two years later

God time flies by.. I keep on remembering the days before I got all this, despite it being awful.. it was great. and now I'm twenty two with a toddler and a beautiful nine year old- who is at school, and.. a soon to be absolutely stunning wife. vee and maya had moved into their condo and.. surprise surprise maya is two months pregnant with twins! I'm so excited!! but because the babies are half basilisk vee has to "infuse" magic into maya's food to keep them and her healthy. watching alex run around the room in just a shirt and diaper I giggle, snatching her up I blow raspberries onto her neck. squealing loudly she begins to hit my head giggling

"MAMI nooo!!"

hugging her close I smile, leaning against me she smiles softly.

" I can't wait for you to enter the baby class tomorrow.. you'll be an amazing witch.."

lifting her up I pick up the pants haphazardly laid on the floor, helping her into the pants a knock hits the front door.

"ah.. just on time- now who must that be?"

letting her run to the door she goes on her tippy toes to open it, being swiftly picked up by boscha she laughs. Willow walks in with Charlie who seems to be at the end of a tantrum, setting the two toddlers on the ground charlie hugs alex tightly. being limited to speech still alex pulls away and rests her hand on charlie's cheek, her eyes full of worry. shaking her head no charlie says quietly,

"I'm fine.."

they both go into the living room to go play. leading them into the kitchen Willow looks around as I pour them coffee

"where's.. amity?"

smiling gently I say handing them the two mugs

"she's at work at the moment, she works at the library and with the way she loves kids.. it was inevitable."

they raise an eyebrow to me, sipping my coffee I smile and think about how I'll greet her todαy. crossing her arms Willow looks at me for some reason angry

"I have a job too willow- I'm a riot officer you know- diffuse and protect.. it's my day off"

picking up alex when she runs up to me I smile

"can we go to grandma's??"

looking at Willow a moment she nods, nodding to her I say very carefully.

"be VERY careful alex.. it's two thirty now so only cross the street when taller kids are crossing."

she nods gently.. she may be tall for her age.. but she's not that tall. walking out the door with charlie I whistle for my staff, twisting off the sphere I say cautious

"make sure they're safe... I will personally send you to belos as wine if they get hurt"

the round cerulean sphere shivers and is out the door in a second, patting the back of my staff it flies up the stairs. boscha chuckles slightly knowing how serious I am- checking my watch half an hour later I sigh gently

"amity will be here soon"

holding up my hand I hold up a finger each second until three hits, pointing at the door I hear the door open. embracing amity as soon as she walks in I smile

"right on time... I missed you so much ami"

looking around she raises an eyebrow

"where's alex..?"

kissing her temple I lead her into the kitchen, smiling I say gently

"she's with charlie, visiting eda and mom- don't worry.. I have an "eye" on them"

she smiles at me and rests against me, boscha chuckles softly.
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Alex had returned home an hour later, waving to us Willow, boscha and charlie go home. running upstairs I hear alex giggle in me and amity's room, hugging her from behind my hands run down her thighs

"how was your day?.."

my arms wrap tightly around her waist as I ask that, lovingly kissing her neck she sighs

"stressful.."

frowning she leans into my touch. burying my face into her neck I say quietly

"well.. if you want I can massage your shoulders or something you want to do"

she nods with a smile, guiding her to the couch I sit sideways and pat my lap. resting her head on my lap I run my hands over her shoulders then up to her neck, putting a relaxing amount of pressure onto her skin I smile when she begins to feel less tense.

"so.. how bad was it??.."

opening her eyes they lock with mine, sighing gently she says quietly

"he expects.. alot from me- I put my hardest out to the kids and it's still not enough- they love being around me and each day I read something new.. I should bring otabin to the library tomorrow it's- human enough"

leaning down I kiss her forehead, scooting up to hug my neck she sighs relaxed against my skin. closing my eyes I lean my head into hers, opening my eyes to footsteps approaching the couch I smile at alex. pulling her up to hug her close I kiss both her's and amity's forehead.

" I love you two.."

nestling closer to me I watch them both fall asleep, smiling gently I pull rose in when she returns from school. I love our little cuddle piles... it's so nice to know how awesome my family of four is.
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waking up to my breath exhaling shallowly like my lung had been punctured, I suddenly realize I'm in my bed. breathing in deeply I feel my rib begin to let go of it's pinching hold, sighing gently I growl to myself..    ever since dad came back I've had all these problems with my lungs again.. I wish he would have stayed away..    stirring in her sleep amity's hand runs up my arm

"hey.. what's wrong?.. another pinched rib?"

nodding gently I slide down to make our heads level, resting her hand on my neck she frowns.

"I'll be alright.. I can just do what I did before- work it out"

kissing her gently I cup her face in my hand, sighing lovingly against my lips when we part I smile.

"I love you amity blight..."

she smiles gently at me, looking up when a swiftly cut off scream goes up the stairs I go to stand up, a moment later alex bursts in. crawling under the blanket to get to our levels, she keeps her head hidden under the blanket, it takes me a moment to hear the rumbling thunder to realize why she's sobbing. pulling her hair away from her face amity looks at her sadly,

"hey.. hey.. it's okay- you're safe alex.."

kissing her forehead amity pulls her into a hug. a tap hits my shoulder, looking at rose I smile.

"bad dream?"

she shakes her head no, crawling under the covers to rest ontop of me she yawns softly

"no.. it was a good one... it's just cold"

looking at amity I smile as I hug rose, parting my hair away from my face I scoot in closer. looking up at the ceiling I close my eyes, falling asleep soon after.
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the next morning started off.. normal enough- I took rose and alex to hexside.. got alex enrolled.. then I got a nice "wakeup call" by eda saying dad came back over and you know yadda yadda- ugh.. he's getting tiring- and wow surprise I'm apparently half a witch biologically. just great-
walking into the kitchen I hop onto the countertop and rest my head on the cabinet, amity slaps my thigh

"what's the rule luz noceda??"

hopping off I sit in one of the dinner tables chairs, resting my head on the gray polished wood I sigh. her hand runs up from the middle of my back to my shoulder blade, her voice comes full of slight worry.

"rough morning baby??"

nodding- or well.. sliding my face up and down across the tabletop, I open my eyes to look at her. sitting beside me she rests her cheek on the table

"so.."

raising an eyebrow she asks

"so?.."

smiling gently I grip her hand causing her to giggle,

"the kids are at school.. and I believe we're not getting any guests- and I really.. really want to make like- popsicles or something.."

beginning to snort out laughter she covers her mouth, spending a long while giggling she says

"the way you put it made it seem like you wanted sex- though.. making sweet stuff sounds awesome- like chocolate covered pretzels."

kinda moaning in delight at the thought of chocolate covered pretzels I say excited

"dark chocolate and a strawberry sauce to dip it in- oh my goddd!"

and just like that I'm already picking up my- really needs to retire- frog wallet and car keys. trailing behind me she chuckles all the way to the car, driving to the small grocery store. holding out my hand I count down to five, jogging slowly down the aisles I stop at the fruit. picking up two packages of strawberries I cross amity on the way to the sugar, she holds up the chocolate chips and a small labeled bag of rock salt-    we like to add a little bit more salt to them and sometimes we add crushed caramel-    and teases me

"running slow luzz~"

grabbing brown and white sugar I smirk- oh she doesn't realize that they have the last ingredient right here- snatching up two bags of pretzels I mentally celebrate as I beat her. smiling at amity when she joins me at the front I take her bags from her

"oh how gentlemanly of you~"
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smiling gently at amity making the caramel in a simmer pot, I add a cup more of sugar to my slightly bubbling strawberry sauce. picking up a small bit with the cooking spoon I hold it in front of her after warning that it's still slightly hot. smiling gently she blows a little bit on the sauce and sips it into her mouth,

" you get it perfect every time... sweet with a little bit of tart at the end"

helping her dip the pretzels into the dark chocolate, then pressing them into the almost powdered caramel. I set them on a cookie sheet with wax paper, hugging her close I kiss her neck while we wait for the chocolate to cool. smiling gently at me I despite burning my fingers licking the strawberry sauce off one.

"hands off luz.. there will be none left by the time the chocolate cools"

pulling out the few hundred pretzels I guide amity's hand over the pretzels when she ask me to help her

" you get it so perfect- I don't know how.."

pressing my entire front to her back I smile against her neck, sighing gently I say lovingly

"years of practice ami.. I started making these at twelve"

kissing her neck once I head to the cupboard specifically marked holidays, and pull out one by one foot clear plastic sheets and a very unused roll of purple ribbon. letting the strawberry sauce harden to soft candy, I put easily thirty into the middle of five of the clear sheets. tying them shut with a length of the ribbon I smile

"guess it's time to be santa"

she nods. heading to mom's house first I greet her with a hug, wheezing out a laugh when eda's palm heavily meets my back I hug her too. smiling when king eagerly takes his bag of the pretzels, I wave to them as I head out the door

"I'll be back on Saturday though! don't forget!"

driving to vee's house I knock on the door, looking at amity when I hear a quite groggy grunt, vee opens the door looking like she had ten all nighters. smiling happily that tiredness slips away like water on a plate, welcoming us inside I smile at maya. jumping up and down like a kid when I hand her the two bags I chuckle.

"you'll never get rid of that childlike spirit will you?"

shaking her head no she instantly replies

"nope!"