A/n: So my nice buffer I had between written chapters and posted is officially gone so you might have to be willing to wait for the next chapter, sorry. oh and as brought up by tazlvr2001 yes Steven in from an earlier story called Sunflowers, Izzy slept with his girlfriend, Harmony.

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Emily woke up early the next morning rolling out of bed she headed downstairs and started a pot of coffee. Looking down at Ra she smiled and scratched his ears.

"Come on boy, let's go get the paper and start looking for houses ok?" The dog followed her out the door and down to the street to get the paper.

"Hey Emily, you're up early." Doctor Stockton was outside by his own mailbox.

"Hey." Emily walked over to him. "I never got to thank you…"

"Don't because I don't need it." He smiled, "How's your side doing?"

"Great."

"And Isabel?"

"She's engaged."

"Ah, to Tara?"

"Of course."

"They'll do good together."

"They will."

"Oh and hey, there is a nice place for sale on the other side of town."

"Yeah?"

"I'll take you and Jenn out there later." He said looking down at Ra he pushed the dogs fur out of his eyes, "I'll come round later"

"Alright, say noon?"

"Alright." He agreed and walked back to his house. Emily went back inside to find Tara pouring herself a cup of coffee.

"Morning." Emily said taking the cup from Tara who huffed and got another mug.

"Morning."

"Sleep well?"

"As much as one can with a puppy in the room."

"Raiden keep you up all night?" Emily smirked.

"Not just up! He kicked me out of bed at three in the morning."

"So why you up so early?" Emily asked.

"Again, try sleeping with a puppy."

"Yeah, just wait, it gets harder." Emily smiled walking back upstairs. "I don't know about you but if I were you, I'd get a shower before everyone else woke." Tara thought about it for a moment before chuckling and following Emily upstairs. She stuck her head back in the room she shared with Izzy to see she was slowly starting to wake up, she was clutching Tara's pillow to her chest. Shutting the door till it clicked Tara turned around to come face to face with Emily, who was holding up a towel.

"Thanks."

"Yeah, well JJ has this thing with keeping the good towels away from Izzy and Jaden."

"Emily… just Thanks." Tara smiled and Emily chuckled knowing what the girl meant and walked away. Tara walked down the hall to the shared bathroom, it was decorated like you were under the water of the ocean, fish all over. At first it creped Tara out but slowly she got use to it, besides the fact that she still thought the fish were staring at her naked. The thing she loved about living here was that Emily and JJ believed in having a radio in the bathrooms, it was nothing fancy but it was music and Tara was in heaven. Even back with her parents she would sneak her radio in the bathroom for showers, she just couldn't give up the chance to 'explore' the acoustics of the small room. Turning the shower on she grabbed her bag of toiletries from under the sink and smiled, Jaden loved putting hotel bars of soap in her bag as a joke, and laying on the top of all her things was a bar with a big heart on it. Turning the radio on she flipped to her channel, threw the towel over the bar, before stripping down and got in the hot water. Another thing Tara loved about showers was how solitary it was, she went from nearly always being alone at her house to never being alone here. It wasn't that she didn't love her new family, it just sometimes she needed a moment to catch her breath, to realize that she's still there, living. The downside to this was normally she ended up thinking about her mom again, and even though it had been months already, she still couldn't control the sadness that over took her when she thought about her mom. Slowly tears started falling down her cheeks, and the tears turned to sobs, between her crying, the water, and the radio she didn't hear the door open and close, nor did she hear the movement of someone else in the room. She only realized someone was with her when arms snaked around her.

"It's ok." Izzy whispered to her kissing her shoulder, this made Tara cry harder.

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Emily crawled back in bed next to JJ, she kissed her temple before wrapping her arms around her and closing her eyes.

"Izzy's in the shower with Tara." JJ whispered.

"I know." Emily said just as softly back.

"Tara's still not adjusted well."

"I know." Emily kissed JJ again. "She'll be ok, she's got us after all."

"Do you think Izzy can handle it?"

"Jennifer, she's an adult now, I have to trust that we raised her well enough to know how to handle this." Emily said as JJ rolled over to look at her.

"You're right."

"I'm always right."

"Don't be so sure." JJ smiled kissing her.

"Doc wanted us to join him today, he wanted to show us a house on the other side of town."

"Why?"

"To buy."

"Are we really going to move?"

"I think we should, I know neither of us are sleeping well anymore here, and I'm guessing Jaden and Izzy aren't either, and I know for a fact Tara isn't. Besides all that I can't pull up our driveway anymore with out my heart skipping a beat, and we could use extra room."

"I guess you're right."

"Two for two so far." Emily smirked and JJ rolled her eyes.

"What time does he want to go?"

"Noon, I figured since the girls were just going to lay around all day anyway it was a good enough time to go."

"Oh no, they are going with us."

"What?"

"All of them, they are going to be part of this Em. It's their house too." JJ said and Emily nodded.

"Ok, I agree."

"Good." JJ smiled and rolled out of Emily's arms, "We should get ready then, we still have to feed them." She kissed Emily before walking out of the room, Nico and Ra following close behind her.

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Izzy sat with her arms wound tightly around Tara kissing her shoulder every few minutes, it was far from the first time she had found her a wreck in the shower, it seemed to be her favorite spot to fall apart.

"Tara," Izzy said softly and Tara slowly looked at her. "let's get you washed up and out before the water runs cold." She said and Tara agreed, standing up she helped Tara up.

"I'm sorry." Tara said facing Izzy, who smiled wiping Tara's tears away.

"Don't be." Izzy kissed Tara softly. "You were there for me, you'll be there for me, I'll be there for you, ok?" She said and Tara nodded. "We're a team, we've got to help one another. Plus it doesn't hurt that you're good to look at." She smiled and Tara gave a half smile. Izzy smiled wider and kissed Tara again.

"I love you." Tara said softly, her forehead resting against Izzy's.

"I know you do. It's why I chose you to be mine." Izzy smiled.

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JJ looked up to see Tara and Izzy walking down the stairs both looking exhausted, they sat down at the table looking up at her.

"Well good morning." She smiled.

"Yeah." Tara muttered resting her head on her arms on the table, Izzy put her head on Tara's shoulder, sighing.

"Gezz did you not sleep at all?"

"An hour maybe?" Tara said and JJ smiled.

"Well that's ok, we're not doing much today, just going to a house in town."

"Why?"

"We're looking to move."

"What?" Izzy's head shot up. "Why?"

"Well, why didn't you sleep last night?"

"Raiden."

"Truth."

"If one of us isn't have a nightmare the other is." Tara mumbled and JJ nodded.

"Same with your mother and I."

"You and mom are having nightmares?"

"We're not above them honey." JJ smiled. "Anyway, our family is growing we should get more space."

"Growing?"

"Tara, and the boys."

"Oh gezz. Thank god." Izzy said putting her head back down.

"This brings up another point. We would like for you both to have your own rooms, we're not saying you can't share a room, but we are saying that you both need space."

"What?" Tara looked up confused.

"We haven't really figured out the details, but we want there to be at least two rooms, Emily's convinced it should be three, one for Izzy, one for you, and one for both of you."

"Two should be fine." Tara said. "If we fight or need space I'll use the spare room."

"We're also looking into larger lots."

"For the boys?"

"Not just them, but yes mainly."

"You know… we could use a pool table." Izzy said looking at JJ.

"Now you're pushing it." JJ smirked.