Love Of Old

Rain of Blessings

Thanks , WildChildMary for lending me Angel

Maria awoke to find him laying beside her, a sense of peace was layered so beautifully over his face that it left her speechless. "Good morning angel face," she said kissing his chest.

"Hmmm good morning my star, and moon," he said kissing her forehead. Her heart and soul felt completely at rest beside him.

Oh, how she had longed to be with him, to give her everything to the man she had fallen for. As much as they wanted to stay in bed and enjoy their shared warmth, they knew that with the current state of affairs and events, passion, and happiness could wait.

There were many things pending, and Ville knew that he did not have the financial means to make Maria happy at the moment, yet he hoped they could both find a way, before that there were funerals to attend, places to rebuild, and a city to help through this attack.

Jason's trial was also weighing on his mind, and he knew that he would do anything to see him rot in prison. On the other hand, as much as Peter had wanted it he was forced to place Alexi in jail for some time, as he had taken the law into his own hands.

Thankfully Ville was good in politics and found enough alimonies to get him out sooner. The other option was to make a very angry Angel kill everyone at the station.

The city took a long time to rebuild and there were many funerals attended, everyone mourned for at least a month before things began to take normalcy. Gerard was praised for having alerted them in time, if not this would have been worse, soon he was promoted.

As for Ville his parents wanted to help him recover his home and repair it, but only on the condition of letting go of the woman that had caused him all this trouble in the first place.

Ville outright refused and they decided that it was time to visit him and pressure him to see the reason for his own good. Ville knew this was unavoidable and he reassured Maria as much as he could, that they would not hurt her.

Meanwhile, it seemed Angel was her second child. Once again Angel and Alexi were overjoyed to give Alexi Markku a little brother or sister. But they were not the only ones to have this joy.

For somewhere in a small coffee shop Diana had decided that it was time. Her morning sickness was starting to worry her as she had done her best to hide it, and soon her bump would show.

After going through such an ordeal she knew she had to tell him. Peter held her hands as tears streamed down her eyes, tears of anxiety and stress.

But she knew he was a good man, that it did not matter what she said as long as she was happy. Especially with this, something that they had been trying to do for a long time without success.

However, it was still nerve-wracking. Peter was in and out of the house constantly, as the city was being fixed and the trial to lock Jason and the other pirates up had taken a lot of his time. With everything else going on she didn't know how he was going to react.

Still, it was better to let Peter know what was going on. Diana didn't want rumors to start spreading saying that the child wasn't his all owing to her profession, it would lead to problems.

"I brought you here, not just to spend time together, but to tell you, that well," Diana said, taking a deep breath. Peter stared at her intently, but worried, she had not been feeling very well as of late and he cursed the fact he had been so busy, since the rescue.

"Tell me goddess what is troubling you, it is eating at me," he added. Of course, she knew what his reaction would be because when she told him they would have to buy a crib soon Peter stood up, his face a panoply of emotions.

"You are with my child?" Peter said not believing what she was saying. He was stuck between confusion, shock, anger, and overwhelming happiness. He was confused because they had been trying for so long without results.

He was shocked because he didn't expect this in the middle of all this trouble. He was angry because Diana had fought alongside him without regard for her baby. "You fought alongside me in the middle of an attack with full knowledge you were carrying our child!" Peter said.

"I did because I knew that if he or she had no father, I would not forgive myself for having left him to fend on his own," Diana replied.

"But we have tried for so long, it's a miracle," he said his happiness replacing his anger, as he kissed her hand. "It is quite a miracle, I was shocked too, yet I suppose we have been blessed" Diana answered.

The gentle giant's tears of joy finally left his dark green eyes, he had never thought that he was going to be a father in his lifetime. Being a father with the woman he loved was beyond a blessing it was a fairytale come true in the midst of darkness.

To be able to hold the children's hands, his children, their children, and teach them everything he wanted to teach them, made him feel alive despite all the stress he was undergoing.

To be able to lull them to sleep and sing them lullabies, play with them, and laugh with them, was joy unbounded. Especially if they had her eyes, her hair, her soul, her laugh, and her goddess-like smile.

After her confession despite the fact that everything had to be done including rebuilding and attending court to settle the sentence for the pirates, Peter took extra care of Diana and was very protective of her.

Peter assigned one of the other girls to take care of the brothel, not wanting to let Diana overstress herself or do extra work that could harm their babies. For the doctor had confirmed there were two babies, which made Peter even more guarded about Diana's health and whereabouts.

At times this would cause fights as Diana was very independent and loved to earn her keep, even though he begged her to let him see to her needs, but she knew he was only doing it out of love and devotion to her and their new blessings.