A/N Okay, this is just pure shameless fluff. LOL

An hour later Matt sat on Emily's lounge watching Emma and Alyssa practise for their dancing concert. When they had finished he clapped loudly telling both of them how they had danced fantastically and looked beautiful in their princess tutu's. Emma jumped up onto the lounge, squashing her tutu down so she was kneeling at eye level with Matt.

"Uncle Matt are you coming to our dance concert?" she asked.

"Yeah" added in Alyssa "There's going to be lots of dancers and even a chocolate break in the middle like at real concerts"

"Chocolate break?" mouthed Matt to Emily.

"Intermission" she whispered back. Matt nodded in understanding before turning to the girls again.

"Well, I'll have to check my plans" he told them "I'm a very busy man you see. But I should be able to fit you in"

He pretended to flick through a non existent diary before scratching his head in thought. "Yep. Friday night I will accompany you two lady's to the dance" he told them gallantly.

"Thankyou" squealed Emma, throwing her arms around him for a hug.

"Well now that that's settled I think you two should be getting of to bed" instructed Emily. "Your dad will be here early tomorrow to pick you up"

"Do we have to" complained the girls in unison.

"Yep" answered Emily.

Emma grabbed onto the lounge in protest and Alyssa followed suit. Matt could see bed time was going to be a battle so he decided to use a trick he had discovered one night while baby-sitting Frank's kids.

"Come on you guys" he said, getting up off the lounge "Haven't you heard about the monster that comes when you don't go to bed"

Emma and Alyssa gave him an incredulous look "We don't believe in monsters" they told him.

"Oh don't you" he asked, feigning surprise "Well then how do you explain this?" he asked, pointing to the long scar on the side of his arm.

Emma's eyes widened and Alyssa looked at him sceptically.

"What happened" they asked slowly. They still didn't believe in monsters but that was one pretty convincing scar!

"When I was 7" he told them "I didn't go to bed when I was told to. I'd heard stories about the monster but like you I didn't believe them. So I went to bed late and fell asleep. Nothing happened till later on in the night"

"What happened" breathed out Emma.

"Well I was lying in bed when BANG" he yelled. Both the girls jumped up in fright. "My door slammed open. At first I thought it was the wind but then I heard my window start opening. SCREECH" he squealed, making the sound of a window opening. Emma crawled closer to him and Alyssa let out a whimper. "I crawled under my blankets until I could here the footsteps coming towards my bed and the BOOM; he ripped the blankets off me. I kicked and screamed but he kept grabbing at me…"

"Stop" yelled Alyssa.

"Where going to bed" nodded Emma frantically, running up the stairs towards Emily's spare room.
"Don't you want to hear how I got the scar?" Matt called after them, grinning at his genius plan.

"You didn't have to scare them into bed" laughed Emily, walking into the lounge room from the kitchen where she had been cleaning up during the horror story.

"Hey, they weren't getting to bed any other way" defended Matt.

"Yes well if I get complaints from James and Alyssa's mum I'm forwarding them to you. Actually I better go check the girls are okay"

"I'll be here" called Matt as she climbed the stairs.

She returned a few minutes later to find Matt still sitting on the lounge staring off into space, a small smile gracing his lips.

"What are you smiling about?" asked Emily. She walked up behind him and placed her arms around his chest so her chin was leaning against his shoulder.

"Just thinking how good a father I'd be at bed time" he replied sentimentally.

"What?" asked Emily in surprise.

"Joking" he whispered, laughing softly at her. Emily whacked him lightly in the shoulder before kissing his neck softly.

"Hey there, stuff like that could get you in trouble missy" he warned playfully.

"What type of trouble" she whispered, continuing her journey up his neck.

"The type of trouble that cannot happen with two prying six year olds up stairs" he replied.

"Oh that one" answered Emily sarcastically. "Fine then" she said, pouting playfully.

"Your in an awfully good mood tonight" commented Matt.

"I like being with the girls" she told him "It reminds me of when I was younger and I used to play with my sisters, except they were older than me"

"You have two older sisters, right?" asked Matt. Emily had told him little about her family but he seemed to remember a mention of two older sisters somewhere along the line.

"Yeah, there was my brother Todd then Meagan and Kate, then James and then me" she told him.

"Wow, that must have been fun" commented Matt, remembering growing up with just he and his brother.

"Yeah, most of the time, except when they would tickle me" laughed Emily.

"Really" smirked Matt. He tugged at her gently, pulling her over the lounge so she was lying face up on his legs. He leant in close to her smiling face before whispering in her ear.

"Still ticklish" he asked, before running his hand down her stomach and under her shirt where he began his attack.

"No!" squealed Emily, laughing hard as Matt tickled her. "Stop it, stop it"

"You don't sound like you want me to stop" laughed Matt before pulling Emily up to kiss him. "Who's the one in trouble now" she whispered against his lips.

"You don't seem to be complaining" smirked Matt.

"Maybe we should continue somewhere else" noted Emily, well aware of the little girls not far away.

Speaking of which the sound of footsteps moments later were almost comical to Emily.

"We heard you scream" called Emma from the hallway

"Are you alright?" asked Alyssa.

Matt leant his forehead against Emily's before calling out to the two girls clad in pink pyjamas.

"We're fine girls"

"Oh" said Emma. "Are you sure?"

"Yes Hun, now go to sleep" called Emily.

Matt grinned at Emily as the sound of two sets of little feet ascended the stairs again. They could just make out the girls conversation as they walked to their bedroom.

"What do you think they were doing?" asked Emma in a whisper,

"I don't know" replied Alyssa "Maybe they decided they wanted a baby after all"

Matt looked at Emily in alarm. "Sh" she whispered.

"You don't think they'll tell there parents, do you?" asked Matt, clearly alarmed. Emily just shrugged her shoulders, but he could see she was thinking the same thing. A small giggle form Emily confused Matt so he looked at her questioningly.

"What's funny" he asked, clearly confused.

"Can you just imagine the look on everyone's faces if Emma told them that?" she giggled.

"It's not that funny" noted Matt, but her laughs were contagious. Soon the pair we're laying in each others arms giggling at the thought of the six year old telling her father that Emily was having a baby.

"How do you think your family would react if you were pregnant?" asked Matt after he had regained his composure.

"I don't know, I guess they would be happy. My mum's always telling me how she wants more grandkids" commented Emily.

"How many does she have?" asked Matt.

"Oh, only 16" said Emily sarcastically. "All my siblings are married except me. I think they'd be happy if I was though. They seemed to like you on the weekend"

"So you've thought about us, you know, having kids" asked Matt shyly.

"Maybe" smiled Emily "Somewhere down the track. Have you?"

Matt looked at her in surprise "Yeah, I guess. I always figured I would when I found the right person. I guess I'm just coming to terms with the fact that I have"

"Really" whispered Emily, leaning in closer to look in his eyes.

"Yeah, I've gone out with a lot of girls but I've never considered futures with any of them. Then suddenly you came along and now I'm Uncle Matt and discussing having kids. It's kinda surreal. I mean everyone says 'I'll have kids when I meet the right person' but you never really think about it till you're in the moment and you go 'wow, this might actually be that person, and how the heck did that happen?' It's mind blowing to think that all those thoughts are actually coming together, right now"

Emily stared into her partners eyes, waiting for him to continue, when he didn't she leant her head against his and smiled gently. "That's the most heartfelt thing I've ever heard you say" she whispered.

"Well, it's coming straight from here" he whispered back, pulling at her hand so it lay across his heart. "It hasn't spoken for a long time but I think it's time that changed, don't you?"

"Yeah" she nodded her voice so soft that Matt had to lean in to hear her. She lay her head down on Matt's chest so it was over the spot where there hands lay. She could feel his steady heartbeat underneath her hands as it lulled her to sleep.

"Goodnight" she sighed, drifting off into sleep.

"Night" replied Matt, joining her peacefully in the land of nod.