I have a poll on my profile page asking a question I really want to have answered. I'm trying to get as many answers as I can, and very few people visit my profile. I've gotten literally one answer in a week, and that's sad. Please answer, and be honest about it.

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PREDITORY

One Month Later

I walk into the living room nervously, Bandit on my shoulder. "M-Mom?" I can't keep the shake out of my voice.

"What's wrong?"

"Um… I-I—" Tears rolling down my cheek.

Mom stands from where she had been sewing and walks over before wrapping her arms around me and leading me to the couch. Bandit flies around the room before landing on top of the TV. "Tell me, honey."

"Jack and I… I'm pregnant. I mean, it's only been four weeks, and I haven't even told Jack yet, but he finally got Sierra to notice he's alive, so what do I matter to him now?"

"Don't worry about Jack. I'll let June handle him. You're sure about this, though? If you want, I can take you to work with me tomorrow and have my friend Kiara take a look."

"All right."

"Not to change the subject, but how is your waterbending training going?"

"Jack says I've almost mastered it." I'm more than happy to have the subject off my baby.

"I guess we'll have to start searching for an earthbending master soon. You always have been a quick study."

I smile. "I've already found one, Mom. My friend Miko. I've got a firebender lined up too, so don't worry."

"I'll come later, Optimus. I told Mom last night, and she wants a coworker at the hospital to take a look."

"I will meet you at the medical center, if you wish to come to the base."

"I told Mom I'm at bending practice, so she insists I go there as soon as we're done. She offered to take me, but I said I had a ride."

"You and Jack are to accompany Arcee on an energon scouting mission when you come. I know you are still hurt, but Arcee has requested that you accompany her."

"All right."

I follow Mom into the hospital. "Go sit at the desk while I get ready for my shift. I don't want you talking with June, okay? Let me handle her."

I nod slightly before walking over to the desk. The ever-present lemur hops from my shoulder to the desktop and chitters at me. "Yeah. I know this stinks. But I'll get through this. I just wish Aang was here."

Aang's spirit appears in front of me. "But I am here. We are all a part of you. We live in you."

"I know, I know, I know! But I… I don't know what to do. It was a different world, when you were alive."

"Some things are still the same. What about Bandit? He follows you everywhere, just like Momo followed me. He even LOOKS like Momo."

"I don't have a bison, Aang. My whole life, I've wanted a bison like Appa, but I've never gotten one. What am I going to do when we don't have the ground bridge anymore?"

Bandit chitters softly. I sigh softly and stroke his head as Aang's spirit fades away. "We need a sky bison, Bandit. That's all there is to it. We need a bison."

"Sheyenne? Come on. Kiara's here and we've got a room set up."

"Coming, Mom." As I start to walk away, Bandit flies over and lands on my shoulder and chitters at me. "Sorry. Didn't mean to leave you."

"I heard you had a pregnant teen come in. I could help."

"I'm not sure my seventeen year old daughter needs that right now."

"It's Shey? Nora, I didn't know."

"Kiara's in with her now. We need to talk, though."

"What's up?"

"She said it was Jack's baby."

June raises an eyebrow. "Jack just started dating Sierra. So how could the baby be his?" Mom shrugs.

"All right, come on in."

The two turn to see Kiara standing at the door.

Mom walks in. "How is she?"

"She is pregnant, looks like she's about a month along. Oh, and there's two babies."

"Twins?" I whisper nervously from my place on the bed.

"They're both healthy, from what I can tell, and they appear to be identical. Mom's healthy and more worried about her bending lessons than her pregnancy."

"She's got bending practice right after we leave here."

"I'd better get dressed. My ride's going to be here soon." I slip back into my blue jeans with a wide orange belt, an orange polo, an orange hoodie and orange flats before grabbing my orange purse, my overnight bag, my water skin, my fans, and my staff. My hair is still in its usual braid, with an orange wraparound headband holding my bangs back and revealing my arrow tattoo. I walk out the front door and throw up in a conveniently placed trash can before walking across the lot to Optimus, Bandit in his usual place on my shoulder. "Hey. Ugh. Hold on." I lean out and throw up on the ground before closing the door and leaning back into the seat and laying a hand on my stomach. "You two are starting to make my life miserable, you know that, right?"

"Two?"

"Yeah. Mom's OB friend came down for the exam." I shrug. "She's a waterbender, like Jack. Anyway, she found that I was carrying twins… the children of a boy who, besides my training, doesn't see me." I sigh softly. I look out the window and start to sing softly.

She can't see the way your eyes
Light up when you smile
She'll never notice how you stop and stare
Whenever she walks by

And you can't see me wanting you
The way you want her
But you are everything to me

And I just want to show you
She don't even know you
She's never gonna love you
Like I want to
And you just see right through me
But if you only knew me
We could be a beautiful miracle
Unbelievable, instead of just invisible

There's a fire inside of you
That can't help but shine through
She's never gonna see the light
No matter what you do

And all I think about
Is how to make you think of me
And everything that we could be

And I just wanna show you
She don't even know you
She's never gonna love you
Like I want to
And you just see right through me
But if you only knew me
We could be a beautiful miracle
Unbelievable, instead of just invisible

Like shadows in a faded light
We're invisible
I just wanna open your eyes
And make you realize

I just wanna show you
She don't even know you
Baby, let me love you, let me want you
You just see right through me
But if you only knew me
We could be a beautiful miracle
Unbelievable, instead of just invisible

She can't see the way your eyes
Light up when you smile

"Would you rather stay at the base?"

"I need to go on every mission I can, Optimus." I smile slightly at the prime's words. "But I am glad you care."

"More than you know…"

'You have no idea… More than you know…' I blink up to the steering wheel. "Wait a minute… do you have a crush on me, Optimus?"

"I… It would not be wise, for neither of us can have those kinds of bonds."

"I've already chosen to accept the supposed flaw. Besides, it's EARTHLY attachments. You're not of Earth, and I'm not from Cybertron. It's a loophole."

I climb out of the semi and onto the motorcycle. "Hey, Arcee."

"You're still not talking to Jack? It's been a month."

"And he's still seeing Sierra. That's why I haven't spoken to him. Because I'm still hurt."

"Have you told him yet?"

"Don't plan to. Mom said she'd help me, and that she would tell Dad and June for me."

Jack walks down the stairs and climbs on in front of me. "You ready to go?"

I nod and turn away. "Oh. Still not talking to me, I see. Spirits, you're worse than Bumblebee. If you have a voice, use it."

"Jack, let her be. She's been hurt."

"Really wished I packed some insect repellant." Jack swats at the mosquitoes landing on his chest. "The mosquitoes on these routine recons are the size of vampire bats. And they drink just as much blood. Ow!"

"Quite the outdoorsman, aren't you Jack?"

"You wouldn't be making fun of my survival kit."

"Maybe."

"I would."

Jack turns around. "I may not have stinger proof metal skin, Arcee, but in a pinch, I can use my multi-function pocket knife and magnesium fire-starter to cook up some freeze-dried Mac-and-cheese."

"Let's not talk about food, Jack." I throw up on the ground.

"Oh, so now you talk to me?"

"Because we're on a mission, and you have to communicate on a mission."

"You have your tools, I have mine." The energon tracker starts beeping in her hand. "That's odd. Ratchet's satellite scans were accurate. But subterranean energon deposits don't cause this kind of surge." Arcee walks faster through the forest as she follows the trail.

Jack and I run faster through the forest to catch up with her. When we reach the end of the clearing, the energon tracker begins to beep rapidly. "Whoa."

There are trees that are destroyed. Dirt, mud, and rocks are piled up on one another to form a ditch. The trail of the ditch leads to the top of the mountain. "What happened here?"

"Crash landing. Stay behind me. Low and close." Arcee walks closer.

Jack and I calmly follow her to where the ship is. I hear the leaves rustle and look behind me. I know something is wrong, but I turn around and focus on the task. We arrive at the end of the crash site and Arcee's instincts kick in. She hides behind trees and debris, looking to see if anyone will come out from the ship.

Jack and I run up next to Arcee and hide behind a tree. "Autobot or Decepticon?"

"Can't tell. Wait here, I mean it." Arcee's arms change into blasters and she walks cautiously to the ship. She slowly walks around the ship. She jumps to the opening of the ship and charges her blaster. Jack and I see Arcee walk inside the ship. They are waiting for the blasters to go off, but nothing happens. Instead they see Arcee horrified as she walks out of the ship. She leans against the wall of the ship, trying to keep herself in control.

"Arcee!"

THIRD POV

Arcee didn't listen. A painful memory was beginning to play through her mind.

'A black and purple Decepticon hissed in delight as she saw her victim unconscious. She walked over to the body and used her claw. And with one swipe, energon splattered over the wall.' Arcee shakes her head, trying to get rid of the memory.

NORMAL POV

"Arcee, are you okay?"

"I know who this ship belongs to." Arcee activates her comm. Link. "Arcee to base, I need a ground bridge, ASAP."

"Wait, why? Whose ship is this?"

"Base, do you read?" Arcee gets only static in response. "Scrap! Comm. link's dead! The ship's gotta be transmitting a high-frequency scrambler pulse."

I try my comm. link, but receive static as well. "I'm not getting anything either."

"Not good." Arcee walks off. "Arcee, you're kind of freaking us out!"

"Wait here." Arcee then walks away from us and into the forest.

THIRD POV

As she is looking around, her optics widen as she fights back a painful memory. 'Arcee continued to struggle against her bounds. The electrical cuffs held her in the air while a sticky web substance locked her feet in place. The Decepticon approached her and smirked as she raised her acid claw. Arcee backed her helm away in fear. Only the sounds of scraping metal and Arcee's screams were heard.'

NORMAL POV

"Arcee?" a voice asks. She turns around to see Jack and I looking at her fearfully and worriedly. Without saying anything, Arcee immediately transforms into her vehicle mode.

"Climb on."

Jack and I look at each other for a moment before Jack gets on and puts on his helmet. After I follow suite, Arcee takes off at high speed. Jack cries out in surprise while I hold onto Jack for dear life. Arcee increases her speed as she arrives at a gap. "ARCEE! WHOA!" Arcee lands on the other side and skids to a stop. "Was that really necessary?" Jack and I get off.

"Arcee to base…Scrap!"

"Look. Arcee, we've seen danger before. Whatever this is, it's nothing new to us."

"Wait here. I mean it this time."

"Wait a minute." Arcee transforms. "You're leaving us in the forest with someone after us? What happened to protecting us?"

"I thought we were your partners!"

"No. You two are just kids. The only reason you guys were allowed to be here is that the mission was no-risk. Got it?" Before either of us can reply, Arcee transforms back into her vehicle mode and speeds back into the forest.

Jack and I look at each other with worry. "What's going on with her?"

I am quiet for a moment. "Something from the past is coming back to haunt her. And whoever it is, he or she is somewhere in the forest."

"How do you know that?"
"I've had a similar experience." I shrug.

Jack pulls water from a tree and freezes it to create a bridge across the canyon. "Come on."

THIRD POV

Arcee transforms into her robot mode and activates her blasters. She hides from tree to tree as military training kicks in. Arcee is terrified. She can easily get herself killed, but she is more worried for Jack and Sheyenne. She can definitely tell that Jack is terrified. But for some reason, Sheyenne is calm about this. Like she knows who is here, and what Arcee is going through.

Her thoughts are interrupted by a sizzling noise. She turns around to see a tree trunk that is being destroyed by acid. She widens her eyes as a painful memory comes back to her.

'Autobots and Decepticons were firing at each other as Arcee ran through a damaged bridge. She contacted her partner Tailgate to see where he was. "Arcee to Delta team, Requesting rendezvous coordinates. Do you copy?"

"Arcee, you lost again? Your sense of direction could use some improvement."

"So could your aim Tailgate. If you had tagged that sniper back at the artillery depot, I wouldn't have had to engage the enemy hand to hand."

"From the sound of things, I'm guessing you came out ahead."

"Try waiting for me this time and I'll give you the blow by blow. What's your position?"

"About half a click from the depot due north. Think you can find it partner?"

"Trust me Tailgate. My navigation abilities are-AH!" She finds herself pinned to the wall by a web-like substance. She tries to see who ambushed her, but the web is covering her face. The ambusher shot the substance again and Arcee was knocked unconscious.

The next thing she knows, she is struggling against her binds and sees that she is at someone's base. Her captor walks around her before she is in front of her smirking. "Piece of advice," She raises an acid claw. "Make yourself comfortable. You're going to be here awhile."

Arcee moved her helm further away from the claw, but it eventually made contact with her faceplates. She winced as the acid burned her, leaving a small wound.'

Arcee gulps as the acid keeps eating away at the stump. She has to get to Jack and I.

Jack and I are currently setting up camp so we could rest and search for Arcee later. Little do we know that a Cybertronian is silently watching us.

THIRD POV

Her optics scan the tent to see Jack reading a book while I drink some water. "My first local. Time for humankind to fell my sting." She transforms into her spider mode and slowly creeps towards the tent while the teens pay no attention. When she is close enough, she pounces, but she doesn't make the kill. Instead, Arcee tackles her and they roll down the hill.

When they reach the bottom, Arcee crashes into the wall while the spider falls to the ground. She then slowly gets up and smirks. "Arcee. Small universe."

"Too small, Airachnid."

"You're still holding a grudge? The war has been over for mega-cycles."

"Tell that to the Decepticons." Arcee gets into her fighting stance.

"These days I travel solo. In pursuit of my new hobby."

'Arcee walked through the ship, her guard was slightly down. She followed a green light at the center of the ship. But what she saw was horrifying. A collection of heads from different species was hanging alongside the wall.'

"I got a look at you souvenir case."

"You mean my trophies? I collect endangered species. Of course, they aren't really endangered until they meet me. And I have a slot reserved for human."

"Not gonna happen." Arcee pounces. She tackles Airachnid to the ground, but Airachnid smacks Arcee and she collides with the rock. While Airachnid clutches her throat, Arcee activates her blasters and fires. Airachnid jumps onto a tree, avoiding the shots, and fires a sticky web substance at Arcee, tying both hands together. As Arcee begins to struggle, she pulls the connection to Airachnid, causing her to fall to the ground in surprise. Arcee then activates her wrist blades and cuts through the webs. She continues to fire at Airachnid, but this time, Airachnid fires at Arcee. Arcee dodges the shots and jumps high to grab a tree branch. She flips once before she jumps off and pins Airachnid to the ground and aims her blasters at her head.

NORMAL POV

Suddenly, they both hear a crumbling noise and turn to see Jack and I slowly coming down the hill.

Taking the opportunity, Airachnid uses her spider claws and smacks Arcee off of her. She then fires her webs and pins Arcee to a rock. Arcee tries to break free, but the substance is too strong. "Arcee!"

Realizing Airachnid will attack us, she cuts through the web pinning her to the wall using her wristblades. She activates her blasters and her shot hits Airachnid. She yells in surprise as she skids a few feet before she crashes into a rock unconscious. "I told you to wait for me!"

We try to pull the webs to set her free. "Well partners don't ditch partners!" Jack pulls on a particular web.

"Get this through your head. You two are not my partners. Jack, Sheyenne, you may be able to defend yourselves, but you don't stand a chance against Airachnid."

"That's a lie Arcee and you know it! You are afraid of something that's haunting you! I don't know what it is but you are afraid!"

THIRD POV

'"You know, for an Autobot, your resilience is quite impressive. In fact, I'm guessing that no matter what I do, you'll never crack. Am I right?" Arcee glares at her. "That's what I thought."

The doors open as two drones dragged in an Autobot. He is beaten up, but Arcee widens her eyes as she realizes who it is. "Tailgate?" Tailgate only groans in response as they drag him to a spot in Arcee's view. They put the cuffs on Tailgate's wrists as the electricity makes contact with the cuffs. Tailgate groans in pain as he is lifted off the ground. "What have you done to him?"

"Not much…yet. Just tell me what I want to know. Or…well, you're a smart bot. I think you can imagine what happened to Tailgate next."

"I don't know the attack coordinates." Airachnid didn't believe her. She ignored her as she walked over to Tailgate. "I swear upon the All Spark it's the truth!"

"We shall see." Airachnid chuckles.

"No! Please!" Airachnid activates her claw. Arcee widens her optics as Airachnid makes the swipe and energon splatters on the wall. "TAILGATE!"'

NORMAL POV

"You're right Sheyenne. I am afraid, of losing you!" Arcee blurts out, causing Jack and I to freeze in shock.

"You sure have trouble holding on to your partners don't you?" Airachnid walks towards us. "We both know what happened to Tailgate. But I've recently picked up some Decepticon radio chatter regarding the passing of Cliffjumper. At some point, you should really ask yourself, Arcee: is it them, or is it me?"

"Do you two get it now? She's not interested in me! She hunts indigenous species. And she's on Earth! That means humans, you two! RUN!"

I then pull Jack away from Arcee as Airachnid shoots another layer of webs.

"And that is why I now prefer to work alone. It's so sad when bad things happen to those close to you. But don't get me wrong. I fully intend to snap out your spark. And believe me. I will make it hurt. But that won't compare to the pain you'll feel knowing that I'm adding your humans to my collection." Airachnid smirks before walking away.

"JACK! SHEYENNE!"

Jack and I keep panting as we are both running for our lives. We look behind us to see Airachnid catching up to us. "Keep running!"

"That's the spirit you two. Play hard to get."

THIRD POV

Arcee continues to struggle against her bounds, but nothing is working. Arcee then screams as another memory flashes before her optics.

'Arcee screams in agony as she sees her partner killed right in front of her. Airachnid then moves her claw towards Arcee, getting ready to kill her as well. Suddenly, the door exploded as smoke makes its way into the prison. Airachnid growls and escapes while she has the chance. Bumblebee runs into the room, activates his blasters, and fires at the drones. Cliffjumper makes his way to Arcee and undoes the cuffs that are holding her in the air. When she falls to the ground, Cliffjumper and Bumblebee carefully carry her out of the cell.

"I couldn't save him! I couldn't save my partner!"'

Arcee closes her optics and hangs her head sadly. "I'm sorry. I never should have looked back. I should have…kept driving." An idea then sparks into her head. Arcee begins to walk so she can try to stretch the webs and rip them off. When she has enough distance, she transforms into her vehicle mode and tries to rip the webs from the wall.

Our legs keep aching, as we have been running from Airachnid for who knows how long. We both climb over a fallen tree and collapse on our knees. We breathe heavily as we look for any signs of Airachnid. We gulp as we hear Airachnid slowly stepping nearby. "Holy-" I cover jack's mouth to prevent him from saying anything and pull him under the tree trunk. Airachnid stops and put her hands on the fallen tree trunk where her prey resides. Jack and I both watch in horror as Airachnid stepped over us. Jack slowly put his hand on the tree trunk and feels the water inside.

"Hello."

Jack screams while we gather all the water in the tree and splash it on Airachnid. She growls as she sees Jack and I make a run for it. She shoots two webs at us, but we dodge it as it hits a tree instead.

THIRD POV

Arcee continues driving at her highest speed to rip off the webs. After a couple of hours, the webs finally rip off and Arcee takes off to look for Jack and Sheyenne.

Jack and I continue to run as Airachnid is beginning to catch up to us. "Oh scrap, the gap's coming!"

"Spirits, you're like Sokka! Sheesh!" I pull water out from a tree and create a bridge across the gap. We both slide across the bridge and stumble as we make it to the other side. I then spot Airachnid and gulp with fear. Jack gets the water that forms the bridge, transforms it into ice spears, and throws them at Airachnid. Airachnid covers her faceplates as the ice makes contact with metal. She growls as she feels a couple of ice spears scrape her faceplates. She walks over to the gap and gracefully jumps over.

Jack and I walk over to a tree and stop to catch our breath. Jack pulls out his multi-function pocket knife and pulls out all of the blades, all which are useless against Airachnid. "Oh who am I kidding?"

"Come on!" I pull Jack and start running again.

"Despite your bending abilities, you two are making this too easy. And I do not enjoy being bored." Airachnid eventually ends up at her ship and smirks. She heads towards it. "Now where did you scamper off to?" Jack and I hide behind one of the bent wings of the ship. Jack holds me close to his chest. We both hold our breath as Airachnid goes to the top of her ship.

We release our breath as we run off. Airachnid then jumps off from the top of the ship and transforms into her robot mode.

"If you two wanted a tour, all you had to do was ask. Did you two spot the empty spaces? I hope you like them. It's where you two will soon hang your heads." She walks inside.

Jack and I run around the ship and slide down a miniature slope. "You got any ideas?"

We both hear a small splashing noise and look down to see Jack's foot in a puddle of an all too familiar liquid. "Energon."

"That's good, right?"

Jack takes out his magnesium fire starter and shows it to me. "Catches on fire quickly." "Good idea, seeing as we don't have Raf and I haven't learned firebending yet." Jack sees a stick and bends down. He starts to scrape the two metals together, sending sparks.

"Jack? Sheyenne?" Airachnid runs towards the sound.

"Can't you do this any faster?"

The stick then catches on fire and Jack picks it up and blows on it. When he hears footsteps from on top of the ship, Jack throws the stick to the engines and he and I run off. When Airachnid gets there, she sees the fire spread on the energon. "JACK! SHEYENNE!"

The ship explodes as Jack and I keep running to safety. But the force pushes us towards the top of the hill. We slowly get up and watch the ship burn in flames. "Do you think she survived?"

"I don't know." Jack stands up and dusts himself off. "Let's just find Arcee and get out of here."

We both go into the forest to look for Arcee, until… SPLAT! We both look down to see our feet covered in webs. We gulp as we both look up to see Airachnid in a tree, burning. She fires another set of webs at us. Jack is pinned to a tree and I am stuck on the ground. Airachnid comes down from the tree and touches Jack's face with her claws. "Jack! NO!"

A light burns into Airachnid's eyes as Arcee drives down from a hill, transforms, and kicks Airachnid in the face, causing her to skid back. Airachnid slowly gets up and sways a little bit as Arcee pulls off some karate moves. With one final move, Arcee kicks Airachnid dead in the chest, sending her flying and knocking down dozens of trees. When Airachnid stops, she falls to the ground, unconscious.

Arcee walks up to Jack and Katara and pulls the webs off of their bodies. "Are you two okay?"

I get up from the ground and dust myself off. "Yeah."

"Of course. Survival kit." Jack holds his pocket knife.

We hear a screeching sound as we see Airachnid drilling herself through the ground. Arcee begins to fire at her, but Airachnid is already in the ground. "AIRACHNID!" We look down the hole. "So much for closure."

"And Airachnid's stuck on earth."

"I'm not even sure that was a good thing."

"I'm sorry you two had to face my demons. You two were pretty fearless back there."

"Actually we were terrified."

"Mostly for you."

Arcee smiles. "Ratchet we need you to bridge us back." Jack sees a mosquito on his chest and squishes it. "I need to get my partners away from any oversized insects."

"Partners, huh?"

"Junior partners. I can still pull rank."

We walk through the ground bridge and settle on the couch. "So, how did you know? Or are we back to not talking again?"

"We're talking. I don't really like to think about it, but… Remember when we used to be gone all summer, and I'd send postcards from wherever we went?"

"Yeah. What about it?"

"On one of those trips, someone found out I was the avatar, and kidnapped me. My parents got me back, but through the rest of the trip, I felt like I had to watch my back, scared that he would try again, and this time, kill me."

"Oh… I understand."

"So, running out there was reminiscent of when I was fourteen. I was scared, but I forced myself to be brave, for you and 'Cee. I don't want them to know. If it gets to Optimus… I don't know what would happen."

We sit in silence for a minute before Miko comes in. "I'll go get things ready for your bending lesson."

"I need to talk with Ratchet about something. I'll meet you in there." I watch Jack run to get the training room ready before taking off to find the medic.

"Ratchet?" The medic simply turns and glares at me. "Ratchet, I need you to scan me." I rush over to him. "We had to run from a spider-con, and I'm afraid for my babies."

"Come with me." Ratchet lowers a hand. I climb into the hand and he carries me to the medical bay. A scan proves that they are safe and healthy, and not harmed by our running from Airachnid.

Jack smiles at me and picks up a stick he had pulled out of a tree in the forest and throws it at me. "Think fast!" I shriek, but use my new waterbending skills to break it in half. "Excellent. You have the reflexes of a waterbending master. I'll tell Miko to be ready to start training you tomorrow."

"Jackson Darby, don't tell me you left Sheyenne in the dust just because Sierra noticed you. I raised you better than that."

"Sheyenne's a friend. She's the avatar. She can't have any earthly attachments, so we can't be going out anyway."

"So, why did she come into the ER with her mother today saying that she's having your baby?"

Jack sighs. "She was crying because she's the last airbender, and I was trying to comfort her. One thing led to another. It wasn't anything more than that."

"Well, she apparently thought it was. I expect you to take responsibility for your actions, Jack."

Jack nods. "I didn't even know until now that she was pregnant." Jack says softly.

"Well, she just found out today that she's having twins." Jack rubs the back of his neck nervously. "You need to talk to her, let her know you will help her through this. Now get washed up and get to bed."