Fourth of July

"Tell you what. If your mommy says yes, I will take you for the whole day." Scott promised him.

"When do we not have problems." Lacy smirked a little at her. "We had a little.. big fight a little while back. Something to do with drugs," she said dismissively. "We're working past it."

"She's gonna say yessssss." Ajay giggled.

"...wait, what?" she asked. "Drugs?"

"Is she?" Scott smirked.

"It's not him." She shook her head. "It's me."

"Mhm, because she loves me....this much." he said as he held his arms out. "That's a lot." he nodded.

She nodded and wouldn't tell her to talk about it if she didn't want to. "Well, everything is going okay now, right?"

"That is a lot." Scott agreed with him.

"I'd like to think so." She shrugged gently. "There are some days where I feel awful but he's there to help me through things."

"So she say yes to me all the time." Ajay nodded.

"Well good, you guys break my heart when you fight." she chuckled. "No more fighting, I think I'd die or something." she joked.

"Well then we will ask her." Scott chuckled.

"If we kept our mouths shut we wouldn't argue as much." Lacy chuckled.

"Okay." Ajay giggled.

"Well knock it off." she joked as Maddie came to sit on Ellie's lap.

Scotty chuckled and walked over to Ellie with Ajay in his arms. "There she goes." He chuckled.

Lacy shook her head with a small smile and put Carly back in her stroller.

Ellie glanced up and chuckled. "Yep, here I am."

"Mommy, Scotty said if you say yes then he'll take me to the park again for the wholeeee day. I tell him you say yes, right?"

Ellie "thought" about it. "Hm, I don't know. The whole day? That's a lot of time to be away from me and Madison." she teased.

"You come with us Mommy." Ajay nodded. "Right Scotty?"

"Heyyyyy, I wanna go." Madison said.

"If Mommy wants to go then she can absolutely come." He leaned down to kiss her cheek in greeting. "Scotty loves it when Mommy comes with me," he smirked. Innuendo? Oh, yeah.

"And I just threw up in my mouth a little." Punk joked.

What a way to make her blush. "Well then, if you want me to come with you, I'll come with you anytime and anyplace." she said as she smirked back.

"Seriously guys, get a room." She snorted.

"Fireworks!" Brandon pointed excitedly.

Ellie chuckled. "You guys are always gross with us, it's only fairrrr." she said in a sing song voice as she watched the fireworks.

"It's so cool, right Kiddo?" Punk asked Brandon as he watched with him.

Madison gasped. "They have pink ones and not the stupid blue ones that Ajay wanted."

Ajay glared at her. "They have it!"

"They have all kinds." Scott chuckled and sat next to Maddie and Ellie, with Ajay on his lap. He put his arm around Ellie. "See look, there's a pink one, a purple one, a blue one, and a red one."

"Awesome!" Brandon nodded excitedly as he watched.

Lacy watched on a little too, tending to Jack and Carly, though. The loud noises startled Carly, while Jack couldn't stop staring into the sky.

"Yeah but the pink ones are the bestesttttt." Maddie giggled.

Ajay pouted. "I no like Maddie anymore."

Ellie snorted. "Be nice to your sister. All the colors are the bestest." she chuckled.

Punk chuckled at Brandon and then looked over at Lacy. "Everything good there?"

"Yeah, be nice or I won't take you out." Scott said.

"Carly's scared." Lacy said as she took her out of her seat and propped Carly up on her shoulder, holding her.

Ajay pouted. "Mommy, I want to sit by you." he frowned.

Ellie chuckled a bit and leaned over to kiss his cheek, shaking her head. "Stay with Scotty."

"Want me to take her?"

"Aw, you're not my buddy anymore?" Scott asked Ajay.

"It's fine, enjoy the show." Lacy said, putting Carly's blanket over her and patting her back.

"Only if you take me outtt." Ajay grinned.

He shrugged and nodded. "Okay then." he said as he watched the fireworks with Brandon.

"I will take you out if you promise to be nice to Madison." He smirked.

"Daddy, look at that one!" Brandon pointed up at the sky.

"Fineeeeee." Ajay said. "I be nice."

"Holy crap, that's a really cool one." Punk said as he watched.

There was a small cross breeze, so Brandon moved in under Punk's arm as he watched.

"Awesome." Scott chuckled and watched the show. He leaned in to speak to Ellie, "Are you enjoying yourself?"

Punk kept Brandon close to him and kissed the top of his head.

Ellie looked over at him and nodded with a smile. "I am. I've got my friends with me and their kids, and my babies are back...and I've got you here." she chuckled a bit. "It's all just....really nice." she nodded.

"End of the show!" Brandon said excitedly as a slew of fireworks went off.

"Aw, l'il ole me?" Scott smirked, kissing the side of her head.