Well here we go, book III Carousel, I hope you all like it!


Heroes and Thieves Book III: Carousel

Prologue

"Derek, why do we have to go visit my mother?" Emily groaned.

"Because she hasn't seen Lizi and if we don't go now we wont be able to until after Chloe is born." Derek said.

"Which is fine by me, the only reason we're going at all is because of Lizi and my mother doesn't like kids. Besides if we wait we won't have to go to that Embassy Ball." Emily sighed rubbing her stomach, she was now six and a half months pregnant with their next child and was not looking forward to the ball under that circumstance. "And we're not calling her Chloe."

Ever since the last ultra sound when they learned they were having a girl the two had been bickering about the name of the child. Derek wanted to call her Chloe and Emily wanted to call her Sophia. Everyone else had put in their input as well, JJ said Jill, Garica wanted Penelope, Reid had put in -and rather sadly at that - Maeve, Hotch had suggested Hayley and Rossi was set on Lila.

"Why not?" Derek sighed.

"Because Chloe is, its just so, blonde." She laughed.

"Blonde?" He chuckled.

"Blonde, I don't know why it makes me think of blonde it just does." She sighed.

"Well it means Blooming in Greek." He smiled.

"No, if you don't like Sophia then how about –" Emily was cut off by a call of 'Mama!' from the baby monitor. "Let me get that."

"No. I can do it." Derek said.

"I swear if you get up I will force you to get back down." She snapped, she hated the way he was treating her like she was something delicate. She may have been pregnant but she wasn't weak.

Emily managed to get out of bed and make her way into the nursery. Lizi was standing in the crib crying softly. "Mama!"

"Hey baby, whats wrong?" Emily said leaning over the crib and stroking her 14 month old daughter's face.

"Mama." Lizi reached through her crib and gripped Emily's shirt.

"Baby, you know I can't let you sit on my lap." Emily sighed, pulling her daughter out of the crib, she hated that she couldn't rock her, something that had only started about two months ago. As soon as she reached about four and a half months Lizi no longer fit so nicely in her lap and by the fifth month Lizi could no longer lean on her lap. Now in the sixth month even just sitting and rocking didn't work anymore.

"Mama…" Lizi whimpered sadly.

"I know. Derek, could you bring me her pacifier it's on the night stand." Emily called, trying – and failing – to rest Lizi on her hip.

"Here you go." Derek smiled handing her the pacifier

"Here pretty girl." Emily whispered putting the pacifier in Lizi's mouth. Lizi whimpered and tried to get herself positioned on Emily's now nonexistent waist. "Baby, Mama can't hold you like that."

"Dada?" Elizabeth whimpered reaching for Derek.

"Okay, baby. Emi, you go lay down, I'll take her." Derek smiled taking Lizi from Emily

Emily went back into the bedroom and lay down. Suddenly very tired she turned the light off, a few minutes later she felt Derek get in the bed next to her. She cuddled next to him and fell asleep...