Adriana tried her hardest not to jump over the desk and choke J.J.'s teacher.

"My son told me that you called him stupid," Jon said. "Is this true?"

"I said what he said was stupid," J.J.'s teacher said.

"It doesn't matter, you don't say things like that to a child," Jon said.

"You know what? You better start treating my son right or I'm going to hunt you down!" Adriana said. "You got that, Mr. Washington!?"

"Adriana," Jon said.

"Do I make myself clear!? I'm going to hunt you down and do whatever I want to do to you!" Adriana continued.

"Adriana! I got this," Jon said.

"Yeah. Listen to your husband. You're acting crazy," Mr. Washington said.

"Hey! My wife has every right to talk anyway to you. Our son has dyslexia and you are putting him down. He has told you countless times before words looked backwards and confusing to him. Now, you're lucky I'm not putting my foot up your ass right now!" Jon said.

Mr. Washington was now getting nervous as hell.

"Look, Mr. and Mrs. Good, I am sorry for what I said to your son. Um, Jonathan, do you forgive me for what I said?" he said.

"Yes," J.J. said. "I'm not stupid. I know how to read. The words just look funny."

"That's right. My child is smart dammit. Go to hell," Adriana said.

She grabbed J.J.'s hand and lead him out of the classroom.

Jon slowly got up.

"Don't mess with my child again. Or I'm going to send her after you," he said.

Jon then left the room without waiting to hear what Mr. Washington had to say.


"You still up for our date tomorrow?" Jon asked Adriana.

Adriana was still fuming. She was staring at the ceiling.

"Of course."

"I know you're still mad. I wish J.J. would've said something to us."

"I know. Now I'm worried about him."

"No need to worry. We just have to be a little more patient with him."

"I wanted to kill his teacher."

"I know you did. You still have that fiery temper left in you."

"And it's never going to go away."

"Nope."

"Hold me. I said hold me!"

"Well damn, could you let me scoot next to you first?"

"You weren't moving fast enough!"

"The hell Adriana!?"

"What!?"

"I don't know why you are fussing at me!"

"Cry me a river!"

Jon yanked Adriana by his side and kissed her neck.

"Don't be mean," he said.

"Whatever."

"I still love you."

"Whatever."

"Don't be that way. You're hurting my feelings."

"I ought to hurt them!"

"You ought to not hurt them. Or I just won't take you skating tomorrow."

"You wouldn't dare."

"Try me."

"Fucker."

"Not tonight. Just cuddles and kisses. You smell good."

"You stink."

"But you love my scent, don't you?"

"No."

Jon layed on top of Adriana and settled between her legs. With her arms at her sides, Jon grabbed her hands and intertwined his fingers with hers. Jon continued to kiss his wife's nose, her cheeks, her forehead, and saving her lips for last.

"Even though you can be a butt at times, I still love kissing you. Your skin is so soft," Jon said.

"Your skin is soft too. Sometimes."

Jon chuckled.

"I also love that stubble of yours. That's why I love it when you kiss me on my neck. I love feeling your stubble."

Jon kissed Adriana's neck again and nuzzled her.

"Like that?"

"Yeah. Just like that. Damn, I love you."

Jon stopped nuzzling her neck and looked at her.

"Oh?"

"Sorry for being mean. I just needed to calm down."

Jon smiled.

"Good. Now let's go to sleep."


Jon and Adriana parked in front of the entrance of the skating rink.

"Looks the same," Adriana said.

"Yeah it does. Let's go in," Jon said.

Walking into the rink brought back memories for the both of them. Adriana picked a spot and quickly got her skates on. Jon wanted to be on the floor with Adriana but he knew damn well he still couldn't skate.

"I'll pull you around," Adriana said. "Now chop chop! Get your skates on!"

Jon took off his shoes then put his skates on. He held onto Adriana as they got on the floor.

"You know, if you weren't so stubborn about learning how to skate, you would know how to!"

"I was not going to bust my ass on this floor!"

Adriana stopped and turned around. She wrapped her arms around Jon's waist.

"I'm not going to let you fall."

"Good."

"Even though you are quite big. Six foot four, two hundred twenty five pounds."

"Thanks to your good cooking."

"I suppose."

Surprisingly, there wasn't a lot of people in the rink despite it being a Saturday. Adriana and Jon simply stood in the middle of the floor, hugging each other. Slow music was playing. Nice, smooth, R&B music. A certain song then came on that the two of them both loved dearly. It reminded them of their song from homecoming.

All My Life by K-Ci & JoJo.

"Oh my. It's been forever since I heard this song," Jon said.

"I know. It has been a while," Adriana said. "Wasn't this our song in high school?"

"Ever since we were little. We used to listen to your radio all of the time."

"I think I remember that. Didn't Mom buy you Nirvana's album on cassette?"

"Yes she did. Ugh, a masterpiece. She even bought me Michael Jackson's Thriller album. No one could tell me anything."

"Hmm. I'm pretty sure. Hey Jacl?"

"Hey Sally?"

"Kiss me?"

Jon didn't hestiate and hugged Adriana tight while giving her the best kiss in the entire damn universe.

Adriana and Jon didn't get home until sometime after midnight. They stumbled into the house and tried not to wake the children. Stacey was fast asleep on the couch. Jon got a blanket and put it over her.

Then him and Adriana retreated to their bedrooms and knocked out.


"I want four eggs babe," Jon said.

He went over to Adriana who was cooking and smacked her butt.

"Ah!"

"Nice and scrambled with tomatoes and spinach!" Jon said.

"I'm gonna scramble you!" Adriana said.

"Morning Daddy!" the children said.

"Morning!"

Jon gave each of his children a kiss. Jasmine responded by slapping her father in the face after he gave her a kiss.

"Jasmine...I beg of you...stop beating up on Daddy."

Jasmine laughed and picked up her bottle and threw it at Jon. All of the children laughed at their father.

"All of y'all are grounded," Jon said.

"Oh boo hoo!" Adriana said.

She cracked four eggs and put them in a mixing bowl. She sliced up some tomatoes, put them in the bowl, then added raw spinach. She picked up the whisk and started mixing up the ingredients.

"Mmm, looks good," Jon said.

He stood right behind her and put his head on her shoulder.

"You want some pancakes too?"

"No. I'll just eat the eggs."

"I'll make you a pancake anyway."

Jon kissed Adriana's check.

"Alright then."

Jon went back to the table. He sat down and tried feeding Jasmine her food but she kept throwing her spoon at him.

"Daddy, I found a worm again yesterday!" Aiden said.

"What did you do with the worm?" Jon asked.

"He's right here!" Aiden said.

He reached under his seat and whipped out a clear jar. Inside was dirt and another worm in it.

"I got tired of the other worms and decided to get new ones!" Aiden said.

"Put. That. Outside," Jon said.

"Okay!" Aiden said.

"You guys and your worms and stuff! No insects in the house. No worms, no anything," Jon said.

J.J. reached under his seat and pulled out his jar of worms too. He quickly got up to put them outside. Jon looked at Maddy.

"Madaline?" Jon said.

"My worm is in Aiden's jar. He claims it's his but it's not," she said.

"Do you have anything else hidden away you need to tell me about?" Jon said.

"Nope."

"Good."

"Your breakfast is served my dear," Adriana said. She sat Jon's plate in front of him.

"Thank you," Jon said. "I'm starving."

"Okay Daddy, our worms are outside," J.J. said.

Him and Aiden sat back at the table and continued eating. Adriana finally made herself a plate and sat down. She wiped Jasmine's face and fed her.

"My worms are nice and safe!" Aiden said.

"I own Terry the Worm! He's mine, not yours!" Maddy said.

"No! He's mine!"

"No! He is mine!"

Aiden was sitting right next to Maddy. This allowed her to punch her brother in the arm.

"Ow!" Aiden said. "That hurt!"

He pushed Maddy.

"Stop it you two!" Jon said.

"I'm tired of you taking my worms!" Maddy said.

"Those are my worms! Find your own and put them in your own jar!" Aiden said.

"You two stop it right now!" Jon said.

"Stupid!" Maddy said.

"Idiot!" Aiden said.

The two of them then started fight. Maddy kicked Aiden off of his seat and jumped on him. Aiden blocked a punch from Maddy and flipped her over.

Jon had gotten up and yanked them both apart. Maddy and Aiden were still trying to go at each other.

"I said stop!" Jon bellowed.

Maddy and Aiden stopped trying to kill each other. The both of them looked up and saw their father's jaw tightening.

They were ready to embrace their fate.

"You two better cut it out right now. You two need to sit at this table and eat your food. All of it. If you two do not have nothing good to say to each other, then do not say anything to each other at all. You two have one more time to act out, I'm getting my belt and I'm going to whoop both of you. Do you two understand me?" Jon said.

"Yes Daddy," both of them said.

"Good. Now sit down and eat. And you two better not waste a drop of food either. Act like you have sense," Jon said. "Apologize to each other too."

Aiden and Maddy looked at each other with a frown on their face.

"You heard your father. Do as he says," Adriana said.

"Sorry," Maddy grumbled.

"Sorry," Aiden grumbled back.

"Now let's all enjoy our breakfast shall we?" Adriana said.


Author's Note: Oh, the kids are a hot mess.