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Chapter 21

John and Natalie slept all night till around eight am the next morning when Thomas woke for his bottle, Natalie heard him and she jumped up out of John's arms. She walked quietly into the other room and she took Thomas out of his crib, she smiled at him as she held him and walked over to the refrigerator for his bottle, she took a seat on the couch and feed him as she spoke to him quietly not to wake John.

"We're home to stay, aren't we Thomas, now that Mommy and Daddy put all there issues away, we're home and we're never going away again, not you, not mommy, and not ----"

" Daddy" John said as he walked over to them on the couch. He smiled at her as he took a seat next to her. He watched as she continued to feed Thomas and he felt like the luckiest man alive. He had her back in his life, she was going to be his wife, something he had wanted for such a long time, something he never thought would ever happen for him, to have someone that he loved so much and for that person to love him back, to have a child with that person, and to someday soon call this love of his life his wife. He shook his head wondering how he probably didn't deserve all of this but that he would never leave it again, they would be life partners together forever and he knew it.

"What's going on in that brain of yours Mcbain?" Natalie asked him as she saw him deep in thought.

"Nothing much, just wondering when you want me to make an honest woman of you" John told her as she laughed a little.

"I don't know about honest," she said joking

"Well then when can I make you my wife? When can we be a family the three of us?" John told her still gazing into her beautiful blue eyes.

"I don't know, when ever your ready, a few days, a few weeks, a few months, It just feels so right for us to be together that no matter when it is, I'm never losing this feeling, not ever. You pick when we should get married" Natalie told him and she saw him debating things in his head.

"I would be happy doing it today but I want more for you, for the starting of our life together, so how about two to three weeks, is that enough time to put a small wedding with family together?" He asked her and she smiled.

"Just perfect" Natalie told him and she kissed his lips.

A few weeks went by when John and Natalie were all set for their wedding, the three of them had been living together at home, John's room since the night they became engaged. They had planned a small intimate wedding with family and friends at Rodi's. They rented the place out and they both felt it was the best place to join their love together, Joey had flown in from London as a surprise for Nat and he was going to be performing the ceremony.

The ceremony was to be simple, John and Natalie would meet over by the bar where Joey would say a few words, they would say their vows, they would give each other rings and then he would announce them husband and wife. It would be just their style and that's what they wanted, they also wanted to play a few games of pool as husband and wife before the day was over. It all happened as they had planned, they joined their souls in Holy Matrimony, they were one, just the way it should have been a long time ago, better late than never Michael told everyone as he gave his toast. Everyone was excited for them, even Thomas had smiled the whole day and they got some beautiful pictures to someday show their grandchildren.

Towards the end of the wedding John whispered in Natalie's ear that before they left for their honeymoon, well their quick trip to AC, that he had a surprise for her and Thomas. Sort of a wedding present he said and Natalie smiled at him knowing she had her own surprise, wedding present for him. The three of them got in John's car, John insisted that Nat be blindfolded and they drove, not very far from Rodi's maybe fifteen minutes, john turned off the car. He went and got Thomas out of his car seat first and then he helped to guide Nat out of the car. He leaned her up against his car as he took her blindfold off.

"So" John said as he saw her get a small smile on her face as she looked around

"So, what do ya think?" John again asked as he watched her walk around the place. Natalie looked around the grounds and saw a beautiful cottage looking house. It wasn't to close to neighbors and it had a fence around the back yard. Natalie walked over to the gate on the fence and went into the yard; there was already a swing set, set up back there.

"That looks new" Natalie said looking at the swing set.

"It sure is I just built it myself, finished two days ago" John told her proudly

"I don't believe you" Natalie said hesitantly

"I really did, of course I had a little help from Hugh"

"Hugh?"

"Yeah, it was sort of a male bonding experience, he's not a bad guy when he's not after my wife" John said smiling and he kissed her

"Wow! I guess I'll have to get use to hearing you call me that"

"Yup, you will wife, lets go inside wife, I want to show you around wife"

"Okay John, enough with the wife crap, you're going to wear it out in one day" Natalie told him as they walked into the house. Natalie walked inside and she fell in love with it instantly.

"John, how did you find this place? Why?"

"I've been looking for a place for us since I came back, I know our room is home, but it's to small to raise Thomas and I think the reason it was home was because we were together in it, so this place will be home to."

"Come on let me show you the bedrooms, there's four" John said as he took her upstairs and showed her their room and then the bedroom he picked out for Thomas. Natalie walked over to another bedroom and looked into it. She was looking around it as john followed her in with Thomas still in his arms.

"This will be perfect for the baby" Natalie said as she smiled at John.

"Okay, if you like this one better for Thomas then that's okay"

"No John, Thomas can have the other one you picked out but this one will be for the new baby"

"What? Are you trying to tell me something?" John said with a slight grin catching on to the secret

"Yeah, that was my wedding present, my surprise, I'm almost two months pregnant."

"What? Are you sure?" John asked her grinning from ear to ear

"Yes, I'm sure, I went to the doctor already, we're gonna have another baby John"

Seven Months later

"Just one more push Babe, the doctor says one more and the baby's here, you can do it, I know you can" John told Natalie as she bore down to push the baby out.

"Okay, Mrs. Mcbain one more big push, I just need one more" the Doctor told Natalie as she again bared down but harder and longer this time till she felt herself pushing their, hers and John's, baby, their second baby out of her.

John looked at Natalie as they heard a perfect cry, the most beautiful music to their ears. They looked away from each other briefly to look at the Dr. as she held up a baby boy.

"Another boy" Natalie said smiling as the sweat ran down her face

"Yeah, another boy" John said still stunned by the fact that he saw life being born, his life, his product of life, theirs.

The Dr. checked the baby and handed him to Natalie to hold while the Dr cleaned Natalie up. Natalie held him and looked into his eyes. John moved closer to the two of them and he ran his finger across the baby's cheek, his mouth opened slightly and they both looked at him in amazement.

"I can't believe that came out of there, I mean, it was so easy"

"Easy for you maybe you didn't have to push him out of a small opening." they and the Dr. came over towards them and the baby.

"He's a looker, a real looker, does he have a name?" The Dr asked and both John and Natalie looked at each other, they thought for a few minutes, they remembered what they were doing when she went into labor.

It was March 17th, Saint Patrick's day and Natalie had just finished decorating the house Green for the Irish holiday, she had Thomas dressed in green and if he Thomas would've had Natalie's color hair he would've looked like a leprechaun, she remembered laughing at how cut he looked, she bent down to pick up a toy and she felt a trickle of water, her water was leaking out little by little. She moved to run to Thomas, who was now walking and had been for the past two months. And she felt the contractions start and fast, a lot faster than her labor with Thomas.

Natalie came out of her thoughts and looked at the clock it was still St Patrick's Day.

"Patrick, I think we should name him Patrick John Mcbain" Natalie said with a smile

"I love it and I love you, very much"