As everything was happening back at the island, Lewis and Simone found themselves at the maw of danger. While they had silently agreed not to argue about the whole situation of Ezili and Lucas, Simone couldn’t help but smile, and look over to her husband.

“You know, dear…there’s one fatal flaw toy our plan,” she said.

“Which is?”

“Lucas is smarter than Rex.”

Lewis took a deep breath. “Yeah, I know…but who else did I really have?”

–

The battle was something fierce, and when they came back home finally, they found Rex trudging through the now slush, and he sheepishly grinned as Lewis’ eyes widened. They all got inside, and Lewis went to both Lucas and Ezili’s room each, both which were empty. He took a quick check in the other kids rooms, just to set his mind at ease that they were all safe, and came back down to find that Simone had discovered where they were.

The door opened wide, and they found Lucas and Ezili, huddled together on the couch. Both of them were clothed and asleep, but there was obvious signs that something had happened. Lewis wanted to charge in, but was yanked back by Simone. She gave him a look, and he calmed down a bit.

“Fine….” he said. That was all he had to say, and it was obvious he wasn’t happy, but he let it go. He knew deep down that it was going to happen, but a small part of him had wanted to preserve their innocence a while longer. He was more than unhappy, but Simone was right and he had to let go in some fashion. They were growing up…and if this was the worst they had done, or could do…well, it could have been worse.

He stormed off upstairs, mentioning to Simone that he was going to sleep. They had, after all, fought a dragon…

After they all had gotten some rest, each of them made their way for breakfast and Simone was enjoying a well-earned meal. Her arm was all bandaged up but luckily it was healing well. Janus and Lila were fast asleep in a little bassinet by them but never too far away from Simone. She almost hated Angela was making her breastfeed, almost – but she did like the bonding time with them. Though she did bitch almost nonstop mentally about how sore she was. And wait until they get teeth… I had almost forgotten how much that hurts… Simone rolled her eyes back and forth as she sent the message to Lewis. This was a daily conversation at this point but at least they were pudgy and happy. Practically milk drunk. “I swear I think they overeat.”

Ezili came down after she changed clothes and took her seat next to Lucas. They were smiling at each other almost sheepishly. Simone could tell the signs of them holding their hands under the table. “Did you two have fun tricking poor Rex?”

Ezili went red and avoided eye contact. “We already know calm down.” It was awkward but Simone toyed with her food some more, “I know Lewis doesn’t want to talk about it but I do.” She took a sigh and rolled her shoulders.

“Are we in trouble?” Ezili gripped Lucas’s hand.

“No, I’m not that cruel and neither is your father. I just want you to understand the consequences. What happens if you are carrying a baby for example. If you two continue doing this there is a good chance of that unless we see a physician like Leilah and it does mean answering hard questions.”

Ezili was bright red, “But… couldn’t I just marry Lucas?… Instead?”

Simone tilted her head a bit, “I mean you could. I’m just giving you the options. Kids change everything and you two are young. Settling down might be what you want. A life of peace though I don’t know how much peace the Terrowins will ever have.” There was a laugh. “Though, Rex over here might have half of Benin knocked up before he’s seventeen,” Simone called Rex out. “Really? You left in the middle of a blizzard to get laid? That’s all it took was Lucas saying one of your girlfriends was alone? What if you got killed? That’s some Rhenakos shit right there. Do you know how much I would have cried had I found your half-frozen ass dead outside?"