Ariana-6 years. Eli and Clare are technically liked 23 and 24 and live in their own house

"Ariana, go get dressed." Clare said after coming out the shower. She had got a job when Ariana was about 4 since the daycare had her she didn't need to take care of her all the time. She was now in first grade. Ariana ran to her room to get dressed while Eli and Clare were getting dressed in their room.

"What time do you have to be to work?" Eli asked putting on some pants.

"At 10." She responded putting on a dress shirt. She got a job as editor of soon to be published books and Eli had managed to changed his work hours to 9 to 5. It was about 9:30 am now. They were all dressed. Ariana had on a green dead hand shirt similar to the one Eli has. She had on jeans and simple converse. Her hair was like Clare's so the everything was curly with the exception of the bang, which was straightened.

"I'm ready Mommy." Clare grabbed her purse and Eli followed them out. Eli began driving to Ariana's daycare and soon arrived, "I'll bring her inside." Eli offered so he could keep things moving quickly since he was late. Clare nodded and Eli went to the other side of the car.

"Bye Mommy." She gave Clare a kiss and ran into the building with Eli following. Eli soon came back out and hopped in the car, "You want to get some coffee before I drop you off?"

She nodded. They soon arrived in Starbucks. Eli quickly got her coffee and they hopped back in the car making his way to her job.

"I'll see you later." She said giving him a kiss, grabbed her coffee and made her way to her office building. Eli nodded and drove off.

XXXXX Ariana in school

"Hey" She smiled hugging her friend Lily.

"Hi. How was your weekend?" Lily asked.

"It was fun; I went to amusement park with my mommy and daddy." She smiled. Soon a guy named Tyler came up to them.

"Hey guys." He said sitting on the carpet next to him. Ariana looked at him, blushed and muttered a 'Hi.'

"I'm having a birthday party Saturday; do you guys want to come?" Tyler asked.

Both Lily and Ariana nodded and Tyler walked off to tell more people about his party. Ariana looked at him as he walked away.

"Ariana, you okay?" Lily asked breaking her from the daze she was in.

"Uhm-yeah, I'm fine." Lily looked and followed Ariana's gaze, "You so like Tyler." Lily pointed out.

"What? No, of course n-not." She stuttered.

"You do, I mean you blushed when he came over here and you can't stop looking at him."

"I mean can you blame me? He's so cute." She gazed at him, his light brown curly hair, freckles, perfect teeth, green eyes. He was perfect.

"He is kind of cute." Lily added in.

"You should come to my house after school."

"Okay." Lily responded.

Ariana nodded and the teacher got their attention to start their day.

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"Ariana, your father is here." Ms. Patterson called, daycare advisor. Ariana ran over to hug her dad's leg and he picked her up.

"How was your day sweetie?" Eli asked.

"It was fun, daddy can Lily come over today?" She asked.

"Yeah, sure." Ariana got down and ran over to Lily, "He said yes." They both squealed and grabbed their bags. Before they could make their way out, Tyler stopped them.

"Guys, don't forget to ask your parents."

Lily responded with an 'I won't.' While Ariana blushed and nodded.

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"Do you think your dad's gonna say yes?" Lily asked Ariana as they both laid on Ari's bed.

"I don't know, I hope so." She let out a sigh.

XXXX Downstairs

Eli was lying on the couch and he heard the front door open and turned to it.

"Hey, how was work?" He asked.

"It was good." Clare said kicking off her shoes. "I'm tired." She walked over to him and sat at the edge of the couch, "Where's Ari?"

"Upstairs, she has a friend over." Clare nodded and went upstairs when she heard their conversation.

"But do you think he likes me? He probably doesn't." Ariana said.

"Why wouldn't he? You're so pretty. I'm sure he does, maybe you'll find out at the party."

"I don't know if I could wait that long." Ariana argued when Clare interrupted them, " Hey guys."

"H-hey mom." Ariana said scared that her mom heard the conversation.

"So what's this party I hear of?"

"Uhm this boy in my class is having a birthday party."

Clare went and sat on the bed, "And you like him?"

Ariana looked down and nodded. "Why are you embarrassed?" Clare asked.

"Because you're my mom."

Clare laughed, "You are too young to have a boyfriend but I'm not gonna stop you from liking a boy."

Ariana nodded in response, "So can I go his birthday party?"

"I'll see, I'll go ask daddy."

"Noo,nooo." Her daughter quickly stopped her. "Don't tell him about the boy."

"I won't, I'll just tell him about the party."

Ariana nodded and hugged her mom. Clare went downstairs and Eli was still lying down.

"Babe, Ariana wants to go to her friend's birthday party Saturday."

"Sure, what friend?" He asked.

"His name is Tyler, I think."

"It's a boy?" Eli asked now sitting up on the couch.

"Yeah, but he's a friend Eli."

"Fine, she can go." Clare smiled and kissed him and went upstairs to tell her daughter the news.

XXXXX Saturday

"Mommy, help me pick something cute." Clare got off her daughter's bed and went through the closet.

"Do you want to wear a dress, skirt or pants?" Clare asked her daughter.

"A dress, I think he will like a dress." She blushed.

Clare smiled at her daughter and picked out a soft green, cotton dress with flowers at the bottom of it. She picked out a white cardigan for her daughter and some white flower sandals.

"How's this?" She showed her daughter.

"Perfect." Ariana smiled and thanked her mom and got dressed.

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The party was at his house. Clare had dropped her daughter off telling her to use their house phone to call her when the party was over and it was an advantage for Clare and Eli so they can have some alone time.

"Do you see him?" Ariana asked holding his gift.

"Yea, he's right there." Lily pointed. They both walked over to him, "Hey Tyler." Ariana nervously said.

Tyler turned around, "Hey guys, thanks for coming." She handed him the gift and he thanked her. They played several games such as pin the tail on the donkey, limbo and several other kiddy games.

They settled down and were now eating birthday cake. "Should I go talk to him?" Ariana asked.

Lily quickly nodded with cake smudged all around her mouth. Ariana turned around and saw her crush talking to her girl and he kissed her cheek, her heart dropped. She turned back to Lily, "I guess he likes someone else." She sighed.

"I'm sorry." Her friend took her into a hug. Ariana had a tear fall down her cheek, "I don't like boys."

"Me either, just because of this." Lily said trying to cheer her friend up. Someone soon interrupted them, "Hey Ariana." She looked and saw Tyler.

"What?"

"Can I talk to you please?" He weakly smiled. She looked at Lily weirdly and went over to talk to him.

"What do you want?"

"Are you okay? You don't look like you're having fun." Tyler pointed out.

"Why do you care?" She muttered.

"Because I want to make sure the prettiest girl at my party is having fun." She looked up at him and questioned him, "What?"

"I want to make sure you're having fun."

"But you called me pretty." Tyler bluntly nodded in response.

"But why? What about the girl you kissed?"

"Oh Jessica? That's my sister." He laughed and Ariana instantly felt stupid. "Oh." She muttered.

"Yeah." He smiled. A silence fell among them until Tyler broke it, "I like you."

She looked up and blushed a deep red, "Uhm, I-uh, I like you too."

He smiled and leaned into kiss her on the cheek. He pulled back and was looking in her eyes. He leaned into her lips and pecked them. She pulled back and squealed covering her mouth and Tyler simply smiled at himself.

"Thanks." She blushed not really knowing what to say.

"You're welcome."

"Uhm where's your house phone? I think I should call my mom now."

He went in the living room and handed it to her. In about 15 minutes, Clare had arrived to pick up her daughter and her friend.

Ariana and Lily were about to leave when Tyler pulled Ariana back a bit, "I'll see you in school."

She nodded and smiled. He kissed her on a cheek and she walked out with a blush. They walked out and hopped in a cab.

"So I'm guessing Tyler likes you." Clare pointed out to her daughter. Ariana blushed and Lily answered for her, "He does."

Ariana looked at her friend and playfully hit her, "Hush."

"So he does?" Clare questioned.

Ariana nodded, "He told me just please don't tell daddy but he…he kissed me."

"Whoa what?" Clare questioned. "Like on the lips?" Ariana nodded.

"Baby, you can't be kissing guys. You're only 6."

"But you knew I liked him."

"That doesn't mean I knew you were going to kiss him."

"Mom! C'mon, why are you being so mean?"

"Ariana, you cannot keep kissing him. Do you understand?" Clare asked.

"Fine." She muttered.

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Clare and Eli were lying in bed and she was rubbing her hands along his chest.

"Babe, are you still awake?" She asked Eli.

"Yea, what happened?"

"It's about Ariana."

"What about her?"

"At the party….her crush, he kissed her." She felt Eli's chest tightened, "What?"

"He kissed her on the lips."

"How did you avoid telling me this piece of information until now?"

"Eli, calm down." She said.

"My 6 year old daughter had her first kiss. How do you expect me to calm down?"

Eli got out of the bed and went to Ariana's room. "Eli, calm down." She followed after him to stop him.

He opened the door to Ariana's room. "You kissed a boy?" He asked her.

Ariana turned to her dad, terrified and then to her mom, "Mom, you told him?"

"I'm sorry; I didn't know he would freak out."

"Ariana, answer me." Eli said furious.

"Yes daddy, I'm sorry." She teared. Lily was sitting on the bed watching all of this happen before her.

Eli calmed down and took in deep breaths, "Its fine but you know you can't have a boyfriend."

"I know, Mommy told me." He looked to Clare and weakly smiled.

"And you can't kiss this guy either. You can like him, that's fine. But nothing else, okay?"

She sighed and nodded, "I'm sorry daddy."

"It's fine." He went over and gave her a kiss on her cheek and wished her and her friend a goodnight. He and Clare made their way back into their room, "Sorry I freaked. "Eli said.

"It's fine." She gave him a kiss.

"I can't believe she already likes boys."

"It was bound to happen sooner or later. Just imagine the day she has a boyfriend." Clare said.

"Oh god, don't even say that." He said and groaned. Clare slightly laughed, "Well we have a while till that happens." She captured her lips with his and they slowly moved over each other until she pulled back, "Goodnight, I love you."

"I love you too."

Next chapter will be when Ariana is about 13 possibly. Review