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When the twins stepped inside, Dark and Daizi were sitting on the floor of the living room, which was also the front hall, and they had moved the central coffee table out of the way to have a more open space. "Stay there, stay there!!!" Daizi told them, waving her hand at the twins to try to...

"Have you got it, yet?" Xander asked Alec. "Ba said to head back." "Almost." Alec used a stick to tap the phone slowly sideways. "Got it!" He held up his phone triumphantly. "Nice. Let's get going," Xander said. Alec carefully put his phone in his pocket, and the pair headed back to the...

Dark and Daizi spent the first part of the day playing with Ivy, taking her to swim a little bit, but also doing all of the other activities she enjoyed: tummy time, singing, and just really enjoying the time they got to spend with their daughter, although they did fairly regularly check their...

The twins spent their hours exploring the town from one side to the other, finding all the games and curious sites to see. Xander climbed all the random areas, and Alec nearly got stuck in a fun house until Xander got him out. They found a few random snack shacks and treated themselves, but...

Freya laughed as she got the reaction she'd been hoping for, then grinned. Her grin didn't last through his account of events though. The grin slowly became a slight frown. It sounded like a very unpleasant experience, and she couldn't blame him for being hesitant to share. She tilted her head...

Daizi went to bed that night feeling more relaxed and special than she had felt earlier in the evening, and come morning she had rebounded without much of a trace of the previous night's distress. They said goodbye to the twins, made them promise to let them know where they were, and then set...

The next morning, the twins rose and dressed. No more were they spending half the day in their pajamas! They ate a fast little breakfast, made certain they were coated in sunscreen, and then headed out for the day. Alec was so excited he barely remembered to give Daizi a hug goodbye. They...

"Dark?" Daizi asked at last, the name she used catching all of her husband's attention, "Are my stretchmarks bad? I mean, I know I have them, I can feel them, but... Are they really visible?" While unbuttoning his shirt, he answered her, "I can see them, but I would not say they are 'bad.' I...

"Oh, that's right!" Alec said, brightening, and ran to get clean after Xander. The twins had picked a seafood restaurant and got lobster and crab, which they picked over curiously. It took them a while to figure out how to eat them, and they were surprised to discover they didn't love lobster...

"We have two showers," Daizi reminded them, "Your bedroom and ours." By the time everyone was clean, Ivy was awake enough for them to go to dinner, according to whichever twin got to choose. Daizi had changed back into a dress and suggested they get dessert. Afterwards, they went back home...

"I call first dibs on the shower," Xander said, heading that way. "You can go before me, Mama," Alec offered. He went to hang up the towels and then sat on the floor so he wouldn't get the furniture dirty. It looked like furniture that had been designed to get dirty, but he didn't want make...

"We do not have to deflate it," Dark said, picking it up, "but we should bring it inside. Our rental may open right out onto the beach, but anything can happen to what we leave outdoors." "I'm going to go lay Ivy down, I'll help with anything that still needs doing after" Daizi said, sliding...

Xander came over to help Alec, and between the pair of them, they quickly had the towels shaken out and folded up and all the assorted stuff picked up. Xander started letting the air out of the swan floaty thing but stopped and stared into its beaked face. "This feels weird," he finally said...

"That would be great," Daizi said, handing the bundle of towels to Alec when he was near enough. She had done most of the clean up while Dark was walking towards the shore to get them, albeit one-handed, because she wasn't sure if it was acceptable to just let Ivy sleep directly on the sand...

"Absolutely!" Alec agreed eagerly and trotted ahead of them. "Mama! I'm coming to help clean up! Want me to shake out the blankets?" "I'mma touch your hair," Xander grumbled under his breath as he stalked toward the towels.

"No, they do not." Dark replied, still amused, "It was a fish. They are out here, you know." He nodded towards Daizi, "Come on. We should clean up and get dinner."

"They don't?"Alec asked, slowly relaxing. "Oh, that's good." Xander huffed and let go of his brother's arm. "It still could have been worse," he grumbled, fighting down the embarrassment.

"How do I know it was not a sea snake?" Dark asked, raising an eyebrow, "The fact they do not live in the Atlantic Ocean is a good starting point, I believe."

The twins dissolved into a brief moment of blather before Xander caught on. He grabbed Alec's arm to quiet him and glared at Dark suspiciously. "It weren't no pet shop goldfish," he stated. "And we couldn't see it well. How do you know it wasn't a sea snake?" "Sea snakes are more deadly...

"Something slimy in the water bumped against your leg?" Dark asked, fighting back a smirk, "That is truly concerning, my sons. It is good you made it to land. It sounds as though it could have potentially been... a fish."