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"Keep me safe inside

Your arms like towers

Tower over me, yeah

'Cause we are broken
what must we do to restore

Our innocence

And oh, the promise we adored?

Give us life again

'Cause we just wanna be whole"

We are Broken

It was true. The pain I had just experienced mere moments before evaporated when Emily placed our little boy in my arms. He was crying; a nice healthy sound, that had me crying tears of joy and relief. He was alive and healthy and he would remain that way.

"He's beautiful, Hallie." Paul said, his voice choked with emotion.

He stopped crying then, at the sound of Paul's voice and his wide brown eyes looked up at me and then to Paul who was leaning down to look at him.

"He recognized my voice!" Paul smiled proudly as he held out his finger for him to grab. He grabbed on immediately and Paul's smile grew wider if that was even possible.

"He's definitely my kid; nice and strong." He grinned.

After we were both cleaned up, Emily and the girls left the three of us alone. As soon as I settled him against my breast he immediately started rooting; searching for my breast. He was hungry; I didn't blame him…he'd taken his sweet time coming into this world.

"Alright, what name did you pick out?" I asked as Paul's finger stroked the small amount of dark brown hair on top of our son's head.

"Well, I thought William after my Grandfather and Samuel because it was Sam who finally figured out where the two of you were from an old map."

I smiled, "William Samuel. I like it, but it's my turn next time."

"So there'll be a next time?"

"Yes, but not for a while."

"That's fine by me."

His lips came down over mine and we shared a kiss just as we heard the front door open and a bunch of people file in. I smiled through the kiss, knowing that Royce was dead and that my family was here to see William.

"Ha! I knew it was a boy!" I heard Billy call from the other room.

***

The real surprise was waiting at home for me. The house looked just the same as I had left it before the wedding back in August, except Paul warned me that the kitchen was a disaster area. I didn't blame him; I had been miserable without him too.

"I want to show you something." He said eagerly as he took the sleeping William from my arms. He cradled him gently in his arms and kissed his tiny head before he looked back at me. My heart turned to mush and I gave him a watery smile as grabbed my hand with his free one.

He led me upstairs and down the hall to the room we had declared the nursery. It was still painted the light green and looked the same except for the intricately made crib that sat in the middle of the room. We had never gone to buy the crib; we had planned on doing that the week after the wedding, but it seemed he had taken care of that.

"It's beautiful." I breathed as I ran my hand over the dark wood of the rails.

The posts of the crib had wolves carved into them and the rest was simple; nothing that would harm our baby. He'd also rigged a mobile up over the crib; a mobile that had plush wolves dangling down from it. I sent him an amused smile and placed a kiss on his cheek before he gently laid Will down on the green bedding.

"I had to do something while you were gone." He sighed. "Otherwise I would have gone crazy."

I wrapped my arms around his waist and laid my cheek against his chest. I breathed in the scent of him and sighed as his arms wound around me and he placed a gentle kiss to the top of my head.

"Any other surprises for me?" I asked, my voice slightly muffled by his chest.

"Kate is pregnant."

I jumped out of his arms and looked up at him with a huge smile on my lips. Two months felt like such a long time to be gone, and I felt so out of the loop.

"How long?"

"Not long, she just told Jacob the other day. Don't worry; you didn't miss a lot, Hallie. Mostly everyone was worried about you."

A thought occurred to me. What had they told Derek and Lynn? They couldn't have told the two of them about vampires and the whole wolf business. Derek had to be worried sick about me as well as Lynn.

"What about Derek and Lynn?" I asked as the smile evaporated from my face.

"We told them you were kidnapped and we had reported it to the cops. They know you're alright, in fact they should be here to see you and Will any minute now."

Sure enough a minute later there was a loud knock on the door which Paul ran downstairs to get. I heard a small sound from the crib and peered over the side to see Will waking up from his nap just in time to meet his Uncle Derek and Aunt Lynn.

"Hallie!" Lynn yelled.

I turned around just in time to see her launching herself at me. I wrapped my arms around her and let her squeeze the crap out of me. When she finally pulled away she stepped aside so I could see Derek. He was standing in the doorway looking at me with a peculiar expression on his face. I met his eyes and was surprised to see that his were glistening with tears. I felt my own eyes water in response and closed the distance between the two of us.

He crushed me to his chest and held me tight, and I held him back just as tight. My best friend… no matter what. It didn't matter that he was a guy and I was a girl; he would always be my dearest friend.

"I would have never forgiven myself." He whispered into my ear. "I love you, Hallie; you're my best friend."

"I love you too, Derek." I replied. "In a completely platonic way." I added just because I knew Paul could hear every word that was said between the two of us.

When we finally pulled away I grabbed his hand and Lynn's and led them to the side of the crib where Will lie looking up at his mobile of wolves. His deep brown eyes looked at the four of us curiously as his legs kicked about.

"He's adorable!" Lynn gushed.

"He looks just like Paul." Derek added and slapped Paul on the back.

"But he has Hallie's nose." Lynn insisted.

"So do you guys want to be our honorable babysitters?" I questioned already knowing the answer.

"Of course!" Lynn replied quickly as she reached down to stroke his head.

Derek grinned, "I would have been insulted if you hadn't asked."

***

"Get back here you little sneak!" I yelled playfully as Joanna ran away from me, one of Will's toys in her hands.

Somehow we had gotten roped into watching Joanna and Joel for the night. We still didn't mind; they loved Will and he loved his cousins as well. Joanna liked to stroke his head and he and Joel spoke nonsense together. Although Joel made more sense since he was older.

"Unca Paul!" Jo shrieked as I chased after her into the living room where Paul was sitting feeding Will one of his bottles. Joel was on the floor playing with Rufus' ears and looked over as his sister streaked into the room and towards Paul.

"Is Aunt Hallie chasing my favorite girl?" He asked with a broad smile.

She nodded her head and crawled her way up onto his lap. He pulled the bottle from Will's mouth and adjusted his arm so it was around Joanna before he stuck the bottle back in Will's mouth again. She was trapped; right in one of her favorite places.

"Does Uncle Paul want me to take Will so he can tickle Jo?" I asked with a teasing edge to my voice.

Jo started to giggle as if she was being tickled already while I extracted Will and the bottle from Paul's arms. I settled down into the other rocking chair and rocked as Will finished off his bottle and Joanna shrieked from her position in Paul's arms as he tickled her.

"Don't make her pee herself, Paul." I warned as I started to burp Will.

He finally stopped and scooped a smiling Joel up into his arms before he started to tickle both of them at the same time. He stopped after a few seconds and their shrieks subsided into tired yawns. I watched as the two of them nestled down into his arms and their eyes started to drift shut. It was adorable.

"You're like a giant teddy bear, Paul." I whispered.

He grinned in response and leaned his head back against the back of the chair. Soon enough he was snoring, both of them still gripped against his chest. I smiled and went to put Will to bed before the doorbell rang; signaling the return of Kevin and Jolie.

"Aw they look so peaceful." Jolie smiled as Kevin carefully extracted first Joel then Joanna from Paul's arms.

Once they were gone, I slipped onto Paul's lap and snuggled into his chest. His arms tightened around me and he placed a kiss on the side of my neck. I shivered in response. We still hadn't been intimate since Will's birth. But I was pretty sure I was ready now, and as he continued to trail kisses down my neck I knew I was ready tonight.

"Let's take this upstairs." I whispered a bit breathlessly.

"If you insist." I could hear the grin in his voice.

"Will you carry me upstairs already?"

"Pushy."

"Horny."

He chuckled and stood up with me cradled in his arms. "Me too."

Epilogue

Derek was grinning like a mad man as he walked into the waiting room to face Kate and I down. We had been waiting two hours here in the waiting room of the hospital eagerly anticipating the moment when the next Thomas would be brought into the world.

"It's a girl." He announced proudly.

Kate and I broth squealed, jumped up, and smothered Derek in a hug. Once he managed to pry us off of him, he led us back to where Lynn was propped up against some pillows holding a little bundle of pink.

"Hey guys." She smiled tiredly.

"You better let them hold her before they pry her from your hands." Derek teased.

Kate and I both shot him a look before we moved closer to the bed. Lynn carefully handed her little bundle first to Kate, who crooed down at her for a moment before she passed her to me.

Her eyes opened and I looked down into the pools of blue that looked so much like Derek's kind eyes. I smiled down at her before I gently handed her to her proud Papa.

"You've got that look in your eye, Kate." Lynn stated with a smile. "A look that states you want another one."

"That's because I do." She sighed.

"I'm sure Jake would be happy to fulfill that request." Derek grinned. "As for Hallie, she needs to close down shop."

"Psh, it's not like a have a whole bunch of kids, Derek." I scoffed at him. "Anyway, what's her name?"

"Charlotte Anne." Lynn replied with a smile.

"After your favorite Bronte sister, Derek?" I chuckled.

"Lynn's favorite aunt also happened to be named Charlotte." He said quickly. "But yes."

I checked my watch then. I should probably head home. Two hours of Paul alone in the house with the kids…the place probably was a disaster area. After I said my goodbyes I left them and headed back towards home.

As soon as I walked in the door I heard shrieks coming from the living room. I went to investigate and saw four year old Will rubbing Rufus' tummy and Paul being climbed on by our two year old twins. The older twin, Finn, was clinging to Paul's left leg and our baby girl, Gabrielle was clutching to his right leg.

"Mommy!" Will yelled when he spotted me.

He wasted no time launching himself at my legs and hugging me close. I wanted to pick him up like I always used to, but he was too heavy for me now; he was a growing boy. Instead I settled with stroking his dark hair back from his face and bending to place a kiss on his forehead.

"Momma 'ook!" Finn called from his perch on Paul's leg.

"You've caught Daddy." I chuckled as I walked further into the room.

Paul grinned and swung Finn up into his arms. He tickled him a bit before he placed him down on the ground so he could join his older brother on the floor with Rufus. Poor Rufus, always being attacked by children. I knew he loved every minute of it though; even though sometimes they tugged his ears a bit too hard.

Paul then reached down and swung Gabrielle up into his arms. She was a mini me, where as Finn looked like a mix between the two of us, and she had Paul wrapped around her little finger. He tickled her tummy for a minute; her cries of delight filling the room before he stopped and she rested her head against his shoulder.

"You guys have a new cousin." I announced as I sat down on the couch.

Finn immediately made his way over to me and I picked him up and settled him in my lap.

"Aunt Lynn and Uncle Derek had a little girl named, Charlotte." I continued.

"Can we have another baby, Mommy?" Will asked from the floor.

I exchanged a wide eyed look with Paul. I was pretty satisfied with what we had. I had always declared three children as my limit and we had at least one of each already. Paul grinned back at me as he sat in his rocking chair with Gabrielle in his lap.

"What about that litter, Hallie?" He grinned.

"I think I'm good." I replied.

"Sorry guys, there will be no more babies for us." Paul announced.

"What about a puppy?!" Will shrieked.

"We have Rufus; we wouldn't want him to get jealous would we?" I asked as I bent down to stroke Rufus' head.

We had a full house as it was anyway and we didn't need a little energetic puppy to add to the chaos that reigned everyday in our household. Not that I didn't like the chaos; I loved it. It was my family, it was everything I had asked for.

I couldn't have asked for a better husband or better children. I had everything I always thought that I would never find and I wasn't about to give it up any time soon.