*Author's POV*

One Month Later...

Will had gone away for a Europe trip for work, but promised Katherine he would be back plenty of time before the baby comes. Prince is focusing on another album and already halfway through it, Katherine is designing a whole house for a very big client so everyone's busy...except Jack. Jack has been feeling a little lonely since Will left for Europe and has been hanging around Paisley Park nearly everyday when Prince and Katherine are home, which today they both are...

"How is that house coming along?" Prince asks, looking up at Katherine.

Katherine puts down her sketch pad, looking up at her husband.

"I'm halfway, I thought it would be more fun because it's a whole house instead of just one or two rooms...but it's so much more stressful than I thought." She sighs.

Prince smiles and closes his note pad.

"You're one of the best designers in the world, just take your time. Everything will just come together the way you want it to and the owner will love it." He reassures her.

Katherine gives him a warm loving smile.

The guard escorts Jack into the living room, Katherine raises an eyebrow and sighs.

"Good morning, Jack." Katherine says, looking back down and continuing her work.

Jack strikes a pose, holding a flyer in his hand and rolling it up into a microphone.

"Touch me in the morning." Jack sings as he dances closer to Katherine.

Without looking up from her sketch pad, Katherine speaks.

"Jack, I'm busy. Touch yourself." She says.

Jack scoffs, moving to stand in the middle in the room.

"Don't you at least wanna know why I'm in a good mood?" He asks.

Katherine takes a deep breath as she looks up at him.

"Did you get a new boyfriend this week?" Katherine smirks.

Prince chuckles, but soon makes a straight face when Jack fake laughs.

"Insert laugh, here." Jack says as he makes a tiny gap with his fingers.

Jack walks into the kitchen and Katherine and Prince follow. Jack quickly turns around.

"Oh so now you want my attention? Be gone peasants." He tries to shoo them away.

Prince shakes his head.

"Jack...just tell us what's going on. Enough with the dramatics." Prince sighs.

Jack waves his hands at Prince dramatically.

"You know, anger doesn't really go with what you're wearing." He comments.

Katherine rolls her eyes, gripping Jack by the collar of his jacket.

"Blood doesn't go with what you're wearing, I'm heavily pregnant and standing on very swollen feet so get to the point." Katherine scoffs.

Jacks eyes widen as he steps back, taking off his jacket. Clearing his throat.

"Okay, okay. I'm having a one man show tomorrow night, at that club that you, Will and I went to for your birthday, remember that? I'll be singing." Jack announces excitedly.

He hands the flyer to Prince and Katherine, Katherine smiles.

"Well Jack, you do have a beautiful voice." She says.

"Why thank you, my dear. So you two are gonna come right?" Jack asks.

Katherine chuckles.

"Of course! Right, baby?" Katherine nudges Prince's arm.

Prince looks at her then looks up at Jack, Jack's face drops.

"You're not gonna sing Cher or Britney Spears are you?" Prince glares at him.

"...No." Jack responds.

Prince raises an eyebrow, Katherine elbows him in the ribs, causing him to groan.

"Okay fine, yes." Prince says.

Jack claps excitedly while jumping up and down.

"Yay!" He cheers.

The three of them walk back into the living room, Prince sits down. Jack grabs Katherine's arm, she looks up at him with a questionable look.

"What is it Jack?" She asks.

"Take me to lunch?" He asks, laying his head on her shoulder.

Katherine sighs, pushing his head off her.

"Jack...just because Will isn't here, doesn't mean I'm going to be his replacement until he gets back." She says.

Jack gives her a confused look.

"What?" He asks.

"Sweetie, I know you miss him. I do too, but I'm not always available to take you to lunch and talk and hang out all the time like he does. I've got a lot on my plate right now, I have a whole house to design...I have a baby that's due to be born in two months that Prince and I have to prepare for. I love you, Jack, but family and work come first before play." Katherine explains.

Jack takes in what she's saying to him...well tries to. Prince sits there watching them, in case it gets out of hand like last time.

"I thought I was family..." Jack says.

Katherine's face drops, she grabs Jack's hands.

"Jack, you are. But I meant my own family...as in, my baby and my husband." She says.

Jack removes his hands from Katherine's, walking away from her. She turns around and calls out to him.

"Jack, don't leave like this. You know I love having you here, but there are times when Prince and I need some us time and time to work." Katherine explains.

Jack turns around and looks at her.

"No I get it. You all have your jobs and your families. Just like Will, he left. You two have your jobs and still here but keep shooing me away." Jack glares at the both of them.

Katherine raises an eyebrow.

"That's not what we're doing, I'm just simply explaining why we can't just drop everything for you when you want us to, this isn't always about you, Jack!" Katherine protests.

Jack scoffs.

"I'll just go be alone then! In my apartment for a whole month and a half until Will gets back, he'll know about how poorly you've treated me." Jack seethes.

Katherine's jaw drops.

"I've done nothing, you're such a drama Queen." Katherine rolls her eyes.

Jack gasps and points at her.

"Rudeness! Eyebrow plucker!" Jack shoots back.

"Leg waxer!" Katherine fires back.

"Overbite!" Jack yells.

"Parasite!" Katherine yells.

"Tramp!" Jack fires.

"Under-developed calves!" Katherine shoots back.

Jack gasps and holds onto the wall behind him.

Katherine smirks, folding her arms across her chest.

Prince sighs and stands, walking in between them.

"Alright that's enough! Listening to you two argue makes me want to go book a plane ticket to Europe and join Will." Prince rolls his eyes.

Prince turns his attention to Jack.

"Jack, you need to understand that we can't always be available to hang out 24/7. Maybe call us before just showing up and we'll tell you if we can, okay? And you..." Prince turns his attention to his heavily pregnant and frustrated Wife.

"You need to cool off and calm down before that blood pressure of yours gets you and the baby in trouble. Sit down, don't make me ask you twice...I have your Mother on speed dial." He threatens.

Katherine glares at the both of them and goes and sits down. Jack picks up his jacket, looking at Prince.

"I'll call you." He says before leaving.

Prince takes a deep breath before going and sitting beside Katherine, she looks at him.

"What?" She asks.

The look he gives her is of pure sarcasm.

"Don't you 'What' me...what was that all about? You were fine one minute then morphed into Lucifer the next." Prince scoffs.

Katherine sighs, rubbing her temples.

"I can't help it, I'm in constant pain. Under so much stress, I know I shouldn't take it out on him but he needed to understand that we can't just drop everything to entertain him. Will always had a way to control him or gave him what he wanted but I'm different. It's either let me do my work then we'll hang out or go away. I love Jack dearly, I really do but he needs to really understand where I'm coming from...not just me but for you too. You're working really hard at the moment too, plus this baby isn't just mine either, it's yours as well. We're both preparing for this baby, we need all the time in the world to make sure we're ready." Katherine explains.

Prince nods, taking her hands in his.

"I know, but he has nobody...Will is in Europe. That's why he's always here." Prince says.

"I know baby, and I love that you care about him just as much as I do. Call him and tell him we're still coming to his show tomorrow night then we'll take him out to dinner afterwards." Katherine says.

Prince smiles and nods, he gets up to go grab the phone, as he grabs it, it starts to ring. Startling him, he answers it.

"Hello?" Prince answers.

"Prince? Hi, it's Will." Will greets.

Prince furrows his brows.

"Will? Hey, you don't sound too good." Prince says.

"I'm not. There's something I need to tell you...but don't tell Katherine." Will admits.

Prince looks at Katherine as he sighs.

"What is it?" He asks.

"I've been in an accident, some psycho was driving his car through the mall here and running people down. I happened to be one of those people." Will admits.

Prince gasps, his eyes widening.

"Oh my gosh, how bad are you?" Prince asks.

"It's a spinal cord injury...I can't feel my legs..." Will reveals with his voice breaking.

Prince's face drops, he looks back at Katherine. She's drawing in her sketch pad, this news would destroy her...

"So...you're going to be able to walk again...right?" Prince anxiously asks.

"I don't know." Will says barely above a whisper.

A silence falls between the two, Prince clears his throat.

"I have to tell her..." He says.

"No don't! She'll want to come here, she's too far in the pregnancy to be flying. The news and not being able to fly will break her!" Will panics.

"I can't keep her from this, Will. What's she gonna think when you're not here when the baby arrives? You promised...you can't just tell her your trip got extended. She'll see right through you." Prince scoffs.

"Prince...don't." Will says.

Prince rolls his eyes.

"I'm not gonna lie to Katherine." Prince seethes quietly.

Katherine crosses her arms over her chest, staring at the back of Prince's head.

"Lie to me about what?" Katherine asks.

Prince turns around, his expression softening.

"Prince, don't you dare. You have no idea what this is going to do to her." Will says in a panicked tone.

"Will I have to go, I'll call you later." Prince hangs up.

Katherine furrows her brows.

"Will? He called you?" She asks.

Prince sighs, taking her hands in his while she stares at him in confusion.

"Yes, he called...with some news." Prince admits.

Katherine raises her eyebrows, lightly squeezing his hands.

"Oh? About what? Is he coming home early?" She asks excitedly.

Prince's heart breaks, seeing the excitement on her bubbly face, knowing what he's about to reveal to her will break her heart and destroy her.

"No, baby." Prince whispers.

Katherine tilts her head, looking at him confused.

"Then...what's going on?" She asks.

"Babe...he's been involved in a horrible accident. Some horrible guy was driving a car and running people down in the mall in the city he was currently in, Will happened to be one of those people that was run down..." Prince explains.

Katherine's face drops, tears welling up in her eyes.

"He has a spinal cord injury, he can't move his legs..." Prince admits.

Katherine has tears streaming down her face, she begins to sob as she drops to her knees on the floor. Breaking down and letting every emotion out, wishing she could be there with her best friend.

Prince wraps his arms around his heart broken Wife, holding her as close to him as possible. Being there by her side as she hurts...