Emma swim practice was over and she walked over to the table I was sitting at and sat down. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah, but mommy?"

"yeah?"

"where were you last night?"

"I stayed somewhere else."

"Why?"

"because right now mommy needs to be away."

"why?"

"your too young to understand why."

"no I'm not."

"you want to go get some ice cream before we go home?"

"yeah." I drove to the ice cream parlor and parked the car.

"Can I have a white chocolate milk shake and –"

"I want that milkshake too."

"make that two white chocolate milkshakes and one chocolate please."

"That's twelve dollars." I paid for the milkshakes and stood to the side. the clerk handed my our milkshakes and we walked out. "Mommy?"

"Yes Emily."

"can I have a cookie too?"

"you—yeah come on." she jumped up and down and walked back into the store. "What kind?"

"White chocolate macadamia nut."

"Hi again, can I have six white chocolate macadamia nut cookies please."

"That will be three dollars." I paid for the cookies again and we walked back to the car. I pulled up to the driveway and got out. I walked inside and the babies were crying, Maya was crying and everything was hectic. I laid everything down and grabbed the twins from a crying Maya. I got them to stop crying and I laid them down in the chairs. "Emma go in the kitchen and drink you milkshake and one cookie." she did as was told and I sat down next to Maya pulling her into me.

"Stop crying and tell me what's wrong." she started to calm down and she grabbed a fist full of my shirt.

"I can't do this anymore. they are getting on my nerves Em the things that I want to do to them is so bad that I'm scared to touch them." I pushed her back and looked in her eyes and I see what she is saying is the truth. I reach in my back pocket and called Maya's mom.

"Hey can you come over right now its an emergency."

"I'll be there in a few minutes." about five minutes later Maya's mom is running in the door.

"What's wrong? what happen?"

"Can you watch the kids I need to take her to the hospital?"

"Why what's happen to her?"

"I think she has post-partum depression."

"why would you think that?"

"I came home and she was crying holding the twins and they were screaming. she told me that the things that she thinks about doing to them scares her to the point she doesn't want to touch them."

"My baby. okay take her and I'll call your mom to help."

"Thank you. Emma's in the kitchen drinking a milkshake. there is two here and some cookies." she nods her head. "Its also time they get feed." I reminded her and I grabbed Maya around the waist and pulled her towards me. We went to the ER and waited for two hours before we got to the back. "Emily?"

"yeah."

"come here." she sounded so little.

"I'm sorry." she said sitting up.

"Sorry for what?"

"thinking about hurting our kids. I would never actually do it."

"I know but you need help."

"I know." I wrapped my arms around and kissed her neck. I went and sat back down in the chair and the doctor came in. he asked a bunch of questions and finally said he believe she has post-partum and prescribed her some depression medicine. it was about nine o'clock when we finally got home.

"is she okay?" her mom asked.

"she had exactly what I thought it was."

"okay but they gave her something right?"

"yeah they said she should be fine."

"okay well the babies are in bed asleep, Emma is in bed asleep. there is food in the oven for the both of you and we will see you later." Maya mom said kissing my cheek and then my mom followed.

"I'm glad everything is okay here now." only if she knew the whole story. I bring our food upstairs to our room and we ate it. I sat the plates on the dressers and sat down in the chair in the corner of our room facing the window.

"Emily." I heard behind me and Maya placed her hand on my shoulder.

"What?"

"I'm sorry for everything. please forgive me." I shook my head and straddled my legs in the chair.

"I'm sorry okay, baby I need you I cant do it by myself. I need my wife, my soulmate."

"I already told you who you can call."

"Em!" she whined and I shook my head.

"Maya I love you but what you did hurt me."

"I know and I'm sorry."

"being sorry isn't going to make anything better."

"forget Chris okay I don't care about him. if you want him gone then he is gone. because if he is the reason that my marriage might be over then –"

"do you actually think I would leave you? yeah I'm mad but I'm not mad enough to leave you forever."

"I just thought-"

"look it doesn't matter I- just need to clear my head."I went to push her off me and she pushed me back. she pushed her lips against mines and I didn't kiss back at first but then I pushed my lips back hard against hers. I opened my mouth a little and she slipped her tongue in my mouth. she moaned into it and the vibrations made me moan back. we pulled apart after a couple of minutes and she rested her forehead against mines.

"I'm going to sleep in the guess room." I said pushing her completely off me and grabbing the baby monitor walking to the guess room. I walked back to my room grabbed some clothes to sleep in and got in the shower. I put on a tank top and a pair of lacey blue panties and climbed into bed. I fell asleep immediately. I woke up to the twins crying and I walked into the room and Maya was rolling out of bed.

"Lay back down I got them." I picked one up then the other and bounced them. I looked at the clock and it was five in the morning. at least they got sleeping through the night down pack. I took them downstairs and made them two bottles and feed them then changed their diapers. I fell asleep on the couch after I put the babies in the play pin in the living room. Jayden woke me up crying again about four hours later. I rocked him until he was quiet and then I went to make breakfast. I made French toast and sausage. Maya walked downstairs and I turned my head when she walked into the kitchen.

"Smells amazing."

"thanks. there some ready if you want to go ahead and eat."

"I'll wait. I feel better."

"that's good." she walked over to fridge and I cant help but stare. she has on a tank top and its pulled up a little and she has on lacey yellow panties. I might be mad at her but damn she is fine. she turned around and caught me staring. "You know you can have it." she said smiling. I ignore her comment and take the last of the food off. I got upstairs and put on a pair a sweats and wake Emma up. we ate breakfast and I washed the dishes. "I'll be back I have to go do something."I said grabbing my keys and walking out the door.

I drove to the hotel and checked out. I ran a few more errands like stopped and bought more formula, diapers, wipes, some food for the house and other things I knew we needed. I went and seen Spencer because I needed someone to talk too. "Hey Em."

"Hey Spence."

"What's up."

"I need someone to talk to and you are the only person who seems that want tell me what to do."

"then you came to the right place." we sat down and she made coffee. "So tell me what's wrong?"

I explained everything that happen and she nodded her head in understanding. "So she defended him and now you feel angry?"

"Exactly and she keeps saying sorry but sorry isn't making me feel better every time she say 'I'm sorry' it makes me madder."

"just talk to her and explain that. have a heart to heart with her. she in a touch situation too Em. Chris is Emma's dad and she wants her daughter to have that relationship with him."

"And I'm not mad at that I'm mad that he would say such things to her."

"so you really mad at him but taking it out on her?"

"Yes-no"

"you answered right the first time. its him your mad at not her."

"you're right Spence."

"I know I'm paid to be right. Now go home and talk to your wife." I hugged Spencer and drove home. when I pulled into the drive way there was a car parked by the curb. I walked into the house and I swear I was seeing things. Chris was sitting on the couch holding one of my kids. my jaws tighten and I wanted to scream. Maya walked out of the kitchen and dropped the bottles. "Babe what's- oh Hey Emily, she is just adorable." he had a smirk on his face and I wanted to knock it off.

"Em it's not-"

"Shut Up Maya. Just Shut Up." I walked over and took Hayden from him and placed her in her carrier and buckled her in, then did the same to Jayden. I picked up the bottles and grabbed the diaper bag. "Emily Anne let's go." I yelled and she ran downstairs. "Get in my car." I told her and she looked confused. "Go now." she ran to the car and I turned around and started to walk.

"Emily don't."

I turned around and if eyes could kill Maya would be dead. "Don't touch me." I walked outside and secured the twins in their seats. Emma buckled herself in the middle and I shut the door.

"Emily don't take my kids!" Maya said crying walking up to me.

"Get the hell away from me Maya now before I hurt you."

"Em!"

"you choose what you wanted so I'm keeping my promise. I'm done." I climbed in the car and started it up. Maya fell to her knees crying. I pulled out the driveway and started driving. "Mommy what's going on?"

"Nothing."

"Mommy I know something is wrong just tell me. Why was mama crying?"

"You're-"

"Don't say that I want to know."

"Your dad did something that made me really mad at him and mama. We all going into a argument and I left last night. I gave mama a choice me or your dad."

"She choose daddy?"

"It seems that way."

"But I don't want daddy I want you and mama."

"what?"

"Daddy never there when I need him you and mama are so I choose you and mama not daddy."

"that's sweet baby but I cant let you choose that. you need your daddy."

"But I don't want him!" she yelled. I looked in the rear view mirror and she had tears running down her face.

Maya POV:

"Maya come inside."

"Get the hell off me Chris. its all your fault she took my kids from me because of you. My wife let me and took my kids because of you just go and touch ever touch me again."

"I didn't do anything."

"you came here that's what you did. My three kids are gone."

"Call the cops and they can make her bring them back."

"They are her kids."

"Emma's not hers she ours."

"Wrong she hers legally just leave."

"But-"

"Just go Emma went five years without you I doubt she will care now. it not like you do anything for her anyways just go."

"SO I don't get to see her anymore?"

"No by you being in my life the two best things that ever happen to me are gone. You gave up your rights to Emily because you didn't want to be a parent. Emily took the responsibilities to a child that wasn't hers. she man up faster than you did. Just go you aren't suppose to see her anyways."

"Maya-"

"Leave or I will call the cops just go!"

"I'm sorry I ruined your life but I just wanted to be apart of my daughters life."

"don't you think you were too late?"

"I'm sorry but I really want to be a part of Emma's life."

"Its not my decision Emma will choose what she wants." I walked into the house and fell against the door. I pulled out my phone and called the people who knew Emily as good as I did; our friends. I made a four way call and they all answered.

"Hello"

"Can-Can you guys come- come over?"

"Maya what's wrong why are you crying?" Hanna asked.

"Em-Emily left me."

"She did what?" the yelled.

"She-she left I don't kn-know where she we-went and s-she took the kids too."

"We'll be right there." Aria said and hung up the phone about ten minutes later they ran into the house and I'm glad they didn't knock. I manage to get to the couch and curl up into a ball before they got here.

"Explain what happen because I just talked to Em and she was coming home to talk to you."Spencer said.

"You know what happen?" I asked my voice raspy from crying.

"Yeah she told me a few minutes ago."

"What happen?" Hanna and Aria asked. Spencer explained it faster than I could and now all eyes where on me.

"When she came home—Chris was here. He was holding Hayden be-because she was crying and I had to make their bottles."

"Maya!" Spencer whined.

"He just came to talk but I needed help. she took Hayden and Jayden put them in the carrier and made Emma get in the car. then she left."

"Did she say anything before she left?" Aria asked.

"yeah, 'don't touch me, you made your choice, I'm done.' she pulled out the driveway and left. I called her but she is ignoring my calls. Spencer took out her phone and called Emily.

"Em where are you?"

"She called you huh?"

"Yes where are you?"

"Nowhere."

"Emily you have your kids with you. think clearly here."

"I am thinking clearly she made her choice and she knew the outcome of it."

"Em she is your wife come home and talk to her."

"Fine I will later but not now."

"She's crying Em."

"I don't care what she is doing."

"Don't say that."

"well that's how I feel right now I have to go Emma is calling me."

"She hung up Maya. but she said she will be here later." I shook my head and started crying.

"Its okay." Spencer said pulling me into her.

"I-I told Chris to-to leave and do-don't come back."

"What about Emma?" Hanna asked.

"I'm going to ask her what she wants." they sat with me until I fell asleep. when I woke up they were still sitting there except this time Emily was too. "Emily."

"talk since you want to talk."

"it wasn't what it looked like."

"he was in my house, holding my child"

"he had her because she started crying while I was making their bottles. he came to talk that's it."

"where is your boyfriend now?"

"Emily!" the girls yelled at her.

"he's not my boyfriends and I made him leave I told him not to come back."

"mhm."

"Emily I don't want him I want you I told him he is ruining my life. that he is making the two best things that have ever happen to me leave. I choose you and our family, that's my choice. he was never an option to me." Emily looked at me and I couldn't read her. her eyes looked so dark that hatred looked like they filled them. I hate seeing her look at me I that.

"mommy?" Emma walked into the living room and Emily picked her up. Her eyes changed from hate to love in an instant. "Can I tell her what I told you?"

"What did you tell her?" I directed my question towards both of them.

"You can tell her but remember what I told you." Emma nodded her head.

"Mommy said that she gave you an option her or daddy. I said you choose daddy. but I told mommy I don't want daddy. I want you and her. she told me she didn't want me to say that but I do. I want my mommies not daddy. daddy never there but you and mommy are so I choose you and mommy." tears fell down my face and down everyone's else face too.

"I choose mommy and me too. now its up to mommy what she chooses." I looked at Emily and she stared back at me. I seen love and compassion this time not the hate.

"I choose this." was all she said. "Emma you can still see your dad."

"no because he made you mad at mama and I don't like that." the girls took the kids upstairs while Emily and I talked.

"I'm sorry."

"Me too I overreacted I should have stayed and talked."

"you didn't overreact."

"I just been frustrated mentally, physically, emotionally, even sexually. Chris not only threaten my marriage with you, he threaten my love, my family, my everything."

"I should have thought that but I just haven't been in my right mind."

"I know but I want Chris in Emma's life. we both had dads growing up and I want her to have that and I don't want to ruin that. but I need him to back the hell up from you. that, you is my territory and I will go to hell and back for that."

"so are we good?"

"I'm still mad but we're good." I walked over and kissed her softly on the lips. I felt good to have my girl back. "oh I'm still sleeping in the guess room. I might be coming back home but your still in trouble." I shrugged my shoulders and kissed her again.

"As long as I can do this I don't care where you sleep." I smiled and kissed her again.

Three months later…

Twins are four months

Emily and I just came for a therapist. I thought it would be a good idea for our marriage. Emily agreed and today we have an appointment and Chris showed up. Emily and Chris talked a few months back about the entire situation. He said he understood why she was acting the way she did because if he was in her shoes her would have acted the same way.

in the appointment we talked about ways we can work with this family we have. Chris has to call before showing up at our house and is allowed to call Emma anytime he pleases. he isn't allowed to contact me if it isn't about Emma. If Emily thought she was sexually frustrated three months ago I am beyond that. I haven't had sex in four months and I missed Emily's touch. Emily pulls into the drive way and we walk inside. Emily pulls our moms into the kitchen and they talk for a minutes before Emily walks back out. she walks upstairs and comes down with a duffle bag. "We are going out tonight and our wonderful mothers have agreed to watch the kids for us.

"Where are we going?"

"Somewhere wonderful."

"When are we leaving?"

"Now actually."

"but I have to pack."

"I grabbed everything we will need lets go." we kissed everyone goodbye and got into Em's car driving away. Emily took a blind fold out and tied it around my eyes. "Cant see where we are heading." she turned the radio off and it was a comfortable but eerie silence. we drove for what seemed like forever until I hear the tires rolling on gravel. "Are we were I think we are?"

"Where do you think we are?"

"our place?"

"take you blind fold off."

"Baby." I said smiling. it was our place that we always come to since high school. She had candles and lights hanging up.

"Its really our place now." she said smiling turning in her seat looking at me. I turned around and gave her a confused face.

"I came out here to figure out what I was going to do a few months back. while I was here the owner walked up to me and asked why I was here. he was an elderly man and I explained to him how I been coming here since high school with my wife. that we loved his property so much but we didn't know that someone lived here. he said that he bought it for his wife but she just passed and it was a gift. he said he was getting to old to take care of it and was thinking of selling it. I told him I was gladly buy it from him."

"How much did you pay? we don't have this kind of money."

"Let me finish gosh." Emily laughed and continued. "he asked me about you and I showed him a pictures and he said you were beautiful. I said thank you and showed him a picture of the kids. he smiled and said that he wished he could have had children but his wife wasn't able to have any but he still loved her and they had cats and dogs as children. we talked a bit longer and he showed me the inside of that house right there. it really beautiful must I add." she stopped and got out the car. I followed and she sat on the hood of the car.

"He told me how his wife always wanted to give this house to one of their children. he said I reminded him of his wife and I blushed."

"Can you just tell me how this is our place?"

"impatient I see." she laughed and I playfully hit her arm. "okay. he showed me around and I said I would love to buy it. we exchanged information and he said I'll give you a call. a few weeks went by and his realtor called me and asked me could I come in to his office. when I got there the man was there his name is John by the way. his realtor said he heard I was interested in the property and that Mr. John was giving me the place. I told him he couldn't just give me the property and he said that he was old and needed it to be in safe hands before its his time to go. that its completely paid off and I would just have to pay property taxes once a year. I hugged and told him how thankful I was and they signed it over to me. So I repeat this is our place."

I stared at her in disbelief. "Ours are you serious?" she reached in her back pocket and pulled out a key. "Serious." I jumped into her lap hugging and kissing her.

"lets go inside." she said and I jumped off the car grabbing her hand. we walked inside the house and it was beautiful. it had two stair cases on either side and had floral print wallpaper. the living room had a small coffee table and a love seat. the den had a couch and a fire place. the kitchen was out dated but I doubt we would ever cook out here. we walked upstairs to the bedrooms and they all had queen size beds in the. two rooms had canopy bed. each room was painted a dark tan color and made the room dark and welcoming at the same time. the room I loved the most was the one towards the front of the house that faces the lake. I looked out the window and I seen candles surrounding a blanket. "Want to see what I made for you?" she whispered in my ear and kissing behind it.

we walked down to the blanket and Emily pulled out sandwiches and some sodas. "I made these but this isn't what I meant. but before I give you that you have to eat this." she said and I smiled. we talked about this place and how it was a dream come true to have to. we finished eating and she picked up the blanket and the basket and told me to follow her to the house. we walked inside and we walked into the bedroom facing the lake. "I bought a new mattress for this bed for a specific reason." she whispered in my ear as she lit the candles I didn't realize were in the room. Emily grabbed my waist pulling me into her.

she kissed down my neck pulling my shirt up and taking it off throwing it to the side. she continued to kissed down my shoulder, down the valley of my breast and down my stomach until she reached my pants. she unbutton them and pulled them down allowing me to step out of them. she kissed the inside of my thighs and stop where I wanted her most. she picked me up and laid me down on the bed. she brought he lips back to mines and put her tongue in my month. her breathing picked up and I pushed my body towards her but she pulled back. "Don't move." she slowly lifted her shirt off her body and I couldn't stop myself from running my hands down her tone abs. "I said don't move." she said climbing off of me.

"EM I'm sorry, just come back."

"oh I am I had to get something." she walked over an had a bottle of whipped cream and strawberries. I smile and she grin. "I told you I had something else." she took a strawberry putting it in her mouth half way and bringing it the rest to mines. I bit the strawberry and kissed her in the process. she made a line a whipped cream from my neck down to my panties and licked it off. "Stop teasing." I hissed and she smiled against my skin. she kissed back up my body and moved her thigh right against my center and grinded forward. "I have a lot to make up for. *kiss* every night I made you sleep alone *kiss* every mean thing I said *kiss* every time I walked away *kiss* the crap I put you through *kiss* and the months I went without making you feel special *kiss* loved *kiss* wanted *kiss* and just not like a woman *kiss*."

Emily did as she promised. I feel asleep laying on her chest still trying to catch my breath. she made me feel like I was the only girl in the world, something I haven't felt in months. she made me feel loved and everything I was missing. I felt how love and it was tense with passion.

I woke up and my body was sore and throat dry. I was still wrapped in Emily's arms and it felt so right. "Morning." she whispered kissing my temple. "Hey." my voice was raspy and Emily giggled.

"I was that good huh?"

"you were amazing I still feel the after shock." she kissed my lips and got out of bed.

"Sadly we have to start heading back our mothers have to leave soon." I whined a little but rolled out of bed. we got ready and put everything in the car. "Thank you baby this was the most romantic thing you could have ever done." I leaned over and kissed her lips softly before pulling away.

"I didn't really do anything."

"this place. you could have just brought me here and I would have been happy but instead you tell me this is really our place, you teased the hell out of me and we had mind blowing my body still aching sex. Best night ever." she blushes and giggles a little.

"thanks and your welcome." I grab her hand and we start driving down the gravel road from one home to the next. "I love you Em."

"I love you too Mayan more than you will ever know." I gripped her hand harder and smiled out the window watching the trees pass by.

A/N: I hoped I satisfied all of my readers. I'm not sure if I want Chris to stay in the Pictures of leave. put what you think. i hoped this satisfies you until I finally get to update this again. I hope the school work doesn't pile up so I can write more. But I hope your enjoyed this chapter and thanks for the reviews, follows, and favorites. Thanks!