They were waiting at the dock waiting on Romeo's ship to come in. Connor and Murphy were bouncing about excitedly. They would periodically stop to tell her some story involving their friend. It got worse as they began to see the boat on the horizon. Rosie felt like she was watching two five year old boys. She rolled her eyes when they began wrestling on the ground.

"Boys, you're going to get dirty and need I remind you that you're supposed to take him to the bar? Get dirty and I'll make you go home and change." She scolded.

"Yes mother." They both said mockingly as they stood.

She rolled her eyes watching the boat finally hit the docks. Soon it was a madhouse of coming and going, people everywhere, with Connor and Murphy searching all over for their friend. It was when they heard a voice in the crowd that they found him.

"Hey I'm still using my cripple card, so you two leprechauns get over here and get this bag."

"Hey Rome!" They moved over to him quickly Murphy taking the bag while Connor put him in a headlock. All Rosie could hear was laughing and aggravated shout of, "Hey watch the hair man!"

When Rosie finally made her way through the crowd they had let him go and were looking for her. Murphy spotted her first, his eyes lighting up. "Hey Rome, you gotta meet our Rosie!"

She smiled, holding out her hand. "Nice to meet you, nice to put a face to the name."

Romeo shook her hand. "I'm supposed to convey the condolences of Duffy, Dolly, Eunice, Doc, and Smecker. They said you must have balls of steel to take them both on. Very nice to meet you."

Rosie laughed while the boys let up a chorus of "Hey we're not that bad!"

"So they do know you well?" She said grinning at them.

"Rosie me luv, yer supposed to defend us!" Connor said grabbing his heart.

"Aye yer supposed ta be on our side!" Murphy put in.

"I call them like I see them boys, now lets go."

They both went into motion which made Romeo laugh as he walked behind them. He had his cane with him walking with a limp, but it didn't seem to deter him any. Connor and Murphy had explained to her how he'd received the wound to his leg while he was helping the boys. She could always see the guilt in their eyes about it, especially when they had found out that it was a permanent affliction. She looked back to see that they had adjusted their pace to his so that he wasn't alone. She smiled to herself as she walked ahead of them.

"Hey Rome did we tell ye that our Rosie's gonna make us Da's? Twins man!" Connor asked.

"No fooling? Well I'm going to have to double the condolences then and congratulate you. That's fucking sweet man." Romeo said grinning, happy for his friends.

"Yup, our Rosie's gonna be a moma!" Murphy said excited.

"Well then for your sake Rosie I hope you have girls! Two more McManus boys would be more than any soul should have to handle." Romeo said laughing dodging blows from the twins.

"Hey now we're not that bad! Right Rosie?"

She laughed. "I plead the fifth on that one! I'm Switzerland on this!"

"Hey where's the loyalty woman?" Connor asked as they got to the car.

"Its payback fer siccing Ma on me Connor McManus, now get in the car, I'm freezing." She wagged her finger at him.

Romeo cracked up some more. "I cant wait to tell everyone at home about this!"

"How are the boys doing?" Murphy asked of Duffy and Dolly.

"Well Duffy had himself a bit of a drinking problem after Greenly died, but Dolly kicked his ass right back into sobriety and their both doing good now. They caught a couple of copycats impersonating yous guys. They're still griping about that one. It was funny too. They told me these guys weren't using pennies, instead they were like arcade tokens or some shit. Dumbasses too, they left fingerprints all over the place, caught them after the first hit."

The boys groaned. "God they're making us look bad."

Romeo laughed. "You guys did that on your own man."

Murphy swatted him. "Whatever cry baby. You cried every time we did a hit. Hell you cried over getting your guns!"

They both laughed at him while he punched them and said, "Shut up man!"

Rosie just smiled and let them tussle in the back of the car. She hadn't seen them so rambunctious in a long time. Twenty minutes later they were pulling back into their yard, piling out.

"You two show him the spare bedroom, I've got to get started on cleaning the chicken."

"Come on Mexican, Rosie made it all pertty for ye."

She shook her head as she listened to them pile into the house. She headed to kitchen and began making supper. They were having it early so the boys could take Romeo down to the Anvil. She hummed to herself as she put spices on the chicken. She heard them come back to the living room and start playing their video game. Soon taunts and cheering were heard. Then she heard tumbling and she just knew they were fighting all over her couch.

"Boys!"

The sound stopped. A chorus of "Sorry!" was heard. She yelled back, "Play nice!" She heard Romeo laughing. "Aw I can't wait to tell the guys of how far the mighty have fallen!"

This went on for the next hour until supper was finally ready. She fixed up the plates and got three beers from the fridge before she called them. They came running in, Romeo not far behind them. They plowed into their food with usual gusto and Romeo was just the same, although he did take the time to compliment her cooking between bites.

She blushed and Connor tagged him on the arm. "Hey ye greasy spic stop flirting with our woman!"

This in turn made Romeo blush, Rosie blush harder, and the boys to crack up. Soon after they were done and grabbing their coats to head down to the Anvil. She saw them off and she cleaned the kitchen. Rosie then spent the rest of her evening working on her throw blanket. She watched a movie and then decided to go shower before bed. All in all it was a nice quiet evening and she was glad the boys go to go out and have some fun. She knew life for them lately had been sort of chaotic what with all the drama surrounding her lately. She went to bed shortly after showering and fell asleep quickly. The only time she woke that night was when the boys came in and passed out on both sides of her. They both snuggled into her and were soon snoring away. She fell right back to sleep and didn't wake till morning.

The next morning Rosie woke slightly under the both of them. They always did have a tendency to cuddle when they got drunk. She found herself in a bit of a predicament trying to extract herself from them; every time she moved they would hold her tighter. She sighed. "Boys you have to let me up."

"Who says?" Connor murmured wearily.

"Aye we're comfortable, just stay in bed Rosie. No reason to get up yet." Murphy added just as tired.

"But I've got stuff to do." She tried.

"It can wait." Connor told her. Both of them then locked a leg around her legs and hugged her tighter.

She sighed again. "Fine."

"That a girl." Connor kissed her.

"Sleep love." Murphy gave her a kiss as well and seconds later both were back to snoring. Rosie fell asleep doubting that she'd be able to.

The next time she woke she found that the only one left in the bed with her was Connor and he was still hugging her to him. She heard Murphy and Romeo downstairs shouting no doubt playing a video game. Connor shifted pulling her closer to him. "Afternoon luv."

She smiled sleepily. "Hey."

"Did you sleep well?"

"Mmmm." She hummed in agreement.

"Good, ye've been looking too tired lately. Besides I like having you here to wake up to." He pushed a stray hair away from her face.

"I've got a doctor appointment tomorrow. He's going to check the heartbeats again, I want you and Murphy there to see."

"No place we'd rather be Rosie." He leaned down and kissed her and she happily returned it. They lay there for a little while longer, just talking about anything and everything, until they both got too hungry to wait on it anymore. They got and headed towards the kitchen passing through the living room.

"Hey sleepyheads nice to see you join the living." Murphy said from his spot on the couch.

"Ah why don't you shut your gob." Connor mumbled on his way through.

He helped Rosie make up sandwiches and Murphy and Romeo came in and ate with them.

The rest of Romeo's visit passed with laughing and teasing each other. When Rosie went to her doctor's appointment the boys and Romeo came with her and they all listened in wonder to the babies heartbeat. Just hearing the heartbeats got the boys even more excited and they began talking of all the things they would teach their kids. Rosie listened in and put in what she'd teach them if only to counteract the mischief Connor and Murphy would teach them. Life was good and Rosie and company soaked it in.

A/N: Ok so this chapter is slightly shorter but I wanted to get one out so you didn't think I had abandoned you all. Read, review, enjoy!

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