AN: Oh my God, it's been a looooong time since I posted here… I'm sorry, it wasn't my fault, but I had to study. Anyway, here it is :) Tell me what you think ;)

Moving –

After living in Auggie's apartment for two years and a half, they realized there wasn't enough room for two adults and a toddler. Zarya was already taking her steps around the house and all her stuff occupied too much space. Also, they had to keep the path clean, so that Auggie wouldn't trip or stumble on stuff in his own house.

They thought about it and decided to buy a new place. They had been saving some money and they wanted a good neighborhood for their daughter, so moving seemed like a good idea. And it was, indeed. It took some time to adjust, obviously, but they managed it pretty well.

They bought a nice house, not big, but bigger than Auggie's apartment, for sure. It was placed in a good neighborhood, lots of young families, and away from the city chaos.

It took them only three days to move in completely and leave their old home behind. After all the furniture was in its place, Annie took Auggie around the house to know where everything was. The first few weeks he still stumbled on armchairs, or tables, but soon enough he was already a pro inside his house.

For the first two nights, although Zarya slept pretty well, both Annie and Auggie couldn't fall asleep. It was weird being somewhere so strange and calling it home. Of course Annie was used to sleeping at the most exotic places, but it was different knowing that was her home.

After rolling from one side to the other in bed, she noticed Auggie was laughing.

"What?" She whispered, laying her head on his chest.

"I thought I was the only one not able to sleep." He pulled her closer.

"Oh, I wish." She sighed. "I miss our old home. Even though I don't want to."

"I know. No one misses it more than I do." He felt for her hand and held it in his. "But we agreed it was the right thing. That apartment was getting smaller every day."

"I like it here. It's just weird to call it 'home'…"

"And there is no traffic! I miss the sound of cars and motorcycles! I never thought I'd say this, but I got attached to the street noises." He laughed.

"I know. And I feel a little self conscious in this neighborhood. All the houses have picture perfect families living inside. All the women are typical housewives… I think Danielle would fit the profile better. I'm not qualified for this…"

"Har. Make me laugh, Walker." He poked her. "No offense, but do you want to be like Danielle?"

"I know, Auggie. It's just… People judge."

"So what? You're going to live through other people's parameters now?"

"You're right."

"Hey." He raised her head, so that she would be facing him. "You are better than that, Annie. Those women live inside a bubble. They are clueless."

"Thank you." She kissed the tip of his nose. "It's just that I'd like to be normal sometimes."

"You say that now. I bet you wouldn't make it through a week." He smirked.

"Touché." She stuck her forefinger on his chest and smiled, kissing his cheek.

…

The next morning, Annie was walking around the house with Zarya in her arms, singing for her, while Auggie took a shower. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Annie looked through the peephole and saw a woman about her age holding a pie. She opened the door.

"Can I help you?"

"Hey! I live just across the street and I noticed people had moved in this house, so I wanted to welcome you and your family to the neighborhood. Nice to meet you, I'm Nora."

"Hey Nora, I'm Annie." She extended one hand and Nora shook it, taking a long look at Annie's stay-at-home outfit.

"And who is this?" Nora patted Zarya's chubby cheek.

"This is Zarya." Annie answered.

"She seems big, doesn't she talk?"

Annie could feel she was already being judged.

"She does, but she's shy." Zarya confirmed that statement by hiding her face in her mother's chest.

"Oh, I see." The woman smiled. "Well, I prepared this for you. I hope you like cherry pies." She handed Annie the pie and she had to put Zarya down in order to get it.

"Oh, that's so sweet, thank you!" She noticed the woman trying to peek inside the house and it pissed her off, but she controlled herself. "I'd invite you in, but it's still a mess from the moving…" It wasn't, actually, but Annie didn't want anyone spying on them like that.

"Oh, that's ok." Nora noticed that Zarya had bells tied to her shoes, but didn't say anything about it, only stared at it (which only caused Annie to dislike the woman even more). "Well, my husband and I would like to invite you for dinner tonight. Hope you don't have anything planned." She smiled unnaturally.

"Well, I don't know. I'll talk to my husband and to our nanny first. But thanks for your invitation." Annie smiled back, as spontaneously as Nora.

As soon as the woman left, Annie already knew she hated her neighbors. At least the ones from 'just across the street'.

Auggie left the shower and shouted from their suite.

"Did I hear the doorbell?"

"Yes!" Annie shouted back, put the pie on the table and then headed to their bedroom.

She saw Auggie naked and that was enough to forget about the inconvenient Nora. Until he asked her about it.

"Who was it?"

She shook her head, trying to focus. "Ugh, just a neighbor wanting to 'welcome' us." She used air quotes, even though she knew it was lost on her husband.

"And that's bad because?..." He asked as he put on his boxers and his pants.

"Because she was just trying to find something to gossip about. She tried so hard to peek into our home! And she kept staring at Zarya and at my pajamas…"

"I think you're paranoid." He grabbed her to kiss her. "It's kinda sexy, but not healthy."

"Har." She kissed him back. "It was such a cliché! She even brought us pie and invited us for dinner."

"Did you say 'yes'?"

"Of course not!"

"What, you said 'no'?"

"Of course not!"

"What did you say?" He laughed.

"That I'd check if we were available. Are we? Please say 'no'."

"We are."

"Ugh! Why?"

"Annie, you're just overreacting. We'll go and eat good homemade food – which, let's agree, is not our specialty – and see how the regular people live. It's going to be funny to shock them with our open minds." He smirked.

"We'll be the headlines for weeks." She laughed. "Ok. I'll tell her we'll go."

"That's the Annie I know." He took her close and started to take off her shirt.

"Zarya is in the other room. I don't think it's the right time for that." She kissed his cheek, laughing, and left to find their daughter.