"A Day at Home"
Alice woke up and rolled over. She smiled as Tracy snuggled closer.

"Honey, I have to pee."

"No." Tracy groaned as Alice left the bed.

"Oh, I'll be right back."

Alice slipped back into bed. Tracy snuggled right back in.

"Two more weeks." Alice whispered.

"Mmm-mmm."

"The babies are moving." Alice placed Tracy's hand on her stomach.

"You're 5 weeks." Tracy smiled. "Actually, you're showing just a bit."

Alice blushed and ducked her head. Tracy chuckled.

"Lion, it's just enough to drive me absolutely crazy. Your dress will hide it."

Alice smiled. "I was thinking about it. I want a real proposal."

"Oh yeah?" Tracy said. "What would that entail?"

"I don't know….maybe a ring, maybe a romantic dinner…."

"That could be arrange." Tracy said. "We'll married in two weeks."

Alice smiled and kissed Tracy. "The alarm's going to go off in five minutes." She murmured.

"I can work with five minutes."

"I'm nauseous."

Tracy rolled over and grabbed some peppermints.

"Honey, it's going to take more than candy to get me into the mood. Sorry." Alice sucked on the hard candy which helped the nausea.

"Just relax. I'll call Lucy and get Brook Lyn ready. Just relax." Tracy brushed Alice's hair back.

"Yeah. Just hurry back." Alice rolled over.

"Lion, I called Monica and she said to take the day off and she'll pick Brook up at Coe-Collins' after school." Tracy wet the washcloth. "Just relax and breathe. I took the day off."

"You don't have to do that."

"You can't keep anything down. Where else I would I be?" Tracy helped Alice back to bed.

"Nowhere I guess." Alice smiled gratefully.

"Do you want anything?"

"Just you."

"That you got." Tracy held Alice.

"Here try to nibble on this." Tracy placed the toast on the nightstand.

"Thanks, tiger. So what now?"

"Well, we could talk names or put in a DVD." Tracy said.

"Names?" Alice looked at Tracy. "I thought we said we would wait."

"I think we should be hopeful. I know we said we would wait but I want our cubs to have names." Tracy started to rubbed the slight bump. "Well, I would like to think my daughter's warm and comfortable with her brother or sister."

"Would you be heartbroken if they were both boys?" Alice asked.

"No, of course not. I just want healthy babies and wife." Tracy unbuttoned Alice's pajama top. "What about you?"

"I just want redheads." Alice grinned. "I figure with Alan's and mine genes, they are going be big brown eyed babies."

"I was hoping for recessive genes to kick in. My blue eyes." Tracy teased.

"Poor Monica. She's really left out of gene loop. What do you think of the name of Monique in her honor?"

"mmm, for first or middle?" Tracy kissed the stomach.

"I like Alison Monique." Alice said. "Alison is a form of Alice and could be a form of Alan."

"A.M. Quartermaine?"

"She might be a morning person." Alice laughed. "Probably not. "

"Allie Quartermaine. " Tracy looked at Alice. "My Allies." She kissed Alice, who tried to deepen the kiss. "You're feeling better."

"Just having you in my bed is enough to make me feel better." Alice held Tracy's hand to her stomach. Tracy moved back down to the beloved bump.

"Allie." She cooed. Alice ran her fingers through Tracy's hair. "Allie, my sweet Allie."

"Now I really hope we have a daughter." Alice looked at Tracy's expression. "You would be good with a daughter. I love watching you with Brook."

"My love, just as long as she's healthy."

Alice bit her lip. "You know we haven't discuss what if they're not…."

Tracy sighed. "I know."

"I want these babies, no matter what. If I need to have the amino for the sake's of our cubs, I will. But these cubs will be born and loved." Alice rolled over, away from Tracy.

"I love you. You know that. I just don't know if I'll be a good mom." Tracy chuckled bitterly.

"Dillon drugged me and Ned has gone decades without speaking to me. To add a special child…they would be eaten alive by my family."

"Or they will be overprotected and learn how to manipulate early. Look, you'll be good mom. Third time's a charm." Alice said.

"I had an amino with Dillon." Tracy said. " And I don't know if it turned out…"

"You also weren't in the best relationship." Alice pointed out. "Dillon was kind of a last ditch effort."

"Good point. I also know what terminating a pregnancy can do to someone…" Tracy said.

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying I wouldn't force you to do anything." Tracy looked thoughtful "I've been surprise in the past by my family. Maybe they would be more accepting than what I'm giving them credit for."

"They accepted us. " Alice said. "I think we shouldn't decide anything right at this moment."

A silence fell over the couple. Tracy smiled and said,

"Let's hope for the best. Besides as you said, we don't need to decide at the moment, except maybe another girl name and two boys names."

Alice smiled and pulled Tracy closer. "Well, it's not easy with the last name of Quartermaine. But since you already have a son named Edward and we had Alan, junior, what about James or Bard?"

"I like James. James Quartermaine. " Tracy said.

"We could give Brooke the middle name."

"Or maybe not. What about Hudson?" Tracy kissed her wife.

"Nica suggested that as a joke." Alice laughed. "Thomas?" She yawned.

"Do you want to sleep now?"

"Maybe. I'm sorry. It's just I'm so tired since we found out about the twins."

"Then sleep." Tracy kissed her gently. "I'll be here."

"Hey, how is she?" Alan asked as he dropped off lunch.

"Just really tired and nauseous. I called Wexler and she said it was normal . It's just rough to watch her go through." Tracy said.

"I know. But it will be worth it." Alan said. "How are things?"

"She doesn't want the amino." Tracy sighed. "I didn't want to force the issue so I agreed. The only way she would is if it's necessary for the baby."

"I understand that. Actually it doesn't surprise me at all. " Alan said.

"Do you think our family would really accept someone like that?"

"We accept you." At Tracy's expression, Alan hasten to explain. "Look, Alice's the first one who walked in the house and said 'so the family's nuts but if that's norm I won't be concern.' She's one of the most accepting people. If something is wrong with the baby, we'll deal with it."

"Daddy…"

"We can deal with Father. Right now, you just need to focus on Alice and Brook. But especially Alice. She probably is freaking out a little." Alan commented.

"I should go and check on her." Tracy glanced towards the stairs. "Thank you for lunch."

"No problem. Look, Trace, I have the upmost of faith in you. You love Alice and Brook Lyn. You love your boys and this new baby will be so loved by you. The family will welcome it for five minutes and then go back to fighting. Uncle Alan is already planning on Yale for undergrad and Princton for med school. If not, we will love it."

Tracy snorted. "Med school? No, no, my daughter is going to Radcliff in business. Thanks."

"No problem. Go and pamper your wife." Alan left.

Tracy kissed Alice. Alice snuggled closer and sleepily mumbled something about rats, chocolate and eggs.

"Burroughs

Tracy kissed Alice. Alice snuggled closer and sleepily mumbled something about rats, chocolate and eggs.

"Burroughs will be home for dinner. Although I don't think rats, eggs and chocolate will sound good to her."

"Mmm, pasta?" Alice asked.

"Still nauseous, Lion?"

"It's better."

"How better?" Tracy asked, fingering the buttons on Alice's shirt.

"Not that better." She chuckled. "Sorry honey."

Tracy slipped out of bed. Alice looked at Tracy.

"Are you upset because of….?" Alice asked.

"No. Of course not. I mean, of course I want to have sex. But if you're not up to it, I could work." Tracy grabbed a robe. "In fact I'm going to shower and see if I can connect Brenda."

"Honey, it's three-thirty. What's the time difference?" Alice wondered, trying not to be jealous of her wife calling the ex-model. She suddenly felt ugly and ungainly.

"Five hours."

Alice bit her lip. "Are you sure the board will accept her?"

"She went back and got her MBA from NYU, ran L&B for the first five years, and has been running Paris Deception. She's the closest thing to family I can think of. I don't want to pull Ned off of tour."

Alice pouted. "And you really need to go all the way to Paris to meet with her?"

"Lion, are you jealous?"

"No, why would I be jealous of my wife going to the city of love to meet with a brilliant attractive ex-model? Not to mention, Jane's there."

Tracy stifled at the name of her ex-girlfriend. "Honey, Jane and I have been over for years. Brenda….she's like a niece or something. She's a Quartermaine. We don't do incest."

Alice raised an eyebrow.

"Ok for the last time Monica and Ned didn't know who they were. And Alan's over that by now, I'm sure."

"Promise me, you'll come back to me." Alice pouted.

"Well, maybe if you could remind me before I leave why I need to hurry back…." Tracy said.

"Oh, that could be arrange…."