Chapter Five: Sleep

Two months. That's how long the boys had been home. Since the very first day they'd brought the boys home, Veronica and Lamb lost sleep. It was mostly Veronica who got up when they cried, but some nights Lamb crawled out of bed and got whoever was crying. It was rare when they both had to get up.

"I'm going crazy," Veronica muttered as she sat beside Lamb on the couch. He had been about to fall asleep when she sat down.

"Why babe?" Lamb muttered as he lazily wrapped his arms around her. He laid back on the couch, dragging her with him.

Veronica turned in his arms to face him. "I need some alone time," she said, running a hand over his face.

"By alone time…"

"I mean alone time with you."

Lamb smiled and kissed her softly. "Anything you need, baby."

Veronica's face brightened. "Let me go call someone." She kissed him again before she patted his chest and jumped off the couch. She ran to the phone and dialed the first number that came to mind. Lamb silently watched as she grew more and more frustrated with each call. It was now August, and Veronica was taking one or two classes at night, when Lamb was back from work.

"Having trouble?" he asked, finally sitting on up the couch. His girlfriend glared at him before answering.

"My dad's working a case, Wallace has basketball and homework, Mac is on a date with Dick, and Logan is who knows where with Parker."

"What about that Piz kid?"

Veronica stared at him. "No offense to Piz or anything, but I can't see him taking care of even one baby."

"And you'd let Logan?"

She sighed and plopped down on the couch, plopping her feet in his lap. "Maybe it's just not meant to be."

Lamb paused for a moment. "What about Sacks?"

Veronica couldn't help but laugh. "Sacks with a baby? That's probably worse than Piz."

"Yeah you're right." They continued thinking until the phone rang. Veronica lunged for it. Whoever it was about to be roped into babysitting.

"Hello?"

"Hey Veronica, its Parker."

"Oh, hey. I thought you were with Logan."

"Well I was, but Logan told me you called, and Mac and I decided to help you out. We're ditching our boys to babysit."

"That's right!" Mac shouted in the background.

Veronica smiled. "You guys are absolutely the best."

"We'll be over in twenty minutes. You better tell that man of yours that he better be taking you somewhere special because I plan on dressing you up. Oh, and I had Logan book you two a room at the Grand." Before Veronica could say anything, Parker hung up. Veronica turned to Lamb.

"That was Parker."

"And?"

"She and Mac are going to babysit." He smiled. "She said that you better be taking my somewhere special and after that, we have a room at the Grand with our names on it."

As soon as Parker and Mac entered the house, Parker dragged Veronica up the stairs, to the master bedroom, and slammed the door, leaving Mac with Lamb.

"What was that about?" Lamb asked, looking at the empty staircase.

Mac shrugged. "Parker said something about making Veronica look good tonight." She clapped her hands. "So where are my favorite nephews?"

"Are you sure about this?" Veronica asked after Parker told her to sit still for the fifth time.

"Of course," Parker snapped. She sat back to look at her friend. "You'll knock him dead." She closed the eyeliner and stood up. "I brought him some clothes a while ago. You two will be drop dead gorgeous." Parker grabbed Veronica's hands and pulled her up. "Now go see your man."

Lamb hadn't asked a single question when Parker shoved clothes in his arms. Even though he was beyond curious, he did as he was told. Now he was standing by the couch in a black suit with a blue button down shirt ("It matches your eyes," Parker had said) and a black tie. Mac was on the floor with the triplets on a blanket. Lamb was about to say something to her when Parker flounced into the room, a smile plastered on her face.

"Your princess awaits," she said happily.

Lamb snorted. "I love Veronica, but I think princess is pushing it."

And of course, Veronica just had to make him eat those words. She was dressed in a strapless black dress that stopped mid-thigh. Her hair was curled and her make-up did nothing to hide her beauty. She had on black heels and had a black purse hanging off her shoulder.

Lamb didn't even realize he was staring until she said, "What's the matter with you?"

He shook his head. "Sorry, it's just…God, you're beautiful." She hung her head slightly to hide her slight blush.

"Let me say good-bye to the boys before we go," she said. When she passed him to get to the twins, she pinched his butt, causing him to jump. She kissed each boy on their head. When she backed up, she noticed how much the boys were going to look like their father. They had his blue eyes and his hair color. Hopefully they wouldn't have his personality.

Lamb practically had to drag his girlfriend away from the house. He opened the car door for her. As she was getting in, Lamb caught her hand. "What would you say if we ditched dinner?"

Veronica leaned in and kissed him softly. "I would tell you to lead the way."

Lamb and Veronica took no notice to the room. They were too absorbed in each other. They had been in the room all of five seconds before Veronica jumped him. She kissed him hard and passionately as she jumped up to wrap her legs around his waist. He had one hand lost in her hair and the other was holding her up as he stumbled towards the bed. When he dropped her on the bed and was kissing down her neck, she was able to slip his jacket and shirt off. He slipped her shirt off and was kissing her stomach, her hand running through his hair.

"Do you hear that?" she suddenly asked.

Lamb stopped and looked at the blond with a raised eyebrow. "Hear what?"

"Crying."

Lamb groaned and rolled off her. He took a deep breath before leaning on his elbow. "Look, I know this is our first time away from the boys, but we need to enjoy it. Who knows when we'll get another one."

Veronica sighed and rolled onto her side to face him. "I know, and I'm sorry, but don't you miss them?"

"Terribly," he admitted. He ran a hand up and down her arm. "We've been gone about twenty minutes, but we can call them if you want."

She shook her head. She rolled on him. She kissed his chest before she said, "Not right now."

"So how are they?" Veronica was sitting up with the sheet wrapped around her. She was trying to listen to Parker and Mac talk, but she was distracted by Lamb kissing her shoulders and back.

"They're fine," Mac assured her.

"So how was dinner?" Parker asked.

Lamb and Veronica looked at each other. "It was delicious," Veronica lied. They had ordered room services a while ago. Lamb was now lightly biting her skin. "Would you stop it?" she finally asked. Lamb laughed and fell back on the bed, running a hand up and down her bare back as she spoke into the phone.

"No wonder you have kids," Parker snorted. "You two are like rabbits."

Lamb laughed again as he rolled away to grab his phone from his pants on the floor.

"I blame him," Veronica said, grinning at her boyfriend. Lamb rolled his eyes before checking his texts and missed calls.

"You can come home anytime, even tomorrow."

Veronica laid down, resting her head against Lamb's chest as their legs got tangled together. "We'll be home soon." With that, Lamb took her phone and ended the call with a grin as he ducked his head to kiss her.