We've just gotten off the plane in D.C., because first of all there's a charity event, and we needed to be in earlier than other people. After collecting our things from baggage claim, we head out of the airport to head to Alex's place. When we walk out, Alex recognizes the car as his and mentions that he had someone drop it off for him. We put our things in the trunk before piling in, and heading away from the airport and towards his place.

"Nice place." Aly remarks as we pull up.

"Thanks. I needed a place away from my parents. Because if I didn't, we'd be staying there and none of us can do anything when we're around my parents."

"Uh no. Talk about awkward."

He parks the car, and we get out and grab our things from the trunk. Once we have everything, we walk up to the front door and he unlocks it, and then we walk inside.

"Oh wow."

"I know." He chuckles.

"The guest bedroom is down that hall and it's the first door on the left. Purposely got the main bedroom and the guest bedroom on seperate sides of the house...for a good reason."

Aly and I both turn red. Mike just grins, and starts pulling Aly in the direction of the guest bedroom.

"Slow down, jeezus." She remarks.

"Feel free to explore the house." Alex chuckles as he watches Mike drag her off.

"I will...if I get free."

Then she disappears down the hall, leaving just me and Alex in the main room.

"I like this." I tell him.

"I had a feeling you would."

"Well you're right."

"So, shall we put our things in...'our'...bedroom?" He asks, putting emphasis on 'our'.

"Yes we shall." I smile.

He picks his things back up, before leading me down the other hallway and stopping at a door, opening it and revealing the bedroom. I walk in and put down my bags so I can explore.

"And if you say that this is where the magic happens, I'm gonna smack you." I laugh, and he snickers.

"This is where..." He starts to say.

"...Alex." I threaten.

"...nevermind." He grins.

"That's what I thought..." I say, and starting to explore the bedroom.

Alex sits on the bed and watches me. After exploring the room, I turn around to see Alex watching me with a certain look on his face.

"Ohhh don't give me that look." I laugh.

"What look?" He asks innocently.

"Don't act all innocent with me..."

Alex smirks.

"You can't pull off the innocent look as well as I can. I see right through you."

"What am I thinking then."

"Hmmm..." I think, walking towards him, then resting on my knees in front of him.

Then I place my hands near the indents by his hips that he has, before leaning in and being mere inches from his lips. His eyes drop to them.

"...I know you want to kiss me really bad...but of course that's obvious right now..."

He doesn't answer, pressing his lips to mine.

"Mmm...there's still the rest of the house for me to explore." I say, pulling back slightly.

"You have days to explore."

"Alex...not another episode like last night..."

"Aww."

"You'll live. Besides, you have days." I add, standing back up.

"...true."

I grin, before walking out of the bedroom to do more exploring. Alex follows me, wanting to see my reaction to everything. After walking around the whole house, the only thing left was the backyard. So I slide the door open and walk out onto the patio and look around the spacious yard. That's when my eyes settle on the huge pool that had waterfalls and rocks all around, including a slide.

"...whoa."

"Like my yard?" Alex asks, chuckling.

"...like doesn't even begin to cover it..."

"I'm glad."

"Definitely beats my yard down in Florida...even though you can't beat being right on the beach, but still..."

"Must be a killer to keep up with that pool."

"Yeah. I have a person that comes to take care of it when I'm not here."

"Come on Mike, this the last area we have to see..." We hear Aly say as she gets closer to the open door.

They walk in, hand in hand.

"Oh hey." Mike says.

"Holy jesus..." She remarks, looking out the door.

"That is one awesome backyard." She finishes.

"I know right?" I laugh, turning around to see her in the open doorway.

"Seriously." She nods.

"Oh Miiiike..." She grins, looking back at him.

"Oh whaaaaaat."

"Guess where I want to go."

"I figured as much." He chuckles.

"Let's go!" She declares, dashing off to the bedroom to change.

Mike laughs and goes after her.

"You want to get in too?" Alex asks, looking down at me.

"Hmmm, maybe in a little bit."

"Alright. What do you want to do?"

"I'm pretty content on sitting out here, I mean it is a nice day out."

"Yeah." He agrees.

He sits down in a nearby chair, and signals for me to come sit with him. I laugh to myself before walking over, but before I could even attempt to sit, he grabbed me and pulled me down onto his lap.

"Eep!" I squeak as he grabbed me.

"A little warning would've been nice."

"That's no fun." He chuckles, sliding his arms around me.

"Says you."

"Yes, says me."

"Dork..." I shake my head amusedly.

"Your dork."

Then shortly after, Aly and Mike walk out and head over to the pool. Mike jumps in right away of couse and Aly wades in down the steps.

"For once the water isn't too cold."

"It feels great." Mike agrees.

"And a slide I can actually go down, yay." Aly comments laughing.

He chuckles, and starts swimming around. She swims around lazily.

"Ah the joys of staying somewhere that isn't a hotel."

"Gotta love it." He adds.

"Yup. Especially since that means spending less time around people we don't like."

"Exactly."

She swims over under the waterfalls and lets the water cascade over her head.

"You do know that we have a charity event tonight right?" Mike asks.

"Yeah."

"Okay, just making sure."

"This feels good."

"You're having fun with that aren't you?" He chuckles.

"Mmhmm."

"Come over here and see for yourself." She adds.

He comes over and settles under the waterfalls with her.

"You're right, this does feel good."

"I told you."

"If only we could stay right here all day..."

"That'd be nice." Aly laughs.

"But hey, we got all week."

"Very true."

"We get to have more alone time, and everything." He adds, wrapping his arms around her.

"I'm very happy with that." She cuddles into him.

"I know you are." He grins.

She smiles up at him.

"Love you." He says, before leaning down and kissing her quick.

"Love you too."

"I think I wanna go in the water now." I say to Alex.

"Awww." He says, only because that means I would have to move.

"Oh stop. You'll live." I laugh, getting up.

Then I head inside to get changed. Once I'm all set, I walk out and head over to the pool. I wade in as Mike and Aly come out from under the waterfalls.

"Having fun?" I ask.

"Yup."

"I think we may need to come here more often." I laugh.

"Yeah, for sure. It's very nice." Aly nods.

Then once I'm in the pool entirely, I start floating around in the water. Alex watches for a little bit and then goes inside to change so he can join us. After a while there's a sudden splash of water from behind us all.

"Look who finally decided to join us." I laugh, and Mike and Aly laugh too.

I lean against the wall/rocks to just relax for a bit, watching as he comes to the surface.

"Man I missed this." Alex comments.

"I bet you did." I smile.

"But it is nice to have more family to share it with now."

"Yeah, hey you know if your family throws a homecoming party for you this week, they should consider having it here." I suggest.

"That would be a fun idea." He agrees.

"Plus, I think your mom is dying to see me again." I laugh.

"Yeah, she's excited." Alex grins.

"Well if she's that excited, why not just call and say that we're in town early?"

"Good idea. I'll do that when we get inside."

"You'll get to meet his family this time." I say to Aly, grinning.

"Sounds fun." She laughs.

"Well his dad anyway..."

"Right."

Then Alex signals for me to move away from the wall.

"Come on, away from the wall now."

"Why?" I ask amused.

"'Cause I want you to."

"I'm pretty good over here." I smirk, looking him over.

He swims over and pulls me.

"Aww you just ruined a good view."

"You'll have plenty of time to stare over the next few days."

"I stare all the time so it really doesn't matter."

"True." He laughs.

"...okay fine..." I say, letting him pull me away from the wall.

"Why are you making me move again?" I ask him.

"You don't need to be leaning against a wall. Did you come in here just to be lazy?"

"Maybe." I stick my tongue out.

"That's not what a pool is for..."

"Forgive me if I don't want to wear myself out before we go to the charity event."

"You know how I get when I swim for long periods of time." I add.

"Ah...right."

"Which is why I was only floating around. But now that you're here, you can be my own personal floatie." I laugh.

"Glad I could be of use." Alex laughs.

I turn around and he wraps his arms around me, and then we start to float around the pool.

"Personal floaties rock." Aly giggles, laying on Mike as he pulls her around.

"Gives you an excuse to be all cuddly." He adds.

"I like being cuddly."

"I know." He smiles.

"Enjoy cuddling stomach to stomach while you can because it isn't going to last."

"Yeah, I'm gonna miss that when we can't anymore."

"Uh-huh."

"How many other things will I not be able to do?"

"Pin me against walls...I'm sure there's other things too."

"Awww."

"Yeah well...I can't help that. My belly will get in the way."

"I know I know."

"You have yourself to blame for that one Lover Boy."

"Well I couldn't wait any longer..."

She laughs and pats his cheek.

"I know. I'm just giving you a hard time. Its my job as your wife."

"You do your job very well."

"I know I do."

We all float around the pool for a bit longer, before getting out to dry off, and Alex heads inside to call his parents. I sit by him and listen as he talks to them. Since I was sitting by him I could overhear them on the phone. I hear the happiness in his mother's voice after he tells her that we're in town for the week. I smile and lay my head against Alex's arm.

"Yeah you can come over. She's dying to see you too."

"Sounds good, we'll see you in a bit then." He adds.

He hangs up after saying 'bye', and places his phone down on the counter.

"Well looks like we all have to change." I comment.

"Yeah." Alex chuckles.

We head into our rooms to change into dry clothes, and once we're changed we walk back out to the main room, waiting for Alex's parents to arrive. We're waiting and Aly gets hit with a craving.

"I want some chocolate...it's those cravings again."

"There should be some in the cabinet by the fridge." Alex chuckles.

"Sweet. DC, you rock." She gets up to go hunt down the chocolate.

"So I've been told."

While she's in the kitchen retrieving the chocolate, Alex's parents arrive. We hear the doorbell go off, and Alex gets up and answers the door. His mom immediately hugs him tightly.

"Hi mom." He laughs.

Seeing this, I get up myself and walk over to greet them.

"Hi Gwen." I say from behind Alex.

"Carly! Hi honey!" She beams, letting Alex go so she can hug me.

"It's great to see you again." I say, laughing slightly.

"Its so good to see you both." Gwen says as Alex closes the door after greeting his dad.

"So, I'm sure you're all excited for next week." She adds.

"Definitely." I smile.

"I'm sure you've heard the news about Aly, if you watch the show every Monday night right?" I add.

"Yes we did. What a surprise." Gwen says as they follow you to the main room where Mike is sitting.

"She'll be back in a minute or two. She has the cravings so she's grabbing the chocolate." I laugh.

"Oh I remember those days." She laughs too.

"I found it." Aly sings, coming back into the room.

"It's like a chocolate factory in there!" She exclaims and Alex snickers.

"Before you sit down Aly, this is Alex's dad Kevin." I point to him, standing next to Alex.

"Hi, nice to meet you." She smiles and goes to shake his hand.

He reaches out and shakes it.

"It's nice to meet you too." He replies.

"Congratulations to you two." Gwen interjects.

"Thanks." She says, moving back to sit against Mike's side.

"How's the baby doing by the way?" She asks.

"Doing well. The doctor said everything looked good at our appointment the other week. I'll have another appointment here in about a week and half at about 11 weeks. I just hit 9 weeks this past Sunday." She replies, nibbling at the chocolate bar in her hand.

"The weeks sure will fly on by."

Aly nods in agreement.

"It's gonna stink when I can't travel anymore though..."

Mike mumbles his agreement, tightening his arm around her.

"I'll still be there for you, depending on what happens with me." I add.

"Right. For the time being, I'm traveling until the doctors say no." She shrugs.

"So is everything all set for next week?" She asks me.

"Yep. Everything's all set. I just have to go out to LA to get my dress sometime before Wednesday next week." I answer.

"We had to leave it at the condo so that Alex wouldn't be able to sneak around and try to look at it." Aly laughs.

"Exactly." I add.

Alex grins sheepishly while his parents laugh. After a while, Mike gets up and goes to talk with Alex and his dad, which left the rest of us sitting around and talking about various things. Aly ends up dozing off, curled up on the couch.

"I think all that swimming made her more tired than she already was."

"I bet." Gwen says.

"She needs it though because in about an hour or so, we have to get ready for this charity event."

"Right. That sounds like it will be fun for you all."

"Oh, it is." I nod.

"We always have a good time at the charity events." I add.

The next hour seemed to go by awfully quick as we continue talking about things. Since it was almost time for us to be getting ready, Mike, Alex and myself said goodbye to his parents as they started to leave.

"She fall asleep?" Mike asks me once Kevin and Gwen are gone.

"Yeah..." I nod.

"She's on the couch." I add.

He nods, and walks into the main room and over to her on the couch. He starts to try and get her to wake up so that she could get ready. She whines as she stirs, but leans into his touch.

"Come on, we have to start getting ready to go."

She sighs and yawns, opening her eyes slowly. She lifts her arms up.

"Want me to carry you?"

She nods. He leans down and lifts her up off of the couch, and she wraps her arms around his neck, as he carries her to the bedroom. She snuggles into him and kisses his neck.

"Love you." She mumbles.

"I love you too."

She sighs as they get into the bedroom and he sets her down. She reluctantly moves away to get ready. He walks over to his things, picking out a suit to wear, before starting to get ready himself. It doesn't take too long before Aly steps out of the bathroom, completely ready except for being barefoot. She grabs her shoes and slips them on while Mike finishes up himself. She straightens up after finishing her shoes and locks eyes with him.

"You look...absolutely...stunning." He comments.

"Aww. Thank you. You're looking pretty good yourself Lover Boy." She smiles.

"And thank you." He smiles back.

She stands up when he walks over.

"Never fail to amaze me." He grins, before leaning in and kisses her quickly.

"I know." She giggles and raises up for another kiss.

In me and Alex's room, I've finished getting ready except for my shoes, which I started to put on and buckle as I sit on the side of the bed. Alex turns and watches me with a look of almost awe. After getting my other shoe on, I stand up and fix my dress a bit before turning to see him staring.

"Gorgeous." He smiles.

"Thank you." I smile back.

"You don't look too bad yourself."

"Thanks." He chuckles.

"But then again, you always look good."

He smirks and walks over to me. After he's standing in front of me, he takes my hands in his and lifts my hand with the engagement ring on it and kisses it.

"About one more week..." He says quietly.

"I know, I can't wait." I smile.

"Me either." Alex kisses my hand again.

"You seem more excited than I am."

"I'm just ready for you to be my wife."

I smile and lean up, kissing him gently. He kisses me back and lets go of my hands so that he can cup my face. My hands move to rest on his arms, and after a few moments he pulls away but he keeps his hands on my face.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"Too bad we have to move."

"I know, but after the charity event, we come back here and we won't have to go anywhere."

"True." He smiles.

"Well, we better get going before we're all late."

"Yeah."

We make sure to grab what we need before leaving the bedroom. We make it out into the main room after Aly and Mike walk out.

"Oh wow Dolce, you look great."

"Thank you. So do you."

She smiles and we all go out to the car. Alex and I get into the front, and Aly and Mike get into the back, then we head off to where the charity event is. We get to where the event is being held and walk inside. After walking in, we find our table and walk over, choosing our seats and sitting down.

"This is amazing." Aly comments, looking around at the summery garden themed decor.

"It is amazing...I really like it." I say, looking around myself.

"Me too." She nods.

"These flowers are nice too." I comment, looking at the flowers used as the centerpiece on the tables.

"Mmhmm." She agrees, running her fingertips over the petals.

"But nothing compares to how amazing you look tonight." Alex whispers in my ear.

"Aww." I smile at him.

I turn my head and lean up, kissing him quickly before going back to looking around. Aly smiles slightly and looks around herself. After everyone had shown up and after waiting for quite some time, the food was brought over and placed in front of us. We eat and talk. She finishes first surprisingly, and sits back with her hands laying on her stomach.

"That good huh?"

"Yeah."

The rest of us finish shortly after, and we sit and wait for the dessert that they started to bring out.

"Ooooooh." Aly perks up as she sees the cake they're passing out.

"Now that looks good." She adds, when they come over to our table and place the cake in front of each of us.

"Oh my god, it's as good as it looks." I say after taking a bite.

"Uh-huh." Aly agees.

"Gotta love coming to these things."

"For sure."

After finishing the cake, I was definitely full.

"I'm so full right now..." I say, sitting back.

"I'm not, but it isn't really me." Aly says, laughing a bit.

"Right." I laugh.

She messes with her fork, having finished her piece.

"Don't worry, when we get back to the house you can go after the chocolate again." Alex chuckles.

"Thanks." She laughs.

"How about to get your mind off of food for now, we go dance?" Mike suggests.

"Good luck getting my mind off food but sure."

"I have my ways, trust me." He chuckles, getting up and holding out his hand for her to take.

She places her hand in his and he helps her up. Then they head out to the floor where a lot of the other people had begun to dance. As they're dancing she spots John out of the corner of her eye. She frowns slightly but tries to shake it off.

"What's wrong?"

"Just spotted someone I didn't really want to see." She murmurs.

"Ah, well don't worry about them."

She nods slightly. After a few songs, the next one was a slow one, so she wraps her arms around his neck and his went around her waist. She lays her head against his shoulder/neck and closes her eyes. Then all of a sudden Alex gets up and I look over to see him holding his hand out. I smile and place my hand in his and get up, then we head out to the floor to dance ourselves. After dancing for a while, Aly tugs on Mike and looks back at the table, silently saying that she wants a break. He nods, and follows her back to the table, then sitting down next to her. She leans against him and sighs in content as he rubs her belly gently.

"A little tired?" He asks.

She nods silently.

"I'm sure we'll head back soon."

"Mmkay." She murmurs softly.

He kisses the top of her head, and then leans his head against hers.

"You two are so cute, it's ridiculous." They hear someone say as they walk up.

She looks up to see Hunter and Shawn, smiling.

"Good to know." She laughs lightly.

"We've missed you."

"Missed you too." She smiles, sliding from Mike's arms so she can get up and hug them.

"So how's the mama doing?" Shawn asks.

"I'm doing okay. I'm tired but good."

"Little one is wearing you out huh?"

"Yeah. I can't really complain though, it's better than having morning sickness." She shrugs.

"You still having that morning sickness?"

"I haven't really had it at all. The only times I've really gotten sick are all from the smell of oranges." She shakes her head.

"I've been avoiding them, so no morning sickness really." She adds.

"Ah. So how far along are you?"

"A little over 9 weeks. And yes, I'm already starting to show a bit."

She reaches down and pulls her dress tight over her stomach so they can see.

"It's not really much now but yeah..." She adds.

She lets her dress go and sits back down. Mike's hand is instantly back on her stomach again.

"I swear your hand has a magnet in it or something." She says to him.

He chuckles, starting to go back to rubbing her stomach gently.

"He does this all the time." She tells Hunter and Shawn amusedly.

"Oh it's understandable...we were like that too."

"Nice to know that's normal then." She laughs.

"Yeah, it's just a natural instinct thing."

"Ah."

"You'll get used to it..."

"I'm already getting there, he's been doing this since the day we found out." She says with a laugh.

Then after a bit, Alex and I return to the table after dancing.

"Hey you." Shawn says.

"Hey!" I say excitedly, letting go of Alex and hugging Shawn.

He laughs and hugs me back, then I go and hug Hunter as well.

"I thought I wouldn't see you two until the day of the wedding."

"Stephanie and Rebecca wanted to this event and made us come along." Hunter explains.

"Well you're their husbands, you should go regardless if they make you or not."

"I know, I'm just joking."

"We probably won't be staying very long, because I'm tired." Aly says.

"Ah, right."

"But it was great seeing you guys again."

"It was good to see you all too. We'll see you next week."

Aly and I give them one last hug, before they walk away and back to Stephanie and Rebecca. Aly goes right back into Mike's arms, snuggling against him.

"You know, we can go now if you're that tired." I suggest.

"Please. I feel like I'm going to fall asleep." She says, yawning.

I nod, and we gather our things before leaving and heading out to the car, then we head back to the house. When we pull up, we walk in after Alex unlocks the door. Aly and Mike head right to their room after we all walk into the main room. She kicks off her shoes and starts to remove her jewelry while she yawns. Mike kicks off his shoes, and starts to undo his tie and then starts working on his shirt. She pulls her hair down and then grabs what she's going to change into before getting out of her dress. Mike turns and his attention gets caught by the glittery 'AWESOME' written on the back of the bottoms she put on.

"Awesome huh?" He smirks, raising an eyebrow.

"You're the one that picked them out." She comments.

"I know I did..."

She finishes her stuff and walks over to the bed, climbing in. He finishes himself and walks over, climbing in himself and pulling her into him. She reaches up and kisses him slowly.

"I love you."

"I love you too." He smiles.

She snuggles down, listening to his heartbeat. He shuts the light off, and they both soon drift off to sleep. Meanwhile Alex and I are in our bedroom. I get all my jewelry and stuff of and then reach for my pajamas.

"Wait, I have an idea." Alex says.

"What's that?" I ask curiously.

"Well we have alone time now...and I was thikning we go out to the pool."

"Hmm...I think I like that idea."

"Good, I'll meet you out there." He grins, starting to take his clothes off to change.

I laugh and agree. I walk into the bathroom to change, since I left my swimsuit in there to dry from being in the pool earlier today. I get changed and walk out to the backyard. I start walking over to the pool, and just as I got close enough, Alex had come to the surface from either jumping in or just swimming around under the water. I bit my lip as I was clearly staring as I walked closer. He notices and smirks at me. I stop biting my lip when I realize that he notice, and then I tried to act normal.

"Like what you see?" Alex asks with a teasing tone.

"...shut up..."

"Aw come on, I'm just teasing babe."

"I'm only kidding you know."

"I figured." He says as I walk over to the stairs and wade into the water.

"You and the great ideas." I smile.

He grins and swims over to me, placing a kiss on my lips.

"Someone's eager." I laugh, after pulling away.

"Duh."

"Just remember what I can do to you..." I smirk.

"Ah but I can get you back for everything you do."

"And then it will all be made up for next week."

"Oh yes." He smirks.

"But for now..." He trails off, then pulls me closer and pressing his lips to mine again, and I unconsciously end up wrapping my legs around him.

He turns and moves so my back is up against the wall of the pool. My heart starts to beat faster and I start to tense as he grips my sides tighter and deepens the kiss. My fingers go into his hair and tug gently. He pulls away from my lips, and moves to my neck. He makes his way up by my ear, and then slowly moves down my neck and to my collarbone. I'm biting my lip and trying not to make any noise but the lack of noises only makes him work harder, determined to earn them from me.

"...no..." I manage to say, while still biting my lip and still refusing to make any noise.

He moves across my collarbone, trying to see if he can find another sensitive spot. He does manage to find another one, but I still refuse to let out any noise, because we're outside and sound travels. Alex frowns and pouts.

"We're outside...I can't." I say once I'm able to breathe normally.

"My neighbors aren't that close babe."

"You're determined aren't you?"

He smirks.

"Just give me a minute..."

"How about no..." He says, going back to my collarbone.

He finds that new spot and I tense up. My head falls to his shoulder, and I pull him closer, sighing in content at first. I can sense that feeling coming back, so I turn my head and put my face in the base of his neck and the moan that escapes me is a little loud but it's muffled. He smirks triumphantly.

"You know if there's a mark there, it better be gone by next week." I mumble.

"It'll be fine." He chuckles, kissing the top of my head as he moves through the water while holding me.

"Just couldn't wait until next week to do that..."

"Nope."

"...evil..."

"But you love me."

"I do, and I'm getting you back for this."

"I know." He chuckles.

I relax against him, using him as my floatie just like I did earlier in the day. I feel myself getting tired after a while, but I manage to keep my eyes open enough to tell him.

"...Alex...I'm getting tired..."

"Alright." He says, holding onto me and going up the stairs to get out of the pool.

We make our way back inside, and to our room. I head into the bathroom to change, and when I come out, I instantly crawl into the bed. Alex snakes his arms around me and kisses the top of my head.

"Night love."

I just make a quiet noise, because I'm too tired to respond with talking.