Parents, yay.

A/N: Just a one shot I thought of late in the night. Might tie into some other stuff cause I enjoy doing that. Enjoy.

Shadow's POV

I have no idea what brought this on, but there has to be a reason why she wants her father and I to talk. Or get to know each other as Sandy put it. This explains why we're in Texas and why I'm pulling on my gloves and fixing them. Surprisingly, I never really had a conversation with her father; not to mention he used to be a sheriff, but I should be okay. After all, it's not like meeting her mother; I'm still very convinced she's trying to have us get a divorce. Not like it'll work anyway.

Watching the screen door swing by, I stepped back as a brown squirrel came outside, barely glancing at me. Maybe coming here wasn't a good idea. What if this is just like her mother? Except it's way worse. Why hasn't he said anything?

Looking over at him, I don't believe this. He's asleep! Moving in front of him, I grasped his shoulders, yelling, "Wake up."

Letting go as his eyes flew open, I cleared my throat as he grinned and sat on the porch swing.

"Got any idea why she wanted us to do this?" I asked, more out of curiosity than a conversation starter.

"Sandy's always been like this, I can't say I didn't have anything to do with it." Mr. Cheeks answered.

Of course he had something to do with my wife's weird obsession with 'togetherness' as she put it. At least she hasn't done a spontaneous road trip yet, unless she left that up to me.

"Right. It's a bit eccentric, but it's nice to spend time with each other more." I admitted, noticing his smile get wider. "With the children more. I meant it's nice to spend more time with the kids." I corrected, rubbing the back of my neck.

"I'm jus' messin' with ya." He said, patting my shoulder. "I think I'd hate ya if ya didn't spend time with 'em."

Well, that's one problem out of the way.

"That's nice to know." I commented; sitting beside him as a gust of warm air went by. Maybe this won't be as bad as I thought.

A/N: This is just a one shot. I don't really think I'm going to continue this, but there is some Shandy stuff on my tumblr which I may post on here. I'd love to hear theories on how this actually ended. Review please.