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ROB

I woke up to the warmth of my wife. I looked next to me, and caressed her cheek. This morning was no different from any other morning. I was still buried in her from last night's actions, but I was now soft.

I lowered my lips down to hers. I knew she was still sleeping, but what better way to wake your wife than with a kiss?

"Mmm." She moaned, stretching, causing my dick to get hard inside of her from the angle change.

I heard her giggle as she faced back to me. "Morning." She said simply.

"Indeed it is, a good one too." I agreed.

She smiled, and leaned in closer to me. "Stay with me." She breathed.

"I'll always stay with you." I said.

I wrapped my arms around her, and kissed her scalp.

KRISTEN

I was having trouble attempting to dress Lily. The boys cooperated, but Lily was the one to put up a fuss. Today, we were taking a family photo at a small shop that my mom's friends owned.

"Lily. Please, just help mommy get you dressed." I begged.

Lily continues to wail, and kick her feet. "ROB!" I yelled. I pulled the small dress off of Lily, and waited for my husband to come into the room.

When he walked into the room, he smiled, and came next to me. "Let me do it, love." He said. "Thank you." I said before quickly kissing him.

I sighed, and gave him the outfit. I walked downstairs, and into the kitchen, and found Adam and Liam in their highchairs, looking around the kitchen.

I dressed in faded ripped jeans, and a brown and green plaid shirt with a tight white tank top underneath, and converse.

I walked into the living room, and found Adam and Liam in their car carriers, and giggled. I walked over to them, and knelt in front of them. "Hi. You both ready for a family picture? Hu?" I asked, tickling their little tummies.

Liam giggled, but Adam just kept looking at me. Adam was so much like Rob that it sometimes scared me. He made the exact same expressions as Rob did. It was like a little replica.

After the family pictures were done, the boys were getting tired, and upset, so we just went home.

I placed Lily down on the floor where she proceeded to trot/run to her bouncer. She was now big enough to hike herself on the couch, and get into the bouncer from there, but since I was neurotic about her falling off of the sofa onto the floor, I moved it so only I or Rob could be able to get her into it.

I held Adam in my hands, looking down at him as he slept. I ran the back of my index finger along his cheek, and smiled at him as his lips twitched, and he brought his hands up to his chest. Lily always used to do that as a baby, showing protection towards themselves.

I looked over to Rob who was sitting on the couch, with Liam sprawled out on his chest as he slept. Rob's hand was lightly placed on Liam's back. Whenever you held Liam, you had to have some sort of hand contact, or he would scream and cry until he got his way. He needed to have that closer that someone was with him. Out of the two, Adam was the better sleeper. He got that from his dad. A bomb could go off, and he would sleep right through the booms and bangs.

I was at the kitchen counter, preparing dinner when I felt two strong arms wrap around me. "I love you so much, Kristen." He said, trailing kisses down my collarbone.

I smiled, and turned around to face him. "Now, how am I supposed to make dinner when you're distracting me like that."

"Mmm…you're not." He said simply.

"I'm hungry." I giggled.

He sighed, exasperated.

I gave him a quick peck on the lips, before grabbing the knife to cut the peppers. I stopped, and looked down at my third finger on my left hand. I looked at the beautiful diamond ring that sat there.

I looked over to Rob, who was sitting on the sofa, flipping through channels on the TV, and drinking Budweiser. I smiled as I went back to making stir-fry. I finished cutting the vegetables, and put them in the wok, and went over to the sink to wash the chicken.

After washing, and cutting the chicken, I put it into the wok, with the vegetables, and started mixing the two together.

After I set the heat to low, I went upstairs to check on the kids. Lily and Adam were sound asleep. But Liam was up, sitting cross legged, looking up at the planes on the spinning wheel above him. I walked into the room, and Liam looked up at me, and smiled. I giggled, and put my hands on the edge of the crib.

"Will you let mommy and daddy have one night alone? Please? Just for a few hours, then, you can cry and scream all you want, okay?" I looked at him, knowing he couldn't understand me. I smiled, and kissed him on the head before walking out of the room, and closing the door.

Once I got back into the kitchen, I pulled out a bottle of red wine from the wine rack in the counter, and popped the cork. I pulled out two wine glasses, and filled them half way. I dished dinner out onto two white plates, and set the food on the table.

"Rob?" I called.

He looked over at me, and smiled. He got up of the sofa, and came and sat sown at the table. I sat at the seat across from him.

"It looks amazing, love. As do you." He said, eyeing me up and down as I got the forks.

I smirked at him. We planned to go to the park with the kids later, so I dressed in a quarter sleeve plaid dress with chestnut boots. Nothing special.

I sat down, and started eating dinner when I noticed that he wasn't doing the same. I looked warily at him.

"Do--do you not like it? Is it bad?" I asked quickly.

He smiled, and shook his head. "No, love. Just…the way you look tonight, I don't know. You just look extraordinarily beautiful."

I smiled, and looked down, feeling myself blush.

"Please don't hide yourself from me." He begged.

I looked up, and smiled at him, tears in my eyes. "Oh! Love, I'm so sorry…I didn't mean to--- I---."

"No. No. You didn't say anything wrong. It's just the opposite." I chuckled.

I was holding Lily as Rob pushed the twin stroller.

We walked over to the swings, and Rob took Adam and Liam out, and placed them into the conjoined baby swing whilst I put Lily in the single one.

Flashback

"This is crazy, Kris. You can't do this. Do you know what is going to happen?!" Ashley shouted.

I shook my head, and smiled. "No. It's not crazy."

"Kristen…he left you once, what if he does it again!?" She asked, following me as I thanked the man standing at the doors with my bouquet.

I smiled over to Ashley, and hugged her. "Thank you for being so concerned about me, but right now, I think I'm going to go in there, and marry him first."

She smiled, accepting my decision; finally. "Good luck." She said quietly, with a smile.

End of Flashback

"Momma. Momma. Momma." I heard as I pulled out of my thoughts. I smiled down at Lily.

"What is it baby?" I asked her. She reached out her hands, clenching and unclenching her hands.

I presumed she wanted to be held, so I went to pull her out of the swing, but while doing so, she desperately pushed at me with her hands, and protested loudly.

Rob chuckled next to me, and my eyes instantly snapped to him. I cocked an eyebrow. "What is it?" I asked.

"She wants you to push her." He said, with a smile on his face as he gently pushed the boys.

I smiled. "Thank you."

"Just doin' my job, love." He said smiling.

I gently pushed the swing, and looked out into the distance . The sky was a beautiful shade of pink and yellow, indicating that tomorrow was going to be a beautiful day.

"Rob?" I asked.

"Mhmm?" He mumbled.

"I want a boat." I decided quickly.

Rob burst out laughing, and looked over to me. When he saw that I wasn't smiling, he quickly stopped his amusement, and said in a serious tone; "We can go boat shopping tomorrow."

I was in the shower, leaning against the wall, when I heard the door open. I looked up, and saw Rob in nothing but his boxers. He smiled slightly, and let his pants fall to the floor. I smiled, and opened the door to let him in.

I pulled him into me, and locked my arms under his as he pulled me to his chest.

"I'm so sorry you had to go through that, love." He said, stroking my hair.

I shook my head. "I just don't understand how they just do those things without consent, you know? I mean, did they really have to do that? I just----"

I couldn't talk anymore. During the park visit, my mind reeled back to that fretful night at the hospital. I got extremely upset, causing us to have to go home.

"Sweetheart, no one knows why bad things happen to good people. It's just inevitable." He reasoned.

I shook my head. I could feel the throbbing in my throat, as I tried to contain my tears. No such luck.

ROB

I held her small frame in my arms, and kissed her scalp repeatedly.

I pulled her face to meet mine, and kissed her over, and over.

She pulled my hips towards hers, and I thrusted into her.

I started a slow rhythm, slowly going in out, in and out.

She leaned against me as she let out small moans as I grunted and grasped her behind, hiking her up, and pushing her against the tile wall. She wrapped her arms around me, and rocked up and down, riding me.

I held Kristen's body as she slept silently. I smiled at how peaceful she looked.

I kissed both of her eyelids, pulled her closer to me, and fell asleep.