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Maddy woke up first, sweating heavily as her sister pressed into her side and Mark hugging both women to his side. Essentially trapping her to suffer the building heat.

Sighing, she gently climbed out of bed, as soon as she was out a mumbling caught her ear, "You lost your spot." She turned around to see Mark looking at her, a smile on his face as Zo scooted over to snuggle into his side.

"Must think you're dad," She whispered back leaning over to press her lips to his own, and then kiss Zoe's forehead.

"Do you think I'll make a good father?" He asked, tone very serious.

"Are you serious?" She smirked and ran her finger through his hair. "You will be an excellent father. All the kids like you at the nursery." He nodded and yawned, "Go back to bed, I'll start on breakfast." She found her pants and pulled them on.

Nodding, he let his eye lids fall closed. She watched them for a moment before walking towards the food closet. There had to be something there for them.

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She was cooking a vegetable dish, with a side of cut up fish when Mark walked in holding Zoe's hand. He pulled her chair out as he walked by and lifted her onto the table. He turned to his wife and got a good look at what the dubbie did to her. She was pale, her hands would shake when she wasn't moving, and the dark circles around her eyes made her look sickly.

"Good morning, Zoe, how are you feeling?" Maddy asked the little girl, her bear hanging from her hand.

The little girl walked to Maddy, and out of exhaustion, rested her head against her sister's hip. The small arms were the only thing keeping her up as she clung to Maddy's thighs."I missed you." Came the mumble as she had only been awake a few minutes.

She smiled, and petted her little sister's hair, "I'm almost done with breakfast." With that, Zoe let her sister go and walked to Mark where she held up her arms, a signal for him to pick her up. He did so and sat her on his hip before walking over to Maddy.

Kissing her cheek he whispered a good morning as he swayed with the little girl in his arms. "Once she is around you long enough, she won't be shy anymore." Whispering to maintain the peaceful silence.

Laughing, he walked to the table again, "Mark, are you going to marry my sister?" Both of the older people looked at each other confusion written all over their faces.

"Sweetie, we're already married." Maddy said softly, placing a warm plate of food on the table, before taking Zoe from Mark and sitting her down. "Now you need to eat, Zoe."

"But Nina said," She spoke around a mouth full of food. "That people who are married have babies, so why don't you guys have any?"

"Zoe, we haven't been married for that long," Mark was actually shocked, he and Maddy got along well, and after all they've been through, but it felt like so much more time has passed. He watched Maddy make his breakfast before sitting down and waiting for her to get her food before eating.

"But Zoe, soon, we will be working on getting a baby." Mark said, keeping his eyes on Maddy. He watched her eyes widen before her entire face turned from pale to red. She looked at her food, glancing at him every once in a while.

He held back a groan when one particular look showed her dilated eyes and he felt his own cheeks heat up. He didn't know what that was in her eyes, but it made him want to be near her as soon as possible.

Does he have to get hormonal now?

Zoe finished her breakfast and walked back to the bunk area. Asking for Maddy's plex before leaving the two charged teenagers to their own devices.

Mark jumped up and was at Maddy's side in one long stride. Pulling her out of her chair, he picked her up and placed her on the counter. Kissing her hard, they both felt the release of the pent up tension.

Lips moving together, his hands slid down her back, but didn't stop there. He cupped her bottom, and she squeaked. She tried to say his name, something, but ended up moaning. He pressed into her, forcing her to lay across the counter top.

She was sprawled out, fingers grasping his shoulder and short hair as his mouth moved from her own to her neck, than settling to lavish the tops of her breasts. Gasping moans escaped her and Mark wanted more.

More of her skin, more of her voice, more of her. No, he wanted all of her.

He pulled the neckline of her shirt down a little and kissed the newly exposed skin.

"Mark," She sighed lifting her hips up to help him get her pants off. As soon as they dropped to the floor, he pressed himself against her center. It was his turned to groan, as he felt himself twitch with need and want, letting his natural instincts take over.

"Maddy," he mumbled and pulled her shirt off. She laid out before him in her under clothes and bra. "I want you, right now."

She bit her lip and tried to hold back her grunt, but he heard it, and began unbuckling his pants.

"Mark, wait," She placed a hand over his large one and caught his eyes. "You need to be careful, um, with me." He nodded, remembering what his army friends had told him.

She moved her hands, helping pull the belt form the pant loops.

Just as Mark's fatigues slide down his muscled legs, a ringing came from the door. She pushed him back and grabbed her clothes, ripping them on as she moved to the door. She tossed Mark his belt as he clothed himself as well.

Reaching out and grasping her arm, he whispered, "Tonight." Watching how her breath hitched before letting her go.

She looked at the camera, she let Lt. Washington in, who noted the way her and Mark were breathing.

"Hope I didn't interrupt." She smiled, and all Maddy could do is scowl at the woman.

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Mark had left the kitchen to walk the halls of the small outpost. He was all worked up and now he had to cool off. All thanks to the Lieutenant.

By the time he had gotten to the bunk area, his blood pressure had slowed considerably and he could now walk around without embarrassment.

"Mister Mark?" He snapped his head to the bed where his little-sister-in-law laid out. "Why is World War Two so important?"

"I don't know," he honestly didn't know much about the wars, except military strategies from almost every war in history. But he never learned what caused them, the people killed in the war, why they hated each other so much. He realized then that there were lots of things he didn't know.

He walked in and sat next to her, watching old black and white video of a stubby man in a military uniform that was giving a speech to many thousands of people. "He's Adolf Hitler, he's a bad person." Zoe stated and leaned against his side. She held one side of the plex, and he held the other as they watched more videos, many of which were documentaries about the people involved.

He was shocked to learned that children, many as young or younger than the girl next to him, were starved, forced to work in camps and killed, all because of their religious orientation.

He looked at Zoe and couldn't imagine something so horrible happening to her. His arm tightened around her, promising himself to never let anything happen to any of his family members.

Mark quickly learned that to be a soldier meant to kill people who had families of their own. And that made him feel like a monster.

So I have been debating something for the next few chapters. I have written a sexually scene between Maddy and Mark on their first night together. And I have been debating on posting it or publishing it as a separate story to avoid making any one uncomfortable. I can also post two chapters the day I post it, If I post it, and label the sexually chapter so that anyone uncomfortable with it can skip it. But I really need to know if you lovely readers want to read it at all. Please review with your thoughts. And tell me how you like the story.