Chapter 4

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Jack and Sally continued their walked back from Doctor Finklestein's home, with his arm around her waist. "That went better than I expected," Jack said, "Don't you think, love?"

Sally looked up at her incredibly tall husband and nodded, "I'm just as surprised as you are. I, for one, didn't expect him to apologize for everything he has done. But, it's still nice to know that he does care." she finished with a smile.

Jack was about to say something else, when they were suddenly surrounded by Halloween Town citizens!

"Congratulations!" cheered The Hanging Tree.

"We all knew this day would come!" said one of the skeletons hanging from the tree.

"You two are going to be great parents!" Bertha, the corpse mother said.

"WHAT!" Jack and Sally were in shock. How did the whole town know Sally was pregnant?

"Please, excuse us for a minute." Jack replied as he took Sally's hand and dragged them away from the crowd.

"How can everyone know about our baby?" Sally asked as soon as they were out of earshot of the excited townspeople.

"I don't know, love. The only people we've told are the doctor and…" his eye-sockets became wide, as did Sally's.

"The Mayor!" they said in unison. They began to walk in the direction of Town Hall, where, without a doubt, the mayor was.

Before Jack could get the door open, the mayor ran out of Town Hall, with his face turned to his anything-but-happy side. "JACK! SALLY! I'M SO SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN TO TELL!"

"Um… mayor," Sally said, but he didn't hear,

"IT JUST SLIPPED OUT! I KNEW YOU WANTED TO KEEP IT A SECRET!"

"Mayor," Jack said, a little louder than Sally, but it wasn't enough,

"AND I TOLD THE WHOLE TOWN! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!"

"MAYOR!" they both finally shouted. The two-faced politician finally closed his mouth and waited on what the king and queen were going to say.

Jack sighed, "Its fine, mayor. We understand, you were excited, we are too," he said, smiling a bit, "but if you really wanted to tell someone, you should have come and told us first."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I should have known!" The mayor said, shaking his head.

"But look at it this way," Sally added in, "You've saved us the trouble of calling a town meeting."

The mayor immediately became more relieved and his face switched back to his happy side.

"Well, since we're already out here, "Jack said to Sally, "Do you want to go ahead and tell the town our wonderful news?"

Sally nodded and took Jack's hand, "Of course, they have a right to know they're going to have a prince or princess."

Thanks to all the commotion; almost, if not, all the citizens of Halloween Town were gathered around at the water fountain.

"Hello everyone!" they all turned their attention towards Jack, "I'm sure you have all heard the rumors that have been going around."

Sally stepped in, "And we're here to inform you all that the rumors," she paused slightly and grinned, "are true."

Jack grinned and put his arm around his queen's waist, "Yes, they are true. Sally and I are having a baby."

There was a gasp of surprise from the citizens, soon to turn into applause and cheers.

And then there came the questions…

"Is it a boy or a girl?" The Clown With The Tear-Away Face asked.

"We won't know until the baby is born," said Sally,

"What will the baby's name be?" asked the UnderSea Gal

"We haven't decided yet," Jack said. And that wasn't a lie; they really haven't thought about names.

"When will the baby get here?" asked the Witch Sisters, Broomhilda and Ingrid.

"About nine months from now, so the end of November," Sally replied.

The questions went on and on, and then finally Jack and Sally were able to escape the over-excited crowd, "Well, they all took it well. I'm glad they're excited about having a prince or princess." Sally said as they unlocked the front gates of their home.

He smiled at her, with his eye-sockets half-lidded, "I'm glad as well, my darling. I'm glad that we're having this baby together, as a matter of fact, I'm overjoyed. Never in my life would I have guessed that I would be a father, let alone be able to call the most hauntingly beautiful woman in the Holiday Worlds my wife, my Pumpkin Queen, and now the mother of my children." He kissed her forehead, "I love you, Sally."

Sally felt her cheeks turn bright red as she melted into Jack's open arms, "I love you too, Jack. A long time ago, I could only dream of being your queen and having your children. I'm so happy that my dream came true." She said, lightly placing her hand on her stomach.

His smile grew bigger. Sally's baby bump could already be seen through her sapphire dress, replacing that old patchwork dress she wore a long time ago. Jack brought his hand to her stomach, stroked it with his fingertips.

They went inside without another word, traveled straight to their bedroom and fell right to sleep.

To be honest, I really didn't like the way I ended this chapter; but I wanted to get this up today and was in a rush to finish. I'll try to have the next chapter up before the end of this week, no promises though. If you have any suggestions or ideas for later chapters, PLEASE! review or PM me. R&R!

With Love, TheLostPumpkinPrincess112495

DLSCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS FAN-FIC; THEY ALL BELONG TO THE GENIUS THAT IS TIM BURTON!