knowing that Aaron would tell Kate to make pancakes because he loved them as much as Jack did; he leaned in and whispered in Kate's ear "Make sure you put chocolate chips in Aaron's, he loves them" Kate looked at him kissing his cheek in thanks.
"Daaaaaadddyyyy" Aaron whined
"Okay, Okay I'll go take a shower, will it be ready by then?" He asked
Aaron nodded flinging his hands telling him to go. Jack laughed happy Aaron wanted to do this with Kate.
In the kitchen, Kate and Aaron were having fun together.
"Ok we need butter" Kate said and Aaron sitting on the counter pointed to the fridge "Fridge" He told her and she would walk over a get it, scooping the amount they need and giving the spoon to Aaron so he could put it in. They continued like this until they had the pancake mix ready.
Kate poured the mix in the pan, remembering what Jack said, she looked over at Aaron "You know what I love on pancakes?"
Aaron shook his head "Chocolate chips" She replied seeing Aaron's face light up with a big smile "Me too!"
"They are in there" He said pointing to them, grabbing them Kate took some and let him take some, shouting them into the pancakes.
Aaron helped her set the table, and they heard Jack coming down the stairs "Can I come in now?" He checked
"Come in Daddy" He heard Aaron say
When he walked in Aaron ran up to him "Daddy Miss Austen likes chocolate chips too" he told him amazed
"She does huh?" He said looking over at Kate smiling
They sat at the table together eating, Aaron telling Jack about how he helped Kate make the pancakes.
"We make a good team don't we Aaron" She said
Nodding his head, chewing his pancake he added "We're like Batman and Robin"
Jack and Kate laughed and Kate felt Jack grab her hand under the table, resting it on his knee.
About a week later, Kate told Jack that her parents wanted to meet him, well mostly her dad which made him even more nervous.
I came to see her daddy for sit down man to man
It wasn't any secret I'd be asking for her hand
Pulling into the driveway, they had a nice house, it wasn't as big as the one he's parents have but that made him feel more relaxed, it had an old style feel to it, but seeing as Kate came from Iowa that made sense.
"You ready?" Kate asked taking her seatbelt off
"No" He said bluntly causing her to laugh, grabbing his hand rubbing the top with her thumb "You'll be great"
Taking a breath and walking up to the house, with their hands still linked together.
Sandy blonde haired women answered the door "Hey mom" Kate said hugging the women, pulling away she looked over to Jack "You must be Jack" She smiled at him
"It's nice to meet you Miss Austen" He smiled at her
Waving she replied "Call me Diane" Surprising Jack a little when she gave him a hug too, but he gladly returned it
"Where's Daddy?" Kate asked
"Oh he's in the back" Her mom told her
Walking through the house to the backyard Jack saw a man with almost no hair and the little he had was grey, with sea green eyes just like Kate's.
"Honey, Katie's here" Her mom let him know
Walking over to them he kissed Kate on the cheek, and stood in front of Jack, just staring at him
"How you doing son?" He finally said
Jack shook his hand "Good sir, How about you?"
"I'm alright, you want to join me in the living room to have a talk" The older man asked with his voice not really wanting an answer
Jack smiled nodding, and swallowing hard, Kate saw this and squeezed his hand tighter.
"Meet me in there son, I'd like to talk to my daughter" He told Jack, Who looked at Kate and faked smiled, she leaned up to kiss him sweetly before he left
Kate and her parents talked in the hallway, while Jack looked for the living room.
I guess that's why he left me waiting in the living room by myself
With at least a dozen pictures of her sitting on a shelf
Jack looked around the living room; there were awards all over for Sergeant Austen, Great Jack thought she couldn't tell me her dad was a Sergeant, he was now ten times more nervous. Walking to the other wall he saw that there were a bunch of pictures of Kate when she was younger.
She was playing Cinderella
She was riding her first bike
The first picture he saw was of a little Kate maybe 4 years old, she was sitting on the dirt road, her bike behind her and a band-aid on her knee, she had tear stained face but was standing up with her arms in the air to show she was tough. Jack chuckled same ole Kate.
Taking a step to see another one
Bouncing on the bed and looking for a pillow fight
This one had Kate as a baby, her dad was holding her up in the air over the bed, and you could tell that she was laughing; Jack smiled at the memory of doing this with Aaron, it made him feel like he was doing alright as a dad.
Running through the sprinkler with a big Popsicle grin
Dancing with her dad, looking up at him
Kate was sitting in a tree in this one eating an ice cream cone, she couldn't have been more than 8 years old, Aaron's age, her ice cream was all over her face and she was smiling, Jack liked this one because you could see her little freckles clearly.
In her eyes I'm Prince Charming
But to him I'm just some fella
Riding in and stealing Cinderella
Looking at these pictures he thought about her dad, and about who he would feel, Kate was only daughter and he didn't want to lose her.
Leaning into the next picture, to get a closer look at what she was doing in this one. He heard someone come in the room.
I leaned in towards those pictures to get a better look at one
When I heard a voice behind me say "Now, ain't she something, son?"
"She really is something else huh Son?" The man asked
I said "Yes, she quite a woman" and he just stared at me
Jack smiled at him, turning towards him and away from the pictures "Yes, She's an amazing women Sir"
Looking into his eyes Jack realized that in her father's mind she was always going to be that little 8 year old princess, so he had to know that the guy that was her prince was going to take care of her.
Then I realized that in his eyes she would always be
"I'm not going to hurt your daughter Sir, I care about her too much" Jack told him honestly
The older man looked at him for a while, as if studying him. After a while he stuck out his hand for Jack to shake "Call me Sam"
Slapping Jack on the shoulder "I believe you care about her, and from what I've heard she cares about you too, But I'm warning you don't let her down" He said with his hand on Jack's shoulder
"I won't" Jack looked him in the eyes and said sincerely
He slapped me on the shoulder
Then he called her in the room
"Katie, come on in here" He called
Kate came in smiling and wrapping her arms around her dad as tight as she could. He was always there for her which is something she couldn't say for everyone. Jack watched them together and even thought they didn't have the house that Jack grew up in, they had something better, Love. He stood there thinking about Aaron, and he hoped that he would feel that way about him, the way Kate feels about her dad.
When she threw her arms around him
That's when I could see it too
"So how did it go?" Kate asked walking over to Jack wrapping her arms around him and then looked over to her dad
"I think you got a good one Katie" Her dad said
Kate reached up to kiss Jack's cheek "Me too Daddy"
If he gives me a hard time
I can't blame him for that
I'm the one who's stealing Cinderella
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