Sure enough, she brought those boys with her.
“Funny meeting you here...” she smiled.
“Oh, uhhhhh... same to you....” Colin said awkwardly, turning to the toddler staring blankly at him, “Hey there little dude, could you tell me your mom’s name?”
“Mommy.” the kid said.
“No Kayden, it’s Melody... we’re working on that.” the woman smiled.
“Okay then, I’m Colin, I came here for lunch, how did you know I was here?” Colin responded.
“Menus?” A waitress asked.
“Two adults, two kids.” Melody said before Colin could even get a word out.
“I’ll have those right out.” The waitress smiled.
Melody barely even touched her food, sighing as Colin uncomfortably ate his chicken fried steak.
“You ever thought about having children?” the mom asked out of the blue.
Sprite shot out of Colin’s nose as he coughed and yelled, “NO!”
The patrons stared at him before turning away.
“I think you’d be a wonderful father....” Melody smiled, “If you gave it a chance.”
She put her hand directly over his and watched him sweat intensely.
“Mooooom, I wanna play Potato Popper!” the six year old whined.
“You know the rules, Max.” Melody said, “You need to clean your plate before you can get up from the table.”
Colin practically inhaled his food and yelled “Hey, I cleaned my plate! Gotta go, bye!”
Melody watched him run out the door and speed out of the parking lot.
‘Just like their father...’ she pouted.
“Here, on the house.” The waitress said as she handed her a slice of cake. She handed it to Kayden and sighed.
“That was crazy...” Colin sighed, “At least that’s ov- OH SHIT!”
He slammed the breaks and stopped inches away from another car.
“Sir, do you have any idea how fast you were going?” a traffic cop asked, adding “Hey, weren’t you that guy Sam took to the holiday party?”
“Huh, oh yeah!” Colin chuckled.
“Dude, it was hilarious when you face planted off the couch after the punch bowl got spiked!” She laughed.
“Yeah... classic me.” Colin smiled.
“Yeah, Sam can help you pay off your speeding ticket.” The officer replied.
“Uuuuuuugh!” Colin groaned as the officer left.
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“Welp, I had to cut it back after last week’s little incident, but here it is!” Colin smiles as he presented... boxed wine and Tilamook cheeses on an old cutting board atop a beat up old blanket.
“It’s zeh thought zat counts.” Marinette smiles as she pecks him on the cheek.
They sat under the shady tree in the park feeding each other cheese and drinking some wine... a kiss blocked by a ball to the face.
“Well look who it is.... is this your little girlfriend?” Melody scowled.
“And who are you?” Marinette asked.
“Oh, just a single mother he dashed out on just like my boys’ father did...” Melody scowled, “Hope you don’t plan to have any kids.”
“Hey back off, I didn’t even invite you!” Colin yelled, “I’m not interested in kids right now! Especially not when the kids aren’t even mine!”
“Looks like you wouldn’t be able to afford them if you tried... oops.” Melody smirked as she kicked the wine bottle. It splashed all over the quilt and Marinette’s nice sweater.
“Hey, my Grandma made that for me when I was a baby you crazy bitch!” Colin yelled.
“Zis vwas a top of ze line piece! You bill be getting my dry cleaning bill!” Marinette yelled.
“Here’s a bill, you prissy little slut!” Melody yelled as she punched Marinette in the mouth. The French girl’s front left bottom tooth clacked against the sidewalk as droplets of blood went across the pavement.
Melody began to savagely best Marinette as Colin tried pulling her away.
“Help!” Colin cried out.
“Who’s gonna help a limp dicked coward like you?” Melody sneered.
And then...