Part 10

"I'm very happy for Emily and Sean," Penelope said.

"So am I, even if we were nearly certain this was coming," Aaron said.

"I'm especially happy for Emily and I won't be surprised in the least if she gets pregnant during her next heat, as she's a few years older than I am and she's not getting any younger. She's still young and healthy, but when it comes to bearing children..."

"She only has a certain number of years to be able to do that," Aaron finished.

"Yeah, so she'll have children right away I'm sure," Penelope said.

"And they'll be our nieces and nephews since Sean is my brother," Aaron said smiling at that thought.

"At least I'll get to see them far more than I do Daffy's kids, which is a great added bonus," said Penelope.

"I'm sure you'll make a great aunt," Aaron said smiling. "I'm sure you'll spoil them rotten."

"And you won't?" Penelope asked rhetorically knowing very well that Aaron would indeed go out of his way to spoil them.

"We weren't talking about me though," Aaron said. "But yes, I'll spoil them rotten, as after all, they'll my nieces and nephews."

"I'm hope that Sean decides stay here instead of Emily moving to New York," Penelope said.

"Well, Emily has that big home that belonged to her aunt that's hers free and clear, which I'm sure will be one of the deciding factors. A house like that in New York would cost a lot of money and Sean can be a chef anywhere, even if you have to work his way up again at whatever restaurant he gets the job at. You've been over to her place and know that there is plenty of room to raise a large family."

"That's very true," Penelope said. "I'm so glad Sean decided to visit, as I've never seen Emily so happy as I have these last few weeks and thanks to the fact that Emily already has a really nice house she'll be having children before we will."

"Yeah, I know we got mated first, but that's just the way it works out sometimes," Aaron said. "She inherited that nice big home from her aunt, while we're having to have a place built. Still, another few months or so and the house will be finished."

"So our children will probably be less than a year younger than Emily's and Sean's," Penelope said.

"Since I plan on getting you pregnant immediately, as soon as we move in during your first heat in our new home I would say so. We don't even have to have a place fully furnished before I get you pregnant, as we have six months to go furniture shopping."

"No, just the master bedroom and bath, perhaps, the living room and den so we have somewhere to spend time other then the bedroom," Penelope said.

"The kitchen to, as I don't plan on leaving the house for at least a week," Aaron grinned. "I've been wanting to make love to you in front of the fireplace that we're having built in the family room."

"You're welcome to once the place is finished," Penelope grinned at the thought. "We made sure there was a nice thick carpet in all of the rooms, which will come in handy during the winter. No cold feet when someone has to get up to use the restroom."

"Yes, the whole house is carpeted, except the bathrooms and the kitchen," Aaron said. "Now that we're alone though I'm going to spank your behind until you cry for mercy and then I'm going to make love to you."

"Yes, please," Penelope said eagerly immediately getting on her hands and knees on the bed, so Aaron could reach her butt easily.

"Well, I see you've accepted that you're going to be punished," Aaron said in his best Alpha voice, smiling inwardly at Penny's eagerness. He couldn't really blame her though, because they hadn't had a chance to play in over a week because Sean had been around, whenever they'd had time to do that. Still, they'd managed to get in a few games of spanking and also making love over the last few weeks since Sean had arrived, which was a good thing or both of them would've gone insane from wanting each other. Having sex and playing the game was essential to an Alpha/Omega couples happiness, health and satisfaction and not be able to play when they wanted to because they had a guest had not made either one of them very happy. Now though, Sean was going to be living with Emily so they could get back to their routine.

Penelope was expecting it when the first slap came and though it stung like the dickens the omega in her wiggled with joy and embraced the pain. Her mate was playing with her, which they hadn't done in over a week because they'd had company and therefore, she had begun to doubt Aaron's love for her, not anymore though. Every time they had wanted some private time Sean had always been present and they had to spend some time with him out of politeness, but also because they genuinely enjoyed his company. Now, that Sean and Emily were going to be mated they had their private space all to themselves again. Things would be better when they had company once their house was built as it would be more space and they would be on one floor and their guests would be on another unless they had a whole lot of them at one time, which wasn't too likely.

The second slap came just hard enough to sting and after that they seemed to come in quick succession.

Finally though, Aaron stopped at number ten and the Omega in Penelope was almost disappointed, even though she knew her butt was red as a tomato, because it was still stinging, throbbing with a low level pain.

"Have you learned your lesson, my mate?" Aaron asked his voice a growl. "Tell me you learned your lesson or I'll spank you again harder this time," Aaron threatened after a moment.

Penelope knew he wasn't serious, as they never went past 10 slaps when they were playing, because anymore than that would not be considered play at all, but still, she had better respond.

"Yes Alpha, I've learned my lesson," Penelope responded trying to sound contrite, even when she really wasn't.

"Good," Aaron growled, still playing the role of Alpha. "Now, I want you to lay down on your stomach."

Penelope did so immediately glad to be off her knees, which were starting to ache, even though she wasn't kneeling on concrete or stone or even wood. Her butt was still throbbing with each beat of her heart, but it felt better as soon as she was laying down flat.

"Well, I see you can obey when you want to," Aaron said inwardly smiling.

Penelope said nothing, because she hadn't been given a command to verbalize what she was thinking.

"I want to know your thoughts, what you are thinking right this minute," Aaron ordered. "Don't edit them."

"I feel very happy, even though my butt is still throbbing fiercely," Penelope responded immediately. "As much as I like your brother, he was often underfoot, particularly in the last week, because Emily was too busy to keep him occupied. We absolutely had no private time to ourselves, except where you took me up against a wall for a quick hard fuck instead of us taking our time when he was elsewhere for a few minutes. I now know you love me and the Omega in me is very happy."

"Yes, this apartment is too small for more than two people," Aaron agreed. "I love my brother, but you're right he has been in the way a lot over the last week or so, even if he didn't mean to be. Still, we don't see each other much, though that's going to change now that he and Emily will be mated. This kind of situation should never pop up again, because our house will be finished soon and then we can have guests put far enough away from our room that they won't hear us when we make love or play the game."

"I was just thinking the same thing," Penelope admitted smiling slightly. "I've had a lot of fun with your brother here, it's just that privacy has been scarce."

"Yeah, we have had some fun times showing Sean around when Emily couldn't," Aaron said smiling. "Still, I'll be glad to have him out from underfoot."

"Perhaps, we could go up to New York and help him sort everything out as I'm sure he's going to do that," Penelope said. "He'll have to quit his job and get a reference, let his apartment go, though I'm not sure what he's going to do with all his furniture."

"Well, if he doesn't want it perhaps, we can buy it from him," Aaron suggested. "He has some really nice leather furniture in the living room. I'm sure he would sell it to us at a good price. He has a full couch, a love seat and two recliners, all of rich red leather. The furniture in the master bedroom is oak and in the guestroom it's mahogany. If he doesn't want the furniture that would save us at least a little shopping."

"There is a good idea," Penelope said. "Why don't you bring it up with him when we meet for lunch or dinner. We can always put the furniture in storage until our house is finished."

"I really like that mahogany furniture," Aaron said, "except the bed's only a double not a king-sized."

"Well, it can go in one of the guestrooms at least," Penelope said.

"Maybe we can find one similar that's king-sized and keep the dresser and chest," Aaron said. "We're having a master bedroom built double the size of the normal one and also the closest since you at least buy a lot of clothes, so we'll definitely need more furniture then a dresser and a chest," Aaron said.

"Perhaps two dressers and two chests, one for each of us. I'll have to see the room and measure before I can make any final decisions. We'll have to decide what fits together. There really is a lot of lovely pieces of furniture out there as Emily and I were just looking at various furniture stores a few weeks back. I was trying to decide what kind I liked, trying to imagine what it would look like in various rooms of the house once it was finished.

"That's not easy to do since all you've seen are the blueprints," Aaron said.

"Still, it was fun to do and now I know exactly what I would like," Penelope said. "There's no need to rush, as it's going to take months to fill the house with furniture."

"No, there's no point of exhausting ourselves," Aaron agreed. "Still, if you've already decided what you want I'll see if I agree with you, which I probably will, as you have good taste if your apartment is any indication.

The furniture from her apartment had been put in storage, until such time as the house was finished.

"I'm only glad we're having the walls built extra thick so that, our children can't hear us making love as that would be rather embarrassing," Penelope said blushing a little, as she thought about that

"It's a natural process, but yes, I would think it would be rather embarrassing if our children heard us thanks to their rather keen hearing," Aaron agreed. "Human couples don't have these concerns because they're hearing is not as good as ours is."
"On one hand, I don't envy them that they're hearing is so poor and also their sense of smell, but on the other hand, keen hearing can be rather a pain as you often hear things you don't want to," said Penelope.

"Believe me, I know," Aaron said making a face. "Now, to change the subject, I'm going to make love to you like we haven't been able to do in over a week since Sean was underfoot, before we get some sleep."

"Will you Lock me?" Penelope asked eagerly.

"If that's what you want I'll be happy to," Aaron grinned.

"That's what I want," Penelope said. "My butt has finally quit throbbing, though I'm sure it'll be tender at least until morning, but that doesn't mean I don't want you to Lock me."

"Alright then," Aaron said smiling because he was pleased. "I'll be more than happy to fulfill your request as I won't be able to Lock you once you're heavily pregnant or at least I won't be able to lay on your stomach with my head between your breasts like I normally do when I Lock you. Still, some accommodation have to be made when you're carrying our children."

"You can probably still Lock me if we both lay on our sides or perhaps you can lock me up from behind," Penelope suggested.

"I don't know if that's possible or not," Aaron said. "Still, it doesn't mean we can't try to do once you're visibly pregnant."

"Something I'm definitely looking forward to," said Penelope beaming from where she was laying on her stomach.

"Turn over onto your back," Aaron requested softly.

Penelope did so immediately and Aaron was on top of her within seconds. Aaron made slow, tender love to his mate and Penelope participated enthusiastically, leaving deep scratch marks on the back of his shoulders, tangling the fingers of one hand through his short black hair, pulling on the strands. Penelope groaned and whimpered, as Aaron played her body expertly and it was several climaxes later for both of them that Aaron finally plopped down to where the two of them were laying sandwiched together, with Aaron on top and Penelope on the bottom. Since Penelope adored having the weight of Aaron on top of her she didn't complain. Aaron was now Locked inside her so she was as happy as she could possibly be.

"I feel so much better now," Aaron said finally, kissing the side of his mate's neck as he had easy access because of his position. "We haven't been able to make love like this in quite awhile, to be able to take our time, for you to be able to make as much noise as you want."

"Believe me, I know it," Penelope said, as she kissed Aaron's neck. "I love you and I don't tell you that often enough."

"I love you too," Aaron told her tenderly and sincerely.

"I know you do, as you show me every day that you love me and I'm grateful that we met," said Penelope. Penelope wrapped her arms around Aaron's form as best she could as if to hold him there but Aaron wasn't going anywhere.

"Let's get some sleep," Aaron said. He raised himself just enough to reach the covers that were at the end of the bed and pulled them up over himself and his mate.

The two of them drifted off to sleep, quite content now that they had been able to make love at a leisurely pace and not be rushed through it.

~~~Aaron and Penelope~~~

A week later

"Congratulations to you both," Aaron said toasting his brother and Emily. They had known for about a week about Emily and Sean, but they hadn't had a chance to offer their official congratulations, as the pair had been rather occupied.

"Yes, congratulations," Penelope added looking genuinely happy for her two friends.

"Thank you," Sean said giving Emily an adoring look. "I never imagined that coming to visit you Aaron would have me finding love."

Sean beamed happily and Aaron caught just to glimpse of the mating gland on the side of his neck, which was no longer unpunctured. Sean also smelled just a little bit like Emily now just like Penny smelled just a little like him. Any of their kind with a keen nose would be able to detect the scent and know that particular Omega was off the market.

"Something both of us have been looking for, for a long time," Aaron said.

"So have I," Emily said grinning she was so happy.

"I wasn't even looking for love and yet it snuck up on me," Penelope said smiling.

"So Penny and I assumed that you are moving here Sean instead of Emily moving to New York. I mean Emily already has that nice big house that her aunt left her and it's bought and paid for."

"You assumed correctly," Emily said. "Sean can get a job as a chef anywhere, but it would be hard, if not impossible to find such property in New York."

"Even if we did manage to find a nice big house it would be way out of our price range I'm sure," Sean added. "No, I'm happy to move here, since Emily already has a house that's big enough for a large family."

"Which we're going to start producing right away just as soon as I go into heat next month," said Emily.

"We already figured you'd want to get pregnant right away," Penelope said. "I know you've been wanting children and you're older than I am so you don't have as much time to have them. That you already have a place due to your aunt willing the house to you upon her death is a great added bonus."

"Absolutely, though I always felt the place was too big by half, but then I was living alone," Emily said grinning. "Now I'm glad I kept it and didn't decide to sell it."

"You were actually considering selling it?" Aaron asked in surprise.

"Yes, as a house that size, would've been worth several million at least. I didn't think I'd ever find someone to love and have children with, so yes, I really was considering selling it. I mean I'm nearly 40 and most of a kind have found their mates by now, though not all of us, I know."

"Yes, a great percentage of our kind do get married by the time they're 30," Aaron agreed.

"Still, I never got around to contacting a realtor and now I'm glad I didn't," Emily said.

"Yes, your house is a nice place to raise a family," Sean said smiling. "It just makes sense for me to move to Baltimore then for you to move to New York considering that you have such a nice place, that's already furnished and paid for."

They all fell silent as the food they had ordered was brought and once the waiter had left conversation resumed.

"So have you decided what to do with the furniture at your apartment Sean?" Aaron asked.

"Well, I was considering leaving it, give the next guy who rents a chance to keep it," Sean said. "There's no room for it at Emily's house and I hate to throw it out as it's nice furniture and in good condition."

"Would you be willing to sell it to Penny and I?" Aaron asked. "This would save us at least some shopping when our house is finished and we can put it in storage until it's ready and I really like the way you decorated your apartment."

"I'll give it to you," Sean said. "It will actually relieve my mind that's it's going to someone I know will take good care of it."

"I insist on paying for it, if not full market value then something," Aaron insisted

"We'll work out something," Sean said. "I'll give you a good deal on it, since it's not like it's brand-new if you're going to insist on paying for it."

"We can work on that later," Aaron said.

"We were also considering going up to New York with you," Penelope said. "Aaron and I never really got a honeymoon and this would be a good opportunity for you to show us around."

"I'll be coming to," Emily said. "I only work, because I'd be bored if I didn't, but I can quit right this minute and not have to worry about money thanks to the trust fund my parents set up for Amy and me and the money my Aunt Anna left us. Not to mention that when mother died we also got her money, evenly split between us."

"I kind of figured you'd be coming along," Penelope grinned. "I knew you wouldn't let Sean out of your sight for awhile considering that you've just mated."

"Yes, us Alpha do tend to be rather possessive, especially after we first mate," Aaron smirked.

"Hey! You're not going to get any objection from me," Sean laughed. "I was dreading having to go back to New York and leaving Emily, but an Omega doesn't propose to an alpha, as that's just not how it's done. It doesn't matter that I'm the male in the relationship I'm still an Omega, so I'm certainly glad that Emily spoke up."

"I wasn't about to let you leave without at least trying to get you to stay," Emily said simply, as she kissed Sean cheek, causing Sean to beam at her.

"Well, you certainly said the magic words," Sean said. "Be my mate and I'll happily bear your children."

"If you hadn't accepted and gone back to New York I just would have followed, I promise you. I would've tried to convince you to change your mind," Emily said.

"I've known for sometime that Sean's in love with you so that was little chance he was going to turn you down," Aaron said smiling at the pair.

"So is Sean changing his name to yours or are you going to change yours to Hotchner?" Penelope asked curiously.

"We agreed that I would be taking on the Prentiss name," Sean answered before Emily could. "Something I was happy to do and not just because it will enrage father if he learns of it."

"Yeah, it will," Aaron smirked. "Of course, considering how we were raised he deserves to be enraged. I hope it gives him a heart attack."

"That's not very nice," Penelope lightly scolded her mate.

"Trust me, our father isn't a nice person," Sean told Penelope gently. "The world would be a better place without him in it."

"I know," Penelope sighed. "Aaron has filled me and all about your childhood and I'm sure he didn't even tell me half of it, but just enough so that I got the point. Just from what he told me I know I don't want to know more."

"You don't want to hear our whole sordid history, as it would just give you nightmares," Aaron said. "I'm grateful that they only had Sean and I, that mom had an operation when we were young. I would hate to think of any of our siblings in that kind of situation. Sean and I survived it and turned out okay, but who's to say our siblings would?"

"That's something I'm grateful for too," Sean agreed. "Aaron and I would've tried our best to get our siblings out of that situation, but we were in college and in no shape to take care of anyone except ourselves."

"That's in the past as you never have to see your parents again if you have no desire to," Emily said. "I certainly had no desire to see mine once I left for college and Amy would agree with me. My father was okay, but he was very much under the thumb of my mother who was a very fierce alpha. She used her personality to often bludgeon others into submission, especially her daughters, Amy in particular, something that I'm never going to do. I think my father died just to get away from her personally, as he died quite a long time before mother did. Mother didn't do subtle."

"Let's concentrate on the good news instead rehashing old painful history," Penelope suggested. "This dinner is supposed to be to celebrate the two of you mating."

"Well then, let's celebrate," Sean said smiling.

The four of them chatted cordially, as they all finished dinner and then they all ordered dessert.

"I'm so happy for you brother," Aaron told Sean quietly once they had a minute alone. "I hope you'll be as happy as I am with Penny."

"I'm glad you introduced me to Emily so thanks," Sean said giving his brother a manly hug, which Aaron returned. "I just knew that she was the one the minute I laid eyes on her. She's not only beautiful, she's the kindest person I've ever met who's an Alpha. So many Alphas really don't know how to treat their mates or at least other people and one thing I really appreciate is our mating protects me from those aggressive females I was telling you about."

"That's true," Aaron agreed smiling. "No Alpha is going to interfere in a mating, no matter how much they might want to, because they would get killed for their trouble. To try to take the mate of another is tangent to suicide. Emily would have every right to take that alpha's life, as you belong to her now."

"Yes, I am aware and I'm perfectly happy to belong to Emily," Sean said with a wide grin. "She's everything I could want in a mate. She's tender, gentle, kind, compassionate, loving and also very intelligent with a fierce personality, but isn't one to bludgeon others into submission. I have absolutely no fear that she'll abuse me or the children once they come."

"Well, you're discovering what Penny and I have known for years," Aaron said smiling. "So many omegas have been frightened by her fierce personality that they don't bother to look underneath. I'm glad you could see that she's really a very good person, she just put up a façade in order to protect herself from being hurt."

"Well, you told me I could trust her and you were right and I'm grateful to you," Sean said. "I knew you wouldn't tell me I could trust her if I couldn't so that allowed me to let my guard down, to really get to know her without having to be careful."

"You're welcome," Aaron said smiling. "I'm glad to see you so happy, just as happy as I am with Penny."

"At least we'll get to see each other more frequently now that I'm moving here to Baltimore," Sean added smiling.

"That's very true," Aaron agreed. "Penny and I will get to see our nieces and nephews grow up and perhaps, even babysit sometimes."

"That's something I hadn't thought, but you're right," Sean said. "I'll get to see any of my nieces and nephews more to once they are born. It's kind of funny, but Emily and I are going to have children first and I didn't meet her until after you and Penny had already mated."

"I know, but you're lucky that Emily already has that big place from her aunt," Aaron said. "Penny and I had to have a place built, so it's not surprising that you and Emily are going to have children first. Our place is going to be big enough for plenty of children, so I'm sure that ours and yours are going to be good friend since they will be related."

"And they won't be that far apart," Sean said.

"Less than a year," Aaron said. "Make sure you and Emily visit as often as you can and we'll do the same."

"We will," Sean promised. "I've got to go Emily's gesturing at me, so she must be done talking to Penny."

"We'll see you sometime soon," Aaron said and Sean walked over to Emily. Aaron watched as the two of them departed for their car which was parked on a different row from his and Penny's.

"Let's get back to our apartment, shall we?" Aaron told Penny, as she walked over to him.

"Sounds like a good idea to me," Penelope said.

Aaron opened Penelope's car door for her and waited until she had slipped inside before closing it and going over to the driver's side and starting the engine, driving out of the parking lot and towards his and Penny's apartment.

~~~Aaron and Penelope~~~