Bats and Blackbirds: Ending

Close to You

“WHA, WHA!”
Was this couple of new parents ever going to get any sleep?
Hopefully, they would be tonight was not going to be a sleeping night.
Upon hearing their only child crying, both Ned and Sally awoke.
“You, sleep.” Ned commanded.
“No, you sleep.” Sally returned.
“Honey, you were up last night with him, it’s my turn.” Ned stood up and yawned.
“But you need your sleep Mr. Mayor,” Sally stood as well.  “You should be sleeping.”
“Sweetheart, you’ve stayed up with JoJo for so many nights.  Let me do it.”
“But already did it!”
Well, this argument was a stalemate.  Neither of them were winning or loosing.
“How about this?  I’ll get JoJo, bring him in here and we’ll both get some sleep.” Ned compromised.
“Alright, I can live with that.”  Sally sat down on the bed.
“Good.”
Ned hurried to JoJo’s room, the infant standing in his crib.  He reached out of his father, whining loudly.  Ned picked him up and tried to calm him down as he headed back to his room.  
Sally had gotten back under the covers.  JoJo had his arms around his father and he wasn’t letting go.  Ned scooted back into the bed, son in hand.  JoJo noticed his mother and reached out a tiny hand towards her.  She smiled, placing a finger in his chubby hand.
“Well, now what?” She asked her husband.
Ned merely gave his wife a grin.  JoJo crawled over his mother, laying next to her with his head at her chest.  Ned got eye level with his son and started to sing.

Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

Instantly, the crying was replaced with a happy cooing.  Sally looked up at Ned, smiling.  JoJo slipped out of his father’s arms, toddling towards his mother.  He placed a head on the pillows between his parents, waiting for more singing.  Sally brushed his hair out of his face and started to sing.

Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

“I remember this song,” Sally looked at Ned.  “You sang it to me when we started dating.”
“Yeah,” Ned took hold of her hand.  “I remember it like it was yesterday.”

On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.

These comments made Sally blush.  Back when they still a new couple, Ned would sneak out at night and meet Sally at her house.  They would steal away to a secret spot only Ned knew of; a lovely little garden filled with beautiful flowers.  Sally was the only other Who that had ever seen it.
There, he would sing this song to her, expressing all of his feelings so clearly that Sally couldn’t believe her luck.  This Who made her feel like nothing she had never felt before.
“You were such a hopeless romantic,” She sighed.  “I guess you still are.”
Now, it was her turn to sing again.

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

JoJo turned on his side, facing his father.  He placed a fat, sausage of a finger into his mouth.
“I remember when I first saw you,” Ned told Sally.  “My heart wouldn’t stop beating.”
Ned brushed a lock of JoJo’s stray hair out of his face.  This made his baby boy smile.  Ned scooped him up, placing the toddler on his knees.  JoJo smiled with his thumb still in his mouth.  

On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.

Ned placed a finger on his son’s nose and the baby bubbled with giggles.  Sally scooted closer, laying her head on her husband’s shoulder and started the next verse.

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

JoJo’s eyes showed signs of weariness as they started to droop.  Sally yawned and pulled the covers up to her chest.  Ned placed JoJo between the two of them and laid his head down.  JoJo finally yawned and closed his eyes.  He was still sucking his thumb and that made the vision of this sweet little baby even more adorable.
Sally placed a hand on her baby and Ned placed his hand on hers.  Sally looked at him, their eyes meeting in an intense gaze.  She mouthed the last words to the song.

Just like me
They long to be
Close to you.

And with that, the happy little family fell asleep.