Part 14
"They're so beautiful," JJ said, as she stood over her children's cribs, ones that her oldest triplets had barely outgrown.
"Yes, they are," Dave said coming up behind her and putting his am about to waist. "What's bothering you?"
"I'm just sometimes swept up in the love I feel for you and our children," JJ said softly. "I have trouble believing that I've been so lucky. It's moments like this when all the children are asleep and the house is silent that I just stand here and watch them and become overflowing with love."
"Believe me, I understand," Dave said gently. And he did indeed understand. "It's hard for me to believe that I can be so happy. Thanks to you I'm getting the family I've always wanted. I think it's because we met so unexpectedly both of us having had bad relationships. Alright, yours wasn't bad, not in the same way mine was just more affectionate than loving, but still, my comment applies."
"Yeah, I have to admit I was miserable with Will, as I now know the difference, since you and I got together. Still, Will's a good man we just weren't suited to each other that's all," JJ said.
"Yes, he's a very good man," Dave agreed much to JJ's surprise, though she knew she shouldn't have been since Dave and Will had become friends over the last few years. "He's much happier with his lifemate Maggie then he ever was with you and your much happier with me that you ever were with him, so it all worked out. Come on, let's go to bed it's late and you know that the children will be up early, especially our newest additions."
"Yeah, they'll wake up at least twice during the night," JJ said, as she leaned down and kissed one of her sons on the forehead before doing the same to the other two.
"Come along," Dave said, as he gently guided his mate towards their bedroom that was just down the hall.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to get overemotional on you," JJ apologized.
"You don't need to apologize just because you get overemotional, because you're body is overflowing with love for me and our children," Dave told her gently. "It happens sometimes when someone realizes they're much happier then they were before. Both of us were just kind of coasting through life. We had our separate routines, you had your sons and were looking for a job and as for me I was definitely stuck in a rut, or I was before I met you, but for almost two years I've never been happier in my life. It's you that makes my life complete and I would believe that, know that, even if we couldn't have children, as Henry and Michael would've been more than enough. Having children with you just takes our relationship to a whole new level for me."
"You wouldn't want children to carry on the family name?" JJ asked.
"I've never really cared about that and besides, there are plenty of candidates to carry on the family name remember," Dave reminded her. "I have more nephews than I can keep track of and also you must remember I'm not the oldest. Carrying on the family name if you do care is traditionally the oldest son's responsibility, even if my family cared about such things, as we're not the English after all."
A lot of the older families over in England cared a great deal about carrying on the family name to the next generation.
"Well, you sure do know how to make me feel even better," JJ said with a laugh. "Now I don't feel bad for getting so overemotional."
"Well good, that was my intent, because really you shouldn't have felt bad in the first place," said Dave smiling at her. "Time for you to get undressed as I'm going to show you how much I do love you, as I know how hard it is to truly realize that we are together and we are happy and it's not some type of wonderful dream, particularly in moments when you're alone and the house is quiet," Dave added and JJ nodded looking happy. "I'm going to prove to you that this really is real."
Both of them got out of their clothes and that JJ laid on the bed in her normal position and it wasn't long before Dave pounced on her.
Dave made love to JJ for several hours before the two of them finally drifted off to sleep.
~~~Healed Hearts~~~
"How are you feeling this morning?" Dave asked, studying her intently as soon as she opened her eyes.
"I'm fine," JJ promised. "Sometimes my emotions just to overcome me, because I love my family so much."
"It's alright to be overwhelmed as I told you last night," Dave said smiling kissing her good morning. "You should try to sleep a bit longer, as it's still fairly early, since you had to be up several times during the night to feed the triplets. Not to mention we made love for a couple of hours."
"The children though," JJ protested her sense of duty strong.
"Ruth's taking care of them as that's what I hired her for. Henry is likely helping her, as he's certainly old enough for that and he's a good boy and understands his responsibilities to his siblings," Dave said. "You should try to sleep a little more if you can."
"Alright, I am still a little tired," JJ yawned turning on her side.
"I'm not surprised, because trying to keep up with so many children is enough to tire anybody out, especially since all of them are so young," Dave said. "You won't get many chances to sleep in, not until all the children are old enough to basically look after themselves, so you might as well take advantage of it while you can."
JJ didn't answer, as she was already asleep again and Dave simply looked down at her with a tender expression.
Dave rose from the bed got dressed and did his toiletry, before he quietly left the bedroom and shut the door behind as he would like JJ to sleep as long as possible as he knew she needed it.
"Where is mama?" Came the voice of Astra.
"She's sleeping sweetie," Dave told his daughter quietly placing a finger to his lips. "She was all tired out and needed to sleep longer."
Astra seemed to consider her father's words before holding out her arms to be picked up. Dave did so and she immediately kissed his cheek. "Love you, dada."
"Love you too sweetie," Dave smiled kissing her forehead. "Now you can tell me how you escaped from Ruth who is supposed to be looking after you?"
Dave didn't really expect an answer since Astra's vocabulary was still limited.
"Oh, there you are, Astra," came the voice of Ruth. "You're a naughty, naughty girl for making me worry. I'm really sorry she escaped from me somehow."
"It's alright no harm done," Dave said. "I'm thinking about hiring somebody else to help you out as looking after six small children is a lot for one person, eight if you count Henry and Michael who are older and able to be assigned some simple chores."
"I can use the help," Ruth said, pursing her lips. "You're right eight's a lot, but that's the way our kind has been doing things ever since our species has existed."
"Mostly because is no way to stop our females from getting pregnant," Dave said and Ruth nodded.
"I know many wish that there was a way," Ruth said.
"Well, maybe some enterprising scientist will discover something that will stop one of our females from getting pregnant unless they want to, but until then we'll just have to keep doing it the way we always have and that's by having a lot of family to help out when the children come along. Or in our case we hire people like you to help us out because all my family's in New York for the most part, and Jennifer only has a mother and one sister that lives in California along with her mate and children."
"I'm sure she has plenty of other relatives out there as all of kind do for the most part," Ruth said.
"Well, if she does she has never mentioned them," Dave said. "It's very possible that she doesn't speak to anybody else in her family besides her mom and sister and nieces and nephews. For all I know Sandy's parents didn't approve of their daughter's choice of spouse and broke off all contact or it could have been Jennifer's father Fred family for all I know."
"Unfortunately, that happens sometimes," Ruth said. "If that's what happened I feel sorry for JJ never knowing the rest of her family."
"Me too, but let's not bring up a possibly sore subject with her. I would appreciate if you wouldn't go in our bedroom as I told Jennifer to go back to sleep. She'll probably sleep at least another couple of hours so long as we are fairly quiet."
"Well, she needs it," Ruth said.
"That's what I told her, as running a household our size takes a lot of energy and while we might not be able to get ill that doesn't mean we can't get tired or worn down," Dave smiled. "If the children were farther apart it would help, but still, there is no point in complaining about it as this is the way our kind has always been."
"Yeah, it is," Ruth agreed.
"Now Astra you go with Ruth and she'll get you dressed and fed while your mother sleeps in. Be a good girl for your papa now," Dave told his daughter kissing her on the forehead.
"Yes, dada," Astra said.
Dave handed Astra off to Ruth who thanked him.
Dave immediately headed back to the bedroom to watch over Jennifer while she slept, as there was no place else he better be in that his mate's side.
~~~Healed Hearts~~~
Four months later
"Come on, sweetie, you can do it," Zelda Stein urged her newest client.
She and the Hotchners had gotten to know each other over the last few months and since they had been recommended by two people she had already helped out twice before she took the job. The Hotchners like the Rossis were good people and she was happy to help Penelope give birth, do checkups and everything that was required, which for their kind was incredibly easy. Even having an easy time giving birth though didn't mean that they didn't need at least a midwife when they did so. Pregnant females needed to have somebody to cut the umbilical cord, to give instructions and do all the things necessary to see that the birth went well and also in case of emergency and she decided that her client had to get to the hospital and have a C-section, which normally never happened.
Aaron Hotchner, Penelope's Alpha was standing on the other side of the bed helping out as much as he could. He had insisted he had to be there for the birth and Zelda hadn't objected, since most Alphas that loved their mates did the same thing.
"Push now you're fully dilated and ready for these children to be born," Zelda urged Penelope.
Since Penelope instinctively know that her body was ready to give birth she started to push as instructed.
It was only a few minutes later that the first child was born and Zelda caught the little body as it slid out of Penelope's birth canal.
Zelda pounded the baby on the back and a plug of mucous flew out of his mouth so that he started to cry. He apparently had a good healthy set of lungs on him, because his cries were quite loud and lusty.
"It's a boy," Zelda announced. "Would you like to cut the umbilical cord?"
Aaron looked at her and nodded steadily, so Zelda handed the to scissors to him and tied off the cord neatly so that Aaron would know precisely where to cut.
Aaron cut precisely where Zelda indicated and soon the little boy was free of his placenta.
"You have a beautiful son, but now we need to get the rest of these children born."
Aaron kissed his new son on the forehead before he passed him off to Sheila who was waiting so that he could be cleaned up.
While all this had been going on Penelope had been instinctively bearing down and Zelda was barely in time to catch the second child, a girl. "Well, that was fast," Zelda said, again pounding the baby on the back until the mucus flew out of her mouth.
Aaron cut the umbilical cord for his second child and passed her off JJ, as she and Dave had insisted on coming over and helping and he was grateful.
Finally the other two were born in quick succession within just a couple of minutes of each other, and once they were Penelope lay back her forehead and hair soaked with sweat exhausted.
"You sleep now, you deserve it," Zelda told Penelope gently. "I believe we can feed these four at your breast without you being conscious for it."
Penelope simply nodded and closed her eyes and was asleep seconds later.
"She'll be okay," Zelda assured Aaron. "She's just exhausted, because even though the labor was short it was intense."
"I know me and my ex-mate went through this before, except it was with twins not quads," Aaron answered. "The birthing went easy just like we all expected to and I'm thankful that our kind does give birth so easily that normally being in a hospital isn't required, even though we have multiples on a normal basis."
"She'll probably sleep for the rest of the day, she certainly deserves to," Zelda said, "and we should get out of here and let her after we get the children fed from her breasts, even if your mate isn't awake for it."
Aaron nodded and the two of them got to work. Aaron went to collect his children two at a time and he and Zelda held them to Penelope's breast so that they could suckle. Penelope didn't have milk right now, but she did have colostrum which was just as important.
It didn't take long to get all four fed and then Aaron cradled one of them in his arms.
"Well let's go officially introduce these four to our friends and family waiting downstairs," Aaron grinned.
"You do that while I clean up here," Zelda said.
Aaron nodded, as he happily and immediately headed downstairs.
"Well, that was rather short for a first labor," Kristin Garcia, Penelope's mother said smiling remembering her own days of having children.
Kristin and Jonathan Garcia had shown up 3 months ago, after telling their daughter they were coming, so she and Aaron could be prepared. They had been all prepared to stay in a cheap motel, but Aaron had offered them one of the guest rooms in his home, since there was plenty of space. Penelope's parents had gratefully accepted the offer and they had been there ever since their daughter was three months along. Penelope had taken the responsibility of showing them around while Aaron worked and she usually even took the four children along if they weren't in school at the time.
"Her water probably broke when she was on the toilet, so she just didn't realize it for awhile," JJ said.
"Or could be that Penelope's body was just ready to give birth," Aaron said. "In any case, she's just fine, just sleeping and she more than deserves it, because the labor while short was very intense."
"Your sure she's okay?" Jonathan Garcia asked
"She's fine or I wouldn't have left her side," Aaron said. "I would like her to sleep as long as possible and all of you can see her probably tomorrow."
"There's no need to worry our kind give birth easily," Kristin reminded her mate. "I'll just go up and see her right quick if you don't mind Aaron. I won't wake up because you're right she needs to sleep.
"Of course, you're welcome to," Aaron said, understanding a parents concern, even though Penelope was almost 40 and an adult. Still, you would never stop worrying about your children until you were dead, not the parents that truly loved their kids anyway.
Kristin disappeared out of the living room and headed upstairs.
"I'm so happy to finally get some grandchildren from Penelope," Jonathan said, as he cradled one of his newest grandsons in his arms. "Oh, we have grandchildren aplenty, but we certainly didn't have any from Penny. She's had a hard time finding happiness and I'm glad she finally met you."
"I'm glad I met her too," Aaron said. "She's the light of my life."
"That's been obvious ever since we met three months ago," Jonathan said smiling. "Kristin and I were certainly happy when we heard she had finally found someone to settle down with, to have children with, to love."
Kristin came back then and nodded Jonathan to indicate that their daughter was just fine just sleeping rather heavily. She took the little boy out of Jonathan's arms and held him gently, kissing his forehead. "You're certainly a cutie pie."
It was clear that Kristin was already in love with her newest grandchildren, which made everybody else in the room smile, because that was the way it should be.
"So do you and Penelope intend to have more?" Jonathan asked.
"Yes, we we're planning on it, as we both want to large family," Aaron answered. "The doctor that Penelope went to see told her that she's likely to have quads again because she has the body for it, so I suspect that we'll have the same thing next time. In any case, we plan to take what comes and only when we've decided we've had enough will I have an operation. We've already agreed that when she's 45 is when she'll stop having children."
"Well then, the two of you are going to have the large family you both want since that's nine years away," Kristin smiled.
"Yeah, we know," Aaron grinned. "Both of us might wish that we had met sooner, but we didn't. Besides, in nine years she has time to get pregnant 4, possibly 5 more times and that will give us at least 20 children if she has quads every time and that will be more than enough. We'll certainly be busy for the next 30 years."
"Something that you're looking forward to," Dave smiled.
"Oh, absolutely," Aaron grinned and everybody could tell that he truly was looking forward to it and no one present could blame him.
~~~Healed Hearts~~~
Epilogue
5 years later
"Carolyn's dead," Dave announced quietly once he was sure they were alone and JJ looked at him in shocked.
"She's dead?" JJ asked, as if asking for confirmation.
"She is," Dave said.
"How did she die?" JJ asked looking solemn, but also a little relieved.
"She hung herself," Dave said, as he simply held the love of his life who had rushed into his arms at the news.
"I can't say I'm sorry," JJ said finally sniffling a little, her face buried in Dave's neck. "I thought I would feel something when she was finally dead, but I don't feel anything, not even relief that she can no longer cause anymore trouble or do anything to hurt us or our kids."
"I'm not surprised, as you really didn't know her and after what she did, even if that was through those two thugs..." Dave said quietly, even as he rubbed gentle, soothing circles on her back. "I truly believe that the Carolyn I knew years ago would never have done what she did, attacking a woman she had never met just to get back at me. I have to believe that she had some kind of psychotic break like happens sometimes or maybe she just went temporarily insane. I just can't believe that the woman I originally knew would hire thugs to attack someone she'd never met, much less done her any harm."
"Perhaps, as you suggested she had some kind of psychotic break, as that happens even to our kind," JJ said, "but also you have to remember that even an Omega can feel like they've been wronged enough to feel that they need revenge on that person. I know most of the time Omegas are mostly sweet and gentle, but we still have feelings and they can be hurt by the actions of someone. As I've told you before what you did to Carolyn was only right but proper, but we both know that she didn't see it that way, just as most Omegas wouldn't have in the same circumstances. I still believe it was mostly being shunned over the last few years that made Carolyn finally want to take revenge, as I suspect that her feelings of betrayal wouldn't have been anywhere near as strong if not for the way that every single one of our kind would have given her the cold shoulder, not wanting anything to do with her."
"Yeah, I know," Dave sighed. "Being shunned by our kind can often does have a very detrimental effect on the psyche just as you suggested years ago. Still, it doesn't matter anymore, not really because she's dead and therefore she can't attack our family again."
"She lived much longer than I expected her to," JJ said.
"Yeah, I know and agree. Nearly 6 years. That's a long time for one of our kind to be caged, particularly an Omega who most of the time aren't as strong mentally as Alphas. There are exceptions, but for the most part..." Dave stopped not bothering to finish his sentence.
"Omegas just aren't as strong mentally as Alphas tend to be," JJ finished.
"Not in an environment like a prison anyway, but in most every other situation they are," Dave corrected.
Dave didn't mention the years of abuse that Carolyn had put up with, she had been raped on multiple occasions by her cellmate. He had contacts within the prison that told him as much. Unfortunately, that kind of thing went on in prison all the time, and even though Carolyn had been in an all woman's prison didn't stop it. The prisoners had to get their sex someway and sometimes it was consensual and other times not. In this case, Dave knew for a fact that it hadn't been consensual, but her cellmate had been one of those big strong types and there was no way that Carolyn could have won in a fight, as she had no skills in that area. Not to mention she was a lot slimmer and tinier than her cellmate, with far less strength, even with the enhanced strength of her species to call on.
Dave tried to feel sorry for what happened to his former mate, but although he was sorry it had come to the fact that Carolyn had gone far enough past what was acceptable that she'd gone to prison he wasn't sorry she was dead, not after what she had done to Jennifer, even if that was by proxy. By proxy or not she was still equally as guilty as the thugs she had hired in the first place at least to his mind. Now that Carolyn was dead he and JJ could quit worrying that she might ignore his warnings, his threats and try to attack their family again when she got out of prison.
"She lasted much longer than I believed she would, and now that she's dead we can put that chapter in our lives behind us completely and just forget," Dave said.
"I hate to say this, but I'm glad she's dead, as I always worried that when she got out of prison for good behavior or at the end of her stint that she'd attack one of the children, despite your warnings and threats," JJ said.
"I don't think she would've gone that far, but even if she would have it's a moot point, since she's dead," Dave said.
"Yeah, it is," JJ said. "It relieves my mind that she can no longer possibly attack any of us in her need for revenge, since that can be a powerful motive."
The two were silent thinking of what had happened more than five years ago now. JJ cuddled into Dave's arms something she could do easily now as she had just given birth to last children she was going to have more than year ago. She'd had triplets every time so they had gotten those dozen children that she and Dave had discussed when they had first met and with Henry and Michael that made a pretty full house. They had precisely one guestroom, because Dave had hired another nanny to help Ruth out just as promised, which made 18 people who lived in the house and one of the others had been turned into an office.
JJ was actually sorry that she and Dave weren't going to have anymore children, but they would've had to build on if they had done that and the two of them had agreed that 12, plus the two she'd had before they met was plenty for them to deal with.
As for their good friends the Hotchners they were still having children, but then they hadn't met until nearly two years later then she and Dave had. Penny was in the middle of her fourth pregnancy and was going to give birth any day now. So far Aaron and Penny had had quads every time and they were going to have the same again.
"What are you thinking?" Dave asked quietly.
"I was actually thinking about Aaron and Penny and how Penny's very close to giving birth again," JJ answered honestly.
"Well, that's not what I was expecting," Dave smiled.
"I'd much rather think about pregnancies and babies then think about a woman who was delusional at the very least," JJ said. "I can't think about myself getting pregnant considering that you've already had an operation to prevent us from having anymore and I'm only 35."
"We agreed on a dozen, bella and that was accomplished in just four different pregnancies since you had triplets every time," Dave reminded her.
"I know and I'm not regretting that decision at all as we're busy enough," JJ said. "I simply meant that I'd rather think about that type of thing then think about your former mate's actions."
"Yes, I agree thinking about babies is much more pleasant to contemplate then about a woman who did her best to have you killed," Dave said and tightened his embrace when JJ flinched a little.
Dave cursed himself silently and dropped the subject as they had said everything that needed to be said.
"So Penny should give birth soon," Dave said changing the subject.
"Yeah, in fact, any day now," JJ grinned appreciating Dave's efforts to take her mind off Carolyn. "You think we have a lot of children just look at Aaron and Penny, this will be numbers 13 through 16 for them if you don't count the four that Aaron had before they met."
"And I believe they intend to get pregnant at least once more," Dave said, "which will make 24 for them."
"Yeah, remember they agreed to get pregnant up until Penny was 45 and she has time to get pregnant one more time, maybe even two more if they decide to go that far, since she's 42 now," JJ said.
"I would think 24 would be enough for anybody but to each their own," Dave said.
"They might just decide to stop after one more pregnancy in another year, year and a half," JJ said.
"They could and who knows they might," Dave agreed glad to see that JJ's mind was off what he'd told her.
He'd had to tell her, as there was no way he could have kept such information from her, because she probably would've heard about it some other way and she would have been hurt that he had remained silent on the matter. Still, just because he'd had to tell her didn't mean that he wanted Jennifer dwelling on it, so he would do his best to distract her. No, he'd rather her concentrate on looking after the children and doing her daily routine. With 14 children in the house she would soon put what happened to Carolyn at the back of her mind at least before she eventually just forgot about it.
"Still, if Aaron and Penelope can handle that many children more power to them," JJ said.
"They have a ton of help, as Aaron has family that lives in the area," Dave reminded her.
"Yeah, that's true, while our only family that lives here is my mother," JJ said.
"Still, your mother has been a godsend and absolutely tireless," Dave said admiringly. "I'm not exactly how she does all she does for our family."
"That's just mom for you," JJ laughed. "Personally, I think she needs to find another mate, one that's the same age as she is."
"Or at least someone that she has a steady relationship with at least. She wouldn't even have to worry about getting pregnant, because she's to old for that now," Dave agreed. "If anybody deserves that it's your mother for all she does. However, she at least has family around that she sees frequently and that's something anyway."
"I don't think she's likely to get into even a steady relationship, much less mate with anyone, as she's still mourning my father," JJ said.
"Yeah, your father did die awfully young, but it happens," Dave sighed.
"Yeah, I still miss him sometimes," JJ said. "I have to admit that Michael in particular reminds me of him and so does Anthea sometimes, but the rest are to young for me to figure out who they remind me of."
"I believe that Anthea is going to be an Alpha much like me and probably Michael too," Dave said. "It's too soon to tell for sure of course, but they both certainly have the attitude of one. Anthea anyway reminds me a lot of me when I was that age."
"There is bound to be at least one Alpha in every set of triplets we've had," JJ said, reciting what she knew by heart.
"Yes, that's usually the way it works, though sometimes you get to two Alphas and one Omega," Dave said.
"Or even all three are Alphas, but any multiples from the same birth are never all Omegas," JJ said.
"No, you have to have someone to lead the pack as that's the way our race has always been, even if you do get two or even three Alphas from one birth, one is always the leader while the others would be considered subservient to the one with the stronger personality, but would be Alphas when they were on their own. That's the way it's always worked for our species," Dave agreed.
"I know, and you're right I think Anthea at least is going to be a very strong Alpha while I'm not sure about the other two," JJ said.
"I think Astra will end up being an Alpha to, but she will likely be subservient to Anthea's much stronger personality, but as for Ariadne, I'm thinking she'll be in Omega like you, but it's still years, before we'll know for sure," Dave said.
"When they develop or don't develop a mating gland," JJ said understanding what Dave was implying.
"Exactly, so it'll be years before we know whether we're right or not," Dave said. "Still, sometimes you can tell by their personality growing up, not always, just most the time."
"It's hard to believe that Henry is nearly 13," JJ sighed, thinking of her oldest son.
"Yes, and we'll soon know if he's going to be an Omega on Alpha because he's nearly at that critical age," Dave said.
"I'm guessing Omega actually, like me," JJ said.
"That's what I think too, but we'll see in another six months," Dave said. "As for the rest of our children it's going to be a few years before we know for sure one way or the other."
"Yeah, but Michael's only about three years younger than Henry so that time will pass fast," JJ said.
"Why don't we order in tonight instead of you cooking," Dave suggested suddenly, thinking that Jennifer needed a night of from cooking for so many as it always took awhile with so many to feed, even with his help.
"A night off from cooking? That sounds wonderful," JJ said without arguing. "We'll still have to feed the children too young for pizza or whatever it is we're going to get."
"Still, that's a lot less work for both of us and for Ruth then cooking for the whole horde," Dave said. "The kids will love the special treat, since they don't get to eat takeout too often."
"No, we don't because eating out is so expensive, especially when you have so many children, but every once in awhile if you can afford to, it certainly doesn't do them any harm," JJ said.
"Why don't we just make it pizza, since all the kids old enough to eat it, love it," Dave smiled.
"Sounds like a fine idea," JJ laughed, as she kissed him passionately. "I love you and I don't tell you that often enough."
"You tell me every day how much you love me, even if it's not in words," Dave told her gently with a tender look in his eyes. "I love you too and I will for the rest of my life."
JJ simply cuddled into a mate's arms perfectly content to remain there for the next few hours.
"I suppose we had better order those pizzas, although we'll probably need about 20 of them the way our children eat."
"Well, what we don't eat tonight can be put in the fridge and it'll be gone in a week or less," Dave said.
"That's one thing I won't miss about being pregnant and that's the fact that I was eating nearly constantly the last few weeks," JJ said suddenly. "My appetite is now back to normal and will stay that way."
"That's true," Dave laughed thinking of how much they had spent on food when JJ was pregnant, not that he had minded the cost since keeping a pregnant female satisfied was important and he had wanted the children she was carrying to be healthy. Now though there wouldn't be so much money spent on food that they weren't having anymore kids.
"That's one thing we'll save on now and that's food," JJ said with eyes twinkling with mirth.
"I was just thinking the same thing," Dave chuckled. "I didn't mind the cost, but still our food bill has certainly dropped now that I've had myself permanently fixed."
JJ chuckled right along with him, because she had been an enormous pig whatever she was pregnant, which was often. She hadn't seemed to be able to help herself from eating three even four times the amount she normally did at every meal in the last few weeks of pregnancy, but since Dave had already ordered her not to stint herself if she was still hungry just in case she was thinking about it she hadn't. She had often wondered where she had put it all, but she hadn't stopped eating until she actually felt full and Dave had definitely approved of that she remembered.
"Well, let's go tell the kids the good news that they are getting pizza tonight," JJ said smiling
"You do that while I order. I know what everybody likes on that pizza by now," Dave suggested and JJ nodded.
The last thing JJ heard was Dave ordering 20 pizzas as she left their bedroom, so she could tell the kids the good news. She knew very well that there would be cheering of epic proportions when she told the older kids that were able to eat solid food that they were having a pizza night, as that wasn't something that happened very often. Every couple of months though it didn't do the kids any harm to have pizza for a few days, as there would certainly be leftovers that would be gone in no time.
JJ headed downstairs where she knew that most of the kids would be watching the TV or playing games in the room they had set aside to do so, a kind of activity room.
JJ smiled all the way downstairs knowing that her life had changed for the better when she met David Rossi at the racetrack and now she had a mate she loved deeply and completely and 14 kids that she loved very much.
Life simply couldn't get any better than it already was.