Chapter 29-Blast from The Past

The next day, Vanellope had a discussion with her mother, Valeria on an important subject who was currently on the phone.

"Mom, how could you ruin my love life?" Vanellope asked in an upset tone.

"I'm going to have to call you back." Valeria said as she hung up the phone "Vanellope, what are you talking about?"

"My boyfriend Rancis told me that you got into a fight with his parents." Vanellope explained "What is this supposed to be about?"

"Yes, about that…" Valeria explained awkwardly "I may have done some bad decisions that have inflicted some harm on them way back in the past. It was long before you were born. Back in my University days, I had a bad streak."

"What did you do?" Vanellope asked.

"In my 20's, I had…now, how do I tell this appropriately?" Valeria answered "I had been spending my nights encountering a bunch of guys on a one-night basis."

"What the heck, Mom?" Vanellope continued asking in an upset tone.

"I'm sorry." Valeria replied "Before I met your father, I had partially lost my way and basically my life as Valeria Stinson was banging with one guy and moving onto the next. Don't worry. I made sure I was safe."

"I want to punch myself in the face right now." Vanellope interrupted.

"Apparently, one of those guys happened to be Donald Fluggerbutter, whom I didn't know was Rancis' dad." Valeria continued explaining "Apparently, he was one of the guys who got angry and informed people of my trickery after I left him after that one night encounter."

"Are there any other members of the Stinson family who've done this sort of thing?" Vanellope asked.

"N—No, I'm…the only one." Valeria nervously answered, implying that her answer was a lie "But back to the story, two days ago, I met Donald's wife, Diana Fluggerbutter at the supermarket and recognized me as a familiar face. We got into a fight because she was upset of what I did to her husband a long time ago, and we decided not to associate with each other again."

"Thanks a lot, Mom." Vanellope complained "Now, because of you, Rancis' parents aren't letting me dating him."

"I'm sorry, but I can't show my face to those people." Valeria replied "Besides, Diana called me a total slut."

"Actually, you were kind of a slut back then." Vanellope commented "No offense."

During that time, Ralph and Samus were at the mall together where they were both drinking smoothies at the food court.

"What are we doing here exactly?" Ralph asked.

"I need to find something that will make you look presentable to my parents." Samus answered "They have been eager to finally meet you in a person, and I've been keeping it from them for a while now. It's been so amazing being with you, Ralph, but my parents are finding a way to interfere."

"How strict are your parents?" Ralph asked.

"They're very strict, especially my father." Samus answered "He's a military scientist. Obviously, his approaches are heavy handed."

"Are you worried about your parents being afraid of me?" Ralph continued asking.

"From the way they have seen you before, they have their doubts." Samus continued answering.

"I'm not surprised." Ralph commented "But how am I not presentable?"

"For starters, the fact that you never seem to wear any shoes is a concern of theirs." Samus replied.

"Well, I'm afraid my feet are too big to fit in a pair." Ralph commented as he examined his feet.

"I'll be right back." Samus replied as she walked away.

As Ralph stood there all by himself, a teenage boy who was roughly around his age dressed in grey coloured clothes walked by him.

"Excuse me, you know Samus Aran?" The guy asked.

"Yes, how do you know her?" Ralph asked in reply.

"We've known each other a while back." The guy answered "Thought I'd pay her visit now that I've come back in town. Sadly, I don't know where she lives now that she has recently moved to a new house."

"That sounds pretty rough." Ralph commented.

"You're pretty respectable for one of Samus' friends." The guy commented.

"Actually, I'm her boyfriend." Ralph corrected.

"Oh, I see." The guy awkwardly replied "Well, it was nice meeting you."

"Wait, we haven't been able to introduce ourselves." Ralph reminded "My name is Ralph Smith. What's yours?"

"Nice to meet you, Ralph, my name is David Mattson, but my friends call me Snake." The guy introduced.

All of a sudden, Ralph's mind froze up as he realized that was the name of Samus' ex-boyfriend. Snake ended up leaving right after his introduction, since Ralph didn't say another word. Ralph saw Snake as he was walked over to talk to Samus who only 40 feet away. When they began to talk, Ralph ended up crushing the cup he held in his hand out of anger.

"Snake, what are you doing back here?" Samus asked.

"Actually, I've moved back here after my recent trip to Australia." Snake answered "I thought I'd stick around and meet some old friends."

"What do you want from me, Snake?" Samus continued asking.

"Look, I know we've got off on the wrong foot at our last encounter." Snake replied.

"You cheated on me with my cousin Kitana, remember?" Samus interrupted.

"I know, and I'm sorry for that." Snake replied "But I've had a lot of time think on the situation, and I want to fix the tension between us."

"I'm sorry, but I don't trust you that easily." Samus replied back "Besides, I have a new boyfriend now."

"What? You mean the wrecking machine over there?" Snake asked as he pointed over to Ralph "That guy is too damn huge."

"At least he has a steadier hand than you do." Samus commented "Listen, Snake, it's over between us. We can still be friends…by that, I mean, just friends…but that's it. I'm done with you. See you around."

Samus then walked away from Snake, and then as he saw her leave, he had walked away in the opposite direction. Samus went back to Ralph and began to spend the rest of their time at the mall together.