All that could be heard in their bedroom was panting, groaning, skin slapping skin and also the smell of sex. Raf was looking down at Amanda, as he stopped thrusting, coming inside of her, spilling his seed. They had thought they had heard something earlier but chose to ignore it. Raf heard it again, so did Amanda once she came down from her high.

"Jesse." Raf said, breathless.

"The monitor's batteries must be dead."

Raf moaned as he slipped out of her, leaving her feeling empty and alone. Amanda hated it. Raf knew it as he kissed her lips,

"I'm coming back." he whispered.

He found his boxers, put them on, and opened the door. Jesse was bawling, Raf hung his head, mumbling something as he walked into the hall. Amanda smiled after she found a new battery and put it in the monitor. She listened to Raf soothing Jesse after what she guessed to be a nightmare, because if it was anything else she would have said, 'I want mommy'. After about ten minutes, Raf returned successful, having gotten Jesse back to sleep.

They continued where they had left off after Raf closed the door. He stripped off his boxers, and slipped back into Amanda, using two of his fingers to circle her clit around and around. Minutes later she was hitting her climax again.

The next couple of weeks were long for both of them. Raf had started with an immigration law firm, and SVU was busy as always; new victims, rapists, coming and going. One day Amanda and Sonny were on a case, a bad one. Kids were being kept in dog cages. After finding out they were in the U.S. illegally, Amanda had called Raf. No one else had heard from him since he left the Manhattan ADA's office. She asked if he could come down and see what he could do for the families. Stone and Rafael had spent all day in court, Raf for citizen status and Stone for the rapes and child abuse that had occurred to about 50-60 young boys and girls all under the age of 13. That night they both walked home, and it was clear that Amanda was not feeling well. She didn't drink anything when they went to the bar with Sonny, Liv, and Fin, and she just sat there quietly with her head on his shoulder with his hand rubbing soothing circles on her back. They got home, relieved the nanny, and after the nanny left, Amanda got sick. She just made it to the the bathroom before she started to throw up. Raf was right behind her, holding her hair up as she threw up what little was in her stomach.

"You okay?" Raf asked,

"I think so."

"How long have you been feeling sick?"

"Just this morning and now, threw up both times." Amanda said as she got up, pulling out a drawer, looking for something.

Raf saw what it was.

"A pregnancy test?" Raf asked.

"I picked it up yesterday, but I haven't had a chance to take it. That's why I didn't drink tonight."

Raf let out a deep breath.

"How long have you thought you might be pregnant for?"

"I'm about four days late...I'm usually not late. Do you want to stay?" she asked.

"If you don't mind?" Raf smiled.

About that time Jesse yelled for Raf.

"You want me to go get her?"

"Can you please? Then you can bring her back in here with you if want." Amanda smiled as she got the pregnancy test out of the box. "I'm kinda nervous...What about you?"

Raf kissed her, and said,

"Me too, but we'll be okay either way, right?" He winked at Amanda and then went back out to the hall, finding Jesse in her room.

"Jess?"

"Papi! Play!" Jesse looked up, smiling.

"We'll play later, lindo. Mami and I want you to come inside with us, si?""

Jesse ran to him, and he picked her up. Then with Jesse in his arms, he walked back to the bathroom and knocked on the bathroom door.

"Come in."

Raf opened the door, and saw Amanda sitting on the toilet seat.

"Mamma!."

"Hey, my baby girl." Amanda kissed Jesse's head.

Raf sat on the edge of the tub.

"How much longer?"

"Just a minute."

"For what?" Jesse asked.

Raf looked at Amanda, she nodded.

"To see if you'll have a brother or sister in a few months, mija."

"Baby?" Jesse asked.

"Yes, mija." Raf whispered.

"It's time." Amanda said, and with the stick in her hand, she lifted it up to look at it in the light.

"What does it say?"

"Negative." Amanda sighed.

"Well, maybe you, us, we should go to the doctor tomorrow. They can be wrong sometimes, right?"

.

"Yeah...I think so."

The next morning Amanda had called her doctor to set up an appointment, and they were able to squeeze her in that afternoon. Once the babysitter got there that morning, Raf went to his new office, and Amanda went to the precinct. Amanda told Liv that she had an errand to do that afternoon so she wouldn't question why she needed to leave early. She texted Raf saying the appointment was at 3, asking him if he wanted to do lunch before. He agreed to meet her at around 1:30. Amanda told Liv, she was going out for lunch and had an errand to do, and Liv said that was fine. Raf waited outside the precinct for her.

They quickly ate their lunch, and headed to Amanda's doctor's appointment. Once there, they were taken back to a room to wait.

"The doctor will be in shortly," the nurse said.

"Thank You." Raf said.

Amanda did a urine test, and then the doctor came in to say that the result would in shortly after. Raf had been thinking about how all of this was going to work; they would need a new apartment, theirs was good for him, Amanda, and Jesse, but not enough space for three of them plus a baby.

After a while, the doctor came back with the results, and this time the urine test came back positive. The doctor had her do one more just to be safe: both were positive. Amanda was pregnant; about 5 weeks, from what the doctor estimated.

"When would you like me to come back to do the ultrasound?" Amanda asked.

"In about 4-5 weeks." the doctor said.

That was the longest 4 ½ weeks of their lives.

FIVE WEEKSLATER

Rafael and Amanda had started looking at apartments for sale, not having any real luck. They arrived at the doctor's office and were ushered in. The doctor applied the ultrasound gel to Amanda's belly and started the ultrasound.

"Congratulations Amanda, you and your...well, you're l going to be having a healthy...um...well, it looks like you're going to be having... twins!"

They definitely needed more room, and fast!

"Twins? Are you sure?" Amanda asked.

"Positive." The doctor said.

"How far along?" Raf asked, his heart now beating about a mile a minute!

"About 10 1/2 weeks."

The doctor finished, giving Rafael a hardy handshake, then left them alone.

"This is the first of April, right?" Raf asked.

"Yes...so, probably around the same time as Drew, your trial...…"

"Yeah." Raf got up and started pacing.

"What are you thinking, Raf?"

"That I got off for murdering an infant, only to come home and create not just one but two with you." Raf sat in the chair and put his head in his hands.

"Rafi..."

"What?" he snapped.

He looked at Amanda, seeing the look she had on her face, and he felt like crying.

"Sorry." He came over, and sat beside Amanda once she'd finished changing.

"It's okay." She kissed him, he rubbed her back, kissing her back.

They broke the kiss and smiled.

The doctor came back giving them two different pictures of the sonogram. The two of them headed home. On the way home, Raf was a smiling, teary eyed mess. Later that night, they told Jesse she was going to be a big sister. She was very excited, and they talked for awhile about it, and then they put her to bed, and got changed and finally snuggled together in their own bed.

Lying there together in each other's arms, Raf was talking to the twins, when Amanda finally asked,

"You keep saying mijos which is for "son" right? Why not a daughter?"

"Mijos? Yeah, for 'son'. I don't know, probably because of Jesse." Raf said, realizing what he had been saying.

Amanda smiled.

"So two 'mijos' and and a 'mija'?" Raf asked.

"That's what I want." Amanda smiled.

"Me too, so Jesse can continue being my only 'Princessa'." Raf said with a big, grin.

Amanda smiled at Raf calling Jesse his 'Princessa this early on in their relationship. They've been together for almost a year now, as it had been a little longer than that since Sonny cheated on him...had left him. Amanda had told Raf who Jesse's father was. Raf had heard it was Declan, but it wasn't until Amanda told him that, that he had wanted to punch the guy. I mean what kind of guy wasn't involved with his own flesh and blood, and never saw her even when he has the chance to? But Amanda told him it was just as much her decision as it was his, so he let it lie..

"Do you think at all about the future?" Raf asked, while he lazily stroked Amanda's belly..

"What do you mean?" Amanda asked turning so she was looking into Rafael's beautiful green eyes.

"Is this enough? Or would you like a ring, a bigger house, and me officially adopting Jesse? I mean, with twins coming that's three kids for you mi amor. Don't you want to feel more secure? I mean...to know that I'm with you for good? You know...permanently? Don't you want to know that I'm not going anywhere?" Raf asked, moving some of Amanda's blond hair behind her ears.

"I know you're not, Rafi...Yes. I mean...of course, I would...but yes, I'm up for anything you want, I love you Raf." She said, nuzzling her head into the nape of his neck.

"I love you too, mi amor. Night my little mijos, I love you both too." Raf said as he kissed the top of Amanda's head gently continuing to stroke Amanda's growing belly.