Sorry that I haven't updated at all this week. I started a new job on Monday and I am getting home late. I'm just really lazy at night and kept forgetting to upload the drabbles here so I can post them in the morning. Thank you all for reading these! If you have any suggestions please let me know.

Her daughter was far too young to be experiencing her first heartbreak. Yet here she was at the tender age of 13 locked in her bedroom and laying on her bed amongst the pile of stuffed animals.

She had come home sullen from school and her mother had to pry out the answer that her boyfriend had broken up with her. The two hadn't been serious, though to the 13 year old it was her whole universe. This was her first boyfriend, and now the first boy to break her heart.

She allowed the teen to sulk in her bedroom until dinner time. Even though it was just a middle school relationship, she understood that she needed the time alone to be sad. She checked on her periodically with the reminder of when it was time to eat and when to do homework.

The youngest two were finally in bed and she was about to head to her room to go to sleep when she saw the light was still on in her oldest daughter's room.

She knocked on the door, "Charlotte?"

"Go away!" she heard the teen shout, but she didn't listen and entered the room.

"How are you doing?"

"I don't want to talk about." she turned over so she was facing the fall and not her mom.

"Charlotte it's going to be okay." she entered the room and sat down on the bed.

"No it won't be, it never will be. How am I supposed to go to school tomorrow knowing that I have to face him?"

"You are going to hold your head up high and show him that he never deserved you."

"I can't do that Mom."

"Sure you can. You're a Mars Echolls, the fuck it gene is part of your genetic makeup."

"I think it skipped a generation." she mumbled.

She rolled her daughter over so she could look into her eyes. Yes this was a silly middle school romance, but how her daughter felt was anything but silly. Quickly she scooped the teen up into her arms wanting to comfort and protect her as best as she could.

"I know it doesn't feel like it now, but I promise you it will get better. You are going to find yourself a much better boy than Conner."

"But what if he was the one Mom." the teen cried.

She laughed, "Trust me that boy is not the one."

The moment her daughter introduced them to her boyfriend she knew that teen was trouble. And not in the good kind of way that she was when she and her friends were in middle school.

"But you met Dad when you were 12."

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"I just want to have a relationship like you and Dad have."

Now she was full on laughing. The teen pulled away looking up at her Mom with both hurt and confusion on her face.

"Trust me Charlotte you do not want a relationship like ours."

"But why? You guys have known each other since you were 12 and are still in love now."

"Yes that is all true, but do you know how long it took us to get to this moment? Your father and I broke each others hearts more times then I want to count."

The kids had a rough outline of their parent's relationship. They knew the important facts that they met at 12, he dated their mom's best friend, from junior year to freshman year of college they dated, for a long amount of time they didn't talk to each other until the big moment when they were reunited and got pregnant with their oldest.

They felt their children were still far too young to know the gory details of the relationship. It looked like they were going to have to start telling their oldest more though, even if they wanted to protect her from the scary stuff. She wouldn't do it alone though, she and her husband were a team and together they would decide what information to share.

The teen still looked confused. She had to admit it was hard to understand how to people in love could have such a hostile past.

"When I was your age I had no idea that your Dad was going to be the one for me. And you shouldn't worry about that either. You have a whole lifetime ahead of you to fall in love. And you shouldn't worry about boys right now, you're only 13."

"But there are so many girls in my grade who have boyfriends."

"Do you really want to be like those other girls?"

Her daughter thought for a moment, "No not really."

"That's what I thought. Now I know what the perfect thing to help you get through the pain, ice cream."

"But Mom it's late nothing's open and we don't have any in the freezer."

"Right, well then we should go make some cookies."

Her daughter looked at her like she had two heads, "Really bake cookies this late on a school night?"

"Yes this is exactly what you need. Chocolate is proven to cure a heartbreak."

"What about school?"

"If you're too tired, you'll go in late tomorrow."

"Really?"

"Yes really. Come one."

She grabbed her daughter's hand and the two quietly walked out of the bedroom and down stairs to the kitchen. The two got to work gathering the ingredients and preparing the dough and finally she got a real smile from her daughter. It was the first one she'd seen on the teen's face all day.

"What are you two doing?" they looked up surprised to see her Dad standing in the kitchen.

"Baking cookies." his daughter answered simply.

"This late at night?"

"Mom says chocolate helps cure a heartbreak."

He looked over at his wife for confirmation and she gave him a smile and a nod. He was never a fan of the boyfriend either, though that could have had more to do with his daughter dating. He knew first hand what the boys of Neptune were like and he wanted to protect and shelter his daughters from them.

"Did we wake you?" she asked her husband.

"No, I was never really asleep. I was waiting for you to come to bed, and when I noticed you never got there I decided to investigate."

He wrapped his arms around his wife from the back and kissed on cheek. The kids were used to the affection at this point, most of the time they pretended to be grossed out by it.

"So can I have some of the dough?" he asked, not removing his arms.

"No Dad you have to wait till we're finished." his daughter reminded him, but the shine in her eyes had started to dim again.

He looked over at his wife confused at what had just happened. While the teen's attention was focused on placing the dough onto the sheets, she leaned up and whispered.

"She wants a relationship like ours, starting from middle school."

"Why does she want that?"

"Because she thinks we're perfect, and you being here is only proving her point."

"Did you explain to her that our teenage years were anything but perfect."

"Not in so much detail, but I think it might be time."

He let out a sign and looked worriedly over at his daughter. He didn't like the idea of having to tell her the truth anymore than his wife did. They didn't want to give her ideal hopes either, and knew the that it was time.

Releasing his wife he snuck up on the teen and pulled her into his arms.

"Daddy!" she shrieked in surprise.

His response was to hold her closer and kiss her head, "You know I love you right."

"Of course I do."

"Good and let me tell you that boy did not deserve you. Actually none of them do, you are far too good for any boy in Neptune."

"You're just saying that."

"Because it's the truth. Trust me the only man you need in your life is me."

"But what about James, and Grandpa, and Wallance, and Dick?" she asked, the smile finally came back on her face.

He rolled his eyes, "Fine you need those men too, but remember I'm the most important."

She laughed and matched his eye roll with the same brown eyes he had. "Yes Dad."

He pulled her in for a final hug and kiss, "Good, now let's finish these cookies. My stomach is ready for a might night snack."