Mr. and Mrs. Hart pulled up to the Four Seasons. Jennifer's eyes were huge and sparkling.

She leaned over and kissed him and then he opened the door and helped her out.

They walked in the hotel hand in hand, and the staff applauded them.

He checked them into their room, and their bags were taken up there.

They walked to the elevator and took it to the top floor.

They were standing outside the door. He got it open and then picked her up.

He carried her across the threshold and kissed her and then set her down.

After several kisses, she slipped out of her dress and into a nightgown. She took her tiara off and put it back in the box.

"I cannot believe we are married".

"I know. Feels different, but feels the same too".

She held out her right hand to him.

"Honey, will you do it?"

He took her engagement ring off her right hand and put it on her left. He had picked the curved diamond band for her, and it fit her ring just perfect.

She kissed him and then hung her dress up.

"Darling, we are meeting Max tomorrow morning. He's going to take with him our excess luggage and stuff".

"Oh wonderful".

She slipped Susan's bracelet off and put it in a special pouch for him to give her.

The wedding venue had made them some special to-go boxes, so after they were both comfortable, they climbed on the bed and opened them.

She fed him some spinach dip on a baguette, and he fed her a bite of his lobster roll.

They popped a bottle of champagne and each had a glass.

"To my absolutely gorgeous wife".

"To my absolutely handsome husband".

They clinked glasses and then kissed, before taking a sip.

After they ate some, Jennifer got up and put the boxes in the trash, and then changed into a white lace satin and tulle baby doll with matching panties.

He had turned the TV on, and didn't hear her come in.

"Ahem".

He turned and saw her and turned the Tv off.

She climbed on the bed and straddled him.

"Is this one of the ones you got in Vegas?"

She shook her head.

"Nope. I picked this out all by myself".

She ran her fingernails up and down his chest.

He reached behind her and started to take her top off.

"No, no, no. Isn't there a little something you are supposed to put on for me tonight?"

"Little is right. Little to it and little chance of that happening".

She started laughing.

"Oh, honey. Fair is fair".

"You're right. And that isn't fair".

She leaned down and started kissing his neck.

He unhooked her top and took it off her.

He reached up and squeezed her breasts, and then wrapped his arms around her and quickly flipped them so that she was on her back.

He kissed her for a few minutes and ran his fingers through her hair.

She ran her hands up and down his back, and held him close.

He nuzzled her neck and nibbled on her earlobe.

"Think we can top last night, baby?"

"We can certainly give it a shot".

She kissed him and started scratching his sides.

"Baby, let's not get ahead of ourselves, ok?"

"Sorry honey".

He moved his kisses down to her breasts and sucked on her nipples.

"Oh baby…"

She arched her back when he started to bite her.

"Honey….."

He moved to the other one and did the same thing. She gripped his shoulders.

She started tugging at his pajama pants, and he sloughed them off. She lifted her hips so he could peel her panties off, and then wrapped her legs around his waist.

He kissed her as he joined their bodies together.

She rocked her hips with his and squeezed his waist with her legs.

"Jona…than…."

"Ohhhhhh Jenn…..ifer…."

They exploded together again and again, and clung to each other as the feelings subsided.

"Married sex is the best sex ever".

"Yes, it is".

She scratched his back for a little bit and he laid his head on her chest.

"Honey, can I tell you something?"

"Of course, darling. What is it?"

"You know how I haven't been eating a lot of carbs because I wanted to fit in my wedding dress?"

"You fit into your dress perfectly".

"Thank you. So, now that it's over, and now that I only have to worry about fitting into a bathing suit with you-I'm starving. Want to order something?"

He started laughing.

"Yeah, we can order something".

They perused the room service menu and then finally decided to order a pizza.

He ordered her a personal veggie pizza on thin crust, and a small meat lovers for himself on regular crust.

Jennifer got up and put her robe on, and he put his pajama pants back on.

"Honey…I can't figure out the hint. Where are we going?"

"Hang on".

He dug something out of his bag.

It was a stack of cards. He handed them to her and she realized that it was the cards from the flowers he had sent her since he had re-proposed to her.

"So, the clue is in these cards. Hmmm."

She sat there staring at them and re-reading them over and over.

"The only place that you mention is Maryland, honey".

"Maybe, maybe not. I mean, I do mention Maryland. But I might mention some other place".

He was getting a kick out of watching her not figure it out.

"I thought I made it too easy for you. Do you want me to show it to you?"

She gave him a sharp, but determined look.

"No, I do not".

He leaned over and kissed her temple and turned the tv on while they waited for the pizza.

She kept trying to figure it out until the pizza got there.

As they were eating, she was asking him questions. He wasn't giving up any more information whatsoever.

She grabbed a paper and a pen and started writing down what she was seeing.

He fell asleep watching the movie while she was so focused.

When she realized he was asleep, she leaned over and kissed him and pulled the covers up around him.

She laid next to him for about an hour, trying to figure it out.

Suddenly, she figured out the pattern.

She climbed on top of him and started kissing him.

"Honey…honey…..wake up, baby".

"Hmmmm?"

"Wake up, baby".

"I love being woken up by you".

"No, not that. I mean, maybe that. But really, not that".

"What?"

"Is it St. Lucia?"

He puckered his lips for a kiss.

She happily gave him one.

"You mean I got it right?"

He nodded.

She started kissing him really fast and then snuggled down on his chest.

She reached up and turned out the light.

"Jennifer, what are you doing?"

"I thought we were going to sleep".

"You woke me up, you have to stay up with me".

He started tickling her until she couldn't breathe and then wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm sorry, I was just excited".

"It's ok. You can always wake me up".

He gave her some kisses and then made love to her again, before they both fell asleep.

***Two weeks later***

Jonathan and Jennifer were on the plane returning home from St. Lucia. They had spent two weeks at CocoBay resort lying by the pool, listening to the ocean, getting massages, and have mad, passionate sex whenever they wanted.

Max had left them a car at the airport, and Jonathan drove them home.

Jennifer was making a to-do list of things she wanted to do, one of which being to mail the kids their packages of what they had gotten them in St. Lucia.

They pulled up to the townhouse and walked inside. It was completely empty.

"Honey…."

"I have no idea".

They walked through each room, finding each room empty. They finally came to the kitchen and found a note from Max.

"3100 Willow Pond Drive, in the canyon".

Jonathan grabbed her hand, locked the townhouse door, and they walked to the car.

They drove to the address, which was their new house.

"We aren't supposed to be able to get the keys till Friday".

"I know. I wonder what's going on".

They pulled up and parked, and walked inside.

"Surprise!"

All their friends were there, along with Max. All of Jonathan's poker buddies, the people who had attended the shower, and several couples that had been at their wedding.

"We packed up your stuff, and we moved it for you, and set it up almost exactly as it was in the townhouse. We wanted you to come home to a finished house, not a house that had to be packed and moved into".

Jennifer started to cry and rested her head on his shoulder.

"You guys are so kind".

"This is awesome. We really appreciate this".

They gave Max hugs and then hugged and thanked everyone else.

Susan gave Jennifer a semi-tour.

"Basically, if it was in the 3rd cabinet from the left at the townhouse, it's in the 3rd cabinet from the left here. All pieces of furniture with drawers were wrapped in saran wrap, and moved exactly."

"How did you guys do all this?"

"We all pitched in. We spent Saturday packing at the townhouse. With about 20 of us, we had it packed in no time. And then the men loaded everything onto the truck they rented and drove it here and unloaded it. I took pictures of each room from every angle, and we set them up that way first. Then we filled in the blanks. We even packed Max's room for him, and moved him in."

"I am so touched. I just knew we had a huge ordeal ahead of us".

Susan led Jennifer back to the living room, and she happily sat in Jonathan's lap.

"That's not all. The bar that you had ordered was obviously delivered. So, we decided to throw you guys a stock the bar party!"

"A what?"

"A stock the bar party".

One by one, each person handed Jonathan and Jennifer a gift bag to open. Bottles of vodka, tequila, rum, scotch, gin, mixers, glasses, an ice bucket, straws, napkins, coasters, you name it, it was there.

"Plus, we got you a beer fridge, and a Winerator, and Drew built you a custom fit blender stand. The blender stays plugged in, and to use it, you bring it up, and then push it back under the cabinet when you are done".

"This is awesome! We are going to have to have lots of parties to thank you guys properly".

"What a great idea, darling".

"Well, what do you guys say-we can order a bunch of pizzas and salads, and open up the bar that you just stocked?"

Everyone was agreeable.

Jennifer placed the order while Jonathan opened up some beers and some wine and told everyone to help themselves.

The women ended up sitting on one couch, and the men ended up in the kitchen playing poker.

Jennifer told them all about St. Lucia and how they had mixed in sightseeing with relaxing.

"So the kids in your wedding were absolutely precious. How do you guys know them?"

"My best friend Caroline was their mom, and her husband, their dad, was Jonathan's best friend Patrick. I lived about 20-30 minutes from them, and saw them often. He would come by when he had business in town. And then we just so happened to be there together, and he didn't make the best first impression".

She explained to them all about their double date, getting mugged, moving to London, fighting over the article, him coming to London, their wonderful date, the ghosting, seeing each other back at Caroline and Patrick's and then being transferred to Chicago.

"So then, after we argued about the list, he and I agreed to just be cordial to each other. I say we agreed because I refused to speak to him other than a hi. As time went on, we got friendlier. So, the night the baby was born, we were at the house for a cookout, and I agreed to stay with the kids till they came back from the hospital. Jonathan was there playing a game with Luke. He called a cab to come get him and they wouldn't, so he stayed there with me and the kids. And then, we were both there again while they went shopping for the kid's Christmas, and they never came home. They had a car accident and passed away within a few hours. So, we agreed to take the kids, and we found a directive that stated they wanted us to do it short-term, and they wanted family members to do it long-term. So we lived together for a couple months with the kids, and raised them, and fell in love along the way. Although, Jonathan says he was in love with me when we argued over my transfer to Chicago. I wasn't in love with him till after about 3 weeks of raising the kids with him".

"So, when did you guys come to LA?"

"As soon as the kids went to live with who we and they thought was their aunt and uncle. And then we found out they were being mistreated, that they weren't really their aunt and uncle, and we found their real aunt and uncle. We flew out to get them, brought them home with us, and then set them up to live with their real aunt and uncle. Then, we found out Jonathan had a brain mass, and he had it removed, so Susan very sweetly came and sat with me and kept me calm. But he didn't remember me when he woke up, so he called the wedding off a few days later, and I moved back to New York. I got into an awful dating "thing" with a guy I worked with, and Jonathan and I slowly got back to being friends. Then, he got his memory back, and came to New York and proposed to me at the top of the Empire State building. I moved out here the next week and have been here ever since".

Everyone agreed they had the most romantic love story.

"I agree, I just wish my best friend was still here to see it. Savanna was so close to me. I mean, she would run to me when I would come over. She heard her mom say that he had upset me, and she kicked him in the shins. And he's so good with Luke, and they got along so well. McKenna would just light up when she saw him. The day we got her 4 month shots, she screamed at me for about 3 hours straight, nothing I tried worked at all. Nothing. He comes home, she stops screaming and smiles at him and gives me a mean look. He was so great with all three of them. He would come home from the office, and completely takeover and tell me to go relax and take a bubble bath. Seriously, that situation wouldn't have worked with anyone else".

The doorbell rang, so Susan ran to get it while Jennifer ran to get her purse.

"Here darling, I have some cash".

He handed her the cash and she went to pay for the pizzas.

They brought it all into the kitchen, and she fixed the guys plates.

The women all retreated back to the living room and the men continued playing poker.

After a few hours of chatting, the couples all left, and Jennifer went to sit by Jonathan at the poker table.

He dealt her in, and she ended up winning a few hands in a row.

"Darling, I'm tired. I think I'm going to go up to bed."

"Ok, I'll be up soon".

He kissed her goodnight and she headed upstairs.

About 20 minutes later, she heard him telling the guys goodnight, and then he came upstairs.

She was reading in bed.

"Hi".

"Hi. I got away as quick as I could".

"Oh, that's alright".

She put her book away and turned down his side of the bed.

He came and joined her and wrapped his arms around her.

She reached up and turned out the light.

"Honey, do you realize where we are?"

"In bed".

"No, I mean where we really are. We are home, honey. Our first home together".

"And to think a year ago, you and I were fighting this so hard".

"Yeah, we were".

She scratched his head some.

"Would you go back and do it all again?"

"Yes, I would. If we changed it, we might not end up together. I would absolutely still allow you in to come in and sweep me off my feet, if I knew that we would end up happy and married at the end".

"Me too".

She snuggled down onto his chest.

"Promise me something?"

"Anything, angel".

"Promise me that in 50 years, we will still be hot for each other".

"Oh, that's definitely a promise".

She kissed him tenderly, and then they made love and fell asleep.

***Epilogue***

It was 11 months later. Jonathan and Jennifer were in the car.

"Jonathan! Drive faster! We have to get there!"

"I'm going as fast as I can, baby. I promise".

He grabbed her hand and kissed it.

She yanked it away.

"We don't have time for that… just drive!"

He pulled them up to their destination and parked.

He came around and opened the door for her.

She got out of the car, and he grabbed their bags and put them on his shoulder. He leaned down and scooped her up and carried her inside.

Everything after that was a blur. He couldn't tell if he was coming or going, he just knew he had to focus on her and help her as best he could.

About 5 hours later, he kissed her and told her he loved her. She went one way, while he went another.

He made a few phone calls, and then went back to check on her.

She was anxious, looking for him.

"Honey, how are-?"

"Just fine. Everything is just fine".

Just then, Max came in.

"Well?"

"Ten more minutes Max."

"Great".

He offered to get her whatever she needed, but she was well taken care of.

Max went to get some coffee and said he would be back soon.

"Darling, I want us to tell Max first, alone. It's only fair".

"I agree".

When Max came back, he stopped dead in his tracks.

"Really?"

They both nodded.

He walked over to Jonathan.

"This is Jacob Patrick Maxwell Hart, your grandson. We are going to call him Jake".

"He's a handsome little fella".

"That's because he looks like his daddy, the most handsome guy in town".

He walked over to Jennifer.

"And this is Josie Caroline Edwards Hart, your granddaughter".

"She's a real beauty".

"That's because she looks like her mother, the most beautiful woman in all creation".

"We wanted to tell you first, Max. By yourself, because out of all the people we see on a daily basis, you mean the most to us."

"I knew you was having one little tyke Mrs. H., but I had no idea you were having two."

"We kept that part a secret".

"Yep. We elected to not find out what the gender was, and then we wanted to surprise everyone and not tell them we were having twins".

A few minutes later, their friends started showing up. Susan was first, followed by people from their regular dinner party crowd, and then people from Jonathan's office.

About 3 hours later, everyone had left and Jennifer had drifted off to sleep.

Jonathan was holding both babies.

A nurse came in and took Jacob from him, which was immensely helpful.

Suddenly, the door opened.

He put his finger to his lips, telling them to be quiet.

They all came over and hugged him, and oohed and ahhed over the babies.

"Here, let me take her".

He gladly handed her over, and then stood up and went to Jennifer's bedside.

He leaned down and kissed her.

"Darling, wake up. You have company".

"What? I look a mess".

"You look beautiful".

She sat up and looked behind him to see Julie, Sean, Luke, Savanna, and McKenna.

"Hi! I can't believe you guys are here".

Savanna climbed up and hugged her gently.

McKenna climbed up and patted her legs and gave her kisses.

Luke came over and hugged her.

"How did you guys know to come?"

"I called them. You told me your water broke. I ran upstairs to grab the bags, and I made a phone call. I had Jack fly up and get them, and fly them back down."

"You're wonderful".

She kissed him.

"Aunt Jeffer, can I hold the baby?"

"Sure, lovebug. But you have to be extremely gentle, ok?"

"Luke, you want to hold the other one?"

"Sure".

Luke went over to Jonathan and sat down.

"This is Mr. Jacob Patrick Maxwell Hart. He is named after your dad, and my dad, Max. We are calling him Jake".

Julie picked up Josie and brought her to Jennifer, and helped Savanna get settled.

"This is Miss Josie Caroline Edwards Hart. She is named after your mom, and my family".

Savanna and Luke were both very gentle.

Julie pulled up a chair next to Jennifer.

"I cannot believe you made it to 38 weeks with twins".

"Me either. I thought for sure my water would break in a delicate moment, like in the shower or when Jonathan was gone. But no, we were sitting on the couch watching tv and poof, it broke".

Savanna was singing to Josie and kissing her forehead.

They visited for about 2 hours and then left, to head to their hotel.

"What are you guys doing tomorrow?"

"House hunting. Sean got a job here, so we have to find a place".

"Our neighbors to the right just put their house up for sale. We'd love to have you guys as neighbors".

"We just may look into that".

Jennifer took Josie back from Savanna, and then gave her tons of hugs and kisses.

McKenna came over and kissed the baby, and kissed Jennifer.

"Hi Monkey".

"Hi Jeffer".

Jennifer teared up hearing her say that.

Jonathan took Jake back from Luke and hugged him goodbye.

"We will come by and see you guys tomorrow."

"Perfect. Thanks for coming, guys. We loved seeing you".

When it was just them, and their children, he pulled up a chair next to her bed.

"How are you feeling?"

"Good. I can tell my milk is coming in, so I need to talk to the nurse about pumping."

He ordered a bed to stay with her, and asked the nurse to send the lactation consultant.

They brought his bed and he climbed in it and then picked up Jake and held him.

He scooted closer to Jennifer.

"Darling, when I met you, I knew that you were the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. And I was scared, mainly of rejection, so I convinced myself that I wasn't into you."

"Do you really want to have this conversation again?"

"No. But I do want to say this. You and I finally allowed ourselves to love each other, and I knew on our wedding day, that I had the most beautiful woman that had ever been created in my life. But, I was wrong- you as a mother are even more beautiful".

"Aww, how sweet". She leaned over and kissed him a few times.

She looked down at Josie.

"You hear that? Your daddy is the most romantic man in the universe. I hope you find someone like him one day".

Jake opened his eyes, yawned, and burped.

"All right".

Jennifer chuckled.

The phone rang and she reached over and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hello my sweetheart".

"Hi Pa. You are officially a Papa, or a Poppy or whatever you want to be called".

"Wonderful! I am flying out tomorrow. What are we calling my grandchild?"

"Well, we call your grandson Jake".

"Jake. I like that".

"Yeah, me too. And Pa, we call your granddaughter Josie".

"Two grandchildren? Even more wonderful!"

"We cannot wait to see you, Pa."

"Well, this Poppy cannot wait to see you and Jonathan and the little ones either. I'll be on the first flight out tomorrow."

"Great, see you then. Call us when you land and we will have Max come get you".

"Very well".

They hung up.

"Pa is coming tomorrow".

Both kids drifted off to sleep, and Jennifer and Jonathan just stared at them.

The nurse came in to do their birth certificates.

"Ok, so their official birthday is December 8. He was born at 7:24 p.m., and she was born at 7:28 p.m.".

Jennifer answered all of their questions and then the lactation consultant came. She got her setup on pumping, and got her some bottles to put it in for feeding.

After they were alone in the room again, Jennifer looked at Jonathan.

"Honey, do you realize what today is?"

"Yeah, I do. Seems like we've found the missing piece, somehow".

"I agree. I feel like we came full circle. They set us up, they left us their family, they orchestrated it to where we got together, and I believe they also helped us get the kids settled, and now they gave us our own family".

Jonathan put Jake in his cradle, and covered him with a blanket.

He took Josie from Jennifer, and put her in her own cradle. After she was covered with a blanket, he climbed back in bed with Jennifer.

"I love you, baby".

"I love you too, honey".

They shared a few kisses and then he held her till he fell asleep.

And they lived happily ever after….