“I cannot believe you are making me watch this again Dan.” I sighed hiding my head in his chest as we watched paranormal activity.

“ come one, you’ve seen it already. You know what happens.”

“I’ve not seen this one, I only watched the first. This is the third.” I replied sternly refusing to look at the screen.

“So watch it then , you know what will happen.”

“If I get nightmares I swear to god…” I sighed moving my head towards the TV screen. The camera was in the living room flicking between that and the kitchen. It turned to the lounge then slowly back to the kitchen and then back again. I could feel the tension, and the music was getting eerie. 

“Something’s going to happen.”

“Shh .” Dan laughed squeezing me tighter into him.

One second the baby sitter was sat on the kitchen chair and then when the camera moved back she was gone. I could feel the nervous butterflies fighting to get out my stomach as the camera flicked back from the living room to the kitchen.

“BOOOO.” The baby sitter screamed into the camera. Causing me to scream like a little girl, flinging my arms over my face and pouncing into Dan’s lap.

“Turn it off.”

“Awwww baby.” Dan laughed at me pausing the movie.

“No this isn’t funny Dan please.” I whispered. My heart beat was going so fast I thought it was going to burst through my chest.

“Okay baby, nine years on and you still can’t take it hey.” He smiled rubbing my back as I leant on him.

“No.”

“Least I’ll have you cuddled up to me in bed again like last time.”

“Ahh yea…my knight in shining armour.” I laughed “Can we watch a nice movie now please?”

“‘Sure…what would you like?”

It was literally like the movie night we had with Evie and Luke nine year earlier but just the two of us now. 

Cuddled up on the sofa with my boy on a Friday night watching The Notebook was just perfect. I knew Dan had put this on as it was my favourite and would take my mind off the thing from the other movie.

I heard a creak on the stairs so I got up to investigate. Dan looked up at me but I just smiled and walked out into the hallway. I stood at the bottom on the stairs and saw our five year old daughter Ellie Nicole sat on the stairs, her favourite teddy tucked under one of her arms as she sucked on her thumb.

“What you doing up baby?” I ask walking up the stairs to her.

“I heard you scream mummy. Are you okay?” she asked scared.

“Aww baby, yea mummy’s okay. Daddy was making me watch a scary movie and I didn’t like it, but I made him change it to a nice one now.” I reply pulling her onto my lap as we sat on the stairs together.

“Watch Sweeping Beauty mummy. That’s a nice one.” She smiled

“Yea, I ask him to put it on.” I whispered and she smiled leaning her head on mine. She was obsessed with Disney Princess movies.

“Come on baby, let’s get you back to bed, it’s late.”

“No mummy. I don’t want to. I want to stay with you.” She cried, wrapping her arms around me; clinging to my neck.

“Ellie you need to go to sleep.” I replied trying to pull her away gently.

“Noooo mummy. I’m scared now too.” She cried not loosening her grip.

Sighing I carried her downstairs and into the living room with her still crying on my shoulder. Dan’s head turned as we walked in, looking confused but smiling.

“Why are you crying Nicki Noo.” Dan cooed putting his arms out for Ellie to go to him.

“She heard me scream and now is scared to go to bed.” I say smugly crossing my arms smirking at him.

I watched Dan rolled his eyes at me and smile before rocking Ellie in his arms, whilst kissing her head. 

“I’m just gona go check on Soph .” I say and he nods at me before quietly singing to Ellie, watching her eyes slowly close.

I headed up to Soph and Ellie’s bedroom to see her flat out asleep. She was sprawled out like a star fish with her quilt hanging off. I wandered over and popped her leg back on her bed that was dangling off and wrapped her quilt around her. I kissed her forehead before heading out to see Dan carrying an already sleeping Ellie in his arms.

“That was fast.” I smiled

“Baby was shattered. Was nearly asleep by the time you passed her to me.”

I opened the door for him to walk in before he lay her down on her bed. On her wall beside her was my pregnancy timeline, Soph had one the same next to her bed. We’d moved house since she was born but we copied everything down, every last detail and re-decorated them onto their room here. The girls loved them and loved hearing the stories I’d tell them about when I was pregnant with them and what my bump was like. 

Looking back at Ellie, she was clutching her teddy tight as Dan wrapped her up in her Disney Princess quilt. “Sleep tight Nicki Noo.” Dan whispered kissing her head before going over to Soph. “Sweet dreams Annie bear.”

Dan never called our girls by their first names, since they were born he began using their middle names as a nickname. I thought it was so cute and the girls loved that their daddy called them something different.

I stood by the door as Dan made his way over to me before wrapping his arms around my waist, resting his forehead on mine and pecking my lips lightly. “Love you Tink”

“Love you too” I grinned

“You ready for bed?”

“Yea.” I smiled at him. We’d been married nearly ten years now and he still made me feel like I did when we first got together. 

Crazy in love.

I went into our bedroom as Dan turned the TV off downstairs and made sure the house was locked up. I crawled into bed, pulling out my scrap book from the side of my bed. It was the same one I kept from when I was younger with everything about the famous four, from primary school and high school. To the days out we had like Glastonbury and mine and Dan budding relationship. Now it was filled with memories of our girls births and our growing family.

I felt Dan crawl into bed behind me and cuddle up. Wrapping his arm around me, he rested his head on my shoulder as his body moulded into the back of mine, his hand stroking my stomach. He pressed a kiss on my neck causing shivers to cover my body. 

“I miss you being pregnant.” Dan whispered down my ear.

“Me too.” I replied flicking over the page to see a picture of my on the sofa cuddling Soph whilst reading to her. I was eight months pregnant with Ellie at the time.

Stroking the picture I closed the book placing it down the side of my bed before turning to face him. Stroking his face with my hand before wrapping my arms around his back pulling him closer to me. “I want another baby Dan.”

“Me too” He grinned his hand slowly stroking my back finishing on my bum and gently squeezing it.

“So we’re trying to get pregnant again yea?” I asked and he nodded.

“I know we’re going to have a lot of fun trying.” He laughed moving so he was lying on top of me. Kissing me passionately on the lips as his hands ran up my thighs and up my waist taking my top of on his way up. He began kissing down my neck, my body was already reacting to his touch, tilting my head back so he could go lower and a low moan escaped my lips. “Baby, no screaming tonight.” Dan whispered, his lips moving off my chest.

“What?.....Why?” I panted staring at him confused,

“We don’t want Nicki Noo coming in and interrupting us asking why you were screaming again do we.” He laughed

“Shut up you.” I giggled rolling him over so that I was sat on top of him. I could see he was hard and ready to go already.

Quickly kissing down his body and pulling off his boxers I began teasing him. “Now now baby…who’s the one screaming.” I winked up at him

“Come here you.” He laughed pulling me up to him and I let out a squeal of excitement. Pulling off my knickers he lay on top of me, kissing me so passionately. 

“I hope we have a boy this time.” Dan whispered whilst kissing down my neck

“Why?”

“For one, I can have someone to teach footy to and go watch him play and two…I don’t think I could handle having to protect three of my girls from future boyfriends. Two is enough.” He grinned.

I laughed and kissed him gently “Well if we have a girl you’re going to have to.”

“Well I’m used to being surrounded by beautiful woman so I wont mind one more.” He smiled before kissing me again. Nudging my legs apart I felt him slip himself inside me.

“I love you Dan”

“I love you more Tink.”

A year and a half later at the beginning of December, I gave birth to a gorgeous set of twin boys, Tyler and Logan. Their nursery wall was covered with another pregnancy timeline, but this time my bump was twice the size and the kicks twice has brutal. I loved every second of being pregnant, but four children was definitely enough.

Sitting down for Christmas dinner a couple of weeks later with my gorgeous husband, our four children, Evie, Luke and their two kids TJ and Chloe; life couldn’t get any better.

“To family.” Dan cheered raising his glass

“To family.”

That was all I needed.

The End.x