Olivia washed the dishes and kept quiet through the whole morning. Jesse was at the kitchen table flipping through a magazine with his feet on the table. "Jess did you finish your homework?"

"In a way." He answered.

Olivia turned to get his dirty plate. She pushed his legs off the table and then went to washing the dishes again. "In a way? Meaning?"

"Well…I thought about doing it…then I decided I had better things to do."

Olivia rolled her eyes. "What homework do you have?"

"I don't know."

"So how did you think about doing it?" She wiped her hands. "You have to know what homework you have at least."

He smiled. "Ok you caught me. I didn't even have the intention to bring my work at home."

She shook her head and sat down at the table by him. "You can't just slack off Jesse. You have to work. At least do your homework."

"Why?" He closed his magazine and put it on the table.

"What do you mean why?"

"Why do I have to do my homework? I know all that material" He grinned.

"You can't know the material unless you do your homework Jesse." Olivia told him. "If you need help with it, Tristan and I will help you. You just have to do your homework."

"No, I don't need homework to understand that stuff." He answered and picked up his magazine. "You can test me on it. I know all that."

"What are you learning?"

"Algebra."

"And your other homework?" Olivia questioned.

Jesse shrugged. "I know who shot Lincoln in the Ford theatre and I know all about the anatomy for biology."

Olivia nodded. "If this stuff is easy for you, maybe we should talk to the principle and push you up a grade."

"Why the hell would I do that?" He questioned confusingly. "I'm not going to work."

Olivia shook her head. "Fine. Just do your homework once in a while. No matter how smart you are, you still have to get a good grade to pass."

He nodded. "Sure thing detective."

Olivia looked at her watch. "Come on, you're going to be late for school."

"Why do I have to go?" He whined.

"Come on." Olivia grabbed his book bag. He got up and followed her out the door.

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Olivia sat on the picnic table at the park trying to teach Ace to bring the ball back when she threw it. She was waiting for it to be 3pm for Jesse to get out of school so she could take him home.

Ace ran back to her with the ball. Olivia grinned. "Good boy." She petted him. "So cute aren't you? Yes you are." She did a baby voice.

"Liv?"

She turned around and spotted Tristan coming over. "Hey hun."

"Hey." He raised an eyebrow at her short hair. "Did you get a haircut?"

She nodded. "Yeah. I had some extra time this morning when I dropped off Jesse to school so I decided to treat myself. You like?"

He ran a hand through her short hair. "Weird but it's different."

"What does that mean?" She raised her chin. "Good or bad?"

"No, it's good." He nodded. "You look cute."

"Thanks." She smiled. "What are you doing here? I thought you were working."

He couldn't resist playing with the back of her hair now. "I was."

Olivia raised an eyebrow. "And? Does your girlfriend live around here? Maybe in one of those trees?"

He laughed. "Yes. She lives in a tree. I would cheat on you with a girl that lives in the wilderness." He sat down by her on the table. "I was just hanging out."

"Alone?" She tossed the ball for Ace. The puppy quickly ran to get it. "I love that little guy."

"Yeah alone." He nodded and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"Something on your mind?"

"Not really but kind of."

Olivia nodded. "Ok. What?"

"I don't want to say." He answered with a shrug. "It's embarrassing."

"I'm your wife." She patted him on the knee. "Tell me."

He once again played with her short hair. "This hair is actually pretty cool."

"Don't change the subject Tristan." She took his hand. "Tell me."

Ace ran back to them. Tristan took the ball out his mouth and picked him up. "Maybe he is thirsty." He got off the table.

Olivia let out a deep breath and followed him to the fountain. "You're just pissing me off the more you ignore this." She informed her husband.

"It's nothing bad Olivia." He assured her as he let Ace drink from the fountain.

"Then why won't you tell me?" She crossed her arms on her chest.

"It's embarrassing that's why." He answered. "I don't want to discuss it with you."

Olivia looked at him weirdly and moved closer. "Is it something with…your performance ability?"

He looked up at her. "No." He defended. "Nothings wrong with that."

"It's not a big deal baby. It happens to a lot of guys." She assured him.

"Olivia it's not that!" He defended and shook his head.

"Then what?" She pleaded. "Tell me."

"I want to go back to school." He told her and let out a deep breath. "There."

She raised an eyebrow. "Ok. Why is that embarrassing?"

"Because I'm a grown man." He answered and shook his head. "Forget it. You wouldn't understand." He walked away and threw the ball for Ace again as he sat down on the table.

Olivia walked back to him and sat down next to him. "Tristan you shouldn't be embarrassed about wanting to go back to school. A lot of adults do it."

He shook his head. "It's not the same. Everyone I know already finished college and they have careers to be proud of. You went to Siena and you're a detective. Casey went to law school and she's a lawyer."

"You own a car shop. It's a business. You're extremely intelligent."

He shook his head. "Only reason I have that is because my dad left it for me. I'm just a mechanic though."

"Baby why do you need a college degree to make you feel like better about yourself?" She questioned and placed her arm around his shoulders.

He shrugged. "I don't know."

She kissed his temple. "If you want to go back to college then go for it. All I'm saying is you don't need a piece of paper to tell you how smart you are. You're smarter than me. Am I smart?"

"Yeah."

"Well there you go." She rested her head on his shoulders. "Only person that should make you feel stupid is me because I'm your wife." She smiled a little.

He smirked a little. "Thanks."

"You are going back to college? I would love to seduce you while you're doing homework."

He shrugged a little. "I don't know. You want me to go?"

"I want you to do this because it's what you want. Not because of me." She told him. "I could care less if you went to college."

He nodded. "In that case I'll think about it."

"What you wanted to go because of me?"

"Yeah." He answered with a shrug. "I didn't want you to have to lie to people where I went to college."

She shook her head. "I wouldn't do that. I don't care what they think."

He gave her a kiss. "Thank you for being the coolest person in the world."

"You're welcome." She smiled up at him.

He once again messed with her short hair. "I can't wait to have sex."

Olivia laughed a little. "Who said you were going to get some?"

"I'm very charming." He answered with a smirk. He spotted Casey on a swing just sitting there mindless. "Maybe you should go talk to her."

Olivia turned around and spotted what her husband was looking at. "Oh. I don't know. She's still ignoring me."

"Well you can try or otherwise you guys will never talk." He encouraged her. "If you want I can walk over there and pretend I tripped so I get you guys talking."

Olivia smirked. "Sweet but no." She got off the table. "I'll be back." She walked over to the swings and sat down on the empty one by her best friend. "Hey."

Casey glanced over at her. "Hey."

"Can we talk? I don't really like it when you ignore me."

Casey shrugged. "Ok."

Olivia nodded a little. "How you doing?"

"Been busy."

"Work?"

"No, planning Chris's funeral." Casey answered simply.

Olivia nodded a little. "Casey you know I didn't mean to do that. It was self-defense I swear."

"I know. That's the worst part." Casey answered. "I was going to marry him and I didn't even know he was like that."

"Casey he hit you. He gave you a bruise. You had to suspect he was violent."

Casey just shook her head. "Look its over. I don't want to think about that again."

Olivia nodded. Before she could say anything someone slipped in between them and fell. Both looked over and spotted Tristan on the ground. Olivia smiled and bit her lip not to laugh at her goofy husband. "You ok there?"

Tristan nodded. "Yeah." He looked over at Casey. "Hi."

Casey nodded. "Hi."

He sat up a little. "I was just…getting the dog."

Casey nodded and pointed to Ace on the little bridge on the playground. "Him?"

Tristan got off the ground and looked over. "Yeah." He circled around the play area and let out a groan realizing he had to climb up to get the dog.

Olivia and Casey sat there in amusement watching Tristan climb up the little stairs that he was obviously too big for. Ace ran into the small house. "Oh c'mon." Tristan groaned as he crawled through the small tunnel. He stopped. "Olivia I think I'm stuck."

Olivia and Casey exchanged looks trying not to laugh at him. "Try and get out." Olivia called over.

"Baby I need help." He called over. "Please? You're a cop, you pulled people out of little tunnels before right?"

Olivia laughed a little and got up. "No but I guess I will help." She climbed up on the slide. "Give me your hand." She grabbed his hand and tugged.

"Ow! I need my arm attached to me you know?" He complained.

Casey shook her head and climbed onto the slide with Olivia. "Both hands." She instructed. She grabbed one of his arms and Olivia grabbed the other. Both pulled and all three ended up sliding down the slide losing balance.

Casey head first, Olivia on her back and Tristan on his stomach. All three let out groans lying on the ground by the slide. Casey and Olivia instantly slapped Tristan on the stomach. "What I do?" He asked.

"You're an idiot that's what." Casey answered and sat up as she rubbed her arm.

Olivia got up and went to get the dog that was now on the ground. "C'mon Ace."

"Now he decides to be nice." Tristan shook his head. "Stupid dog."

Olivia rolled her eyes and went back to her husband. She grabbed his hand and helped him get off the ground. "We better get going so we're not late for Jesse."

Tristan nodded and took Ace from her. "I'll get the car." He waved at Casey and walked away.

Olivia looked over at Casey. "So um…we're cool?"

Casey nodded. "Yeah."

Olivia smiled a little. "Alright. I'll see you around." She followed after Tristan.

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Olivia made dinner as Tristan walked around reading a book and Jesse watched TV. "Olivia did you know that a baby only see's black and white for the first few months?"

"So?" Olivia asked.

"Well why is that Barney guy purple?"

"Because he is gay." Jesse mumbled from the living room.

"I wasn't asking you." Tristan told him and turned to his wife again.

Olivia shrugged. "I don't know."

"I do." Jesse spoke up.

"Shut up." Tristan told him and flipped a page of the book. "Do you know what is the biggest organ of the body?"

Olivia let out a deep breath knowing her husband was fascinated with medical facts and she went along with it to satisfy him. "Um…the heart?"

"The skin." Jesse answered.

Tristan nodded. "Jess is right. It's the skin."

"You said organ" Olivia defended. "Skin isn't an organ."

"Yes it is." Jesse answered. "Just like your funny bone isn't a comedian."

Olivia let out a loud laugh. "And the lamest joke goes to?"

"Jesse!" Tristan laughed also.

Jesse rolled his eyes and got up. "You guys are nerds."

"Yeah baby!" Olivia high-fived Tristan and went back to making dinner.

Jesse grabbed his shoes. "Speaking of nerds, I have to go meet a study group."

"No you don't." Tristan shook his head.

"Ok you're right." Jesse nodded. "It's a study group of one girl and instead of learning we will be making out." He grinned and tried to leave. Olivia grabbed his shirt and pulled him back in.

"Who is this girl?" She questioned.

"Um…I forgot her name but she does have C sized breasts and a nice ass. Good?" Jesse asked.

"Where are you taking her?"

"Well the cheapest place to make out is the movies so I'm taking her to the movies." He answered.

"Did she agree to this making out session?" Tristan questioned.

"Well it's not like it's hot if I ask her if I can shove my tongue down her throat but I'm assuming it's ok cause she made the first move."

"Meaning?" Olivia asked next.

Jesse thought for a second. He looked at Olivia and shifted uncomfortably. He whispered it to Tristan in his ear. "Ok bye." He left the apartment.

Olivia looked over at her husband. "What did he say?"

"You don't want to know." He shook his head and went back to his book.

"Yes I do. Tell me."

"They made out in the boys bathroom at school." Tristan answered. "And I quote, 'she made me touch her in the happy zone'."

Olivia looked at her husband. "And you let him go?"

"Well." Tristan shrugged. "It's just touching."

"What if they have sex?"

Tristan looked at her confusingly. "I don't understand. I thought we were supposed to be nice to him."

Olivia slapped him on the chest. "I didn't mean this nice."

He rubbed his chest. "C'mon Olivia, you think he is a virgin?"

"Is he?"

Tristan pretended to think for a bit. "Well…it's not for me to say but I heard a rumor."

"He isn't is he?"

"Simply put? No." Tristan answered with a shrug.

Olivia turned the stove off. "Ok I'm stopping him from going out." She tried to leave but Tristan grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"C'mon don't make a big deal out of this. He is being safe."

"He talked to you about this?"

"Well yeah…I sort of gave him condoms." Tristan answered and closed his eyes waiting to be hit by his wife.

Olivia crossed her arms on her chest. "Excuse me?"

"Well when he told me he already lost his virginity I wanted to make sure he was being safe so I gave him the condoms."

Olivia raised an eyebrow. "We don't use condoms. Where did you get them?"

"From the drug store." Tristan answered. "I bought it for him. It's not a big deal."

"When were you planning on telling me this?"

He smiled a little. "Tonight after I made you a bubble bath and gave you a massage." She raised an eyebrow. "I finished the dinner and bought you chocolates."

Olivia nodded. "Good answer." She walked past him and went to the bedroom.