Flashbacks

"Oh, hi there." she smiled. "It's nice to meet you. Scott is constantly talking about you when he's home." she chuckled.

Ellie smiled a little. "It's nice to meet you too, Mrs. Colton." she said. "I hope they've been good things." she chuckled.

"Very good things and call me Marcia." she nodded and just grabbed Ellie to hug her. "I'm a hugger." she told her as Ellie just hugged her back.

"Totally okay." she said as Marcia pulled away.

"So, what's the plan for tonight?"

"El made spaghetti."

"Oh well then let's eat." she said. "I am starving and it smells really good in here."

Ellie nodded. "Thanks." she said. "And sure, lets eat."

"I'll take your purse, mom." he said and took her purse. "Get to know each other." he said as he went to his room.

She nodded and they both headed to the kitchen. "I hope you're okay with spaghetti for tonight." Ellie said.

"It's fine. I love pasta.' Marcia told her as she took her seat. "In fact, I'll help myself." she said as she started to serve herself.

Ellie nodded. "Would you like some wine?" she offered.

"Sure." Marcia said.

As Ellie went to reach for the wine and Marcia went to reach for the spaghetti, they both bumped hands against one another and Marcia ended up dropping her plate and spaghetti, while Ellie ended up spilling some wine. Some of it spilled on Marcia's shirt. "Oh my gosh! I am so sorry." she said as she became flustered and went to grab a napkin.

"It's an accident, don't worry about it." Marcia said...and then saw that the candle had been knocked over too. "Um, Ellie."

"I'm coming." she said as she passed her a napkin...then smelled something burning. She looked over at the table. "Oh my gosh!" she said as she saw the fire start. They both went to look around for a fire extinguisher and tried to keep the fire down too.

He heard the commotion and came running out of the room, seeing the fire. "Shit!" he said as he grabbed the fire extinguisher from under the cabinet and pulled the pin before putting the fire out. "Jesus."

Well, Ellie's nerves were shot but she tried to remain calm...though you could tell she was panicked, lol. "Are you okay?" she asked Marcia.

"I'm fine." she nodded.

"I am soooooo sorry." Ellie said. "It was a total accident. I don't even know what happened. Like I know I ruined dinner and again, I apologize for it..." she said and was starting to ramble.

"Ellie." he grabbed her shoulders. "It's okay. It's just a table cloth. What matters is that you both are okay."

"I know." she sighed. "But I ruined dinner." she pouted.

"Aw no, it's not ruined." Marcia said. "How about we all just go out to eat?"

"El, you didn't burn the spaghetti." he snorted. "Lets just make it a movie night."

"Or that works." Marcia chuckled.

"Fiiiiiine."

"Mom, she has been nervous all day. Can you calm her down?"

"Nervous? Why? I don't bite." she laughed.

Ellie chuckled. "I just want to make a good impression on you."

"You've made a great impression." she told her. "Trust me. Keeping my son happy is all you need to do to win me over."

"Will you chill out now?" he kissed the side of her head.

She chuckled and nodded. "Yes."

"Good. Now pick a movie."

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"How.. cute." she snorted.

"More like terrifying." she chuckled as she went through more pictures. "Aw, look how little Brandon was here."

She looked at the picture and chuckled. "Oh, when he was basically obsessed with his father."

"Aw, those days were so cute."

"I'm sure at the time that if Phil and I were drowning he'd save Phil."

"And now he'd let Punk drown."

"Now he'd let anyone that's not Carly drown." she snorted.

"Sucks for you." she joked.

She chuckled. "Very nice."

"That's me, darling." she smirked.