Chapter 31

You know it's been a long time since you've written a chapter when you have to reread your story first…

Helen woke up to quiet. Her brow furrowed. It was too quiet. She rolled over into Nikola's arms but he wasn't there.

'Must be up with the children.' She thought. Helen closed her eyes and was about to go back to sleep when her whole world lurched. Helen sat up straight, her morning haze gone. It was only then Helen remembered she was on her private jet, headed to Vienna to get married. And it was quiet because there were no children. They were back at home, in the capable hands of Will, Kate and Henry.

Helen rolled out of bed and the plane groaned. Magnus quickly gained her footing, and headed into the jet's main sitting area. Helen smiled as she saw her husband- to- be, sitting, reading a newspaper.

"Good morning, love." He said, spinning around in the chair. Helen smiled softly and crossed over to Nikola, sitting down on his lap, kissing him tenderly.

"Good morning. Are you ready to go back to Vienna?"

"Most definitely. Are you?"

"The place where we had our first kiss and if I remember correctly, a very angst ridden first time at making love?" Nikola smiled brightly. Helen returned the smile. "I can't wait." Nikola pulled Helen closer and she rested her head in the crook of his neck, and the couple stayed like that until just before the plane landed.

After leaving the jet, Helen and Nikola made their way via cab to edge of the forest where Helen kept 'their' cabin. They walked down the winding path hand in hand.

"You've been keeping this cabin clean since the eighteen ninety's?" Nikola asked. Helen squeezed his hand smiled.

"I bought the cabin from the old couple who used it as a summer home after we broke into it, thinking it was abandoned. After we destroyed the bedroom, I figured they deserved a fair amount for it. So, in short, after buying the cabin, yes, I have been having someone clean the cabin."

"Good. I love you, I do, but I would not set foot in that cabin if it hadn't been cleaned in over a hundred years." Helen laughed and pecked his cheek.

"Darling, I wouldn't dream of it! Look, there's the cabin!" Helen sped up, tugging Nikola with her. "Hurry, Nikola!"

"I'm coming!" When they reached the door, Biggie was already waiting to take their bags. Since they had wanted a very small wedding, Biggie was to be the only witness as well as the acting priest. He had come several days early to get everything cleaned up before they arrived.

"Thank you old friend." Helen kissed his cheek and handed him her luggage. Nikola gave him a nod and handed over his suitcase as well.

They all headed upstairs and down the hall to the bedroom. Biggie placed the bags down and walked off, closing the door behind him. Nikola circled the room, his gaze sweeping across the room.

"It's not the same as I remember…" Helen smiled, sitting down on the edge of the bed, smoothing the sheet underneath her hand.

"I had to change everything every twenty five to fifty years. I came back just before the Second World War. I wanted a place to rest and when I came up to the bedroom, the sheets disintegrated in my hands! I realized I need to update every now and then. So, yes it has changed. Do you like it?" Helen looked up from the bed sheet just in time to see Nikola pounce forward. Helen squealed as he landed on top of her, his lips immediately on hers.

"I like the view from here…" He whispered as their lips separated. "And the rest of the room is alright too."

"Nikola! What has gotten into you?" Nikola dipped his head down to her neck and started to leave wet, sloppy kisses in his wake. Helen's breath hitched and Nikola smiled.

"I am only several days from marrying you. Within a day or two, we will follow tradition and I will not get to see you, much let sleep with you. That is why, in this moment, I plan to simply ravish you."

"But Nikola…" Before she could finish, his hand slipped between them and he squeezed her breast. Helen yelped and arched towards him.

Kissing his way down, Nikola soothed her breast with his mouth. Helen moaned and arched again. Just as Nikola was about to take her bra off, there was a knock at the door. They both sighed and shift to face the door.

"Yes?" Helen called.

"Lunch is ready." Her manservant called back.

"Alright, we'll be down in a minute." Nikola smiled and leaned back down to continue, but Helen pushed him away.

"Helen…"

"You heard him, lunch is ready."

"Can't we be quick?" Helen sighed and sat up.

"No, Nikola."

"But why?" Nikola pushed her back down and started to kiss her neck again. Helen turned her head, accidentally giving him more access.

"Because Nikola, with you, this is never quick. Never. I don't want Biggie to know what we're doing up here." Nikola paused in his ministrations and looked up at her.

"What does it matter? He's already had to deal with the products of our love making. It's not like he doesn't know what we're doing." Helen sat up, smoothing out her blouse.

"No, Nikola. He may know what we've done, but that doesn't mean he needs to hear us." Nikola groaned and sat up as well, while Helen stood up.

"You do get kind of loud." Helen shot him a glare and headed downstairs.

Today was the day. Helen Magnus was getting married. Married to Nikola Tesla, the love of her life. Helen took in her reflection. She wore a simple wedding gown; there were no patterns, just ebony material that appeared to glow when it hit the right light. The dress had two simple straps that hung just below her shoulders. The only jewellery she wore was a simple gold locket that Nikola had got her the day the twins were born. The locket held a picture of each of the twins on either side of the inside of the locket.

"Helen, you're just getting married. It's no big deal. You've dealt with much worse. Hell, you spent one hundred and thirteen years alone. Now you get to spend the rest of your life with the man of your dreams. Forever. I'm about to bind my soul to Nikola forever. You can do this."

Helen was never one for needing pep talks, and yet she found she was more nervous than ever before. More nervous than when she slowly discovered John was the Ripper. More nervous than when she found out she was pregnant, all three times. More nervous than when she was about to bed Nikola for the first time. And definitely more nervous than when she gave birth to all three of her children.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Helen spun around.

"Come in." The door opened to reveal not her manservant as she had expected, but her husband to be. Nikola waltzed in a huge smile on his fight.

"Nikola! What are you doing here! You're not supposed to see me!" Nikola walked until he stood behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"You are absolutely breathtaking." He breathed. He kissed her cheek before sighing. "I know I'm not supposed to see you until your manservant walks you down the aisle at the back of the cabin. But," He kissed her other cheek. "I decided to walk you down the aisle myself." Helen smiled and turned around in his arms.

"You can't be traditional at all can you?" A goofy smile spread across Nikola's face.

"Nope." Helen smiled and looked down at her locket.

"You miss them." Nikola noted. Helen looked up tears gathering in her eyes.

"We've never been away from them this long. We've never been away from them at all. I spent all night awake, knowing Dane's crying because we're not there…" Nikola nodded.

"I spent the whole night awake as well. Knowing that Tayryn would be fussing because I wasn't there to kiss her good night and give her our nightly story…do you want to call them? Before we get married?"

"Yes." The word was out of her mouth before she could stop it.

"Good. Because I was going to even if you didn't." Helen laughed and left Nikola's embrace, rushing to grab her cell phone from the bedside table.

"It's six o'clock at night here, so its two o'clock in the afternoon there…" Helen muttered to herself as she dialed.

'Hello?' Helen put the phone on speaker so Nikola could hear as well.

"Hello? Will?"

'Hey, Magnus! Or should I call you Tesla? How's it going?'

"Tesla, I like that!" Nikola whispered. Helen laughed lightly before speaking into the phone.

"I'm not a Tesla yet, Will. Nikola and I just wanted to say 'hi' to the children before he walked me down the aisle."

'You want to say 'hi' to the kids before you walk down the aisle?' Helen made a face. She could have sworn she heard Will's voice crack. She shook it off though.

"Yes. Could you put the phone up to their ears so we can say 'hi' quickly?"

'Um, uh, um…they're asleep!' Helen frowned. The kids didn't nap at two, but at three.

"What is it?" Nikola asked. Helen put her hand on the phone so Will couldn't hear them.

"He says the children are asleep." Nikola frowned as well.

"It's not three o'clock yet."

"I know."

"Maybe Huggybear has lost the children." Nikola moved to stand behind Helen once again. Helen giggled.

"Will couldn't lose the children. They're only babies."

"Babies that we made…" He whispered, kissing the soft spot behind Helen's ear. Helen squealed and jumped away from Nikola.

'Magnus? Are you there?'

"Sorry, Will sorry." Nikola moved towards Helen, mischievous glint in his eye. "Nikola stop! Sorry what were you saying?"

'The kids!' Will's voice dropped to a whisper. 'The kids are sleeping. It took us forever to get them down, so I hope you don't mind, but we really don't want to wake them up.' Helen nodded.

"No, no, we understand. When they wake up just tell them Mommy and Daddy love them. We'll call after the ceremony, alright?"

'Alright, Magnus. Have fun.'

"We will. Goodbye."

'Bye.' Helen hung up the phone and turned to Nikola, who was right beside her.

"Are you ready to get married?"

Helen had her arm locked around Nikola's as the couple walked down the short flower strewn aisle at the back of the cabin. Biggie stood, waiting for them, ready to act as the priest. Once they made their way to the end of the aisle, the ceremony went quickly.

"Now if you will recite the vows you two have decided on." Biggie grunted. Nikola nodded and spoke first.

"Helen, from this day forward I promise you these things. I will laugh with you in times of joy and comfort you in times of sorrow. I will share in your dreams, and support you as you strive to achieve your goals. I will listen to you with compassion and understanding, and speak to you with encouragement. I will remain faithful to our vows for better or for worse, in times of sickness and health. You are my best friend and I will love and respect you always. I, Nikola Tesla, give you, Helen Magnus, my soul, forever and always." Nikola slipped the simple silver ring on Helen's finger.

"Nikola, from this day forward I promise you these things. I will laugh with you in times of joy and comfort you in times of sorrow. I will share in your dreams, and support you as you strive to achieve your goals. I will listen to you with compassion and understanding, and speak to you with encouragement. I will remain faithful to our vows for better or for worse, in times of sickness and health. You are my best friend and I will love and respect you always. I, Helen Magnus, give you, Nikola Tesla, my soul, forever and always." Helen took the other silver ring and slid it onto Nikola's finger.

"By the power invested in me by the city of Vienna, I pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride." Both Helen and Nikola smiled brightly before their lips met in a tender kiss.

"Are you sure you won't stay? It's beautiful here." Helen asked her manservant one last time as he held his packed bags at the door.

"Positive. I have to clean the Sanctuary before you get back, Lord knows what kind of mess Will, Henry and Kate made. Besides, no offence, I don't want to listen to you both screaming and moaning all night long." Helen blushed and Nikola smiled smugly. "I'll send the plane back in the morning. Enjoy the rest of your stay."

"Thank you old friend." Biggie nodded and headed down the forest path. As soon as Helen closed the door, Nikola was on top of her pressing her into the door.

"Now that he's gone, may I ravish my lovely wife?"

"You may." She said smiling.

"Ah!" Nikola cried before collapsing against Helen, his face resting between her heaving breasts. Helen stroked Nikola's hair, the euphoric haze of consummating their marriage beginning to die down. They lay together panting and tangled for a moment or two before Nikola rolled off of Helen, pulling her to him until he was spooning her.

"That's the first time we've had sex since the babies were born." Helen stated after a moment of peaceful silence. Nikola kissed her shoulder.

"Really?" Helen nodded.

"When I got pregnant, I was afraid to have sex in case it caused me to lose the babies." Nikola nodded against her skin.

"And then by the time it was safe to have sex without hurting the babies, I was too fat to make love…" Nikola moved his hand over Helen's stomach and rubbed it gently.

"You were not fat; I loved you when you were pregnant." Helen smiled and turned towards Nikola.

"You are too good to me." Nikola smiled and pecked Helen's lips. "After that, the babies were born and we didn't have time to have sex."

"It's true…but if you had let me love you when we got here this wouldn't be our first time since the babies." Helen blushed and ducked her head into the pillow.

"The real reason I wanted to wait wasn't because I didn't want Biggie to hear us. I wanted our first time since the children to be as a married couple."

"Aw, that is sweet." Helen blushed again, before rolling over, resting her head on her husband's chest. Nikola kissed her forehead, and fell silent.

"I miss them." He said suddenly. Helen smiled and looked up at him.

"I miss them too." They laid in silence again.

"Do you…" They spoke at the same time.

"You go first…"

"No you." They laughed and Helen continued.

"Do you want to just head home tomorrow? Save the honeymoon for when the children are screaming teenagers and we need to get away?"

"You read my mind. I miss moji malisani. My baby girl and little boy. Besides the wedding…"

"They're all you've been thinking about. Me too." Nikola sighed.

"I never thought I could care so much for two children." Helen smiled softly.

"It's because they're your children. You share a bond."

"Just like I do with you."

"Just like you do with me."

"I love you Helen."

"I love you too Nikola." And with their declarations of love and their plans for the morning all wrapped up, the newlywed couple fell asleep in each other's arms.

moji malisani- means 'my little ones' in Serbian.

PS this story is slowly coming to a close, just so everyone is aware. only about 3 or 4 chapters to go...