Chapter Fifty Two
Marion sighed as Adam ate his meal when he looked at her and blinked, placing a forkful of green beans into his mouth.
"What?" he asked after chewing and swallowing the green beans.
"When are you going to get over this aversion toward carrots?" she asked and Theta frowned.
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"Adam hates carrots," Marion said and Theta's mouth fell open.
"What, no way, my brother loves carrots because I do!" Theta said as he poked several slices of carrots on his fork and stood up, leaning over the table. "Come on, Brother, open up and show your silly wife how much you love carrots."
"No," Adam said, pressing his lips together and crossed his arms over his chest. Theta moved the fork around in front of Adam's face and Adam shook his head. Sighing, Theta sat down then placed the carrots in his mouth and chewed.
"Why don't you like carrots, Daddy?" David asked, placing some carrots into his mouth.
"Well, it has to do with our Donna. She never liked them, so it's only fair that I don't," Adam said with a shrug and went back to his meal.
"But they're good for you," Frankie said but Adam shook his head and they sighed, dropping the subject. Scott returned and asked if they wanted any dessert and they looked at the menus. After ordering, Scott walked away and they chatted until he returned. Marion had ordered for both her and Adam as Scott placed the slice of cake in front of him and Adam picked up the fork. He placed some of the cake into his mouth as he smiled and ate some of the ice cream next to the cake.
"Are you enjoying that, Brother?" Theta asked and Adam nodded.
"It's great!" Adam said with a grin.
"Do you know what it is?" Marion asked.
"It's cake."
"But what kind of cake is it?" Frankie asked and the boys giggled.
"What's so funny?" Adam said as he finished the cake and placed the fork on the plate.
"You just ate carrot cake, Brother," Theta said and Adam's eyes went wide.
"I…I ate…No…No way!" Adam said and they laughed. Slumping down in the chair, Adam frowned as he pushed the plate away from him and Marion kissed his cheek, making him smile.
"Ooo!" the boys said as they walked through the underwater viewing tunnel in Shark Encounter and pointed to a great white shark that was swimming overhead. Theta and Frankie followed behind them while Adam and Marion strolled along and she placed her head against his arm.
"Sorry that I trick you, Love," she said as he smiled and kissed the top of her head.
"To be honest, that wasn't the first time I had carrot cake," he said and she looked at him with a confused look on her face.
"When was the first time?"
"It was one of the galas your…" Adam said then saw the sadness in her eyes and sighed. He knew that she still smarted over being rejected by her mother after they became Time Lords and Time Ladies and looked at a tiger shark swimming by. "It was at a gala."
"Oh, right, Margie made it and you had three slices," she said with a smile and he nodded.
"It's funny that that's the only way I'll eat them. Maybe it's the cream cheese icing that dulls the taste," he said as she giggled and they went to catch up with the others.
They sat in silence while watching the A'lure – The Call of the Ocean show and the performers do silk yo-yos, gravity-defying aerial tumbling and other flying acts and Theta and Adam held onto their wives.
"Now there is something you couldn't get me to do," Frankie thought as she placed her head on Theta's shoulder and he placed his head against hers.
"Oh, I don't know. You've done some pretty amazing things in zero gravity," he thought and Adam coughed.
"If you two are going to get kinky, put up a privacy block. There are children present!" Adam thought and Theta glared at him.
"I was talking about the time I took her into the zero gravity room!" Theta thought and Adam smiled, gently nudging him in the ribs. Shaking his head, Theta sighed then kissed the top of Frankie's head and watched the show.
"Ack!" David said when the walrus in Clyde and Seamore Take Pirate Island squirted water into the air and he got caught in the spray. "That was cool, Daddy!"
"Great, now my son is covered in walrus spit," Adam said when David slid closer and hugged him. "Ah, now I'm covered in walrus spit!"
"You're not going to melt!" Marion teased and Adam sighed, folding his arms over his chest.
"When do I get to ride a roller coaster?"
"Soon, Son, soon," Theta said as he patted Adam's head and Adam growled at him. Theta laughed as they went back to watching the show and Adam slid his arm around David.
"Smile and wave, Boys," Cam said while they walked through Penguin Encounter and David tapped a finger against his lips.
"Wonder which one's Skipper," David said as they looked at the penguins when he saw one with a slightly flat head and smiled. "There he is."
The boys giggled as they walked along and Theta looked at a tall penguin at the back. It waddled toward the water then slid on the ice, going into the water. It swam around then came to the glass and Theta gently placed his hand on the glass.
"Are you ok, Love?" Frankie asked as she walked to him and held the Penguin Encounter t-shirt she had bought in her hands.
"Yep, just thinking about an old friend," he said then told her about Frobisher, who traveled with him in his sixth life.
"But why did he want to stay as a penguin?"
"I have no idea. The only downside to it was my TARDIS smelt like fish for months after he left," he said and she laughed. The penguin swam away as they went to join the others and he held her to his side.
"Wow!" Adam, David and Cam said as they looked at the Kraken rollercoaster and Marion looked in the guide book.
"This is tallest, fastest and only floorless steel rollercoaster in Orlando," she said then checked the height requirements and sighed. "Uh-oh, we have a problem."
"What's wrong?" Adam asked.
"You have to be 137 cm or taller to ride this and the boys aren't that tall," she said as he looked at the boys and they pouted.
"Well, we won't ride it then," Adam said and the boys gave him a stunned look.
"No, Daddy, it's ok," David said.
"But I wanted to conquer the Kraken with you two!" Adam whimpered.
"Maybe next time, Uncle Adam, that looks to scary to me," Cam said and Adam pouted.
"Nope, won't be any fun unless I can hear you two scream like scared little girls while we're riding it," he said with a grin and they walked away, heading down the path.
"Woo-hoo!" Adam and Theta shouted as they rode the Manta rollercoaster while they rode facedown across the water and held their breath when they went under the water. The fish were a blur as they sailed by then came to the surface and Adam looked at Theta. "Having fun, Brother?"
"Yep!" Theta said as he popped the "p" and they laughed. After the ride was over, they dried off with the towels Marion and Frankie bought in the gift shop and went to have lunch. They looked at the turtles at Turtle Point, got soaked riding Journey to Atlantis, strolled through Jewel of the Sea Aquarium and watched Blue Horizons when Theta noticed that the sun was setting and frowned.
"Blimey, I didn't know it was getting that late," he said as Adam smiled and shook his head.
"The Doctor is worried about time?" he whispered and Theta gently shoved him.
"I'm just worried that the boys are getting tired," he said as they looked over at Cam and David, who were sitting on the benches with Marion and Frankie, and Adam nodded.
"We did wear them out," he said as he walked to the bench and knelt down in front of David. "Having fun, Bump?"
"Yeah," David said then softly yawned and shook his head out.
"Looks like someone's getting sleepy," Adam teased, ruffling David's hair.
"Nope, I'm good. Can we go see Shamu now?"
"But that's all the way on the other side of the park," Adam whimpered and David giggled.
"Are you getting tired, Daddy?"
"Who? Me? Nope! I'm good to go! In fact, I shall race you to Shamu!" he said as David stood up and Marion glared at him. "What?"
"No racing unless you want the security guys to think you're trying to kidnap him or something," she said and Adam's eyes went wide.
"But he's my son! Wouldn't they see the family resemblance?" he asked, pressing his cheek against David's cheek. "See, we're practically twins!"
"When did he turn into Alan?" Frankie whispered and Marion laughed.
"If you want to go see the last show then walk, understand?" Marion asked and Adam stood up, saluting her. Rolling her eyes, she watched them walk away when Frankie noticed that Theta was missing at looked at Cam, who was almost dozing against her.
"Where is your daddy?" she asked and he pointed toward Dolphin Cove. Standing up, she slid Cam toward Marion then walked down the path and looked around, trying to find Theta. She found him feeding some fish to the dolphins and she took pictures of him smiling as the dolphins took the fish out of his hand. Turning his head, he gave her a big grin as she took his picture and smiled. She walked next to him as they looked at the dolphins and she slid her arms around his. "Adam took David to see the Shamu show."
"Ok," Theta sighed and she saw the sadness in his eyes. "Sorry, Love, but I don't like zoos."
"This isn't a zoo."
"In a way it is. I don't think they mind being around people but they should be out in the ocean, swimming free."
"But most of their natural habitats are being destroyed or they're being hunted. I think they're safer here," she said when he turned to her and kissed her lips. Suddenly a dolphin dove out of the water then dove under the water and the spray covered them and a few others that were standing next to them. "Blimey, that's cold!"
She watched as Theta slid down to the ground and leaned against the pool wall. She knelt down as he closed his eyes and she was wondering if he was alright. His body started shaking when he started laughing and folded his arms over his stomach. Helping him up after he stopped laughing, she watched as the same dolphin swam closer and Theta reached down, patting its head. Rolling his eyes then shaking his head, he took Frankie's hand and they went back to where Marion and Cam sitting.
"Daddy?" Cam asked while Theta tucked the duvet around him then sat on the edge of the bed and smiled at him.
"What is it, Oh Wonderful Son of Mine?" he asked and Cam yawned, rolling onto his side.
"Thanks for taking us to Sea World," he whispered then sighed and drifted off to sleep. Feeling his hearts swelling, Theta got up and kissed the top of Cam's head, walking to the door. Turning the light off, he looked back at Cam when he smiled then left the room, closing the door behind him.
"Is he asleep?" Marion asked while Adam walked into the kitchen and leaned on the kitchen island.
"Yep," he said as he popped the "p" then looked at what Marion was eating. "What is that?"
"Oh, just a recipe that Grace gave me, want to try it?" she asked as he walked to her and she scooped the brown mass onto the spoon.
"It looks like chocolate mousse," he said when she slid the spoon into his mouth and he felt the creamy mass against his tongue. Swallowing, he opened his mouth and she fed him another bite. "Oh, this is good!"
"Close your mouth," she teased and fed him some more. "Now, do you know what this is?"
"No, what is it?"
"It's two ripe avocados, raw chocolate powder and…"
"What?" Adam asked, arching his eyebrow.
"Raw carrot powder," she said and his eyes went wide.
"Hold on! I just ate carrots…again?"
"Yes, you did," she said as she teased him with another spoonful and he sighed, opening his mouth.
"This doesn't mean I like them," he said with his mouth full and she laughed.
"Shut your gob and I promise that you only have to eat them in this and in carrot cake, ok?" she asked and he nodded. Moving closer, he slid his arms around her as he kissed her and she placed the bowl down on the counter, wrapping her arms around his neck.