Previously on 'Our Little Relapses'

Now it was mom's turn to sigh and fill me in on somethings, "I know that you probably don't want to think about this right now, but your father has been calling me and emailing me every few days. He says that he would like to see you and take you out for lunch sometime, I thought you should know. I don't want him to have me keeping to from him over me." she informed me, you can tell that she really didn't want to tell me at all, but she knew that it was the right thing to do.

This annoyed me beyond belief. "I was just in the damn hospital for seven fucking months with not so much as a word from him, and only when I've come home he decides that he wants to see me? I don't think so, that is total bullshit. I don't need that. He thinks he can come a go as he pleases, well he can't! I don't want him anywhere near Tiffany either, she doesn't need that kind of inconsistency in her life. It's already crazy enough as it is without adding dad to the mix." I vented in response to dad trying to get a hold of me. I changed my phone number and blocked him from everything for a reason!


A few moments later mom walked out with a girl. She looks a few years older then me, has a full face of beautifully applied makeup and amazing green eyes that pop. "Hanna, Aria! It is so good to meet you. I'm Taylor Madison with Flawless Face makeup studio. We've got several locations, but as you probably know one of our locations is in the mall here in Rosewood. It's isn't our main location, but it would be if we were to close our main one." she started.. Okay, what did mom do?

"So your amazing mother came and convinced me to take a look at the tutorials that you post on YouTube, and I have to say I am beyond impressed. I showed them to my boss and she was just as impressed, so on behalf of Flawless Face I would like to offer both of you a job. Not starting right now, but once you have healed and get the okays from your doctors. Even before you start we would love it if you would come by and get a feel of the place so we can all get to know you and vice-versus." she offered with a bright smile on her face.

I'm pretty sure that my jaw dropped straight to the floor. I'm going to get to be a legit professional makeup artist. Oh my goodness. I looked over at Aria who pretty much had the same look on her face. This is like a dream come true for me, and I know that I'm way more into makeup then Aria, but I know that she loves it way more then she will tell me.

I got up out of my chair and gave Taylor a hug. "Thank you so much! This is seriously a dream come true. I can not believe that this is happening." I told her with as much enthusiasm as I could muster.

Taylor smiled and hugged me back, "Well we are looking forward to having both of you on our beauty team. I know that you've gotten pretty big on YouTube that you'll also help bring in business. But for now, I'm going to leave you to enjoy the rest of your night and continue to recover. Come by some time and we'll give you a tour and let everyone get to know you. Then whenever you feel like you are ready to start work let us know and we can start your training." she informed us as she walked over to Aria and gave her a hug.


Four months later. POV Hanna.

I confronted my father and he is out of my life for good now. He didn't seem too broken up about it, he has another family that he can go back to. He never really cared about us, it was always them. I didn't shed any tears over that and neither did he. He is not worth my time or my energy.

Mike has been just fine since his seizure, but everyone has been keeping close eyes on him. He definitely isn't a normal teenage boy anymore. He still goes to hang out with his friends and all of that, but he goes to bed early and he doesn't do any of the crazy things that boys tend to do. He knows that he has limits and he is very careful not to push them because he realizes that this is his life that is on the line- nothing to be taken lightly.

We are about half way through with getting the house fully remodeled. We added another room and a garage. We decided that with the kids getting older that they are going to need rooms to themselves before too long. Who knows what would happen if we were to let those two share a bedroom together once the terrible two's are hit. They love each other, and they definitely know how to cause mischief together. We are getting the garage because we hate leaving the cars just in the street because the drive way is only big enough for two cars when this is a three car house with friends/family that come over often.

Both Aria and I have gotten the okay to start light part-time work. So we are going to just start out working from nine to noon. That is just three hours, but that is really great for us and we are very excited for it. We start our official training tomorrow and we are both planning out how everything is going to go. We know that we will never be able to work eight hour days. Our bodies just won't let us do that, especially since Aria can't do much on her own.

We just got set up to do another makeup tutorial, this one is going to be about the looks that we wore to the party a few months ago. I can't believe that we haven't done this one before now, but I guess things just got away from us. "Hey everybody, so today's tutorial is going to be two separate looks on both Aria and I. We are going to show you the looks that we wore to the party that our family threw us when we got home from the hospital." I introduced.

We went through the tutorial then before hand we decided that we would make the announcement on the channel that we are going to be starting work as professional makeup artists. "So before we say good bye for the day, Hanna and I have some pretty big news for all of you!" Aria informed them as she fanned her self off after bathing in setting spray.

I put on my biggest smile, "Aria and I have been offered a part time job working as professional makeup artists, we start out training tomorrow and we are both super excited about it." I informed our two hundred thousand followers. It ceases to amaze me that we have accumulated that many followers, and gain more with each video.

The YouTube channel started out as just mine as a project for me to work on, but it's turned into something that Aria and I can share. While we were in the hospital we spent all of our time together, like non stop, so it was nice to have it as my own, but now that we are at home and have a little space in between us it's nice to be able to share this.

Aria has had me help her a lot with writing her portion of their book recently so that she can have all of the details perfect. As of last week she had gotten everything up to date, so now Aria and Ezra are working on collaborating their two pieces of work together and create the perfect book. I have seen bits and pieces of it and this is going to be the most epic, romantic, and inspiring book that there is. They have overcome so much and have grown to a whole new level of trust and intimacy in their relationship.

It wasn't too long ago that we were still having to deal with -A. It hasn't been too long since I had my miscarriage, and it really hasn't been all that long since we got married. Yet, in such a short time so much has changed. Between Aria and I we have three kids. I feel as if Mike and Atticus are mine, and I know that Aria feels the same way about Tiffany. We would do anything for any of them. We have gone through depression, we've been at deaths door, and we have had to recover from all of this.

"Hey, we need to decide on your outfit, hair, and makeup for tomorrow. You need to look perfect, this is going to be your first day working on clients." Alison told me taking me away from my thoughts and how far we've come.

I smiled and nodded my head. We took the lift on the stairs and to my bedroom. Aria is already in there looking through my closet for the perfect outfit. "Find anything good Ar?" I asked as she had a few outfits draped across her lap.

She nodded her head, "I was thinking about this white lace dress with the stripped blazer, or maybe that frayed blue dress, maybe the yellow sparkly shirt with the salmon colored skirt." she suggested holding the clothes up for me to see.

I smiled at her choices, they were all really perfect. Non of them are new, I wore them in high school, but for today, I like that. I shows how far that we've come and how much we have really grown, but that we are still the same people. "I'm thinking the white lace dress, do you see that gold belt that goes with it?" I asked going past her and looking through the belts in the now walk in closet. In the renovations of the house all of the closets were expanded a considerable amount much to my liking. Caleb and I couldn't fit all of our clothes in that small closet!

Alison nodded her head in agreement, "That is perfect. You should do hair in loose curls and braid it back for the half up look." she said pulling my hair back so that she could get a better visual of the look.

I'm pretty sure she just read my mind. "That's perfect. I'm thinking that with my makeup that I need to do a warm tone smokey eye. Do you think that sounds good?" I asked looking my outfit up and down.

Aria shook her head, "No I think that you need to do more of a cream or beige color look then have a pop of color in there. That would go perfect with this dress." she told me thinking out the details. I looked the dress over and agreed with her.

"You're right. The warm tones would be better with that dress if I didn't have the jacket, but the jacket pulls the outfit together." I decided taking the outfit from Aria and hung it up on the top of the door to be ready for me tomorrow.

I gave an evil smile to Aria, "You're turn!" I decided as I quickly walked out the door and to the lift on the stairs. I went down before Aria and Alison got the chance to get to me. Mike met me at the bottom of the stairs. "What are you guys doing?" he asked hearing them call me and our giggles.

I laughed as I got out, "We're deciding what we're going to wear tomorrow." I explained as I let myself into Aria and Ezra's room and went straight to the closet and started looking though Aria's clothes. Finding something for Aria is going to pose more difficult then for me because we are going to have to find something that flatters her wheelchair.

I think that she needs to wear a dress, so I'm skipping over all of her blouses and pants. It needs to be something form fitting, she has an amazing body and she needs to flaunt it! I'd pulled out a couple of dresses by the time Alison and Aria had made their way down.

Aria smile at the selection of dresses that I put on her bed. There is a knee-length pink dress with spaghetti straps, there's a very form fitting dark purple dress that is strapless with a black sash right under her boobs. She hasn't worn it since she's been in the wheelchair, but I'm still pretty sure that she would still look pretty smoakin' in it. The last one is the form fitting black dress with lace sleeves.

Aria looked the dresses over and gravitated to the black one. "This one would go great with pops of color in my accessories, like those bright pink heels and my pink bow earrings." she said picturing it in her head.

"You need to do a pink smokey eye to go with it. You know that tutorial that we did like, two months ago with the pink makeup? I think that would be perfect for this look." I suggested. I know a lot of people are kind of leery about using pink for eye makeup, but I promise you- when done right it is possible and you can look freaking hot!

She nodded her head, "That will be perfect, but what about my hair?" she asked as she moved over to in front of her mirror to look at her hair and how she should do it in the morning.

Alison ran her fingers though Aria's long mane, "I think that you need to wear it down. You sported a messy bun for so long that I don't think I will ever be able to stand you wearing it up again." she gave her opinion.

I nodded my head in agreement. Besides, with the outfit that she'll be wearing she needs to be wearing her hair down anyway. "You should do a really messy braid to the side. Like have really big curls so that most of your hair doesn't stay in the braid. I think that would look great." I suggested. She's done that hair look before and I love it every time she does it. I've tried to do it on my hair, but it never turns out as great as it does on Aria.

She smiled, knowing exactly what I'm talking about. "That's perfect. I'm not going to have time to curl my hair in the morning since I'm limited to how fast I can do things now," she rubbed the arm rest of the wheelchair. "So how about I have Ezra help me bathe, then we can go ahead and curl my hair tonight. We just need to do the curls a little tighter since I'm going to be sleeping in them." she told us thinking through how we're going to make this outfit work.


Aria went and had Ezra help her, so I went to the living room and sat down with Caleb who is playing with Tiffany. "Mommy!" she squealed when she saw me. She has a big bow in her curly hair. She toddled her way over to me and plopped herself down in my lap. I can not believe how big she has gotten!

"So how do you feel about starting work tomorrow?" Caleb asked me. He is very supportive and happy that Aria and I are getting on with our lives and getting a job. Alison is pretty much our nanny now, she lives there rent free and doesn't pay for groceries. We're (Aria/Ezra, me/Caleb $50 each) going to be giving her a hundred dollars a week to take care of the kids on her own while Aria and I are at work. We wanted to pay her more but she wouldn't let saying that she enjoys taking care of the kids.

I shrugged, "I'm both excited and nervous. I don't know about being away from the kids and having to stand for so long. I know that they won't make me stand if I can't, but it's just so much easier to really do someones makeup while your standing. I don't know how my body is going to react to that." I told him explaining my anxieties.

Caleb wrapped his arm around me as I handed Tiffany one of her toys to play with. "It's only three- four at most hours out of the day without them, and Alison is going to be here with them. It's not like we're putting them in daycare with people that we don't know. Then at work, take it slow and pace yourself, sit down if you need to. I'm sure that they will understand that you are weak and there isn't anything that you can do about it." he replied trying to ease my worries.

I sighed, "It's just that I feel like I completely missed seven months of their lives. They are growing up too fast. I know that I got to see them a lot but I wasn't really able to be here with them. Then what if it doesn't work out? What if it turns out that working there isn't right for us?" I further explained why I'm not too sure about this.

He gave the side of my head a kiss, "I know, but you are an active part of their lives now and you'll get to see them everyday and be able to care for them. And if the job doesn't work out, then it doesn't work out. At least with this you can get the training in and get your name out there. Something to think about is that you could work there for a while to get the training and the experience, then you could quit and start a freelance business doing peoples makeup. You work for yourself, you make your own schedule, and you can have more flexibility." he suggested.

I really hadn't thought about that. That is actually a really good idea. I need to talk to Aria about that. I should hold off until we've worked there a few weeks for that though. "That actually sounds like a really good plan." I told him and thanked him with a bog kiss on his lips.

Accordingly, Tiffany threw herself in between us and started laughing. Caleb scooped her up and threw her up in the air, "What are you doing, silly? Were we ignoring you?" he said as he caught her and blew into her tummy making our little angel squeal and giggle.


The next morning I got up early with Caleb and I quickly washed and moisturized my face then got dressed. Once I was dressed and had my accessories on, I took my time doing my makeup. It has to look absolutely perfect. I had trouble sleeping last night because I was thinking about exactly how I wanted my makeup to look.

By the time I got my makeup finished Caleb was already down stairs making breakfast. I walked out around the same time as Mike did. "So you are Aria are starting work today?" he asked even though he already knew the answer.

I nodded my head. I could see the nervousness in his eyes, he isn't too sure about Aria and I leaving him this morning, I think he's afraid that something is going to happen to either us or him. "Yeah, but it's just for the morning and we are just a phone call away. Alison is going to be here, there isn't anything that you need to worry about." I reassured him and gave him a hug.

Mike hugged me back, "I know, but it's just that with all of the problems we all have it just makes me nervous that both of you are going to be gone." he told me.

I nodded my head, "It makes me nervous too, but we've got to be able to move on with our lives." I told him, by that time we were downstairs and in the kitchen so that we can sit down to breakfast as a family.


We were the last ones to the table. Everyone went ahead and started eating without us because it looks like Aria still has to do the finishing touches to her makeup so she'll need a couple of extra minutes after she eats. The conversation was filled with all of the details of the morning on Aria and I starting work.

The boys went ahead and left so they could get to their respective jobs by eight. I went with Aria to help her finish up her makeup and touch up mine since I had just eaten, even if it was just a few bites, my stomach isn't sitting well with food. "How so I look?" Aria asked me as she bathed in her setting spray.

I smiled as I assessed her up and down, "You look fucking amazing. How about me?" I twirled around so that she could look me over front and back.

She laughed at my response and nodded her head, "You look great. Now lets go say goodbye to the kids before we leave. I can't believe that we're going to be leaving them all morning." she told me as she maneuvered herself through the door and to the kid's play room where Alison is being used as a jungle gym.

I laughed at the picture before me. "Come on guys, tell mommy bye-bye." I told them as I kneeled down so I could grab them into big hugs.

Tiffany ran to Aria and Atticus ran to me. I laughed, to them both of us are mommy, neither Aria or I mind though. We love both of them equally. Although, we do have a soft spot for the children that we birthed I do have to admit.