* Please Review! Thanks to VeritasKym for helping with this! The first one, A Tamed Viper was made for her. I took a few of her ideas and combined them to make that story. She helped me come up with a plot for this one. I had a lot of people ask for it, so here it is!*

Marco opened his eyes when the door to his bedroom opened. He watched a tired Elizabeth walk in. She sighed as she made her way over to the bed. He felt her pull the blankets up a second before a small amount of weight came down on the mattress. Marco closed his eyes and rolled over as she tucked the blankets around her. He put his arm around her waist and snuggled into her.

" Is he okay?" Marco whispered.

" Yeah. I gave him some more medicine and propped him back up so he can breath better." She said. Their baby, five month old Nickolas Marco Vendetti, had a double ear infection and had been keeping his parents up for the pass few nights.

" I'll get up with him next time." Marco said.

" No, that's okay. You have to work." Elizabeth had worked up until the day she delivered the baby. Now she was a stay at home mom. Their house was paid off thanks to the money Marco had saved up as a Viper and they still had plenty to live on.

" I'm going to call Janet in the morning. I'll see if she can come over so you can nap." He said.

" It's okay. I'll be fine." She said.

" Baby, you're running on little to no sleep. We live across the street from your parents, she will walk over. You know she wants to help. She might know some tricks that will make him more comfortable." Marco said.

" The medicine should start to make him feel better tomorrow." Elizabeth said with her eyes closed. Marco snuggled into his wife more. His wife. His son. His family. He smiled as he felt her relax.

" I love you." He whispered.

" I love you too." Elizabeth responded.

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Marco rocked his son as he listened to his in-laws phone ring. Nick had his back to Marco's chest. He had one arm under the baby's butt and the other over his chest. Nick was kicking his legs and whining as Marco rocked back and forth. He was chewing on his hand while they stared out sliding glass door into the big back yard.

" Hello?" Janet asked.

" Hey Janet, are you busy today?" Marco asked.

" No. What do you guys need?" His mother-in-law asked warmly.

" Nick's having a hard time sleeping because of his ear infections and Elizabeth was up half the night. Do you think you could come and help her today?" Marco asked.

" Of course. Do you need me now?" She asked.

" If you don't care. She is sleeping now and I have to leave for work in half an hour. I don't want to wake her up."

" Just let me get my shoes on, Marco."

" Thanks." Marco said before he hung up the phone and placed it back on it's holder on the wall. He started bouncing the baby lightly. He turned the boy around and looked into his little face. Nick reached his hand out to his daddy. " You need to get some sleep. Look at you, Nick. You're tired, Buddy and cranky as hell." The baby squealed as he frowned so Marco brought him close to his face. He kissed his cheek. " I love you anyways." Two minutes later their front door opened.

" Marco?" Janet called out.

" Kitchen." He answered as he turned the baby back around. Janet appeared before them with smile. The baby started kicking his legs hard at the sight of his grandma.

" Hey there, Baby." She said, coming forward.

" Thank you for doing this." Marco said as he handed off his son.

" No problem. Wow, Marco, he's still warm." Janet said as she brought the baby to her cheek.

" I know. I wiped him down after he got up and I gave him the medicine but it just doesn't seem to be helping." He said.

" Does she have breast milk frozen? Maybe I will take him home with me so she can rest. I can try a few home remedies on him, if you don't care." Janet said.

" That would be great. I know she's got some stuff in the freezer. She's just so tired. I get up with him but she just sends me back to bed." Marco said as he rubbed the back of Nick's head.

" Well you have to work." Janet said. " Do you want me to make you some lunch?" Marco smiled. He really did love his mother-in-law.

" Nah, Elizabeth made it at the four am wake up." He said. " I'm going to tell her I'm leaving and where Nick will be. I'll grab his diaper bag and pack it too."

" Oh you don't have to worry about that. I have plenty of stuff for him over there. Why don't you tell her to pump as much as she can today and he can spend the night with grandma and grandpa. It would do you both some good to have a quiet night." The relief that passed over Marco's face made her smile and reach out to take his hand. " Take your wife to a nice dinner and don't worry about this little guy."

" That would be really great. Thank you." Marco said as he leaned down. He kissed Janet's cheek then kissed his son's forehead. " Be good for grandma, Buddy. Daddy loves you." He squeezed Janet's arm lightly then made his way to the stairs.

He took them two at a time as he listened to Janet move around the kitchen and coo at that cranky baby. Nick was half cooing and half whining. Marco knew she was getting out the bottles and frozen breast milk that she didn't have. He was so grateful for Elizabeth's family. He picked up his pace as he walked to their room. He knew he had almost twenty minutes he could spend with Elizabeth before he had to leave. He pushed open their room and walked in, making sure he closed the door again. Elizabeth was curled up on her side, snuggled into their blankets.

" Beths." Marco whispered as he climbed into the bed. He laid against her back and put his arm around her waist.

" Is he up?" She muttered.

" Don't worry about him. Your mom is here. She's taking him home with the milk. She wants you to pump all day today because she wants to take him for the night." Elizabeth opened her eyes.

" Are you serious?" She asked.

" Yeah." Marco said as he nestled into her more. " So I'm going to either take my beautiful, tired wife out to dinner or order something in and eat it off your hot, sexy, little body." Elizabeth laughed, making him smile.

" Oh yeah, I'm so beautiful and sexy." She mocked. " I'm pale, my eyes looked bruised underneath them from lack of sleep and I'm dead tired. So hot." Marco pressed his lips against her shoulder.

" You're beautiful, stunning, so sexy I spend the day hard because you're all I think about." He growled into her skin. " Don't you ever forget it." He squeezed her, making her laugh.

" I shouldn't let my mom have him all day. He's so cranky." Elizabeth said.

" Go back to sleep, Baby. Your mom and dad will be fine. They adore him, even when he's cranky." Marco said.

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Marco had been excited the entire day. He had called home and to his in-laws a few times and everyone was fine. Elizabeth had slept in late then taken a long bath. She sounded refreshed and happy. Janet had managed to break Nick's morning fever and got him to nap a few times during the day so he was in a better mood as well.

Marco had come home from work and found his wife, showered up, make-up on, hair done and waiting for him. He grinned, picked her up and held her to him by her ass. Elizabeth giggled and put her arms around his shoulders. They made out while he made his way to the couch. There would be no going out for them and they both knew it. They would order something in and spend the night having sex.

" We." He started giving her closed mouth kisses between every word. " Are. Getting. Ready. To. Have. Slow. Motion. Baby. Making. Loving." He pulled away to smile at her. " Without the baby making actually happening." Elizabeth started laughing which made him grin. They had decided to wait until Nick was two then try for another baby. They wanted to have three or four kids. Since neither one had brothers or sisters, they wanted their kids to have siblings.

" That sounds like a good plan." She said with her arms around his neck. He dipped his head back down and kissed her long and hard. It was going to be a good plan but someone started knocking on their front door.

" Who the hell could that be!" Marco groaned as he pulled his mouth from Elizabeth's.

" Ignore it." Elizabeth moaned as she rubbed herself against him. She took a hold of his face and pulled her back down to her. He chuckled. It was low and sex filled. His mouth took hers and they moaned together. The knock on the door became a pounding sound. Marco pulled away with an almost snarl.

" I'm going to kill whoever that is." He grumbled as he pushed himself up. Elizabeth pushed herself up and started to fix her shirt while he hurried away. When he reached the door, he threw it open and barked, "What?'

" Surprise." Vinnie said with a smile. Elizabeth stood up in shock. Marco narrowed his eyes as he took in his former friend.

" What are you doing here?" He asked.

" I haven't seen you since your wedding and haven't talked to you since you left town and that's all you have to say to me?" Vinnie asked. " I don't even get a ' come in to our home, Vinnie.'?" Elizabeth rushed forward.

" Of course you can come in, Vinnie. Where are our manners?" She said. She knew Marco and Vinnie had been good friends and had no idea about Vinnie's true nature. " Did you say you saw us at our wedding?"

" I stopped by but I didn't say anything to anyone." Vinnie said as he walked in and shut the door. " Betsey let it slip about the wedding and you know how things spread through town. I wanted to see you two off."

" I'm sorry we didn't invite you, it's just..." Vinnie smiled and held up his hand to her.

" Don't, Elizabeth. I understand. If I had a woman like you warming my bed I wouldn't want her involved in this life either. I wasn't hurt. Betsey was but than again, she's stupid." He said. Marco was moving carefully, trying to keep himself between his wife and Vinnie. Vinnie had actually liked Elizabeth and wouldn't have hurt her before but a lot of time had passed between them.

" Baby, can you get us a drink?" Marco asked gently, never taking his eyes from Vinnie.

" Sure. Beers?" She asked.

" That would be great, Elizabeth." Vinnie said.

" Yeah, Baby. Thanks." Marco said. She reached out and patted his lower back, seeing the tension in her husband. Marco and Vinnie moved towards the dining room table when she walked away.

" You can chill, Man. You know I wouldn't hurt her. If you hadn't killed Bobby, I would have just for scaring her." Vinnie said. " I didn't come here to fuck up your new life. Besides, if I wanted to hurt her or your boy, I'd have come for them during the day."

" How do you know my son?" Marco asked. Vinnie smiled and winked.

" I watched the house today. I saw her going from here to the house across the street. I saw her carrying the boy around outside. Cute kid, he looks like you."

" Then what are you doing here?" He asked. Vinnie's smile faded.

" I need your help." He admitted.