MCA #1 Saturday Morning

[long_memory]

Now that clearer heads had prevailed, Silver was aware of just how wrecked their apartments were from the week. He didn't think anything was permanently damaged but he knew it was going to take a good bit of the weekend to sort everything out. He had at least managed to find some of his clothes, which was good because he was not a Fandom veteran and had no clue of what was about to happen.

If he had, he might have just fled the island for a bit. As it was, he was blissfully unaware and busy wondering how his cell phone had ended up in the fridge. Luckily it still worked.

[For the girlfriend and some children]

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[long_memory]

"That would be awkward to explain," he said. "But if it was everybody, shouldn't everybody's apartment be like this?"

Not everyone was enthusiastic as you two, Silver.

[thatwaslucky]

That was adorable, Silver.

"Probably not," she said, smiling. "Other people probably even did other things this week."

[long_memory]

"Why?" He could not comprehend doing other stuff when they could be doing dirty stuff.

[thatwaslucky]

"Because they don't have gorgeous boyfriends who live across the hall and jobs that were done on Sunday?" Rey teased, going over to give him a kiss. While still moving a little carefully after the last five days.

[worldinbalance]

That was, of course, the perfect time for a child to wander in. She had actually been in the correct apartment first, and was a little concerned that her father had been robbed and/or kidnapped, but went across the hall when she heard his voice.

She politely cleared her throat, since it was rude not to make your presence known.

[thatwaslucky]

Rey pulled back to look, and immediately realized what this was. There was really only one time of year you had children walking in on you.

"Oh," she said, suddenly wishing they'd cleaned up quicker. "Hello."

[long_memory]

"Are you lost?" Silver couldn't actually remember seeing a child in this town before. Then again, he really only hung out in bars, where children generally shouldn't be.

[worldinbalance]

"No," she said, lifting her skirts up slightly so she could move past some junk on the floor that hadn't been cleaned up yet. She was very much dressed like she was from a completely different century. "I'm here to see you."

[thatwaslucky]

Rey turned to watch Silver, because while she was pretty sure she'd told him about this a while back, she really had no idea what his reaction would be. "It's just a weekend," she murmured, in case that helped.

[long_memory]

"Oh." She had told him about it, and her saying that brought him up to speed. "Oh."

Right. This was a thing. Well, considering how the girl looked and the way she was dressed, it wasn't like it was hard to guess this girl's parentage. "Madi is your mother?"

[worldinbalance]

She nodded. "I'm Jamie."

Yup. As in James.

She looked up at Rey with some curiosity. "Did you all have a fight?"

[thatwaslucky]

"We didn't have a fight," Rey told her. Kind of the opposite! And she couldn't say that to a kid! "We just let things get too messy for too long and now we have to clean up."

Sure!

[long_memory]

"Yes, we've gotten rather lazy," Silver said, hoping nobody noticed the bra hanging off one of the lamps.

He gave Rey a look. "Just the weekend, right?"

[worldinbalance]

Don't mind Jamie, she was just heading towards the kitchen to grab some food. She was old enough to know not to ask her father to make her food. Ever.

[thatwaslucky]

Smart kid.

"Just the weekend. I usually have one too." Which ended up usually being weird for her in some way. "You okay with this?"

[long_memory]

"Kind of have to be, right?" It wasn't like he was going to completely ignore a child, no matter how weird it would be.

He looked over at Jamie, who had found Rey's very well stocked pantry. "She looks like her mother. Acts like her too."

A woman of few words and capable of handling herself.

[thatwaslucky]

"She seems like a good kid. Knows what she's doing," Rey said, smiling as she watched Jamie just make herself at home. "I like that."

[treasure_planet]

And it was around then that another little girls, having gotten a look at the place on the way to the kitchen, asked, "What did you do?"

[long_memory]

He looked over at the little girl, then at Rey, then back again at the girl. "That one is yours."

What? She looked like her!

[treasure_planet]

"You only say that when I do something wrong and I only just got here," Cerra said patiently. She hadn't even had time to get into trouble.

[long_memory]

"Oh. Guess I was half-right." He really wasn't surprised. If he had a child with one woman he had been in a serious relationship with, it was only right that he had one with the other. He was a little happier about this one though.

[thatwaslucky]

"Oh. This is easier than I was expecting," Rey admitted. She usually ended up with a Skywalker which was getting kind of awkward the more time went on. "What's your name?"

[treasure_planet]

"Cerra," she replied, and admitted, "It's weird you have to ask that."

[long_memory]

"Have you seen this place?" he asked. "We're clearly having an off day."

[treasure_planet]

Cerra looked around, and nodded. That checked out. They probably needed a nap.

It also occurred to her then that there was another kid here. "Who's that?"

[worldinbalance]

"Jamie," the other kid replied, leaning against the door of the pantry. It was like a whole new world with the food in there and she happily found some pretzels to eat. "I'm his daughter."

[treasure_planet]

"Me, too," Cerra said, like she wasn't quite sure what to do with that.

And then immediately went to, "Are those pretzels?"

Kids.

[worldinbalance]

"Um, I think so." That's what the bag said, anyway. She wasn't used to half the food in there. "You can have some, if you want."

Well, at least Rey and Silver didn't have to worry about any jealousy or fighting this weekend.

[thatwaslucky]

"Why don't I make an actual breakfast," Rey suggested, "and then while you two are eating your father and I-" Oh, that was different. "-can clean up some."

And make it habitable!

[long_memory]

"That sounds like a fantastic idea." Mostly because he wasn't entirely sure what other incriminating evidence was lying around the apartment (aside from the lamp bra) and it would just be best if they shoved it all in a closet and worried about actual cleaning later.

[thatwaslucky]

"How do pancakes sound?" Those were easy, because Rey lived the Bisquick life.

Did these kids know pancakes?

[worldinbalance]

"Yes!" Well Jamie knew what they were, at least. Granted, the ones she knew probably tasted nothing like Bisquick but if you covered it in sugar the kid wouldn't really care.

[thatwaslucky]

"All right, I'll start on that, maybe you can clean up the kitchen?" Rey told Silver, because maybe they could corral the kids to one area until they could get to things like bra rescue.

[long_memory]

"Yes, come on, girls." It was easier if he did this like he was ordering the crew around rather than focus on the fact that these were his children somewhere. "If you're both good, Cerra can introduce you to the wonderful world of television, Jamie."

[treasure_planet]

Cerra's eyes got very wide. "You don't know about cartoons?"

That's what you just introduced yourself to this weekend, Silver.

[long_memory]

"She's from three hundred years ago, she doesn't know about any of it," Silver said. "So it's your job she learns the right cartoons to watch."

[treasure_planet]

"I've got this," Cerra assured him. "I know all the good ones."

She probably did not, but she thought she did, and that was what mattered.

[worldinbalance]

Jamie assessed Cerra for a moment, like she had some way of knowing if this was the truth or not. Of course since she had no idea of what a television or a cartoon was, this was just her trying to do an imitation of her mother.

After a moment she nodded. "Okay, you can show me."

[treasure_planet]

"Great!" Cerra said, and looked around. "Where's the TV?"

It was over in the other destroyed apartment. Rey really should get one one of these days.

[long_memory]

"I'll show you," Silver said. "That way your mother can make pancakes without being interrupted."

Among doing other things. He eyed the lamp bra and then looked back over at Rey.

[thatwaslucky]

"I'll let you know when it's ready," Rey said, nodding.

And moved her hand in a way that would subtly knock the bra off the lamp so it wasn't so glaringly obvious. She was absolutely going to end up Force throwing things behind a couch before she called them back.