Here is chapter four! I hope y'all enjoy it! The next few chapters are this are going to be amazing! I can't wait to post them! But for now enjoy this! And please please review!

Amanda

Chapter Four: Moments

Bright sunlight pouring into the bedroom triggers my eyelids to flutter open at roughly eight A.M. My eyes struggle to adjust to the sudden brightness. I groan as I roll out of bed. Hoping it will wake me up, as well as clear my mind of the haunting memories that invaded my dreams last night, I decide that a hot shower is just what I need.

After turning the water on and letting it warm up, I slip the straps of my nightgown over my shoulders, letting it fall into a silky heap at my feet. I step out of my underwear and into the steaming shower. The hot water rushes over my head and shoulders, leaving beads of water scattered across my bare skin. The shower does exactly what I want it too and fifteen minutes later I emerge feeling alert and fresh.

After dressing I head downstairs. Lila and Benjamin are playing quietly at their toy kitchen in the living room and Ezra is sitting on the couch feeding Brennen.

"Good morning baby." I say, sneaking up behind Ezra and kissing him on the cheek.

"Hey, you're up, I was going to come wake you when I was done feeding Bren. I have to leave for work soon."

"Ugh that's right, it's Friday, your early day." I say, sitting down beside him on the couch.

"Hi mommy." Lila greets me, running over to the couch and climbing into my lap, Ben follows, trying to shove Lila out of the way.

"Ow! Mommy! Ben is hurting me!" Lila begins to cry.

"Ben, you cannot both sit on my lap, Lila was here first." I reprimand, pulling Ben off Lila and sitting him next to me.

"But I wanna cuddle you!" Ben whines.

"Benjamin, you heard mommy, you need to wait." Ezra tells him, Ben pouts his lips and then starts crying.

"Oh if you both are going to start whining as soon as I wake up then I don't think Liam can come over today." This reminds the twins that Spencer and Toby's son, Liam, is coming over to spend the night while Spencer and Toby are busy with class and working. However it doesn't have the effect I want, and instead of the twins calming down, they begin throwing fits. Ben tossed himself onto the floor, crying and whining, and Lila burst into tears at the thought that Liam wouldn't be allowed to come over.

Annoyed by their sudden tantrums I take Brennen from Ezra and head into the kitchen, leaving Ezra to deal with the twins. As I place Brennen in his bouncy seat on the counter so I can get breakfast I hear the twins screaming no as Ezra tells them to go up to their rooms until they can calm down. Sending the twins to time-out has always been a form of punishment for them and they typically abide without fuss, so I'm confused when Ezra comes in the kitchen five minutes later telling me he had to carry them both upstairs.

"I don't know how I'm going to handle four kids by myself until you get home from work."

"Spencer doesn't have anyone else who could take Liam?" Ezra asks, rubbing his hands in soothing circles on my shoulders.

I shake my head. "She asked me first because Liam wanted to stay the night last weekend when they were here. We agreed this would be the perfect opportunity since Toby is working a few towns over for the week and Spencer has class and trials to attend."

Ezra kisses me on the forehead. "You'll be fine. I will be back by five. Just try and plan some things for them to do in case they get rowdy or bored okay?"

I nod my head. "I was doing so well this morning until the twins had their meltdown."

"I know." Ezra kissed me head again. "I know. They woke up early and are just excited to see Liam. I've got to go get ready for work."

I nod, pulling Ezra's face to mine and kissing him long and hard on his lips before releasing him.

"Have fun at work."

"I'll try. You take it easy today okay? Have Hanna or Emily and Maya come over if you need extra hands."

"Okay."

Ezra kisses me again as the doorbell rings. "I'll tell Benny and Li they can come down."

"They need to get dressed first." I say, taking Brennen out of his seat to go answer the door.

"Hey Aria, thank you so much for watching him, I can't believe I scheduled these trials on the same day Toby has to be out of town all week. Do you need William's car seat?" Spencer rattles off the second I've opened the front door, Liam running over the threshold in front of her.

"No, no I don't need his car seat. And trust me it's no problem. The twins are very excited he is staying the night."

Spencer carries Liam backpack into the foyer, setting it down next to Liam's blanket that he has dropped on his way in.

"Where are the twins at anyway?" Spencer asks, looking around.

"They're upstairs getting dressed. They didn't have a very good morning so they were sitting in time-out until you got here."

Spencer frowns. "Aria are you sure you're okay with watching him? I noticed last week that you weren't really yourself. I'm sure Emily would love to take him."

"It's okay Spence, he's already here. It would just upset him and the twins if we told them he wasn't staying."

"Okay, but if you need anything call okay? Are you okay?"

I nod my head. "Yeah, I've just been tired and all with Brennen not sleeping well at night."

Spencer nods her head but I can tell from the look on her face that she doesn't believe me. "Okay, call me okay? Liam come give me kisses and hugs, mommy has to go to class." Liam jumps up from his spot on the floor next to the twins and runs to give Spencer a quick hug and kiss before scurrying back to play.

"Alright, I'll call you tonight."

"Okay."

"Thank you again Aria."

"No problem Spence. See ya."

"Bye. Bye baby! Mommy will see you tomorrow!"

Spencer walks out the door, casting a worried glance at me on the way out.

Saturday- Spencer's POV

"Something is wrong with Aria. I'm worried about her." I tell Hanna and Emily, who are seated on my living room couch, handing them each a cup of fresh coffee. They both glance at their cups warily. "Oh come on guys, I've had much more experience making coffee. I promise you it's fine to drink." They both pick up their cups, taking a small sip before returning them to the table.

"So what's wrong with her? She's not sick is she?" Emily asks worriedly.

"I did notice she seemed kind of off when we were there last weekend." Hanna adds concernedly, cradling Sophia in her arms.

"I'm not sure what's wrong exactly. She told me she's just been tired since Brennen was born, but she was never like this after the twins were born and she had two infants then." I explain.

"Wouldn't she tell us if something was wrong though?" Hanna says.

"Usually yes, which is why I know that this is something very serious if she isn't telling us what's going on." I'm pacing in front of Emily and Hanna now.

"We need to do something then." Emily comments.

"What? A intervention? Drag her to the shrink and say 'Fix her?'" Hanna suggests.

I glare at her. "Seriously Han?"

"Actually the intervention idea might work. How else are we going to find out what's wrong with her unless we just all show up on her doorstep?" Emily says thoughtfully.

"True. Now we just need to figure out when to attack." I say matter-of-factly.