Several weeks later.
Joseph lay in bed wide awake, thinking over a few things as Clarisse lay fast asleep beside him. Turning his head to look at her as she slept contently, he couldn't help but smile and frowned when she turned over to face the other way, her back now to him.
"God I miss you." He whispered while looking back at the ceiling before checking the time.
Seeing that the alarm was going to go of in a few minutes he decided to wake Clarisse himself, putting his hand on her hip as he moved closer to her kissing the back of her shoulder while running his hand up and down her thigh, smiling when she began to stir.
"Good morning," He whispered as she turned her head to look at him "I wanted to wake you myself instead of the alarm." He grinned and lowered his head kissing her slowly as she put her hand up, cupping his cheek.
"Thank you." She smiled as he rolled back onto his back "I much prefer you waking me instead of the alarm." She grinned while reaching over and turned the alarm of before snuggling up to him as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"I will be glad when I get my life back, I really miss you." He whispered as she tipped her head back and looked up at him.
"I know, I miss you too." She whispered as he lifted his head and kissed her a couple times.
After a few moments Clarisse sighed and sat up "Right I better get a move on, I have a lot to do this morning."
"Okay," He said watching her climb of the bed, sighing to himself.
With a smile she headed into the bathroom having a quick shower, but by the time she came back out Joseph was fast asleep again, giggling to herself as she made her way into her closet. Once she was ready she headed down and had breakfast in the kitchen with Lena and her two friends that stayed over the night.
"Okay girls I need to get on," Clarisse smiled at them then sipped her coffee as Joseph came through the door.
"Morning Daddy." Lena smiled as he stood beside her.
"Good morning flower." He smiled and kissed her forehead "Why didn't you wake me?" He asked while looking at Clarisse as she stood up.
"Because you need to sleep." She said grabbing her plate and cup, putting them on the counter before walking back over to her chair and checked the time "You girls better go and get ready, Pierre will be here soon to take you out riding remember." She smiled as they quickly stood up and rushed out the room, making Clarisse laugh.
"I didn't know Pierre was taking them riding today." He said getting some breakfast as Clarisse grabbed the girls bowls and glasses, putting them on the counter.
"They asked him yesterday," She smiled over at him "You have remembered you have your Doctor coming today, right?" She asked while bending over and put the dishes in the dishwasher as he eyed her up and down.
"Yes," He nodded with a smirk "Yes I have." She said leaning back against the counter, watching her "When he's been I need to pop out with Henry." He said still watching her as she looked over at him.
"Joseph," She smirked as he came out of his day dream and looked at her "What were you doing?" She smirked closing the dishwasher and stood up straight while turning to him.
"Nothing, nothing at all." He smirked while standing beside her putting his arms around her waist as she put her hands on the tops of his arms.
"Where are you off to with Henry?" She asked, snaking her arms up around his shoulders.
"Just need to do a couple things, I should be back before dinner." He smiled and kissed her "Which I thought could be a family barbeque, well except for Erica and her family of course." He sighed.
"A barbeque sounds good." Clarisse nodded "I will be finished around dinner time too." She nodded a little while smiling at him.
"Good," He smiled and started kissing her slowly.
Several moments later Pierre and Charlotte came into the kitchen seeing them stood kissing they smirked and looked at each other, clearing his throat as they looked back at them as they stopped and looked over at them.
"Pierre, Charlotte." Clarisse exclaimed while stepping back as Joseph started laughing.
"That sure feels weird seeing that after all this time." Pierre smirked and motioned to the table "Please sit down, we have some news."
"Is everything ok?" Clarisse exclaimed and watched them both nod "Are you sure?" She asked while sitting down with Joseph.
"Yes everything's more than ok." He smiled at them and took hold of Charlotte's hand "We went for our first scan yesterday."
"Oh yes you did, how did that go?" Clarisse beamed as Joseph put his arm around her back.
"It went brilliantly," Charlotte smiled and looked at Pierre "You tell them."
"Ok," He smiled at her then shared a kiss with her.
"Aww," Clarisse smiled as they both looked back at her "Tell us what?" She asked while looking at Joseph for just a second then back at Charlotte and Pierre "What's going on?"
"Mom, Dad." Pierre smiled at them both "We are having twins." He exclaimed as they both sat open mouthed in surprise.
"You're having twins?" Joseph asked as they both nodded with big bright smiles.
"Well this is great news," Clarisse exclaimed while jumping up and hugged them both.
"Isn't it?" Pierre smiled while grabbing the scan photo from his pocket "Look," He smiled showing her the photo.
"Awww our Grandbabies." Clarisse smiled as Joseph stood beside her while kissing Charlotte's cheek then shook Pierre's hand "Joseph look," Clarisse smiled as she held up the scan for him to see, as he took it from her she started crying.
"Awww Mom," Pierre whispered while wrapping his arms around her.
"I'm crying because I'm happy darling," She whispered and cried on his shoulder.
"I know." He whispered while rubbing her back.
"Do you know if they are girls, boys or one of each?" Joseph asked while looking at Pierre still hugging Clarisse.
"We don't know yet." Charlotte said looking at him then back at Pierre and Clarisse as they stepped apart.
"This is wonderful news, you have made me so very happy." Clarisse smiled and wiped away her tears.
After a few moments a few of the family arrived, sharing the news with them as Clarisse headed to her office to crack on with the paper work. Coming out to get some coffee a short while later just as Joseph's Doctor arrived.
"Hello again Doctor." She smiled as Maxwell left him with her.
"Hello Your Majesty." He smiled and kissed the back of her hand "How is Mr Elizondo today?"
"He's alright, so he says." She smiled while putting her arm up, pointing towards the stairs "He's up in the suite, go on up." She smiled.
"Great, thank you." He nodded and headed upstairs as Clarisse headed to the kitchen.
After he checked Joseph's blood pressure he wrote a few things down in his book as they sat chatting.
"Is there something you want to ask me?" The Doctor asked, noticing that Joseph seemed nervous.
"There was a couple things actually." He nodded a little, looking towards him "I was just wondering when... When can I get back to my life?" Joseph asked.
"Are you still getting dizzy?" The Doctor asked.
"Not as much." Joe answered.
"Out of breath?" Asked the Doctor.
"Only sometimes." Joseph nodded.
"Good." The Doctor replied writing some notes down "And how's Her Majesty treating you?" He asked while looking up at him.
He nodded a little "She was nervous that something bad was going to happen to me the first week but I think she is okay now, she knows I would never leave her, I did promise her you know."
"That's understandable," The Doctor answered while looking up at him "You both had a shock after all." He nodded writing some more notes down "Now," He said putting his book away and looked at him "You mentioned that you had a couple questions?" He asked while sitting back.
"I do Doctor," Joseph nodded feeling really stupid and took a deep breath "Being intimate with Clarisse?" He asked while looking down "When can I be up and running in that department again? We have an Anniversary coming up."
"Maybe another couple of weeks." The Doctor said smirking.
"But it won't kill me when I do, do it, right?" Joseph asked shyly.
"No, it's exercise. It'll be good for you. After a heart attack, rule of thumb is: If you can climb a flight of stairs, you can have sex." The Doctor said.
"Alright then now I have a goal." Joe smiled with a nod as the Doctor laughed.
After seeing the Doctor out Joseph stood checking he had everything when Clarisse came out of her office.
"Ahh good I was just coming to find you." He smiled while standing in front of her "I just wanted to let you know I'm just about to leave, Maxwell is driving me to meet Henry."
"Ok," She said stepping closer as he put his arms around her waist "Have fun and see you later?" She smiled "Oh, what did the Doctor say?" She asked as Joseph smirked down at her.
"He said I need to practice climbing the stairs." He grinned and kissed her a couple times.
"Okay." She smiled and hugged him "See you later my love."
"Yep," He said letting her go "See you later my Clari Bear." He smiled as she looked back at him over her shoulder and carried on through to the kitchen.
After getting some more coffee she headed back to her office where she remained for the next few hours, looking up when someone knocked on the door.
"Come In." She called out while putting the phone down, as Henry came in "Henry?" She exclaimed as he pushed up the door "What are you doing here?"
"Um I came to see Joseph, but Charlotte told me he isn't here?" He said while walking over to the desk as she stood up and walked around to him.
"No actually he's not," She said and kissed his cheek "He is meant to be with you?" She asked stepping back while folding her arms.
"Is he?" Henry said trying to remember "Not that I know off," He said shaking his head.
"How strange." Clarisse said while walking back around to her desk and picked up the phone while sitting down "I will ring him and make sure he's ok." She said dialing his number "Please sit down Henry." She smiled.
"Thanks." He nodded and sat down, watching her as she sat back in her chair waiting for Joe to answer the phone.
Answering the phone with a smile "Hello you, what's up?"
"I thought you were doing something with Henry today?" She asked.
"I am, but a bit later, why?" Joseph asked.
"Well I was going to say the way you explained it earlier made it sound like you were going to be with him all day but yet he's just arrived here and is sat in front of me." Clarisse said looking up at Henry.
"He is?" Joseph said surprised "Put him on for me please."
"Henry," Clarisse said holding the phone up "He wants to talk to you."
"Ok," He said while jumping up and grabbed the phone from her, talking for a few minutes before hanging up "I remember now yes," Henry said rushing over to the door "Sorry I gotta fly." He said pulling up the door behind him.
"Henry?" Clarisse called out but all she heard was the front door slamming shut behind him.
Later that day Clarisse headed out on a ride with Olivia, returning just as Joseph arrived home.
"Uh oh Daddy, what have you been up to?" Olivia asked as she climbed down from her horse and kissed his cheek.
"I haven't been up to anything," He smirked and looked up at Clarisse as she and her horse came to stop beside him "Did you have fun?" He asked.
"I did," She answered and climbed from her horse letting the stable boy take her horse back "Will be glad when you can ride again." She asked while taking her hat off and looked at him.
"Hey," Olivia exclaimed as they both looked at her "Aren't I a nice person to go riding with anymore?" She said sadly.
"Of course you are Darling, I just meant, well with your Father it's..." She stopped when Olivia started laughing.
"It's alright, I get it." She laughed and ran off.
"So did you and Henry have a good afternoon?" She asked tucking the hat under her arm as they started walking towards the Palace.
"We did, thank you." He whispered while putting his arm around her shoulders "Got what I needed to do done." He smiled as she looked at him.
"Ahh ok," She said as they stopped "I'm just going to go and have a quick shower and get changed, be right back." She said and hurried off inside.
He watched her with a smirk then went over to the table sitting with the rest of the family as Pierre and James cooked the food. Clarisse returned a short time later and sat down, enjoying a chat with Charlotte and Olivia as the children played.
After all the children were in bed, the adults remained outside enjoying the cool night air, all laughing and having a great time now that things were slowly getting back to normal.