"Since when have we had this much stuff…?"

Diamond Manceri sat on the floor of the living room, surrounded by tons of boxes. She was doing some spring cleaning, having brought boxes out of the attic to go through and sort. She had been meaning to do it for a while now, but with her job as a fashion stylist and being a mother, she just hadn't had the time. And her husband, Raphael, had been so busy being a paranormal investigator, with traveling to a new haunted place in the world every so often, that he hadn't been able to either.

Finally, their son was sleeping, it was Sunday where no award show was happening, and Raphael was out on a investigating job in New Orelans. She ran a hand through her black locks, which were now grown out and straighten so it would run down her back. "Alright, it's not gonna sort itself," She said to herself, and proceeded to open the box closest to her.

Junk. She thought. She pulled out picture frames, some old DVD's, a tape player, some old magazines, and an old dictionary. She threw the magazines in a bag to later recycle, and stacked the movies in a pile off to the side. She laughed at the picture frames, filled with photos of their younger days. The first one was hilarious. It was the first picture Diamond dragging Raphael to her family dinner with her aunt. He looked a little awkward, but was smiling nonetheless. The second photo was a head shot of her face not looking too happy next to her cruel father. The third was a baby picture of her with her mother, who was wearing a hood to keep her beauty from overhsadowing her child. She smiled and put them off to the side.

The next box she opened was full of knick-knacks, random souvenirs they had acquired over the years. It had keychains, mini-figurines, plaques, magnets, and even a bobble head from that time Raphael went to Chicago. She left the contents of the box untouched and put it aside.

She continued this routine up, throwing out old junk, organizing what she deemed keep able and folding the boxes to recycle later. Diamond was about to open another box when she heard the patter of small footsteps behind her.

"…Mommy?"

Diamond turned and smiled. Her five-year old, Adonis, stood in the entrance of the living room, curly black hair sticking up in all directions, he small fist rubbing one of his brown eyes. He had lighter brown skin than his mother, with a cute dimpled smile that made the formerly spoiled girl melt.

"Why are you up?" Diamond asked as her son ran to her, looking a little scared.

"Momma, I saw a ghost. Can I sleep with you tonight?" Adonis asked so sweetly that it melted Diamond's heart.

The daughter of Aphrodite smiled as she picked up her son and looked at the clock on the wall. 10:30, it said.

Diamond sighed as she decided to work on cleaning all of this up tomorrow, while she had so time before she had to go into work at twelve. She looked down to see Adonis already passed out on her shoulder, drooling a little like his father does.

She kissed her son's head as she walked into the master bedroom and laid him down on the bed, covering him up with the comforter and turning off the light on his side. Then she replaced her coral top and white jeans with a tank top and a pair of boy shorts, before slipping on to the bed and grabbing her notebook form her drawer.

The twenty-nine year old woman smiled as she opened the notebook to reveal more pictures of her and her husband. The first few pages was of them at the camp the Academy had provided for them after they were eliminated from the show. Then it showed of them dating a little after she moved to New York, then of them just married and living in a shabby apartment, and then of Adonis as a baby.

She smiled as she remembered how her life came to be after the show. At first, she thought everything was going downhill becasue of her father disowned her for not winning the show. She had beg with him to see some sense, but he wouldn't listen and even called her a lose cause.

She had ran out of his office crying, but not before she heard him yelling for her to pack her bags and that she is moving to her aunt's house in Amityville, New York. She cried even harder that night, knowing her father now completely hates her and there was no amount of love magic that her mother could provide that would make him think otherwise.

When she moved to Amityville, she was happy about seeing her Aunt Mina because she retreated out of all of the media attention her brother was getting. After the first few days, Diamond was miserable not because she didn't have the life of a rich kid but because she still felt her father's cruel words in her heart and she knew the only reason she was here because it was further away from Beverly Hills.

But then she went to school and found out Raphael was there.

Both of them were excited to be together again and he actually comforted her when she broke down after shcool, when she was teased by a former friend who used to live in Beverly Hills. They continued dating for a long time, even winning a place as Cutest Couple, much to the dismay of Raphael and the delight of Diamond.

After getting married at the tender age of 20, knowing that most dmeigods don't last very long in the world, both became very sucessful businessman people despite living in that shabby apartment that happened to by cheap and closer to Raphael's work.

Raphael started working for a paranormal investigator business at the age of 22, where the owner actually may people pay for the person they get then the owner would pay that person who went on the job half of the money he got the people to pay. As was Raphael was the best in his company, having that ghost seeing ability of his, he got hired the most and brought home an amazing paycheck every month that would last them through the next month.

Diamond began working in the fashion business, her passion in life. She designed her own wedding dress, including those of her friends from the show, and loved dressing up her own son and pets. She started out working for bigger name stylist, but soon moved up to one of the top stylist herself and even started two fashion lines within a year, thanks to her powers as Aphrodite's daughter. Soon, she was bringing home a wonderful paycheck as well as her husband.

Then along came Adonis.

If you asked her, Diamond wouldn't say they didn't want a child or even that their child was a mistake. As she looked through his baby pictures, she thought about what she called him; A happy surprise. They weren't planning on having a child, but were excited when they had their son, who was healthly and beautiful.

"Well, of course he is handsome. His grandmother is Aphrodite and look at his mom!" Diamond remembered herself saying to her Aunt Mina when she called Adonis the most beautiful baby ever.

"Give it up, Dia." She remembered Raphael saying right after she said that. That night, he almost slept on the couch if he didn't treat his wife to a dinner while Aunt Mina babysat for them.

Around eleven, Diamond put upthe scrapbook and laid across the bed without putting the covers on. She saw her cat Glimmer's kitten, Snowflake is what she named it because it had whiter fur than Glimmer, on the foot of the bed sleeping.

She smiled as she fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.

~0~

Diamond woke up to someone crawling on the bed. Someone tall, muscular, and at least thrity by the sound of their voice groaning as they laid down.

She gripped the sheets for a moment as she waited for them to bed right next to her. She waited as the bed dipped from the weight of the person, and she knew that this was her only chance to attack before this stranger did something to her or Adonis.

She pressed her foot against the man's chest, grabbed him by the arms and throwing him against the floor. Then she straddled his back as she twisted his arm behind him and kept his other arm under him. She looked at him with murderous eyes, which were now red, and whispered in an angry tone "Who the hell are you?!"

The man groaned in pain as he murmured, "Dia... It's me..."

Diamond knew that voice anywhere, but she was still unsure. She twisted his arm harder as she asked, "If you are Raphael, then why did I name our child Adonis when you wanted to name him Carter?"

"Because... OW!... You said that was the name of the most beautiful young man in Greek mythology and you wanted our son to embodied that name well. Plus, like hell am I going to beat you in an argument when you can charmspeak." Raphael asnwered right away.

Diamond loosen her grip as her husband cawrled from under her and rubbed his bruised arm. She couldn't helo but giggle a little, knowing her strong and handsome husband just got beaten up by her. He pretended to glare at her in the dark as he said, "Not funny..."

She rolled her eyes as she helped him up and turned on the light. A small noise came from the bed as Adonis woke up and rubbed his brown eyes. Raphael smiled as he went over to his side of the bed and picked up his sleepy five-year-old son, who was just realizing what was going on.

"Daddy!" Adonis yelled, now fully awake. He hugged his father's neck as he almost dropped his stuffed jackel, but Raphael caught it in time.

Adonis hugged his father as Diamond sat back on the bed and asked, "Did you have a good trip?"

"Yeah. Same thing. Someone was scared over some dead people, no curses on the place." Raphael said as he sat down on the bed, while Adonis pulled at the ears of his toy jackel and listening to his father. "The mansion I went to was just a one before the 1853 yellow fever epidemic happened. Turns out a lot of people died in that house, but they just wanted to stay on Earth a little longer. I got them going right along after a few hours."

"That is awesome, Daddy! Did the ghosts scare you?" Adonis asked in that sweet voice of his.

"No, but I know of a little boy who would have ran." Raphael said as he smirked at his son.

Adonis crossed his arms and puffed his cheeks, trying to look tough but made his motger laugh instead. "I am not afraid of ghosts!" He jumped off the bed and grabbed Snowflake from the floor, which he must of fell on during the last few hours. Then he took a sheet and placed it over the cat.

But before Adonis could scare the cat, Raphael picked him up and said, "No, Adonis. You have to go to bed tonight."

"But Daddy. I wanna be brave like you." Adonis said as he pouted his lip just like his mother would.

Raphel forced himself not to give in, trying to be the stronger parent for a moment as he said, "No, Adonis Manceri. If you don't get into bed, then we won't let you play with Seraphina for a week."

Adonis' eyes went big as struggled from his father's grip. He ran into his room and jumped into bed, covering himself up as he turned off the lamp in his room and closed his eyes. Raphael smiled at his son sleeping as he closed the dor to his own bedroom and fell straight down on the bed.

Diamond smiled at him as she placed a hand on his neck, "That hard of a mission, huh?"

"Yeah. Turns out that there was one very pissed off spirit and he ended up possessing one of the tour guides. It wasn't fun handling with him, but the other ghosts were willing to go." The son of Anubis explained.

"That is good. Are you hungry?"

"Not really. The airplane food wasn't that bad and plus I was starving by the time I got on the plane, so I was willing to eat anything. How was your week?" Raphael asked, looking at his wife.

"Good. Adonis has been torturing the cat and hanging around Seraphina, so nothing new on the home front. I do have to design five actresses next week for an award show, so I may not get home until late next week." Diamond explained as she began playing with her husband's hair.

Raphael gave her an odd look and smiled, asking "What are you doing?"

"Nothing."

"Weirdo"

"I love you too."

Raphael bursted out laughing, never getting tired of their playful banter. They always seem to keep each other smiling and joking, even if someone was not in the mood at all that night. Diamond stuck her tongue out at him when something caught her eye, which was now blue.

A small bundle was covered in a white sheet, standing behind the footboard and trying to spy on them. Diamond smirked as she tapped Raphael on the shoulder and pointed to the small creature spying on them. He turned around and looked at it as well, smiling as he knew exactly who that was.

Raphael slipped off the bed and almost stepped on Snowflake, scaring the poor thing. Diamond was pretty sure by the time Adonis starts 3rd grade, that cat will be in therapy or something.

The son of Anubis stood next to the creature as it turned to look at the older man. "Well, well. Looks like we have a rouge ghost in our own home, Dia. It seems I need to send it to Anubis and have him judge this lost soul." Raphael said in an almost teasing tone.

The creature took off the sheet to reveal itself as Adonis, who had his cheeks huffed up. "How did you know it was me, Daddy?"

Raphael laughed a little as he picked up his son and smooth out his curly black locks. "Well, there was the fact you used a bedsheet and that you make a pretty cute ghost."

"Really?!" Adonis said as he struggled out of Raphael's grip. He grabbed the bedsheet and placed it over his head.

Diamond watched from the bed as Adonis went over to the cat and began making ghost sounds. Snowflake arched his back nad hissed before running off, with Adonis chasing after him and making those ghost sounds still. Raphael shook his head as he chased after his son, praying that he didn't break anything or kill the cat. Adonis could be heard either laughing or making ghost sounds in the two-story home then lived in.

Diamond could do nothing but smile. These were memories she would keep forever.