Valentine's Day in Miami

Part II

Adults Only

There was the "us" time they got in very short intervals between caring for three little kids at home, then there was this. After brunch and a stroll on the beach, the two barely made it to their hotel room before they started to hastily undress each other. The tubes of lubricant and the "toys" proved to make this time more enjoyable. They couldn't make this sort of noise at home, either, it was a big part of their release. Her wife's body may not have been completely the same but nevertheless she still "did it" for him. Their sex life had only dropped off in recent years, not because of either's age but because of parenthood. Not that either would change a second of that.

They realized there were people they knew, possibly more than they realized who thought it was strange or not right for them to have three small children.

And hoping for a fourth in the future. Their daughters were approximately two years apart but the two hoped to try to conceive again when Austin turned one. But now was the time to just enjoy Austin's babyhood for a while.

The couple didn't see any of the hotel after they entered their room. They ordered dinner in from room service. Their suite was equipped with a two-person Jacuzzi where they drank champagne and fed each other chocolate-coated strawberries. After that, they stood on the balcony of the room, watching the sun in the sky till it disappeared. They spent the rest of the night curled up naked in each other's arms watching pay-per-view movies on the large flat screen television enjoying the quiet and each other's warmth and company.

Calleigh and Eric were still weeks away from becoming parents. And the more time they spent with the Caine family the more they couldn't wait. Calleigh had been more secret than her boyfriend about wanting children. It most likely the differences in their family life and childhoods that caused this. Eric had a very close loving family and a childhood filled with wonderful memories. Calleigh's could only be described as the opposite. Still she knew she wasn't her mother and she and Eric would be able to give their children the life she didn't have herself. Both she and Eric often wondered if, even though he wasn't that old—just older than when people usually start a family, if Horatio had trouble keeping up with his young family. It never appeared like he did. The fact the two had three young children was proof the couple's sex life was still good.

If their friends only knew, it was better than 'good'—despite the slight less frequency.

After a buffet breakfast at the restaurant and putting their luggage in the car, Horatio and Aimee strolled on the boardwalk holding hands before heading home. Their daughters were playing in the backyard, splashing in their wadding pool while their grandmother watched when they heard mom and dad arrive home. Lacy asked them if she wanted to get out of the pool. She hoped they would.

"No." Rachel said. "They'll come and see us."

In the Austin's room, Trey was changing Austin's diaper. Austin was laughing up at a storm.

"Goodness, you're a happy baby," Trey said to the baby.

There was seldom a day when Rachel, Cheyenna and Austin weren't happy.

In some families grandparents didn't like it when their grandchild didn't resemble their child or them and very much unappreciated when people mentioned it. But Trey and Lacy didn't care. All their grandchildren were beautiful and they looked like Horatio much more than their daughter. Their grandson especially he was a carbon copy of his dad, down to his red hair.

The girls were happy to see their parents, mom and dad didn't mind getting wet when their little girls climbed out of the pool to see them. The couple looked quite refreshed, Lacy noticed. She were glad the two made it a priority to get away as a couple, not just "mommy and daddy" for a night, especially on Valentine's Day.

However Lacy and Trey were glad to be going home as well. Taking care of three small children, including a three-month-old was exhausting—and they weren't getting any younger, they thought.

"We're back on the clock, huh?" Horatio smiled, kissing his wife's head as his in-laws pulled out of the driveway.

"Yep," she replied with a smile.