A/N: Yay! All your reviews for my authors note came through so it looks like fit that they were throwing is over now (hopefully)! I just want to thank everyone who reviewed to my request, I was hoping to get one review to let me know if it worked and ended up getting four. A couple of important notes about this chapter before you move on so PLEASE READ! 1. Pay close attention and see if you can figure out the true relationship that Kelly, Nick and Nessa used to have so many years ago. 2. You're in for a BIG surprise and shock at the end of this chapter so be prepared! I promise that I will not take too long in getting the next one up seeing as my wanting to write it got renewed with this sudden new twist, I hope you all enjoy it. Please review (if you can lol) and let me know what you think!

Nessa stood in awe of the house after Joe had pulled in the driveway and she got out of the car, still unable to believe that they had finally got it after all the trouble they went through. She felt Joe walk up behind her and wrap his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder. "It's absolutely beautiful Joe." She whispered.

"And it's all ours now babe just like we dreamed of." He said, kissing her neck and Nessa smiled. "You know you forgot to give me my ring back right?" She gasped and reached into her pocket, pulling out his wedding ring.

Nessa turned around in his arms and grabbed his left hand in hers, sliding the ring on his finger as she leaned up to kiss him. "I love you Joe."

"I love you too Ness...we had better get inside before they tear the place apart." He laughed and she growled playfully.

"They do and I'll castrate them all." Nessa stated, walking hand in hand with Joe into their new house.

"Hey, I heard that!" Allen called out, laughing.

"Yeah and I meant it too!" Nessa called back, laughing as well. She went to say something else but before she had the chance someone came flying in the room and she was lifted on someone's shoulders. "What the hell?" Nessa struggled to look up, immediately recognizing the blonde streak in Alex's hair. "Alex Shelley put me down this instant!"

"Hey V.C. did you know you guys had a pool in the back yard?" He asked, his voice full of mischief.

"Alex don't you..." Before Nessa could finish her threat she went flying through the air and landed with a big splash in the pool. She came up sputtering out water and gasping for air, a pissed off look on her face that didn't last long as Alex came flying in the pool beside her and she broke out into a fit of laughter. Nessa waited for him to surface but when he didn't she became concerned until she felt someone between her legs and looked down just in time to see him lifting her up on his shoulders. "Dammit Shelley! You scared the living hell out of me!" She scolded him, hitting the top of his head.

"Ow! Hey!" He protested then without warning he fell backwards, dunking her into the water yet again.

"Would someone get out here and help me before I severely injure this guy?" Nessa called into the house once she surfaced, hoping to get a little help from someone until she saw them all standing at the back door laughing at her and Alex. "Oh fuck all of you!" She huffed.

"Ooh! Are we gonna have that orgy now?" Alex questioned, laughing and Nessa splashed him.

"Joe could you at least get me a towel? Or I could just get out and give everybody a show seeing as I'm wearing a white shirt." She said and started to get out of the pool.

"Stay right where you are Ness!" They all watched in amusement as Joe ran to the bathroom, grabbed a towel and ran it out to her. "Ain't nobody seeing what's mine." Joe stated playfully as she got out of the pool and he wrapped the towel around her.

"One of use already has!" Allen called out and they all turned to look at him in shock. "I was talking about Nick you perverts."

"That's us...one big perverted family." Nessa laughed.

"Aww come on Allen admit it, you've always wanted a peek." Alex teased him.

"Screw you Shelley!" Allen commented.

"Nah! You're not my type, Nessa on the other hand..."

"Is mine." Joe growled and she giggled, running her hand over his chest.

"Down big man it was just a joke." She whispered seductively at him causing him to growl again and pull her roughly against him. "I'm all wet Joe." Nessa whined then immediately regretted it when she saw the evil look that crossed over his face. "I didn't mean it like that!"

"Damn, guess I'll just have to fix that huh?" He grabbed a handful of her hair and pulled her head back until she was looking up at him, Joe brought his lips down on hers in a roughly passionate kiss making her forget momentarily that there was anyone else around them. He pulled away from the kiss slowly but not before biting her bottom lip causing her eyes to go wide in shock. "I had a very long talk with Nick...he let me in on a few details about things you've never told me you like." Joe whispered in her ear and Nessa felt her insides melt. "So, did I fix it?" He asked, smiling evilly.

Nessa went to answer him but no sound would come from her mouth so she cleared her throat and tried again. "Y...yes." She stammered and Joe chuckled. "Now, if you'll excuse me...I've got to go kill someone." Nessa growled, moving out of his arms. Joe watched in amusement as she walked on shaky legs towards the house. "NICKY!"

"Oh shit!" Nick exclaimed when he saw her coming towards him. He didn't know at first what he had done until he saw the look in her eyes, a look he himself had put there so many times before. "Aness I had to tell him." He said, backing away from her as Chris, Allen, Alex, Andy and Kelly all laughed at the two.

"Are you telling me he held a gun to your head?"

"Well, no but...I knew you were never going to tell him and I know how much you hate hiding that." Nick tried to reason with her, still backing up. "Kelly help me out here!"

"Aness stop." Kelly spoke up and the other four men watched in amazement as she did exactly what he told her to.

"Ness?" Joe questioned and she turned slightly to look at him. "Come here." Nessa growled and walked quickly over to him. "Now I understand why that has such an effect on you." He laughed.

"Shut up and kiss me dammit!"

"Ooh such a demanding little vixen." Alex said, laughing.

"Bite me Shelley." Nessa stated, sticking her tongue out at him.

"Not my job, it's his." Alex replied, pointing to Joe.

"Oh yeah?" She asked, smiling at Alex then turned to Joe. "Why don't you do your job then baby?" Joe growled and bent down, biting the side of her neck. "Fuck!" Nessa exclaimed when he pulled away and she sighed. "I'll be right back, one of you order some pizza." With that said she ran back outside and jumped in the pool hoping the cold water would have the desired effect of cooling her off.

"Need a cool down?" Nick questioned and Nessa turned to see him sitting on the edge of the pool wearing nothing but a pair of swimming trunks.

"Yeah and that isn't helping." Nessa said, pointing to the tattoo that was just barely peeking over the edge of his trunks causing Nick to laugh.

"You always did love it."

"Correction...I always loved doing things to it." She stated, thinking back to the first time she discovered it and spent almost thirty minutes kissing and licking it.

"I guess this won't help either." Kelly said, coming outside with no shirt on and Nessa growled at the sight of the tattoo that spread across his chest.

"Are you two gonna tease me all night or you coming in to swim?"

"Is it safe?" Nick joked and she splashed him. "Oh that's it!" He jumped in the pool as Nessa scrambled to the other side. She turned around to see where he was but saw no sign of him until she felt something against her legs. Nessa looked down and saw he had her shirt lifted and felt him placing a kiss on her stomach, something he always used to do.

I'm married, I'm married, I'm married. Nessa kept telling herself as she now felt four hands on her instead of just two. Finally unable to take what they were doing to her and unable to take the guilt she moved away from them and swam to the other side of the pool.

"What is it Aness?" Kelly asked, the first one to arrive by her side.

"I can't...I just can't. Oh hell, do I want to but I can't." She whispered.

"You really love him don't you?" Nick questioned, moving to her other side.

Nessa sighed and looked into the house where Joe was sitting, talking and laughing with Alex and Chris. "Yes, yes I do. That doesn't that I don't love you two because god knows I always will, it's just that...Joe's my life now and there's something that even he doesn't know yet."

"What is it?"

"I can't tell you, I want him to be the first to know. Could you guys go in and tell him to come out here?" Nessa asked and they both nodded as they got out of the pool but stopped right before they reached the door.

"By the way Aness...we love you too." Kelly said then they walked into the house. The back door opened a few minutes later and Joe stepped out smiling at Nessa and holding a new shirt for her.

"Here you go babe. Nick and Kelly said you have something to talk to me about?"

Nessa got out of the pool and stepped far enough away from the house so no one could see her then she changed her shirt and sighed. "Have a seat Joe." She whispered.

"Uh oh, this doesn't sound good." Joe stated, sitting down on one of the lawn chairs. "What is it?"

Nessa took a deep breath and looked into his eyes to gauge his reaction to what she was about to tell him. "Joe...I'm pregnant."

A/N 2: Wow! Big shock there huh? It even surprised me lol. I just wanted to let you know real quick that if decides to fuck up again and not allow the reviews to come through I welcome PM's from you and would enjoy if you wrote me that way and told me what you think but that's only if you can't review!