A/N: Currently starting on this chapter while waiting for a group I'm going to teach today. Honestly, this week is going to be hell. I am not looking forward to this. (It did, it really, really sucked)

Anyways, will I ever finish this fanfic? At this rate probably not, but hey it's fine because I love it. This is sorta like a filter chapter, but it goes deeper into personality traits for everyone. And relationships and stuff. You get what I mean.

HALLO BLACK WIDOW TRAILER I AM DYING. I AM SO READY BUT NOT REALLY. HOLY CRAP.

Until the next note, make it a great week, and I'll talk to you in the next chapter.

S-B

Lila's birthday was already a mess from the second they woke up. Not because she was excited and full of energy, no it was because the kid woke up sick.

On a good (sick) day the kid was already not a great patient, but on her birthday. God, it got old fast with the crying. And, of course, Laura loved her daughter, but she was a handful sometimes. Thank god for Natasha.

Natasha spent most of the day with the girl. And she was the only one of the three adults that had enough patience to sit through the whining and crying. Laura and Clint tried their best of course, but Lila was sad and disappointed, and they were her parents, of course, she rather wanted to spend her time with Natasha.

They tried to start the day as normal as possible. They had a birthday breakfast and gave her gifts before Cooper had to go to school. Laura couldn't blame Natasha for not bringing any gifts. They had no idea where she had been before she had come home. Still, it made Lila extremely disappointed making an already bad situation worse.

Natasha and Lila had always had a very close relationship. From day one it has always been something special about the two of them. Laura was very happy the kids had such a close bond with her. It was important for both Clint and Laura that Natasha felt welcome in their home, and now the kids didn't know any time before Natasha.

Natasha was lying on the couch with Lila snuggled close to her. The child was sleeping soundly beside her while Natasha was looking at something on her tablet. Laura chose not to disturb them. She knew Natasha could take care of Lila, even if she was sick. Of course, the woman could, she was great at everything, plus she had been present for a lot of both of the kids' early childhood. Both Clint and Laura trusted Natasha a hundred percent with the kids. And while she wasn't a parent, she would always keep them safe. And if something dangerous would ever happen, and the kids would need any form of protection they knew Natasha would never hesitate to put herself in front of them.

That had always been something that had scared Laura. While Natasha always had been very selfless, knowing she would, without any hesitation, kill herself if it meant saving any of them, that was a scary thought. Heck, she had already shown she was ready to sacrifice herself, and that was before she really knew any of them. It puts a kind of pressure on you knowing anyone would go so far. This woman would never ask for anything in return, but Laura knew she would put her life on the line to save her kids or husband if necessary. Of course, Laura wanted Natasha to live her best life when she was around them then. But again, the pressure on feeling she failed Natasha was there constantly.

Laura and Natasha had always had a very close friendship. It was a kind of relationship Laura knew she would never have with anyone else than Natasha ever. One day it could be that Natasha was hurt, or ill, or mentally challenged, and Laura was in a situation she felt like a mother figure more than anything. In situations where Natasha's walls fell, and she became this incredibly vulnerable woman. But other times she felt like the smaller one, and Natasha would prove exactly why she was so respected by so many. Taking the lead role and all Laura could do was watch in awe. Like now.

At the start of the day, Laura and Clint tried to keep their daughter happy, even when she was sick and mad. But at the end of the day, they just stepped back and watched their friend do all the work. They didn't ask her, and she didn't ask for permission either. None of it was needed. She did a better job than they could ever have, and Laura watched this woman, who wasn't a mother by any means, control her daughter like it was nothing.

Still, at the end of the day, Laura found herself on the opposite side of the spectrum again when she walked into the living room. She had just tucked Cooper into bed after Lila. Cooper had requested a book before bed, and considering how good he had been while his sister was sick Laura had agreed to read two rather long chapters than the usual one. Lila was getting better and Laura was guessing she would be well enough to go to school tomorrow.

Laura walked into the living room to find Clint looking at a hologram with Natasha lying face down on the couch. The light in the room was off and the only light source was the blue 3D model.

"Hey, you two," Laura said with a soft voice moving over to Natasha and sat down carefully beside her. Natasha didn't move at all but let out a small sigh indicating she was awake at least.

"What are you doing?" Laura said watching Clint move the hologram around.

"Well, Tony gave me the same offer he gave Nat. I'm just looking at the models. His tower is really impressive I got to say. And I am agreeing with Laura here. You can't say no to this offer Nat. This is perfect. You can live there and come here If you ever need some time off." Clint waved his hand and the hologram disappeared and the room fell completely dark.

"Are you okay Talia?" Laura asked softly letting her hand brush through Natasha's straight hair. It was weird feeling her soft straight hair run through her fingers instead of the normal soft waved har she was used to from her.

"Please don't say you caught Lila's fever." She added fast letting her hand move over to Natasha's forehead. She didn't feel particularly warm which was one good thing at least.

"No. But I got a headache." Natasha said with a low voice and moved her head to look at Laura. Their eyes met and Laura could tell Natasha was tired.

"Did you sleep last night?" Laura asked lifting Natasha's head, so the spy's head was resting in her lap.

"No" Natasha answered simply. Laura threw a fast look at Clint who looked just as concerned as Laura. It only took a few looks between them before Clint stood up and slipped his arms underneath the spy. Natasha let out a small yelp when Clint lifted her but didn't try to fight him.

"Holy shit, Natasha you are like a feather. You have not always been this light, have you!?" Clint said looking down at the woman in his arms. Laura could feel her stomach twist when she saw how effortless he had picked her up. Of course, Clint was very well trained, and Natasha had always been small, but it was worrying still.

"Mhm, that is what happens when most of the county wants you dead," Natasha mumbled with her eyes closed. Clint looked at Laura worried before he walked up to her room with Laura close behind. Clint placed her carefully down on the bed before he surprised Laura by moving Natasha's shirt up and exposed her stomach. Natasha had gone from a bandage around her upper body to just a small pad covering where the bullet pierced her on both sides topping it with one of Clint's shoulder braces.

Laura hadn't thought about it earlier when she had watched Natasha clean the wound but looking at the woman on the bed it was clear she had lost quite a bit of weight and muscle since her last visit at the farm. Not that she had any to lose in the first place.

"Well, Nat. Now that I have seen this, I think you should say a bit longer so my wife can overfeed you like she always does to me. Seems like you need it." Clint said with a soft laughter before moving her shirt again. Natasha hadn't moved since Clint had put her down on her bed, and she only hummed softly at him when he let his hand glide over her skin.

"Stay with her. Make sure she gets some sleep tonight. Her lock is on the desk if you need to keep Lila out of the room." Laura only nodded before following Clint to their room to change and brush her teeth before she would return to the other woman.

After a good 30 minutes, Natasha hadn't moved an inch when Laura walked into the room. It was a sign of total exhaustion from the other woman. Maybe she would fall asleep soon, but Laura seriously doubted that. She grabbed Natasha's travel lock and slipped it on the door before curling up beside Natasha. She tucked both of them under the cover and hugged Natasha before falling asleep beside the redhead.

Laura already knew it would be a restless night watching over Natasha. They somehow always were.

Natasha's headache soon evolved into a migraine she couldn't shake off. And Natasha ended up with her head wrapped in Laura's arms and Laura whispering to her while she curled up. Of course, it wasn't their first time they had done this. Laura had no idea who many times Natasha had fled to their home only to fall apart right in front of their eyes. Because that was essentially what she did every time. Sure, when Laura asked her to come to visit it was different. But whenever Natasha just showed up at their home in the middle of the night it was usually because she needed an escape. Because she couldn't deal with whatever was going on and she needed an escape, or some help when she inevitably broke down.

A lot of the times she was just overworked and needed to sleep in her own bed before she could relax and play with the kids just to have something else on her mind. But other times, like this, she was more than just tired. She was hurt and broken and needed them to help her heal more than anything. She needed them to help her calm down in a safe and familiar environment until her head and body and recovered. But Laura had noticed after Natasha met Pepper her surprise visits became less frequent. Which of course was a good thing. It meant that she trusted the other woman. And Natasha's trust was not something you just got for free. It was a process and was hard to earn.

By the time they both woke up Laura was unsure about how long or little they had slept. Even with the curtains and blinds, she could see some light shining through lighting the room with a low glow. She had no idea what time it was when Natasha curled up against her with a soft purr.

"How long have you been awake?" Laura whispered into her hair. Natasha hummed softly beside her.

"40 minutes maybe?" She answered with a soft voice. Laura pulled back and searched for her face. Natasha looked at her with a small smile.

"Why didn't you wake me up then?" Laura said looking at her with big eyes. She wasn't actually mad, maybe a bit annoyed. Natasha only smiled before closing her eyes.

"Mhm. Didn't feel like it. You deserved to sleep." Natasha smiled again before letting out a soft sigh.

"Can we just not move?" Natasha asked still with closed eyes. Laura let out a small laugh.

"Honestly, I'm not in the mood to move either." Her voice turned serious when she continued. "But I do have a few things to talk to you about. Natasha turned to her again and opened her eyes. Her green eyes were shining in the low light and Laura almost felt bad ruining the moment.

"How were you really doing yesterday? And I need you to be honest with me now." Natasha looked at her with a hesitant face.

"I've been better." Natasha only said leaning on Laura with a soft sigh. Laura only nodded. She hugged Natasha softly and she could feel the younger woman shift in her arm.

"Does it bother you?" Natasha turned in her arm and she looked up at her.

"Does what?"

"That she is so similar to you." Laura could see the hesitation in her eyes.

They had never talked about it, but Lila was scary like Natasha. If it hadn't been for the fact that Laura had given birth to the child, she could've been Natasha's child just as much as hers. Cooper vas very much like her with his wit and observant quiet side. Of course, he had traits resembling his father as well, but unlike Lila, it was very clear Laura was his mother in his personality.

Lila didn't have any standout traits she got from her. Genetically speaking both she and cooper had brown hair, but so did their dad. Lila's personally was a perfect mix between Natasha and Clint. She was just as stubborn as her dad. She had the same brave, fiery look in her eyes that both of them got when they were training. Of course, Natasha was very good at turning that off, and Laura very rarely saw her wear it anymore, unlike her husband who was wearing them quite often. Lila was only a small child but had precision kids who were much older than her could only dream off. The girl could shoot a bow and arrow for crying out loud. She was active and physical and was like her bother, very smart for her age. Which resembled all three of the adults.

The only thing that was the obvious giveaway was her brown eyes. If Natasha and Clint ever got a child together, they most likely wouldn't get brown eyes considering she got very green eyes and he light blue. But of course, the few stray mothers who have previously asked if Lila was Natasha's child didn't know that. And yes, that had happened multiple times, even Laura was there.

"She has a personality. I didn't. At that age." Natasha finally said looking at Laura with two awake eyes. Laura leaned into the other girl and the two of them sat in the dark room just curled out in each other. A soft knock on the door shook the two of them out in their thoughts.

"Natasha. Maria is calling." Clint's voice isn't rude. It's soft and calm. Like he knows how Natasha is in pain. Like he knows she is curled up in Laura's arms.

"Tell her I'll be there in a minute," Natasha answers forcing herself to raise her voice and shake off the pain.

The two women started moving, and when they walked down in the living room two minutes later Laura could see a hologram of the other woman's face floating in the kitchen. Clint was talking with the other woman with a calm voice when the two of them walked up to him.

"Natasha. You don't look well. Are you okay?" Natasha was standing in behind Laura and only looked at Maria without saying anything.

"Wait is Natasha there now?" A third voice was there now and both Laura and Natasha lifted their head when they recognized Pepper's voice. They heard heals on the floor walking in a fast phase. Clint looked at Laura sharply pushing her around the corner making she fall out of the frame.

"Yes, she is Pepper." They could see Maria turn her head as she talked to the other woman before she turned her attention back to them and give Clint a small approving nod as Laura move. Yes, Pepper knew that Laura was a person, but they were still not trying to expose the whole family. At least not now.

"Have you lost weight?" Maria breaks the silence. Natasha shifted where she stands looking away from her.

"RIGHT?! Okay, I am not only imagining this." Clint chips in.

"Yeah no, I agree, Clint. But you seemed fine when we took the helicarriers?"

"What? Lost weight. Natasha, are you okay?" Pepper popped into the frame and Laura could see her look directly at Natasha who was still kind of hiding behind a barstool.

"Believe it or not, the time when Steve was just hanging around in the hospital with Sam, and you hanging out with Pepper, wasn't as easy for me," Natasha said between her teeth taking a step forward. Laura looked at her carefully. She was only dressed in a crop top and shorts and it was no denying the fact that Natasha did look slightly smaller.

"Natasha," Pepper whispered. Laura could tell she just wanted to hug her. Even if they had "ended it." It was very obvious it was still feelings at play here.

"Maybe 16 pounds. It's okay." Laura wanted to say something so badly. 16 pounds in just a few weeks were not good at all.

"16 might not be much for other Natasha. But you kinda don't have anything to lose." Maria said tilting her head. After five minutes where the three discussed Natasha Pepper finally broke the discussion and jumped over to something else.

"Where are you guys anyways. Because this is where I talked to you last with Tony right?" Pepper asked. Laura could see her look around in her kitchen.

"Safehouse. Not important. Why did you call?" Natasha said turning her down.

"Well, actually I was calling not planning on having Pepper over my shoulder. But I guess that is what happens when your boss was dating one of your employees before." Maria said with a soft giggle and Clint let out a laugh.

"But I was wondering if you were going to accept the offer or at least come back to New York soon. I have something for you and -" she cleared her voice before continuing. "-your agents".

"Right. Well like I said, I'll think about it. But right now, I have a few other things to take care of." Natasha said looking at the two of them.

"And I understand. Though I would like to see you soon, Natasha." It was almost like Maria meant something more than just what she said. Like it was something she knew none of them did. Laura watched Natasha nod before the conversation ended.

"Well, that was… interesting. Having a real hard time to believe she called just to say that." Clint said turning to the two others. Laura nodded in agreement.

"Whatever it is wasn't that important. If it was, she wouldn't have let Pepper into the conversation." Natasha's voice was firm, indicating she wasn't having this conversation right now.

"So. What now? You guys slept through the morning, so I am guessing a late breakfast?" Clint switched the topic and the two women just nodded.

The three of them spent most of the day just talking. The three of them were very rarely just alone without anything else to do, so hanging out like that was very needed. They talked about everything not work related. The kids, the weather, the farm, really anything else. Clint and Natasha were both very obviously trying to avoid talking about SHIELD still, and Laura didn't blame them at all.

"So, Cooper is hanging out with a friend before practice, and Lila is at Lucie's. Anything we need to do today?" Clint asked the two women while he was looking through his phone. It was already around 3 pm and they hadn't done anything around the house nor anything other things that would categorize as chores.

"We need some more groceries. I thought I could take Natasha with me." Laura said with a soft smile.

"What is wrong with grocery shopping with me?" Clint pouted looking at her.

"Well for starters you are just really inefficient," Laura said with a small laugher.

"But I was also hoping Natasha would maybe considering cooking for us at one point. And that's way easier if she picks out the ingredients." Laura turned to Natasha who rolled her eyes. Though she smiled softly.

"I guess. As long as Nat promise to do so." Natasha shrugged but wasn't protesting.

"Good. Now let's go." Laura walked to the door with Natasha laughing behind her. She gave Natasha her jacket at the same time Clint threw the car keys at Natasha's face.

Laura would offer to drive herself, but Natasha never gave her the chance as she slipped into the driver seat. Laura watched as the woman moved the seat ever so slightly back from Laura's preferred place. Natasha was the better driver between the three of them. All of them were pretty decent, but Natasha had always been the best one. Not that Clint would ever admit it. Though he had agreed to let Natasha be the one teaching Cooper when that time came.

"You guys need a new car," Natasha said as the turned on the engine. Laura shook her head as Natasha pulled out of the driveway.

"Seriously. Laura, you deserve a better car than this junk. This one is barely moving." Laura leaned back into her seat and chuckled.

"Thank you, Natasha, what a lovely comment to get on my car."

"Hey, I'm just saying I think Clint should treat his wife with a better car before I do."

"Natasha," Laura said with a warning tone. Natasha only shrugged again before turning and looking at her.

"I won't if he does it first." Natasha turned and smirked smugly.

"Buying me a car, she is crazy," Laura mumbled more to herself than Natasha. She watched Natasha still smirking, but she didn't say anything. This woman was going to be the death of her.

The rest of the car ride was mostly silent. Natasha was humming softly to some of the songs on the radio, but other than that they didn't say anything. It wasn't before they were close to the small town before Natasha opened her mouth again.

"What store do you want to go too?" Natasha asked softly looking around out the window.

"The one on the east. I thought maybe after we finished shopping, we could slip by Annie and see if Lila wanted to get picked up." Laura answered scanning through the shopping list to see if she had forgotten something important.

"Yeah like she would agree to that," Natasha mumbled as she turned left.

"You being the one picking her up might help." Laura giggled and watched Natasha roll her eyes.

Between the two of them, the shopping went by with a breeze. While Natasha was very picky with her ingredients, she still wasn't going to spend 15 minutes looking at carrots. The woman was maybe patient with the kids but was it one thing Laura had learned over the years was it that Natasha hated crowded shops and malls.

The two of them used around 20 minutes and ended up with five bags of food. Most of which was Natasha's pickings for something Laura hadn't quite figured out yet. Whatever it was it had made Natasha having to google and look at her phone a lot.

"4 pm is a good time to pick her up, right?" Laura said slipping into the passenger's seat again.

"Not if you ask her," Natasha said with a cold tone. Laura couldn't help but smile at that.

"Guess not. But we can always try."

Laura guided Natasha out of town and to Annie's house. Natasha had never met Annie or Kent, but they knew quite a bit about her. After Annie had to take the kids because of a "guest" for the second time she had, of course, asked who this person was and why Laura had to take care of her. Laura had decided not to lie too much and told her Natasha was Clint's partner. While she hadn't told her in detail what was the problem, she knew Annie was smart enough to guess parts of it.

They pulled up to the wooden house ten minutes later and Laura dragged Natasha to the door. Natasha had asked to just stay in the car while Laura tried to get Lila, but Laura knew her friend, Annie was totally going to ask them to stay for a while. Laura pressed the doorbell and a few seconds later the blond woman popped her head out the door.

"Laura, hi! I am guessing you're here for Lila. Come in!" Laura got dragged into a hug before Annie pulled back and Laura could tell she was looking at the other woman behind her.

"Annie, this is Natasha." Annie tilted her head and looked at her for a second before reaching out to shake Natasha's hand. While she politely introduced herself, Laura could tell Annie had imagined Natasha to look very different than how she was.

"Guys please come in. Kent just came home, and we were just about to start dinner. I am sure you two also are hungry." Annie opened the door more and waved them in.

"Actually, we have groceries in the car." Laura tried, knowing it wouldn't work.

"Ah, we got more than enough room in the fidget downstairs. Just bring me the cooled groceries and I'll fix that in a flash." Laura only nodded and watched Natasha move to the car to get the bags.

"She does not look like anyone who should be in the military or whatever the two of them do," Annie whispered as Natasha moved away from them. Laura only nodded slowly.

"She looks so young, or I mean, younger than Clint that is. How old is she?" Laura watched her friend study Natasha as she picked up the three bags with ease from the trunk.

"Turned 30 this April. I met her when she was 21." Laura answered carefully keeping her voice down so Natasha wouldn't hear her.

"21! You have nothing to do in an industry like that at that age. You can barely categories as an adult at that age." Annie turned to Laura and she could only nod back.

"I know. It didn't help to know she had already been in the industry three years prior." The two of them didn't get more time before Natasha was in hearing rage again but the spooked look on Annie's face was telling her that Annie had already started to get a soft spot for the redhead, just like she had 9 years earlier.

"That's everything?" Annie asked looking at the three bags in Natasha's arms.

"Yeah, not everything needs to be cool." She answered softly.

"Kent! We got guests." Annie grabbed a bag from Natasha as she led them into the house. They turned immediately to the right and into the kitchen where Kent was sitting at the counter with a newspaper.

"This is Natasha, Clint's partner, and the kid's auntie." Natasha reached out to the man and squeezed his hand. He moved his eyebrows before saying.

"You got a tight grip. Wouldn't expect nothing less from somebody in Clint's work area." Laura watched Kent smile to the woman and Natasha smiled softly back.

"You have no idea."

"I invited them to dinner. If you want to just go and put their groceries downstairs?" She turned to Laura and Natasha looking at them with a bright smile.

"Were making pizza. The girls request. Lucie and Lila are upstairs playing in her room and I believe Caspar is in the study looking at some homework." Laura nodded as she watched Annie walk around in the kitchen. Natasha was standing behind her and she could feel the other woman looking around, taking in every detail in the room.

"If you, Natasha, start making the sauce Laura and I can work on the dough." Natasha nodded and smiled softly.

Annie and Laura had been friends before she got Cooper. With both of the kids being friends with her two, it was natural that the two of them stayed as close as they did. It was still weird thinking Laura had known both of them for close to a decade and still they haven't met each other before now.

Laura was kneading the dough when she felt Annie stop moving beside her. She looked at the taller blond and watched her stare at something. She followed her gaze and it only took her a second before she realized she was staring at Natasha. Natasha was currently cutting a tomato while reading on the recipe Annie had provided.

"Have she ever cut herself doing that?" Annie asked with a low voice watching Natasha swiftly work the tomato.

"She isn't even looking at her hands. And she is not working with a dole blade I can tell you that much." Laura let out a small laugh. She, of course, was very impressed by Natasha's cooking abilities, but she had also followed and watched the other woman get more and more comfortable in the kitchen. Annie, on the other hand, had only seen her at the top of her game, and Laura had to agree it was very impressive.

"No. Though she was a tad more insecure 8 years ago." Annie only nodded still watching in awe as the younger woman slowly started to stir up the sauce. It made Laura incredible happy knowing Annie and Kent both liked her.

After a good 15 minutes just working the dough, Annie walked up behind Natasha. The redhead turned her head as she was behind her and smiled. She moved out of the way and let the blond take a small spoon to taste her work.

"Wow. To say I've made that recipe a million times it never tastes this good." Laura walked up to the two and Annie handed her a spoon-feeding her the sauce. Laura couldn't help the small moan as the sauce hit her tongue.

"Wow, Nat. This is really good." Natasha only smiled softly letting Annie stir in the pot. While she didn't show it Laura could tell Natasha was feeding off the praise.

"Well, I guess we should throw the first one into the oven and call the kids down?" Annie said looking at the two of them. Kent who had taken a step back with the food walked out the room to the girls while the three of them swiftly topped a pizza and threw it into the oven.

Caspar was the first one to enter the room and Laura watched him stop in the door frame and stare at Natasha. The two mothers didn't get time to introduce her before the two girls sprinted into the room.

"Is pizza ready?!"

"AUNTIE NAT!" Both Laura and Annie watched Lila throw herself into Natasha's arms. Not to Laura's surprise, Natasha only laughed catching her with ease.

"We spent the whole of yesterday together, kiddo" Natasha laughed softly hugging the girl before letting her down again.

"Yessss. But I was sick then, so it doesn't count." Natasha smiled again looking at the small girl as she presented her.

"This is my auntie, Nat. She is dad's partner." Lila said with a happy voice looking at Lucie.

Of course, they all loved Natasha. Everyone loved Natasha. Or everyone who ever met the Barton Natasha. It was just something about her soft caring voice. But still, her confident self that was so easy to love. Laura was very aware this wasn't who she was anywhere other than with her and her family. But this was the Natasha Laura knew was the real Natasha. Or the purest one of you wanted to call it that.

The dinner was mostly the two girls taking in each other mouth while Natasha somehow ended up with a conversation with Caspar. She talked softly with the boy, and it really reminded Laura of how she talked with Cooper.

They spent way too long at Annie and Kent's and by the time they were preparing to go, Lila and Lucie, of course, both insisted on dragging Natasha upstairs to "look at something."

"I like her," Annie said giving Laura a box of leftovers. Laura smiled as she put on her jacket and picked up the last shopping bag.

"Don't even, she is mine," Laura said with a small laugh walking outside with Annie to drop off the groceries.

"But yes, I know. She is really worth her weight in gold. If not more" Annie laughed and looking at Laura with a serious face.

"You really care for her, don't you. She could have been your sister, or daughter, just judging by the way you look at her." Laura laughed shaking her head.

"God, she is way more mature than me. She is a better adult than I will ever be. So, daughter no. But yes, I do. Sometimes life is hard, and I just want to make sure hers is as good as it can be when she is with us. All four of us could never even imagen a life without her." Laura smiled at Annie who again just nodded.

"Well, I would love to get to know her more. Maybe in a setting where she is more comfortable than in my home." Annie let out a small laugh and Laura nodded.

"Clint and Cooper are going to that game on Friday, and I am guessing so is Kent and Caspar. If you want, you and Lucie are more than welcome to hang out with us in the evening. The plan is that Natasha is going to cook something and just spend the day together."

"Friday is your birthday isn't it." Annie raised an eyebrow.

"Well yes, but that's not important." Laura had just finished her sentence when Natasha and Lila walked out the door. The kid jumping up and down, dressed in Natasha's jacket. Annie turned to Laura and gave her a small hug before saying.

"Thank you for the offer, Laura. I am sure Lucie would love to. So yeah maybe we will."