Lily IV

Two days after the argument, the conversation on the porch, and the backyard soccer game.

Aron and Lou sitting on the porch. 

Lou. "Remind me why we're keeping the dog?"

Aron. "Laina adopted it?"

Lou. "We have how many children and we let the four year old make our important decisions?"

Aron laughs, leans back on the porch swing, and pulls her closer to him. "As I recall, neither of us were capable of saying 'no,' and Laina uses that to her full advantage."

Lou laughs, leans her head against Aron's shoulder. Her smile fades suddenly, remembering. "Did you talk to Lily anymore?"

Aron shakes his head. "I tried."

Enter Katie, holding Marlaina by the hand. Marlaina has blue smeared on her lips. "Dad, Lise ate all of the blue skittles again."

Enter Lily and Dray, Lily catches Katie's words and her look turns black. "And how is that your business?"

Katie looks up, hurt, and Lise hides behind her leg, avoiding looking at Aron and Lou.

Dray glares at Aron, and Lou rolls her eyes.

Aron breaks up the tension by catching Katie's eye and smiling. "Thanks, Katie. Lise, let's go inside and get you cleaned up. And we need to have a talk about this, little lady, because you can't go around eating all the candy in the house."

Lily scowls. 

Lou. "Lily, I'm taking the twins shopping for school clothes tomorrow, and since I've never shopped with them before I kind of need some help. Could you come with? I mean, you know their style, what they need, better than I do."

Lily softens. "What time?"

Lou. "Is 10 am okay?"

Lily nods, exits. Aron leaning against the door jam, smiling at her. "Lise is in bed. Should we... maybe... call it a night?"

She grins at him. Exit.