"Ball."

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"Oh my god! Gaara get in here!" I shrieked, staring down at the toddler on the floor.

"What?" Gaara yelled as he ran in to the living room with a rare look of concern plastered on his face.

"He said ball!" I yelled, jamming my finger in Kenos face. He just stared up at me with a confused look in his eyes.

"Ball." He muttered again, looking down at the thing in his lap.

I squeaked again and Gaaras eyes bulged out. "He said ball" Gaara muttered, a contemplative look in his eyes.

"Why aren't you excited!!? He hasn't said another word since he said Momma!" I cried, waving my arms frantically.

"I am excited. It's just," He looked down at the sippi-cup he'd been preparing in the kitchen. "It's just he's growing up so fast."

I stared at him for a second and then burst out laughing. "What?" He growled, looking down at me in annoyance.

"I-It's just -haha- you are s-so ch-chee-haha- cheesy!" I gasped, still giggling. "What are you talking about 'so fast'? He's 11 months old! He should be talking in sentences by now! I honestly thought he was going to end up a retard who can't talk and you think it's to early for this!"

At this point I bent over and let out a long laugh. I heard Gaara get up and go back in to the kitchen but I didn't really pay attention until he came back in and threw a wet towel in my face before storming back into the kitchen. I pulled the towel off my face and looked at the offending piece of fabric. I heard Keno giggling so I turned around and glared at him. He stopped giggling and got up and toddled over to hide behind the toy chest in the corner.

"Ball?" He squeaked, peeking around the corner.

I sighed and got up heading into the kitchen. Gaara was washing the dishes from the dinner we just ate.

He didn't even turn around when I walked in.

"I'm sorry." I murmured, not sure if he could even hear me over the faucet. Apparently he could because he turned the sink off and turned around, crossing his arms over his chest.

"I'm listening." He said.

I grinned and walked over to him. Putting my hands on his shoulders to steady myself as I stood on my tippy toes to press my lips to his. He moved to wrap his arms around my thin waist.

"Y'know," I whispered, my lips still right next to his. "Keno is getting pretty grown up, with all the walking and talking he's doing."

"Hmm" Gaara said, his nose pressed against my head.

"So I was thinking, maybe we need a new baby to take care of?" I breathed in his ear.

I felt his body stiffen against mine and his breathing stop. "What?" He whispered.

I pulled away but kept his hands locked in mine. He was staring down at me his eyes wide. "I'm just saying that maybe, if you wanted, we could have another baby." I said, avoiding his eyes. God this was embarrassing.

"Another baby? Are you serious? You would go through that again?" He questioned.

"It wasn't that bad." I mumbled, still looking down. "It's fine. It's obvious that you don't want one." I said, not meeting his gaze. I started to pull away only to be yanked back by the arm into his chest. I was then submitted to a massive bear hug.

"I want one." He said. "I want a baby so bad. But I didn't think you would want to do that ever again. I didn't want to force you."

There was silence as we stood there. Outside the window a blue bird was perched on a branch. It let loose a chirp then flew away.

A rooftop away I could see ninjas jumping around.

Everything was peaceful and quiet, even the ticking of the clock above the microwave was dulled.

"I want to try again." I said into his chest. "I think that we should have another baby."

I heard his breath quicken and looked up to see the biggest smile I've ever seen on his face. I grinned back.

Just then I felt something roll into the kitchen and bounce off me foot.

I turned to stare at Keno who stood in the doorway of the kitchen. He had a teddy bear hanging by its arm in his left hand and a blue blanket dragging along the floor in his right.

He stood staring at us with a look of intense concentration in his eyes. His inky black bangs hanging partially in front of his eyes.

And then with all the seriousness an 11 month old could muster he dropped the teddy and pointed at the object that had hit me in the foot.

His little eyebrows scrunched up in concentration and he said the one word that he deemed appropriate for this situation.

"Ball."

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I could literally feel the sweat drop forming on the back of my head. Behind me Gaara snorted.

"Yeah yeah," I sighed swooping down to pick him up." I think it's time someone went to bed."

Keno kicked and scratched in a last ditch attempt to get me to put him back down. But as I carried him down the hall towards the room he was sleeping in he gave up the futile battle and snuggled in to my shoulder, letting out a big yawn.

After I had put Keno to bed I returned to the kitchen where Gaara was putting away the last of the dishes in the wooden cupboards.

He turned and smiled at me. "Did you get him to go to bed?" He asked.

I snorted. "Please! He was asleep by the time we got to the end of the hall." I giggled.

Gaara grinned and pulled me into a hug. "Were you serious?" He asked. "About having another baby?"

"Of course," I said. "I think we could use more screaming newborns and dirty diapers in our lives don't you?" I joked.

"Definitely." He said.

I smiled and walked out of the kitchen. But as I got to the door I stopped and looked back in at Gaara standing by the counter.

"What are you still over there?" I asked, fluttering my eyelashes.

"C'mon, we've got work to do. Babies don't make themselves y'know!" I called, already walking down the hall towards our bedroom.

Behind me Gaara smiled and followed me.

A heh heh. Surprise!!!

I received a review(One review people! C'mon) from a dedicated reader by the name of 5Angel who not so discreetly told me that I didn't write enough last chapter.

And they're right!

After keeping you guys hanging for so long that chapter was pathetic. And sadly I don't know how long it will be before I can update again with everything that's been going on so I wrote this chapter to hopefully hold you guys over for a while!

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