Anonymous: "Jackson and April take Chloe to build a bear"

I got this today and I kind of squealed. Just jumping in here without too much of a detailed plan. I have oneshots to make up and finally felt like it so…here it goes! I will say that April knows things here, I know things, but I don't know if I'm going to reveal them here. So if I know, why won't I tell you yet? Well, there's things to figure out but mostly it's just no one has asked…;)

100 Encore, Day 65: "Sharing A Wish"

"Daddy, I want three bears…Dare is Anna, Elsa, an' Cin-nerella. I hafta get dem…I need to."

"Sure, baby. Whatever you want."

"Jackson, those are the three most expensive bears in the whole store," April mumbled to him as he hopped along next to her, behind Chloe in Build-A-Bear. Louder, so Chloe could hear, "And Santa's coming very soon. Maybe he'll get you another one after you get one today. But three? That's kinda silly, right?"

"But mama, I sended my list to Santa wit daddy when you was working. I didn't ask fer a bear, I didn't know dis place." She shook her head back and forth vigorously.

"One. Bear." April seethed, into her husband's was naturally the stricter parent, and during the separation, that had only become more apparent. But if Jackson wanted to stay, if what he had told her earlier that day was the truth, if he was going to be a part of the family again, she was clear that he was going to have to start setting boundaries again. Both of them were to blame, but though they shared equal time with her while separated, Jackson had let so much more slide.

Jackson didn't understand the big deal about the bears. It was a special evening and he could afford to buy out the whole store. His mother never bought him things just because when he was younger, so he always did it for Chloe. He didn't care if he was doing it out of guilt.

But April had made it clear today that they were a long was from normal, but if he ever wanted to get there again, he'd have to stop with the spoiling. "Come sit with me on the wall over there and let's talk worm," he said, slowly making his way to a bench against the wall.

"Look at all the other little kids here, Chlo…do any of them have three bears?"

"They mommies an' daddies are holdin' them."

"I don't think so, babe. Mommy's right, we can always send Santa another letter, those get to him quick."

"I need one fer mom's house, one fer daddy's and one fer always takin' evewhere."

April saw Jackson gulp, and raised an eyebrow at him before taking over. She didn't want to give Chloe false hope, but at the same time, she had to have hope in her marriage. "Where does daddy live right now?"

"In you bed acause he hurted."

"So right now you're one little girl with one home that doesn't have to worry about moving anywhere. Santa's coming in a few weeks, so dad's right. We can just send him another letter. We wanted to come here tonight because we know we haven't had fun family time in a long time, if you get too sad about this well…I'll just be too upset and we'll have to go right home."

"That's not a very good idea, Chloe. There's nothing in the house to make for dinner, but I'm so hungry for chicken fingers. Aren't you? I thought we'd get some after this but I'm with mommy here. If you're too sad, we'll just have to leave…"

"No I not! I picks Ciner-ella so Anna an' Elsa not sad to be apart. It sad to be apart, right?"

"Right, no one is apart right now, worm. Everyone's together." April smiled. She still thought it was ridiculous to spend $80 a bear, but Chloe did deserve this evening, and it was the one she picked.

Chloe kissed both of her parents and jumped down from the bench. "What do you say to mommy for thinking of this idea? It's very nice since Santa is coming so soon."

"Thanks mom. Please will you make my bear talk?"

"Me? But you are the princess, Chlo," April said, as they made their way to the recording station.

"But you sounds like one and I sounds like a girl. I can't tell me 'I love you Chloe', mom. That's just silly."

"I think she's right," Jackson grinned, and they shared a split second smile for the first time since Catherine brought Jackson home from the hospital.

Once they convinced her CinderellaBear did not want to smell like anything at all, let alone cupcakes, and picked out scrubs for her to wear during her day job, it was time to stuff the bear. "I want her to be super cuddly please so fer when I need a hug." Chloe told her helper Kerri.

"You got it!" Kerri gave a huge over-enthusiastic smile. "Now it's time to put Cinderella's special-edition heart into her body so she can come alive and be yours forever. All of my friends who I help make bears like to make a wish on the heart and seal it with a kiss. You're gonna do that, right Chloe?"

"Yeah," she nodded. "An' my mommy an' daddy. We gonna kiss the heart agether cause we a agether family."

"That's very nice of you, sharing your wish. Are you ready?"

Chloe nodded again and Kerri handed her CinderellaBear's exclusive blue and silver heart. She looked up at her parents. "Ready guys?" they nodded. "One, two, three…wish!" she giggled, as her parents leaned down and kissed the heart with her. They'd never know, but all of them wished for the same thing.

"Now you kiss!" their little girl demanded. April shrugged and gave Jackson her cheek.