Mother of the Beans

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Abby knew about Jackson and Bellamy being together. After everything that happened with Bellamy siding with Pike, Jackson taking Alie's chip, and the tension that had resulted afterward, it had taken Jackson a while to be open about it, fearing Abby wouldn't approve. But Jackson and Abby had mended their relationship over time, and then Bellamy had gotten himself injured. Jackson's reaction made his feelings for Bellamy blatantly obvious. Since then, they'd moved to shared quarters. Jackson didn't talk a lot about his relationship with Bellamy, but he knew Abby knew he was serious. She'd known Jackson so long, and she'd seen how Jackson resisted forming close bonds with people whose last names weren't Griffin, so even if no one else saw how much he loved Bellamy, he knew she did. Even if he didn't say it.

So when Bellamy agreed to marry him, after what had been maybe the hardest month of his life, between going through radiation sickness, nearly losing Bellamy over it, and then Bellamy being gone on an extended trip (during which Jackson had buried himself in work to the point of exhaustion to distract himself), he felt like his life would be forever changed. And it would be. For the better. And... Abby needed to be a part of it. She was his closest friend and colleague, but also the closest thing he had to family. The closest thing he had to a mother. Even if he and Bellamy only had a small civil ceremony, Jackson wanted Abby to be there.

Jackson waited until the end of the day, the day after he and Bellamy were engaged, while he was sterilizing equipment for the next day. He wasn't sure how he held it in all day, but he glanced over at Abby as he worked. "Abby, can I steal you from Kane for dinner tonight?" he asked, unable to stop the smile that crept onto his face. God, she was going to know something was up before they even got to the hangar. She probably did already, considering he'd caught himself smiling on and off all day, which was unlike his usually serious demeanor at work.

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Abby would only be in disapproval mode if she thought they weren't a good match. Jackson deserved someone to love and to have love back, same with her daughter Clarke. If that love was true then she was all supportive - if she saw it for being something manipulative then she would step in and be the mama bear that she was. She saw the immense love between the two and Abby couldn't be both prouder or happier. To think it was Bellamy Blake was something she never expected but once again was approving. Blake deserved the love as well.

During work she caught Jackson smiling a little more and that was something that was very unusual. He was often serious when it came to work, even when he was younger. It was the end of the day after a shift that Abby didn't think was going to end. Cleaning up her station and making sure things were in order while Jackson was sterilizing the equipment. Not the first time and not the last she looked at him, feeling proud of the man he had become and feeling honored to be part of his family and to know him. He was the only one to stand by her on the Ark when it came to Clarke(well living as Callie had believed her too).

"Of course you can. I'll just let him know so he doesn't worry." Abby shifted a few bits of paper, looking up to see Jackson and that smile again which only made her smile a little more. "I hope this involves telling me why I've caught you smiling more." Abby didn't mind that he was smiling more - she loved it. All she wanted for her kids was their happiness, safety and health. All she could ask for for them all really.

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Jackson felt his smile widen a little at her words. Just as he'd suspected, he was being a bit too obvious about his happiness. He supposed that as long as he did his job and remained professional when needed, that wasn't a bad thing; it was just... so unusual. He'd been unhappy, or at least unfulfilled, generally speaking, for a long time, and Bellamy had changed his life over a relatively short amount of time. Though, on the ground, a few months could be a lifetime.

"It does," he replied, looking over at her briefly with a smile, then looking back at his work as he finished up. "Bellamy came back from his mission last night, so that's part of it." He'd come in to work later than usual this morning after nearly a month of overworking himself in Bellamy's absence, so he supposed Abby probably knew that much already, if she hadn't already heard from Kane. He finished up his work and looked back over at her. "Meet you at the hangar in thirty minutes or so?" he asked, before heading toward the door, thinking that would give her enough time to let Kane know she had a different dinner date.

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