Six weeks after the birth of their third child, Jarod woke to the sound of Catherine crying. He turned over to his wife and said, "I'll go."

He leaves the bed and enters Catherine's room. She is sitting up in the bed crying.

"What's wrong?" he asked while coming closer to her.

"Daddy." she answers with tears falling down her cheek.

Jarod reaches out to her and she jumps in his arms. "It's okay. Daddy is here."

"Daddy." she says again.

"Daddy will stay here. Come on let's lay down." he tells her trying to comfort her. Jarod lays down besides her. She curls up next to him and falls asleep.

Back in their room, Parker wakes to Sydney's crying. She gets up to discover it's feeding time. She picks her up and goes back to bed. Parker starts to drift back to sleep while Sydney is nursing. She hears footprints coming toward the bed. Thinking its Jarod, she goes to sleep. She jumps when the bed moves by a little person climbing over her. She raises up to see Kyle.

"Mommy." he says while rubbing his sleepy eyes.

"It's okay. Come here." she answers. She gives him a kiss and rubs his back. He curls up next to her back and falls asleep. They sleep there until morning.

Parker wakes to the sun shining in the window and Kyle's feet in her back. She rolls over to find Jarod never came back to bed. She gets up and lays Sydney in her crib. She walks down the hall to Catherine's room. She finds Jarod and Catherine asleep in her bed. She leaves and goes down stairs to fix breakfast.

Jarod wakes to the smell of food cooking. He goes down stairs to find his wife standing over the stove.

"Good morning." he says as he reaches over to kiss her neck.

"Good morning." she answers.

"What are you cooking?"

"Breakfast. Would you like something?"

"Yeah, some eggs, bacon, and toast." he answers.

"How do you want your eggs?"

"I don't care. Surprise me." he says.

"I can do that." she answers.

They sit down to eat and hear Sydney waking up over the baby monitor. "I'll go get her. You stay here and eat." Jarod says.

"Are you sure? I don't mind."

"No, I'll go." He gets up and goes to her. Parker can hear him talking to her. He comes back carrying her and a carrier for her to sit in. He sits back down and says, "I see you had company last night."

"Yeah, I thought it was you but it wasn't. What did Catherine want last night?" she said as she continued eating.

"I don't know. She was crying. I calmed her and she fell asleep. I did too."

"I know. I went in there looking for you this morning."

"I'm sorry."

"Why? Our daughter need someone last night, besides Kyle kept me company."

It wasn't long until the other two came down. Catherine ran to her mother and said, "Mommy. You're okay." She climbed into her lap.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" she asked. Parker gave her a kiss.

"No reason." she answered.

Kyle reaches up for his daddy to take him. Jarod picks him up. Then Kyle goes for his food. Jarod feeds him.

Parker looked at Catherine and said, "Are you going to tell me what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, mommy." she answers.

"What do you want for eat?" Parker asked.

"Eggs." she answers. She gets up and fixes her something to eat. After breakfast Jarod follows Parker up to their room.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing. Why?"

"You act like something is bothering you." he answered.

"No. I'm fine." she said short.

Jarod looked at her and could tell something was bothering her. She acted depressed. "Okay." he said. "I'm going to check on the other two." he left.

He goes down stairs and calls over to Broots' house. "Hello." Broots answered.

"Broots, is Debbie there?" Jarod asked.

"Yeah, hang on a minute." He hands the phone to Debbie.

"Hello." she says.

"Debbie, I was wondering if you could do me a favor tonight?" he asked.

"Sure, what is it?"

"Can you babysit? I want to take Melissa out but don't tell her. It's a surprise."

"Sure. What time?" she asked.

"How about 7:00? Is that okay with you?"

"Yeah. I will be there."

"Okay, thanks. See you then. Bye."

"Bye." she replied. He hung up the phone.

He goes back upstairs. "Honey." he says.

"What?" she answered from the bathroom.

"Can you come out for a minute?"

"Jarod, I am taking a bath."

"Okay, I'll come in." he says. He opens the door.

Parker said, "Can I not get any privacy around here."

"I need to tell you something."

"Can it wait until after my bath?"

"No."

"Then what is it?" she asked rolling her eyes at him.

"I want to know if you will wear your black dress tonight."

"For what?"

"Because you have a date."

"A date, for what?" she asked.

"A date with me."

"Why do I need a date with you?"

"Because I am your husband so, will you wear it or not?"

"I guess." she answers. "Now will you let finish my bath."

"Sure." He smiled. He turned to walk out.

*********

Later in the evening, Debbie came over. Jarod was dressed in a black dress pants and a white button up shirt. He is holding a dozen red long stem roses. He was waiting down stairs for Parker.

"Honey, come on." he yells up the stairs.

"I'm coming." she answers. She comes walking down the stairs in a short slimming black dress with her hair up off her neck.

"You look beautiful." he says taking her hand.

"What's this?" she answers as he hands the roses to her.

"Roses for you."

"There are beautiful." she answers. "But you didn't have to."

"Yes, I did. I told you, you had a date. Are you ready?"

"Yes." she answers. They kissed the kids bye and left. Jarod took her to a nice romatic restaurant that over looked the beach. Then after dinner they walked on the beach.

Jarod holding her hand said, "You really do look beautiful."

"Thank you. You pretty good yourself." she answers with a smile.

As they are walking Jarod said, "Lets sit here for a minute." They sit down on the beach and watch the sunset.

Parker turns to Jarod and says, "How don't you touch me any more?"

"What are you talking about? I touch you all the time."

"No you don't."

"Yes, I do."

"Jarod, you don't touch me like you used to before I had Sydney."

"Baby, I wanted to give you time. You still had a baby a few weeks ago."

"I know but I really want to feel you next to me." she replied.

He looked into her blue eyes and kissed her. Her hands touched his chest as she kissed his neck. He looked into her eyes again and said, "You know, I love you."

"Yeah." she answered softly. "But...."

He put his fingers tips over her mouth and said, "Shh...You are the only one I want. Are you sure you are ready for this?"

"Yes." she said.

He reached over and kissed her again. She pushed him down on the sand. She started kissing his lips. "Jarod, I want you." she said.

"I want you too." he answered. She started unbuttoning his shirt. He kissed her neck and said, "Lets take this home."

"Why? We have kids at home. Nobody is here."

"I know but what if someone comes up."

"Live a little. Take a chance." she whispers.

She moves on top of him and kissing his neck again. His hand comes up her dress. "Great." he says softly.

"What?"

"You have on panthose. You couldn't wear thigh highs." he says.

"Sorry." she answers. She could tell he wasn't in the mood the finish that there. "Okay, we will take this home." she added while looking into his eyes.

She gets up and takes his hand. They walk back to the car. They drive home. When they walk in, they find Debbie asleep on the couch with all three kids.

"Should we move them?" Parker asked.

"No. They look comfortable. I don't want to wake them. Come on." he says. He takes her hand and lends her up the stairs. When they get into their bedroom, Jarod pulls her next to him. He kisses her neck and down her body to her chest. She wraps her arms around his neck and he picks her up. He walks over to the bed where he sits down holding her tight. He hands run her up dress again.

"Honey, the panthose have got to come off." he says again.

She gets up from his lap and pulls them off. "Happy now." she replied with a smile.

"Yes." he answered. "Now come back over here." He reached his hand out toward her.

She takes his hand and straddles him. She kissed his lips. With her hands free she begins to unbutton his shirt. She runs her fingertips over his chest hair. With Jarod's hand under her dress he began to rub her softly. After she unbuttoned his shirt her hands kept going down to his dress pants. When she freed him from them she began to stoke him gently. He looked into her eyes and her into his.

"Take me." he whispers.

She helped him slip inside of her. Still kissing his soft lips she pushed him down on the bed. He rolled her over and freed her from her dress. He begin to kiss her breast soft and slowly. Then has he moved faster and harder so did his lips. She wrapped her legs around his waist. She dug her fingertips into his back and drew blood. Not feeling the pain he bit her lip as she dug harder into him. As they got more into their rhythm they began to call out each other's name. Jarod took her hands and slipped his into hers. He held her tight. He kissed her again. Her tongue licked the top of his mouth and sides of his teeth. While his was fighting for control of the kiss. He pulled his lips back slowly and sucked on her tongue as his pulled away. With sweat covering their bodies she said, "Jarod, I love you."

"I love you too." he answered panting.

She freed her hands from his, ran them down his body, and back up to his hair. She ran them through his hair as he kissed her nipple. With his tongue he flicked it back and forth before catching it in his mouth. When he was through he moved to the other one before kissing her lips again. As he laid there on top of his wife he could feel her hard nipples pressing against his chest. He looked her in the eye and said, "I don't want to hear I don't touch you any more."

"You won't as long as you don't quit." she answered.

She rolled him over one last time. Sitting on him, she kissed his lips. His hands cressing her breast, he pulled her next to him again and kissed her. He brushed her hair out of her face, he placed his hands around her, pulling her on him closer. She kissed his chest and fell down on him. He held her tight as they fell asleep in each others arms.

*********

The next morning Parker woke to the phone ringing.

"What?" she answered.

"Parker, it's me Broots."

"What do you want Broots?" she asked in a sleepy voice.

"Is Debbie there? She didn't come home."

"Yes, she is on our couch. She was asleep when we came home so we left her there. I'm sorry we should have called you but it was late."

"It's okay. I just wanted to make sure she was still there."

"I will send home when she gets up, okay Broots." Parker replied before hanging up the phone. She laid her head back down on the pillow.

"What did he want?" Jarod asked as he squeezed his wife closer to him.

"He wanted to know where Debbie was." She rolled over to face Jarod. "I guess we better go check on the kids. They haven't woke us at all."

"In a minute." he says reaching over to kiss Parker's lips. "I'm sure they are still a sleep. Why don't spend a little more time together before getting up?" he asked with a smile.

"I guess we could do that since we are dressed for the occasion." she answered as she raised an eyebrow. "But only if I get to be on top."

"You are always on top." he answered.

"I know, that is the way I like it."

"You just love penning me down, don't you?" he said as his ran his fingers over her breast.

"I wouldn't have it any other way." she said as she moved on him.

She kissed his lips and moved on him slowly. He ran his hands up her body and back down. "You know you are more sexy now than ever." he said.

"Please Jarod." she said sarcastically.

"I mean it. You are."

"Yeah, nothing like stretch marks to turn you on."

"I think you are beautiful. It just shows you are woman who knows what she wants."

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