A/N: Hey guys. Happy to be back and putting out another chapter. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Without further ado, here is chapter 2.
Chapter 2: A Funny Feeling
Sara was awoken to the sound of Michael's alarm and a kiss on the cheek.
"Good morning," he said scruffily, sleep still evident in his voice.
She turned in his arms to face him and smiled.
"Good morning," she said as she leaned in to kiss him.
"We need to wake up the kids for school, don't we?" Michael said, disappointment evident in his voice at the thought of getting out of bed and releasing his wife from his arms.
"Hmmm…" Sara thought as she looked at the alarm. "It's 6:30 right now, so we totally have time for exactly one shower before one of us needs to wake the kids up. So why don't you shower since you have to be at the office early today, and then while I shower you can wake up the kids and get them moving."
"Or," Michael started, "we could shower together to conserve time." He paused to kiss her. "And water," he added before kissing her again.
"Well, you know me. Always trying to do what's best for the environment," Sara said as she rolled out of bed. She walked toward the bathroom, making sure she swayed her hips a little bit more than necessary as she walked.
She stopped just before the door and looked back at her husband who was still in bed.
"Are you coming, Mr. Scofield?" she asked with a smirk.
"Try and stop me," Michael said gruffly before starting after her.
The bathroom was filled with Sara's squeals and Michael's laughs as they made their way to the shower.
Thirty minutes later, Michael emerged from the bathroom showered, dressed, and ready for the day.
"So, what do you think?" Sara asked Michael, as she, too, came out of the bathroom. She snaked her arms around his waist from behind before asking, "Should we split up to wake up the kids or tag-team them together?"
"Considering we let them stay up entirely too late last night watching Finding Nemo for the umpteenth time, I think we're gonna need all the help we can get getting them out of bed, but that's just my opinion," Michael said shrugging.
"Tag-team it is."
Just as they were about to head upstairs to wake up their boys, there was a knock on the door.
"Scratch that," Sara started. "You get the kids; I'll get the door."
Sara opened the door to find her brother-in-law standing on the other side of it.
"Morning, favorite sister of mine," Lincoln said, handing her two coffees and stepping into her house. He pulled her into a side hug and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Well good morning to you," she said back. "Why so chipper this morning? And not that I don't just love when you surprise me with coffee and—are those bagels?" she asked as she pointed to the bag in his hand.
He nodded in response.
"I know," he said cockily. "I'm just that good."
"And there's that Burrows ego we all know and love," Sara replied, jokingly punching Lincoln in the arm.
"I'm hurt," Lincoln replied dramatically.
"Okay enough jokes. Seriously, what brings the impromptu visit at 7 am this morning?"
"What are yours and Mike's dinner plans for the night?"
"Hmm…I'm not sure. It'll largely depend on work schedules. Why? What did you have in mind?" Sara asked, leading them to the kitchen. "Bagels?"
"Just thinking that it's been a while since we've all been together. I miss our family time. Sucre and Maricruz are in and so are Mahone and Felicia. We're just waiting on you two," Lincoln said as he handed her the bag.
"I'll have to check with Michael, but we should be all set."
"Check with me on what?" she heard her husband's voice from around the corner, Jacob in his arms.
"Hey," Sara said walking over to the pair. "And hello, my angel," she said as Jake reached for her and she took him in her arms.
Jake nuzzled against her neck and relaxed before noticing the visitor in the room.
"Linc!" he exclaimed, squirming from Sara's arms to try to get to his uncle.
"Easy there, crazy baby" Sara said as she shifted her sons weight to her brother's arms.
"J. Linc! My man! How's it going?" Lincoln said raising Jacob over his head before settling him on his hip.
"You'll use any excuse to remind us that we named him after you, won't you?" Michael said rolling his eyes at his brother's nickname for his son.
"How've you been man?" Lincoln asked putting Jake in his high chair before turning to pull his younger brother into a hug. "I feel like I haven't seen you in forever."
Sara busied herself with preparing breakfast for the five of them while she let the brothers catch up.
"Pretty good. Busy, but good. Is that coffee?" Michael asked pointing to the cup on the counter.
"All yours," Lincoln said.
"Good looking out, brother. So what about you? What have you been up to lately?"
"See that is the problem. We don't have time to see each other anymore. With kids and work and wives, we need to catch up. Which is why I've proposed we have dinner tonight at my house," Lincoln ended proudly.
"Ah, so that's what you were propositioning my wife about this morning," Michael said jokingly.
"Gross. But yeah I guess so. So what do you think?" Lincoln asked.
"I'm good with it," Michael said with a shrug.
"Hate to break up this moment of brotherly bonding, but if Mikey doesn't get down here soon, he is going to be late for school, and you are going to be late for work," Sara said looking up from her bagel preparation.
As if on cue, Mikey came barreling into the room.
"Uncle Lincoln!" Mikey cried launching himself into his uncle's arms.
"Wow! You guys really know how to make a guy feel loved around here. What's up, buddy?" Linc said giving his nephew a hug before setting him back on his feet.
"Good morning. You're cutting it a little close this morning, buddy. Looks like you'll have to take your breakfast to go this morning if you want to make it to school on time," Sara said as she put a bagel on a paper plate for Mikey to take with him.
"Shoot, it's 7:30. We better get going," Michael said.
He walked over to Jake's high chair and kissed him on the forehead.
"See you later, little man," he added, tussling his son's hair.
Michael then made his way over to his wife who was behind the counter packing his lunch. She turned to face him and handed him his paper sack.
"Thank you," he said smiling and kissing her on the cheek.
"Have a good day at work. Make mama some money," Sara replied. Michael pulled her in for a short, chaste kiss on the lips before the sound of Lincoln's fake gagging broke them apart.
"Get a room!" he said.
"I love you," Michael said.
"I love you, too."
"Bye, Mama," Mikey said walking toward the door.
"Um excuse me, mister. Aren't you forgetting something?" Sara said looking at her son expectantly.
Mikey made his way back over to his mom who bent down to hug him and give him a kiss.
"Bye, baby. Have a good day at school."
And with that, the boys were gone. Sara looked on at the space that her husband and son had just vacated and smiled. She was happy. So happy. Almost too happy. She couldn't believe that she was lucky enough to be living in a beautiful house with two beautiful sons, a perfect husband, and the job of her dreams. It all seemed too good to be true.
The truth is that Sara lived with constant fear in the back of her mind. Her life was seemingly perfect, but the last time that he life was that good, it was all ripped away from her. When things were good, she was happy, and when she was constantly busy, she didn't worry. But when she had time to take a breath and think about how great her life actually was, she lived in constant fear that the other shoe would soon drop and leave her life in shambles.
"Hello, Earth to Sara," Lincoln said snapping his fingers in front of her face.
"What?" Sara said, snapping out of her trance. "Oh, sorry Linc, I just got distracted."
"Yeah I can see that. Where'd you go?" Lincoln asked, concern etching his features.
"Huh? Oh, nowhere. I just…never mind it's stupid really. I need to get Jake ready to go," Sara said, keeping her head down and trying to step around Lincoln.
Lincoln stepped in front of her, blocking her path.
"Talk to me. Something's not right."
"It's just…do you ever think everything is just too good to be true?" Sara asked.
"What do you mean?" Lincoln asked.
"It's just that, I don't know, my life is really good right now. I'm really happy. And still, I just can't help but shake the feeling that something bad is about to happen," Sara said.
"Oh Sara," Lincoln said, pulling her into a hug. "I understand that completely. We've just been surrounded by danger and heartache and life-or-death situations for what feels like a lifetime. It's only natural that you're a little paranoid. But you just have to believe that the worst days are behind us. It's only up from here, sis."
"Yeah…" Sara started, "you're probably right. Thanks Linc."
"Of course I'm right," Lincoln said, giving Sara a wink. "Anyway. I better get going, and I know you have to leave for work soon." Lincoln said giving Sara a kiss on the cheek and Jake a high five.
"I'll see you tonight?" Lincoln asked in confirmation.
"See you there. We wouldn't miss it."
"C'mon, big guy," Sara said lifting Jake from his high chair. "Let's get you ready for day care."
A/N: Well there is a little sneak peak into what is going on with the rest of the gang. We'll see more of them next chapter. I hope you enjoyed my latest chapter and I will hopefully get another one out soon. Thank you guys for reading. I would love to hear what you think about my story in a review or PM! Your thoughts truly mean so much to me. See you guys soon! XOXO