Thomas felt some amount of pride that things had been going so smoothly in his life.  It wasn't that they were going perfect, but it was better than things had been in awhile.  In fact, recently, there had already been a couple of speed bumps.  Aria had broken her wrist on the job and was in a lot of pain, which meant strong painkillers that would keep her off her feet for a couple of days.  Thomas had practically been living at her apartment, since it was better than his and she had Reese anyway, and this only reinforced it.  He didn't mind taking care of her a little bit, and he really liked Reese a lot.  He was a good kid.

So Aria's still kinda pissed at me for teaching Reese puta.  Well, he kinda learned a few more... hey, it's just the natural reaction to pain, it's what happens.  Pain happens, shitty swearing happens.  Little kid picks it up.  So I taught him "i'm sorry" and then to tell his mom that she's beautiful.  Maybe that'll help a little... I'm not used to watching my mouth around little kids anymore.