Then there were 6 - REWRITING

Part 31:

"Hey guys," Zoe smiled to them as their car pulled up in the driveway and joe helped the others out of the car. "Hey Zo." 
Alfie was inside, tending to aria, zoe and Alfies daughter. "Aria cant wait to see you guys again, its been so long!" Zoe laughed, "come in!"

Joe held Riley's hand as they went through the door, he had to help her up the step at Zoe and Alfie's it was slightly steep and she had tripped once a couple of years back. "Thanks daddy." She told him, letting go of his had and running to hug aria.
"Aw, look at them." Dianne said, making a love heart shape with her hands, "They dont see each other for a few months and it's like we have never been away!" Alfie came into the corridor, a tea towel strung over his shoulder and sweat on his forehead.
"What have you been up to Alfie? A cardio?" Joe asked, laughing at him wiping the sweat from his head.
Alfie grinned, "Unless you class putting up a kids paddling pool as an exercise?" He puffed, "Definitely for your lungs."

"Oh yeah, those things are bloody hard to blow up!"

"Especially when you forget to buy a pump." He sighed, "anyways, aria has been begging me to get it up since she found out the kids were coming, plus its been hot lately so maybe thats why."
"Yes, ill come give you a hand mate, I wouldn't expect you to do it on your own for the kids then to deflate it bit by bit!"

The boys headed off into the kitchen along with Zack and now Alex, whilst Zoe and Dianne, along with Aria, Ella, Riley, Jess And Brielle went upstairs to discuss Zoe's new makeup line.

"So you have a makeup line now?" Riley asked, staring at the pallets spread about the bed, all different colours, all based on breakfast foods.
"Yes," Zoe laughed, "and I've got quite a big line this time."
"Aw cool!" Jess said, opening a brightly coloured eyeshadow palette. "This one is gorgeous,"

"Dianne are they alright to try some on? Its alright to say no, honestly it is, 5 girls and makeup can cause chaos."

"No, its fine, have fun girls, you love coming to Auntie Zoe's so we should make the most of it."

The girls cheered and soon, a full pamper party was underway and the girls were getting glammed up by Zoe, and Dianne. Riley loved it, she told them she felt like a proper princess when they put bright pink and blue makeup on her, "that goes gorgeous with her eyes." Zoe muttered to Dianne, who nodded in agreement. "Yeh, it does."

After a long day of makeup trials and fun it was time to go to bed and it was the first time Alfie and Zoe had met little Brielle and Alex, and zoe found it weird how there were 6 of us now.

"Then there were 6." She laughed.