Jason and Aria moaned as they regulated their breathing. They were taking advantage of having the house to themselves for the entire day. Of course they would spend the entire day in bed together. Aria rolled over onto Jason's chest and rested her chin comfortably on her hand which was resting on his chest.
"What's got into you baby?" Jason asked, amazed at what he'd just experienced with Aria.
Aria laughed. "You." she teased. Jason smiled and ran his fingers through Aria's hair as he rested his eyes. "I need ice cream." Aria told him a few minutes later. When Jason didn't move, she got up herself and went down to get some. The next time Jason opened his eyes was when Aria was coming back in with a big tub of ice cream, bowls and chocolate sauce.
"Nice." he commented as he sat up. Aria got back into bed and placed one of the bowls in Jason's lap. She scooped a whole load into Jason's bowl and only a tiny bit for herself. "Come on. You're really going to have that little bit of ice cream?" Jason questioned.
"Yeah.. I feel like I'm putting loads of weight on recently.." she looked at him with sad eyes before looking back down to the ice cream so she could put the lid back on.
"Loads of weight?" Jason put his bowl on the floor and moved the ice cream tub to get closer to Aria. "Are you kidding?" Jason moved the duvet from Aria's stomach. "You've had two children and your stomach is still as taut as it was when we first got together." Jason kissed her belly button. "Believe me." he pressed another kiss to it.
"I don't think so.." she answered quietly as she ran her fingers through Jason's hair.
"I promise you." he told her.
Jason and Aria fell asleep together and were woken at 6pm by a knock on the door. Jason was the first to get up and into some joggers and a tshirt. It was Byron.
"Hey Byron. What are you doing here?" Jason asked as he let his father-in-law into their home.
"Was in the area. Though I'd pay a visit to my grandchildren as I missed them at Christmas." he replied with a smile.
"Oh you're out of luck. They're spending the day with Ella. They might be at hers, they might not. I'm sorry."
"Oh no it's okay." Byron replied as he looked around the foyer he and Jason were standing in. "How's Aria? I haven't spoken to her for a couple of weeks."
"She's good. She's sleeping at the moment."
"Busy day?"
"Kind of yeah." Jason smiled.
"Well let her know I came round." Byron headed towards the door.
"Would you like a drink?" Jason asked before Byron touched the door knob.
"Sure." Byron smiled and followed Jason into the kitchen. Jason handed Byron a beer and took a glass of water for himself.
"Not drinking?" Byron asked as he took a swig of beer.
"No, not today. Had a lot last night." Jason answered as he sipped on his glass of water.
"Oh right. Where did you go?"
"Out with a few friends. Lost track of how much we were drinking and it hit me hard in the morning." Jason laughed nervously. "Aria should be up soon. She's been sleeping for two hours." Of course he hadn't been drinking that much last night but he didn't want to let Byron know that it was his daughter who had been making him exhausted and dehydrated all day.
They stayed chatting for a while in the kitchen before Aria came down with her hair tied up in a bun and in one of Jason's tshirts. Before she entered the kitchen she could hear her father's voice and rushed back upstairs to get into something appropriate. As she came back down there was another knock at the door. She quickly answered it to her mum who was holding one twin in each arm.
"Hey Dad's here." Aria warned her mum as Aria took Scarlett from her arm.
"He is?" Ella closed the door behind her. "Why?" She whispered.
Aria shrugged her shoulders. "Your guess is as good as mine." she opened the kitchen door. "Hi dad." Aria smiled.
"Hey!" Byron smiled as he saw Aria walk in with Scarlett and Ella and Colton following. He approached Aria to hug her and say hello to his granddaughter. He looked up. "Ella."
he politely acknowledged Ella. She said hello to him while handing Colton to him.
"How are you?" she asked as he stood close to her with Colton. Aria walked to the other side of the kitchen with Scarlett to stand with Jason and observe. They were being civil for the first time since Jason and Aria's wedding. Ella still despised Byron after all these years for his affairs with Meredith. She had moved on with her partner. She'd been with him for the same amount of time Jason and Aria had been together. But she still couldn't get over how much Byron had hurt her.
Byron left half an hour later with Ella leaving a few minutes after. Jason was sitting on the couch in the living room with Colton and Scarlett watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse -
one of the twins favourite tv programmes which was always recorded for them to watch. Aria was in the kitchen cooking herself and Jason some dinner. Ella had given Colton and Scarlett something to eat before she came home, so Aria didn't have to worry about making sure they'd all like what she was cooking. Scarlett and Colton were playing on their mats infront of the tv when Aria came into the living room with two bowls of paella.
"Mmm, smells good baby." Jason commented looking over his shoulder when Aria came towards him.
"Thank you. I hope it tastes good." she answered as she passed one of the bowls and a fork to him.
