Ruby is in the kitchen the next morning her hair blow dried and properly curled and wearing a pretty purple sundress with a sweetheart neckline. Curtis comes out of the bathroom dressed and ready to start the day, surprised to find Ruby so put together. She looks like she is happy and wonders if it has anything to do with her late night visit from their ghost of a friend. She hands him a cup of coffee and makes them a couple of bagels before joining Curtis at the table.
"No nightmare last night, does that mean Frank found you?"
"You told him I would be there." She realises as he nods.
"Both times." Curtis admits eating his bagel.
"Both? Wait you mean you helped him find me the first time?" Ruby puts two and together.
"Guilty, he would watch the meetings and started asking about you.. I had to tell him about Bill but i had no idea he would hold you hostage."
"It wasn't that bad..That was when I ended up pregnant." She reveals feeling up to sharing.
"Maybe if all hostage takings were like that we'd all go willingly." Curtis jokes.
"Hey off topic but are you coming to the park with us? I have to convince my father not to put David on the carousel without telling him why.." Ruby informs him refilling his coffee mug.
"You know it should be Frank doing these things with his son." Curtis chides.
"Frank is like an owl i only see him at night when he is hungry." Ruby remarks her mood darkening at the topic.
Curtis sighs getting to his feet, well his foot and his prosthetic leg, having lost the real one in the Marines, "Ruby Rose you know that I wouldn't change the last two years, I wouldn't give up helping you raise David, or stop you from crawling into my bed in the middle of the night when you can't stand the loneliness anymore. I am a realist and I know that I can't fill the void because I am not Frank Castle." He tells her and seeing the hurt on her face regrets it immediately. Ruby goes to turn away but he stops her causing her to hug him tightly fighting back any emotion on the subject of Frank.
"Your right I'm sorry.." Ruby says quietly.
"Don't be, I know you are well aware of all of that and I shouldn't have snapped. I'll meet you at the park." He relents as she pulls away.
"What am I going to do when some woman finally proves good enough and steals you away?" Ruby sighs.
"You believe that will happen?"
"Of course, you know it might happen faster if you didn't ignore half the women who are interested." She admits smiling at him as he picks up his jacket pulling it on.
"See you later Ruby." He says ignoring her remark kissing her temple and leaving the townhouse.
"Davy toss that ball over here!" Curtis calls to the toddler as Ruby sits at the picnic table with her father watching.
"You know you could do worse." Her father remarks watching Curtis play with David.
"Curtis is a great man, but it isn't going to happen." Ruby defends.
"Play mommy!" David yells excited and running around Curtis and waving at her.
Ruby gets up slipping out of her shoes and hurries over to scoop him up and spin him around. The two of them are laughing as they get wobbly from spinning and as always Curtis is right there to catch them. The three of them fall to the grass laughing and clutching each other before getting to their feet. Ruby brings them over to the table so that they can eat the picnic she packed and talk idly about nothing serious.
