Open Arms

Author’s Note: I know, it’s been forever you guys. Sorry. I haven’t abandoned you, but I’ve just been busy. By the way this is the last chapter for this story, and in a few months the next story, Bad Company, I believe the title will be, will come up.

Disclaimer: Lupin The Third, in no way, belongs to me. I don’t own any rights to it at all.

Chapter Title: In My Daughter’s Eyes

In my daughter's eyes
I can see the future
A reflection of who I am
And what we'll be
And though she'll grow and someday leave
Maybe raise a family
When I'm gone
I hope you'll see
How happy she made me
For I'll be there
In my daughter's eyes,

In My Daughters Eyes, Martina McBride

On With The Story:

Alex woke with as a sharp pain spread through her stomach. It felt as if something or someone was squeezing her stomach tight. As the pain faded away she fought for breath and sat up reaching for the phone. Se had to cal someone. Jigen wasn’t there, having left on a business trip a few days before. It’d only been a month and a half since their wedding and the business he’d started with her father was slowly becoming a hit with customers. It was something Jigen loved too, the business was a shipping company. People hired Jigen to fly supplies by Helicopter.

Alex gasped as the pain came again.

God no, don’t let this be happening, she thought fearfully. It’s too early. It can’t be happening now. Not with Jigen gone.

She fumbled with the number and wound up calling Amber and her father who were still in town while they got the business of it’s feet.

“Hello,” a groggy voice said on the other line.

“Amber, hi, sorry to wake you,” Alex said softly.

“Alex? Is that you? What’s wrong?” Amber asked confused.

“I think the baby’s coming Amber,” Alex said softly.

“But it’s only been seven months,” Amber said startled.

“I know,” Amber said and the fear was evident in her voice. “Bu I believe it’s coming.”

“Your father and I are on our way,” Amber told her.

“Thanks,” Alex said and hung up the phone as she slowly got out of the bed.

Darrah held her cup of coffee in her hand as she pushed the door to the police station open with her shoulder. She was exceedingly glad that her shift was over. She wasn’t looking forward to going home though. It was rather tiring to see Casey and Ivy moon over each other all day. They’d just started dating and she was rather tired of seeing them together. Darrah suspected that Ivy’s new interest in Casey is the result of finding out that Rico’s rather attractive younger brother wasn‘t interested in her. Ivy’s been interested in him since he joined the force a few months ago, and he’d recently let them know he was gay.

She stepped outside into the August sunlight and blinked as her eyes adjusted to the sun.

“Darrah!” she heard someone call and turned to see John walking towards her.

He was pushing a stroller that she knew held Gabby in it, and stopped her walking and smiled at him. She’d gotten to know him a little bit in the past month and she helped him prepare for his custody battle for Gabby. They still hadn’t found Gabby’s mother, and Darrah wasn’t planning on giving up on the case. She wanted to put the woman in jail for good.

“Hi,” he said stopping in front of her.

“Hi,” Darrah said as she knelt down in front of Gabby’s stroller.

Gabby smiled and reached out to play with Darrah’s hair. Darrah laughed and put her hand in Gabby’s before looking back up at John.

“I just wanted to stop by and thank you for all your help,” he told her with a smile. “The judge granted me custody today.”

“That’s great,” Darrah said with brilliant smile. “You deserve it. So, do you have a daycare picked out yet? I’m sure a teacher like yourself has a favorite daycare.”

“Well, to tell you the truth, I’m a high school teacher, I don’t have much use for daycares,” John said with a chuckle. “But I went looking at daycares when she was born, and I know which one I’m going enroll her in.”

“That’s good,” Darrah said and smiled back at Gabby. “Aren’t you the luckiest girl. Your dad has it all figured out.”

“All right, we’ll let you go so you can go home and rest,” John said with a smile. “Thanks for all your help Darrah.”

“It was nothing,” Darrah told him. “She deserved to be with her dad.”

“Why don’t you come over for dinner tomorrow?” he asked her suddenly.

Darrah looked at him surprised and then nodded.

“That sounds great,” she said with a smile.

“Great, I’ll pick you up tomorrow then,” he told her and smiled.

Darrah nodded and he gave her another grin before walked back to his car with Gabby. Darrah stood there in the parking lot for a minute before turning to her car and getting inside. She couldn’t believe she’d actually accepted his invitation. She had promised herself she wouldn’t get involved with anyone anytime soon. Especially not after the Christian fiasco.

She still found herself laughing at the fact that he was now dealing with triplets. Caleb saw him once in a while, but other than that, he kind of faded from everyone’s lives. She assumed he was too busy to actually get involved in anything anymore. She sighed again and looked out the window. She was going to have dinner with John, but then, it was just dinner with a friend right?

Adam walked into the building with sigh. He couldn’t believe he had agreed to this. Maybe Cory was right, maybe the press was starting to go to his head a bit. But when he got the call that a magazine wanted to run a story on him he just accepted. He wanted to get things out the way he wanted the world to hear the story. He didn’t want some magazine publishing some story about brainwashing or something like that. Especially when it seemed the he and Cory might not last much longer.

Adam had a feeling that the publicity was getting to be too much for Cory. He walked up the receptionist and smiled.

“Adam Marriott?” she asked.

“Yes ma’am,” he replied.

“The photographer is already waiting for you,” she said. “I assume you were told that a photo shoot was to come with this interview.”

“Yes, I knew,” he said and sighed. “Which room?”

“Just through that door,” she said with a smile and Adam smiled back.

“Thanks,” he said and walked through the doors.

He walked into the room and took off his black coat revealing a white dress shirt and slacks. He knew to dress best for these sort of things, or else you looked like shit in the magazine. He looked around the room and noticed that it was designed to look like someone’s living room. There was a small couch in the room along with a recliner and a coffee table. The camera was at the far end of the room and he happened to be the only one in the room at the moment.

He waked over to the camera with a curious look on his face and reached over to take it off it’s stand.

“Don’t touch that,” a voice said sternly.

Adam turned to look who was speaking and he couldn’t help but feel stunned. Standing in the doorway was an amazing looking man. He had wavy brown hair that looked so soft you wanted to run your fingers through it, and he had dark expressive blue eyes. It seemed you were looking into his soul by looking into his soul. He seemed to have an exotic look to him, as if he didn‘t belong in New York. He was one of the best looking guys Adam had ever seen. He stepped back from the camera and tried to force his mind to remember that he had a boyfriend and shouldn’t be thinking of another man like he was starting to think of this one.

“Sorry,” Adam said clearing his throat. “I’ve just never seen a camera like this before. It looks almost antique, but yet it’s digital. It was rather interesting.”

The man smiled and stepped forward into the room causing Adam gulp.

“Yeah, that’s how I felt when I bought the thing, it’s damn frustrating though, half the time the pictures don’t even come out, but when they do, they’re almost life like. The magazine told me they wanted the best pictures, and I thought this would be the only way to get what they wanted,” he said. “My name is Jack.”

Adam smiled and nodded.

“I’d introduce myself but I figure you already know my name,” he said.

“Can’t look anywhere without seeing it,” Jack told him with a shrug. “So you want to get started. The magazine has specific poses they want me to photograph you in.”

Adam sighed and nodded again.

“I guess,” he told him.

“All right, we’ll start with the easy one. You sitting on the couch facing me,” Jack told him with a smile.

Adam nodded and walked over to the couch.

“A boy,” Zenigata asked with a smile on his face.

‘That’s what they said,” Lorraine said with a smile on her face.

Zenigata leaned forward and kissed her. He couldn’t believe it, he was actually going to have a son. Over the past few months he’d come to think of Lorraine’s as if he was his, but he was still excited to have a son of his own.

Lorraine kissed him back and smiled. She knew Caleb would be happy to have a brother.

“What do you think Aria will think?”

‘I think she’ll be happy,” Zenigata said. “She’s probably tired of being an only child.”

“Yeah, good point,” Lorraine said with a nod and a yawn.

“You okay Lorraine?” Zenigata asked. “You look exhausted.”

“I’m okay, just tired, I think I’m going to take a nap,” she said with a smile.

Zenigata nodded and kissed her gently before standing.

“I’ll leave you alone then,” he said with a smile before walking out of the room.

Adam sighed as the photo shoot finally ended. He was starting to sweat like crazy from the lamps that were shinning and he could tell that Jack was getting annoyed with his camera.

“I should’ve grabbed my other camera,” he heard Jack mutter as he hooked it up to the computer.

“Long day?” Adam asked him as he walked over.

“Not so bad,” Jack said with a small smile in his direction. “I just have a feeling half these shots came out blurry.

“Oh.”

Adam sat down on the bench next to Jack and watched as the pictures popped up on the screen.

“Here’s the fun part for you,” Jack said. “You get to pick which ones you like best.”

“Really?” Adam asked surprised. “I don’t think I’ve ever gotten to do that with a photo shoot.”

“I do it for the people I photograph. It makes the pictures more personal,” Jack told him with a grin.

Adam nodded and looked at the line of pictures on the screen.

“I like that one.”

He was pointing to a picture of him sitting on the couch with is arms resting on his legs. He was looking at the camera, and his blue eyes shined brightly.

“That is a good one,” Jack agreed with a smile.

“How many do I get to pick?”

“Three,” Jack told him.

Adam nodded and looked at the long list of pictures and decided on one of him sitting with his legs thrown over a side of the chair, and another with him laying on the couch.

“You have good taste,” Jack told him.

“Thanks.”

“So, what’s this article about,” Jack asked as he sent the pictures to the magazine quickly.

Adam sighed and picked up his jacket.

“The press has been having a field day for the past month and a half after a few of my roommates at college decided to sell out and tell them I was gay, so I agreed to give an official interview admitting to it, and then politely tell them to leave me the hell alone,” he said.

“I see,” Jack said standing. “Good, they shouldn’t be in people’s business like that.”

Adam looked at him surprised as he unhooked his camera from the computer and put it in his bag. He’d expected at least a tiny bit of disgust from Jack but then again, the man was a professional photographer who mostly takes pictures of models. He was probably used to all sorts of lifestyles.

“Well, thank you Jack,” Adam said with a sigh. “I might as well get going. Me and Cory are packing to go back to London in the next few days.”

“I’ll walk out with you, that was my last shoot of the day,” Jack told him with a smile. “I got a call this morning to work on a shoot in Australia of all places. They want me there tomorrow.”

Adam nodded and they walked out of the building together stopping for just a second while Jack said goodbye to his secretary. They bid goodbye at Adam’s car and Adam couldn’t help but watch as Jack walked off. The guy was extremely hot.

Jigen walked into the large house in Australia tired to the bone. He’d been gone for nearly a week and he couldn’t wait to see Alex. He stopped when he saw the light on his answering machine blinking and hit the play button.

“Jigen, this is Amber. I’m leaving a message because I know I won’t be able to reach your cell phone while you’re flying. Alex went into labor Friday night and her father and I rushed her to the hospital. The baby is fine, but I’m sure Alex would like to have you at the hospital as soon as possible.”

Jigen froze at the message. Friday night was three days ago. The press would have heard about his daughter’s birth before he did. He gabbed his keys and walked right back out he door. With any luck he would get their before the press started asking too many questions.

Five minutes later he pulled up in front of the hospital and ran inside. He hurried to the front desk and the nurse looked up at him.

“Can I help you?” she asked.

“Yes, my wife Alex gave birth on Friday and I was wondering what room she was in,” he said quickly.

“Alex Jigen?” the nurse asked.

“Yes,” Jigen said. “How’d you know?”

“Not many women come in here going by the name Alex.”

Jigen waited as the nurse looked up Alex’s room number on the computer and then turned to him with a smile.

“Room 280 on the second floor. And congratulations sir,” she said.

“Thank you,” Jigen said before hurrying off to the elevator.

He rose the elevator to the second floor and hurried to Alex’s room. He walked inside to see Amber, Alvin, Adam and Cory standing inside talking to her. She was sitting on up against the pillows of teh bed and turned to him with a smile when he walked into the room.

“Thank god you’re here,” she said as he leaned down to her to kiss her.

“I’m sorry I missed it, where is she,” he asked.

“She’s in an incubator,” Alex told him softly. “She’s okay, but her lungs aren’t fully developed that’s the only reason why we’re both here. They want her at a certain weight before she leaves also.”

Jigen nodded and sat down on the bed beside her.

“How’re you?”

“I’m okay,” she said with a smile. “Now go see your daughter. I know you want to.”

He smiled and said hi to the others before he walked down to the nursery. He told the nurse in charge that he was here to see his daughter, and that her last name was Jigen. They showed him to an incubator where a baby was sleeping peacefully. She had short back hair, and seemed to be smiling in his sleep.

“This is her,” the nurse said with a smile. “She’s a beautiful little girl. She’s quiet too, she hardly ever cries.”

Jigen nodded and thanked the nurse before she walked towards the door. He put his hand through the hole into the little built in gloves and rubbed his thumb down the little girls arm. She was so tiny, Jigen was sure if he held her she’d pretty much fit in the palm of his hand.

“Hey sweetie,” he said softly. “It’s your dad. Sorry I haven’t been here. Would’ve been here sooner if I knew you decided to come early.”

The baby’s arm twitched and her fist rubbed her cheek and Jigen smiled as he took his hat off as he sat on the chair in front of the incubator. He moved his hand to gently brush his fingers against the hair by her ear avoiding the soft spot he knew would be on her head. He felt tears slowly feel his eyes and he hoped the doctors were right and she would really be okay.

He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Lupin standing behind him.

“What’re you doing here?” he asked shocked.

“Alex called us as soon as she was born, we had no idea when you’d be back in town,” he said. “So we decided to keep her company.”

“Well thanks, I guess,” Jigen said standing up and putting his hat back on his head.

“You know, with her being so early your going to have to give up smoking don’t you,” Lupin asked. “She’s going to be on a breathing machine for a few months.”

“I didn’t think of that,” Jigen said with a sigh.

“Don’t worry about it, she’ll be in here till the end of the week anyway,” Lupin said walking out of the nursery with him.

They walked down the hall way back to Alex’s room. They were walked up just in time to see a dark haired boy with brown eyes walk to her room. All three of them walked in and the boy stopped suddenly as he looked around the room.

“Can’t I escape you?” he said with a smirk and Adam turned around.

“Jack what’re you doing here?” he asked confused.

“I guess I was sent to cover your nieces birth,” he said with a sigh. “Do they want me getting involved with your family. I mean, first your article, and now this? I don’t usually cover this type of photography.”

“This was your photographer?” Cory asked him and Adam nodded.

“Um, hello, who the hell are you?” Alex asked.

“Oh, sorry, Jack Fischer, I’m a photographer, I was sent here to take pictures of your daughter, however if you don’t want me to, I will walk right on out, and just give them pictures of some random child,” he said.

“They would know the difference, but my daughter isn’t in any condition to be photographed,” Alex told him. “She was premature, she’s in an incubator.”

Jack smiled at her and put his bag down.

“That’s no problem Mrs. Jigen,” Jack said. “We could definitely trick them. All you have to do is hold a little pink blanket wrapped around something small enough to look like your daughter and not let them see inside the cover. Tell them you had your baby facing you because you were afraid the flash from the camera’s would hurt her eyes.”

“That’s not a bad idea,” Jigen said thoughtfully. “If we don’t agree to this picture the press will hound us until they get a picture of her.”

Alex nodded and smiled at him.

“We’ll do it,” she said with a smile.

“Okay,” Jack said and unzipped his bag. “Hey Adam, seeing as your the only one I know here, want to get one of those baby blankets and a doll or something to make it look like she’s actually holding a baby?”

“Sure,” Adam said and let go of Cory’s hand to go get what was needed.

The sat down shocked. They’d expected a photographer to force the pictures.

“Hi by the way,” he said to them. “Sorry to barge in like this. I was told to come here and take pictures of a woman named Mrs. Jigen, and her daughter. I had no idea it would be the Marriott family. You guys have had too much press exposure this year. I’ll just take these pictures real quick and be out of your way okay?”

“It’s no problem. It could’ve been worse,” Alvin said.

“There are worse things you could have been asked to photograph,” Cory said.

“So I’ve heard,” Jack said with a smile. “The best thing to do with this sort of stuff is jump at the first opportunity because once you give and interview the press gives up. It’s not new anymore and the ones without the very first interview are just considered copy cats.”

“Which is why Adam signed up for the interview,” Alex said. “He got tired of being followed everywhere.”

“Exactly,” Adam said walking back into the room. “Here’s your baby sis. It’s a girl-doll.”

“Thanks Adam,” Alex said with a laugh.

“All right, we have the mom and the baby, sort of, so let’s get this over with,” Jack said with a chuckle. “Now remember don’t drop the baby, and don’t show the face. And try to look like your proud of the plastic baby.”

Alex laughed again and nodded.

“Okay, okay, I’ll try,” she said and turned the bundle towards her and tried to put on a maternal smile.

“That’s great,” Jack said with a smile and took a few pictures.

It seemed to go a lot faster than it did when Adam was being photographed. Then again, he’d had to do certain poses for the magazine and all they needed was a couple quick shots of Alex and the new born baby.

“There you go Alex, you’re done,” Jack said powering his camera off.

“Thank you,” she said with a smile.

“Oh that’s right, I forgot, i got you something on the way up here,” he said walking over to his bag.

He leaned down and pulled a rose out and handed it to her.

“For the new mom,” he said handing it to her with a smile.

“Thank you,” she said and then added with a smirk, “but you do realize I’m married right.”

“Yes I do,” he said with a chuckle. “You don’t have to worry about me hitting on you. I just wanted to give you something for having to go through birth.”

“Ah, darn, ruin my fantasies why don’t you,” she said shaking her head with a sigh. “And I thought a hot young guy wanted me.”

“Sorry,” he said with a laugh. “I better go, I don’t want to intrude anymore than I have.”

“Well we were about to leave to get something to eat, why don’t you come with us,” Alvin offered. “I’m sure you’re hungry.”

“If you’re sure,” Jack said standing up after putting his things away.

“We are,” Alvin said.

Alvin and Amber gave Alex a hug goodbye and Adam walked over to her and smiled.

“Congratulations sis, you’re daughter is beautiful,” he told her.

“Thanks,” she said with a smile.

They walked out of the hotel room after Cory told her goodbye and walked back to the elevator.

“So Jack where are you from?” Alvin asked as the doors slid shut.

“New Jersey,” he said with a smile. “Well, that’s where I grew up anyway. I have an apartment in New York now.”

“New Jersey is a beautiful place,” Amber said softly.

“It can be, yeah,” Jack said with a smile. “It was a rather interesting place to grow up.”

“Really?” Cory asked. “Why?”

“Now who’s the press,” Jack laughed. “But, people just treated me differently because I had a rather different family than theirs.”

“Parents were divorced?” Adam asked as they walked out of the elevator towards their cars.

“Yeah and the fact that my dad lives their with his long term boyfriend who’s a drag queen,” Jack said with a small smile. “they’d been together since I was three.”

“Wow,” Amber said in surprise. “That would be rather interesting.”

“At least you know their happy,” Adam said with a smile.

“Very true,” Alvin agreed. “Listen Adam, you know your way around Australia almost as well as I do so why don’t you show Jack how to get to the restaurant and we’ll take Cory with us?”

“If it’s okay with Cory,” Adam said looking at him.

“Sure,” Cory said with a shrug and Adam kissed him.

“See you in a few,” he said with a smile and Cory nodded before walking off with Amber and Alvin.

“He seems rather shy,” Jack said looking at him. “I hope the press coverage isn’t too overwhelming.”

“I think it will be,” Adam said softly following Jack to his car.

“Oh,” Jack said softly as they got into his car. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be, you’re not the one hounding us,” Adam told him. “So, were you actually hitting on my sister in there?”

“No, trust me,” Jack said with a laugh. “While your sister is beautiful, she isn’t my type.”

“Ok,” Adam said with a chuckle. “Then who is?”

“Quite a few people actually,” Jack said with a smile as he pulled out of the parking lot. “That’s the bonus of being a photographer. You see a lot of hot people.”

“I am not going to ask what you do with the extra pictures,” Adam said dryly and Jack’s laugh echoed through the car.

“Not what you’re thinking,” he said.

Adam pointed out a turn and Jack made the turn quickly.

“Then who’s your type?” Adam asked him with a raised eyebrow.

“You’ll find out, trust me. I’m a flirt, so it’ll be obvious sooner or later, unless you’re slow on the uptake, which I don’t think you are,” Jack said as they pulled up in front of a small Italian restaurant.

They got out of the car and walked to the door where Alvin was waiting with Cory and Amber. Cory smiled at Adam and they walked inside the restaurant. They walked to a table in the back of the room. A minute or two after they sat down a waiter walked up to them.

“Do you guys want anything to drink,” he asked.

“What am I going to do?” Darrah asked laying her head down on the table.

“What’d you do this time,” Lorraine asked with a sigh as she sat down in the chair across from Darrah.

“Nothing yet, but I think I’m falling for John,” she said looking up at Lorraine sadly.

“He seems like a nice guy,” Lorraine said softly. “What’s the problem?”

“That’s the problem Lorraine, they always seem like nice guys, and I always wind up hurt.”

Lorraine looked at Darrah sadly and sighed.

“You need to at least try,” she said. “John’s a nice guy, and I think if you tried to be with someone, he would be the smartest choice.”

“I guess,” Darrah said and then looked at her again. “I’m being selfish, I didn’t even ask you what the doctor said about your baby.”

“Oh,” Lorraine said with a smile. “It’s another boy. The dad is so happy he looked like he was going to dance a jig when I told him Friday after my doctors appointment.”

“I bet,” Darrah said with a smile. “Congratulations Lorraine.”

“Thanks Darrah,” Lorraine said with a smile. “I’m just happy that Caleb and Aria are fine with it, I was so scared they’d be mad.”

“Well, I’m glad they’re happy,” Darrah said with a smile.

“She’s so small,” Alex said leaning on Jigen in the nursery.

“I know, it’s kind of scary,” Jigen said with a sigh. “She’s beautiful though.”

“That she is,” Alex agreed with a smile. “What’re we going to name her?”

“That I don’t know,” Jigen said shaking his head.

They sat there for a minute looking at the tiny baby and then looked back at each other.

“This is going to be hard,” Alex said softly.

“Got that right,” Jigen said with a nod. “What were the names we agreed on?”

“Well, there was Emily,” Alex said, “but that doesn’t sound right. Umm, there was Sarah, but I’m not sure I like that name.”

“What about Courtney? Didn’t we like that name?” Jigen asked her.

“Yeah, we did,” Alex said with a smile. “It sounds good. Courtney Jigen. It fits.”

“Okay then, we’ve decided,” Jigen said with a nod.

“Yes we have,” Alex said and closed her eyes as she laid her head on his shoulder.

“I still can’t believe how nice your family is,” Jack said later that night.

He and Adam were standing in the hallway of the hotel they’d just realized they were both staying at for the week. Adam had opted to stay at a hotel instead of in Alex’s home figuring that Alex and Jigen would want privacy after the baby was born.

“Yeah it shocks pretty much everyone,” Adam said with a smile.

“Where’s Cory?” Jack asked.

“He’s asleep, suffering from Jet lag and all that,” Adam said with a sigh. “I can’t sleep when I get off planes. I don’t know why. So I’m going to be up for a few more hours and instead of staying in there and waking him up I decided to look around the hotel.”

“Good plan. He looked exhausted at dinner, and I don’t think he liked having me there much,” Jack said leaning against the wall.

“It’s not you he minded, he just knows I used to be a player I guess you’d call it, and is worried I’ll hit on you or something,” Adam said with a shrug. “Took forever for him to agree to go on a date with me. I’m not going to blow it now.”

“I wouldn’t think you would. Come on, we might want to go somewhere else to talk, might wake him up or something,” Jack said with a smile.

Adam agreed and they walked down to the hotel bar and sat down at a table.

“So, you didn’t hit on anyone at dinner,” Adam told him with a smile. “Didn’t reveal what your type was at all.”

“Would it be easier if I told you?” Jack asked with a smile back at Adam. “Although I think you already know.”

“I think I do too, but I’d like for you to say it,” Adam agreed.

“All right,” Jack said with a sigh. “I’m gay.”

“Thought so,” Adam said with a laugh. “I’m still wondering how it felt to have a dad who is dating a drag queen.”

“Not so bad. My mom left and moved back to Hawaii when she found out my dad was dating another man. It disgusted her. He’d only married her because they were best friends and he didn’t know why he wasn’t attracted to others like he was supposed to be. Then he got drunk on a business trip and wound up having a one night stand with another man. It messed him up, I had just turned one and he was extremely confused,” Jack said with a sigh. “Then a few months later one of the girls he worked with drug him to a drag show and Owen was on stage. He was stunned by how good Owen looked. He bumped into Owen after the show and they just hit it off. They’ve been together ever since.”

“That’s actually amazing. I don’t know if I could be with someone that long,” Adam said softly.

“I’m sure you could be,” Jack said with a soft smile. “I know one day I hope to be.”

Adam nodded and smiled at him.

“You will be,” he told him. “Listen, I just realized what this looks like. If Cory wakes up and finds me down here will you, he might just think I’m cheating on him. So I’m going to go back to my room Jack. See you around New York.”

“You have my business card, you know where to find me,” Jack told him with a smile and Adam walked back up to his hotel room.

He laid down next to Cory who was still fast asleep and wrapped his arms around him. Cory instinctively snuggled closer to Adam who closed his eyes and willed himself to sleep.

A few days later they released Courtney from the hospital, and Jigen picked her and Alex up from the hospital doing his best to avoid the media that was there. The news and a few different magazines had shown up from the release date, hoping to get a glance of Courtney. Alex found herself wishing Jack was there to fake Courtney’s release.

She didn’t want her daughter’s face splashed all over the news. She was too young to be followed around like a starlet. When they got to their home, it seemed as if everyone they knew, besides Fujiko because she was too far along in her pregnancy to fly, was waiting for them. Adam hugged her and immediately picked up his niece to hold.

“She’s so tiny,” he said as he walked inside the house with her. “I suddenly wish I wasn’t gay. I’d love to have children.”

Alex smiled at him and walked up to rub her daughters cheek softly.

“You can still have kids, it would just either cost a hell of a lot of money, or a hell of a lot of alcohol,” she told him.

Adam nodded and smiled at her as Cory walked up to look at Courtney.

“You’re right, she’s beautiful Alex,” he said with a smile. “Looks like her mom.”

“Are you calling my husband ugly?” Alex asked with a laugh and Cory chuckled.

“No just scary, looks like he walked out of a Godfather movie,” he told her.

“Trust me,” Alex said dryly. “I know.”

“Well, now what’re you guys going to do?” Alvin asked looking at Jigen and Lupin. “The Gang has to find something else too do. All of you guys have kids. You can’t steal anymore. So now what do you do?”

Jigen and Lupin looked at each other at a loss for words. What do they do now?

End Story

Thank you all my readers. This is the end. I hope you liked it. I will have a third one up soon.