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Rating: T 99%, 1% M and only just.

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7th January

Bill stretched and looked over at the clock on his bedside table, 6:30am they'd have to get up soon, but they had a little bit of time. Grinning he looked over at Laura who was snuggled into his side, her mouth parted slightly as she peacefully slept.

Bill stroked her hair and whispered "morning" into her ear, before kissing her softly as her eyes fluttered open.

"Morning" she replied smiling as she stretched her arms above her head.

"Ready for today?" He asked running a hand down her side to rest on her bottom and pulled her closer. With the boys going back to school next week, and this being Bill's last week of shore leave, Joseph and Evelyn, who were already at the lodge, had suggested they plan a four day trip up north from Wednesday to Saturday. They were catching a three hour flight at 10:30am and with business going so well for the bookstore, Laura had hired an older man, named Sherman Cottle, to help out Billy who was in charge.

"I am, our first holiday" she replied grinning leaning up to kiss him.

Bill moved his hands into Laura's hair, deepening the kiss, causing her to moan into his mouth, as she moved to lay atop him. She ran her hands up his chest, gently running her hands over the hard planes of his body, and he moved his hands down to her ass squeezing and pulling her against him.

She ground herself against him causing them both to groan in pleasure as their kiss became more intense, their lips crashing together and tongues duelling.

"We're going to see snow" they heard as Zak burst into the room.

They couple jumped apart, quickly righting themselves as Zak made his way over to the bed. "Why were you on Daddy Laura?" Zak asked standing next to Laura's side of the bed and putting his arms up so she could lift him onto the bed.

"Umm…I was just helping Daddy find something?" She replied settling him between herself and Bill.

"What did you lose Daddy? I'll help you" Zak said pulling the duvet up and sticking his head underneath, causing Laura and Bill to look at each in alarm, not wanting Zak to notice his father's predicament.

"It's okay Zak, I found it" Bill said pulling the covers back over his head, "here's my shirt".

"Silly Daddy" Zak said snuggling in between Laura and Bill.

"He is isn't he" Laura said grinning and brushing Zak's fringe to the side.

"Can we go now?" Zak asked his big eyes pleading at her.

"Not yet bub, the plane doesn't leave for another four hours, how about we sleep a little bit longer, and then we can get up and make pancakes for breakfast?" Laura proposed.

Laura woke up half an hour later to a small hand resting on her face, an elbow in her side and a pair of blue eyes staring at her from the side of the bed.

"Hi Laura" Lee said tugging on the bottom of his pyjama top.

"Hi Lee" she whispered before Laura looked behind her at Bill and Zak who were still asleep, although Laura didn't know how Bill was with one of Zak's feet on Bill's face and the other resting on his stomach.

"I'm hungry, can we have breakfast?" Lee asked.

"Sure buddy" she said carefully getting out of bed, so as not two wake it's two sleeping occupants. She steered Lee out of the room, quietly closing the door and said "I promised Zak pancakes, does that sound alright?" as they walked to the kitchen.

"Yes" Lee said his eyes growing wide in delight, "can I help?"

"You sure can, I'd love a helper" she replied pulling out an apron for herself and Lee.

"Can you get the flour and sugar?" she asked as she went to the fridge to grab the milk and eggs.

The group's plane thankfully touched down on time, Bill took care of Lee and their carry-on luggage, while Laura carried Zak, who had fallen asleep on the plane, through the terminal.

"Grandpa" Lee said excitedly, running towards his grandfather when he spotted him and his grandmother standing at one of the luggage carousels.

"How was the flight?" Evelyn asked Laura when she and Bill caught up to Lee.

"Pretty good, we were able to keep the boys occupied the whole time, and an hour ago this one went down" Laura replied, softly rubbing her hand up and down Zak's back, as she watched Bill and Joseph collect their bags.

"Probably a good thing, or we would have a grumpy Zak on our hands in a couple of hours" Evelyn commented.

"Got the last of the bags" Bill said as he and his father walked back to the group with their luggage, "ready to get going?"

"Yes" Lee exclaimed excitedly grabbing his father's hand and walking towards the exit.

Zak had woken up once he was placed in the car and he and Lee had spent the entire car ride with their faces glued to the windows, fascinated with the snow covered ground.

"Woah" the boys said together as they arrived at their accommodation. They had rented a modestly sized three bedroom cabin, which was just a short walk to the main lodge and activities.

"Can we go play in the snow?" Zak asked eagerly, as soon as they placed theirs bags in their rooms.

"Sure" Bill said loving how excited his son was, before asking "do you want to come Mom and Dad?"

"You go on dear, we'll just stay in the warmth while you explore" Evelyn said making herself comfortable on the couch with a book.

"Okay, we won't be too long" he replied ushering the boys out the door.

"Hold our hands please, the path is icy, so it will be slippery" Laura told the boys leading them towards the side of the cabin.

"It's so cold" Zak said picking up the snow and giggling.

"You want to make a snow angel?" Laura asked the boys.

"How do you do that?" Lee replied curiously.

"Like this" Laura said laying down on the ground and moving her arms and legs, the boys quickly following her instructions.

Laura got up to watch the boys and admire her snow angel, when a snowball flew across the air and hit her on the chest. She looked up to find Bill grinning at her and the boys burst out laughing. Laura not one to give up without a fight, grabbed some snow in her hand and threw it at Bill, hitting him in the face, causing the boys to roar with laughter.

"Do you think that's funny do you?" Bill asked the boys before lightly throwing a snow ball at each of them. The boys squealed getting up from the ground and running away as Bill continued to throw snowballs in their direction.

Lee hid behind a tree, before grabbing some snow and throwing it in his father's direction, grinning when he hit him on the leg. Following his brother's lead Zak threw some snow towards his father, however it only landed about a foot in front of him. Laura seeing Zak had pulled his bottom lip into his mouth and was getting upset, quickly went over to him and asked him to help her grab some more snow, so that they could work together as a team.

"We got you Daddy" Zak squealed excitedly, while Bill pretended to fall to the ground injured. Laura smiled over at him and gave him a high five, glad he was smiling again.

"Come on, let's go and warm up inside" Laura said noticing both of the boys teeth were starting to chatter.

The next days the boys awoke early, but luckily for Bill and Laura, Evelyn and Joseph kept the boys occupied until the sleepy couple emerged from their room. After eating breakfast the group made their way to the ski slopes, with Bill, Joseph and Lee heading to the blue slopes, while Laura, Evelyn and Zak went to the bunny slopes.

Laura and Evelyn watched on as the instructor helped Zak into his skis and began helping him with basic movements. "It's good to be able to spend some more time getting to know you better" Evelyn told Laura.

"I agree, it's great to see the boys with you two, especially Lee with how enamoured he is with Joseph, I think we have a future lawyer on our hands" Laura replied laughing.

"God help us" Evelyn laughed before becoming serious and saying "you're good for Bill and the boys, they have been smiling a lot more in the past few months, than they have for a while, for that I thank you".

"You don't have to thank me, I think the same goes for me, the boys are fantastic and I really do love all three of them" Laura replied sincerely.

Evelyn smiled at her before saying "come on, it looks like Zak wants you to help him", as Laura turned her head to see him slowly making his way towards them.

9th January

While Evelyn and Joseph had gone out for a peaceful dinner by themselves, Bill, Laura and the boys decided to snuggle up in front of the fire, with hot chocolate, marshmallows and a big blanket while watching, at the boys request, the Lego movie. Bill and Laura sat in the middle, while Lee sat next to Bill and Zak snuggled into Laura's side.

"I'm glad we got to spend these few days together as a family" Bill whispered into Laura's ear when the movie started playing.

"I am too, I really enjoyed it. It's been so long since I've been skiing and seeing the boy's reaction to the snow was priceless" she whispered back.

"You are so good with the boys, what did I ever do to deserve you" he replied

"You were yourself that was more than enough" she told him smiling softly.

"I love you" he whispered kissing her on the forehead.

"I love you too" she replied leaning up to kiss him softly on the lips before resting her head on his shoulder and pulling Zak closer.

I hope you liked their little vacation :) Reviews are adored!