Lying next to the love of her life Carmen snuggles into his side. She was happy and she lies her head on his chest and slips her arm around his torso. She smiles as he slips his arm around her waist and pulls her close to him. They had only been married for a few years and the two of them couldn't have been happier. They had been talking about starting a family but so far had no luck so they had been doing IVF and he had been giving her the injections. She had just gone through the planting of the eggs that morning and she was in a lot of pain from the surgical procedure. They were hoping it would work this time as they had been at it for a few months and they were getting ready to give up on it and were going to adopt. He looks over at Carmen and hears the gears turning in her head.

"What's going on in that mind of yours sweetheart?" he asks.

"Just thinking about the possible baby."

"What about?"

"Names and such." She said playing with some of his chest hair.

"What names do you have in mind?" he asks.

"Well for a boy I've come up with Victor or Christopher and for a girl I've come up with Veronica or Christina." She said looking up at him.

"I like the names. What about the nursery?"

"I don't want to find out the sex. I want it to be a surprise. It should be a natural theme. Like an ocean or jungle theme."

"That sounds good." He said. XXXX

A few weeks later he wakes up hearing Carmen sick in the bathroom. He gets up and he heads into the bathroom and he holds her hair back and rubs her back.

"You okay?" he asks.

She shakes her head and she leans against him after she empties the contents of her stomach.

"I'm going to call Dr. Johannsen." He said getting up and heading out of the bathroom and picking up the cordless phone in the bedroom and calling Carmen's doctor.

He talks to her for a few minutes then hangs up.

"She wants us to come in later for an appointment. She thinks that the IVF held this time." He says smiling.

Carmen nods then begins to dry heave into the toilet.

Once she stops dry heaving he picks her up and carries her back into the bedroom and lies her down.

"I'll be right back. I'm going to get you some ginger ale and crackers to help with your upset stomach."

"Okay." XXXX

Arriving at the doctor's appointment Dave goes and signs her in then he goes and sits with her.

"I'm so nervous. I really hope this past treatment worked." She said.

"I know me too." He said.

She sighs and lays her head on his shoulder and he wraps his arm around her shoulder rubbing her bicep.

She looks up as her name is called.

They both get up and head back to the room. Getting there the nurse takes her weight and blood pressure and then hands her a gown to change into. She goes and sits on the exam table and she sighs.

Her doctor comes in a while later and greets her.

"How are you feeling Carmen?"

"Nauseas and dizzy."

"How long?"

"A few weeks."

"Okay." She said.

"I need you to lie back for me Carmen and let me check out your abdomen."

She nods and she lies back. Dr. Johannsen checks her stomach and she smiles.

"Okay well Carmen I've got good news. You're pregnant. I'm going to bring in a sonogram machine and see how far along you are and to check on the baby's heartbeat and everything else." She smiles.

She smiles and nods as she leaves to go and get that.

"Dave we're gonna be parents! Oh my god! I can't believe it finally worked!" she squeals.

"I know, after trying for so long we're gonna be parents."

"I know who I want to be its godparents. Hotch the godfather and Barbie the godmother."

"That sounds perfect." He said.

Carmen's doctor comes back a while later with the machine.

"Are you two ready to see your bundle of joy?" she asks.

"Yea." Carmen smiles.

"Okay the gel is going to be cold." She said.

Carmen nods as her doctor squirts the gel on her stomach and then runs the probe over her stomach. She looks at the screen and she smiles and hits the button to have the fetal heartbeat sound the room.

"Do you two hear that?" she asks.

"Is that two heartbeats?" Dave asks.

"Yes, it's very common for IVF patients to have multiples. It's not too late to terminate one of the fetus'."

"That's ridiculous! We would never dream of doing that."

She nods.

"Well I want to see you back in a month. For another appointment."

They nod and head out of the office with their first pictures of their children. XXXX

Heading into the office the next day Dave walks in with a smile on his face and a spring in his step. In eight months he was going to be a father to twins and he couldn't be happier.

Hotch looks up and sees Dave and he smiles.

"He what's with the joyful attitude?" he asks.

"Well yesterday Carmen found out she's pregnant and it's twins. It's common with IVF pregnancies. We couldn't have been happier. She's on bed rest because of all the other times with her miscarrying. We don't want to risk her losing this pregnancy. But we're not going to find out the sex of the twins. We want to wait but we did pick out the godparents and we want you to be the twins godfather." Rossi said.

"I would be honored." He said.

A while later their media liaison comes over and tells them they have a case.

They go and get briefed on the case then Rossi heads home quickly to get his go-bag.

He walks inside and he heads upstairs and finds Carmen sleeping with a baby book on her chest. He smiles and goes over and gently slips the book from her light grasp. Then he puts a bookmark in the page then places it on the night stand and heads into the closet to get his go-bag. As he does that he bangs his head.

"OW! GOD DAMN IT!" he growls loudly.

Carmen wakes up and sees Dave standing up and rubbing the back of his head.

"Dave!" she growls.

"Crap!" he mutters.

"Dave what the hell is going on?"

"We have a new case in Minnesota." He sighs.

"Damn it Dave! You promised!" she yells.

"I know. I'm sorry Carmel, I am. But the team needs me. I can't give up on them." He says.

He and Hotch had just recently established the BAU and there were a few people there. It was himself, Hotch, and two young guys fresh from the academy.

"Fine, but just this one time." She sighs.

"I can't make any promises. I gotta get going now." He said kissing her quickly then leaving. XXXX

Sitting back on the jet after two and half weeks of working the case Rossi sighs. Carmen was pissed at him for leaving but he couldn't leave his team. But then again his first book was taking off and his manager wanted him to go on tour and write more books which would keep him home more and be home with Carmen and his twins.

He gets home and walks inside and sees Carmen on the couch watching TV.

"Hey Carmel." He says.

She just ignores him and he goes and sits next to her.

"I have something I wanna discuss with you and I can't do that if you're giving me the cold shoulder."

She just continues to ignore him.

"Trevor wants me to do a book tour with my first book since it's coming along so well. Then he wants me to write another book. I'll be home more and I'll be gone for a few weeks at a time. I'll be home more." He said.

"You'll still be gone. So it doesn't even matter. You'll still miss out on the twins life but that doesn't matter do what you want David." She said making him cringe. She only used his full name when she was really upset with him.

"Carmel if you choose one or the other which would you pick the FBI or the book? Since the book doesn't involve as much danger?"

"Get out! Just go and stay with Aaron! I don't want to see you! It doesn't matter you'll still be gone!" she says in tears.

He sighs and gets up and he goes and gets his stuff then heads over to Hotch's.

He gets there and he knocks on the door.

The door opens a few moments later and Haley opens the door.

"Dave what are you doing here?" she asks ushering him in.

"Carmen threw me out for right now."

"I'm sorry, well Aaron told me the news."

"Yea she hates that too." He sighs.

"Oh Dave, I'm so sorry. I'm sure she'll come around she's hormonal at the moment."

"Thanks Haley." He says as he helps her get the guest room ready as Hotch walks in.

"Hey Haley! Who's the company?" he calls upstairs.

She comes down and greets him and kisses him.

"Hey Aaron and it's Dave. Carmen kicked him out after he explained the whole book tour thing to her."

"How is Dave?"

"He's okay, lying down at the moment working on his second book." She said.

They go and order out dinner and they get something for Dave and leave it in the fridge for him with his name on it so he knows that it's his.