Nicole smiled. "Until then..you guys can take care of us." she said with a smile as she looked up at Louise. Aiden smiled. "We'll always take care of you two until you get to the point when you don't want us to look after you anymore." he said with a smile as continued cracking the eggs.

He then turned and put them into the pan and watched them sizzle.

Louise brushed Nicole's hair from her face when she decided to look up and planted a soft kiss onto her forehead. "Yeah, when you get a bit older, say teenagers, you're going to have different interests instead of your toys and play. But just remember that no matter how much into a jam you might get yourself into and you're afraid to go to your mother, me and Aiden will do all we can to insure you're doing fine", she promised, chancing her gaze from Nicole to Noah as she spoke. Noah's expression got confused as he looked at the eggs that were frying on the pan, furrowing his eyebrows: "If I broke my tractor for example?" Letting out a laugh at his adorableness, Louise drew Nicole somewhat more into her lap so that she wouldn't fall and then focused her eyes on the curious boy: "Yes, that or any other puzzle you might run into as you get older."

They boy nodded in total understanding and took a spatula from its holder near the wall, beginning to bang the innocent eggs. The way air passed from inside to food made him intriguied and had him giggle for a couple of times while continuing to do that. "You gotta tap the eggs Aiden, otherwise they won't fry good", he said and then took his cousin's hand to place the utensil into it.

Aiden listened to Louise and smiled. "Good explaining." he said and then turned when Noah began banging the eggs. He laughed and took the spatula. "Thanks Noah." he said before getting Noah off the counter.

He decided to just make scrambled eggs since Noah had already started. Once he got the kids eggs and bacon done, he put them on the plate and looked at Louise as he handed the plates to the kids. "What are you eating?"

"I'm just gonna go ahead and make myself a sandwich", Louise said and placed her hands onto both of Nicole's sides before lifting her up so she could get out from under her. Setting the small girl down, she straightened her back and pushed the chair in so that any of the food wouldn't drop onto the floor while it travelled from the plate to Nikki's mouth. It was guranteed that there was some whole-grain bread and she took a couple of pieces before skipping over to the fridge to get some butter, ham and vegetables. At first she spread the off-white substance on and covered the sides with roasted ham. Afterwards, she got some tomatoes, lettuce and cucumber in between and smashed the pieces of bread together before cutting it through the middle.

"Oh would you have like some as well? I can just leave this out for you if you want?" Louise suggested, taking out a plate for her food while she rotated towards Aiden.

"I'm not that hungry. But if you want me to eat the other half I will." Aiden said as he poured himself some coffee and added a little bit of milk and sugar. He mixed it together and took a drink. "Want some coffee or were you just going to stick to water?" he asked her with a smile as he looked at the kids as they ate.

"Sorry, I think I would be left hungry if I didn't eat it all so you just have to have something else", Louise warned, opening the fridge and putting back the vegetables into their respectable places: "Oh and coffee, please." In the midst of cleaning, she reached for a mug from the cupboard and then held it next to the pan so that Aiden could pour her some. Thanking him, she set it down onto the counter and got everything else out of the way before grabbing her meal and going over to the table where the kids were eating as well. Noah was almost done, excluding that one strip of bacon he liked to leave for last as the sugar in the bottom. Sighing because he was so full, he reached for the piece of meat with his hand and put the other end into his mouth to start chewing on it. After he was finished the boy laid there limp, not lifting a finger or opening his mouth as a thanks.

Louise got some paper and wiped his palms and fingers, trying to get rid of the grease that was covering them. "Now how do you say when you've finished your meal?" she led on, crumbling up the paper before getting to her own sandwich. "Thank you Aiden", he grinned over to his direction, stretching his arms.

((oh yeah, were they suppose to call him daddy?))

[[they could if they wanted too.]]

Aiden smiled. "I'll just stick with my coffee." he said and took another drink as he watched them. Nicole ate her bacon first before going to her eggs. She ate a lot slower then her brother did and Aiden just smiled. Once Nicole finished, she looked over at Aiden. "Thank you." she said with a smile.

"You're welcome. Both of you are." Aiden said as he patted Noah's head and then Nicole's. "Why don't you two go watch tv so I can talk with Louise." he said as Nicole got down. "Okay. Come on Noah." she said. Aiden picked up their plates and put them in the sink and then sat down beside Louise.

Noah raced over to the living room to get there before his sister, climbing up onto the couch like he was conquering it. Beginning to jump on it, he laughed joyfully and flailed out his arms.

In the kitchen, Louise inclined her head a bit to the right as she was trying to guess what topic was worth getting this sort of privacy and set the rest of her sandwich down. Wiping the corners of her mouth and then turning to face him, she chewed to have her ability to speak again. "What is it?" she wondered, leaning her head onto the arm that was propped on the table and bit her lip, not liking the seriousness Aiden had in his voice.

In the meanwhile, the little boy had jumped out all of his energy scurried back into the direction of the kitchen, but stayed a bit further away to not get caught for eavesdropping.

Nicole rolled her eyes and sat down on the couch and began channel surfing. She found Spongebob and put it on. She looked at her brother as he jumped up and down and shook her head, looking at the tv again.

Meanwhile, Aiden moved closer and smiled. "Well..you did say I get you all to myself today right?" he said with a smile and reached forward. He touched her cheek and smiled. "And I can think of something we haven't done in a while..but..only if you want to do it." he said reassuring her that he wasn't pressuring her to have sex with him.

Louise face melted into a smile as she realised nothing humongously serious was going on. "You do recall my words very well, I must say", she played along, reaching forward and planting a kiss onto his cheekbone: "The only aspect to this I'm worried about is the kids. If you can get them to do something entertaining enough then I'm all for it." Setting her hand onto his knee, she pulled back, showing him a smirk mixed with a smile.

Noah's little feet pattered back onto the couch since he didn't find the conversation any fun to eavesdrop on when the audio was turned off. Spongebob was on so he laid himself down on the couch and shoved his feet up to Nicole's nose just for fun.

Aiden smiled when he heard Spongebob being played on the tv. "I think they've found something to keep themselves busy for a while." he said and patted Louise's hand. "Do you think we'll have time or should we wait until they're asleep?" he asked as he leaned forward and kissed Louise's hand.

Nicole pushed her brother's feet away from her. "Stop or I'm going to tell Aiden." she said as she glared at her annoying little brother.

"I'd rather be sure and wait for them to have their nap than having them finish that episode and come looking for us when they want to do something else", Louise replied sadly, knowing that it was the truth even though Aiden wouldn't like hearing it. Her lips reached for the nape of his neck, leaving a few tender kisses onto it as her hand moved upwards: "Though a little foreplay never makes the experience any worse."

"Stop or I'm going to tell Aiden", Noah repeated mockingly and touched Nicole's nose with his biggest toe. Laughing, he did a backwards somersault and showed his tongue: "I don't care if you tell Aiden, he likes me better anyways."

"Louise. You know what happens when you start teasing me..and don't act like you don't." Aiden sai ith a smile as he pulled Louise closer to him and leaned in and kissed her as hands started going up her shirt.

"No he doesn't. He likes me better." Nicole said as she threw a pillow at her brother and then went back to watching the movie.

Louise chortled lightly and combed her fiance's hair back with her hand, guiding her mouth to his again and made the kiss last for a good while before dragging herself away and tugging on his lower lip. Sighing, she leaned her forehead on top of his and closed her eyes, enjoying the moment. "I promise you, that on the first break the kids give us, I'll let you kidnap and take me upstairs", she whispered, pecking him once more and then giving him a hug: "Right now the risk is just a bit too great."

"Ow!" Noah screeched as the pillow had hit him on the head and took a hold of the corners before mashing it on Nicole's body and trying to keep himself from crying. "Noah!" Louise warned, having just walked into living room to see this: "How dare you do that to your sister? She just got out of the hospital!" Walking over, she got the pillow from him and lifted him up so he couldn't cause any more harm. "But she started it!" he resisted, his face red as he tried to make justice happen.

Aiden smiled and kissed her back. "And I will kidnap you and possibly tie you down." he said chuckling. He knew Louise was right about the risk being too high right now. He looked up when he heard Noah cry out and then Nicole begining to cry.

Getting up, he followed Louise into the living room as she grabbed the pillow from Noah and then picked him up. Aiden walked over to Nicole and sat down. Nicole crawled into his lap and buried her face into his chest as Aiden rubbed her back trying to calm her down.

"This isn't fair! She hurt me", Noah screamed at the top of his lungs and punched Louise's shoulders as he wanted to be let down. Taking a deep breath and counting to three, the girl began walking over to the stairs calmly, seeing it as the only option: "You now go over to your room and take a nap since you can't control your actions. Only little babies act like this. A young man like you should know better." The yelling still didn't stop and when they were half-way up the steps, Noah hadn't calmed down at all: "Daddy! Daddy you believe me!"

Gently shussing, Louise brought them both to his room and kept him in her lap, not giving him any encouragement for his actions. Notch by notch the boy's cries began to cease and after a while he laid gently against her shoulder. Having set him into the bed, she kissed his warm forehead and made her way back downstairs.

Aiden just looked Nicole and then Noah. Here Noah goes again, calling him "daddy". It made him feel bad. "Nicole..what happened?" he asked looking down at her. "Noah was pushing his foot in my face and I told him to stop and he wouldn't so I hit him with the pillow." she said.

Aiden sighed. "You know you're not supposed to hit people. Come on..let's go take a nap." he said and picked her up. He carried her upstairs to her room and put her in bed. "Just take a nap and the two of you will be calmbed down when you wake up." he said before kissing her forehead.

He closed her door and made his way downstairs as Louise sat down. "Apparently, Noah was sticking his foot in Nicole's face and Nikki was getting tired of it and hit him with the pillow..so it's hard to determine who really started it." he said as he sat down and leaned his head back. He then fell over and rested his head on Louise's lap. "Kids are a handful." he said as he laced his fingers with hers.

"Yeah, tell me about it", Louise said with a sarcastic laugh and leaned back, letting out the breath that she had been holding while teaching Noah a lesson and grasped his hand a bit more tightly. The one that was free laid onto the top of his head and began brushing his hair back in tender strokes. "It's good that we get to rehearse with them though. I mean, I believe they would tell us if they really wanted to leave and at the same time we're learning about what it takes to be a parent. Constant care, twenty-four seven", she said out loud though still deep in thought and let her finger trace the edges of the shell of his ear.

The tv was still on and showing its Spongebob Squarepants marathon so she reached for the remote to give them peace in which to talk in. Her mind went to something she had already thought about earlier; Louise mind was consumed by the comparing of how Nicole and Noah would turn out when they got older. Would Noah even faintly resemble Aiden when he got to his age or would Nicole turn out to be the class president with her wits and charm. For a second opinion, Louise decided to go to her fiancée: "How do you think the kids will survive through their teen years? Like when we're thirty?"

Aiden just laid there, smiling as Louise stroke his hair. He had to laugh though when she brought up the constant care. He turned and looked up at her. "I don''t know..I never thought of that..I'm sure they'll fine..that's in another 10 years for Nikki and 12 for Noah before he's actually considered a teenager." he said.

"My fear is the two of them will grow up too fast and something bad will happen..especially to Nicole. Like she'll start developing quickly and by the time she's fifteen or sixteen she'll look like an eighteen year old and wind up having sex and the possibility of her getting pregnant..that scares me.." he said.

Lettiing out a sigh, Aiden sat up and looked at her. "Don't you just wish we had one of those machines that we could use on them to make them stay little forever..though..they would get qute annoying with their crying all the time..so we might have to make them grow up sometimes.." he said and chuckled as he laid his head down on Louise's shoulder.

"They're asleep now." he said looking up at her before kissing her neck.

"I'm sure Nicole wouldn't do that. She's got a good head on her shoulders, one that would definitely have alarm clocks ringing every time something too provocative is going to happen", Louise tried to calm Aiden when he got into thinking that Nicole might face life's big adventures too early to really judge what was right and what was wrong.

At his other suggestion she had to smile though, pondering if it actually became true; how easy would it be to control them and their wants just by the push of a button. On the other hand the thought of having such total control over someone seemed scary as you would be responsible for all the bad things that were about to come as well: "Damn, they'd be so confused if we ever got to do that. It'd probably mess up their pretty little heads.."

Chuckling at his slight change of topic, Louise kept a few of her fingers playing with Aiden's strands of hair and curled up her feet under herself. Turning her head the smallest degree, she happened to catch his lips on her and beamed into the kiss, a content sigh forming into her throat. "That they are. Hopefully for a while", she replied, sliding her hand across his defined abs.