Chapter 25

*One Week Later*

Mick sat with Nina and Brady in Mick and Beth`s apartment, watching tv and playing.

"Mama?" Nina asked. She had recently learned how to say "momma" "daddy" and "mommy"

"She`s coming home soon. Aunt Jenna will be here too." They both clapped at his response and Mick laughed. The week couldn`t have gone smoother. Aside from the little fight the two had between themselves and the horrible diaper changings, Mick was a model father. He put aside a majority of his work because Beth was always working or like the past week on a trip of some sort. His inbox was overflowing by the time he checked it one day. Those people would have to wait. Mick did do a small job while Beth was gone and brought the two kids with him, but his client did not enjoy the two screaming and crying children present during his meeting with Mick.

Mick had been waiting for this day to come and drove to the airport, quicker than he usually drove, with the kids in the car. He parked close to the entrance and started putting together the stroller. Then he remembered the day they bought the stroller...

"Mick?" Beth yelled as she walked into the apartment. I ran over to her and saw she had a gigantic contraption in front of her. "What is that?"

"It`s a stroller. Look it has everything!" Beth exclaimed.

"Don`t we already have a stroller?" She had told me about the other stroller and how it was hers when she was little.

"Yea but that ones an old one. I need new stuff for my children. And the other day it almost killed Nina and Brady while I was walking. This one is so much safer." I sighed. Why?

There were so many buttons and levers on this thing you would think it was a time machine. Mick finally got it together and put a sleeping Nina and happy Brady into it. He walked in and waited for Beth and Jenna to get off the plane.

Beth walked off the plane with Jenna, she had a nice even tan all over and so did Jenna. "Jenna thank you so much for taking me to Fiji. I definitely owe you a trip too."

"Oh don`t worry about it. I`ve been wanting to spend some money anyway." Jenna said, smiling as they collected their bags.

"If you wanna spend more of that money we could go shopping next week." Beth offered.

"I wouldn`t want to keep you from your new fiance." Jenna spotted Mick first and nodded towards him, "I`ve taken you too long already." Beth looked in his direction, dropped all her bags, and ran to Mick. Mick glanced up and stood and Beth slammed into him. If he had been human, this would have killed him, but he was concentrating more on Beth.

"Beth." He had his nose in her hair and breathed in, her smell was amazing and he had missed it so much. Beth stood on her tip toes and kissed him. The kiss was definitely a kiss they both would always want from each other, it was the kind that they hadn`t seen each other for years and they met again. Almost better than their first kiss. They only separated when Jenna cleared her throat, "Get a room."

Beth giggled, "I missed you. Like you have no idea how much I missed you."

"And the same to you." He looked over at Jenna, "I assume you would like to go home?"

"Oh yea, but could you drop me off at Josef`s place because he has been calling me way too much and I think he would enjoy a visit as much as I would." Jenna said, saying it too fast.

"No problem."

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Mick and Beth walked in the door an hour later after they left for the airport. Josef insisted on them staying for drinks and they left after they were practically having sex on Josef`s coffee table. They both put the kids to bed and were now cuddled in their bed.

Mick looked down at her and realized she was crying, "Hey whats wrong?"

"I just...missed you...this" She calmed down after a minute and continued, "Just having you hold me and to know someone loves me."

"And you didn`t feel that way in Fiji? I called everyday." Mick had looked forward to that phone call everyday at 8 at night. He would put the kids to bed and call her, talking on the phone for hours til she fell asleep.

"I know, but I really missed you and with you proposing before I left...it just made it harder to be away from you."

"Well we are together now. I love you." Mick leaned down to her and kissed her.

"I love you too." Beth replied and in a matter of minutes, they were passed out on top of each other. Dreaming only of each other and never letting go.

*One Week Later*

Mick sat alone in his office, organizing paperwork and sorting through emails. His phone had recently notified him that his inbox was full, so he decided he better check who was emailing him. A majority of the emails were for clients, wanting to check if their wives and husbands were cheating on them or to find a lost child or kids trying to find their parents. Just regular P.I. stuff.

His phone stated ringing and he picked up as soon as he saw who it was, "Hey Beth I was just about to head home-"

"Please hurry. I miss you." Her voice was a little shaky.

"Are you okay?" He was a little worried about the tone of her voice.

"Yea I just miss you. You`ve been in that office for too long."

He smiled, "I`ll be there in five."