OKay due to my sisters B-day party I will not be here on Saturday evening and Sunday morning I will be updating again on Thursday, and again on Sunday, but Sunday will be the next part of this little series.

Six

But the fever breaks when its too much to take

So you can put your weapons down

-Vanessa Carlton

That night Emily woke up at midnight she was uncomfortably hot, not surprising considering Derek had his arms around her and the comforter was wrapped around her body. She pulled herself out of Derek's grasp and walked out onto the balcony. She looked out over the well-lit city of Rome, she could see the Coliseum tall in the center of the city.

The wind blew her hair across her face. She rubbed her stomach and smiled to herself. "Hey baby." She smiled, she felt a tiny kick and she smiled. "Yeah its Mommy, guess where you are? You're in Rome. I used to live here and now I'm back."

She felt Derek's arms wrap around her. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I am, just hot." She whispered, he unwrapped his arms but stayed behind her.

"Sorry." He kissed her neck softly. "Come back to bed?"

"In this heat?" She raised her eyebrows.

"We'll leave the balcony doors open." He smiled.

"Okay." She kissed him and went back and lay down on the bed , he got in next to her. "I can't wait to get home."

"We'll be home tomorrow Emi." He wrapped his arms around her again.

"I can't wait." She smile and drifted off to sleep.

The next day Derek was extremely glad Declan was with them, Declan could hold Elizabeth while Derek and Emily made sure all the luggage was there. As soon as they were settled and at cruising altitude Declan got up for a moment.

"Emily, what are we going to do with him?" Derek asked as soon as Declan was out of ear shot.

"He's going to live with us, I'm his legal guardian, and I don't intend to ship him off anywhere." Emily said.

"Okay, I guess that means it's a good thing we have a guest room." He said. "It will be nice to have him around."

"Yeah it will, he's a sweet kid and you did always want a boy." Emily smiled.

Half way through the flight both Elizabeth and Declan were sleeping, Lizi had grown quiet attached to her new older brother over the last few days. Derek had to admit Declan was hard not to like, he was very obedient and enjoyed making other people happy, the kid also loved to read he'd seen him read for the first two hours of the plane ride. Emily had to tell him to put the book away and go to bed.

Emily was looking at the two children and smiling. "I'm glad Lizi likes him."

"Well she wouldn't have much choice would she?" Derek chuckled.

"Not really, but I'm glad they get along. I just hope Lizi takes to the new baby just as well." Emily sighed.

"We can't call her baby forever." He said.

"What about Juniper?" She asked.

"Juniper? I don't know isn't that a bush?" He raised his eyebrows.

"A tree." She frowned.

"No, we're not calling her after a tree." He said.

"But their pretty trees." Emily said.

"I don't care how pretty they are our daughter will not be named after a tree."