Charles knocked on the door.

Violet opened the door and couldn't help but smile when she saw his face, "Hey. Come on in." She held the door open.

Luke was sitting on the floor, holding onto his Lion plushie, a very visible pout on his face.

"He had another bad day... I don't know if I should go."

Charles looked over at Luke, he might have taken a mental peek over to see what he would be dealing with so he was prepared for this. "Awww, but if you don't leave I won't be able to do arts and crafts with Luke" he stated loud enough for the boy to hear, "It's kind of a cool guy thing, no girls aloud."

Luke looked over and ran up behind Violet and tugged on her shirt.

"Yes Luke?" Violet knelt down and Luke whispered in her ear. "You sure?...Alright, give your Big sis a hug." Luke hugged Violet and she kissed his forehead. "Alright. You be good ok? I'll only be gone a couple of hours." Violet kissed Charles cheek. "Have fun you two."

Luke shifted side to side, "Cool guy stuff?" He asked. It was clear he'd had a rough day at school as he wasn't his normal cheerful self.

"That's right" Charles smiled, waving goodbye to Violet and then heading over to the kitchen table, "Do you like dinosaurs?" he asked, pulling out a box from his bag. It was an assemble your own dinosaur kit.

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"DO I?" He said excitedly, climbing onto a chair.

They spent much of the time building the dinosaur and playing with it. Charles as it turns out is very good with kids. Go figure.

Luke had pulled out his markers and the doodled all over it. Luke pouted because all of Charles pieces were colored all neat while Luke's were filled with zip zags and dots and so forth. But he had tons of fun, forgetting all the troubles at school.

They sat on the floor, drinking juice boxes when Violet came home. "Hey, little man." Luke ran up and hugged her. Violet set down the bag in her hand and picked Luke up, "Did you have fun?"

"Can Charlie come over and play again?" Violet chuckled.
"I think we can arrange something."

Charles smiled, packing his things up, "How was the class?" he asked

"Great! Nothing too fancy. We made Spicy Tofu with Beef. I brought a whole two containers home of it." Then Violet noticed something... She smelled Luke's hair since she was still holding him, "Did... Did actually get him to bathe?"

"Cool guys bathe." Luke said proudly. Violet put Luke down and blinked rather confused.

"Ok, what did you do with my little brother?"

Charles shrugged, "It's a cool guy secret, right Luke?" he smirked.

Luke smiled widely, "RIGHT!" Then he grabbed the invisible zipper on the side of his lips and zipped it shut.

Violet laughed, setting the food down on the table, "Well whatever you did, thank you. It can be a real pain getting him into the bath tub."

"Look! Look! ROAR! It's a T-rex."

Violet knelt down, "Oh wow. Don't tell me you made this? Look how scary he is." Violet picked up the T-Rex and started moving it around. "Yup. I think we've got another piece of art for the shelf."

"HURRAY! 10 out of 10?"
"Without a doubt." Luke grinned and took the T-Rex and put it over on one of the bookshelves which was titled "The Awesome Art gallery of Sir Luke the first."

Violet chuckled and let out a rested sigh, "You have no idea what having a night to myself means... Thank you, Charles."

"Anytime, I had a blast" Charles replied with a grin, "I'll see you later then."

Violet handed him one of the boxes of Spicy Tofu with Beef, getting the door for him as well. "Not if I see you first." Then she paused, "That sounds creepy didn't it?"

Charles chuckled, "Not at all. Thank you very much" he nodded to her and headed out.

Violet waved and closed the door, turning and leaning against it, "He's really something isn't he?"
"When are you gonna kiss?" Luke asked innocently.
Violet knelt down, a serious look on her face "Did he touch you in your safe zones?"
Luke shook his head, "Nope."
Violet smiled,"Then maybe sometime soon. Come on, it's bed time."

*

Ciara sat looking at the note book she'd titled as "Wedding Notes" She had a whole page titled, "Braid's maids." But no names were listed.

It sucked when you mostly hung out with guys... This was really getting to her. She scrolled through her Skype contacts and then paused, clicking on one.

"Hey Barbara?... Wanna be one of my Braidsmaids?" She asked nervously.

"Seriously?" Barbara replied, "I'd love to! I won't be able to come down until the day itself though-you know how it is. Somebody's gotta watch the computers."

"Thanks Barbara. It means a lot... Now I just need to figure out who else is gonna be a bride's maid... Why couldn't I just have Bride's guys or something.."

"I don't see any reason why you can't" Barb replied, "It's the 21st century. Do what you want!"

"I guess..." She rubbed the back of her head, "But Pietro's really set on making all the bridesmaid dresses. I don't want to crush his dress designs. I mean he's still recovering from the whole Queen Bee thing... I just want to keep him happy.. Keep his mind off of it."

"And you think a chance to make brides men suits would upset him?" Barb asked skeptically, "Do you know you fiance?"

She sighed, "I dunno... I'm starting to question that fact... I know he's recovering and I understand it but, it's like we're back to square one again. And with two babies on the way... I don't know what to do anymore. There's a bunch of times where I need the man he was before all this happened. He holds me, tells me he loves me but sometimes he seems so distant." Ciara sat back in the chair, trying to calm down "And these damn mood swings are't helping either."

"Hey, these things aren't always convenient" Barb replied with a sigh, "but that's life for ya. Just talk to him about it and more importantly, really think about who you want to be up there with you because that's what really matters"

"Alright. Thanks Barb. I'll send you the details when they're finalized. Talk to you later." Ciara hung up and sighed, She HAD talked to him about it but she felt selfish for wanting him to hold her, touch her... make him do things that would be considered normal behavior for lovers but...he currently wasn't comfortable doing.

She crawled into bed after throwing the book across the room and hid under the sheets. 'Screw it. I'm not doing any filming crap today.'

Pietro ended up showing up around noon. He knocked lightly on her door before coming.