"Oh I completely forgot, when you were gone just now, I got the call; I got it. I'm moving in next week," she said ecstatically as Ezra and Aria's face mirrored her emotions.

"That's wonderful! We'll help you move in of course," Ezra offered while Aria continued to beam at Ella.

"It will be wonderful having you just 10 minutes away. We've missed having family nearby," Aria said as Ella smiled in response.

"I know hon, and I miss you all like crazy so far away. Okay, I better go. I'll speak to you soon Aria. Bye girls," Ella screamed up the staircase.

"BYE NANA," Was screamed down the stairs shockingly loudly which made all the adults laugh.

"Bye," Ella said again as she left.

"Should we make Lily her favourite meal tonight?" Ezra asked Aria who immediately smiled and nodded before grabbing her keys.

"Now girls," Ezra began when he had them seated at the dining room table. "We had a problem in the kitchen, the oven broke, and well, the bad news is, we are only able to have boiled vegetables for lunch," he informed them sadly as both girls became immediately disappointed.

"Surprise," Aria said as she carried in a piping hot paper packet of fish and chips. "In honour of you, Lil. We're so proud of you honey," she said warmly before kissing Lily on the forehead once more. Aria sat the package down in the centre of the table and immediately tore the paper so everyone could dig in.

"AND there's cake in the fridge I got for desert, no biggie," Aria teased as both the girls screamed happily. Lily jumped off of her chair and ran to the fridge. "CHOCOLATE," Lily shouted happily as Olivia screamed a huge YESSS.

"But here's the deal, because you've both already had a chocolate muffin with nana Ella, youre only allowed one piece of that cake today so you don't turn into chocolate," she teased as both girls agreed with what their mother was saying.

"Gang, I'm proud of you all. Now, let's eat," Ezra announced happily as Aria's hand crawled to his knee under the table. He smiled kindly at her before their attention was taken by the girls who started throwing down their fish and chips like they'd never seen food before in their lives.

With Aria's head pressed tightly against his chest, his right arm draping over her shoulder; he brushed her ribcage with his had soothingly as he read aloud. Dinner had been eaten and Lily and Olivia had just gone to bed. Ezra and Aria were snuggled up on the couch in the library downstairs, there was not a sound but Ezra's voice. Their breathing matching in relaxed pace, they became lost in the world described in the novel clasped in Ezra's hand. Aria buried the bridge of her nose against his chest, kissing his body tenderly. A smile formed on his mouth and he let out a peaceful sigh as she nuzzled her head back into his chest again, before Ezra resumed reading. Aria's hand extended around Ezra's ribs so she was hugging him tightly before she peacefully closed her eyes. Ezra noticed her nodding off and continued to read with a smile on his lips, wrapping his right arm even tighter around her small frame.

"Dad, can we make pancakes?" Lily asked when Ezra and Aria came down stairs to their kitchen the next morning. Lily and Olivia had clearly been up for a while and had been itching to ask. "Because it's a Saturday, and my first play rehearsal isn't for two hours, there's time!" Lily informed her father, who nodded with open eyes, knowing there was absolutely no way to get out of it even if he wanted to.

"Of course, let's get the ingredients," Ezra told her as they both headed for the kitchen cupboard.

"How'd you sleep, Olivia?" Aria asked as she picked her youngest daughter up and sat down with her on her lap. Lily nuzzled her head into Aria's chest, much like she had with Ezra the night before. Olivia was still clearly waking up and was sleepy to say the least.

"Mummy, I've been thinking for a long time. I want to learn how to play the violin," she told her before her big doe eyes turned around to meet her mother's, filled with hope.

"Well, daddy and I would have to talk about it. But you learning and instrument sounds like a great idea," she said cuddling her baby tightly while she smiled. Aria turned around to meet Ezra's glare, which was panicked and shaking furiously. A 4 year old with a violin would not be the most soothing of ideas.

"DAD," Lily shouted as she grabbed the flour from the shelf, the last ingredient they had to get and tried to regain his attention.

"Right, uh, yeah. Sorry, Lil," he said as he began collecting the necessary utensils for the project.

"This isn't a good idea. What's wrong with the piano?" Ezra asked his wife when they were alone a little later. They were in their bedroom, standing either side of the bed as they talked, Ezra pacing a little as he spoke. "Don't get me wrong, I think her learning an instrument is wonderful; but have you heard screeching violin strings at the hands of a child? It's not peaceful, that's for sure," he said sighing lightly, letting his hands flop down to a neutral position. "I'm sorry, I just…" he began with a dramatic change in tone. "Aria, I'm sorry. You know I want our girls to do whatever hobby they want. I just had a stressful day at work is all; which is no excuse," he reflected sadly, disappointed in his behaviour with his head lowered, his hands fumbling against each other.

Aria tilted her head as she quickly went to where Ezra was standing. She clasped his hands in hers and their eyes met lovingly. In that look, she reminded him that everything was, and was going to be okay. She then placed his arms around her back before pressing her body to his in a tight hug, both of them closing their eyes as they savoured the sensation. Their hands briefly roamed each other's backs before they sighed contently and drew even closer to each other.

"You want to talk about it?" Aria asked softly, breaking the silence while they remained in their embrace.

"Not now, later, please?" Ezra asked of her before he kissed the top of her head longingly, her hands falling to his lower back in response.

"Thank you everyone for coming," Ms Page told the group of 3rd graders on the Saturday afternoon. "Today, you're all going to find out your parts. We're also going to start blocking, acting out some scenes," she shared happily. It was common knowledge throughout the class that Lily had written the play. Ms Page, unsurprisingly to her, had been over the moon with Lily's work, as had the other teachers involved, including the principle of the school. Lily's friends were impressed, and everyone was happy for her. Considering the pettiness of some children usually, the situation for Lily was a dream. As she was so content with herself, happy and confident; all other children in the class had accepted her literary skills with open arms, praising her work boldly while she modestly smiled.

"Now Lily, would you do the honour of reading out the parts that me and the other teacher assigned to every student?" she asked as Lily jumped to her feet and grabbed the sheet to begin. Everyone looked up at Lily and she wasn't shy, nor shaken by the situation; she realised that she enjoyed being in such a position. It was then she was pretty certain she worked out the rest of her life.

"We're home," Ezra shouted when he and Lily arrived back later that afternoon.

"Mum's upstairs," Olivia said while sucking on her thumb, chocolate cake smeared on her shirt. Ezra's immediate thought was 'oh God, how much has she eaten this time?' "She's writing," Olivia proudly piped up before running back to the kitchen.

"NO MORE CAKE," Ezra shouted after Olivia before he started heading up the stairs.

"I'll watch her," Lily offered maturely, calmly, before she set off to the kitchen. Ezra nodded at Lily, before he began climbing the stairs.

Ezra knocked on Aria's ajar study door.

"Come in. Hey," Aria said soothingly when she saw who was at the door. "How did it go?" Aria asked as Ezra bent down to kiss her lips tenderly. "Ms Page said she did wonderfully. All the kids are enjoying their parts and the play. It's definitely starting with a good foot," Ezra reflected happily, before smiling even bigger at Aria. "When do I get to read this?" Ezra asked before reaching over her towards her computer.

"Nope, no no, not yet," she said as she slammed her computer screen shut, narrowly missing Ezra's fingers. His head had frozen near hers, and she immediately turned with a smile on her face while he remained focused ahead. She raised her hands either side of his head to clasp his face in her hands as she commenced kissing and nibbling at his ears, making Ezra laugh; definitely not moving now. Her tongue started to trace the very edge of his ear as she physically watched his whole body shudder.

"Aria, the girls," he reminded her before they separated reluctantly, both groaning knowing they had to. Later, they both thought; Aria sitting in her chair still while Ezra went to leave the room.

Ezra was on top of Aria. His hands alternating between keeping his body weight off her as much as possible to gently touching her face or running through her hair as they kissed. His hand lifted from her hair and proceeded to trace up her rib cage, so lightly that she was gasping into their kiss. She pulled on his hair before they gave a joint finishing kiss. Other things were on their mind. Ezra stared deep into her eyes before he fell to his side of the bed, sad in presence.

"Do you want to talk now?" Aria asked worriedly as she crawled to her side next to her husband. Her hand extended to brush down his cheek while he grew increasingly uneasy.

"For the next few weeks, I have to co-lecture with a colleague." He began before taking a deep breath. "Saying this man hates me is probably an understatement. Last time we had to work together, he ripped me apart in front of all the students, on unfounded, ridiculous things. He's this cocky, arrogant man who thinks he's superior to me. And what am I meant to do? Go back at him in front of the students? How unprofessional would that be? So, I just have to take it, and try and go on with the lecture" Ezra concluded.

"Why does he treat you that way?" Aria asked quietly while concerned and upset for him.

"The dean told us we both had impressive resumes for our age, impressive records. I guess, he's trying to shake me down so I'm lower. Sounds childish, doesn't it?" he asked her softly, slowly intertwining his hand with hers that was lying on the bed.

"It does. But unfortunately, some adults have never actually grown up," Aria reminded him sadly. "So, a few weeks?" Aria asked. "Why?"

"Three weeks to be exact, so about 12 lectures. We're just to both share what we had already planned. Upon seeing what we were going to present, the dean thought us sharing both sets of 'wonderful ideas' would be 'inspired'," Ezra said rolling his eyes a little.

"Well, it's obvious he thinks you're both brilliant teachers. I can only suggest keeping your cool. Your students know you're a good man, just afterwards, maybe tell this other teacher to back off? Or tell the dean?" she suggested whilst rubbing the back of his hand with her thumb. "You're a wonderful teacher, and man. Don't let him get to you so much. I'll help you get through it," Aria said suggestively, hey eyebrows raising before she crawled so her chin were atop of his chest. His hand traced her bare back under her shirt.

"Really?" he replied flirtatiously before he eagerly pressed his lips to hers while her free hand flew up to cup his face as their kiss deepened immediately.

I had a few days off; my body kind of shut down on the writing. But now, I think I've 'rebooted' if you will. :D Please review!

GilmoreGirls945 Thank you so much! I'm so glad! :D

Princessjasmine12 They do, don't they? They're so adorable! Thank you! :D

bite-me-im-irish Thank you! :D

LucyyyPLLThank you, I'm glad you thought so! :)

Notinyourlifetimehoneylol thank you so much! :) I'm glad you enjoyed it! Oh yeah, my interest in twitter goes up and down; but I'm generally happier without it, I'm finding anyway! :D

HarrylovesGinny09Thank you! :D

amberanokaNo you're fine! I like when you do review though! ;) Oh thank you! :D I imagine Lily as a mini Ezra with her love of literature, in the classroom, and with the looks of Aria. Gosh that kid would be adorable! Again, thank you so much for being so kind! :D

Caligirl28Thank you so much for such amazingly kind words! It truly means a lot to me, thank you! :D

HaleyJamesScottNathanScott ;D done and done!

Aoibheann Haha thank you very much! :) I hope some parts aren't too confusing with their past events (such as Byron and all that). I'll do a little note at the start of a chapter if something comes back up from Winter Wonderland, and give a little summary for you! ;D Though that should hardly happen as these are mostly all new events in their lives!

PrettyLittleFanHahahaha thank you so much! :D I'm glad you're also proud of Lily; I am too! ;)

msbookworm93You are so wonderfully kind! Thank you! :D