Luke walked into kitchen and saw Carl mixing something in pan
"She's awake?", Carl asked without looking at his back. The big guy sensed him coming

"Yeah, we talked a little. Carl, thanks by the way for last night", he said to the giant man now chopping in front of him. Bragging impressive skills with the knife. What a show off

"I'm just tired of you two."

"You're mother…", Luke started. Carl stopped chopping to looked at him

"What about my mother?", Carl asked frowning

"Margaret's still bullying her daughter?"

"Margaret's not my mother", Carl replied fast and continued on his chores. "She's just insecure with Christine, being prettier than her at her prime years but I tried to talked to my father about that"

"And what did he do?", he asked

"Listen Luke, I tried shielding Tin from her mother. Dad? I don't know, he really loves that girl. I can't even understand why", Carl explained

"I don't…", Luke stopped when he smelled a lavander soap coming and turned around

"What's the problem?", Tin looked at both guys in the kitchen. She seems nervous due to high testosterone level battling around the kitchen

"Nothing babe, Christmas is coming", he said encircling his left arms in her waist. "Can you spend it with my family?", he requested

Carl chuckled.

"Dad would sulk if we can't spend it with him", Christine explained

"It's his day. He will set up as early as November for Christmas. I have a lot of things to do that day though. Christmas means more customers coming in the restaurant", Carl said shaking his head.

"Oops you're dead!", Tin said laughing. Such a wonderful view he thought. The girl without any make up on, cheeks pinkish and smiling with her luscious lips

Christine looked at her and tilted her head, "How about New Year?"

"Well that's agreeable", he said hugging her more

"Charlie's birthday coming, what's your plan?", asked Carl with his back at them looking at the stove

"I still don't know", Tin looked down on Luke sitting on the stool and combed his head with her hands, "What do you think?"

"You're girls, did they helped you on the planning…", Carl stopped when he saw the two adults locking lips. "O come on, you have three rooms upstairs utilized it!"

"Try attic too!", he heard Carl yelped again

"Are you ready babe?", Luke asked the girl on a lacy red dress that Saturday. He's breathing on her exposed nape at the kitchen… again. "There's something with your kitchen, it breathes aphrodisiac. Turning me on"

"Silly, Jb's coming to babysit. She'll see us", she said as Luke caged her on the kitchen island.

"Where's Ms. Candy", Luke, still breathing on her neck to find small hairs there stands in excitement

"She's… at uhm", Tin can't talk. Luke's position is in upper hand and she can't fight that feeling crawling on her stomach. "Luke stop it!", she said instead

"I'm enjoying this", he said, trying to stop Tin from wriggling out.

Tin forcing herself out of his hug, determined to outbalanced Luke.

"No, you can't escape me. I'm stro…", he felt a strong hand pulling him out of Tin's body and now something hard pounded his back, "Ouch! What the…"

It's Jb. She kicked him out of Tin's way causing him to slammed at the stair's feet and threw her motorcycle helmet on his body. "What do you think you're doing with Christine?", the brown hair shouted at him

Christine came running at them, "J, stop you don't understand"

"What? You're okay with this pervert taking advantage of you?", she pulled again the helmet getting ready to threw to him

"No! J, we're dating. It's just a play", Tin shouted too shielding Luke now. Then blushed at the realization of that last word she said

"What? Did I told you not to get involved with this cheater?", Jb said on a gritted teeth

"J, please, I want you to understand. I'm giving him another chance. I still love him!", Christine yelled

"Wow, you never learned your lesson", said Jb angrily

"J, I love Tin and I'm a change man", Luke said trying to stand. Christine helped him. "Damn, you kick very hard"

Jb shook her head, "cheaters never change"

"Let me show it to you that you're wrong. This is my family and I'm taking them back whatever it takes", Luke said as he breathes on his sore ribs

Jb looked at Tin, "Since when is this happening!"

"Since the day we had lunch together?", Tin said pointing the three of them

"Damn", Jb shut her eyes and looked at Tin again. "Here I am advising you not to but then there's something happening and you are not saying anything until you got caught!"

"What did you caught auntie J?", all three looked at the stairs. Charlie looking at them confused. No one knows when did he descend from stairs.

"Well , sweetheart…", Tin started

"Ahmm", Luke gestured at the both woman to say something

"Pokemon!", Jb yelled and they all looked at her. She smiled at the boy and throw her right hands in the air, "gotta catch em all!"

"What the heck is pokebon?", he whispered at Tin  and she laughed at their situation

"Your ribs proves to be strong", Tin said at Luke. They were dining at fastfood after what happpened in her house earlier. She needed to take Luke at the hospital to see if there's something broke but it turned out that it's just the muscle that was sore. Now they're at their formal suits and dress at the middle of the fast food chain just to compensate the planned date.

The reservation at the restaurant was expired already and she's too embarassed to ask for Carl's help on his restaurant. She doesn't like Carl to see them with all their romantic gestures and Luke's constant flirting

Now they settled on greasy food and Luke's small peck on her temple every minute as there's a lot of kids running about

"Where did you find that friend", asked Luke as he shook his head but smiling

"At work.", she laughed, "J's texted to say sorry"

He smiled again as he ate their shared fries, remembering what happened earlier. "I was brawled by your brother now slammed by J. Tell me what's next? Margaret's claws?"

"Yeah, I'm thinking about that too." Her phone sounded and frowned at a text

"What's that babe?", asked Luke

"Carl's at home too. Now why is he there?" She's afraid that Jb's will snapped this time with her brother. Anyways, her brother is much calmer she thought

Luke chuckled, "Did you hid J's helmet?"

She laughed, "No, don't think about that helmet. Her head is much harder to break"

"But at least you said the L word"

She blushed at that realization, "Whatever"

She heard Luke chuckled, "Your blush spoke the real thing"

Luke took her chin with his index finger to face him. His aqua blue eyes was shining more than the led lights of that food chain their in to. "I love you Christine. I love you then and now I love you more."

She smiled, "You put some grease in my chin. Anyways I love you too"

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gotta catch 'em all - that's Pokemon game tag line. I heard there's a movie about that coming.

Anyways, be careful in playing Pokemon go. A lot of gadget get stolen because of that. Just be vigilant, alright?