Ch 2
Fiona had put the triplets down for a nap. She hoped Merlin could help get her husband to open up through therapy. But as she came back in, things seemed to be getting worse. "What's wrong?" she asked him nervously.
"Your husband's past is more mysterious than it seems. I… have to go for a little while." He told her. She sighed as her husband sat down by the fire. She saw sadness in his eyes. "Honey is something the matter that you are hiding?" she told him. "Alright I… I'll tell ya but not the kids. I was only a babe and it was late at night. My Dad came in hungry and he…" he said to her. "He did what honey?" she asked him curiously. "He tried to eat me. Luckily my Mom stopped him from doing it and left me with two scars." He explained. There was a look of shock in her eyes. Suddenly they opened the door. One of the kids had been standing out there listening. He ran into the bedroom at the sight of his father. This made him unhappy. He watched as Fiona went into the room. The three kids were hiding.
She found them. "Let me guess. You heard Daddy tell me something you weren't supposed to hear?" she said to them.
They nodded. She then sang to them to make them fall asleep. But she then walked back into the living room. "Hey honey how're you?" she said to him. But he wasn't answering. "Is it to do with me?" she asked him. He ignored her. "You know what? Maybe I should get a divorce!" she retorted angrily. That made him take notice. "Honey wait! I… I didn't mean what.. I said." He told her as he watched her pack a few things. "Uh-huh. I'm going away for a while and taking my daughter with me. When you come to your senses, come find me!" she told him as she walked out with Felicia in her arms asleep. He was gutted by this. He hadn't felt like this for a while.
Later that night, the two boys were in bed with him. They noticed he was upset about something but couldn't understand how serious it was. "Daddy where's Mommy? What's divorce?" they said to him. Shrek sighed heavily at this as he prepared to explain this without upsetting them. "Divorce is when a Mommy and Daddy accidentally get angry at each other and do or say things they don't really mean. They're in sort of a time out but it's more like alone time. But don't worry, Mommy will come to her senses and come home. I'm sorry for freaking you out eariler, okay?" he explained to them. They nodded as they hugged him. There were red rims around his eyes later as he woke up. He smiled sadly as he looked at his sons in peaceful slumber. "I'm sorry Fi. I didn't mean for you to go away." he thought as he saw them wake up. There were tears in his eyes and they didn't notice.
Suddenly he got an idea. "Maybe Mom can help. But I don't know. Fiona means everything to me and my stupid mistake made her leave." he thought as he scooped the two boys in his arms. "Where're we going?" they asked him. "We're going to your grandmother to see if she can help me get Mommy to come home." he told them.
Fiona was at the Dragon's Keep with Donkey and his family. Donkey wondered what had happened which had made her upset. "It's... my husband. He wasn't acting like normal so I decided we needed alone time for a while." she simply told him. He nodded understandingly but was shocked by this. Why would his friend have a fight with Fiona? It just didn't add up...