Love Thy Neighbor ~ Part 1

Remember That Crazy Road Trip?

We were eating dinner at this super fancy restaurant I never thought I would ever eat at.
M'Dear: "How's the lobster?"
The server shows her the lobster.
M'Dear: "Oh, it's kinda scrawny. Bring me his daddy."
I laugh while looking at the menu.
M'Dear: "I'd also like a bone-in ribeye and oysters Rockefeller as an appetizer."
Y/n: "That's a lot of food."
Moz: "What would you get if you were picking up the check?"
M'Dear: "Soup of the day. But since I'm not, don't forget the dessert menu."
Moz: "Don't. Don't."
Mazzi: "I'll have what she's having."
Moz: "No you won't. Better crack open that kids' menu and order some fish sticks."
Mazzi shakes his head and closes the menu.
Cocoa: "Um, I'll have the dover sole, no butter, and are the root vegetables prepared with lard?"
M'Dear: "You're in Georgia, honey. Lard is in the water."
Cocoa: "Well, I guess I'll have to stick with wine."
She takes a sip.
Ami: "I'm tired of eating out. When's the kitchen gonna be fixed?"
M'Dear: "Oh, in two weeks. All of my appliances are on back order. I am just so excited about having a new kitchen."
Shaka: "So you spanked me when you should've thanked me."
M'Dear: "You want me to thank you again?"
Shaka: "No thank you."
Y/n: "Too soon dude."
M'Dear: "So, school's starting next week. Are you excited?"
Y/n: "I mean..."
Moz, Cocoa: "🎶Ain't no party like a back-to-school party cause a back-to-school party don't..stop!🎶"
Jade: "Okay, slow your roll. She was talking to us."
She stares like she just saw a ghost.
Jade: "Oh my god."
She hides under the table.
M'Dear: "What?"
She sticks her hand up and point in that direction.
Shaka: "It's Clyde and Angie."
Mazzi: They must've followed us here."
Ami: "We got to go. We got to go right now!"
Shaka grabs my hand.
Shaka: "Come with me!"
Y/n: "But who-"
He pulls me, and we left M'Dear by herself.
~Time Skip~
We get to the porch. Cocoa hurries to get inside to use the restroom.
Cocoa: "Come on. Come on."
She got the door unlocked and ran inside.
Jade: "Poor Mom. She really had the bubble guts."
M'Dear: "I told her, 'When your oysters look like scallops and smell like shrimp to leave it alone.'"
We start grabbing our food from the to-go box.
Jade: "Well I'm starving."
Shaka: "I'm so hungry, I could eat vegetables."
He says sitting down in the rocking chair. I sit on his lap.
M'Dear: "Yeah, well, sit down and start talking, because no one said anything in the car ride home."
Y/n: "I know nothing."
Moz: "That's 'cause you fussed the whole way home. No one else could get a word in."
M'Dear: "Well I just could not believe that you all jumped up, ran out, and left me."
Moz: "Really? What's M'Dear's Rule of Survival number six?"
Shaka: "When you see black people running, run like your life depends on it, 'cause it probably does."
M'Dear: "Yes, but what is rule number 7?"
All: "Never leave M'Dear."
I stand up to go inside.
M'Dear: "Ah-ah-ah-ah. Nobody is going in my house until somebody tells me why we are not eating this lovely dinner at the restaurant."
Jade sighs.
Jade: "Well, it's a long, crazy story. You know, the trip here from Seattle was a nightmare."
M'Dear: "Well, now would be a good time to talk about it."
Y/n: "Yeah. I wanna hear it."
They all start making noises like they didn't wanna talk about it.
M'Dear: "Now would be a good time to talk about it!"
She says demandingly.
Moz: "Okay. I'll start. Let's just say our trip back to Georgia was a trip. "
FLASHBACK
They were at their house ready to leave.
Mazzi: "Whoa!"
Ami: "Woah!"
Cocoa: "Hey!"
She says waving to Moz in the RV.
Mazzi: "That is awesome."
Jade: "This can not be happening."
Moz: "Oh it's happening."
He honks the horn and it plays
"La cucaracha".
Shaka: "We're taking a road trip to Georgia?"
Moz: "Mm-hmm."
Jade: "But it's like, ten million miles away."
Cocoa: "And we pay how much to send her to private school?"
Moz: "The fact that you don't know how much is a problem, too."
Jade: "Come on. Can't we just take this thing back and get some plane tickets? I'll even fly Spirit."
Ami: "This is gonna be so much fun."
Mazzi: "We're gonna be on the road, seeing real Americans. Ooh, do you think we can stop at a Walmart or a Waffle House?"
Moz: "I'll put it on the list."
Mazzi: "Yes!"
Moz mouths that he's not putting it on the list. Inside the RV, the three youngest kids were checking it out.
Ami: "This is awesome."
Shaka: "It's got everything. A bedroom, a HDTV, a microwave. Ooh, a toilet. I'm gonna go try it out."
Mazzi: "I was hoping he was talking about the microwave."
Ami: "Yep."
Jade: "RVs are so not you. What'd he offer you? Clothes? Jewelry? Red bottoms?"
Cocoa: "He didn't promise me anything."
She walks to Moz.
Cocoa: "Don't forget, I get to drive."
She says sitting down in the passenger seat.
Mazzi: "How long is it gonna take us to drive to Columbus?"
Moz: "As long as we want. We can see the sights, eat some local cuisine. We're in no hurry."
Mazzi: "Yes!"
Jade: "Well, that's a positive. I'm definitely in no hurry to get back to Georgia."
Shaka leaned his head out the restroom.
Shaka: "Dad, let's go! I've never pooped on the move. It's on my bucket list."
Ami: "That's yo' son."
Y/n: "Nasty per usual."
Shaka: "Hey! I was being for real."
He says laughing.
Moz: "All right, let's hit the road."
Cocoa: "Don't forget, you said I could drive."
Moz: "I won't forget. I want you to drive."
~5 hours later~
Cocoa was staring at Moz.
Cocoa: "I know you feel me staring at you. Has anybody ever told you you drive like an old lady?"