Roxanne opened her eyes delightfully and stretched in bed. She tried to reach for Megamind but he was absent. She sighed and got up, checking the clock. It was seven o'clock. 'Ugh, I'd better get up or I'm going to be late for work…' she though and left the bed. When she was up, she needed to catch her balance as a sharp pain went straight through her head.
"Wow. That was some really bad idea…" she hissed sitting back on bed. While she held her head in her hands she noticed something funny. It wasn't her rug. The thing was brown, while hers was beige. She looked around the bedroom. The furniture also wasn't hers.
"What the…"
She slowly rose from the bed and got out of the room. The living room looked different too. Then she heard some male voice coming from the direction, where her kitchen used to be. Roxanne quickly grabbed something she could defend herself (a vase) and entered place she hoped was the kitchen. And so it was.
By the sink stood tall, black haired man, with broad shoulders and great muscles. He wore only jeans on him. He was singing along with the radio. Then he turned back and saw her.
"Roxie! You're awake, great! You want some breakfast, honey?"
'Honey? What the hell?'
"Who the hell are you? Where am I? And where's Megamind?" she said slowly rising her weapon.
"Uh huh. So you don't remember me, sweat pea? It's me Thomas, your husband. Yesterday you got hit in the head during making a report about the manifestation in the city. Who's Megamind?" he looked at her a bit confused.
Roxanne felt that her head started spinning. An amnesia? A husband? What manifestation? Where the heck was she? Suddenly they heard a knock on the doors.
"I'll get it, you sit down, okay?" Thomas offered her a chair and went to the doors.
"Oh, thanks goodness!" Roxanne heard him saying. "She's in the kitchen, it's just as you said…"
Seconds later he came in together with…
"Margot?" Roxanne looked totally surprised at the gray blond girl in front of her.
The Channel smirked.
"So you do remember me…" then she said to Roxanne's 'husband'. "I want to talk to her in private, so I'll take her for a coffee or something, okay?"
The man nodded. Roxanne stood up. "I'll change, okay."
"Suit yourself…" and she added quietly so only the woman could hear her. "… 'kidnap me' girl."
Later, both women bought themselves a cup of coffee and doughnuts.
"So what's going on? What kind of scheme is this?" Roxanne asked her companion.
"You really don't remember?" Margot asked mysteriously.
The brunette thought intensively for a second. What had happened before she went to sleep with Megamind at her side? She couldn't tell.
"No clue. I don't know what you mean."
The Channel sighed helplessly.
"What did you thought yesterday's afternoon?"
Then it hit her.
"No way…" Roxanne couldn't believe herself. "Okay, before I'm going to choke you, could you explain yourself?"
Margot smirked again seeing the brunette realize what she was talking about
"It's all a dream Roxanne. And it's not a dream. It could be real but it's not. Not yet. Yesterday you thought for a moment, how your life would look like without Megamind. Of course I know, you weren't serious, but still you know I wouldn't be myself if I hadn't give it a try."
Roxanne felt really irritated by her supernatural friend. The nerve! She never let a possibility pass, to test Roxanne and Megamind's relationship. Sometimes the reporter felt, that one day she would go to jail for murdering the gray blond girl.
"So what's now?" she asked massaging her temple.
"I give you a week, to live this peaceful life. Then you'll give me your answer."
"What kind of answer?" she looked tired at Margot
"Do you like this life better, or not." The girl said as-a-matter-of-fact.
"You already know it." Roxanne replied.
Margot smiled like a Cheshire cat and just like that cat started to disappear, while saying:
"You'll never know. It's all a dream, or maybe not."
When Roxanne returned 'home', Thomas asked her, a bit worried.
"So… how do you feel?"
"If you ask me if I remember you, than the answer is no." she sighed heavily. "Listen, I know I might hurt you right now, but you're a complete stranger for me at this moment. So you try to tell me something about this life, and we try to be friends, okay?"
He nodded in agreement.
"I guess you don't remember kids, do you?"
"Kids?"
She couldn't believe her eyes. Thomas had shown her the pictures of two children. One taller, a girl, who had her father's eyes and hair, but looked more like Roxanne, the boy was quite the opposite, he completely took after his father. The reporter swallowed hard, when this will be over she's definitely going to kill Margot.
"Where are they?" she asked with her voice a bit hoarse.
"With my parents. They'll be back tomorrow. Listen how come, you remembered Margot and you don't remember me or Tiffany and Jake?"
'Tiffany and Jake? Dear God…'
"I don't know…" she lied. She felt that this is going to be the longest week of her life.
For the rest of the day Thomas was showing her photographs, hoping she would remember their shared life. The more he was talking the more confused Roxanne was. The life he presented her was something she dreamed of before knowing the real Megamind. Loving husband, two children, she even received a Pulitzer award (before leaving her job to take care of the house that was something she didn't dreamed of). Then she realized that a big part of it was controlled by her husband. From what he was saying, they always did what he wanted. Suddenly she noticed her face expression on the pictures. She was tired of her life, but probably didn't spoke of it, because of the children… She most likely was afraid of giving the kids the same experience she went through her own parents divorce…
Next day kids came back from their grandparents. Thomas decided to spend some family time. He took them to park, keep talking about their dates there and trying to remind her something. But the more time she spend with him, the more she wanted to hear Megamind. The more he hold her hand she wanted Megamind's hand to hold her own. When she looked at him she wanted to see Megamind, his vibrant green eyes and touch his blue skin. By watching the children she realized that she doesn't want to have anyone else children other than his, and even if they cannot have them, then be it! The life she once wanted wasn't what she really needed. Thomas may be a kind person, but he wasn't as funny as her boyfriend was. Megamind would always ask her of hers (and Minion's) opinion on everything (maybe with exception on his inventions) before deciding on his own. And most certainly he wouldn't make her quit her job. When the week ended, Margot visited again.
"What's you answer?"
"My answer is the same as it was a week ago. I don't want a life without Megamind."
"Then let it be…"
Roxanne felt like falling in to black hole. When she woke up, the first thing she did was to make sure the person she slept next to was her blue hero. Smiling she snuggled next to him. He stirred slightly and woke up.
"Bad dream?" Megamind asked sleepily.
"You have no idea…"
"I think I do." He sighed. "We need to talk to Brooklyn about it…"
If you want to know who Margot is, I suggest reading 'Relationship' (at least first two chapters) or Labyrinth: Four Season Project (which is in Labyrinth movie section).
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