First Father's Day

"take these." he handed each of them a pair of tongs. "Pick up the meat like this..." he showed them how to pick up the meat. "And put it on the grill."

"And we're not gonna get burned, right?" Maddie asked as she took the tong and Ajay grabbed one as well, starting to grab the meat.

"Not if you don't touch the grill." he said. "See?" he said as he put a piece of meat down. "I didn't get burned."

"Okay." they both said. Ajay went first and put the meat down on the grill slowly. "Daddy, I did it!" he grinned.

Maddie put hers down as well, clapping to herself. "Me too!"

"Good job, guys." he chuckled and put them down.

"Thank you, Daddy." Maddie said. "Can we go swimming later?"

"Yeah! It'll be fun." Ajay said.

"You have to ask Mommy. She might not think it's warm enough to swim."

"...but it is hot." Maddie pouted.

"Kinda breezy." he chuckled.

"Well, we ask her." they nodded and ran back inside the house.

"Bossy children." Punk snorted.

"Gotta love 'em." he chuckled. "Where are yours?"

"Home. Lacy wasn't sure if she wanted to come by or not, so the kids weren't ready. I haven't even been home yet. I figured I would eat and then go home."

"That's what you always do." he snorted.

"After driving for ten hours, damn right that's what I do." he snorted. 

"Scotty, speaking of children..." his mother said.

"Uh ohhhhh." Punk smirked.

"Behave." Marcia (i think that's what I named her)...said with a chuckle. "I just have a question. When were you going to tell me that I'm going to be a grandmother?" she grinned.

"uhhhhhh....I think your Mom has lost it." Punk said.

"Um.. when Ellie told me it was okay to tell you?" he let out a small chuckled.

"Awwww, my baby is having a baby!" she grinned as she went to hug him. "It was obvious the minute I walked into the house. She is glowing!" she told him. "Then when we were seasoning the meat, she became pale and excused herself, big clue right there."

"...and I didn't know first? How could you?" Punk joked.

"Because I just found out." he told Punk with a chuckle. "You can't tell her you know Mom. She doesn't want to tell anyone yet."

"I wasn't going to tell her." she said. "I'll pretend like I don't even know."

"I guess I'll keep my mouth shut too. Though knowing her she probably told Lacy already or is going to." Punk shrugged.

"Trust me, the only people that know are Maddie, Ajay and Tigger."

"The dog knew before us? Not cool bro." Punk joked.

"Hush up." Marcia said as Ellie came out with the kids. 

"Oh hey Punk, when did you get here?" she asked as she put a bowl of chips down.

"Ten minutes ago." he said. "Lace isn't sure if she's coming by yet."

She nodded. "I know, I spoke to her." she chuckled. "I told her there's plenty of food if she does decide."

"Annnnnnd, Mommy said no to the pool." Maddie pouted.

"Because it's not that hot out." Ellie snorted.

"See, you weren't going to get me in trouble." he snorted at Maddie and went to check on the meat.

"Booooo." Ajay joked.

"Big boo. Scotty should always be in trouble." Punk smirked.

"But he's not." Ellie chuckled as she just sipped on some water.

"He is such a good boy." his Mom chuckled. "Anyway son, how are my....baby back ribs going?" Subtle, lol.

"They're not ready yet but I'll tell you when they are." Smooth. "And I should not be in trouble all of the time."

"Whatever." Punk snorted.

"You do that. Will they be done in like, oh I don't know....nine minutes?"

Ellie chuckled. "I think they take a little more than nine minutes to grill."

"I don't know when they'll be ready, it takes a while for them to cook."