TWELVE - BED TIME
"Here we are" Jack said as they got to the house. Let's go in and make some dinner" he unlocked the door and put Teddy down before lifting the pram in to the hall. "I'm not hungry" Teddy said, following Jack in to the kitchen "I'm not surprised" he laughed "you've just eaten half the towns ice cream!" He said as he wiped Teddy's face clean, confused as to how it was on his forehead "I'll only make you a little bit, OK?" Teddy nodded. "Why don't you go in to the living room and do some colouring?" Teddy smiled "OK" he walked off.
Rose sat at the breakfast bar as Jack started dinner "I'm sorry" she said awkwardly "for what?" He frowned, confused "Teddy falling and hurting himself. I promise I only turned my head for a second-" "you're not serious?" Jack laughed "what? Jack, this isn't funny" she said confused "Rose, kids trip all the time. I've lost count of the amount of bruises and scrapes that kid has had. He would have tripped whether you turned your head for a second or whether you'd been watching him like a hawk" he said as he sat beside her and put his hand on her back "he was just being Teddy" Jack smirked "please don't apologise, you did nothing wrong" "well, I'm sorry about that elderly lady, thinking I was his Mum" he sighed "again, not your fault. You might not be his mother, but you're like a parental figure… trust me Rose, only a parent would worry about something so minor, and the way Teddy wanted you when he hurt himself, and not me - which I'm definitely not bitter about" he smirked then continued "suggests he sees you as such as well. You're fine Rose. Teddy's fine. It's fine" he kissed her temple. She put her hand on top of his spare hand & leant in to him.
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A little while later the 3 of them had eaten dinner and were in the living room. "Right Ted, I'm going to put Eliza to bed, so half an hour then it's time to come upstairs, OK?" Teddy nodded "Rose, will you colour with me please?" Rose nodded, standing up. "Night darling" she whispered to Eliza and kissed her cheek before joining Teddy at the coffee table and colouring with him as Jack took Eliza upstairs.
A while later, Jack came back down. "Time for bed Teddy" he smiled softly "I don't want to go to bed" Teddy frowned, Jack laughed "I know you don't want to go to bed, but it's non negotiable I'm afraid" Teddy looked at Rose, almost asking her to take his side "go on, up you go, and we'll make cupcakes tomorrow, the quicker you go to bed, the quicker tomorrow comes" she winked. Teddy grinned & stood up. "You coming up?" Jack asked Rose "I'll stay down here and tidy up the mess in the kitchen" she chuckled "OK… say goodnight to Rose, Ted" Teddy hugged Rose "night night Rose" "night darling" she smiled and hugged him back, after watching them walk the stairs, she went in to the kitchen to tidy up.
Around 20 minutes later she heard a loud whisper from the top of the stairs "Rose!" She went to the bottom of the stairs to see Jack at the top "Teddy has asked if you'll read him his bedtime story, seems I'm not good enough anymore" he laughed quietly, as did she. She walked up the stairs and in to Teddy's room where he was sat on his bed, wearing his white pyjamas with trucks on them and a white fluffy dressing gown, his hair still a little wet from his bath 'god he's adorable' she thought "what do you want to read? Peter Rabbit?" She guessed but he shook his head "Peter Pan please" "oh wow, OK" she said surprised and picked up the book from his shelf "come on, get in to bed" she helped him under the covers and began to read the book, he lay next to her and began to fall asleep… as did Jack in the chair in the corner of the room. She tucked Teddy in, making sure his teddy was beside him then kissed his forehead before walking over to the chair and shaking Jack gently "Jack, Jack wake up" she said as he opened one eye "did I fall asleep?" He stifled a laugh "yes" she smirked "come on" Jack stood up and went over to Teddy, kissing his head "night darling" Rose smiled watching them then held out her hand, he took it and they left his bedroom quietly, checking on Eliza quickly before going down stairs to the kitchen, Jack poured them both a glass of wine. "Long day, Mr Dawson?" She smirked, he never drank wine - well, aside from the meal on the Titanic. He laughed and walked towards her, looking more serious the closer he got to her, he stood in front of her, close enough for her to smell the wine on his lips as he put the glass on the side. He didn't speak, instead he kissed her, she returned it and the they got more passionate by the second. She moaned as he went from her lips to her neck and back again, he lifted her up on to the work top. "Ja- Jack- we- we can't- the kids- Teddy- he might- wake up" she said breathlessly in between kissing him and stifling her moans, wanting this to continue more than anything. "They're asleep" he kissed her neck again, "we'll hear… if they wake up" he said, also breathless. Rose just nodded, not able to fight wanting this anymore. She began to unbutton his clothes as he did hers.
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"I'd forgotten how good you were at that" she smirked to him as they picked their clothes up off the floor "very funny" he rolled his eyes and pulled her close to him, kissing her gently "it's getting late… we should go to bed" Rose said, Jack sighed "god I wish we could be in the same room… I just want to wake up next to you… do you reckon Teddy's made it to my room yet?" Rose laughed "I think there's a very high chance… come on" she stood up and held out her hand, he took it and followed her upstairs. As always, he turned right and she turned left at the top "night Rose" "night darling" she smiled.