Part 12

"Good morning, beautiful," Aaron greeted his mate with a smile, as soon as she opened her beautiful eyes.

"Good morning," Penelope said, easily guessing that Aaron had been watching her sleep and since he was now laying beside her she knew that his Knot must have shrunk back to it's normal size.

The two of them kissed good morning, before Aaron's hand came up to gently cup her still flat stomach where he just knew their children were growing.

"Yes, I know I'm pregnant to," Penelope said softly guessing easily where Aaron's thoughts had gone. "We'll know whether I am or not in a few days."

"I can hardly wait," Aaron said with a face splitting grin.

"Neither can I," Penelope said kissing him possessively. Aaron responded immediately and passionately.

"Ready for another round, before we get a shower?" Aaron asked hopefully.

"Absolutely," Penelope said enthusiastically. "The things you did to me last night were out of this world."

"Things I plan to keep doing for many years to come," Aaron grinned. "You have made my life so much better then it had been in years."

"Happy to be of service," Penelope smiled.

"And yet you were so reluctant to date me in the first place," Aaron said.

"It wasn't so much reluctance, just that Alphas like you don't usually pay attention to Omegas like me or at least that's what my experience told me," Penelope said. "I've had my feelings hurt more then I care to remember by Alphas or just men in general who didn't seem to care if I overheard them or they said things not being aware I overheard them. It's the first type that hurt me the most, since they knew I was close enough to overhear. Sometimes the comments weren't even directed at me, but just woman who didn't fit their standards and other times they just looked past me as if I wasn't worth their notice. I basically got used to being ignored from a young age at least when it came to being suitable to be someones girlfriend or mate."

"I'll freely admit that Alphas can be idiots, but then so can anybody, humans included. I'm sorry you were hurt up by those those Alphas though," Aaron said.

"Thank you, but I feel much better now because I have you," Penelope said. "The teasing and bullying I endured as a child, plus the comments since I became an adult no longer matter. I won't say that none of that hurt me, because you know that's not true, but I've more than proved those bullies that made my life hell during my school years wrong considering that I have a successful career I love and I'm now mated to you. Trust me, those that teased me so cruelly in school would be green with envy that I was mated to such a handsome, strong Alpha, as it proves their taunts back then were nothing but a pile of shit."

Aaron snorted at the phrase pile of shit in amusement, but did understand what Penelope meant. All those taunts that she had received as a child and teenager no longer mattered and no longer had the power to hurt her.

He began to make love to her again and it was sometime later when both of them finally climaxed.

Penelope was mentally wondering how she had gotten so lucky to have Aaron Hotchner love her and decided it didn't matter just do long as he did.

"I suppose we need to get up," Penelope sighed feeling extremely reluctant.

"We do, even if I really don't want to," Aaron said, feeling as if all the energy had been drained from his body. Loving Penelope so much simply burned him from the inside out, but in a good way, because it meant he loved her to the very depths of his soul and had much stronger emotions for her than he ever had for Haley. He had known he loved her after just a month, but they had continued to date for another month, as he hadn't wanted to rush things too much. He had thought about waiting longer to propose, but the Alpha in him had been impatient and so he had gone ahead. He has been overjoyed when Penelope had immediately said yes, to his proposal.

The two of them lay there for a few more minutes, but finally Aaron rose feeling his energy returning a little, walked around the bed and helped Penelope to her feet.

"We can shower together just like we've done a few times," Aaron said smiling.

"And if we happen to have sex in the shower..." Penelope said.

"That's nobodies business but ours," Aaron finished grinning. "I can also penetrate you this time, like I couldn't before because I didn't want to get you pregnant. Now though, I'm free to do as I please, since you are my mate and the love of my life."

"I do intend to talk to JJ, girl talk and all that, but I won't be giving her any details, but then she doesn't give me any details about her and Dave. JJ will get the message without me having to go into any intimate details," Penelope smiled, as she thought of her friend.

"I've only known her a short amount of time, but she seems like an intelligent lady," Aaron said.

"I've only known her little longer than you have but yes, she is very intelligent. She and Dave are well matched. Every time I go there I see how happy they are together and that there isn't very much discord in the home at all other than the ordinary tension that you have from having to run such an organized household so that everybody gets fed, dressed, chores get done and things like that," Penelope agreed.

"That's perfectly normal," Aaron nodded. "It takes a lot of organization to run a house with so many children and adults, so that everything still gets done. Sheila was a godsend for years even before Haley's betrayal, but when she left she definitely played a vital role in helping run the household while I worked. I did my share, since I always was home by five or six and usually had the weekends off, but still I don't know how I would survived if not for Sheila. Shelia never would have put up with Haley having another Alpha in the same bed she shared with me, since the two of us were technically, legally married. Haley planned it well though, had her romantic liaison on the same day that the children were with a friend on a Saturday or at least that was true on the day I discovered her betrayal and Sheila had the day off. I've always wondered how many of those liaisons Haley had before I discovered her with that other Alpha that day. I was the one that decided not to pursue the matter and just threw her out after basically divorcing her deciding I didn't want to know. There's no way she could have had it in the same house, the same bed she shared with me more than a few times, because she would have likely been discovered much sooner, so I have to believe that she usually took her liaison elsewhere, to some cheap motel or perhaps the home of the Alpha."

"I'm truly sorry that happened to you, but now your ex-mate is a thing of the past and I am your present and future and I promise I will never betray you, as I love you to much to do so. I think you did the right thing as not all secrets need to be revealed, especially if they are only going to hurt somebody to know. As for Sheila, the two of us can split duties and that ought to relieve the pressure on her considerably," Penelope said.

"Which she will appreciate and so will I," Aaron said. "Now, a shower for both of us and then we better head down for breakfast. I need to introduce the children to you as their new mother anyway and also tell them that they are very soon going to have some more siblings."

"I'm sure they'll be very excited," Penelope smiled, as she thought about Aaron's four children. She loved them just as much as she loved Aaron just in different ways and Aaron knew it.

"They will be," Aaron assured her, as she escorted her into the bathroom and started the shower.

The water heated up quickly and the two of them stepped in, starting to wash each other tenderly making love as they did so.

~~~Healed Hearts~~~

A week later

"I'm pregnant! I'm pregnant!" Penelope squealed excitedly, as soon as Aaron came in the door. She had gone to the doctor alone while Aaron had to work, even though he had wanted to come with her, but knew that he couldn't, as his sense of duty was to strong. He could've taken the day off he knew, but since several of their firm were on vacation he felt like he shouldn't, because they were short handed. If it hadn't been for that he would have gladly taken the day off so that he could go with Penelope to the doctor. Penelope had understood and sent him off to work with a passionate kiss and a promise for more once he got home.

"I just knew you were!" Aaron exclaimed, as he picked Penelope up easily and swung her around happily, causing her to giggle delightedly.

"So did I," Penelope said, as she kissed Aaron passionately. "This is a dream come true for me."

"So did the doctor say how many you were carrying?" Aaron asked.

"Four," Penelope answered and Aaron stared at her in astonishment before whooping with joy.

"You're carrying quadruplets?" Aaron asked, as if he hadn't heard Penelope the first time, but really quadruplets were rather unusual, as it was usually either twins or triplets, with the odd singleton thrown in every once in awhile. Quadruplets though were pretty rare and any of their race that had them was usually well respected within their community, as having four at a time was considered extra special.

"That's what the doctor said," Penelope said, as she snuggled into Aaron's arms, feeling more happy and content and then she had ever since she was a child.

"Well, I already knew you were special and this just proves it," Aaron said, as he kissed his mate passionately for the second time. "I can't wait to tell everybody that my mate is carrying four children."

Aaron gently stroked her stomach tenderly hardly being able to wait until they were here.

"I can't wait to tell people either, show them how happy I am to finally be having children of my own with an Alpha I love," Penelope smiled widely. "JJ and Dave of course, are at the top of the list, but I thought you deserved to know first."

"Well, I already knew you were pregnant, but to have quadruplets is indeed a special event," said Aaron, the smile refusing to leave his face. "I think we need to go out to dinner to celebrate."

"That sounds wonderful," Penelope smiled.

"So what else did the doctor say?" Aaron asked.

"Just that he wasn't surprised I was having four because I have the body for it," Penelope said gesturing at herself. "I'm heftier, my womb is bigger and I have wider hips because of my body shape. He told me that I could expect to have quadruplets again, and it was likely I'd have them every time I get pregnant so we needed to be prepared for that."

"Well, this is good news indeed," Aaron said blinking in surprise at what Penelope told him. "If the doctor says it's likely you'll have quadruplets, again just because of the fact that your body's bigger, in the chest, stomach and hips, then you probably will. If you do then we'll very likely get those 20 children and we were discussing not long ago."

"Which will make both of us happy," Penelope giggled.

"It's a good thing that my parents had this place built for Hayley and me though, because you know that they're are thirty bedrooms," Aaron said.

"Yes, your parents were apparently expecting a lot of grandchildren," Penelope said smiling.

"They were rather disappointed when Haley betrayed me and had been urging me to start dating again at least. Once I started dating you and told them that you were the one and that I intended to mate with you they were very, very happy, so we can expect to have some babysitters other than Sheila. They love babysitting for Jack, Maddy, Suzy and Jamie and the children just love their grandparents and love spending time with them."

"Well, when we start having more there's no way they can watch them all themselves," said Penelope.

"So I have plenty of other family in the area that we'll be happy to look after some of them, we just have to parcel them out to various relatives," Aaron said. "We can expect to have at least my parents over here fairly frequently to spend time with us and the kids, since they are basically retired and all their children are long since grown. They'll be a godsend whenever our children aren't sleeping through the night and allow us to get more sleep then is normal when there's a new baby in the house or in this case babies."

"Yeah, my family was really happy when I told them I had finally fallen in love," Penelope smiled remembering the conversation. "Most of my family lives in California, but I suspect we'll get regular visits all the same. There's no way that my parents will miss out on seeing their grandchildren grow up, especially since these are the first from me."

"They'll always be welcome," Aaron said.

"I told them as much, so once I tell them I've mated and am pregnant they'll likely be out here in just a few weeks."

"No, I think they'll give us a few months to enjoy each other, before they do come out, as we are newly mated after all," Aaron said. "That would be the proper thing to do, to give us a least two or three months to enjoy being mated. After that though yes, they'll likely come out and not go home again until after the children are here."

"Well, I'll be happy to see them, even if we will be busy a lot of the time," Penelope said. "Really, I haven't been out to visit in several years, as I always got tired of them asking if I had met anyone yet. Even when I called them or they called me they asked that same question and it did get annoying, because it's not like I didn't try to find someone."

"They did it only because they were concerned about you," Aaron said his tone chiding. "They wanted you to be happy find someone to settle down with, have some children with, as they are well aware that our kind don't do well without a mate at least, even if they have a wide circle of friends and acquaintances they spend time with."

"I know," Penelope sighed. "I tried not to show my annoyance at the same question being asked every time we had a conversation. Another reason I didn't go home very often was that they would introduce me to young Alphas that they thought I would perhaps start to date, which meant that if anything happened between us I would move closer to home. The only problem was that most of those Alphas I couldn't stand, either that or they were totally boring. Oh, they were handsome enough and everything, but so boring with only one or two areas of interest and as for the others, they were polite when my parents were around, because there is no way my father would've stood for them being rude to me, even if it was very subtle. A lot of them made subtle little comments. You know the type I mean."

"I do," Aaron nodded.

"I never told them what a lot of the young man were really like, because it would've hurt them to realize that the Alphas they had picked out for me were rude at least, so just to avoid that type of situation I just stopped going home as much for them as for myself," Penelope shrugged. "Now though none of those Alphas that I'm met when I was visiting my parents in California matter anymore, since I have you."

"Nope, they don't," Aaron grinned. "Why don't we go tell Dave and JJ together, then we can go out for a nice dinner, but first we need to tell Sheila and the children, as they deserve to know."

"They already know something's going on, as they picked up my excitement," Penelope said. "I didn't tell them exactly what I was excited about, since I felt you deserved to be the first to know I was carrying quadruplets, but they're certainly aware that something special is happening."

"Well, let's go relieve their curiosity," Aaron said still smiling. He had a feeling that his smile wouldn't be leaving his face in the near future. "Sheila at least probably guessed that it was something like this, because pregnant females of our kind are not going to get excited about just carrying twins or triplets, since it's a very common event and usually what they have."

"Probably," Penelope agreed.

The two them walked out of their bedroom where they had been talking arm-in-arm.

~~~Healed Hearts~~~

"Welcome," Dave greeted his guests.

"Thank you," Aaron said, as he shook Dave's hand.

Dave then kissed Penelope on the cheek affectionately.

"So what's the reason for the visit, as I would think the two of you would be spending as much time alone as you could manage," Dave asked cheerfully. "Jennifer and I are always happy to see you, but you are newly mated and I well remember what that's like as it wasn't all that long ago for me."

"We have some news," Penelope said.

"I figured it was something like that," Dave said. "I'll get Jennifer who is spending as much time with our three daughters as she can, since she'll soon be busy with the three she's carrying now. Yes, we have a ton of help with that, but still she doesn't want them to feel neglected by their mother or for Henry and Michael to feel that way."

"Yes, I know it's hard to spread your attention out when you have a lot of children like most our kind do," Aaron agreed.

"Still, most of them grow up happy and well rounded," Penelope said, as she and Aaron walked farther into the house.

"Yes, that's true," Dave agreed, as he escorted his guests to the den, which was set up with comfortable furniture that was meant for lounging on and to be used and not to make an impression. "I'll go get Jennifer, make yourselves comfortable."

Aaron and Penelope sat down on the loveseat, as close together as they could get.

"Perhaps we should've waited another week to tell Dave and JJ the news," Penelope said.

"No, you were right, they deserve to know, since they are ones that helped us get together or at least allowed us to meet," Aaron said. "If they hadn't had that cookout we probably never would've met, so I for one will always be grateful that they did. I had been trying to tell myself for a long time that I wasn't lonely, but we both know that our kind are need a pack, a family, a mate, children. I had children and I loved them, but it wasn't enough to keep me happy, because I didn't have a mate anymore, as she had betrayed me. Of course, that's no longer true, so I am no longer lonely because I have you."

"I'll also always be grateful that Dave and Jennifer decided to have that cookout since it's where we met," Penelope said. "I was lonely to, even though I had a job that I'm very satisfied with, one where I can work from home and help look after all the children that life brings us at the same time. However, I realized years ago that while I was happy with my work I was still very lonely and I knew very well why that was. Our kind don't do well being alone, since they are pack animals and I had neither mate or children. Now though I am more than content because I have you and soon we'll have children of our own, ones that have both of our DNA."

"With many more to come," Aaron said, as he silently took Penelope's hand and squeezed it lightly and Penelope shot him an adoring look.

"And the ones that JJ gives birth to pretty soon won't be much older then ours, so I just know there'll be best friends and play together often," Penelope said.

"And who knows what the future will bring as one of ours and one theirs might decide that they love each other and get mated," Aaron mused.

"Let's not have them all grown up before they're even born," Penelope said amused. "I'm not saying it's not possible, but if that happens it's many years away. If it does happen though I won't be unhappy because that will make the four of us truly family."

"No neither will I, because Dave is already a good friend and JJ is becoming so and there couldn't be a better family for one of our children to be mated into or vice versa," Aaron said.

The conversation stopped when both of them heard footsteps coming their way and it was only a minute later when both Dave and JJ appeared in the doorway.

"Well, this is rather unexpected," JJ greeted the pair with a smile. "Neither Dave or I expected to see you for awhile."

JJ hugged Penelope, even though her stomach made that rather difficult considering that she was four months pregnant, with less than two months to go.

"We had some news that we just had to share," Penelope said smiling.

"And since you're such good friends to both Penelope and I we decided to share with you after we did so with our families," Aaron added.

"I'm pregnant, but I'm sure you already suspected that," Penelope began.

"Well, yes, we did because both of us know very well how females of our kind get pregnant easily for the most part," JJ agreed. "So it must be something else that brought you here."

"I just had a doctor's appointment a couple of days ago and I was shocked when she told me that I was having quadruplets."

Dave blinked in astonishment at that piece of information because quads were extremely rare, twins and triplets being the most common.

"Wow! You really are very lucky!" JJ said smiling.

"Yes, we are," Aaron agreed, even as he put an arm around Penelope shoulders. "The other piece of news we have to share is the doctor told Penelope that she's likely to have quadruplets every time she gets pregnant."

"You really are lucky," Dave said, in an awed tone. "I'm very happy for you, because having four at a time if the doctor is right will certainly give you the large family you want fairly quickly."

"I'm actually very happy about this, since I'm about six years older then JJ, so having four at the time means that Aaron and I can have as many as we want, before I get myself permanently fixed so that I can't have anymore," Penelope said, smiling. "This is definitely a dream come true for me, since all of us know I've been wanting children for a long time, so thank you for having the cookout where we got to meet."

"Yes thank you for inviting me and Penelope to your cookout," Aaron immediately agreed. "I know we wouldn't have met otherwise."

"You're quite welcome, but both of you are friends of ours, so of course, you are invited," Dave said. "Jennifer and I are certainly happy that you found each other through an event we arranged."

"Yes, we are and we wish you all the happiness in the world," JJ said. "We want the pair of you to be as happy together as Dave and I are."

"Definitely, as it's what everyone deserves, especially two dear friends who deserve every happiness and if that happened at our first cookout then that makes it even more special," Dave agreed with his mate immediately.

"I was just thinking that our children wouldn't be very far apart, so that they'll likely play together often," Penelope said.

"Yes, I suspect they will," JJ said, smiling at the thought. "The girls will probably do sleepovers, once they are older and I'm sure we'll babysit each other's children at some point."

"It sounds wonderful," Penelope said with a dreamy look in her eyes.

"It does," Aaron agreed smiling. "This is the way that our kind raise so many children and that's by getting help from their friends and family to help take the burden, since no way has ever been found to prevent a female of our kind from getting pregnant on a fairly regular basis."

"Other than to get one of them permanently fixed, but that wasn't a viable option until the end of the 19th century," Dave said. "Or using a condom every time."

"Exactly," Aaron said. "I'll get myself fixed when Penelope and I have decided that we're done having children. As for using a condom there's no way I'm going to have anything between my cock and Penelope."

"Definitely not," Penelope said blushing a little. "I would never want you to use a condom just to prevent me from getting pregnant. No, the operation's better. It's also good thing that our kind has always given birth easily because there was no such thing as a C-section, before a few hundred years ago."

"And doctors were more reluctant to do it back then," JJ said. "It had to be a desperate situation that would save the life of the woman and the baby."

"Luckily, that's not usually our kinds problem," Aaron said smirking a little. "Penelope could have her children right at home with just a midwife."

"I have no problem with that as a lot of our kind do it that way. My mother certainly did and came through each pregnancy just fine," Penelope said. "The midwife would know if I needed to get to the hospital just in case there are complications, but I don't expect any, since I'm healthy."

"My triplets were born right there in the bed Dave and I share and the midwife we hired was excellent," JJ said. "We've already arranged with the same midwife that she comes and helps me when I go into labor and she is here once a week like clockwork to make sure I'm eating right and taking care of myself, so that the babies are healthy."

"Do you think she'd be willing to work for us?" Penelope asked. "I would prefer any children I have to be born in the bed that Aaron and I share, as that's the way it's been done for hundreds of years at least. Very rarely are there any serious complications, when it comes to our species giving birth so having a midwife is normally enough."

"I don't see why not, as that's her profession," Dave said. "She's one of our kind so she understands what a female of our species needs."

"I'll be happy to give you her contact information, so you can make arrangements with her," JJ said. "Her name is Zelda Stein and I thought she was very good at checking up on me and making sure that the children were doing well the first time I was pregnant. She was able to recommend a diet for me, so that I didn't gain too much weight and our children were born healthy and were a decent weight. Of course, towards the end I felt like I was eating constantly every few minutes it seemed, so we kept a lot fruit and other healthy food on hand so I wouldn't eat stuff that's bad for me every time I got the munchies."

"Yes, I know the same thing happened with my ex-mate," Aaron said refusing to say Haley's name. There was no point really, because they were all aware of who she was and of her betrayal. "I think it's a very good idea to contact this Zelda Stein and see if some arrangements can be made. Also it helps that you've used her before and you'll be using her again, which means she's trustworthy, so that means I don't have to have someone run a background check on her, since you already would have done so and that relieves my mind."

"Yes, I did just for safety," Dave said. "Carolyn was still on the loose at the time and you never know how somebody can be influenced. I wasn't taking any chances. I should've kept a more careful watch on her, but now she's out of our lives and that's all that matters. Ever since her betrayal I'm not so trusting, not when it comes to the lives of my family."

"That's sensible," Aaron said his tone approving and Dave nodded solemnly. "There is a human saying about that I believe goes like this fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. I would change the fool in that saying to burn and then it's perfect."

"Yes, I agree I only needed to be burned once to be more cautious, but that cautiousness wasn't enough because Jennifer was seriously hurt," Dave said

"We've talked about that," JJ said immediately. "I never blamed you, because it wasn't your fault and we've already discussed you can't be with me all the time. You had no way of knowing that Carolyn would hire a couple of thugs to kill me, as you can't anticipate everything. An attack could've come from 100 different directions and I admit I should've been more prepared. I never suspected that she would go that far and I knew such things had happened in the past, but it never occurred to me that it might happen to me, which just shows how naïve I was being."

"Really, you can't anticipate that kind of attack because human nature is wide and varied. Not even if you know the person in question are you necessarily going to know how they will react to certain situations," Aaron said.

"Logically I know that and I try not to feel guilty, because I do know it's not my fault," Dave sighed. "Trying to convince myself of that though has been very hard."

"You feel guilty because you think you should have anticipated Carolyn's actions because you love me, but I'll keep telling you it's not your fault until you believe it," JJ said kissing Dave's cheek. "Carolyn is gone and she's never coming back, so we can stop worrying about her. I bet you're really looking forward to the birth of your quads," JJ added changing the subject.

"Oh definitely," Penelope said her cheeks glowing with happiness, her smile wide and genuine. "Finally having children is a dream come true for me and having them with an Alpha I love is definitely infinitely better than just having them from some random lover."

"I agree with that," JJ said, as she kissed her mate's cheek affectionately again, love for Dave glowing in her beautiful blue eyes.

It was a beautiful sight to see, but since Penelope felt the same about Aaron she could definitely understand the emotion that JJ was feeling. She was so happy that she and JJ had talked and her friend had soothed her fears about her not being good enough for Aaron because she wasn't beautiful enough, because apparently Aaron believed she was. Aaron loved her and that was all that mattered.

"We should be going as we have dinner reservations," Aaron said checking his watch.

"Well then, don't let us hold you up, as you don't want to miss your reservation," Dave said.

"Thank you for stopping by and telling us the good news," JJ added. "Dave and I will look forward to your children births just like we do our own."

"Yes, I'm looking forward to the birth of your triplets, since I'm going to be their godmother," said Penelope smiling at the thought.

"We would like you to be the godfather Aaron, as it only seems right that since Penny is the godmother you should be the godfather since the two of you are mated now," Dave added. "Jennifer and I both agree that you would be the perfect candidate and we were going to ask you, even before the two of you mated, but now you would be perfect."

"I'd be happy to," Aaron said smiling. "Thank you very much for the honor. I'll be a good godfather to them and spoil them rotten."

"That's a godparent's privilege," JJ chuckled.

"It definitely is," Penelope said. "We really must be going though, because Aaron's right we're going to miss our reservation if we don't hurry."

"I'll see you out," Dave said gesturing at JJ to stay put, as he didn't want his mate on her feet anymore than necessary, since she was pretty close to giving birth.

Dave was gone only a couple of minutes and then he was back. "Well, that was a rather unexpected but happy surprise," Dave said.

"Yes, it was, but still, it was very good news and I'm so happy for them," JJ said, as she cuddled into Dave's side while Dave happily put an arm around her, breathing in the scent of her hair that smelled of peaches and cream.

"Me too, both of them deserve to be just as happy as we've been," Dave said. "Aaron had so much trouble with Haley just like I did with Carolyn, that he deserves to have a mate who won't betray him. We both know that that isn't in Penny's nature, as she never would have agreed to be his mate if she didn't love him, because she doesn't have a single dishonest or deceptive bone in her body and she never would have dated him for so long if she hadn't developed feelings for him. As for Penny she deserves to always be happy because she's had so much trouble finding someone who will accept her for herself when both our race and humans are focused on how someone looks on the outside instead of what's on the inside. I'm just as guilty of that as Aaron is because I didn't see what was inside Carolyn. She was beautiful on the outside, but inside she was capable of betraying me and then getting revenge on me by attacking you and I never saw that part of her, as I was too focused on the fact that she was a beautiful woman and I thought myself lucky to have someone so gorgeous as my mate."

"All that matters now is that Penny has found someone to love and I really like Aaron a lot so I know they'll always be happy together and that should be all that matters to anyone. Now, handsome if you would like to escort me to the bathroom, as I need to pee and then back upstairs so I can spend some more time with our girls I would really appreciate it," JJ said smiling.

"Alright," Dave said amused, but he helped JJ to her feet anyway. "I think I'll join you and spend some time with daughters as they will grow up way too fast for me."

"For both of us," JJ gently corrected. "Still, they are only toddlers right now, so let's not have them all grown up and off to college before they are even three years old."

"You just wait, the time will pass fast," Dave predicted. "Still, at least we'll still have plenty of other children at home, for a little while longer."

Dave escorted his mate to the bathroom and when she was done he helped her back upstairs, so they could both spend some time with their little girls.

~~~Healed Hearts~~~