AN: Woohoo... 2 chapters in 2 days... I amaze myself, enjoy!

Chapter 18: The Valentine's Day Fight

It was about 3 days from Halloween and Zeke was beaming around the house. He had convinced his mother to throw him a Halloween party and wanted to turn the entire house into a huge Haunted House. Kimberly at first was reluctant, but finally was pushed to agree by Tommy saying it would be good for Zeke and Tommy would try to be there to help out as soon as he could. And since Kimberly never got a chance to actually have a party since she lived in an apartment in New York City, maybe it was a good idea. She always just used to take Zeke trick-or-treating with Tim. Since Zeke was just 5-years old, the bloody and gore Halloween, were definitely out the door. Kimberly and Kim's mother of course did all the shopping with Mrs. Oliver. It seemed the mothers had made a bond to stick together, helping Kimberly while Tommy was away. Kimberly had to unfortunately deal with daily calls and sometimes visits with the both mothers pining over the pregnant Kimberly. Kimberly wasn't required to do anything, just sit there as the mothers rushed to do whatever. Kimberly went to work just to get away from them. Kimberly was cleaning up the backyard with her mother. They knew with Halloween so close, they would have to close off the pool area with a cover so there wouldn't be any accidents or garbage tossed in the pool.

"So, when is Tommy coming again?"

"I don't know Mother. I didn't know yesterday when you asked and the day before. He told me he would be here for Halloween, so I have to believe he will be here."

"And if.."

"Don't Mother, please… Zeke is excited enough. It would burst his bubble if Tommy wasn't here."

The phone rang. Kimberly rushed inside to answer it. She saw the I.D. and found it was Tommy's cell number at the site in Australia. Tommy was put on Dr. Mercer's head staff, along with Alex Sinclair and Terence Smith. He had to run his own team like the other 2 with Dr. Mercer overlooking all their works. Because of this, Tommy was not able to leave at every other weekend like he had planned to.

"Hello tiger…"

"Hey Beautiful."

"What's up? Calling to tell me when to pick my handsome husband up from the airport?" Kimberly asked with a smile.

"I don't know if I can come back for Halloween, Beautiful." Kimberly gasped, immediately anger filled her.

"But you said you could last week!"

"I said I might be able to last week… now, I don't know."

"You said you would come!"

"I said I would try to come, Beautiful."

"This is ridiculous! And you said you would! You said you would come! You said you would do every thing in your power to be here! I am only doing this because you said you would be here to help! Zeke couldn't be happier with this Haunted House and that all the guys would be wearing the same costumes, he wanted to dressed just like you did!"

"What do you want me to say, I'm sorry."

"You've said that about hundreds times already Tommy, but it's not going to change things. You still won't be here!"

"Look, I will try to get away for Halloween, but as of today, Dr. Mercer doesn't want anyone leaving until things settled."

"Things haven't settled down since you arrived there over 4 weeks ago."

"Beautiful…"

"Don't Beautiful me. You know what, fine. Thanks for nothing. Do what you want." Kimberly slammed the phone down. On the other line, Tommy looked at the phone. Zeke was standing there.

"Daddy's not coming home?" Kimberly looked at her son. She shook her head.

"It doesn't look like it baby. I'm sorry." Zeke's head went down. Kimberly walked over to Zeke. "But we'll have fun and this Haunted House is going to the best one in town." Zeke's head came up with a slight smile. "And we'll take many pictures for Daddy."

"Okay." Kimberly bent down and kissed his forehead.

Halloween morning came finally. Kimberly was so tired after just finishing the decorations early this morning about 3, so she was sleeping in. It was almost 10. Kimberly was supposed to be awake now fixing the monstrous munchies, creepy cakes and cupcakes for the kids. But right now, all her mind was focused on getting more sleep. Kimberly sighed, turning over in her sleep. All of a sudden, soft lips pressed against her sleeping lips. Kimberly moaned.

"Tommy…" Kimberly whispered in her dreams. She moaned when lips pressed against her lips again. Kimberly's eyes ever so slowly cracked opened. She blinked a few times as she saw a face smiling at her. Kimberly sat up; eyes wide open staring at the intruder who just stole several kisses. "Tommy?"

"Hey Beautiful," Tommy whispered back with a smiling face.

"Oh!" Kimberly hugged him tight. Tommy laughed. "What are you doing here?!" Kimberly slapped his chest. Zeke's head popped up.

"Daddy?" Zeke asked wiping his eyes of sleep. "Dad!" Zeke jumped over his mother and hugged his father.

"Hey buddy!"

"You are here!"

"Yes, I'm here." Tommy had finally settled the site down enough to get away for a few days. There was a bad sand storm last week in Australia that halted anybody from leaving the site until clean up and they were back on schedule. Once things had settled from that disaster Tommy rushed home to see Zeke's first Halloween party bash.

"But how?" Zeke asked. "Mommy said you weren't coming."

"Well, I tried calling to tell you, but someone wouldn't answer the phone." Tommy looked Kimberly. She smiled. The last time Tommy got threw was only because Zeke answered the phone, but Kimberly quickly hung up as Tommy was trying to talk to her. "And I just couldn't let you hang up on me again and get away with it," Tommy said looking at Kimberly with a smile. "And I have to say, the house looks amazing!"

"Mommy did it all," Zeke said.

"Not all of it," Kimberly said. "We had plenty of help." Kimberly had the entrance into the house like a haunted forest with fog machine, scary trees with blinking eyes, strobe light, flying ghost, and a talking witch with cauldron. Walking into the living room was all Zeke's idea with the black light, green spider web with skeleton and spider, pirate scene with hanging sword that moves via a pulley on an interior made scary pirate ship. Zeke had wanted to be a pirate this year, first time actually. It brought memories back to the first time Tommy wore a pirate suit for Halloween. As people move into the second hallway that lead out to the backyard, there was a lit up coffin with a smiling mummy, and a graveyard scene with a ghost that rises up and down. Outside in the backyard, there was a huge pumpkin patch including pumpkin with blinking eyes, full moon, and scarecrows all around. That was where Kimberly set up with the treats and sweets for the kids for the last stop. It was the perfect end.

The kids started arriving about 5 pm. Kimberly was happy with Tommy's parents and her mother doing all the food since Kimberly got a bad case of the pregnancy tiredness and morning sickness that couldn't tell what time it was. But Tommy helped get her better with a little husband TLC. When it was time for the party to start, Zeke had Tommy as the head pirate of the house, with his mother as a mermaid the object of the pirate's love. Kimberly had made everything you can snack on from edibles eyeballs, pizza mummies, chicken claws, PB & Jelly finger sandwiches, bat chips, popcorn monster hands, pumpkin cupcakes, skull cupcakes, chocolate spiders and bug juice punch.

Tommy came downstairs after finishing his phone call with Dr. Mercer. Tommy smiled at the kid's faces as they walked through the house. Zeke was leading one group, pointing out at the scary pirate ship. Kimberly and Aisha were mermaids sitting in the water around the ship tossing gold chocolate coins. Adam was another pirate along with Tanya in the living room. Tommy's parents were serving the treats in the backyard dressed up like live scarecrows, as Jason and Rocky were the ghosts to greet them at the door. Kimberly's mother was the mummy in the coffin, she was happy not to have to do much, but slightly creep and scary the kids when they passed by. The evening went by fast, though it didn't feel that way with the hundreds of children coming in and out. Kimberly collapsed on the couch as the others piled around.

"Oh man that was so much fun!" Zeke said. "Can we do this every year?!" Kimberly groaned. She placed her hand on her stomach. Tommy did the same, feeling his unborn baby kick a bit.

"Maybe baby…"

"I can't wait!" Zeke ran upstairs.

"That kid's got too much energy," Aisha said.

"You said it."

"What do you expect? He is Tommy and Kimberly's child… they are a handful separate, imagine combined into one…"

"Shut up," Tommy and Kimberly said together.

Tommy came home for Thanksgiving week to hugs and kisses. He actually had to cut his Halloween stay short, leaving just 2 days after, not staying the whole week like he thought. But Tommy was happy to be back for last week in November for Thanksgiving. Kimberly was happy to have Tommy home, so he could deal with the mothers' over-protecting squabbles about Thanksgiving and Kimberly's pregnancy. Tommy found it somewhat amusing to watch the mothers fight over Kim's pregnancy, what was best for the mother and baby.

"It's not funny, Tommy! They are always here!" Kimberly's mother had found and rented out this nice little apartment in a nice community just about 10 minutes from Kimberly's house. She had wanted Pierre to know she was serious about leaving him, so she got the place.

"Hey, they didn't get to spoil you the first time around…"

"Am I an evil person for not wanting them here? For wishing this was more like the first time without them?"

"No, a bit bad, but it's understandable."

"They just don't let me do anything Tommy."

"Kim…"

"It's true! I have to go to work to get away from them and then they come there with food and pillows and… stuff!"

"Beautiful…"

"Put your feet up like this, don't wear those shoes you are pregnant, only drink this tea at this time of day, don't eat this, don't eat that…only exercise like this…they are making me crazy."

"Crazier than you already are… hmm… that's a lot of crazy." Kimberly hit Tommy. "I'm sorry, Kim. But I'm here now, I'll make sure they tune it down."

"I mean, I can't even have the Thanksgiving dinner I wanted to give."

"But it is easier for us to just have it at my parent's house. My mother has been giving Thanksgiving dinner for decades now. It's like her tradition to get the family together."

"I know, but that was for your family, what about our family?"

"My family is our family now. Your mother and Tim, and anyone else can come by, you know it. One big happy family," Tommy said taking Kimberly by her expanding waist.

At 17 weeks, Kimberly's belly had transformed into a flat muscular board to the rounding by the day stomach. The most surprising thing was when Tommy came home at Halloween, the baby started kicking for the first time. Kimberly couldn't believe it. She barely had any evidence she was pregnant, her stomach still somewhat flat. It had happened after Tommy and Kimberly had made love, Tommy said the baby moved, but Kimberly just laughed until she felt another slight kick. Zeke didn't start until Kimberly was about 4 months. Even though Kimberly was in her second trimester, at 13 weeks, the baby was kicking. The doctor was amazed as well, thinking the couple was crazy too, because baby's don't kick this soon, then he felt it. Dr. Mara White told Kimberly she must have one strong baby to be kicking that soon.

"Is it too much to want something quiet and at our house?" Kimberly asked wrapping her arms around Tommy's neck.

"Not with our families. We never do anything quiet." Kimberly smiled. "But don't worry, it will be great. You'll get all the turkey and broccoli casseroles you want, and Zeke will get his Mac and Cheese…Tim will get his mashed potatoes.."

"And what about you?"

"Me? I'll get to be with you, my wife and son." They kissed. Kimberly kept the open-mouth puckers to a minimal, no tongue. When Tommy tried to slip in his tongue for a passionate French kiss, Kimberly pulled away. "What?" She shook her head then returned to kissing him. Kimberly gently sucked and lightly nibbled on his lower lip. Tommy could feel his blood pressure rising. If Kimberly was trying to make a point, it was working. She had turned these playful kisses to work him mind to be filled with dizzy desire by not giving him what he wants.

On Black Friday, where all the famous sales took place, Kimberly, Tommy and Zeke brought their first Christmas tree together as a family. It was a huge live Christmas tree, standing 7 feet tall, Pistol Pine tree full of branches for many decorations. They would be decorating the tree when Tommy get backs for the Christmas holiday in a few weeks, but for now the family had begun it's celebration of Christmas. Kimberly kept the tree outside, so it could survive longer in the fresh air then being cooped up in the house all day and night until Christmas. It was fun, how almost everyday since they got the tree, Zeke would check it to make sure there were no bugs, as Kimberly watered the tree with a different method, of water, light corn syrup and bleach. Her mother had taught her that trick when she was a little tree. Kimberly loved how her mother was conceding the Christmas tradition to her daughter.

Kimberly was cleaning up fallen needles under their huge Christmas tree where Tommy would be putting decorations on tonight with Zeke. Tommy came back home a second time late evening on December 17th. Kimberly had saved all the Christmas tree decoration buying until Tommy got home; she had only got the lights and put them on with Zeke since the tree looked so pathetic and pitiful without anything on it for 2 weeks now. Kimberly sighed. Kimberly was still upset about last week's surprising visit. Her mind flashed back to just last week this time. Tommy and Zeke were excited to be heading for shopping the next morning. Kimberly was on cloud 9 having her Tommy back in town. She had made his favorites for dinner of fried calamari, though she couldn't eat it, fried mushrooms with chicken Marsala on a bed of creamy fettuccine alfredo. And then Dr. Mercer just barged into the house during dinner to speak with Tommy. Kim's mother had opened the door and surprised when the gentleman refused to take they were having dinner come back in the morning. Kimberly had known he had been trying to call all day, but declined to give Tommy the messages when he arrived, she was too happy to have him back.

"You have to come back to the site."

"What? No, Tommy is on his Christmas break, you can't be serious!"

"Terence found something on the western grid after the storm last night."

"I don't care if he found a live dinosaur, you do not…"

"Kimberly!" Tommy stopped his wife. "Let's talk in the living room Dr. Mercer."

After 10 minutes, Tommy came back into the dining room. Kimberly knew that face. He wasn't staying. Tommy was actually going to leave them over dinner. His favorite dinner.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go back with Dr. Mercer." Kimberly shook her head. "It would only be for a few days."

"Yeah right." Kimberly threw down her fork and knife.

"I promise it will. I'll be back."

"But we were supposed to go Christmas shopping tomorrow Daddy!"

"And we will, when I get back, I promise."

"But it's Christmas!"

"It's not Christmas for 11 days Kim! Please, don't make this harder than it has to be," Tommy said looking at her sternly. Kimberly went quiet, though still seething with anger. "I said I'm sorry and I will be back soon." Tommy went upstairs to pack an overnight bag. Kimberly threw her napkin over her plate. Aisha reached over and rubbed her hand, but Kimberly pulled away. She pushed her chair back and went upstairs, where Tommy and Kimberly had one of the worst shouting matches imaginable. Everyone was picking at their dinner, though listening. Mrs. Dumas tried to distract them with dinner chat, mostly for the sake of Zeke. Tommy came downstairs and left shortly after with Dr. Mercer. Kimberly didn't come back downstairs for dinner or breakfast the next morning. She locked herself in the bedroom, not wanting to speak or see anyone. Tommy went back with Dr. Mercer on his private plane, upsetting a very emotional pregnant Kimberly. Tommy was true to his words. Tommy returned just 2 days later and was done with the paleontology until next year. The storm that hit right after Tommy left, had revealed some potential new dinosaur evidence that turned out to be a false lead. Dr. Mercer apologized to his staff for bringing them all back and offered a longer stay with family and friends, which Tommy was thankful for. He had some serious damage control to fix with his wife.

Before Tommy came back home for the second time, Pierre came to town. Pierre Dumas was Kim's mother husband. He had allowed his wife her time apart from him, thinking the time apart would help their strained relationship. Pierre was a gentlman of the finest cut, always polite, thinking of his wife, which he couldn't understand now why she was desperate to leave him. They had been fighting over the time at the Gallery, but in no way did he mean to ends things with her leaving him. And since it was the Christmas holiday now and he wanted his wife. Kimberly's mother though wouldn't even think about going back to Paris with her husband, and leaving Kimberly in her current condition with Tommy being so absent. Aisha was standing beside the kitchen door as Kimberly was sitting at the island eating a salad made by Aisha. Kim's mother and stepfather were in the living room arguing in French.

"Le miel ceci est ridicule, vous avez besoin de revenir à Paris. J'ai laissé à vous restez loin pour plus de 3 mois maintenant. Nous sommes épousés, nous avons besoin d'être ensemble." "Honey this is ridiculous, you need to come back to Paris. I have let to you stay away for over 3 months now. We are married, we need to be together."

"Ma fille est enceinte. Je ne la pars pas encore." "My daughter is pregnant. I am not leaving her again."

"Elle l'a le meilleurs ami et les parents de Tommy, elle n'a pas besoin de vous." "She has her best friend and Tommy's parents, she doesn't need you."

"Elle est ma fille ! J'ai perdu plus de 6 ans de sa vie parce que j'étais sot." "She is my daughter! I have lost over 6 years of her life because I was foolish."

"Que j'ai dit que vous soutenez alors." "Which I told you back then."

"Ah, ne pas tirer le, "Je vous ai dit si" la carte avec moi!" "Oh, don't pull the 'I told you so' card with me!"

Aisha walked away from the door quietly closing the door back.

"What do you supposed they are saying?" Aisha asked taking a cherry tomato from Kim's salad.

"Oh, something about, we're married, we need to be together. My daughter is pregnant, I have lost 6 years…yadda yadda yadda…" Kimberly had learned French when she thought after high school, she would go live with her mother and stepfather. It turned out to never happened, but she never lost those skills, much like sign language and pig Latin.

"Think he will convince your mother to go back with him?"

"I have lost all faith in men doing the right thing." Aisha let out a laugh with her smile. "But no, my mother is set on staying with me until the baby is born. I don't think I will get that lucky to have her leave." Aisha laughed again.

"Oh, it's not like you don't love having your Mommy here spoiling you rotten."

"Zeke sure loves the extra spoiling." Aisha went to make herself a salad too.

"He'll be back, Kim."

"Whatever."

"Bien, alors je reste," Pierre said taking his wife's arms. "Fine, then I am staying."

"Non, retourner à Paris. Votre galerie a besoin de vous." "No, go back to Paris. Your gallery needs you."

"Mais j'ai besoin de ma femme." Pierre kissed Carolina on the cheek. Aisha was peaking out at the time. She smiled. "Mon amour, s'il vous plaît me permettre de le faire jusqu'à vous. Je vous aime. Vous êtes ma femme, la personne la plus importante dans le monde à moi." "But I need my wife. My love, please allow me to make it up to you. I love you. You are my wife, the most important person in the world to me."

"Bien."

"Bien?"

"Bien. Oui, le séjour avec moi, mais nous avons beaucoup à réparer.." "Fine, yes, stay with me, but we have a lot of fix."

"I think they made up," Aisha said after the yelling stopped to soft talking.

"I know," Kimberly said. Kimberly could hear the words of love from behind the door.

Tommy returned from the stores with Zeke with many bags and boxes. Kimberly finished sweeping, after having moved the tree inside for the first time today, just a week before Christmas Day. Kimberly hardly spoke to Tommy since he came back last night. Tommy even slept in Zeke's room. Kimberly's mother came from the kitchen with cookies and hot chocolate.

"Wow! Did you two buy out the store?"

"Daddy tried," Zeke laughed.

"Well, I had to make sure we had the very best with what was left." Tommy and Zeke worked most of the afternoon outside, getting help here and there from Kim's mother and Aisha with putting up the Christmas Santa and reindeer sleigh on the roof, along with the lights all around the house, bells, and wreaths on the windows.

The boys and Aisha came back inside right before dinnertime after finishing outside and around the house. Kimberly was sitting on the couch, working on the Christmas Santa stockings for the family. It was tradition for the Mom to stitch the names of everyone on their stockings. Mrs. Dumas handed that over to her daughter for the first time. Kimberly finally put away the stocking she decorated for Zeke, Tim and herself for the new ones.

"Wow Mommy, those look great!"

"Well, all we have to do is finish inside the house…" Tommy was breathing hard. Kimberly got up and walked into the kitchen. Tommy sighed.

"She is still mad."

"What do you expect? You left," Aisha said looking at Tommy.

That night

Kimberly was sitting all by herself staring at the Christmas tree. She hated to admit it, the damn tree looked great. Tommy had got frosted snowflake bulbs in various colors, to go with the regular satin multi-colored ornament bulbs Kimberly uses every year. Tommy had even added a few of the older Christmas Santa ornaments Kimberly always used, from 1st Christmas snowman, to the ornaments with Zeke's name on it. Tommy added decorations with Santa Claus penguins and bears, snowman heads, ribbons, angels from Nativity scene, and Disney Christmas ornaments because Zeke loved Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Kimberly would have laughed if she weren't so mad at Tommy at his and Zeke's attempts to put tinsel on the tree. They ended up fighting where was best to put it and put it on themselves. The house was now complete with Christmas cheer on the inside and outside.

"Hey…" Tommy said as he stood at the bottom step looking at Kimberly. She slightly turned back, but kept her focus on the tree. "Gorgeous tree?" Kimberly stood up with her cup of cocoa. She rolled her eyes and went to refill her cup in the kitchen. Tommy rushed to stop her. "Kim, please..." Tommy bent down and gave Kimberly a long soulful French kiss that lasted for several seconds. Kimberly looked up at Tommy confused at why he kissed her like that. "Mistletoe," Tommy whispered, his lips still close to Kimberly's lips. Sure enough, they were standing in the archway to the kitchen where Tommy put mistletoe. Tommy had put several pieces around the house, one commonly at the front door entrance. Kimberly didn't even realize she was holding Tommy's upper biceps. She immediately let go and walked away after shoving her cup into his chest. Tommy nearly dropped the cup when Kimberly stormed away.

Tommy found Kimberly sitting outside near the pool, staring up at the night skies. He brought a blanket with him, knowing even though it was LA, it was still December and not a warm summer night.

"Hey." Kimberly looked back. She just sat there in silence. "It's a bit chilly out here…"

"Don't."

"Just trying to make sure you and our baby are kept warm." Tommy was putting the blanket across her legs and stomach when Kimberly moved up.

"Tommy, I am not in the mood."

"I can see that."

"No, I don't think you really do."

"What are you so mad about?" Tommy asked sitting at her feet.

"It's like he says 'jump' and you just do it. What has happened to you?"

"We are on the verge of finding something the world has never seen before. These bones if Dr. Mercer is right about their location will be very special. And the resource will be ground breaking to history! Dr. Mercer doesn't have any family, he doesn't understand that…"

"Then you should make him! I don't like that man! Something is just off about him and interrupting our dinner last week without so much as a warning…"

"He had been calling."

"Still! You have a family Tommy! And we are having another baby. I won't stand by and have you miss out on things again."

"And I won't!" Tommy moved up. "I will be better, and I will be home more."

"You can't promise that. You just said you are in the middle of something ground breaking that the world has never seen before."

"But I am also in the middle of a something much more special."

"Right. And what's that?"

"This." Tommy put his hand on Kim's stomach. "Our baby, and this family mean more to me than anything. It all is just a job, Beautiful. You, Zeke and this baby, that's my life."

"That's all I ask." Tommy reached up and kissed her.

"Trust me when I say you and our family mean more to me."

"I'm trying too, but it's hard. We hardly see you."

"I know and I miss you too." Tommy sat up beside Kimberly and hugged her. "I'll be better, I promise. I love you." Kimberly cupped Tommy's face and kissed him passionately.

"I love you too Tommy." And the Oliver household had a magical Christmas after that.

It was the day before Valentine's Day. Kimberly was eagerly sitting in the helicopter flying to her destination. She couldn't believe how spontaneous and somewhat surprising her plan had laid out. Kimberly hadn't seen Tommy in over a month. Tommy was shouting out orders when he heard the motor of a helicopter.

"I thought Dr. Mercer wasn't coming back until tomorrow with the new machines?"

"That's not Dr. Mercer," Tommy said. "Oh no, no no!" Tommy shouted as the helicopter arriving blew sand all around. Tommy ran toward the helicopter once it landed. "Shut off your engine!" Tommy screamed. Tommy tore open the door. "Who the heck do you think…Kimberly?"

"Hey tiger!"

"Kim!" Kimberly unbuckled herself and quickly hugged Tommy. Tommy held on to Kimberly, lifted her from the helicopter. "What the heck are you doing here?"

"What, a pregnant wife can't come see her husband?" Tommy finally put Kimberly down. The helicopter pilot brought her bags down.

"Tommy! You better get over here!" Tommy looked back.

"I'll be right back!" Tommy rushed back over to the confided area. There was a lot of commotion going on about the sand the helicopter swirled around. There was chaos to fix what almost was destroyed. Tommy was trying to do damaged control. Tommy and a woman were working very closely together to fix the problems. Kimberly sees the pretty dark hair woman, hanging all over Tommy, as they set the boundaries back properly. The woman slipped, which Kimberly found suspicious since nothing was in her way to slip on. Tommy caught the woman with ease, as she smiled and was lifted back upright. The woman kept staring at Tommy as he went to fix things more. The woman saw Kimberly staring at her and quickly adverted her eyes.

"Uh, Tommy, who's that woman?"

"Huh, wha… oh! Kim! I'm so sorry baby!" Tommy rushed back over to his wife. "Sorry, you had to wait, but your little helicopter nearly ruined a week's work of digging."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"It's okay! Come, meet everyone!" Tommy brought Kimberly over to the staff. "Everybody, this my wife, Kimberly Oliver…"

"Hi!"

"Way to fly in."

"Yeah, sorry about that, I didn't know."

"It's okay."

"Hey."

"Hi," Kimberly said somewhat low to the rest.

"Okay, so that's Terrence Smith," Tommy said pointing at the man. Terrence Smith

"Everyone calls me Smitty." Kimberly shook hands with him.

"He in charge of Team Blue," Tommy said. "And that is Alexis…"

"Alex," The black haired woman corrected. "I haven't been called Alexis since middle school. I run team yellow."

"Will you excuse us," Kimberly said pulling Tommy away from the group with a fake smile.

Tommy and Kimberly were pulled a bit farther away from the group, when Kim's yelling caused a few glances their way by the rest of the teams. Kimberly could now see the reason for the infrequent home visits for Tommy. It was 5 feet 7 inches tall, gorgeous dark auburn hair woman.

"What are you yelling at me for?"

"Oh, like you don't know!" Kimberly fired back.

"I don't Kim!"

"Right."

"Hey! I'm the one that should be worried here! I was coming home this weekend, you didn't need to come! But you, you're going into your final trimester, isn't that dangerous to flying 14 hours on a plane and in a helicopter?"

"It doesn't matter, because I'm not staying long."

"What does that mean?" Kimberly looked over at the woman. Tommy caught Kimberly staring at Alex. She tilted her head at Alex again, but Tommy was still confused.

"What?"

"Don't what me!"

"Huh? Alex? You're mad at Alex?"

"Oh no, I'm mad at you!"

"Why?"

"Why? She was hanging all over you!"

"Alex…she's a team leader, a friend…" Kimberly shook her head.

"Alex is a woman," Kimberly stated.

"Yeah."

"Something you failed to mentioned months ago."

"I thought you knew and I didn't think that mattered! I don't see why it matters now!"

"It does!"

"Oh."

"Oh? You get caught in a lie and all you have to say is oh!"

"A lie? I haven't lied to you!"

"Oh please!"

"What the hell are we fighting about?"

"She's a woman!"

"So, she's a woman!"

"It's not so she's a woman Tommy! It's so, she's the woman that you have spent the last 6 months with!"

"There are other women around here… she's just a friend Kim."

"A friend?"

"Of course!"

"Right, because I haven't had to hear for the past like 6 months how great it is working with Terrence and Alex, how great it is working with Alex in particular, the ideas and hours spent digging together!"

"And because she's a woman, it calls for this fight?"

"Yes! You never mentioned you've been spending your nights with Alexis! A woman!"

"Kimberly, you're being stupid."

"Did you just call me stupid?"

"You're acting stupid! So she's a woman! It's silly!"

"First, I am stupid, now I'm silly!"

"You dropped in on me unexpected, and then you yell at me because one of my co-workers is a woman, yes! That is stupid and silly!"

"Oh! And I am so happy I did unexpectedly dropped in or else I wouldn't have found out the truth!!"

"What truth!"

"The reason why you would much rather be here than with your wife!" Kimberly tore herself from Tommy. "I came here for a kiss from the man I love whom I haven't seen you in so long, but no, I have to get the Valentine's Day Fight because you lied to me!"

Kimberly walked away, but Tommy chased after her. Terrence and Alex looked up to see the couple still fighting and it looked more and more serious with each passing exchange. Tommy couldn't believe how upset Kimberly was at him. It was silly to him. .

"What do you supposed they are fighting about?" Terrence asked.

"I don't know. Tommy seemed happy to see Kimberly. But she didn't look happy."

"I wonder what's got her so upset?" Alex asked.

Tommy rushed inside the tent, when a 7-months pregnant Kimberly walked away with her bags. Tommy grabbed the keys to the truck to get his wife back. Kimberly was walking down the sandy road back to town.

"Kimberly, get in the truck."

"No!"

"Kimberly please get into the truck."

"No!"

"Kim, I won't ask again."

"Go to hell."

"Get in the freaking truck!" Kimberly stopped. "You cannot walk back to town, it's 10 miles away!" Kimberly sighed. Tommy was right and it pissed her off more. She took the helicopter because it was quicker than waiting for a bus. She opened the door after throwing her bags into the back and got into the truck.

The short drive back to the villa where all the teams stayed when they were at the tents in town didn't simmer Kim's anger. Tommy opened his place with the card and Kimberly just walked by him inside the tiny apartment like bedroom.

"Can we talk calmer here?" Kimberly put her bags down. Tommy had tried to carry them, but Kimberly refused any help. Kimberly went over to the phone. She searched her plane ticket to call the airline. "What are you doing?" Kimberly just picked up the phone and dialed a number. After a few minutes of silence, she talked.

"Hello, yes, I want to know your schedule for any flights back to LA."

"Kimberly, you can't be serious!" Tommy took the phone from her and hung it up. "What the heck are you doing?"

"I am out of here!"

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to be here with you!" Kimberly's words just sliced Tommy's chest open. "You don't respect me! That's why you didn't tell me the truth!"

"I don't respect you? You are my wife! Of course I respect you!"

"Then how could you not tell me?"

"I didn't think it matters! It's not like anything has or will ever happen, Alexis is just a friend."

"Her eyes say another."

"Well, then those are her eyes, not mine!" The fight didn't stop there. Kimberly just couldn't accept the fact that her husband had been spending days and night with a beautiful woman, leaving her in the States, pregnant. Tommy looked at Kimberly, when she threw the most hurtful comment she could think of, dissing his manhood.

"Yeah well, you weren't saying the last time we made love on New Year's Eve…"

"Oh, you were adequate."

"Adequate?" Tommy's eyes turned from that gorgeous brown to evil dark, he was mad.

"Yes, it was adequate. Nothing special, hasn't been special since I got pregnant. Which is not saying much since it takes one out of a hundred…" Before Kimberly could think, Tommy's mouth was on hers. Kimberly was taking back at that kiss. She nearly fell back, but Tommy held her up.

"God, I love you," Tommy moaned. Kimberly had never been more tempting and hotter than standing looking at him so angrily. His eyes darkened from the harsh words she threw at him, but only fueled his desire for her. She was jealous and it never looked sexier on her. "I want you so bad, Beautiful." Tommy ran his tongue back and forth along the roof of her mouth. Kimberly and Tommy slowly made their way into the bedroom. Tommy tore Kim's silky blouse and bra completely off. Kimberly tore off Tommy's shirt and pants as well. Tommy leaned over and took one of her nipples and began sucking. He hadn't seen her since he left after the New Year celebration. Kimberly had nearly doubled in the already huge breasts size thanks to her pregnancy since then. Tommy couldn't almost fit her breasts in his mouth. Tommy's erection throbbed against Kimberly through his boxers. "And just so you know now, I am not letting you go until I hear you screaming."

"Oh Tommy," Kimberly moaned as Tommy lifted her up with ease after dropping her skirt and panties to the ground. Tommy laid Kimberly to the bed. He shoved his boxers down, climbing over her, kissing Kimberly with the same passionate as before. Tommy eased his way down Kim's front. Kissing around her belly, caressing her stomach, soothing the baby within. Kimberly gasped just as Tommy's tongue entered her, moving with powerful strokes. Tommy held her legs spread wide, forcing her to stay against his mouth, because nothing was going to stop him from hearing her scream. His tongue dig deeper into her. Kimberly reached down at first to pull Tommy's head away, but found herself holding on for dear life since Tommy was relentless on letting go.

When Kimberly's last tremor seize, Tommy slowly came up. He kissed her, as their mouths were fused together, Tommy pressed his cock into her all the way to the balls. Kim's body shivered with much delight. Tommy set the pace, smooth, slow and passionate. He would rub her stomach often. Kim's nails dug into Tommy's back. His head lowered for her breasts. His mouth brought her pleasure to her breasts once again. Kimberly's inner walls tightened around his hard cock. Kimberly clung to Tommy, as he fucked her. She softly sucked on his neck, to make sure tomorrow when Tommy was at the site, every women knew he was hers and no one else. Kimberly let Tommy focus on his thrusting, as she takes his tongue into her mouth, lightly sucking on it as her kisses mimics the rhythm of his hips.

"I want to be on top." Tommy smiled, stopping. He lifted Kimberly up by her back, standing up on his knees, as he turned on the bed. Tommy laid on his back, and groaned when Kimberly lowered herself down on his entire length. Kimberly rode Tommy's lap. She pushed down on his chest, keeping her legs tight at his sides, locking him in place. Tommy would try to reach up to either kiss her or suck on her breasts, but Kimberly dominated him. Their passion grew. Kimberly threw her head back, as Tommy's thrust became more powerful.

Right when it was close to climax for both, Tommy and Kimberly locked lips. Being mouth to mouth always brought a much stronger, much more intense orgasm. They both gave into their passionate commitment. Kimberly all of a sudden felt Tommy buck under her, his grip on her hips firm, and when he thrust upward one final time. Tommy let out a roar of Kim's name; releasing everything he had deep inside her. Kimberly could barely breathe when the sensation of feeling Tommy burst inside her ignited her own eruption. She let out another cry of Tommy's name much like before when the waves of pure bliss crashed over her. They were on a sensual overload, both clung and hugging one another on their sides, Tommy behind her, securely molded against her warm body. Maybe it was the lack of sex or the fact that Kimberly was in those times of her pregnancy where she was extremely horny, but that was the best sex they have had in a while. It was so powerful and so passionate.

"I think we need to fight like this again."

"I think you are right," Kimberly moaned. "At least once a week to add some spice."

"I'm sorry Beautiful."

"Me too." Kimberly looked back. "I didn't come here to fight."

"I know. But I am happy you did come."

Tommy comes to the bedroom with flowers and breakfast tray the next morning. They had spent all night having the best make-up sex in their life. Tommy came into the bed with a pink rose. He ran it along Kim's face and naked chest. Kimberly smiled as she woke up.

"Hmmm... good morning tiger."

"I would ask if you slept alright, but I already know the answer."

"Oh, don't get cocky tiger."

"You should know, you were the one snoring in my ear this time. Was I that good?" Kimberly smiled. They kissed on the lips.

"Better."

AN: Thanks you guys for the birthday wishes, you rock, loving the support! So hungover from a great night bar hopping, but I wanted to get these last 2 chappies out the way, because the next ones are drama packed to da max. Next chapter: The Nightmare, oooh, a secret is reveals that will in turn cause the worst nightmare a pregnant can have. Kimberly will experience this nightmare, is it enough to lose the baby... tune in next time to find out.