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Stella opened her eyes and looked around the unfamiliar room. She was sleeping in a double bed in what used to be Horatio's home office, but was now the guest room since the original guest room was the nursery for the twins; although at the moment they were still sleeping in their cribs in their fathers' bedroom. She was visiting Miami for the weekend and Mac and Horatio had refused to let her pay for a hotel when they had a room she could use.

Stella yawned and stretched her body before getting out of bed and putting on some clothes. She freshened up in the guest bathroom and then walked down the stairs. She heard a muffle conversation coming from the kitchen and she entered it. She smiled when she saw Mac walking around with Caylee and feeding her with a bottle; he was talking to her and she was cooing back at him. Noah was asleep in the babysitter on the floor. It seemed like Caylee was the most active of the twins, while Noah preferred to do nothing. Mac turned around and smiled at Stella. She was the twins' godmother, while Frank was their godfather.

"Good morning." Mac grinned.

"Good morning to all of you." Stella smiled.

She wasn't used to see Mac hold a baby, but it was an adorable sight and he looked like he had been doing it for years rather than just five days.

"Where's Horatio?" She asked.

"Sleeping. He was up during the night several times with Caylee because she wouldn't stop screaming, so I thought I'd let him catch some sleep now." Mac said, "Is pancakes good for breakfast?"

"It's great." Stella smiled.

Mac handed Caylee over to her while he started making breakfast. Stella small talked to her goddaughter and Caylee cooed at her.

"Yes, you are such a pretty redheaded girl, aren't you?" Stella smiled, "So cute and bubbly. When you grow up you will have boys chasing after you wherever you go."

"No boys are coming near her." Mac muttered.

"Well, she could get girlfriends too." Stella shrugged, "And Noah will probably grow up to be a charmer, chasing after girls… or boys if that is what he wants."

Mac chuckled and shook his head. The last five days had been so surreal. He and Horatio had realized it would take quite a while before they were used to having babies. They loved to spend every minute they could with them and if you could spoil a child with love, then Noah and Caylee would definitely be spoiled with it.

"When is the team coming over?" Stella asked.

"Around two."

The Miami team, minus Frank whom was in Texas visiting family and had already met the twins, were coming over for some coffee and dessert and to see the twins. Stella had gone to Miami alone because Sinclair hadn't let the whole team take time off to come down. Instead, the New York team was flying down in a few weeks to visit.

When Mac was finished with breakfast he moved to take Caylee from Stella so she could eat, but Stella shook her head.

"I can manage. I don't want to let her go." Stella smiled.

Mac smiled and joined his friend by the table. They started eating, but it wasn't long until Noah started whimpering. Mac picked him up, but Noah didn't calm down.

"He's a daddy's boy for sure." Mac smiled as Noah kicked with his legs and whined.

"Which daddy?" Stella asked.

"Daddy H." Mac smiled, "Horatio and I have a theory that Noah likes the sound of Horatio's voice and therefore likes to be held by him."

"So if Horatio doesn't talk then Noah still cries?"

"Absolutely. But as soon as H starts talking Noah just goes quiet." Mac said, "I think Noah is like me that way; I find Horatio's voice very soothing as well."

"Thank you."

Mac and Stella looked at a very tired Horatio in the doorway. Mac handed Noah over to the redhead and as soon as Horatio started talking to their son he calmed down.

"Good morning." Horatio yawned after talking to Noah and sat down by the table.

Mac and Stella said good morning and then Mac handed Horatio a plate with pancakes. Horatio ate while making sure to keep talking to Noah.

"Last night I had to talk all the time." Horatio said, "As soon as I went quiet for five seconds he started whimpering."

"I have a feeling he's definitely going to be daddy H's boy." Mac smiled.

It didn't matter for neither Mac nor Horatio if Noah grew up to be daddy Horatio's boy and Caylee grew up to be daddy Mac's girl. They knew that their children already loved them both.

"Oh god, is that the smell of a dirty diaper?" Stella asked, after everyone had finished breakfast.

"Yes, and I believe that as godmother you have diaper duty?" Mac smirked.

Stella stuck her tongue out at him before standing up and going to the master bathroom with Caylee. She lied the baby down on the changing table just as Mac joined her.

"I was only kidding, Stella."

"Nonsense. I want to do it. It is my duty as godmother." Stella smiled and then grimaced at the smell.

Mac grinned and showed Stella where the diapers were. He told her that she was lucky to be changing on Caylee and not Noah; simply because Noah had yet to pee on anyone and nobody wanted to be the first one he did it on.

"I don't know how you guys manage to do this in the middle of the night without getting peed on or putting on the diaper the wrong way." Stella said.

"It's starting to become an automatic thing for us." Mac shrugged.

Caylee cooed the whole time Stella changed her. They could hear Horatio talking to Noah from the living room about airplanes; it was only one of the many, many subjects Horatio had talked to Noah about.

"Is he explaining to Noah how to get out if a plane crashes in the ocean?" Stella giggled.

"Yep. Yesterday he told Noah about baking cupcakes and how to make your own lemon juice." Mac smiled.

Stella laughed and with a new diaper on Caylee, the exited the bathroom and joined Horatio in the living room.

-I-

The Miami team had come over for some coffee and said hi to the twins. The twins had slept most of the time, but then Caylee had woken up and thrown up on none other than Ryan Wolfe.

Ryan stood up and kept on holding the baby girl as her stomach content made its way down his back (he had been holding her with her head on his shoulder).

"I think I have a shirt you can borrow while we wash yours. Horatio can find one for you." Mac said and took his daughter from Ryan.

The young CSI nodded gratefully and while everyone was busy giggling he walked to the guest bathroom and took his shirt off. He hadn't gotten anything on his hands, but because of his OCD he felt the need to wash his hands anyway. Horatio started rummaging through his and Mac's shirts to find something Ryan could borrow and then went to his young friend to give him the shirt.

"Good girl." Eric teased, "You hit the jackpot."

"Eric." Calleigh chided.

She was holding Noah and the baby goy was busy kicking with his legs and arms. Calleigh smiled down at the boy and Stella snapped some photos.

"Makes you want to have your own child, huh?" She asked.

"Definitely." Calleigh grinned.

Everyone looked at her and Calleigh shrugged.

"What? We've talked about it, Eric and I." She blushed, "He's just so cute."

"Well, if you have a baby it's for a longer time than when they're newborn." Alexx reminded the young woman.

"It has to be an amazing feeling watching your child grow up, though." Stella said.

"I don't want our kids to grow up." Mac said.

"Why not?" Eric asked.

"Because then they'll get old enough to date, drive cars, drink and who knows what trouble they can get in? And then they'll move out." Mac sighed sadly.

Everyone chuckled at him. Ryan and Horatio came back to the living room; Ryan was wearing one of Mac's shirts and he smiled as he sat down next to Mac and looked at Caylee.

"You want children, Wolfe?" Eric asked.

"Don't know. I like them and they're cute. But it's a big decision." Ryan said.

"Well, I'm taking Noah home with me." Calleigh grinned.

"You have to fight with me over him first." Stella smirked.

"Bring it on." Calleigh laughed.

"Anyone want to take Caylee home with them?" Horatio asked.

"Me!" Alexx smiled.

Everyone chuckled and then Mac gave Caylee to Eric and started taking photos of everyone holding their babies. Horatio and Mac felt really lucky to have such a wonderful group of people around them and were grateful to be able to call them family.

When the twins wanted food Eric was happy to feed Caylee her bottle while Stella fed Noah.

"You really lost your pregnancy belly quick, Horatio." Calleigh said, "It feels so weird watching you now that you don't have a big belly anymore."

"I still got some extra weight I could lose, but I'm not rushing to do it." Horatio said, "It feels weird for me too. Kind of makes me wish that I was pregnant again."

"When you were pregnant you used to complain that the belly was in the way and now you want it back." Mac pointed out.

"You could always get pregnant again." Ryan said.

"Yeah, it reminds me; how do you make sure that you don't get pregnant again anytime soon?" Stella asked.

"Male birth control pills." Horatio said, "They work like female pills, but with fewer side effects."

"Besides men are not allowed to have sex for at least six weeks after labor, right?" Alexx asked.

"Correct." Mac said, "But we're not planning to have any more children. Not for a few years anyway, after that we'll see what happens."

"If you ever get tired of these two we can take them." Eric smiled.

He had to admit that now that he was holding Caylee he was starting to feel some paternal instincts inside. He and Calleigh had talked about having children before, but decided to wait. They didn't feel the need to rush and as Ryan had said; it was a big decision. Once you had children you had to take care of them for a long time. It was not something you could take lightly and one couldn't choose which days they wanted to take care of their child and which days they didn't.

"Have you guys thought about a wedding or christening?" Ryan asked.

"Well, we want to christen the twins before we get married." Mac said.

"We don't feel the need to rush to the altar." Horatio said, "But we'll start planning the twins christening soon."

"Whoa!" Eric exclaimed.

He had looked at a photo of a baby and realized that the quality of the photo meant that it was too old to be of Noah or Caylee. He realized it had to be Mac or Horatio.

"Who is that?" He asked, nodding towards the photo.

"That's me when I was two days old." Mac smiled.

He and Horatio had already seen how much Caylee and Noah looked like Mac. They were exact copies of him, apart from the red hair and amazing bottomless blue byes, which they got from Horatio.

"Wow. They sure got everything besides the hair and eyes from you." Calleigh said.

"They sure did." Alexx agreed, "I remember how my daughter looked like my husband too. They still do except she's a girl of course and has more feminine looks, but she still resembles him."

"Yes, I think as they grow older it will be much easier to see the resemblance between Noah and Mac for obvious reasons." Horatio said.

Everyone nodded in agreement. It was a while later that everyone (except Stella of course) went home. Alexx told Horatio to send her the photos that had been taken during the day and he promised to send them to everyone.

-I-

Calleigh and Eric had been snuggled up on the couch when the worrying news came on the TV. Now they stared at the TV screen as an all too familiar picture was shown.

"She's coming back." Eric growled.

The reporter said that Missus Lacey Reardon, whom had escaped from the prison bus together with Lucas Bedford and Javier Riviera months earlier, had been spotted in Orlando. Eric and Calleigh knew that it meant that Mrs. Reardon was on her way back to Miami to finish what she had started.

It also meant that Horatio's life was in great danger. He was the object of her hatred, but with the twins now born she could use them and Mac to hurt him.

Calleigh picked up her phone and dialed Horatio and Mac's home phone number. As much as she hated to spoil their mood by bringing bad and worrying news, she knew she had to. Horatio and Mac had to know that Mrs. Reardon was coming back; if she hadn't already reached Miami.

In the Caine and Taylor household the twins were given a bath and when the phone rang Stella answered it. She called Horatio's name.

"We have to switch places." Horatio said to her.

While Stella took his place by the tub, bathing Caylee, Horatio went to the phone in the hallway. He sounded so cheerful and Calleigh hated the fact that she would ruin that.

"Hi Horatio, it's Calleigh."

"Hi, Calleigh. What's going on?"

"Horatio I have some bad news. Eric and I just watched the news and…"

"Yes?" Horatio said, starting to worry.

"Mrs. Reardon was spotted in Orlando four hours ago."

Horatio felt his blood run cold and he froze. He just stood in the hallway holding the phone in his hand while Calleigh called his name. Mac and Stella had finished giving the twins as bath and as they came out to the hallway they looked confused at the redhead.

"What's going on?" Mac asked.

He grabbed the phone from his lover and went pale when Calleigh told him about Mrs. Reardon.

"What is it?" Stella asked.

Mac talked for a while with Calleigh and then they hung up. He guided Horatio to the couch and went to take the twins to their cribs before he sat down next to his lover. Stella sat down on the other side.

"Mrs. Reardon is back." Mac growled, "She's been spotted in Orlando, but could already be in Miami."

"What the hell is she doing back?" Stella asked and was grateful that she had brought her gun with her in case she would need it.

"She wants to kill me." Horatio mumbled.

"She is getting nowhere near you." Mac and Stella said in unison.

"She's coming back to finish me off." Horatio sighed.

"We can get police protection and we have friends that can help protect you." Mac said, "She is getting nowhere near you."

"She could go after you and the twins. You should live somewhere else until this is all over." Horatio said.

"No. I am not leaving you alone. If she is stupid enough to go after you, me or our children then she will find herself dead very soon." Mac growled.

"We will make sure that she can't get to you." Stella said.

Horatio stood up and walked to the bedroom where the twins were starting to fall asleep. Mac sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"Mac, she won't get to him or you." Stella said.

"Damn that woman! Why couldn't she just stay away?" Mac growled.

"Well she just made a mistake coming back." Stella said, "We'll catch her."

Mac nodded. Missus Reardon had made a big mistake; one that would probably cost her her life. If she came within millimeters of Horatio or their babies then Mac would kill her. He swore to himself to not let Mrs. Reardon get close to his family.

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