Yumi looked into the living room to make sure that Krystal, Twinkle and Ansel were ok playing twister, which seemed to be their favourite game lately.

After seeing that there were ok she sat back down next to Ulrich who was reading through the post that had arrived this morning.

Krystal, Twinkle and Ansel had had a sleepover last night mainly for the fact that Twinkle wanted a break from Serenity and they invited Ansel to make it more fun.

"Anything interesting?" Yumi asked while sipping her tea.

"If you count bills as interesting then every one of those letters should interest you" Ulrich answered sarcastically

"Is everything alright though, with money?" she asked concern sounding through her voice

"Yeah, course it is, our wages are generous and then we've got extra money coming through so we're ok. Nothing to worry about" he assured her.

Yumi nodded her head.

"Kids, if you want breakfast, you'd better hurry up and tell me what you want" Yumi shouted from the kitchen.

Krystal poked her head around the door

"I'll have some toast, Twinkle wants cornflakes and Ansel wants porridge" she quickly said and returned to their fifth round of twister.

"I'll do it" Ulrich said before Yumi managed to get up.

"Err ok," Yumi commented confused.

Ulrich laughed but continued making the children's breakfast.

Later that morning, after Twinkle and Ansel had been taken to the park by their parents and Krystal joined them, Ulrich sat down next to Yumi and had a serious look on his face.

Yumi gave him a questioning look.

"Remember what we said about 10 months ago?" he asked

Yumi thought for a while but after a moment shook her head unable to figure out what he was talking about.

"We sealed it with a kiss?"

"Oh, that. Carry on" Yumi insisted looking into his face trying to read his expression.

"Well, do you know whether you want another child yet?" he asked

Yumi thought for a while. She still didn't really know. She remembered when she was pregnant with Krystal, the pregnancy hadn't been at all bad, the birth was painful but that was to be expected, the sleepless nights had been work-affecting but all-in-all she had enjoyed sharing the experience with Ulrich, especially after her terrible miscarriage.

"Do you want another child Ulrich?" she asked

Ulrich thought for a second and then slowly began to answer

"I would but I want both of us to be ready for it together" he replied uncertainly

"Good, 'coz I want another child too. I want Krystal to have a little brother or sister to play with and annoy when they grow up."

Ulrich smiled happily and kissed his wife affectingly.

"Krystal is stopping over at Aelita and Jeremie's tonight you know" Yumi smirked

Ulrich smiled and kissed her again this time allowing her to deepen the kiss. Yumi pulled Ulrich down further to her and kissed playfully on his neck. She stopped and led him upstairs seductively...