Chases butterflies

That night Danny took Jessica out for a nice romantic dinner just the two of them. It was their last Valentine's Day before the baby came, and he wanted it to be special.

Before they left, they dropped Grayson off at Sam's mother's house.

"Hi grandma!"

"Hi baby!"

"I made you a Valentine's Day card at school!"

"Awe you did?! Thank you so much, sweet boy!"

"You're welcome! I made one for my mommy and one for my baby sister, and my daddy too!"

"Oh Gray, you're such a cutie pie!"

"Thank you!" He smiles.

Jane chuckles and looks at Jessica.
"Look at you!"

"I know, I'm huge!"

"Pregnancy has always looked so great on you, precious." Jane holds her face in her hand.

"Awe thank you!"

"Hi Daniel!" Jane smiles at Danny as he walks in.

"Hello Mrs. Shepard, how are you?"

"I'm doing well, thank you!  What do you two have planned for tonight?"

"I'm gonna take Jessie to that new steak house."

"Oh yes! I heard that place it delicious!"

"Yay! I can't wait!" Jessica giggles.

"You be good for grandma, okay Grayson?"

"Yes, mama." He smiles and nods.

**

"Oh this is so good!"

"I know!"

"I'm serious. Like it's so good! I think I'm gonna have an orgasm." Jessica says nonchalantly.

"Haha! I'm watching." Danny smirks.

"Oh gosh!" Jessica rolls her eyes.

"Heh! Babe, Grayson at Jane's, James and Caroline are staying at a bed and breakfast for the night.. Sam is out.. We have the house to ourselves for a while, you know what that means?"

"Have sex and be as loud as we want!" Jessica smiles.

"Yes!! Let's hurry up and get home!"

"Yes!! But we need dessert first!"

"You're my dessert." He smirks.

"Oh Ha-Ha, Daniel. Nice one, I'm getting cake!"

"Okay!" He chuckles.

"And pie!"

"Great, we can share!"

"Um.. No! Get your own!"

"It's cake AND pie!"

Jessica just gives him a look and Danny stops talking.

"I-I'll get my own."

***

March 9th.

"Baby, are you okay? You seem so sad."

"I'm fine.."

"No, tell me what's wrong."

"Today's been six years since Sam was diagnosed."

"Oh that's right, I'm so sorry I forgot!"

"No, it's fine! It just gets to me a lot more on days like this."

"Well of course."

"It came as such a shock.. One day we're starting to try for a baby, the next day they tell us he's dying. Two weeks later... He's gone." Jessica's voice shakes.

"Oh sweetheart, I'm so sorry." Danny hugs her.

"Thank you. It's so weird how everything turned out. I wish Sam was here, but then I wouldn't have you and the baby.. It's so confusing. I feel horrible for wishing he was still here, but It.. It's just so strange."

"I know how you feel. There are days I wish Camille was still here, but I wouldn't change my life for anything right now. I don't mean that I'm glad she's gone, but.. I don't know, it's difficult to explain."

"Yeah..
I don't wanna be sad today. Let's just be happy." Jessica smiles softly and wipes her tears.

"We have so many reasons to be happy, don't we, baby?"

"Many!"

"Like this little love bug." Danny smiles and holds her belly.

"Yeah.. Who still doesn't have a name."

"I know, I really want to give her a name!"

"I just have no idea what to name her. I've always had boys, so it's weird having to pick out a girl name.
I want it to be special. We worked hard for this little girl."

"Well YOU certainly have."

"Come on, you had sex with me how many times?!"

"Haha, baby, having sex with you has never once bothered me."

Jessica smiles and says, "Still.. I want it to be the most perfect little name ever! I've looked up some names and they're kinda cute, but I want a name that means something special! Felicity Grace.. Our little angel baby, her name means, Happiness, and Grace from God. I want hers to be special like that."

"Well I know Eliana means gift from God.. She certainly is a gift."

"She is.. I don't know.. She doesn't feel like an Eliana." Jessica grabs her belly in her hand.

"How about Paris? She was conceived in Paris.. That's special."

"Yeah but babe, will she sound like a whore?"

"No!" Jessica laughs and shoves him. Don't call my baby a whore!"

"I'm sorry. Paris is a beautiful name, I was just messing with you. Oh you know what? Iris means rainbow."

"Nice.. What's the big deal with a rainbow?"

"You don't know?"

"Know what?"

"A baby after miscarriage is called a rainbow baby."

"Oh really?! I had no idea."

"Yeah, you know, like a rainbow after a storm. Well that's definitely what she is."

"That's for sure."

"Iris.. Hm.. Well I don't know about a fist name, but maybe a middle name. That's if it goes with the first name we pick out."

"Yeah.. I don't know, I'm just throwing names out there."

"Yeah... How do you know about all these meaning of names?"

"Well I might have already been looking online."

"Awe, you're so cute!" Jessica chuckles.

"Yes, I know." Danny smiles.

"Heh.. Honey, do you mind if I take a little nap?  I don't know why, but I'm so sleepy."

"Well you're making a princess, it takes a lot out of you.  Go ahead and take a nap." Danny pecks her lips.

"Thanks, baby."

***

"Hi mommy!"

"Felicity!  Hi my baby girl!"

"You have a baby in your tummy!  Look how big you are!"

"Haha!  Yep!  That's your little sister."

"I know!  Mama, she's so beautiful." Felicity smiles.

"She is?  Well if she looks anything like you, then I know she'll be perfect!"

*Giggles* "She does look a little bit like me!"

"Oh good!  I've missed you, baby."

"I'm always with you, mama.  Except for Tuesday's at four because that's when I have dance."

"Oh really?  How's your dance class going?"

"Good!  I can show you how I dance!" Felicity says as she twirls around.

"Awe, very good!  Oh you're so good, baby girl!"

"Thank you, mommy!  Can I feel my sister move?"

"Of course you can!" Jessica sits down on the ground and Felicity places her hands on her mother's stomach.

"Haha, she's so crazy!"

"She is, isn't she?" Jessica smiles.

"Yeah.. Momma, can I tell you a secret?"

"Of course, baby."

"This little princess is going to love butterflies.. She won't remember why, but.. I'm going to tell you why she will."

"Okay."

"Right now I can play with my sister.  Our favorite thing to do is chase butterflies." A big bright smile appears on Felicity's face.

"When she talks about butterflies, or chases them the way we do now.. Momma, know that it's me.  It's my way of still being with her, and with you, daddy, Grayson, and my millions of other brothers."

Jessica laughs and tears fall down her face.

"Don't cry.  It's a happy thing.  You'll always know that I'm with you." Felicity says wiping her mother's cheeks, then holding her face in her palms.

"I love you so so much, baby girl."

"I love you too, momma!" She smiles and hugs Jessica tightly.

"Felicity!"

"Uncle Sam, what are you doing here while I'm talking to mommy?!"

"I wanted to say hi too, little miss."

Jessica chuckles and her face lights up even more when she sees Sam.

"Jessica!"

"Sammy!" She smiles.

Sam looks down at her and laughs.

"Five bucks she can't get up!" He tells Felicity.

"Ha-Ha, very funny, Samuel."

"I'm just playing with you." He takes her hands and helps her up.

"How are you, beautiful girl?" Sam hugs her.

"I'm doing well.  I miss you."

"I'm always with you.  In here." Sam pokes his finger on her chest.

"Woah.. Pregnancy boobs are back I see." He smirks.

Jessica laughs and Felicity makes a face.

"Uncle Sam!!"

"Sorry!"

Jessica giggles and wraps her arms around him.

They share a deep and passionate kiss while Felicity covers her eyes.

"Mmm.. I've missed kissing you, Sam."

"I've missed kissing you too." He smiles and looks down.

"Man, someone has put on weight since the last time I've seen her!"

"Samuel!" Jessica laughs and playfully hits his arm.

"That's because she's pregnant, Uncle Sam!"

"I know, I'm just kidding!" He laughs.

"You look absolutely beautiful, babe."

"Thank you, handsome." Jessica smiles and taps his nose.

"... Well we better go.  Grayson is about to come in and wake you up.  Tell that little booger that I love him.  Tell all my boys that I love them!  Oh and Jess!  I'm gonna be a grandpa!" He smiles.

"I know!  We're almost grandparents!!"

"And it's a boy!  A BOY!!
Haha!  Did you ever think you and Sam would be having babies at the same time?"

"Not at all!" Jessica laughs.

"I'm gonna be an aunt!" Felicity gets excited.

"Yes you are, precious girl!
I love you both so much.  Please visit me again soon."

"We will, mommy!"

"Bye Jess." Sam smiles.

***

"Mommy!  Mommy!"

"What baby?" Jessica sits up and tries to wake up a little.

"I'm ready for lunch."

*Chuckles* "Where's daddy?" Jessica rubs her eyes.

"He's on his computer."

"Okay, well let's go get some food.  Oh but first! *Smiles* I had a dream about your daddy Sam and he told me to tell you that he loves you very much."

"He did?!" Grayson smiles and his eyes widen.

"He did!"

"Yay!  I love him too!!"

Jessica giggles and kisses his cheek.

"Now let's go get some nom noms!"

"Yeah!!"

**

"Oh you're up already, baby?"

"Yeah, Grayson woke me up to tell me that he was ready for lunch."

"Gray, why didn't you tell me?"

"I want mommy to make my sandwich."

"Oh well excuse me!" Danny plays.

Jessica laughs and Danny follows them into the kitchen.

"Jess, I was searching for girl names and I found one that's really pretty."

"What is it?"

"Nova.  I mean I know it's different, but I like it."

"Nova is a beautiful name." Jessica smiles.

"Now the meaning, isn't anything too special."

"What is it?"

"Chases butterfly." He chuckles.

"What?" Jessica turns to him with a serious face.

"Chases butterfly.  At least, that's the Native American meaning."

"Are you being serious?"

"Yeah.  Jess, if you don't like that name, we don't have to use it."

"No, it's perfect.  You have no idea how perfect it is!" Jessica covers her mouth and starts to cry.

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