1 Week Later

"Ok Dupe, there's only the sleeping arrangements to settle on then things are solved. How many bedrooms this place got?"

"9"

Danny thought about it for a moment. "Ok that should be fine. More than enough bedrooms to go around. As soon as the sale of our house and vets practice goes through we'll transfer the money into your account."

Danny signed his name to the contract. As did Alice. Then so did Dupe.

"I think we should have a drink to celebrate." Dupe said. "And welcome to the business!"

Dupe shook Danny's and Alice's hand.

"I suppose it'll be orange juice all around." Alice said.

Dupe gave her a get real look.

"Only joking Dupe!" Alice laughed.

(X) Later that Day

Alice sat in her room thinking about their week it had been a busy one for them. They had rang Ashley and told her they were selling the business then put the house and that on the market. They had offered Ashley first refusal and she was currently going over the books with her boyfriend. They were also looking to get a loan from the bank. They didn't see anything standing in the way and she wished her and Danny good luck in Africa. The house Alice was a little upset over. She loved it. The big gardens. The bedrooms. The two bathrooms. Now they were sharing a house with a gruff African man with 4 soon to be 5 kids and only one small bathroom and of course no gardens. They were together though. And they were happy.

They had also had their emergency scan, Alice was actually 23 weeks. Well 24 this week. Over halfway through. The baby looked fine, healthy and strong. They also had the gender checked, she'd been right. A strong healthy boy. It wasn't definite but Alice was sure it was a boy. The scan had been so funny. The scanner kept trying to measure him but he kept turning over. She and Danny had watched with matching smiles. Eventually the baby realising he couldn't get away from the scanner lay there looked at them and whacked his hand off his forehead. Then stuck his thumb in his mouth. At the whack at his forehead they had laughed at their son. At the thumb in his mouth they had said awww. He looked so tiny and perfect on the screen. They clutched hands tightly. They hadn't said it officially yet but it seemed the baby's name was Daniel Junior.

As for Leopards Den Ethan and Lexi seemed to be settling ok. They didn't spend as much time together as they used to which quite worried her. They had been so close before and now they spoke but it was very polite and distant, rather than the warm banter they used to enjoy before. She knew what was up. Danny had tried to shield her unnecessarily. She didn't know the whole story but it seems they liked each other but were staying apart. Of all the problems they'd thought they had adopting a boy this one had never entered their heads. Possibly because they seen him as their son, they had expected Lexi to look at him like a brother and Ethan to see her like an annoying sister not as girlfriend. If they decided to pursue a relationship there was nothing she and Danny could do. It wasn't like they were breaking the law or anything. It was just really really weird! Alice guessed this was their way of trying to get rid of feelings. It doesn't work. If the feelings are strong enough they'll just grow and you'll make yourself miserable trying to be apart. She and Danny knew that all too well!

Her mum, Shauna and Missy had gone home. She missed her friends already. They promised to come out as soon as Daniel was born if not sooner. Her mum offered to have their stuff shipped over and to get rid of the furniture they didn't want. She and Danny loved their bed so her mum was keeping it in her spare room for them, all the rest of the stuff family and friends had first refusal. The rest was going to a charity which Alice had heard of when she'd had Lexi. It helped young parents who had little money with furniture and things. You could donate your surplus furniture.

Alice yawned widely. She wasn't sleeping well, little man seemed to be a night owl. She'd wake up with Dee Jay dancing along to Saturday night fever or something. Some nights she'd wake up and Danny would be rubbing her stomach trying to soothe him into slumber, it usually worked he had the magic touch. She'd try for hours with nothing but Danny murmuring and rubbing and little man would drift off. He was an amazing daddy. The other good news they had received regarding little man was that the doctors had assured them that she should have a perfectly normal pregnancy as long as she took it easy and didn't stretch herself. Like there was any chance of that. If she stood for longer than 5 minutes Danny started clucking over her like a mother hen. He barely let him move. And the other thing he didn't lay a finger on her either. An unfortunate side effect of her being in her third trimester was her libido had increased! And Danny resisted all her advances. She was ready to kill him! They were in the house alone and she had a plan, he had thwarted all the rest but this one had to work. Ethan and Lexi had went to Jo'burg with Caroline dupe and Nomsa. Time to put her plan into action. She stood by her bedroom door.

"Danny can you come in our room for a minute?" she yelled.

He walked in but before he was through the door she ambushed him. Jumped on him and kissed him deeply. She pushed the door shut while she still kissed him then fisted his shirt and started pulling him towards the bed. He responded eagerly. She started unbuttoning his shirt.

"No Alice, Ambushing me isn't going to work!"

"Give me just 5 minutes!" she murmured cockily. "Trust me it'll work!" she pushed him on the bed and then climbed on him.

"Alice we can't! he said lying on his back. His body responded to her nearness.

She rolled off him onto her back "God arghh!" she yelled. "You do know your killing me here. Literally on my gravestone it will say death from sexual frustration. In other words I'm about to implode!" she complained.

Danny laughed.

"Danny why are you so adamant we abstain? It's not like I'm gonna get pregnant." she said pointedly. "If we had abstained in the first pace Lexi and Dee Jay wouldn't be here and this convo would be happening coz you'd touch me!" she finished sounding frustrated but with a small smile.

Danny turned on his side and made circle motions with his finger on her bump. He smiled when he saw her stomach ripple as their son kicked him.

"I'm worried in case we hurt him!" he admitted softly.

Alice looked at him. "Never happen as long as a woman's lover is gentle and considerate and you get rid of that copy of the Karma Sutra."

"You wanted me to get rid of that since I bought it!" he joked.

"Damn busted!" she said. "But seriously Danny in my pregnancy books it says we should be fine. Read it if you don't believe me!"

He smiled at her wickedly. "I suppose I'll have to curb my more uncontrollable side which wants to ravage you." he trailed his finger down her face, then down her body softly. He did the same with his lips trailed a line of kisses down her face, her neck her stomach. He ended up back at her face and kissed her with such passion but also restraint.

(X)

They lay there in the aftermath of their love, breathing heavily. Alice couldn't say how long she lay in the shelter of Danny's arms. They savoured the touch, the feel, the wonder of each other. Time had no meaning, no place here. It was just the two of them alone together. More content then she'd could ever remembering being. She couldn't think of anywhere else she'd rather be. Until her doubts kicked in. They were lying here now. But why had it been so hard to get him here. When she wasn't pregnant they hadn't had problems and he couldn't use that hurting the baby excuse. She had a feeling she knew why. Ever since they'd been together she' always been slim. Maybe he didn't fancy her anymore coz she was ….larger. Alice was unusually quiet.

"Alice what's wrong? And don't lie say there isn't or your favourite word…fine!"

"I feel…I'm…How can you…"

"Alice darling spit it out." he touched her face softly.

She went into her drawer and pulled on a pair of shorts and then cursed when they wouldn't button. She fastened the zip and they stayed up. She then looked at him. "Look at me Danny, what do you see?" she stood and motioned to her body.

"I see Alice, pregnant."

"Exactly Danny you see me pregnant!"

"Alice honey your giving me a headache. So your pregnant!"

"Danny I'm… you don't have to pretend you find me attractive!"

"What the hell?" he sat up sharply.

"Maybe I'm not really big now, but with Lexi in my last month I was humongous. I'm gonna end up looking like a beached whale. I understand and I'm sorry that I seduced you. You won't have to worry about it in future!" she said seriously.

"Alice where the hell did you get an idea from that from? I LOVE the way you look right now. Seriously I do. And I'll love it if you get bigger too!"

Alice raised her eyes in a get real gesture.

He rose from the bed and pulled on his jeans. Took her to the mirror and stood behind her. Her back to his chest. He wrapped his arms around her waist and laid his hand protectively on her stomach.

"What do you see?" he asked softly.

"I see you looking gorgeous, handsome, lean and me pregnant. Don't get me wrong I LOVE being pregnant and feeling him kick and talking to him softly and rubbing my stomach and feeling his answering flutter. It's just you've never seen me like this and I dunno I guess I feel a little insecure!"

"Here's what I see. I see a woman, a real woman. MY woman!"

"With stretch marks and ….."

"Nothing! I see my wife. Carrying my child. I can't describe the feeling I get deep inside when I look at you. Knowing I did that to you. I put him there. The stretch marks are badges of honour for carrying our children. You'll never look more beautiful to me than you do right now. I can't tell you how often I dreamed of you standing in front of me like this! And you know something else I think as soon as he's born we should get to work on Trevanion number 3!" he kissed her neck. "I love having you pregnant with my child. It makes you feel more mine somehow. And I don't mean that in a possessive way. Just people will see you and know that I did that to you. If that makes me a chauvinist than I'm guilty as charged. I just love you honey believe me please."

He then spun her around and bent down and pressed a soft kiss to where their baby lay. He looked up at her as he did. She had tears in her eyes.

"I never knew you saw me like that! I thought you might be put off coz I'm bigger!"

"Aw Alice honey never. I've never been prouder to be your husband that I am right at this moment and if you want me to shout it from the rooftops I will. I love you darling. Never forget that and never doubt me. EVER!"

She shook her head as her tears fell. He kissed her so tenderly.

"Flipping hormones!" she muttered.

He smiled at her. He meant every word and always would.

A/n the scan story is actually true my lil man did that awww :) another fluff chapter wow i dnt think i've wrote that much fluff eva lol hope u enjoyed :) x