"Daddy! Daddy! It's time to go to the store!" Katie shouted. She jumped onto her father's bed in attempts to wake him up. It wasn't working, so she straddled his back. "Waaake uuuupp!" she whined.
"Katie, let daddy sleep," Reid groaned. He buried his face underneath his pillow and clamped his eyes shut.
"But you said you'd by me school supplies and a candy bar," Katie protested. She started jumping up and down on the bed.
With another heavy groan, Reid got out of bed, and stretched.
"I'm up," he said to Katie. She smirked, and pranced out of the room. After changing, he met his daughter in the living room and took her to the store.
"Can we go look at the lobsters?" Katie asked when they arrived.
"Sure, honey," Reid agreed. He took his daughter's hand and walked with her to the poultry section. He noticed a brown haired woman standing next to him. She looked… familiar.
"Hello," he said politely.
"Hello," she replied, not even looking at him. She continued to watch her son gaze at the lobsters.
Mattie had just started to watch her son stare at the lobsters. Suddenly, another man appeared beside her. He looked so familiar, but Mattie focused on Nicky.
"I remember when I used to be obsessed with seeing the lobsters," the man beside her said.
"C'mon, mommy, let's buy one!" Nicky exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, sweetie, but we can't," she told him. "What do you say I let you pick a candy bar instead?"
She and Nicky went over to the candy aisle of the store. He inspected each candy bar he could get his hands on, debating with himself on which one to get.
While waiting, Mattie saw the blonde man appear in the aisle. He advanced towards them, a little girl right behind. She walked past him, but for a split second, both of them looked over their shoulders at one another. Their eyes met, and they felt a familiar spark sweep through their veins. Then, suddenly, they both remembered exactly who it was. But, neither of them was able to move. They were frozen in shock. Or, at least Reid was. Mattie rushed out of there as fast as she could, not wanting to speak to him at all. She ran to the check-out, ran to her car, and sped away before Reid even took a breath.