Close to fifteen years. That's how long it had been since Courtney had last seen Duncan. It had been such a long stretch of time, that all those years of being on Total Drama felt like it happened to someone else and not her. Sure, for a few years after the show she was called Princess wherever she went, and that had made it all the more hard to truly get over Duncan, but as always, time went by, and it all became distant memory.

Courtney had only been doubtful for a split second that that was who was standing before her. He was a bit taller than he had been the last time she saw him and had built the muscle definition to match. The green Mohawk was gone and had been replaced by his natural black hair styled into a messy faux-hawk style. His ear piercings were still there but the ones on his face had been removed. Duncan had given up just the soul patch on his chin in favor for letting the rest of his facial hair grow in; but still kept it short. One thing that hadn't change were his eyes. They were still the same teal that drew her in. Courtney damned him for getting better looking.

"Oh my god! You guys are that Courtney and Duncan aren't you? The ones from that television show all those years ago? I didn't even give it a second thought when you said your name was Courtney. Wow, what a small world!" The over eager preschool teacher was oblivious to Courtney's obvious surprise, "Didn't you guys date on that show too? Oh wait, but then he got with that goth girl and-"

"Okay that's enough!" Courtney said exasperatedly; this whole situation had gone from zero to sixty quickly and she felt she was losing control.

"Oh my goodness I'm so sorry! I didn't-"

"Mommy, what's Ms. Grace talking about?" Addison grabbed Courtney's leg to get her attention.

"Yeah Daddy, you were on TV? Can we see?" Vanessa chimed in.

"No!" Courtney and Duncan both said at the same time. There was no way two four year olds would be allowed to see that show. It was far too inappropriate.

Courtney really didn't want to continue this conversation in front of the teacher who was relatively a stranger, let alone in front of her daughter. Coming up with an idea Courtney turned her attention to the preschoolers.

"You know what? I think I saw a park with a playground down the street, do you girls want to go?" An eruption of yeses came from the two little girls.

"Thanks for waiting with her." Courtney told Duncan as they sat on a park bench. The girls were playing in the grass a few feet away while their parents observed. It was a time like this where it came in handy that the kids grew up in Canada and were accustomed to the cold weather of January.

"Don't worry about it." A long stretch of silence followed. Where could they even start? Duncan glanced sideways at Courtney who looked straight ahead, not wanting to make the situation more awkward by looking directly at him. There were so many questions running through his mind yet he couldn't seem to ask any of them. Despite everything they had been through, the good, the bad, and the extremely bad, he'd be lying if he said he hadn't wondered about her over the years. They had ended on such bad terms that he couldn't use his usual sarcasm or charm to break the ice.

He turned his eyes down to her hands that were resting in her lap. Duncan answered one of his questions when he didn't see a wedding band on her left hand. Then again, not all women always wore their wedding ring. He had noticed a few other things about her as well; like how her freckles on her nose still stood out, and that her hair was longer than the above the shoulder cut he remembered. Duncan had always been a man to notice a woman's body and couldn't help but note that her hips were wider and her breasts were bigger. No doubt from child bearing. She still looked like Courtney, but wasn't a teenage girl anymore. She was a woman. A beautiful one.

As he still pondered what he should say besides 'Wow we screwed each other over so badly that we can't even hold a decent conversation.', he heard her start to giggle to herself. He raised his eyebrows questioningly.

"What's so funny?" Then she started to laugh even harder.

"It's just, I mean come on. I moved far away to get away from my ex-husband, uprooted my whole life to start over and then I run into my ex-boyfriend who I haven't seen in over a decade because our kids go to the same pre-school of all things. What the hell?" Tears were forming in her dark eyes and Duncan couldn't tell if it was from laughing or if she was about to cry.

"You're divorced?"

"Yep. Little miss overachieving, type a, perfectionist Courtney, married and divorced by thirty years old." She was silent again, the weight of her words hitting her. Duncan had seen Courtney be many things, but he had never seen her the way she was right now.

Defeated. He struggled to say something to lessen the situation.

"So one day this chick shows up at my door with a baby in her arms, saying that it's mine. She didn't even tell me she was pregnant. Then she hands me this baby and says she's not ready to be a mom and I haven't seen her since." Courtney stared wide eyed. She continued to stare for a few moments before bursting into laughter again.

"That is so messed up." She said in between laughs. He couldn't help it when he started to laugh too.

"I know!"

"I mean, you of all people, raising a baby, by yourself? What was she thinking?"

"I banged her because she was hot, not because she was smart." Courtney wiped away a tear that had fallen and Duncan was relieved that it was from laughter.

"Wow, aren't we perfect examples of well adjusted adults."

"You're telling me." The laughter died down and although there was still tension between them it didn't feel quite as thick. Another length of time passed before they both spoke again.

"I'm sorry for being a crazy bitch."

"Sorry for being a huge asshole." They said at the same time.

"So much time has passed since Total Drama, it's almost like a dream."

"More like a nightmare."

"Definitely. That show made me act like a psycho."

"Oh yeah, blame it on the show." They continued laughing until their two young children were standing in front of them.

"Mommy are you guys done having 'grown up talk' now?" Addison said while climbing into her mother's lap.

"Daddy, are you and Princess Courtney friends now?" Vanessa appeared hopeful.

Courtney and Duncan looked at each other. Could they be friends? Could they leave the past behind them and be civil at least for their daughters's sake?

A corner of Courtney's mouth turned up.

"Yeah, I think we are." Duncan affirmed.

Thank you everyone for the positive reviews! I went about this story a bit differently than I have with other stories I have written in the past. Besides the last two or so chapters, the story has already been written. It's just a matter of editing and uploading. Thank you everyone for your support! I do have a question that I would love you guys to help me out by answering. There are nsfw scenes in this story, my question is if you would prefer that I post them as separate one shots for those who don't like that kind of content, or if I should just put a warning before and after it happens like ****. I am also posting this story on AO3(Fictional_Affliction) and Tumblr(fictional-affliction).