A/N: This will be the shortest if not the shortest chapter in the story (hopefully). Besides it's been what a day since the last post.

Chapter 1: The Start

"It was too close Derek, it was way too close," Chloe said barely above a whisper. Her hand immediately flew to her stomach protectively.

After every precaution that was taken she still almost lost her child, their child, for the third time. Why was it so much harder to keep this one child alive before they were even born? They had to do something drastic to change this around.

Sighing Chloe looked down at the now noticeable bulge. A small smile appearing across her face as she gently moved her thumb back and forth. "I know."

Her head snapped up. She barely recognized his voice. It wasn't as deep as usual it held a softer tone now not that it was anything like a whisper but still there was an underlying vulnerability in it.

He was watching her through carefully guarded eyes. "I've been talking to Simon and…well we've come up with an idea." Chloe nodded, listening intently. "This is not enough for the kids just to know each other and we all need more protection and…we need to live together, all of us."

Chloe thought about it for a moment letting it sink in what was happening. "You mean all of us moving into a bigger home. How big are we talking about?"

"Big enough, we're going to build it." Derek took a seat next to Chloe at the kitchen table.

"But that will take a long time, Derek. Years," she said as one of his large hands wrapped around hers that was resting on the table.

He nodded, knowing exactly that. "If we're lucky and word hard enough we might get it done in a year. Until then we're going to have to be closer together. I've already called Andrew up again. He'll be down in a week or so. Other people will be coming down as well."

Andrew. Chloe vaguely remembered him and couldn't believe it had been so long. Last time she saw him she was still single and still in her teens. Now she was a married mother expecting her third child.

"What about your father?" Chloe asked, gently. Ever since Derek and Simon found their father they weren't exactly on good terms.

"He'll come later." And that was all Derek was going to say on that matter Chloe could tell.

She looked down at her stomach before asking the next question. "Is this just going to be for living space?"

"Well we were thinking of teaching the kids there, pulling them out of regular school. And maybe we can throw in work too, somehow." Derek shrugged.

"Teach," Chloe said narrowing her eyes. Her mind was going back to the days when she was at the Lyle House back when she was pulled out of regular school. She didn't like the sound of it.

"Not like the Lyle House. This is different, this will be different," Derek said knowing exactly where her mind was going. "For starters the kids are going to know who and what they are and where they came from. We are not going to let them be in the dark not even in the beginning. We'll teach them the basic courses such as science, math, ect., but we're also going to be teaching them about their powers and how to control them. This will be nothing like the Lyle House, I promise you that." He gingerly lifted Chloe's hand up and kissed it as if in a promise.

Chloe looked away feeling a blush coming over her even now. She hated and loved that he could still make her feel that way. "Okay," she breathed out. "But until this house is built we need to come up with another plan for defense." In the back of her mind she still had tiny doubts about whether or not this could or would work.

A/N: Now you should start to see where this story is headed. Just an extra note some aspects of the story were inspired or influence by songs from Florence and the Machine and maybe later on I'll post which ones. Okay, review.