Aria dipped her foot in the water languidly, swirling it around while skimming her fingers over the top of it, cooling her skin from the heated rays of the sun. It was a warm day and it was nice to be near a pool. She had situated her tanning chair right next to the edge so that she could catch the sun but still remain cool, at least on her extremities. She lifted her sunglasses away from her face and peered out from under sultry eyelashes to glance at her new friends, smiling.

Barry Allen- Snart and his husband the criminal Leonard Snart-Allen and Ella with Thea Queen were all playing volleyball in the pool, Ella and Barry having a harder time at it because of their lack in height but having all the more fun because of it. Every once-in-a-while Barrt would bump into Ella (who was on his team) and he'd blush furiously before trying to get the ball back in the air. Snart was the only one truly playing because he easily reached the net and knew how to play. Aria laughed as she watched Barry flail helplessly in the water and miss the ball entirely. How they had talked the shy boy into playing in the first place was a wonder to her. And then there was—

A loud yell. Aria turned in her seat completely, looking over her right shoulder at a drenched Hector who stomped over to stand just behind her chair, glaring down at her as drops of water and pieces of balloon fell out of his hair. He was fairly growling.

"So, what WERE you thinking when you accepted this marriage proposal from that JERK?" he spat out, pulling a green piece of rubber from in front of his eyes. He gave a sharp yelp when he went ungracefully into the water, landing on his stomach and earning a grimace from each of the people present, knowing he had just suffered from a particularly bad "belly-flop". Aria tilted her head back to glance up at a victorious looking Oliver Queen, clad only in a pair of navy blue swim trunks, before letting her gaze travel back to her left hand where a large diamond sat primly on her ring finger.

"Because he is beautiful, and look hot in a bikini and because he is damn good in bed," Aria laughed, launching several well-aimed water balloons at a fuming Hector. The blonde was preparing to stalk out of the water to give his best friend/twin a piece of his mind when Ella latched onto her arm, crooning to her and asking him to play volleyball with the others. Aria watched, barely containing her laughter, as Hector started to roll his eyes and then froze when his eyes landed Ella's barely contained chest in her bikini. Hector's jaw fell open for a short while and when he didn't say anything, Ella wiggled against him and placed an open-mouthed kiss on his lips before sashaying (yes, Ella managed to sashay in the water) back to her place in the game. Needless to say Hector was right behind her.

Hearing a slight thump next to her, Oliver turned once more to see his future-wife wife place a chair next to her own, rubbing towel through his damp hair and leaning forward on her knees, her eyes staring happily at him.

"Remind me again why I put up with you guy?" Oliver asked with a grin.

"Cos we're fabulous." Hector stated proudly.

"Cos we're awesome." Ella added.

"Because you love spending the nights with me." Aria whispered to her future husband causing him to flush a bright red.

"Touché." Oliver conceded.

Aria let her gaze travel a little lower over his bronzed and well-toned body, licked her lips, and gave him a wink. Oliver clenched his jaw ever-so-slightly and leaned forward, brushing his thumb over her cheek before pulling her forward into his kiss. His lips found hers and immediately began the task of opening them, slipping his tongue in to twist and tease around hers. He pulled her forward and ran his hands over her back, letting his large hand rest over her bare hip as he continued his assault on her lips. A sudden burst of water over their heads brought them apart, gasping. Oliver glared over Aria's shoulder at Hector.

"Not my fault if you am not looking',Queen!" Hector crowed, proudly displaying his water balloon slingshot. At the added glare from Aria, he quickly cowed and went back to play with Lisa Snart and Caitlin Snow who all looked stunned at the open display of affection that had been going on. Oliver growled and rubbed his nose against Aria's neck, tightening his hold on her waist.

"Stupid pool party. Stupid get-together..." he groused, continuing his rant against her skin quietly.

"Who's that?" Aria inquired. The abrupt feeling of Oliver's hand at her breast had her giving a little squeak.

"Because I'd give anything to go at it in the water, right now."

Kali was staring down at the massive diamond ring on her finger in disbelief — she had never had one, but she was already having mixed feelings about it. She loved knowing that she was the only woman for Lucifer from now on, and she loved having him wrapped around her finger — it felt like she was officially his wife now that there was a ring to prove so. However, Kali had never been one to enjoy being tied down, or owned, and she kind of felt like that now.

She misses her papa and father, her twin brother, her knights and her previous life before Lucifer.

FLASHBACK

"We definitely got them good this time!' Kali chuckled as she high fived Gwaine, their older uncle laughing loudly in response.

Kay on the other hand was just standing nervously next to the two tricksters, he wasn't as fond of the tricks as his own brother, but he didn't stop them. No, now he was more worried about what his father would do to them. 'You know that dad is going to kill us.'

Kali just shrugged. 'Papa will hold him down.' His brother said simply and Kay lifted his eyebrow. Yeah, maybe the first or second time, but this was the third time this month and somehow he just knew that they wouldn't get away as easily as last time.

'Kali's right, Arthur would never hurt his little prince and princes .' Gwaine joked as he rubbed both kids through their hair.

'Oh I won't be so sure about that!' All three of them spun around and Kay stared wide eyed at their dad, their papa not far behind him.

'Uhh, yeah...' Kali started as the girl started to nervously jump from one leg to the other.

Merlin brushed himself past his husband and looked stern at both kids. 'I'm really disappointed at you children ... yes, that goes for you too, Gwaine.' The latter he added as he saw that the knight was busy trying to make his escape. Their father turned back to his kids. 'It's the third time this month, please stop playing these tricks on the knights, they deserve some more respect.' He stepped forwards and grabbed both boys by the arm, pulling them, with the help of some magic, towards the training field.

Kay looked desperately at his father, but he knew that once Merlin had decided on something his father wouldn't change his mind. He turned to face his other father, seeing the anger that still was spread through those eyes, but it was clear that their papa had been able to calm the other down somewhat, which was definitely good news for them.

Gwaine also followed after receiving a death glare from Merlin and walked after them almost like a kicked puppy.

The knights looked curiously up as they noticed their kings and princes walk onto the field. All of their faces, expect that of Percival who had probably been spared as he was Gwaine's husband, were covered in purple dots.

So their father planted them in the middle of the field, glaring at them for a moment before he signed the knights to come to them. 'My kids have something to say to you all.'

'We're sorry.' Both kids mumbled and Kay averted his eyes from the knights, he felt like a little boy again, being scolded by his papa for doing something bad. His cheeks burned a fire red and it wasn't the first time that he regretted listening to his brother and uncle. The later now being scolded by his husband, something about no sex... he didn't really wanted to hear that.

'Now turn them back to normal.' Their papa ordered his daughter.

Kali had always been the one with magic between the two of them, her power almost as great as that of their father. Kay himself... He looked more like their dad, he knew a bit of magic, he had a telepathic bond with his little sister and was a dragonlord, but besides that he had little power, he wasn't able to heal wounds or create magical barriers. It didn't mean he had no magic, he could feel it run through his veins, but it wasn't as powerful as that of his brother and father. On the other hand he was great when it came to the sword, almost as good as his dad and definitely better than Kalj, the other twin could handle a sword, it was the best thing he could say about his sister ability with the weapon.

He looked at his sister, who was currently helping the knights get rid of their dots and the knights were definitely not happy about it.

'I had expected this of Kali, but you...' He turned back to his papa as he heard the warlock's voice.

'I'm sorry papa.' He mumbled softly.

Merlin sighed as he brushed his hand over his son's cheek. 'You shouldn't let him do these kind of things...' His father's eyes softened for a moment. 'Just be yourself and stand up to your sister if you don't agree with her actions.'

Kay gapped at his father. 'I woul-...' He didn't finish his words. He knew that his father was right, he had always just followed his sister and went with the gi's tricks. He sighed, one day he was supposed to become king and... he couldn't even speak his mind to his own brother, even though he knew that Kali knew exactly what he sthought.

'Maybe it's a good idea to separate you some more.'

Kali eyes snapped up as she heard her father's suggestion, separating them... they always had been together, ever since they were born and... but it would be good, wouldn't it?

But she couldn't talk further with her father about it as her dad walked towards them, eyeing the warlock with a hint of amusement. 'And you told me that I couldn't make a scene?'

'Yes and you told me that I could handle it the way I thought was right.'

The king shot his daughter a quick disapproving glance before turning back 'So what do you plan on doing next then?'

'Oh I have some ideas.' Merlin answered with a chuckle and Kali could feel shivers run down her spine, yep, that was definitely not a good thing.

END FLASHBACK

The sound of an empty glass make her come back to reality .

Kali just leans further back into the sofa and closes her eyes, taking a long swig from her whiskey. She feels the material shift as Lucifer stands up and walks into the kitchen to fix himself a drink. When Kali glances over, she sees how Lucifer's standing with his back to her as he pours the scotch. The tension between them rises considerably, and Kali knows they're both wondering how to address this. So, she just jumps feet first before she completely loses her nerve.

"I am sorry"

"What did you do?"Lucifer whispered to himself, although Kali heard it anyways.

"I can do what I want," Kali said, but there was no heat in her voice. She simply sounded tired.

"Don't talk to me like that" he snapped back childishly. And then as if he realized what he'd done, he scoffed and leaned forward to grab the bottle of whatever he had been drinking.

"I found a spell from Morgana`s shadow book and I used it against your detective. Marcus said that the barbie is at hospital in a coma and the doctors don't know if she wake up."

"Chloe has a child "he growled, and with her heart starting to race — not with fear, but with excitement — Genevieve looked at Lucifer with innocence on her face, still trying to keep up her charade, despite knowing that she had went too far, gotten too comfortable.

"So I"she shrugged, and frowning, Lucifer stepped closer in a rather sneaky manner that would have gone unnoticed by anyone but Genevieve, who always kept a close eye on her husband's every move.

"What?", she tried, but Lucifer was having none of it. He smacked the glass against the counter so hard it shattered into a million bits and pieces, but instead of being startled, Kali felt the ghost of a smile tugging on her painted lips.

"I sent my kids away to protect them"

Sighing then, Lucifer pursed his lips as he tried to find shreds of sympathy from within himself. Ge wasn't very good at comforting people, but he tried, which was why he looked down at the piano keys where Kali's fingers rested. And with a kick of bravery, he took her hand and held it tight in hims. "I am certainly not the person to talk about regret or anything alike, but I do know you feel bad for what you did. And I just— I know you, and therefore I'm certain you'll be able to be strong again. And I also happen to know that one bad choice doesn't make you bad. Trust me, I recognize evil when I see it. And that's not you, Kali", Lucifer spoke carefully, stuttering and his breath shaky as he tried to find the right words to say.

"Someone has my dagger", the witch responded with a serious look on her face, and with equal solemnity, Lucifer faced his wife as shades of fear painted over his features. Continuing, Kali sighed, "Someone has the ability to kill me, Luci."

And well, what kind of a husband would he be if he didn't promise to help his wife avoid grim death?