After the Fall

Talks going around (Fluff and...uhm)

"Okay so you have to carefully watch as the coloring pencil stabs!" Dustin says before stabbing the coloring pencil into the paper, but the pencil not going through the paper. "Through the paper." He says before letting go of the paper, it being stuck against the end of the coloring pencil.

"Woah!" Amberlee and Amir both exclaim at the magic trick.

"How are doing that?!" Amir questions.

"Well a true musician never reveals his secrets." Dustin says. "But I will tell you all something." He goes to whisper, them leaning closer to him. "You all will scream in three two one—"

"BAHHH!" Jonathan screams while having a mask on his face, Amir and Amberlee both laughing as he goes to tackle Amberlee and Amir on the floor, them laughing hard as Jonathan and Steve go to tickle them both.

Max stands in the kitchen while looking at everyone in the living room, Lucas putting all of Amberlee's toys away while smiling at how she laughs and plays with Jonathan and Steve. She holds the juice in her hand, her putting it down and going to pour herself a glass of wine.

She looks over at Nancy, seeing how she dances with Mike while glow sticks are around their wrists and necks. Max clenches her jaw while she goes to down her glass, her putting it down before going to pour another.

Sue smiles softly at her while coming into the kitchen, Max going to down her next glass. "Trying to butter yourself in for 'the talk'?" Sue quotes.

"Yeah I'm not really in a talking mood right now." Max says while still looking at Nancy.

Sue looks over at Nancy before turning to Max. "Despite how....assertive it was it was a underlining message in what she was trying to say and make you understand sweetheart."

"Which was?" Max questions.

Sue goes to reach in the cabinet behind her, her going to hold her glass out towards Max. Max picks up the bottle, her going to pour Sue a glass and herself a glass as well before putting down the bottle. Both of them take a sip of their drinks, both of them looking ahead of them.

"I was so damn scared when I had Lucas." Sue lightly laughs. "Me and Charles were arguing like crazy before I even knew, it was just...we were young and we made dumb mistakes but we loved each other, Lucas was definitely an accident." Sue says, Max smiling softly. "I was so damn scared, and I thought to myself you know even if Charles leaves me, at least I will have my baby."

"And of course things got better for us after we had Lucas. We grew up and started acting like adults. You know that's why I named him Lucas, because he was the bringer of light that brought us back together."

"Yeah he told me." Max smiles.

Sue smiles more. "I just viewed him so much as a miracle, and I was always wanted my miracle to be happy, just wanted to give him everything that he wanted."

Max looks over at Sue. "You think I'm doing that with Ambie? Just giving her whatever she wants without a care in the world?"

"No, but I do think Nancy is trying to warn you." Sue responds. "And I wanted to do the same. Don't get me wrong Amberlee needs to be out of that bitch Corsses class."

Max smiles softly, her swirling her wine a little in her glass. "Yeah."

Sue looks at her. "But...there is something else Nancy was trying to tell you Max, and I think you should listen."

Max looks over at her. "All I heard was her scolding me for supposedly trying to spoil Amberlee."

"That's not what she was saying." Sue shakes her head, her smiling softly while leaning on the counter. "You know...you are going to have that day where you see Amberlee all grown up, and you realized that you did it. I mean I look at Lucas and I see a strong selfless and fearless man, always making sure his wife and daughter is okay, a true man." Sue smiles while looking at Lucas, seeing how he dances in front of Amberlee on his knees, Amberlee laughing hard while looking at him.