I woke up to sunlight warming my cheek and soft kisses being pressed from my neck to my stomach, where they paused and kissed it three times.
"Mmmm," I murmured as I snuggled up to Adrian.
"Morning beautiful," he laughed and kissed the top of my head. I smiled against his chest and he nuzzled my head affectionately.
"I'd love to stay here, but I think I should probably go be a good host, I can even find a donut shop for Rose," I said, looking up into his beautiful green eyes.
He gave an exaggerated sigh but smiled and got out of bed, coming over to my side and offering me his hand so I could get up.
I took it and he hauled me to my feet, with more than a few grunts from me, he still had a shit eating grin though, and it was infectious. I smiled back and stood on my toes to give him a quick peck on the cheek, "thanks, it's usually a lot harder to do that."
He openly laughed at this, and then pulled me into his arms, kissing the top of my head affectionately, "I love you, and our children, so, so, so much. I'm so sorry." I felt the tears on my scalp and pulled back so I could look at him, I wiped the tears off his cheek silently.
We held each other's gaze for a moment before I broke the silence, "Don't be, the only thing that matters is you're back now, and you're not going anywhere. I don't care about anything else, okay? I love you."
He nodded quietly, and I wiped the last few tears off his cheek before leading him to the bathroom so he could get ready. When I tried to pull away, he held my hand tighter and dragged me in with him. I was definitely too large for us to do anything in the shower, but it became clear that he just didn't want to leave me, and he wanted to help me as much as he could. He washed me in relative silence, neither of us wanting to ruin the tranquility of the moment, and then I did the same for him. When I reached behind him to turn the water off, he grabbed my arm and pulled me against his chest for anther several moments. When we finished our shower, he helped me get dressed, normally I'd yell at anyone for hovering if they did this, but with Adrian, it felt right, and not the least bit annoying.
Fifteen minutes later, Adrian and I walked downstairs hand in hand and I took the mug of tea Lissa had made me. I smiled at her, "You haven't even been here for twelve hours, and you've already taken over my kitchen, nice."
She laughed lightheartedly and nodded, "yep, someone had to, you really need to do a proper grocery shop, better yet, I'll do it for you."
I rolled my eyes, and then smiled at her, "oh well, I guess Rose and I will hit up Rodeo Drive without you..."
"Actually, I'll just give Christian a list, I'm sure he can handle it."
I laughed and dug into the plate of pancakes Lissa set in front of me, while I ate, the room slowly filled. I told Rose about the shopping trip, and she was just as excited as Liss, whereas Adrian would no doubt follow me no matter what I said. That left Christian with Deacon and Kat with two guardians and our group with about six, Rose not included as she was here as Lissa's best friend, not the queen's head guardian. As soon as everyone ate, Lissa handed a list to Christian and sent him off, while the rest of us piled into a limo waiting to take us shopping.
Four hours, 138 shopping bags, and one very bored Adrian later, we were finally done, and I was craving steak, so we picked up Christian, Deacon, and Kat, and I them out to an expensive steakhouse for lunch, where we laughed and shared stories for another two hours. At some point it changed to pregnancy and Adrian hung on to every word, gleaming information as much as he could, while I listened and shared some of my own experiences. I joked a lot, saying that they should multiply everything by three, they just laughed at me.
When we got back everyone decided to go swimming, and when I walked out in my bikini, Adrian just stared at my stomach with a huge grin, I rolled my eyes then walked over to him, placing a hand on the back of his neck and smiled at him before raising myself on my tiptoes and kissing him sweetly, his one hand was instantly on the small of my back while the other fisted in my hair, we both pulled back when we heard a slight throat clearing from Rose. I turned bright red, while Lissa and Rose laughed. Adrian just pulled me close to him; the babies apparently liked it because they started kicking like crazy. My hand shot out and grabbed Adrian's, yanking it over to where it was strongest. At first he was confused, then the biggest shit eating grin spread across his face. I grinned at him and kissed him again, giggling like an idiot. He pulled me against his chest and put his cheek on top of my head.
"Adrian, there's something inside I'd like you to see," I purred seductively, and just like that he was putty in my hands. I smiled as I took is hand and led him into the house and up the stairs. When we got to my room, I smiled a man-eating smile that would have made Rose proud, before tugging on the strings of my bikini top. He stared at me, drinking me in for just a second more before he took the three steps and kissed me with all he had. And dammit, now I was the putty. We moved to the bed where he kissed all down the centre of my chest and stomach, stopping just above my bottoms, which he tugged off quickly. After some thought and experimenting with what made me feel best, we decided on me being on top, and us going slow. "Be careful, it's been a while," I joked.
"And for that, I am so sorry; I will make it up to you though… Don't you worry," he smiled devilishly before we were both too taken over with pleasure to converse. When we were finished, we took the walk of shame back downstairs and onto the deck, where Rose, Liss, and Christian all gave us knowing looks. I just ignored them, and the blush that crept onto my cheeks, and walked into the warm, heated water of the pool, with Adrian's arm around me.
After a week of hanging out with them and basically slacking off, Liss and Rose had to get back to work, so they, along with Christian, Deacon and Kat, went back to the royal court while Adrian stayed. We decided that I would stay here for the reminder of my pregnancy, and I would keep the house for any acting jobs that took place in Hollywood, with my agent primarily booking for anything in Pennsylvania, but keeping a sharp eye on Hollywood bookings. We were already booking for after the babies were born, although these were commercials, shorts or guest starring on episodes. I was set to return to the royal court two months after the babies were born, and Adrian was to go on some sort of two week trip with his great aunt three weeks later. For now though, we were just enjoying our quiet house, and thanking god that our house at court was big enough for three kids.
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