Trouble Follows

Ch. 14

Puck opened the door. "What's up?"

"'Zilla!" Mally shouted.

"What's up, Little Dude?" Puck held his hand out for a high-five.

The little boy jumped to hit it.

"Alright." Puck looked at his sister. "How you doin, Little Mini Mama? That's a pretty dress."

She beamed at him and swung side to side. "Tank coo, 'Zilla."

Puck thought it was cute that Marcy taught them to say 'Zilla. Even better that she was letting the rest of the friends teach them English. Puck tapped Mickey's nose and she giggled.

"What up, kid?" Marcy held her hand out.

They did their stupid handshake. "How goes it?"

"It goes." She took the twins' hands and led them over to the couch.

He turned to Mike and they did their stupid handshake. "Hey!"

"Hey." Mike crashed next to his niece and tickled her.

Puck slapped hands with Finn. "How long did it take to get here?"

"Not long with Marcy driving." He whispered while taking peeks at her. "She drives like she's trying to get away."

"Mini Mama doesn't go above the speed limit."

"It feels like it."

"Baby." Puck grinned.

He pushed Puck and walked over to the couch. "So are we doing this or what?"

"Yes." Marcy stood up. "I need a knife, 'Zilla."

"Got it." Puck went to the kitchen and got a knife but also a paper towel. He didn't know how messy it was going to be. He came back and handed both over. "Here you go."

"Good lookin." She opened a bag and took out a lemon. She started slicing it into six pieces.

Yeah. They were going to eat lemons. For the twins, for the very first time. The adults were going to record their reactions.

After slicing the lemon, she handed out the pieces. "Okay, Mally, Mickey. You put them in your mouth like this." She put it in her mouth and smiled. Only the rind shone between her lips.

They giggled at her.

Mike put his in and made a bunch of noise.

They laughed at him.

Finn and Puck put theirs in and Puck almost spit his out again. This shit is tart!

Marcy leaned forward and swiped her mouth across Mickey's cheek. The little girl giggled and held her mom's face to hers.

Mally wanted to try so he put the lemon slice in his mouth. They all had their phones trained on him in a second flat. His face was priceless. His eyes widened, his eyebrows came together then his whole face crumbled.

Puck thought he was going to cry but he just took the slice from his mouth and looked at it.

Marcy took hers out. "What's wrong, baby?"

He held it out. "Ow."

"Ow? It hurt?"

He nodded.

She started speaking Italian, telling him what it was and then Mike joined in. Mally nodded and put the piece back in.

Mickey finally put her piece in and immediately spit it back out. "No!"