So Everyone. I just want to say, I'm not surprised by the overwhelming reaction of "Nooooooooooooo" by everyone who reads this. I don't know why I even bothered asking. I agree that cheating is wrong but rest assured if it was to happen it wouldn't be willingly. I'm glad you all care so much and I value your input. That being said thank you Shadowfax321 and Jacob Flores for providing a little inspiration. Just don't freak out.

Night had fallen on the Dunbroch manor. Not a creature was stirring, not even a little cat that was meowing in its sleep. Deep inside the manor a young man and a young woman were carrying a little girl to her bedroom after a very long day of spending the day together as a family.

For one of them it was both a very happy and a depressingly sad day.

Joseph was torn. This past week with Merida and Kelly had been something he had been longing for. In the sense he wanted a day with his family. The problem? It was with Elsa by his side he had always imagined it to be. He never thought it would be Merida, especially after their horrific break up.

But here he was carrying his daughter to her bed room. the three of the had been out doing so many things. One of which included ice cream. He never knew little girls could eat so much ice cream, even for three years old

The three of them entered the towns largest ice cream store, said to have 1000 flavors of ice cream (at least according to Merida) well f someone was vey indecisive, they were definitely going to be stuck in here for a while, or thrown out if they couldn't decide quick enough. It was cruel, but it could happen. Business is money after all. Wll he already knew what flavor her was going to get. He was just hoping Merida and Kelly could decide quickly.

Kelly, holding on to her mothers hand and sucking her thumb, looked up at the many flavors of ice cream, her green eyes wide with joy. If Joseph didn't know any better, he would have though Kelly would go into a sugar rush just by looking at the ice cream flavors. He certainly had that type of look on his face whenever he had sweets (which rarely happened) Merida must spoil Kelly every other day, or something.

He never did ask Merida how often Kelly was allowed to have sweets, but judging by her demeanor, it seemed like the occasional treat, reserved for when Kelly was a good girl or something like that. who was he to argue with that.

Kelly was practically bouncing on the spot shivering with excitement. There were just so many flavors of ice cream. She didn't know what to do. Should she get chocolate Vanilla, strawberry a swirl. Her mind was buzzing with all the potential flavors that she should and could get. Her mother didn't let her get ice cream very much, so whenever she did, Kelly was always certain to try and make it count. At least until the next time they went out for ice cream

But this time was supposed to be special. for the first time, her father was here to enjoy ice cream with her and her mother. That meant she had to do something really special, to make this the most memorable bowl of ice cream she had ever had in her life. She stared up at her parents. "Mommy Daddy?" she asked "what ice cream are you going to get?" she asked

Merida and Joseph looked at Kelly, before looking at eachother. They both knew what the other was thinking. Their flavors of ice cream that they liked were polar opposites. Joseph liked the richness of chocolate. Merida liked the creaminess of vanilla. It was just one of those things. However they both smiled. "what do you want Kelly?" Merida asked "I want Strawberry!"

The three ordered their respective flavors and sat down at a nearby table. Kelly being the hyperactive little girl that she was started wolfing down her ice cream. Joseph chuckled "Kelly! Be careful or your going to choke!" he told the little girl. Kelly immediate looked up at her father with a wide grin, her mouth stuffed full of strawberry. She hurriedly gulped and swallowed the ice cream "sorry daddy!" she said, taking smaller and slower bites. Merida giggled patting her daughter on the head "its ok dear, just listen to your dad ok?"

Kelly nodded her head vigorously, eating her ice cream happily. The two parents just watched her smiling as they ate their own bowls of ice cream.

The rest of the day had been spent walking around the city, hoping to calm to insane sugar rush that Kelly received after wards. Joseph, Having never been around a sugar rushed child, initially had difficulty, but Merida kept Kelly by her side, never allowing her to run off without at least dragging Merida with her. which was difficult to do when she wasn't very strong. But neither of them minded it made them both happy to see Kelly happy. She never once complained she never even gave a frown in the whole week (except when it was time for bed. Guess that was the one thing children would never outgrow.) but today, Kelly was snoring in her fathers arms, having been tired out. She had insisted being carried by him since Merida always did it.

"Daddy!" Kelly said with her hands outstretched to her father. She was bouncing up and down, giving him as sad look "please carry me to bed!" she said in an adorably cute voice. Merida looked at him with a wide grin "you better do it. she's not going to let you go otherwise."

Joseph just smiled "of course. He bent down and picked her up, hearing her squeal. A moment later she fell asleep in his arms. She must have been so tired. Merida and Joseph shared a smile, then started the long trek to the girls bedroom.

He smiled. he could get used to something like this. she had been asleep throughout the entire walk. She must have been very tired. Which wasn't really that surprising considering her young age. Children did get tired easily.

The two entered the girl's room, which was colored a soft shade of pink. Typical. Merida pulled the covers off of Kelly's bed, then Joseph placed Kelly on one side of the bed, pulling the covers on top of the little girl. Kelly mumbled in her sleep.

Merida smiled, before pulling Joseph out of the room. The two walked back downstairs where they sat in the kitchen just looking out the window. The two did this every night, at least before Merida went to bed. They never stayed in this position two long, because Joseph always tried to call Elsa before bed, telling her how much he missed her.

Every time he called, his heart broke. Every time she answered she was crying. He knew it was his fault. He was here with Merida, trying to deal with Kelly instead of home with Elsa, holding her close. He silently cried in bed every night afterwards. He missed her so much. But until he and Merida could go to court he was just stuck here. Thankfully Elinor used her connections to have them go to court quickly, just not soon enough in Joseph's opinion. They would be going in a about a week or two. Still that meant almost a month of being away from Elsa. After five months of being with her it was hard living with out her, made even worse by the fact he was practically living with Merida, his ex girlfriend, at the moment.

Thankfully no one, not even the triplets even tried to mention the fact they used to date. Kelly as well, never asked why they hadn't married as of yet either. Which was fine in both Joseph and Merida opinion. Kelly knew that Joseph was marrying Elsa, so maybe that was why she never asked, but still…

The two just sat there in silence looking out at the stars. It was just like old times…. Happier times.

Merida and Joseph were lying down on grass looking up at the stars, giggling like crazy. The two had spent the whole day in the grass, having a picnic, before looking up at the sky pointing out shapes in the clouds until night had fallen and they started pointing out shapes in the stars. Sometimes they even made up shapes, making up stories as they went along.

It was one of their favorite hobbies as a couple. They would go out and just do things like this. despite their short time together, it was like they had done this for years.

Merida laughed pointing up at one of the shapes she saw "look. That one looks like a bear!" she said laughing Joseph looked at her "I think that's Ursa major" he tol her grinning. Merida looked at him, giving him a glare "I know that!" she said with a hint of mock anger in her voice. Joseph smiled and looked back at the stars. "I think that's a Dragon!" he said pointing to another.

Merida laughed. there were just so many constellations that it would take quite a while to even count all of them, let alone find them. if one was traveling the world that is.

Merida turned to look at Joseph, before inching closer to him and pecking his cheek. "I love you Joseph." She said her voice barely a whisper. Joseph smiled and kissed her smooth lips. "I love you too Merida" he said

Joseph frowned. That had been not long after they had gotten together in the first place. It was the first time they said it too. But now? Merida had stopped trying to flirt with him thankfully, but the feeling in his heart…. She still managed to captivate him in all the ways she had before. he hated it. he still love her in some ways, but as a friend.

He wouldn't mind this, if only he was at home with Elsa, the love of his life. But instead. He was with Merida and Kelly trying to find stable ground with them. he knew he wouldn't be able to stay forever, but he would like to find a way to stay in their lives.

Elsa of course wouldn't like that because of the fact Merida and Joseph used to date, but hopefully they would find a way to get along. It wasn't likely, but he didn't want to force Elsa to visit nor exclude her. she was everything to him. he didn't want to lose her over something like this. Sure having two families wasn't an easy thing, but he wanted to have healthy relationships with both of them. hopefully they would also be able to get along with each other.

Still he wasn't happy with his situation at the moment either. Whenever he called Elsa he was afraid that he would lose her. Elsa hated stress, and he was causing her a great deal of it. he was hurting her.

It was his fault, considering her got Merida pregnant in the first place. Sure he hadn't intended this to happen; he didn't even know Elsa at the time! But the fact that it happened at all was hurting his relationship with Elsa.

Hopefully this was going to end well for everyone. Merida was happy at least, because she was getting her wish, and not being scornful about it either. She really had changed. She hadn't so much as batted her eyelashes at him in a flirtatious manner in the past week.

He sighed, causing Merida to look at him. "you ok?" she asked. They both knew the answer to that question. he was miserable. He was doing his best to try and be happy, but it was tough when he was in so much pain.

Merida wished she had told him years ago. Even if they didn't get back together, maybe they could have had a good friendship and Joseph would be happy, instead of having his heart broken right now.

But there was nothing that anyone could do about it. at least they were trying to make the best of it. that was all they could do right now. Merida didn't want to cause him any more pain.

She sighed moving to the pantry. She pulled out a bottle of wine and a couple of glasses putting them on the table and filling them up. "looks like we both need this." she mumbled

Joseph and Merida rarely ever had alcohol. Joseph hated the taste and Merida just didn't like to drink since before she was pregnant. But both of them weren't really feeling themselves so maybe just one was enough.

They never had gotten drunk in college. Well Joseph never did, he had after he broken up with Merida (it was during that binge he had with woman) but Merida had at one point while out with Rapunzel and Joseph had a wee bit too much one night. Needles to say, it was one of the most memorable nights Joseph and Rapunzel had. Merida could barely remember it.

Merida chugged down another ale, feeling quite pleased with herself. She Joseph and Rapunzel had gone out to a bar (though Rapunzel was having juice and Joseph was having water) because they just felt like it and Merida being the stubborn brash Scottish woman she was, had gone up to the bar and order to pints of ale. She came back to the table with a wide grin. "that enough for you Merida?" Rapunzel asked.

Rapunzel never did like Merida's drinking habit. Merida could always get away with getting alcoholic drinks, no matter where she went. It was odd really. Still Rapunzel hated that Merida liked drinking. She always found alcohol to be rather nasty. Plus if one got drunk well… it was worse.

Merida just chuckled "of course not lass. You know that I can drink more than that" she said sitting down

"Merida, you really shouldn't" Rapunzel argued "alcohol isn't really the best drink to have you know"

poor Rapunzel. She was always the good girl. too bad she had a rebel of a girl for a best friend. Merida was always the one who took risks who was never afraid to do whatever she wanted. This just happened to be one of those times.

Merida waved her hand "come on Rapunzel! You have got to learn to livew a little! Alcohol isn't so bad in moderation!" she said.

Moderation. Merida clearly had a different definition for the word moderation than Rapunzel and Joseph. Moderation was one sip for them. for Merida moderation was five pints, as she clearly demonstrated when she went back to the bar after finishing the first two and grabbed some more for her self.

By the time she finished the third one she was buzzed. By the time she finished the fifth, she was bawling like a baby, clinging to Josephs arm and sobbing heavily, mumbling incoherent words that neither Rapunzel or Joseph could decipher.

Joseph chuckled "Merida, I don't know what your saying, but I think its time we get you back to your room." Merida looked up at him "only if you join me…" she said seductively, batting her eyelashes at him.

Joseph blushed and Rapunzel blanched. Oh no. Merida was a flirty and clingy drunk? Not good. Rapunzel quickly grabbed Meridas arm, while Joseph grabbed the other "lets get you back…" Rapunzel said quickly.

Merida had asked Rapunzel about that night much later on (after Joseph had left) and needless to say she had been mortified. After that she vowed never to get drunk again. she still enjoyed some drinks, but never had more than one. Except for after she was pregnant. This was the first time she had even touched the stuff in four years. at least Kelly was asleep. But of course she wasn't planning to go overboard liker she had that night.

They took both of the glasses, clinking them together. "cheers." they both said, before taking a sip. The sweet fruity taste of the wine went down their throats, slightly soothing them both.

Joseph sighed afterwards. He couldn't believe he was doing this. he hadn't had a drink in almost 3 years. after he had come to his senses, he abandoned the drink all together and never considered drinking it, even at Anna's wedding. Merida had always liked it, but he never did, no matter what the situation was. Alcohol was a vile creation that never had any good deeds in its name. but at the moment, it was doing some good by soothing his ache. That he supposed was the only good contribution alcohol had.

He took another sip, finishing even more of the drink, while Merida did the same. After a few more sips, the two had finished both of their drinks. Merida and Joseph stared at each other. "would you like another?" Merida asked him Joseph nodded "thanks" he said. The two shared yet another drink, oblivious to the affects. Merida scooted closer t him, lost in the haze. Neither had alcohol in such a long time, that they had forgotten how quickly it could affect the consumer. After yet another drink, they were both a wee bit tipsy. Merida was once again too close to Joseph, sitting atop his lap with her arms around him her lips pressed against his. Nether were fighting it. they were both to drunk to even notice.

"Please… Merida whispered into the kiss "stay with me…"

Joseph pulled away "Merida…"

The next morning, sunlight filtered into Merida's room, two hung over people sleeping beside each other. Joseph was the first to wake up. He groaned, feeling quite terrible. He couldn't remember a thing that had happened last night. "ohh." He said

Wait a minute! This wasn't his room! This was... he looked beside him and his heart fell. Next to him was a slumbering Merida, who looked seconds away from waking up.

No… no! he couldn't…. he wouldn't!

Merida suddenly opened her eyes, squeezing them tightly a moment later. "my head.." Merida moaned as she sat up.

"What happened.?" she stopped, realizing she wasn't alone. She looked around and saw Joseph looking as scared as she felt. the two looked at each other.

Oh… not good.

Don't Freak out! Just wait until the next chapter. Trust me! I am NOT That Evil!