A/N: For the lack of Ezria this week here is a short little filler chapter... Again no Beta so forgive the mistakes. If anyone is willing to take the story on late in the game to Beta, PM me.

Enjoy!

Chapter 9: Two Months Later

I sat on the couch with Ruby in one arm feeding. I had artfully balanced the computer on the other, looking yet again for houses. We had found and looked at a few but most of them were too old, too small or too far away from Rosewood.

A few minutes later, Ezra came home. He taught night classes every night but Thursdays and usually came home for an hour at three to see the babies. He had picked up more classes to support us until I could at least get a minimum wage job. Things were, to say the least, tight.

"Hey babe," I said, shifting to give Ezra a hug and chaste kiss on the lips.

"How have things been," he asked, picking up Ryan and sitting next to me on the couch.

"The same, although I did find a cute little house for rent. It's pretty cute too," I said, sliding the laptop so he could see the little house. It was a two story craftsman with a small porch and a picket fence, the whole shebang. And it was only a few blocks from Hollis.

"That's cute. Did you contact the renter?" Ezra must be serious about this house.

"Yeah I called him and told him I was interested and he said we could meet tomorrow if you wanted." I was praying that it would work out, we needed to get out of this house.

"I think that's a good idea," he said, shifting Ryan and nodding.

"I was going to ask my mom or dad to come with us, they know a bit more than we would about a house, would that be okay," I asked, detaching Ruby from me and recovering myself back up.

"Yeah that would be a good idea I guess," he said absentmindedly.

…

We pulled up to the house and I got out and pulled Ryan out of the car seat as Ezra pulled Ruby out of hers.

The renter looked a few years older than Ezra but much taller and sporty looking. He was sitting on the porch ledge and got up as we walked up the sidewalk.

"Hi, I'm Brad," he said in a deep voice. He shook hands with my mom and nodded to Ezra and I who had our hands full.

"Hi, I'm Aria, we spoke on the phone yesterday, and this is my son Ryan," I said to Brad.

"And I'm Ezra, and this is my daughter," Ezra said nodding to Ruby who was fast asleep.

"And I'm Ella," my mom said, "I'm Aria's mother; they asked me along to check the place out with them."

"Well, it's great to meet you all, I'm just going to show you around and then we can talk more."

The house was very homey inside. We walked into the house and we were greeted by an oak staircase to the top floor. To the left was a small living room and behind it a dining room. There was a small doorframe that led to the small kitchen. Brad then took us to the Master bedroom which was to the right of the entrance. There was also a somewhat spacious bathroom with a claw foot tub. It was all really cute and I could imagine us living there.

The upstairs had three rooms, one off to the right and the other two off to the left. The rooms were all about the same size with long walk in closets and the one looked out into a small yet green backyard.

We made our way back to the living room and I shifted the baby in my arms.

"So, do we think this is the one?" Brad said suddenly. I looked over to Ezra and he nodded his head, so did my mom.

"I think it's a great house, I think this is just right for us." I said.

"And this is also available to buy if that would be better for you."

"We will talk that part over and let you know," my mother jumped in. Ezra and I were taken aback but kept quiet.

"Well, let me know when you get everything figured out and we can get you moved in soon," he said, handing me a few papers and then ushering us out.

"Mom, what was that," I asked, turning to her.

"Your father and I want to talk to you two. Would you like to come over for dinner tonight?"

"Why not," I said, sighing.

"See you at 6?" My mom said turning back to her car.

"Yeah sure."

…

We were sitting down at the dinner table that night. The babies were sleeping in the swings that my mom had at her house.

"Well," my dad said, clearing his throat. "Your mother and I have a proposal for you to. We would like to buy the house for you. It's the least we can do."

"Dad, no. We can pay for ourselves." This was ridiculous.

"It would be our pleasure," my mom said, putting her napkin back on her plate.

"Ella, it's really a nice offer but really we can manage,' Ezra said.

"come on, you have two kids to support, Aria is finishing up next semester with college which means more student loans to be paid off and a professor job doesn't pay much, I should know," my dad retorted.

"Dad," was the only argument I could handle. What he said was true. Ezra didn't make much. It was enough to support two of us and I had some college money saved for college but with two babies, things were much tighter.

"Just let us pay for a while, at least until you get on your feet. The realtor said it was to rent or to buy, so we will buy it for you. It's in a great neighborhood, good house, lots of kids around…" my mom trialed off. I stole a look at Ezra and he shrugged his shoulders.

"Yeah, sure," I gave in. My mother clapped her hands and pushed back from the table to clear the dishes. I stood up to help her.

We washed and dried the dishes mostly in silence and Ezra and I made our way home early.

We were sitting on the couch an hour later and Ezra was giving me a foot rub.

"I can't believe that we're moving. And my parents are paying for it."

"I know," Ezra said absentmindedly as he kissed one of my (very hairy) shins and made his way up to my hips. He pulled me closer and skipped my torso and headed straight for my lips, crashing into them and hungrily biting at them and roaming every corner of my mouth with his tongue. He picked me up and I draped my arms over his shoulder as he hastened to the bed and set me gently down. We hungrily explored each other and eventually I felt just at home again, in my husband's arms, intertwined.