After eating dinner, it was time to talk. "So,um, Mommy and daddy. Me and Polly invited you here to discuss something reaaaaally important." Trucy said, a little nervously, then elbowed Apollo, who was sitting next to her, to speak. "I think your reactions will be extremely negative towards what we have to say, but please, we ask you to give us a chance." Thalassa and Phoenix exchanged glances. Apollo then continued. "Trucy and I are aware we are related, however we are only half siblings, am I correct?" Apollo said. He put the emphasis on the word 'half.' To his surprise, Trucy continued for him. "We're um, dating." There was silence, however Thalassa was trembling and her fists were clenched. Phoenix stared at the two blankly.
"I knew this would happen. I was afraid of this." Thalassa finally spoke up. She had anger in her voice, and her eyes were twitching. Phoenix, on the other hand, showed no interest whatsoever. "Good for you, what's the big deal?" He said.
"What's the big deal?!" Thalassa sounded even more agitated. "The big deal is that my children are dating each other! That's what's wrong! This is pathetic! You both know better than that! So do you, Mr. Wright!" Thalassa unleashed her thoughts. Phoenix stares into Thalassa's eyes and almost burned a hole through her. "W-what?" She asked him. Phoenix sighed grumpily. "You just don't know, do you?" He poured himself another glass of grape juice, while Apollo was comforting the hurt, crying Trucy.
"Alright, Mr. Know it all, what don't I know!?" Thalassa questioned Phoenix. He took a sip of his drink and closed his eyes. "You can't prevent true love from blooming, no matter what the circumstances. Love is love. That's all I have to say."
Thalassa snorted at him. "That's cheesy. Do you even know that they love each other truly?" She said, disinterested.
"That's enough, mother." Apollo spoke up. "Can't you see how much you're hurting Trucy? And If you can't let your own children choose who they want to love, I'll be glad to stop calling you my mother." Apollo kept holding Trucy in his arms, trying to comfort her. Thalassa was at a loss for words, and became even more infuriated.
"You disgust me. Both of you. You're both a disgrace to me, and if before you stop calling me your mother, let me disown you first." She got up and left.
Phoenix, Apollo and Trucy returned to the Wright Anything Agency, and Trucy was still crying her heart out. Phoenix was mumbling something about Thalassa, whilst Apollo was still comforting Trucy. Apollo lifted Trucy's face up to face his. "Hey, it's okay. Who cares what others think? Those are your own words." He smiled, then lightly placed a kiss on her forehead. Trucy looked to the side. "But.. We lost our mother, who we just got reunited with..." Apollo put his hand over her mouth. "She's not our mother anymore, let's forget about her. Apollo then stood up and faced Phoenix. "I am really grateful towards you for accepting us..." Phoenix grinned. "Come on. It was so predictable. Everyone knew it was going to happen sometime."
Thalassa gripped the photo of her, Trucy and Apollo smiling together. She prepared to throw it out the window, and tried to throw it, but she just couldn't. She recounted the events of this evening, and instantly regretted everything she said. The idea of her children dating still annoyed her, but It wasn't so bad when she thought about it. She put the picture down and facepalmed. She had done a terrible thing, and she hated apologizing...oh, what a mess she had caused.