What Do You Want to Watch?--Sparia
It was a lazy Friday night in the Hastings-Montgomery night. The kids were both spending the night at their Auntie Hanna’s house so Aria and Spencer could have a date night. Except both women had come home, taken one look at each other, and simultaneously asked if the other wanted to spend the night in. They’d then burst out laughing and decided to order in Chinese food and watch a movie together.
Since having little Harper almost a year ago and Millie three years before that, the couple’s romantic life had slowed down. They were still good in the bedroom—perfect, in fact—but they hadn’t been on a date in probably two years. It wasn’t something that bothered them, they loved their children and loved spending time with them, but sometimes they just felt like they needed a break. Unfortunately, between raising two children and having full time jobs, they were both exhausted.
“What do you want to watch?” Spencer asked, flipping through the various categories on Netflix. They were waiting for their food to arrive and she wanted to have a movie picked out before it got there. Otherwise, they could easily spend the entire night trying to agree on something. Aria shrugged.
“I dunno, what do you want to watch?” she asked. Spencer rolled her eyes.
“I asked you first,” she said.
“I asked you second!” Aria countered. For the second time that evening, they both burst out laughing.
“Oh my god, we are clearly spending way too much time with children under the age of five,” she laughed. Spencer nodded in agreement.
“I haven’t watched anything besides Disney and Pixar movies in so long I don’t know how to watch movies like an adult,” she admitted.
“We could watch anything,” Aria realized in amazement. “We could watch something rated PG-13.”
“We could watch something rated R!” Spencer corrected. Aria nodded, her eyes wide with excitement. They both considered the endless possibilities for a minute.
“Is it weird that I miss them?” Aria asked. Spencer shook her head.
“Is it weird that I want to put on The Little Mermaid?” Spencer answered. Aria nodded.
“Yes, that is weird. Millie insists on listening to the soundtrack on the way to school every single day and I swear that I’m going to scream if I hear ‘Part of Your World’ one more time,” she complained. Spencer laughed.
“See, on the way home she only wants to listen to Aladdin. ‘A Whole New World’ was my favorite song when I was a kid, and now I hate it!” she exclaimed. Aria joined her laughter.
“Can you believe we’re actually missing them? We’ve been complaining nonstop about how much we need a night to ourselves and here we are wishing they were here!” Aria exclaimed. Spencer nodded in agreement.
“It is our first night away from Harper,” she said.
“We should probably call Hanna, make sure she’s doing okay,” Aria suggested. Spencer nodded again.
“She is all alone with three little ones,” she agreed, ignoring the fact that Caleb was there too.
“And it can be really hard to get Harper to go to sleep, and that’ll drive Hanna crazy,” Spencer added.
“She’d call if there was a problem, though. Maybe we should leave it alone,” Aria said, though her fingers were itching to pick up the phone. Before either of them could impulsively call Hanna, there was a knock at the door.
“I guess the food’s here,” Spencer said, going to answer the door. She brought the cartons into the living room, forgoing plates. They put on some old movie that neither of them cared about, and picked at their food. Halfway through, Spencer paused it.
“Do you want to go check on the girls? Just to make sure everything’s okay?” she asked. Aria nodded in relief.
“Yes! I’m so glad you said it first. I didn’t want to seem like one of those crazy moms who can’t be away from her kids for one night!” she exclaimed. Spencer shook her head.
“No, it’s not crazy! You were still breastfeeding Harper until a month ago. We should go over there, just to check on them.”
An hour later, Spencer and Aria were curled up on the couch with their two daughters, watching The Little Mermaid.