As predicted, just as they were mid-way through their meal around six-thirty the wind which had been a gentle tease all day turned into a vicious shit-kicking bitch and whipped in snow so thick they could barely see across the street. As a result, everyone was going to be staying the night, not just Andrea and Daniel. It made Andrea feel more than a little bit weird, because from the looks her fiance had been giving her all night and the way she'd teased him back, the first thing she wanted to do when they were alone was get him naked and have mad, passionate sex with him; since everyone would be staying over, this would be out of the question.

The first glimmer that she might still have a shot at getting some action that night was when Meredeth and Esposito made mention of the hide-a-bed and the air mattress which they were going to set up in the master bedroom since it had the most space. Lanie and Dave would take the air mattress while Honey-Milk and Ryan scored the hide-a-bed; the girls were bunked down in Tessi's room while Carey and Dell were tucked into bed in the nursery with the twins. As a result of this sardine can shuffle, Daniel and Andrea had their privacy, though Daniel suspected this had been the plan all along; Meredeth had even put some pjs for Andrea on the bureau which furthered the idea.

Once alone, Daniel watched Andrea ignore the nightie and strip down her her panties. She swung her legs up into the comfortable double bed, and once in his boxers he slid in behind her, one thick arm looped over her body so his palm rested in the sweet little valley between her breasts.

'Talk to me, babe,' he murmured to her. 'I can hear that noggin of yours nattering a mile off.'

'It's just so much to take in, Daniel,' she told him, sighing deeply as she put her hand over his and stroked it gently. 'There's...I've never met people like these guys.'

'Me neither.'

'It's like we're long-lost cousins that turned up, and we're being welcomed in for all the years we missed.'

Daniel chuckled; it was a good analogy. 'They have been drilling it into us, we've been adopted. A lot of them are like us though, you know?'

'How so?'

'Well, look at Castle and Beckett, for one. Beckett's an only child from a family that was devastated by murder, and Castle was a single parent who was also an only child from a single parent family. They found their way into family through her job and I've heard the very cute story of how her and Esposito met which can also be attributed to him.' He kissed her neck. 'Family isn't just about blood ties, Andrea. These people, these new friends we've made, are making damn sure we understand that.'

'I know, I know, it's just...accepting open and altruistic affection has never been easy for me.' Andrea rolled onto her side so she faced him. 'Except you. You, it was just there and so exciting and comfortable all at once. That's how I knew you were different.'

Daniel gently pressed his lips to hers, then gave her a poke in the side when she added, 'And you're the best lover I've had too.'

'My stars, Soon-to-be Missus Brick, how you do go on,' he teased her with an exaggerated Georgian accent. 'You do know how to get a man all excited.'

'I know how to get you all excited.'

'Do you now?'

Andrea nodded, moved the arm that was wrapped around her until she had his wrist in her hand. With eyelids sinking heavy in seduction, her tongue darted out and laved the tips of his fingers, then gently she lowered those fingertips to her soft, naked breast so they just grazed its rosy peak. She heard his groan and smiled knowingly.

'See?'

'Oh, you do know your audience.' Daniel shifted so she was underneath him, his hand staying on her breast while hers touched his face as they kissed. Her body was generous and lush, with skin soft as rainy-day rose petals, and while some men might have been deterred by the faint pinky-white lines of stretch marks on her body, Daniel simply accepted them as part of Andrea. He loved to watch the way those beautiful breasts rose and fell as he traced his fingers over the small lines that reminded him of sandbar ripples. He heard her breath hitch when he rubbed his thumb over her sensitive breasts, then stopped when he heard her breath catch sharply in her throat - not in pleasure but discomfort.

'Andrea, you okay sweetie?'

'Uh-huh, just...be gentle, okay? My hormones are starting to go a little kooky and they're taking it out on my nipples.'

'Want me to kiss it better?'

She batted her lashes at him. 'If you want to.'

Daniel grinned, and moving so he was stretched out on top of her, one long leg hooked over his hip he lowered his mouth to her body, gently suckling and teasing her, making her sigh deeply. The sounds of her pleasure hardened him, the blood rushing in his veins and his hands wandered down to her hips to tug at her panties, which she kicked down her legs. Turning to his side, Daniel arched an eyebrow when he let his hand rest between her thighs.

'My, my, you really are in the mood for it, aren't you?'

'Gimme,' she breathed, which made him laugh a little as her hips arched up in a little encouraging thrust. Andrea let her head thump back as he began to stroke her; each pass was like being set on fire as her head swam giddy laps. She saw the look on his face as he touched, the love in his expression and realized that it was that love that had made their baby, that love that would make them their own family as they found a place in this new, crazy one. The thought lasted barely three seconds, for she felt him slip one finger, then two inside her; he drew them out slowly, making her bite her lip so the loud moan wouldn't escape and draw attention. When he stopped just short of her release to slip off his boxers, Andrea wanted to punch him.

'You couldn't have done that before,' she teased him.

'Yeah, but then I couldn't do this.'

Gripping her hips, Daniel lifted her slightly off the bed and sank himself inside her, making her eyes pop, a little 'oh!' escape her lips. He set his pace slowly so she would know there was no need to rush, that they could just enjoy the feel of each other tonight. He watched her eyes darken in delight as she moved with him, keeping her whimpers as low as she could; Daniel knew this was a little bit of an effort for her as they both loved being as loud as they wanted when in bed together. Then again, they both knew they were sharing a wall with the nursery where some of the babies were sleeping.

'Daniel,' she murmured in his ear as she felt the orgasm build inside, 'kiss me.'

'Yes.'

He covered his mouth with hers and a few minutes later, he felt her shudder beneath him as she came, the tremors spurring him on as she sighed until he went over the edge with her. Still steeped in her, he turned his head so his mouth found her throat and he kissed her where her pulse banged wildly.

'I love you, Daniel,' she sighed dreamily. 'Oh, God I love you so much right now.'

'Love you too, Andrea,' he murmured back against her skin. 'You are everything to me. Both of you.'

She wrapped her arms around his broad shoulders, keeping him close. 'It seems like it should be so cliche to say things like that after sex, but not right now. Not this time.'

'Not ever,' Daniel agreed, lifting his head to study her face. 'God, you are so beautiful. You are going to be the yummiest mummy I know.'

'What are you doing? I like sleeping naked with you after we make love,' she protested when he popped up off of her, tugged his boxers back on.

'Yes, but we're not at home, and call me crazy but I have a feeling the little lady of the house might come on in here in the morning and explaining how babies are made to an almost three-year-old isn't a conversation I want to have naked in someone else's house.'

'Okay, fair enough then. Erhh,' she honked when he tossed her the pjs' from Meredeth and they landed against her face. 'Love you too.'

The pyjamas turned out to be a good idea, because the next morning, Andrea felt little fingers poking at her arms and when she opened her eyes she saw not only Tessi but Dell and Mallory with her. All three were still in their pjs, and each had a stuffed animal in tow - Dell with his toy t-rex, Tessi with her Crush turtle and Mallory with a Harrod's teddy.

'Mo-nin,' Mallory said sweetly, her little blond curls bobbing. 'Nacky?'

'She means suh-nacky, it's how she asks if you are hungry,' Dell explained.

'Mami makin' waffas an' ba-din,' Tessi added. 'We here to say yum-yum time.'

'It's yum-yum time? Is there coffee?'

'No' know. Polly. Daddy duh-rink lossa doffee,' she replied, then studied Daniel's naked torso as he sat up. 'Why you no' have pjs?'

Now it was Dell's turn to be the authority. 'Tessi, sometimes mamas and daddies don't sleep with cuh-lothes on because it is more comfy.'

'Oh. O-day. 'Mon , Mally, let's go.'

When the little girls where gone from the room, Dell added to Andrea and Daniel, 'I am five and a half years old, I know how babies get made but they are suh-till too lit-tle to know.'

'Well, then,' Andrea laughed. 'Since you are such a grown-up young man, why don't you escort me down to breakfast?'

'I would be dee-lighted, Andrea.'

Dell held out his hand and the two of them left the room, and Andrea couldn't resist asking. 'So Dell, seeing as your such a big guy now, how are babies made?'

'The mama and daddy both have a little tiny seed inside, and they have to be in their bed together without clothes on and kiss each other and hug each other very tight.'

'How did you learn that?'

'Mama said so, and the big boys at school told me the naked part.'

'Ah, well, far be it from me to argue with the big boys at school,' Andrea chuckled as Dell continued, 'You have to really love someone though, like Mama and Daddy, or like you and Daniel. Are you going to wear a white dress?'

'Yes I am.'

'I have to wear a suit again,' the boy groused as they walked into the kitchen. 'Unless are you getting married in the summer like Katie and Rick?'

'No, we're getting married a week after Valentine's Day. You'll have to wear a suit.'

'Oh, man!'

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