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Scarlett's POV 

We have been home from our honeymoon for 2 weeks now.

I woke up facing Adam. He was sitting up, watching tv. "Hey beautiful," He said. "Hi. What time is it?" I asked him. "It's noon, sweetheart," Adam said before he bent down to kiss me. "It's way too quiet in here. Where are the kids?" I asked him. "Today was their first day of preschool. I took them 3 hours ago," He said. "Damn it! Adam, why didn't you wake me up?" I asked him. "You're so cute when you're sleeping," He said as he pulled me onto his lap and cradled me in his arms.

"Adam?" I said. "Yeah, baby?" He asked. "I've been thinking about this for a while and I have decided that now I want to do it," I said. "Do what?" He asked. "I want a tattoo. Well 2 tattoos actually," I said. "Look at my girl taking after me," He said. "I'm not getting a sleeve, Adam. Just two tattoos." I said. "What are you thinking about getting, babe?" He asked. 

"Violet written on one wrist in cursive and Noah written on the other wrist in cursive," I said. "That's amazing, babe. I'll take you to the guy that has done all of my tattoos." He said. "When do you want to go?" I asked him. "How about today? We don't have to get the kids for 3 hours," He said. "Let me get dressed then," I said before I kissed his cheek and climbed out of bed. 

I picked out a white crop top that showed off my belly button ring. I slipped on a pair of studded jean shorts and grabbed a pair of white peep toe pumps. I walked back out to Adam. "Ready babe?" I asked him. "Ready," He said as he grabbed my hand and we walked downstairs. We got into my black Range Rover and Adam took me to his tattoo parlor. 

We walked into the tattoo parlor, hand in hand. "Hey Max," Adam said. "Adam, hey man! What's going on!" Max said as he shook Adam's hand. "Busy. Got married and have twin 3 year olds," Adam said. "Wow. Adam Levine settled down? Never thought I would see the day! This must be the lovely lady," Max said. "Max, this is Scarlett. She's Jesse's sister," Adam said. "Jesse's your brother-in-law now? Wow, nice. Pleasure to meet you Scarlett," Max said as he shook my hand. "Nice to meet you too," I said.

"So, Scarlett, you come to watch Adam get another tattoo?" Max asked. "Actually, Scar is the one getting the tattoo today," Adam said. "Alright, so what can I do for you Scarlett?" Max asked. "I would like Noah, in cursive, written on my left wrist and Violet, in cursive, written on my right wrist." I said. "Kids?" Max asked. "Yes," I said. 

Max made two quick sketches that I approveed of. I sat on Adam's lap, in one of the chairs. Adam wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my cheek. "You're gonna do great, baby," He said. I held out my left wrist for Max and held Adam's hand with my right. And the buzzing started. 

20 minutes later, Max wrapped my left wrist and moved onto my right. 30 minutes after that, Max wrapped my left wrist and Adam paid him. We said goodbye and headed back to the car. "You did amazing, baby." Adam said before he kissed me. "It's not that bad. But of course, you're probably used to the pain by now," I said. "Yeah, probably. Are you hungry?" He asked. "Kind of," I said. "What would you like?" He asked. "Let's go home and order pizza," I said. And with that, we headed back home. 

 We sat on the couch and decided to watch Castle. I rested my head on Adam's shoulder as he lightly traced over the plastic that covered Violet's name on my wrist. "They are beautiful tattoos, baby," He said. "Thank you, I love them too," I said before I gave him a passionate kiss. 

The doorbell rang and I grabbed my wallet. I paid the pizza guy and walked into the kitchen with the pizza in my hands. "Good thing it's here because I'm starving!" Adam said as he ran over to me. I grabbed 2 plates out of the cabinet and handed one to Adam. He set 3 pieces of pizza on his plate and went back to the couch. I grabbed 2 slices and grabbed 2 beers out of the fridge. I opened the beers and carried them along with my pizza back to the family room. 

I handed Adam his beer and set mine on the coffee table. "Thank you, Scar," He said before he took a sip of his beer. "Anything for my husband," I said before I kissed his cheek. 

An hour later, we climbed back into the Range Rover to go get Violet and Noah. Adam and I walked into the preschool hand in hand. Violet and Noah ran over to us. "Mommy!" Violet exclaimed as she ran into my arms. "Daddy!" Noah exclaimed as he ran into Adam's arms. We picked them up. 

"HI sweetie," I said. "Hi," She said. "Mr. and Mrs. Levine?" A woman asked. "Yes?" We said. "I'm Mrs. Marks, Violet and Noah's preschool teacher." She said. 

"Can I speak to you about Violet and Noah?" She asked.