Disclaimer: I am not Annette Curtis Klause, so I don't own anything from her original book. I do however own all of the stuff from my story, and the new stuff in this one.

Yay! Chapter one of the new story! Hope you like it! Don't forget to review after reading!

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Vivian was lying on her back in a field, soaking up the sunshine. She stared up at the clouds, watching them drift lazily.

The grass rustled to her left and she got ready for the pounce that was sure to come.

Soon enough, her two year old Alexander, came running towards her.

He stood over her, "Mommy?"

She smiled at him, and trapped him in her arms. She was vaguely aware of someone coming up behind them.

Gabriel came and sat down beside her, holding their one year old. She turned and smiled at him while Alex struggled in her grasp.

Kole reached for her, and she grabbed him up with one hand, while restraining Alex with the other.

"What are you doing all the way out here?" Gabriel asked.

"Relaxing before I have to go back to the inn."

"You don't have to work if you don't want to."

She shot him a sarcastic smile, "I know, but I like to help out when I can."

He kissed her head and Alex succeeded in getting away. Kole started to struggle while he watched his brother run around.

She held him up, he looked just like Gabriel.

Alex and Kole were very similar. They had similar behaviors, like the constant energy. Alex had Vivian's tawny hair, and Gabriel's blue eyes. Kole on the other hand had coal black hair, which was a bit darker than Gabriel's, and Vivian's eyes.

The night Vivian found out she was pregnant with Kole she could have killed Gabriel. She didn't want another pup so soon. Alex was just a year old at the time. She didn't want two young pups. But she was lucky; at least she didn't have twins like Willem and Aveline.

The pack had grown rather fast. There were now a total of nine pups ranging from five to newborns: Ethan, Alexander, Brigitte, Marc, Austin, Aurelie, Audrei, Kole, and Jaime. Aurelie and Audrei, Willem and Aveline's twins, and Jaime, Ulf and Amelia's little girl.

Aurelie and Audrei are almost a year old, and Jaime is only five months old.

With all of the pups everyone was stressed. You either had to baby-sit or work at the inn. Vivian had been babysitting for the past month. She was tired of watching half of the pups during the day so she started back at the inn.

There were even more pups on the way. She was sure Gabriel regretted wanting the Five to be busy. Now they all had mates. They were still the rambunctious idiots they once were, they just had a big responsibility to handle. Gregory and Finn were expecting pups in the next two months.

Vivian leaned against Gabriel's shoulder. He put his arm around her. She watched Alex run around in the tall grass. Kole watched and turned to stare at Vivian. His bright little smile turned into a frown. His eyes went from Vivian to Alex. She gave up and let him crawl to his brother. Alex stopped running around and played with his little brother.

"You don't have to work..."

She cut him off, "Yes I do. I want to work as much as I can before Alex's birthday."

"Well you don't have to work tonight, I'm sure Esmé can watch the boys."

She shot him a wicked smile. She leaned into him and whispered in his ear, "Have fun with the boys." Then she swiftly got to her feet and ran off towards the inn.

Vivian left the inn at eleven that night. She stared at the moon as she walked to the cabin. The moon would be full in a few days. Before she realized she was at the cabin. She opened the door and was ambushed by warm arms.

Gabriel wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her neck. She twisted in his grip to face him.

Before she could say anything his lips were on hers. They were fierce and passionate, as always she felt the electric shock of his kiss. He picked her up in his arms without breaking the kiss. He walked carefully to the bedroom.

Vivian woke sprawled across Gabriel's chest. She squinted in the weak light towards the alarm clock. It was only five in the morning. She laid her head on his chest and was surprised when his arms wrapped around her.

"Good morning baby."

She turned to look in his eyes, "Morning."

Then she discovered what had woken her. There was clattering coming from the other bedroom. She looked at Gabriel with a quizzical look. He had a similar expression.

She got up and grabbed her robe, Gabriel right behind her, pulling on his boxers.

Vivian walked down the small hallway towards the bedroom. She opened the door, it squeaked slightly.

When she saw the room she opened the door all the way and put her hands on her hips.

She cleared her throat.

Alex looked up from the floor, his face wide in panic.

"Uh oh."

"Uh oh is right little pup," she said crossly.

Alex had gotten out of his bed and was playing with his toys by tossing them at Kole.

Kole's legs were hanging between the bars. He was reaching towards the toy Alex held.

She went over to him and picked him up.

"You little sneak," she said snuggling him.

Gabriel walked over to Kole and whipped him up into his arms.

Vivian headed towards the kitchen. She placed Alex in a chair, while Gabriel got the high chair for Kole.

She got some food out of the fridge and heated it up.

Gabriel came and leaned on the counter beside her.

"Vivian, I was thinking about the pack and how it's growing so fast."

"Yes," she said grabbing two plates.

"I think we need to build a few more cabins."

She looked away from the microwave to stare at him. She knew that they needed to expand for the packs sake; she just didn't know why he was telling her like this.

"Okay," she asked perplexed.

"Well we have enough money to build a few extra cabins. And maybe build on to the old ones."

Now she got it. He wanted to build on to their cabin.

"If you want to build on to the cabin just ask, Gabriel," she said putting the food on the plates. She handed them to the boys who started eating.

He looked at her, studying her face. Why was he being so coy?

"Did you think I would say no or something?"

He straightened up, "No, but I wasn't expecting you to say yes so fast."

"Well I'm perfectly fine with you adding on to the cabin."

"Adding on to the cabin wasn't exactly what I had in mind."

Her brow furrowed, "Then what did you mean?"

He smiled and walked towards her. "I was thinking about building a house for us."

She stared into his blue eyes. "You want to build us a house?"

"Yes."

"What about the cabin?"

"We could let one of the Five have it."

"Yes, I'm sure they would gladly take the house we've…"

He cut her off. "Okay, okay."

She smiled, "I like this place. It feels like home."

"It is home baby," he said kissing her hand.

"I'm fine with you adding on to this place, if you want. I just won't give it up.

He caressed her face, "Fine, whatever you want baby."

Well that was chapter one of Fire and Ice. I hoped you liked it. Sorry it took forever, I couldn't decide on names for all of the pups. OH and if your wondering about the pups and when they are born, what their names mean, stuff like that, well there will be a chart on my profile to explain everything! Thanks for reading, don't forget to review!

Oh I also have "updates" on the progress of this story on my profile. Like when to expect the next chapter, the name chart. Stuff like that. So if your gettting mad at me for not updating I usually have a reason posted on my profile.