All this time Angel had searched online for things like morning sickness remedies, mood swings and how the hell to fix it. He’d never taken into consideration some of the more pleasant side effect of pregnancies. At first he didn’t think much of it. Three nights in a row Sarah had attacked him before he even tried to make a move and then woke the next morning in the mood again.

He sat in the back finishing up the schedules for the next week when Sarah walked into the back room with a wicked smile on her face and her green eyes smoldered.

He couldn’t help smiling. “What?”

“We have that call to take remember?” she said, locking the door behind her.

He thought about it for a second as she walked to him. “What call?”

“You know. The one I just told everyone we’d be on for a while.”

She straddled him, rubbing him in just a way that had him stirring in his pants at once. “Baby, what are you—”

Her kiss was so frenzied it made his legs weak but other parts went solid immediately. His arms wrapped around her and stroked her back as her hands held his face. Angel hadn’t felt this damn excited since they’d found out she was pregnant and he’d been so focused on her well being—both physical and emotional.

Her hands came down to his pants, undoing his button and unzipping him, then she stood just long enough for him to pull them down. For a split second he actually considered objecting, they were in the restaurant and employees were just outside the door, but that passed real quick. He hadn’t even thought about it until then that Sarah wore a skirt. She rarely wore skirts to work. His eyes opened wide and he looked up at her. “Did you plan this?”

Her only response: a big sexy smile, as she slipped her panties off from under her skirt, making his heart beat even more wildly. She made her way on to his lap again, staring deep into his eyes as she sat down slowly and he slipped right in.

Wrapping her arms around his neck she began to ride him. Angel tried but couldn’t help groaning.

“Shhh,” she said, but even that was strained. Her own breathing was labored now.

They kissed, their rhythm, long ago perfected though right now, Sarah couldn’t seem to get enough; sucking his tongue, then his lips, as she began riding him faster and harder. She lifted her feet off the floor and he went even deeper. Sarah moaned, pulling away from his lips and burying her face in neck as she began to pant and he felt her unmistakable trembling.

Angel brought his hands down to her legs and squeezed her soft thighs just as her panting got a little louder. He felt her squeeze around him and the oh so familiar wet signs that she was just about there when she licked his neck and he was a goner.

He squeezed his eyes shut as he pushed up into her as deep as he could and felt her nails dig into his shoulders. They sat there for a few moment, breathing hard without saying anything before Angel reached for the apron he’d taken off earlier and thrown onto the other chair.

Sarah finally pulled away from his neck and faced him. He smirked. “What’s gotten into you lately?” Then added quickly. “Not that I’m complaining.”

She shrugged and if he wasn’t mistaken his pregnant wife who was still straddling him in broad daylight in the back room of their restaurant, where their employees were just on the other side of a wall, and this was all her idea—was blushing. He had to laugh and he kissed her. “You’re amazing. Whatever it is. I just want you to know I’m loving it. And if this has something to do with you being pregnant and somehow makes life easier for you. I’m willing to take one for the team every time the mood strikes.” He leaned his forehead against hers. “I mean that.”

She giggled, kissing him back. Once she left the room he looked up, increased sexual drive during pregnancy. Bingo. He was right. First thing he looked for was how long it lasts. It was about time one of these pregnancy side effects went his way and he was going to make the most of it. He couldn’t believe some idiot husbands were actually complaining about it in some of the discussion boards. Angel was already shifting in his pants just thinking about what he was in for that night. He smiled when he read one woman mention it only intensified as her due date got closer.

~*~

Of the five babies due all that same year, baby Vivianna had been the first to arrive. She was a chubby little thing with a ton of hair just like her mommy. Grace named her after the mother she’d never met. Sal couldn’t be happier about his little princess and Sarah loved going over to hold the newborn. She could hardly wait to hold her own.

Next came Amanda Romero. Unlike Vivianna, Amanda was born with virtually no hair and Manny told everyone that listened that just like her daddy, Mandy would probably be bald as an egg for the whole first year of her life.

Surprisingly since Isabel had to have a C-section and had limited physical capabilities for the first week Romero became Super Dad. The man once terrified-of-even-holding a baby was now doing it all. Even with her sisters and mom offering to help he insisted he could do it, telling everyone “I got this.” And he certainly proved he did.

Then came baby Alex. Even though he’d weighed more at birth than both twins put together Valerie was so relieved she didn’t have to deal with another set of twins. And the twins were eager to help out with everything that had to be done with their little brother. Well, everything except change his “stinky diapuh.”

Sofia and Sarah were the only two left still waiting but Sofia was due first. She had less than two weeks to go while Sarah was only in her thirty third week. Unlike Sofia, who knew she was having a girl, Sarah and Angel wanted to be surprised. Though she was dying to know she wanted to wait until that beautiful moment in the delivery room she’d dreamt so often of when they told her what she’d had and she finally got to hold her baby.