A/N: Since next week is Christmas I wanted to give you all an early present. Merry Christmas to everyone.

Chapter 3:

The sound of an incessant beep broke through Lilly's sleep and she blindly fumbled for the alarm clock beside the bed. She rolled over and was, at first, surprised to see her daughter lying between her and Scotty but then remembered what had happened the night before, She looked up to see Scotty smiling across at her.

"Good morning Querida" Scotty whispered and he leant over to kiss her lightly on the lips.

"Good morning" Lilly replied as she cupped his cheek tenderly and returned the kiss.

They felt their daughter moving between them and when they both looked down they saw Laura's eyes slowly opening.

"Morning Princesa" Scotty said lovingly to his daughter "did you have any more nightmares?"

She shook her head "no Daddy you scared them all away" she replied with a yawn.

Lilly smiled "why don't you go wake up your brothers and get ready for church, Daddy and I will be up in a few minutes"

"Ok Mummy" Laura said and she sat up, kissed both her parents on the cheeks and then hurried out of the room to wake her brothers up.

As soon as the bedroom door closed, Scotty slid his arms around Lilly and pulled her towards him. They rolled over until Lilly was straddling him, pinning him to the bed.

"We can't" Lilly replied, running her hands across his chest "the kids are awake"

Scotty smiled "I know" but he sat up and pulled her even closer to him.

"I am sorry about last night"

"Me too" Scotty whispered in her ear, trailing kisses down the side of her neck.

"DADDY! MATTHEW THREW HIS BASEBALL GLOVE AT ME!" Scotty and Lilly jumped as the sound of their daughter's high pitched scream came floating into their bedroom.

Lilly sighed "I am gonna have a shower and get ready for church" Lilly replied as she slid off the bed.

Scotty nodded as he head out into the hallway to investigate what was going on with his children.

A little over an hour later, Lilly, Scotty and the kids were piled into the car and heading over to the church to meet Rosa.

Matthew was sulking in the back seat after having gotten yelled at by Scotty for throwing things at his sister. Laura was still upset about having Matthew's baseball glove thrown at her head and James's head was still buried in his book.

Scotty found a parking spot and the five of them piled out of the car.

Rosa was climbing out of her car as they approached "Hola Mama" Scotty said as he pressed a kiss to his mother's cheek.

"Hola Mi hijo"

She turned to Lilly and the kids "and how are my beautiful Nietos" Rosa asked looking down at her three grandchildren.

"Good Abuela" they chorused.

"How are you Mi hija?" Rosa asked as she turned to Lilly, pulling her into a hug.

"I am fine Rosa"

"Shall we go, if we don't hurry we will be at the back of the church again, and I don't like that draft in the back"

Scotty chuckled "Ok Ma"

Scotty slid one arm around his mother's shoulder and the other around Lilly's waist as the six of them headed over to the church.

"Look James, its Laura's boyfriend" Matthew teased, prodding his brother in the side and pointing over to a small boy red headed boy who was entering the church with his parents. James chuckled and shot his sister a mischievous grin.

"He's not my boyfriend" Laura snapped.

"Oh yeah, sure he's not" Matthew replied sarcastically

"Shut up" Laura replied and she shoved her brother, hard, causing him to fall on his butt.

James chuckled and Matthew glowered at him.

"Hey break it up you three, we are at church" Scotty said an angry edge to his tone.

"What's this about a boyfriend?" Rosa asked her granddaughter curiously.

Laura rolled her eyes "he's not my boyfriend Abuela, he just my friend"

At that moment the red headed boy turned and spotted her "Hey Laura"

Laura blushed furiously "Hey Michael" she said in almost a shy whisper.

"Wanna sit with me and my parents in church?" he asked excitedly.

Laura turned too looked up at her parents "Can I Daddy?"

Scotty was about to answer when two other people approached them "Hi, I am Adam, Michael's father and this is my wife Elaine" said a man with hair as red as Michael's

Scotty shook his hand "Hey, I am Scotty this is my wife Lilly and my mother Rosa"

"Nice to meet you" Elaine replied as she shook Lilly's hand, placing a hand on her son's shoulder.

"Laura's welcome to sit with us if it's ok with you"

"Can I Mummy?"

Lilly smiled "It's ok with me baby"

Laura beamed "Thanks Mummy" Laura said with a smile

"Come on Laura, let's go get a good seat" Michael grabbed her hand and the two of them hurried off into the church.

Elaine and Lilly chuckled as they watched their children holding hands "What?" Scotty asked as they followed.

"Nothing" Lilly replied as she slid her arms around her husband's waist "I just think it's cute, your daughter's in love"

Scotty didn't like the sound of that; he decided that he was going to have to keep an eye on this Michael kid. And that's what he did the entire service.

"Did you know about this Michael kid?" Scotty asked as they got ready for bed that night.

Lilly smiled over at her husband as she slid out of her blouse and tossed it into the clothes hamper "I knew she had a friend named Michael, she told me that she sits next to him in class"

"Is he a good kid? Not leading our little girl astray is he?"

Lilly chuckled and walked around the other side of the bed, sliding her arms around his waist, under his shirt "I didn't think this would happen this early"

"What wouldn't happen?" Scotty asked curiously.

"That you'd go all 'over protective father' over our little girls first crush"

Scotty scowled "it's not funny Lil she's only seven years old. I don't want her to have a boyfriend"

Lilly rolled her eyes "Scotty she's not about to get married to the kid. Besides when your seven years old, a boyfriend is just word; I assure you all they do is eat lunch together and hold hands, its sweet actually"

"I still don't have to like it" Scotty replied tersely.

"She's gonna have more boyfriends Scotty, you are just gonna have to get used to it." Lilly dropped her arms from around his waist and headed into the bathroom to get ready for bed.

Scotty followed, leaning against the doorframe as he watched Lilly brushing her teeth "so you don't think they are kissing or anything?"

Lilly spat her toothpaste out and wiped her mouth on a towel beside the sink "No Scotty she's seven"

"Still don't like it"

Lilly rolled her eyes again and pressed a kiss to his cheek "I am pretty sure you're not supposed to"

Scotty sighed, sliding his arms around her waist "how is it that you're so calm?"

Lilly shrugged "I could help you take your mind off it…if you want"

Scotty raised an eyebrow "how'd you plan on doin' that?" he asked.

Lilly merely grinned, and reached between them to undo the buttons on his trousers.

Scotty got her not so subtle message and he swiftly picked her up and threw her over his shoulder and carried her over to the bed. Tossing her down onto the mattress and she shrieked with laughed as Scotty climbed up on top of her, covering her mouth with hers.

After a few seconds Scotty raised his head just far enough that she couldn't reach him with her arms pinned to underneath his hands.

"Am I taking your mind off things now?" Lilly asked as she rubbed her leg against the bulge in his boxer briefs.

"Definitely" He replied and he lowered himself down again to pressing another kiss to his lips. His tongue delving into her mouth crashing against hers.

Lilly wrapped her arms around his neck, her fingers threading through his thick black hair. Scotty's lips moved across her cheek and down the creamy skin of her neck. He paused at the juncture between her neck and shoulder, sucking, nipping and kissing the soft skin. "Oh god Scotty" Lilly breathed "I love you"

"Te amo demasiado mi Querida" Scotty replied in a whispered tone, his Spanish causing the fire of desire within her to burn hotter.

Lilly's long legs wrapped themselves around his waist aligning herself up with him. Her hands pushed down his boxer shorts "Now" She whispered in his ear as she pulled his lips back up to meet hers.

He nodded and slid forward, sliding into her "Oh my god" Scotty breathed. Scotty began to rock his hips slowly at first, then gradually picking up his pace.

Sweat rolled down his body, mingling with hers as their bodies moved together.

Lilly bit her lip, desperately trying to prevent the loud groan that threatened to escape her throat as her orgasm rolled through her being.

Scotty breathed her name as he felt her walls clamping down on him, he moaned softly.

A good while later, he exploded inside of her and his arms gave out, as he collapsed down onto the mattress beside Lilly.

"That was definitely exactly what I needed" he murmured, his face buried in the pillow, he summoned the energy and rolled over.

Lilly giggled brushing her fingers across his sweat glazed chest "Glad I could help you out"

He grinned and pulled her against him, pressing a kiss to the top of her head. He tried his best to stay awake but his eye lids were growing heavy "Good night gorgeous"

"Good night baby" she replied, pressing a kiss to his chest before closing her eyes and allowing sleep to claim her.

The days and weeks flew by and before they knew it was Christmas. Normally Lilly and Scotty got the week of Christmas off to spend with the kids and Scotty's family but with the sudden uptick in new leads for cold cases, and with amount of work Scotty was dealing with from the both the FBI and PPD, they could only afford to take Christmas Day off, much to the disappointment of their children.

Tonight, was the Valens's annual Christmas party and Lilly, Scotty and the triplets were over at Mike and Allie's place, along with what seemed like every relative the Valens family possessed.

Lilly squeezed her way past a group of Scotty's cousins, who were conversing in whispered Spanish about women, from what little Lilly could pick up at least. She was on her way back into the kitchen to get some more punch when she heard Mike and Scotty in the kitchen. She was just about to walk in when she heard what they were talking about.

"Did you hear that cousin Sabina is expecting another baby?" Mike asked jovially

Scotty let out a wry laugh "How many is that now? Five?"

"Six" Mike corrected

Scotty chuckled "Maybe she and Manuelo should find another hobby"

Mike laughed "Yeah well according to Tia Palloma, her daughter is doing her Catholic duty"

Scotty chuckled again "sure she is"

Mike opened the fridge and pulled out a couple of beers, handing one to his brother "what about you and Lil?"

Scotty grinned "what about me and Lil?"

"You guys thought about having more kids?"

Scotty sighed "no, we haven't talked about it really"

Mike frowned "But you've always wanted a big family, how could you have not talked about it with your wife?"

Scotty shook his head "Lil doesn't want more kids, hell if she hadn't of gotten pregnant with the triplets I doubt she would of wanted more than one if that"

"You should talk to her about it?" Mike encouraged

"No, I think I should keep it too myself"

Lilly cleared her throat before stepping into the kitchen, deciding to pretend she hadn't overheard what they'd been talking about.

"We're out of punch?" Lilly said as she came up behind them, placing the punch bowl on the kitchen bench "hope it's not to potent Mike, your cousins are going through it as if it was water"

Mike chuckled "No, barely a drop of alcohol Lil" he assured her "I'll just go grab another bowl of it from the fridge in the garage" and he walked out of the kitchen, leaving Lilly and Scotty alone in the kitchen.

She sighed contentedly and sank down on her husband's lap, resting her arms around his neck. "I haven't seen you in a while, have you been hiding out in here?" Lilly asked, pressing a kiss to his cheek.

Scotty grinned "needed some air, was starting to feel like I was in a sardine tin"

Lilly looked into her husband's eyes, wondering why he had never talked to her about his desire to have more children. She frowned slightly and Scotty lifted a hand and brushed her hair away from her eyes "are you ok, Querida?"

Lilly nodded "yeah, just tired I guess"

Scotty leaned forward and pressed a kiss to her lips "we can go home any time you want"

Lilly shook her head "no it's alright we can stay a little longer" she replied

"Are you sure you're okay?" Scotty asked again with concern.

Lilly kissed him again "I am fine, I better get back to the party I'll see you in a little while" and she stood up.

Scotty sighed as he watched her retreating back, despite her telling him everything was fine something was definitely a miss with her. But he knew getting information out of her was going to be like getting blood from a stone.

"Come on Scotty" Mike said as he came into the kitchen again, carrying a fresh bowl of punch "Ma just had a go at me for us hiding out in the kitchen"

Scotty chuckled and followed his brother out into the living room again.