Thank you so much for your patience I'm battling writers block, plus I work all the time.


Mark sighed and paced as Misha picked through the curtains she wanted for the nursery. "C'mon woman..its just curtains, you been picking through those things for thirty minutes." Mark growled.

Misha just kept looking. "Well they have to be just right the colors and stuff and I want them to be soothing to Lexi, you can't just grab any old thing and beside I still have to find a crib set to match..I just dunno."

Mark sighed and grumbled, he should have known better going shopping with her. "Mark, Lexi is fussing, can you get her out of the stroller please." Misha said smiling up at him.

Mark bent and unlatched the baby from the stroller. 'This is boring huh Lexi..tell Misha..tell her this is boring."

Misha smiled and finally picked the pastel colored curtains that matched the crab set she had picked out that had a Noah ark theme. "Okay okay." She grinned and stood on her tiptoes and gave him a peck on the lips. "There, that's for coming shopping, now stop grumbling."

Mark smiled. "Well okay..that's better..now are we done."

Misha grinned and kisses Lexi's cheek." Yep for today..now lets go get the girls I'm eager to hear about their first day."

Mark followed Misha to the checkout ,thanking God she was done, he would think twice before he would volunteer to go shopping again. Then he grinned, no he wouldn't if it meant more kisses, he knew without a doubt he would follow her around like a puppy. "So much for the big dog." He muttered to Lexi, who just giggled and patted his face.


Mark parked the truck and waited in the huge line of cars with the rest of the parents. "They should come out right over there." Mark said pointing the spot out to Misha.

Misha nodded and got out of the truck. "I'll wait out here."

Mark smiled, he knew she was eager to hear about the girls big day.

Misha smiled when she spotted Trini and Danni coming out, they were holding hands, when they seen Misha, they waved. She watched as the teacher counted the kids and then dismissed the. The girls came running over and she bent down hugging them . "Gosh I missed you two..how was school?"

"Good mommy..my teacher Miss Coleman is nice..I like it..I got to play with Danni at recess and we got to have lunch together, we made a friend,her name is Rosa and she is way cool." Her daughter said in a rush of words.

Misha chuckled, it was easy to see Trini loved school. "Okay Danni how about you?"

Danni grinned. "It was mosly okay..we made a friend and recess was fun, we jump roped and played hide and seek, and my teacher is okay, her name is Miss Applegate and I like eating lunch with Trini and Rosa..but there is dumb boy in my class his name is Wade an he said John Cena could beat up daddy and I told him he was full of shi....um full of it."

Misha gave Danni a look."I hope you didn't say the word I think you did?"

Danni sighed. "Daddy says it all the time."

Misha sighed and helped the girls in the backseat of the truck and got in front. The girls chattered and filled Mark in on what happened at school. He smiled at Misha. "Seems like school is a big hit."

"Yep it sure is." She smiled back at the girls. "Do you have homework?"

"Nope not today." They both piped up.

"Great that means we can have a big ice cream sundae and watch the new movie I got for you today."

The girls cheered and Mark couldn't help but smile. Misha was so good with them.

Mark ate a sundae with the girls, the baby and Misha but passed on the movie, he went to his den and flopped back in his recliner and turned on sports, sipping at his beer just relaxing. He looked up a half hour later when Misha walked in and she sat down on the couch. "Mark you have to stop cussing in front of Danni, she thinks it okay because you do it."

Mark sighed. "Bullshit, she knows better..I'll talk to her."

Misha rolled her eyes. "Yeah she may know better, but every time I tell her she shouldn't use words like that, she says daddy does it."

Mark nodded. "I'll talk to her, I'm a adult, when she is grown and pays for her own house she can cuss all she wants."

Misha shook her head,but couldn't help but smile, Mark had his own theories on child rearing. "Okay..but she said the S word in school today because some kid said John Cena could kick your butt."

Mark grinned. "She did huh..well I can take John Cena any day of the week."

"Yeah I think she pretty much got that point across..with that word." Misha said.

Mark sighed. "I promise I'll have a talk with her before bedtime."

Misha smiled. "Thanks." She said getting up.

Mark just nodded and smiled which caused her breath to catch, he was devastatingly handsome when he smiled.

She got up and rushed from the room, she would do well to keep the kids in the room with them, that way temptation would be kept at bay.


Mark came in Danni's room, he found Trini and Danni in the bed while Misha finished up a chapter for them. The girls smiled at him and he couldn't help but smile back, they looked so cute.

When Misha was done, Mark motioned to Danni. "C'mon for a minute , we need to have a talk."

Danni nodded and bounded out of the bed and followed Mark down the hall to his bedroom, he sat down on the end of the bed and Danni climbed up beside him ." Whats wrong?"

"It's about your cursing..its gotta stop." Mark said coming straight to the point.

She sighed. "You do it all tha time."

"I'm a adult, you're a child..you do what you're told..no cursing,I mean it Danni..next time I hear you, I'm gonna tan your hide."

No one was as surprised as Mark when she burst into tears. "You're just like my Mama always wantin' ta hit on me!" She wailed.

Mark felt awful, he picked the crying girl up, hugging her close." Shhhh now..just hush girl..I ain't gonna hit ya."

The girl cried as Mark rocked her in his big arms. "Its okay Danni okay..stop crying."

Danni buried her face in Mark chest and held on tight to him, he felt horrible, he had no idea her mother was beating on her. When she finally quieted down, Mark lifted her chin to look at her. "Danni I would never beat on you okay?"

Danni sniffled and nodded. "Okay."

Mark lifted her chin and kissed her cheek."Its gonna be fine honey."

Danni hugged him. "Do I still haf ta stop cussing ?"

Mark bit back a grin and tried to look as serious as possible. "Yeah you do..anymore cussing and no TV for a month."

Danni's eyes got wide and she swiped away the remaining tears. "A whole month?!"

Mark nodded."Yes a whole month..got it?"

Danni nodded but she hugged Mark's neck. Mark just melted. "Okay off to bed..I'll be in to tuck you girls in in a bit."

Danni nodded and hopped down dashing out of his room, he heard her stomping down the hallway and chuckled. Now he just hoped she took him seriously.


Mark and Misha sat in the kitchen over tea. "I think I got through to her, lets hope so."

Misha nodded. "So when are you leaving?"

"Day after tomorrow..I'll be gone a few weeks,but you got my cell, if anything comes up."

Misha nodded, truthfully she was none to happy about him leaving, but it was his work and she knew from hearing him talk about it, he enjoyed doing it. "We'll be fine."

Mark nodded."I know, you handle the girls like a pro,but I hope you still miss me a bit.."

Misha blushed and smiled. "Yeah I think we are going to miss you."

Mark shook his head and slid his chair closer to her."Noooo are you going to miss me?"

Misha caught her breath , he was so close she could feel his breath brushing her lips."Ummm...ummmm."

Mark just grinned and closed the gap between them,pressing his lips to hers. Misha brought her hands up wrapping them around his broad shoulders. Mark pressed his tongue to her lips nudging at them and Misha willingly parted her lips,moaning when his tongue pushed in her warm mouth tasting and exploring. "Wow now thats a kiss!"

Misha and Mark jerked away from each other to find Trini and Danni standing there with big grins on their faces."We just came ta get some water..don't mind us." Danni said and they both started giggling as they went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of water. Mark sighed and shook his head."See ya in the morning." He grumbled.

Misha couldn't help but smile at his dejected look, she still really couldn't believe he was even attracted to her. Then she frowned. He would be traveling with all those beautiful Diva's. She didn't stand a snowballs chance in hell,specially once he seen all he scars on her body. Not that they were bad after all these years,but they still bothered her. She was way less than what a man like Mark was used to. Misha sighed and got up to round up the girls for bed. She was just kidding herself. She had no chance with a man like Mark.