The One Who Got Away

Dinner and A Show

Ava yelled, "Come on, Sam.  Please hurry.  Uncle Mark will be here shortly!"

A young voice rang out from upstairs, "Okay, mom."

Just then, there was a knock on her front door.  She quickly walked to the door and opened it.  Mark and Seth, both, stood on the other side.  She stepped aside.  "Come in.  My son is taking his sweet time getting ready."

Mark and Seth walked into the townhouse.  Ava yelled, "Sam, Uncle Mark is here."

"Still always yelling, I see."  Mark joked.

She just shrugged.  Then they heard footsteps running upstairs.  A young boy with blonde hair ran down the stairs and he ran across the living room as he yelled out, "Uncle Mark!"

He basically jumped into Mark's arms as Mark laughed.  "Hey, kid."  The young boy pulled away.  "How have you been?"

Sam just shrugged.  Ava said, sarcastically, "His new favorite answer."  She intimated his shrug.  "I swear, he is already hitting the preteen stage.  God, help me."

Seth and Mark both laughed.  Then Mark told Sam, "Hey, buddy, I want you to met a friend of mine.  His name is Seth.  We worked on a couple movies together."

Seth said to the boy, "Nice to met you, Sam."

"You too."  Sam said to Seth.  Then he asked, "What movies did you do?"

"Uh, probably ones you have never seen."  Mark answered.

Ava then replied, "They did Ted together."

"The teddy bear movie."  Sam asked.

Ava nodded and said, "Seth did the voice of the teddy bear."

"So cool."  Sam chimed.

Seth smiled at the thought a kid thought he was cool.  Mark looked at Ava surprised.  "You did not let him watch that, did you?"

Ava shrugged and said, "I am the cool mom."

"Yeah."  Sam said, happily.

Mark and Seth both laughed.  Then Mark asked, "Are we ready to go?  I am starving."

Sam nodded and Ava quickly grabbed her jacket and purse.  They walked out to a SUV and Mark and Sam climbed into the back.  Seth waited for Ava to climb into the seats in front of the other two and he then sat next to her.  The driver took off.  Ava looked back as she saw Mark and Sam goofing off.  She turned around an Seth then asked her, "So, you seen Ted?"

She said, coyly, "I have to watch every movie Mark does or he gets butt hurt.  So, yeah, I seen it."

"So?"  Seth hinted.

She smiled and decided to mess with him.  "So, what?"

Seth frowned at her and finally asked, "What did you think?"

She really decided to mess with him good.  "Oh, it was horrible.  Just sucked."

Seth looked wounded and she laughed.  "I am fucking with you.  I actually liked it.  It was really funny.  My kind of humor, actually."

Seth smiled and she continued, "Ted two wasn't as good but it was still funny.  I laughed my ass off.  But I felt like taking Mila out of it made it lose it's charm a bit.  Amanda is not nearly as funny as Mila."

Seth asked a bit shock, "You seen the second one already?"

Ava nodded and he asked, "How?  I mean, it doesn't come out for a few more days."

She chuckled. "You seem to forget where I work, Seth.  You know Jimmy has to see the movies before an interview so he knows what the hell he is talking about.  Him and I are buddies and I join him from time to time to watch them with him.  So, sometimes I see movies before they are released."