CHAPTER 1

ARIAS POV

"I don't wike it"

My two year old daughter said about the sandwich she was eating

"Why not Lil Lil" I asked the toddler

"Because mumma, no matoes on it" she tells me as seriously as a two year old could

I try and keep a straight face because just like her father, Lilly loved tomatoes on everything or even just by themselves. Between Lilly and Ezra we normally go through 2kg of tomatoes in a week.

"Ok baby. You don't have to eat it. Would you like me to cut you up some tomato?"

"Yes pwease mummy" she replied sweetly "I wove matoes mummy"

"I know you do. Just like your daddy"

"Yeah"

When I pass her the tomato that I have cut up for her she ask me when her daddy is getting home. I looked down at my watch and realised that it was nearly one o'clock. Almost time for Ezra to get home but also nearly time for Lilly to have her daily nap.

"In about ten minute's baby" I tell her "you'll be able to spend about 40 minutes with daddy baby before you have to have your nap"

"Ok mummy" she replies sweetly 'how long is 40 minutes mummy?'

"A big time for you to play with your daddy baby"

"Yay'

I smile, I love that Lilly and Ezra have a close bond. I'm glad that they were close. Unlike I was with my dad and Ezra with his parents.

EZRAS POV

I pull into the drive and smile to myself, I can't wait to see my baby girl and gorgeous wife. I love my job only having to be their when I have to teach a lesson.

I currently work at Hollis collage and only have one class. But because of my writing I don't need to work anymore hours or classes.

"Lily Bug" I yell when I walk in through the garage door. I smile when I hear her scream and Aria laugh

"DADDY!" she yells "Your home already"

She runs towards me and then leaps when she get close enough knowing that she I will catch her

"Hi baby, how was your day?"

"Good, me and mummy played babies and then we had a tea party and we washed the clothes and then we took them outside on the line and they nearly all blowed away." She told me with a giggle

"Did they? That's funny hey"

"Yeah daddy it was I giggled and mumma laughed too" she tells me still giggling "guess what daddy"

'What baby?'

"Aunty spenwer and uncy toby are coming to my house for dinner"

"Are they" I ask her even though I know that they were coming.

"Yeah daddy they is"

"They are" I tell her correcting her

"I just said that daddy." She tells me with a giggle "you silly daddy"

I just laugh because she is as stubborn as her mummy. So there isn't any point saying anything.

"And guess what else daddy'

"What?'

"Me and mummy made a chocolate cake today and we gets to eat it after dinner and we gets to have pizza for dinner daddy, Aunty Spenwer and Uncy toby are bringing me some"

"Does daddy get some pizza too?"

"Yeah daddy you too and mommy too….. Come on daddy lets pway now"

"Baby you have half an hour till nap time" Aria tells our daughter

"ok mumma" Lilly yells as she runs towards the playroom

ARIA POV

I go and try to find Ezra and Lilly to tell Lilly that it's time for her nap.

"Lil baby its nap time" I say as I walk into the playroom

I smile and try not to laugh as I see my husband squeezing onto one of the tiny princess chairs that are in the room wearing a tiara and fairy wings having a tea party. I love that my husband will play dress ups and have tea parties with our daughter and doesn't feel like he is too macho for it.

"But mummy I not sleepy" she replies with a huge yawn

"That's ok baby why don't you just go and lay on your bed and look at one of your books." I tell her knowing that she will be a sleeping before she even finishes the book.

"Ok mumma I will" she says with another yawn "you tuck me"

"Yeah baby. Give daddy a hug and kiss"

She instantly leaps into Ezra's arms

"Wove you daddy, I going to beds now"

"Ok baby I will see you when u get up" Ezra tells her with a laugh.

I take her to change her pull-up before I put her into bed with a book and her lovey, which is the first blankey Ezra ever brought her. She doesn't even open the book she simply snuggles into her lovey and puts her thumb in her mouth and dozes off.

I quietly leave her room and go to find my husband. I find him tidying up the playroom.

"Hey baby" I say as I go up behind him and hug him from behind

"Hey. How was your morning?"

"It was good. Lilly woke up just after you left and climbed into bed with me and her lovey, but didn't go back to sleep so we were both awake early this morning. So I'm tired now"

"Why don't we go and lay down, while she's sleeping"

"Ok let's go we only have an hour and a half"