A/N: This chapter is pure fluff. So sugary and fluffy that you guys will need to brush your teeth after reading it or you'll get cavities.

Credit for the name goes to Hasty Hastings! :)

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"Hey Huckleberry. Look! We have to get this!"

Lucas walked up next to Maya who was pointing at the top shelf of the aisle of baby food. It was a can of mashed huckleberries mixed with peas and some other atrocity that had Lucas near cringing in shock.

"Oh wow. How funny." Lucas deadpanned, chuckling beside Maya. "But you know we're not anywhere near the point of buying baby food, right?"

Maya sighed, rubbing her abdomen as she had taken to doing so for the past two weeks since she found out she was pregnant.

"Urgh… I know. I just want the baby to come already. I want to have that pregnancy belly."

Lucas shook his head in amusement, leaning down and planting a soft kiss on her head, "You will. Eventually. But one step at a time. We need to buy what we know we need for now. We've still got nine months before semantics come into play."

"Lucas, look! They're so cute!"

But Maya wasn't listening and grabbed his hand, tugging him excitedly to the clothes area across the median where all sorts of baby's clothing and accessories littered the area. Lucas was actually pretty impressed. They had a pretty wide assortment of different styles of clothing for babies in the super store. Everything from bodysuits and rampers to themed set pieces complete little hats.

Maya picked up a small princess dress with lots of frills, squealing slightly.

"Look how small it is." She smiled at him. "We have to get it, Lucas."

Lucas walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her and resting his chin on her head. "That's assuming we have a girl."

"Well if it's one fourth for two and one half for one, doesn't that mean that the chances of having a girl are three fourths given that they're fraternal?"

"But what if they're both boys? And if you include identical probability, it's all about one third for any of the three possibilities."

"I know my babies." Maya said with a grin, "One of them is a girl. I feel it."

"If you're sure." Lucas chuckled, leaning down and pulling Maya closer to him, nuzzling her neck and peppering soft kisses along her skin that made Maya squirm slightly.

"Lucas…" She let out a little breathy sigh when he gently bit down on the shell of her ear. "We're in a public place…"

Maya got a little shy about PDA at times, but Lucas honestly couldn't help it. He couldn't keep his hands off of her. How did she expect him to? He didn't know what it was, but every time he was near Maya, he just felt such a pull to her. He didn't know if it had to do with her pregnancy or not, but if he'd thought he couldn't get enough of her before, now he absolutely knew he was a mess without her.

"Are you trying to tell me I should let go of you?" He muttered in her ear, trailing his hands further up, just under her chest. "Is that what you want?"

She shuttered slightly, closing her eyes momentarily, but then she took his hands, peeling them off of her, and shot him a raised brow.

"Stop trying to seduce me in a store. It won't work. Now c'mon. Let's go look at cribs!"

Maya started to walk away and move on, but Lucas wouldn't let her go, tugging her back by the wrist and pulling her so that she stumbled into him, her hands on his chest as she stared up at him wide eyed, caught off guard by his actions. Maya's cheeks were painted with a light blush, and Lucas had to fight to restrain himself from really being inappropriate right there in the store.

"Who said anything about seducing you?" Lucas said with a smirk, sliding his arms around her lower back and holding her tightly to him, "I just wanted to kiss you a little."

"It's not appropriate." Maya murmured, looking past him to check to see if anyone was around them.

But she made no efforts to escape his clutches.

Lucas brought one hand up and gently turned Maya's chin so she was looking at him again. Maya's eyes had a dream-like haze to them as she gazed up at him, slightly playing with one of the buttons of his shirt. When he was sure he had her undivided attention, he leaned down slowly and gave her a soft peck on her nose.

Lucas pulled away with a teasing grin. "See? Just a little kiss."

Maya's face settled into an annoyed frown. She looked put off.

"What's wrong?" Lucas asked playfully, knowing full well what she had been anticipating. He loved messing with Maya. "You look upset."

Maya rolled her eyes. "I was expecting a real kiss, Lucas."

"Were you now?" Lucas rose a brow, gently rubbing Maya's back and loving the way her eyelids fluttered for a second. No doubt she was getting turned on. It tended to happen a lot for the simplest touches. "So then you admit to your reservations about PDA being false?"

"I admit to nothing but wanting to be kissed." She said stubbornly, her lips set in something of a small pout, "You're twisting my words."

But she leaned into him, smiling up at him blissfully. Lucas wasn't sure his heart could be more elated. Honestly, Maya had such a strong grip on his heart that he wasn't sure where he would be or who he would be now if he hadn't met her in their youth. She'd given him everything he could ever want and hope and dream for in his life and more through her companionship, through her love for him. She was giving him the family he'd always wanted with her. She was spending her life with him despite all of his many shortcomings. He knew so many people spent their entire lives searching for but never finding their true love—their soulmates—but he was lucky to have found his when she'd confused the crap out of him on a crowded subway when he'd first moved to New York.

Lucas reached up, brushing some stray hairs on her face away, gently tucking them behind her ear. His hand lingered on her face, sliding down to cup her cheek, gently caressing it with his thumb as he gazed down at her. Maya Hart. The absolute love of his life. Maya leaned into his touch, her stormy blue-gray gaze softening as she searched his eyes.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked softly.

"How much I love you, Maya. You're everything to me."

They'd come a long way. Despite ruining their relationship. And then almost ruining it again after they'd managed to reunite. And then almost ruining it again, but overcoming their issues and finally becoming the couple that all their friends had believed and known they could be.

Maya covered his hand with hers, smiling affectionately up at him.

"I love you too, Lucas."

Lucas smiled as well, leaning down as Maya tilted her head up, her eyes half-lidded.

"Oh my. I'm sorry!"

Maya snapped her gaze to the woman beside them, her cheeks almost immediately flushing in embarrassment. She pushed against Lucas' chest, but he tightened his hold around her, not giving her a chance to escape. They could still salvage the moment.

"It's no problem, ma'am." Lucas responded politely, nodding at the woman.

"Yeah, so we should continue our shopping." Maya said shooting him a warning look. "And you should let go of me."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disrupt your moment." The older woman stated, "Just trying to pass through really quickly."

"Don't mind us." Maya smiled, prying herself out of Lucas' arms who was a little put off by the lack of warmth from her tiny body. "We're sorry you had to see that."

"Oh it's no bother at all. I don't mean to pry, but if you don't mind me asking, are you expecting?"

"I am." Maya smiled, absolute joy on her face as she placed her hand on her abdomen. "Eight weeks in. We're having twins."

Maya loved gushing about her pregnancy. It always made Lucas smile to see her so happy. He was glad that he was able to make Maya happy. After all, that was all he'd ever wanted for her. Anything he could do to give that to her, he'd do it.

"Awwww." The lady cooed, placing a hand on her heart. "Well I'm sure you and your husband will make wonderful parents. Congratulations."

"Thank you."

The woman walked on, heading on her way out of the clothing section. As soon as she had disappeared, Lucas leaned down, playfully smiling as he wrapped his arm back around Maya and pulled her to him.

"You hear that?" Lucas teased. "She called me your husband."

Maya rose a brow. "Careful Huckleberry. If you keep bugging me I won't give you any priviledges as my boyfriend even. That means closed season on my 'cave of wonders'."

His eyes narrowed. That sounded way too familiar.

"Cave of won… ders…?" And then Lucas groaned, remembering when he had heard that. It had been a while since that conversation—months—but he remembered it. And he remembered who had said it. "I take it you and Emma had a good, long chat?"

Maya shrugged innocently, blinking up at Lucas in a way that told him she knew exactly what he was talking about.

"Well, she did stay at our place to keep me company when you were gone last week."

Lucas had gone on a week long trip to Texas for the wake of a distant relative he didn't particularly know, but it was expected for him to be there. Maya would have gone with him as well, but she had been suffering from spotting and slight bleeding and nausea that made her utterly too sick to even consider hopping on a plane and going to any events. Lucas had desperately wanted to stay and take care of Maya during her bout of suffering, but she refused to let him do that to his family and just not show up, so Emma had volunteered to babysit Maya during that turbulent time. He hadn't realized just how much of a danger it was to let his little intern and Maya spend time together. The both of them were privy to information about him that wouldn't bode well for him if they crossed paths.

"What exactly did you guys talk about?" Lucas' eyes narrowed. "Anything I should know?"

"Well. She did sniff all your shirts. And she put on one of your jackets. Wanted to know what it was like to get a hug from Lucas Smexy Pants Sweet Ass Friar. And…" Maya grinned a bit deviously, trailing her finger in a random pattern on his chest. "She told me about Gladys and how Gladys wants to have your kids. And asked you multiple times."

Lucas groaned again, wanting so badly to bash his head into the wall. That was the last time he would ever let Maya and Emma hang out alone. It was too dangerous.

"Why didn't you tell me about her?"

"Maya. It's embarrassing."

Maya started laughing hard. "She says she's fertile too, Lucas. Aren't you going to capitulate on that opportunity?"

"No." Lucas rolled his eyes when Maya started laughing harder.

Gladys was the sixty five year old owner of a quite vicious cat named Princess. She was particularly… open with Lucas. Often telling him her egg count and when she was the most fertile and asking him to allow her to bear his children.

"What else did you guys talk about?"

"Just how much you talk about me at work and how much you love me." Maya singsonged. "She told me you cried when I called you to tell you I was finally pregnant."

"Of course I cried, Maya. It took us six months."

Six months of frequent, constant sex every other day and Maya's unbelievable stamina and almost crazy determination. They'd had a false alarm during the third month when Maya vomited, but then they'd found out it was just a stomach virus. Which Lucas unfortunately caught. It put them both out of commission and when they were both better, they had jumped right back into it in restaurant bathrooms, in his car, all over their apartment in various positions. They'd redefined what "screw like rabbits" meant in all their time trying. And Maya had been relentless, even waking him up at 3 AM once because according to her fertility charting, it was the perfect time for them to try to conceive. There was also the time she'd shown up at his office during lunch with her eyes on fire, booted Emma out, locked the door, and Lucas was pretty sure he'd actually reached nirvana that day.

Don't get him wrong. Lucas really appreciated all the extra sex, especially when they got particularly creative, but it had been a lot of work. There were times when he just wanted to cuddle after work, but Maya would be ready and rearing to go, and he'd have to put aside his fatigue until Maya was satisfied with their attempts for the day. Finally receiving news that Maya was pregnant after those six months of intense work made him feel not only relief, but such extreme happiness he couldn't help it: he had cried tears of relief and joy. And then finding out they were having multiples at the appointment had really thrown him for a loop.

"And I thank you for your hard work." Maya leaned up on her tiptoes, pressing a soft kiss to his cheek. "As a reward for your tireless efforts to get me pregnant, we won't have sex for the next nine months."

He frowned, staring at Maya in shock, but she was biting her lower lip, clearly trying to hold back laughter, and Lucas let out a mental sigh of relief.

"Har har… You're hilarious, Shortstack."

Maya laughed, spinning out of his grasp and looking at some of the cowboy themed baby clothes with an amused grin on her face. Lucas made a mental note to himself to not let Maya come here alone because he had a feeling she'd be buying many of those adorable little cowboy outfits for sure.

"Oh! I just thought of one name for a girl." Maya straightened, turning to Lucas with a smile. "Katia."

"I like it." Lucas said with a smile, "Okay, so Katia Pancake Hart-Friar it is."

Maya gave him an incredulous look. "We're not naming our daughter Pancake."

"Fine." Lucas shrugged, pulling Maya to him by the hips with a grin. "Katia Shortstack Hart-Friar, then. Happy?"

"Stop! You're annoying!" Maya laughed, lightly pinching his arm.

"Alright. So now we need to think of one more girl's name and two boy's names."

"Oh don't worry about the boys. That's an easy one." Maya grinned. "Rick and Roy. Or better yet. Rick Huckleberry Hart-Friar and Roy Hopalong Hart-Friar."

Lucas rose a brow in amusement. "Touché."

"I think I win."

"I think you do, Shortstack…" Lucas muttered, his hold on her tightening the slightest bit.

Maya rested her hands on his arms, her smile turning a little flirtatious.

"What do I win?"

"I was thinking something like this."

Lucas leaned down, capturing Maya's lips in a long, deep kiss, sliding his arms around her, his hands resting just above her ass. He kissed her slowly, provocatively, coaxing a soft groan from her lips. Maya's flushed cheeks and shallow pants as she caught her breath when he pulled away stirred him up. So much so that he had only one thing on the brain. And judging by the way she was looking at him too, she had the exact same thoughts in mind.

"Lucas, we need to go back to the car. Like now."

"It's like you read my mind."

Lucas laughed, slipping his hand into Maya's and lacing their fingers as they made their way towards the front of the store, their hands swinging in time with their steps.