Kandy's P.O.V

We reached Squid's house and as soon as we knocked on the door his mom opened it and hugged Squid. What happen to her? She hated the thought of us getting married! Jeeze sometimes moms can be so bizarre! I looked over at Squid's mom (I still call her Ms. Smith because she has never told me I could call her anything else.) and I half expected her to give me a look of disgust, but instead she threw her arms around me in a big hug too. This lady is nuts! Maybe she is drunk…

As soon as we got into the house our noses were filled with wonderful smells. We followed her into the dining room that was next to the kitchen and the table was filled with food. When Squid saw the table he leaned over and whispered in my ear.

"I never knew my mom could cook. I wonder if Jodi helped her."

Right after he was finished saying that four faces came peering around the corner. One was an older but very beautiful face, and the other were very cute little faces. As soon as Quincy got a look at me she ran over and gave me a huge hug. She was ten now and a lot bigger. I hugged her back and told her how cute she looked.

"Thanks! So is it true? Are you really going to be my sister?"

I looked at her and smiled. She was so cute!

"Yup! In one month you are I will be sisters-in-law."

A huge smile spread over Quincy's face. She was already beautiful but when she smiled it seemed to light up her entire face. Jodi walked across the room and gave me and Squid a hug.

"Alan, Kelly it is so nice to see you around here again! Well I was just about to take these guys off to a movie. I hope you have a nice dinner!"

She smiled and gave Squid's mom a hug and whispered something in her ear that sounded like they love each other, don't worry things will work out.

This made me nervous. What was going on? What did Jodi mean by that? I hope nothing bad happens tonight, I really want Squid's mom to like me.

"Well you two come and sit down before everything gets cold!"

Squid's mom had a huge fake grin on her face, but at least she was trying and that showed a lot of improvement. We listened and sat down at the table. Everything looked great! There were all different kinds of pasta and different sauces; there was a huge green salad and bread all on the table. It looked amazing.

"Wow Ms. Smith everything looks so good. Thank you for inviting us to dinner!"

"Yah thanks mom!"

"Oh you are welcome, anything for my son, and my future daughter!"

Dinner got off to an abnormal start. It looked like Squid's mom was trying her hardest to be nice, and I was doing the same in return. We talked about everything, but when we got to the wedding things started to get a little rocky.

"So, have you guys picked out some colors?"

"Yah, we were thinking about powder blue, pink, and white."

"Wow Alan, I had no idea you liked those colors."

"Oh Squid I was thinking about maybe adding lilac is that ok?"

Squid gave me a look that said. What is it with you and girly colors? But he said it was fine which surprised me. Maybe he didn't want to get into a fight about it in front of his mom.

"Lilac? Alan, I thought you hated lilac."

"Oh mom it's not that bad. I don't really care what the colors are as long as I get to spend my entire life with Kandy."

Squid leaned over and kissed me on the cheek.

"That's funny, I said the same thing before your father and I got married… and we all know how that turned out."

Squid turned his gaze from me and stared at his mom. He looked mad, and slightly hurt.

"Mom, I thought you were finally accepting us!"

"Oh I have I was just making conversation!"

Squid didn't believe his mom anymore than I did, and we were right because the rude and slightly disturbing comments kept coming all night.

"Have you thought about a wedding song? Your father and I choose I got you babe by Sonny and Cher, but I guess it isn't the best idea to pick a song by a couple that broke up."

"Oh I haven't even thought about that! Squid what is our wedding song going to be?"

"I dunno. I guess we will figure that out later."

"Ok."

"Things don't really seem like they are very planned…maybe you should post-pone the wedding!"

Squid stared at his mom again.

"Mom we are getting married!"

"Alright. It was just a suggestion! Oh look at the time, we should have dessert."

Squid's mom got up and walked over to the refrigerator.

"Oh no! We don't have any whip cream! Alan, could you do me a huge favor and go and get some? Please it will only take a minute!"

"Ok, come on Kandy."

"No Kelly can stay! It will give us a chance to get to know one another better!"

Squid looked at me and thought about it and then realized that he better just leave get the whip cream and hurry and get back.

"Fine I'll be back in ten minutes!"

"Bye!"

No One's P.O.V

When he left an awkward silence was there in replace.

"Thanks again for inviting us to dinner Ms. Smith it was really good."

"Oh you're welcome. Do you cook?"

"Yes…I mean a little bit. I know how to cook a few things…but I'm not like a world-class chef or anything. Why do you ask?"

"Oh well Alan likes a woman who can cook. He is a growing boy and he will need to be fed."

"Well I have known Squid for a long time and I have gotten the impression that he is quite a good cook himself."

"His name is Alan you will use his real name around me alright?"

"Fine."

"Now I know that you met him in that camp, but I don't think you should keep calling him that name. He is a different person now and so I think you should call him by his real name. He is more like the boy he was before than he is now."

Now Kandy was getting pissed. She knew that Squid's mom was acting nice, but she didn't think that as soon as Squid was gone she was going to freak out and turn into a crazy person.

"So you're telling me he is more like the boy who broke into people's houses and stole things?"

Squid's mom's face was turning red with anger. Her voice was growing louder with every word she spoke.

"I meant the boy that was good and knew what he wanted to do with his life. Although I guess you are right he is a complete person now. When he was younger he wanted to be a marine biologist…not arm candy for some stupid whore!"

"Don't call me a whore! And how do you know anything about Alan's childhood? You were so drunk all the time I am surprised that you remember anything about him or what he was like!"

Squid's mom was now coming close to tears. She wanted to try to convince Kandy not to marry Squid, but her plan was back firing. So she decided that she was going to make it very clear that she did not like Kandy.

"At least I was alive during my baby's childhood, unlike your parents who killed themselves. I bet they did it to get away from you!"

"My mother cared for me and she didn't kill herself! She was murdered by my father! My mom was a strong woman who looked out for me and loved me every way she could, which is more than I can say for you! You always told Squid how much you hated him and how he ruined your life!"

"You shut the hell up you stupid bitc-"

"MOM WHAT IS GOING ON!"

Squid was back and his worse fears were coming to life before his eyes. Two of the people who mattered most in his life were fighting and trying to tear the other apart with their words. Squid's mom tried to compose herself quickly.

"Oh Alan…when did you get back?"

"Just now…in time to hear what you said to Kandy!"

"You should have heard what she said to me! Alan, are you sure you really want to marry this girl? I mean she doesn't even really know how to cook!"

"Oh and you do? I am willing to bet almost anything that Jodi cooked dinner tonight and then let us believe that you cooked it!"

"I will not allow you to marry her! She dose not disserve you!"

That was enough. Kandy could not stand her saying anymore.

"Shut-up! You have no idea how much we love each other! I'm sorry if you think that I am taking him away from you; which I'm not, but after tonight maybe that is a good idea! It's no secret that you made his childhood a living hell, and you're doing a good impression of that right now!"

"Kandy stop!"

"No! I do not need her permission to do anything and neither do you!"

Kandy had heard enough. She put down the dish that was in her hand and stormed out of the house in tears. Squid's mom had no right talking to her like that. She hated the way she walk acting, she as treating them like little children. She walked around a corner and up the street to a park. She sat down on a bench and cried.

Back at Squid's house:

"Mom look what you did! How could you say those things to her?"

"I am just looking out for you!"

"Well stop! We're getting married weather you like it or not!"

Squid left the house to go and look for Kandy. Squid's mom was left alone in the dining room. She burst into tears. She cried for what seemed like hours, but was really only twenty minutes. She knew she had messed up everything and she wanted to take it back, but she thought there was no way. She was in so much pain she wanted it all to stop so she turned to the only thing she could think of. She walked across the kitchen and opened the cupboard and pulled out a bottle of wine. She thought about what she was doing and then poured herself a large glass and began to drink it quickly.

It has been so long since I had a drink…

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