Finding that letter from Sam, made Jessica happier than she's felt in months.

For a minute, she felt like she was talking to Sam again.

Jessica smiled at the letter, and kissed it before holding it to her chest.

The baby started kicking and Jessica looked down and smiled.

"Did ya here that, Grays?  Daddy wanted you to be sent to me! *Giggles* He even named you!"

"Mom?" Samuel gives her a strange look.

"I just found a note from your father!

He wrote it after he got sick. 

He told me that he's always with me, and that he wants me to be happy and to one day find someone that will tell me how beautiful I am everyday... which I don't know about that!  *Chuckles*

But you guys!  He wrote about the baby!"

"What?!  How did he know?" James asks.

"He didn't, but he said that he hopes that I am pregnant, because that's what will help me heal.

He also told me that if it's a boy that I better name him Grayson!" Jessica smiles.

"Wow, really?!" Michael's eyes widen.

"Yeah!" Jessica smiled, and for once there were happy tears forming in her eyes.

"I'm still obviously upset that he isn't here with me while I'm pregnant, or to raise this baby with me, but this note gives me so much comfort, because I know that in a way.. He still is here.

He's helping me through this more than ever..."

"That's right, mom.. He's helping you, and he's helping us.

He's gonna have too, we have no idea how to take care of a baby!" James says.

"Yeah, and we're gonna need to help you out as much as we can. You're not in this alone, mom. You have three grown boys and we're gonna help you." Sam adds.

Jessica smiles and says, "Thank you guys.

I'm so proud of the young men you have all become."

"Even Sam?" Michael asks.

"Yes, even Sam!" Jessica raises her voice, as Samuel hits Michael's head.

"Boys!"

"Sorry." They both say.

Jessica just started at them standing in front of her.  She saw a little bit of Sam in each one of them. Samuel looked the most like his dad. Strong features, and a certain shyness about him, that made him even more like Sam.

"When did my babies grow up?

You three were just running around in diapers!  All hooked to my boobs and everything!"

"Yuck!" Michael makes a face.

"It's not gross!  That's how I fed my babies!  It's beautiful!"

***

George came by a little later to help the boys with the big stuff, and to start painting the baby's room.

"Thank you so much for your help, George!  I really appreciate it!"

"No problem, sis.  I'm happy to help!  Now get out of here, it's not good for you to smell this paint!"

"Alright, I'm leaving!

Boys, I'm going to Sarah's, I'll be back!"

"Okay, be careful!"

***

"Hey Jess!" Evan hugs her when he opens the door.

"Come in! Sit down!

Sarah, Jessica's here!" He shouts.

"Alright, I'm coming!"

"Jessie! Jessie! Look at how big your belly is!"

"McKenna!"

"Haha, it's okay, Evan! It's true, the baby is getting big!"

"How far along are you?" He asks.

"Thirty three weeks." She smiles.

"Wow, it's getting close!"

"I know! This pregnancy has just flown by!"

"Can I feel Grayson move?" McKenna asks with a big smile on her face.

"Sure!" Jessica leans back and grabs her hand.

"Feel that? I think that's his head right there."

"Woah!" Her eyes widen.

Jessica laughs and pokes her stomach to get him to move around.

"There he goes!"

McKenna holds her stomach and smiles.

"He moves a lot!"

"I know!"

"Daddy, I want a little brother!"

"No you don't." Evan nods.

Jessica laughs and Sarah comes down with the baby.

"Jessie!"

"Hey Sar!  Oh and hello miss Riley!" She holds her hands out and Sarah hands it to her.

"Oh you're such a big girl!

Maybe you guys do need to have another baby." Jessica looks at Evan.

"Jessica."

"Another baby?  What?" Sarah asks.

"Haha, McKenna was feeling the baby, she told Evan that she wants a little brother."

"Oh no!  Heh, you have a little sister and you can play with Grayson."

Jessica laughs and McKenna leans on her.

"We're gonna be best friends!" She rubs her belly.

"Awe that's so sweet!"

"Jessica, you look so good today!" Sarah smiles.

"I feel good!" Jessica goes on and tells her about what she and the boys came across in Sam's office.

"Oh Jess!  That's amazing!  That shows you that he's okay, and that he's so happy for you."

"Yeah.. It made feel a lot better.. Happy for once.

.. Sam was always trying to make me feel better and ease my mind, so it's really amazing that even now, he's still doing it."

"Oh Jess, you're gonna make me cry!  That's so great!" Sarah fans her watery eyes.

"And the fact that he wanted you to be pregnant and to name him Grayson!  Man, that is so cool!  Truly a gift from God."

"Mhm! *Nods*

This little man is gonna help his mama more than he knows." Jessica looks down and runs her hand over her stomach.

***

Jessica stayed over there for the rest of the day and even had dinner at their house.

George and the boys painted the room and aired it out so that the smell wouldn't be too strong for her.

When she got home, she was surprised at how much was done. 

The next morning the boys let Jane in while Jessica was still asleep.

"Can we see it?" Michael asks.

"No!  I want it to be a surprise!

I'm gonna go put it up, then I'll go wake your mother."

"She doesn't like to be woken up, Aunt Jane."

"It's okay, Sam, I think she'll be okay once she sees her gift."

"What is it?  Is it a giant picture of me?" James smiles.

"Yes!"

"Really?"

"No, you goon!" She laughs.

Jane puts the picture up in the baby's room, then goes into Jessica's room to wake her up.

"Jess.. Jessie, wake up, sweetie." She sits beside her and lightly shakes her.

"Hm?  Jane?  What's wrong?!" She jumps up.

"Nothing, honey!  I have a surprise for you!" She smiles.

"A surprise?  For me?" She slightly raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah!  Come on." Jane holds her hands and helps her up.

Jessica slips her bunny slippers on and Jane giggles.

"You're so cute!" She touches the front of her belly.

"Heh, thanks!" She smiles.

Jessica walks down the hall in her grey short, cotton night gown.

"Boys come here!" Jane calls them.

They come up and Jane stands in front of the door. 

"This is something I wanted to give you and the baby.. I hope you like it." She smiles.

Jane opens the door and Jessica walks into Grayson's room.

She sees a big picture on the wall.

It was one of the pictures Jane took of her in black and white, and a faded picture of Sam right beside her.

Jessica covers her mouth and tears up.

"He needs a picture of his daddy and his beautiful mommy when she was pregnant with him."

"Jane.. I.." Jessica smiles and hugs her tight.

"Thank you so much.

This is so beautiful!  I love it!"

"Awe good, I'm glad!

All three boys have a picture of you and Sam together when you were pregnant with them, and I think Grayson deserves one too."

"Yes he does. 

.. Wow Jane.. This is.. This is really great."

"Thank you." She smiles.

The boys look at it and Michael says, "Man, this is so cool!"

"Yeah, good job, Aunt Jane!" James smiles.

"Man.. You're so beautiful, mom." Samuel stares at the picture.

"Awe thank you, Sam!" She smiles. 

Jessica rubs Jane's back and walks closer to the wall.

"This is so perfect!  Do you like it, Grayson?" She looks down.

He wiggles around and Jessica laughs.

"I think he loves it!" She turns to Jane, then looks back at the picture and says, "Your daddy was a handsome man, little one." She says with her hands on the sides of her belly.