AN: Inspired from an episode of House MD season 1.

Rated T for some minor sexual content.

Jessica and Horatio were lying in bed panting after making love again. They had been on their vacation for three days already and only called home to ask how Sophia was doing with Kyle and Henry. The boy always replied that she was doing great, obviously loving the time she had to spend with her uncle and big brother. Sophia had both men wrapped around her finger.

A vacation had been exactly what Jessica and Horatio had needed to get their energy back and find each other again. Every couple needed some time alone every now and then.

"Can you believe how quiet it is out here?" Jessica asked.

A window was open and the only thing that could be heard was the slow wind outside.

"Exactly what we need." Horatio smiled.

Jessica nodded in agreement. She and Horatio woke up late during the days, they stayed in bed just cuddling for a long time before eating breakfast and after breakfast they cuddled some more before taking a swim in the ocean. After that they had lunch and then just stayed in the sun for a while, talking and cuddling. Horatio had fixed Jessica romantic dinners every day while she had been in the shower. Not many people knew that the tough Lt. Caine had a softer, romantic side. Horatio had the ability to treat Jessica like a lady and take care of her without making her feel like she wasn't independent or fragile.

"You never realize how much you can actually sleep until you have days when you have absolutely nothing you need to do. Then you realize how much you can sleep." Horatio said.

Jessica chuckled, "What did that spontaneous thought come from?"

"I just realized it." Horatio shrugged.

"It's true though. It's strange to sleep so much during one day."

"But it's also good. Sleeping is fun."

"Fun?" Jessica grinned, "Sleeping isn't fun. It's something everybody wants and needs and something you yearn for every night."

"It's fun for that reason. Everybody is happy when it's night and they can finally get some sleep." Horatio smiled.

"I still wouldn't call it fun."

Horatio smirked and suddenly started tickling Jessica. Jessica laughed and squirmed out of Horatio's embrace, but he managed to pin her down on the bed.

"Sleeping with me is fun isn't it?"

"It depends on how you see it." Jessica teased, "Sleeping with you as if having sex with you is fun. Sleeping with you as in lying next to you and sleep, is comfortable and makes me feel safe."

"Comfortable could be a form of fun." Horatio said.

"You're not giving up are you?"

"Not until you admit that sleeping is fun." Horatio smirked.

"I'm never admitting it." Jessica teased and got out of Horatio's grip.

She got out of bed and ran down the stone path to the beach. Horatio ran after her and didn't catch her until she was touching the ocean. He pulled back and fell on the sand with Jessica on top of him. He was about to say something when his phone rang. Horatio frowned when the ID said Kyle.

"Yes?" Horatio answered.

"Dad, what do we do if Sophia put something up her nose?" Kyle asked.

"What exactly did she put up her nose?"

"A toy. A firefighter to b exact." Kyle said.

Horatio had to fight not to laugh, but Kyle could hear that he was chuckling low.

"Dad…" Kyle whined.

"Well, use a tweezer and pull it out." Horatio said.

"Thanks dad."

"Where did she find a toy small enough for her to put in her nose?"

"I have no idea." Kyle sighed, "Thanks, bye dad."

Jessica laughed when Horatio told her what had happened. Their daughter sure had her ways to get Kyle and Henry twitchy with worry.

-I-

"There's going to be a lot of snot in there." Henry grimaced as he held the tweezer in his hand.

He and Kyle were ready to pull out the toy. Henry was using the tweezer and Kyle was holding Sophia's head still. Sophia just giggled.

"So?" Kyle asked.

"Maybe you should take it out."

"Snot scares you?" Kyle teased.

"No."

"Sure it does."

"Kyle, I'm can deal with baby diapers no matter if the baby did number one or two, but pulling a toy out of somebody's nose is where I draw the line." Henry explained.

He had not expected Kyle to burst out laughing and Henry rolled his eyes while Kyle tried to stop.

"I think a dirty diaper is worse than snot." Kyle chuckled, "Just do it."

"You have better eye-sight than me. You do it."

"You're not that old."

"You don't have to be over sixty to have bad eye-sight Kyle." Henry said and handed Kyle the tweezer.

Kyle shrugged and stuck the tweezer up Sophia's nose. He pulled out a small dog.

"What?" Kyle asked, "I thought you said she stuck a firefighter up her nose."

"She did."

Kyle shrugged and pulled out another toy. This time it was a small dove.

"Sophia, how many toys did you put up there?" Kyle asked.

Sophia just giggled.

"It's her secret stash of toys." Henry smirked.

Kyle pulled out another toy and this time it was a firefighter.

"I wonder where she found these." Kyle said.

"I have tons of these small little things." Henry smiled and then he realized that some of them had gone with him to Miami when he had woke up late and rushed to pack down his things. On the shelf where he had his cell phone and watch he also had small toy that there were only a few examples of in the whole world. He must have accidentally brought them with him.

Kyle just laughed when Henry explained it to him.

"Do they lose value if they've been inside a nose?" Kyle joked.

-I-

"Less than four days left." Jessica sighed as she and Horatio were watching TV lazily.

"Not missing home?"

"I miss Sophia and Kyle, but I love it here. We should live out here when we get old."

"I agree." Horatio smiled, "Four days is a long time though."

"It seems like it but it's not." Jessica said.

"Want me to call the Chief and ask for an extra week?"

"No, I want to go home and see the kids again. I need to get back to work and move on with my life. If I stay here too long I would be hiding from Miami. I was shot and I can't hide from it."

"I'm proud of you." Horatio smiled and kissed her neck softly.

"Thanks." Jessica grinned, "Now, how long has been since the bed was last used?"

Horatio grinned and Jessica stood up and seductively swayed her hips as she walked to the bedroom. Both of them completely forgot that Jessica hadn't taken her birth control pills for since they had arrived to Key West or that they had run out of condoms a day earlier.

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