Chapter Three
Fiona was very worried as the two boys were making a massive sized mess in the kitchen. She hoped that they'd tire themselves out by playing but was wrong. She saw Mik eating something. It was a cookie. This worried her. "Where did he get that?" she asked as she watched them go even crazier. Shrek then came in. He was a little worried by this but wasn't angry. He knew the boys were very hyper but he could calm them down. "Will you try that calming down thing so I can get them to take a nap?" Fiona said to him. "Okay, okay! I'll try!" he told her. He then started telling them a story and within a few minutes, they were asleep. Fiona couldn't believe this worked. "If you'll excuse me, I'll be going to Subway to get something for lunch." He said to her. "Okay but no more Meatball Marinas. They're going to make you very sick." She told him. He rolled his eyes at this. "Yeah I know." He said as he walked out of the house. He then went into Duloc. He then walked into Subway. But he saw Snowgre there and got worried. He knew that Snowgre could make him do anything he said. "Hey man! What's up?" he said to him. "Nothing much. I… I came to get a Veggie Delight sub for lunch." He told him. Snowgre made a face at this. He then gave him a wicked smile. This made Shrek nervous. "What're you up to?" he asked him sternly. "Nothing." He told him. He then stuffed a sub into his cousins's mouth. He then closed it and watched as he swallowed it. He was unaware that there were meatballs in it. He then ran off. Shrek was angry at this. But Fiona was having trouble getting the kids to eat. With Xan it was easy but Mik and Likaz wanted to just eat candy. She hoped their father would be able to convince them to eat something healthy.
She then saw Shrek come through the door. She saw pasta sauce on his shirt and was worried. "Did you have Meatball Marina?" she said to him. He sighed. "No but Snowgre went and stuffed it in my mouth without me saying No!" he explained. "Okay but I need your help. It's your sons. I've been trying to get them to eat something other than candy but won't eat anything else." She explained to him. He knew this. He saw Mik going for the jar with cookies in it and put it high out of reach. He watched as his son started crying loudly. He sighed at this as he picked him up but Mik wasn't happy. He then got out of his arms and crawled off into his room. Fiona watched as he went outside. "I'm going to take a mud bath." He said sadly as he walked out the door. Fiona knew he was upset about what had just happened. She then went to see if he was okay. He was relaxing in the water. He was thinking about his two son's picky eating. He was never like that when he was their age but he was worried. Fiona then saw him fall asleep and sink into the water. She knew he was safe but then saw Mik crawl towards the water and put his face in the shallow water. He brought it out again and was eating something. It was a snail. Fiona laughed at this. "Good boy! I can't wait until your father hears this!" she said to him as he was in her arms. But Likaz wasn't like that. When she came back into the house, he was climbing onto the shelf where the jar with cookies were. He then fell on top of her. Mik then put a snail in his brother's mouth. He laughed as his brother swallowed it and licked his lips. This relieved Fiona. They then fell asleep as she sat in a rocking chair. Shrek smiled at this as he came in. He then kissed her on the lips. She woke up at this. "Hey honey." He said softly to her. "I'm great! Your sons ate something other than candy." She told him. "Really?" he said to her. "What was that?" he asked her curiously. "They both ate a snail. I think they liked it." She said quietly. "How about we go out? Just the two of us." He said to her. "That's great! But what about the kids?" she asked him. "Don't worry, I'll take care of it." He told her calmly. But later Snowgre showed up. "What're you doing here?" Shrek asked him. "Fi told me to come and look after the kids." He said calmly. He watched as he walked on in. Fiona knew her husband was worried about this. "I'm sorry if this is bugging you but I felt it would be better if their uncle took care of them." She explained to him. She then went to Snowgre. He was holding Xan while the two boys were tugging on his fur. "Everything should go smoothly. We'll be back later, okay?" she said to him. "Don't worry, everything will be fine." He said as she closed the door. But he was so wrong…