And Baby Makes Four (2/12)
3some 'verse
Pairing(s): Don/Coop/Lia
Rating:T to M as the story progresses
Word Count: 2535
Spoilers: Possibly up to the end of season 3, or at least three quarters of S3.
Summary: Legal issues makes things all the more real and Alan has a heart to heart with Lia
Author's Notes: Thanks to my beta
bubbleslayer &
mercilynn for her feedback.
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Don held the door open for Lia and watched her move silently into the house. She gave him a weary smile and dropped her purse off on the hall table before walking into the living room to collapse on to the couch. Don started to step into the house but stopped, holding the door open for Billy, who had gone to retrieve the mail, to pass through. The two men shuffled in and joined Lia in the living room.
Lia had taken off her heels and had curled up on one end of the couch. She looked over at Billy who sat on the other edge of the couch kicking his feet up onto the coffee table, earning him a disproving look from Lia. He gave her a sheepish look before withdrawing them from the table and placing them on the floor. Don rolled his eyes in amusement as Billy began to sort through the mail in his hand. After skimming through it he pronounced the contents to be ‘junk’ and tossed it on the coffee table. Don leaned back in the chair he was sitting on and closed his eyes. He wasn’t so much tired as he was overloaded by the amount of information that the three of them had learned at the lawyer’s office.
After a length of silence Lia broke it, asking tentatively, “You two need to head back to the office?”
Don answered without opening his eyes, “No, I don’t think so.”
“Billy,” she asked.
“Nah, I put in for a half a day of PTO.”
“You guys hungry?” She looked at her watch. “Want me to start making dinner?”
Billy answered, “Mmm, nah, I’m good for now.”
Don sighed, “Yeah, I’m okay. I’ll start the grill up later for you since it’s been a while since I took a turn at dinner.”
“Okay.”
He nodded at her before saying, “You two haven’t said much since we left Wakefield’s.”
Billy met Don’s eyes and replied, “Just a lot to process.”
“Yeah,” Don agreed.
Lia shook her head. “We have a lot of decisions to make and I don’t know how to feel about it all.”
“She gave us a lot to think about; POA, living wills and everything in between,” Billy added.
“Yeah. Me and Billy will need to update our living wills along with our wills to include you in them. I think I’m going to have to sit down with my Dad and Charlie to go over my wishes too and let them know that I’m giving you two POA if something happens to me.”
Billy blew out a hard breath. “Your dad is not gonna like that.”
Don grimaced, “Probably, not but he’ll have to get over it. And not to be morose, but you two should outlive him.”
Lia said, “You know Don, that we wouldn’t make any drastic decisions without consulting him and your brother first. But that’s why we need to spell out our wishes as much as possible so there is no guessing.”
Don closed his eyes and began to wish he was some place else, some place a thousand miles away, maybe that little cabin with the big fireplace where they’d gone for a long weekend getaway.
Lia picked at the fabric of the sofa. “I think what I’m most unhappy about is that if we really do this, you know, have a baby, that Billy won’t have any legal rights even though he will be a primary care giver. And vice versa if we decide to have another baby, Don you would be in the same boat. I’m just not happy about that one bit.”
“Unfortunately Coop doesn’t get any rights unless I give up my parental rights and he would adopt.”
“And I would never ask that of you, that ain’t right.”
Don gave a small smile to him. “I know.”
“I’m just really overwhelmed,” she said.
Don reached out to squeeze her shoulder. “I know you are. I think we all are.”
“You still okay with this, Lee,” Billy asked.
She replied, “Yeah, I’m okay. My mind is just spinning. It was a lot to take in.” She sighed, “Lots of decisions to make. I’ve thought about a living will after my parents deaths but never did anything about it.”
“The Bureau recommends all new graduates have one,” Billy said, “Along with having wills and next of kin listed.”
Lia cringed slightly, “Morbid.”
Don and Billy exchanged glances before Don gently replied, “Unfortunately, but a necessity.”
She shuddered, “Can we not have that talk again, please?”
Coop moved closer to her. “Lee, you know we’re just trying to be prepared if anything happens.”
She threw up her hands. “I know, I know, but it just seems sort of depressing for us to talk about you two getting killed in the same breath us having a family.”
Don smirked, “Well, they’re not mutually exclusive in some sense.” Seeing that Lia was getting upset he added, “But you’re right. It’s morbid.” He ran his hand through his hair as he got up and perched on the coffee table between his two lovers. “Do we still want to do this?”
Lia answered, “Yeah I do.”
Billy nodded his head.
“It’s just really big and now that we’ve taken further steps it’s more real than before.” She tilted her head. “I’m just starting to freak out.”
Don snorted, “You’re not the only one.”
Billy teased with a wink. “Not me.”
“Liar,” Don said as he gave Billy’s shoulder a playful shove.
“I know we’ve said it before but it’s going to impact us immensely and in ways we can’t even imagine,” Lia mused. “And I love us. I love the three of us and I just don’t want that to change even though I know it’s a good change. A piece of me wants us to stay like this forever.”
“Aww, that’s my girl,” Coop said as he pulled her over to cuddle. “We have the best girl.”
Don made an affirmative sound and grinned. “That we do. We’re damn lucky.”
Lai smiled. “Thanks boys, I’m just as lucky.” She looked at her watch again and sighed, ‘Well, I’m gonna go upstairs and change into my sweats and maybe read more of my book.” She kissed them each on their cheeks after she stood up. “Let me know when you two get hungry and I’ll prep dinner, okay?”
“Yeah, sure,” Coop said. “I’ll give you a hand too.”
“Me too. I’ll grill whatever you want,” Don added.
“Sure.” Lia picked up her heels and headed up stairs.
Don watched her leave the room and before turning his attention back to Billy. “You sure you’re okay with this?”
“Yeah. Why?”
“Well, like Lia said, in a way you’re excluded.”
“Maybe, but you’ll be too if we have a second kid. You’ll be in the same boat. We’ll do like the attorney says and make each other legal guardian if anything happens.” A small smile played over his lips. “And this is for keeps. You, Lee and me. Us having a baby just ties us together more. ”
“You’re not going anywhere?”
“Nope. You’re stuck with me, partner.”
Don grinned back. “I can’t think of anything better.”
_____________________________________________~________________________________
“Okay, so here are the last of the dishes,” Lia said as she placed them on the counter. “You guys want any help?”
“Nope, we got it covered,” Billy answered as he wrapped one of Lia’s plain white aprons around his waist and grabbed the dish soap.
“That apron looks cute on you,” Lia remarked, nuzzling close to Billy’s ear. “Doesn’t it Don?
“Of course it does, but I think he would look better in the pink Mini Mouse one.”
“Ohh, good idea,” Lia said smirking.
Billy groaned, “Shad up you two.”
She giggled. “Anyway, so you two want help?”
Don started to unload the dishwasher. He looked over and said, “Go sit outside and relax. You cooked, the least we can do is clean up.”
“Aww, thank you boys.” She gave them each a peck on the cheek. “I appreciate that. Why don’t you put some coffee on? We can have it with the pie your Dad brought over.”
Billy asked, licking his lips, “Oh, yeah. What kind is it?”
“Uhh,” Lia said as she peaked under the bakery box lid, “blueberry.”
“Mmm, blueberry, my favorite.”
She dryly said, “What pie isn’t your favorite? All right, I’ll be outside with your Dad if you need me.”
Don smirked, “We’ll be fine.”
“And please rinse the dishes before you load them.” She pointed to the pile next to the sink where Billy stood.
Billy rolled his eyes before dipping his hands into the sudsy water to wash the roasting pan. “Lia, it’s a brand new dish washer we don’t need to rinse the plates.”
Lia narrowed her eyes. “See, that’s why I like to take care of clean up too.”
Sighing Don put his hands on Lia’s shoulders and ushered her to the patio doors. “Go out side Lia. We know how to clean up.”
“But…”
“Go,” he said with a playful shove and closed the door behind her.
Alan looked over as he saw Lia come back outside. She had a annoyed look on her face but quickly shed it when she reached the table. “Alan, would you like some more lemonade?”
“Yes, please,” he replied, holding up his glass. She filled his, then hers. “Again, let me say, what a lovely meal that was.”
Her face flushed slightly. “My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it.” She added, “It was the least we can do for all the times you have us over.”
Alan nodded, “It’s my pleasure too. Nothing I enjoy more than having my boys over for a meal and that includes their significant others.”
She sipped some of her lemonade. “Don mentioned that Charlie and Amita were talking about a trial moving in together period.”
Alan snorted, “Yeah, while Amita’s place is being fumigated. They want to collect more data on taking their relationship to the next level.”
Lia chuckled, “Mathematicians, gotta love them.”
He joined her with a light laugh of his own. He cleared his throat and asked gently. “If you don’t mind me asking, how are your future plans going?”
She looked up over and answered, “Uhh, they’re going.”
“Don told me your were going to see a lawyer.”
She made a non-committal sound before taking another sip.
Alan glanced over at the door for a second before asking, “Lia, may I ask you a question?”
“Uhh, yeah, okay,” she said, putting her glass down and turning her full attention to him.
“And you won’t be insulted?”
She shook her head vehemently and replied with a smirk, “Nope, I’m not your son.”
Alan chuckled in reply. “Good.” He paused for a moment and collected his thoughts. “As I said, Don told me of your plans and we talked a bit about them. I have some concerns which I tried to talk to him about.”
She interrupted him saying, “But Don, being Don, took it the wrong way.”
“Exactly! You know my son all too well.”
“I seem too.”
“Well, like I was saying. I had some thoughts and concerns that I was able to talked to him about a little, but I was hoping that I could talk more to you about them.”
She answered tentatively, “Sure.”
“Forgive me for asking this bluntly, but the idea of starting a family- I want it to be something that Billy and my son are doing because they want to. Not something they’re doing just to make you happy."
She took a deep breath. “They honestly want this. It still surprises me that they do, but it’s the truth.” She began to fiddle with her tri-heart pendant that Don and Billy had given her last year for Christmas. “I had the same concerns too, that they wanted to do it to make me happy. They have a tendency to do that because of my insecurities.”
Alan watched her gaze back at the door, something flickered in her eyes. “I don’t make it easy on them at times I know, but believe me Alan when I say this,” there was a hitch in her voice as she continued, “that I would never allow things to go that far because I couldn’t help my selfishness.”
“Lia,” Alan said soothingly “I don’t mean to upset you.”
She sniffled and wiped at her eyes. “It’s okay Alan, you’re just worried like any other parent would be. I really try not to be that way, but it’s hard knowing how much is between them. I sometimes can’t help my jealousy.” She pushed out a large breath and squared her shoulders back. “I’m sorry Alan, I didn’t mean to say anything.”
He reached out to squeeze Lia’s hand, concerned that he had upset her. ‘”Anytime you want to talk, I want you to know you can come to me.”
“Thank you.” She cleared her throat. “But yes, it’s what they want. I made sure of that.”
He patted her hand one more time before drawing it back to pick up his lemonade. “I appreciate your candor and I’m glad I can ask you things.”
“Anytime.” She smiled softly as they lapsed into silence.
“I didn’t get a chance to ask Don but are the blood test results back? If it’s okay I ask?”
“Huh? Oh, yeah. Don’s was positive as a carrier but I’m negative so we’re okay.”
Alan closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
“I did some research on Tay Sacks when Don told me that he could be a carrier and Alan what a horrible thing it is. I had no idea.”
“It is, it truly is. We’ve been lucky in our family that we’ve only had it twice before the testing came out in the seventies.” Sorrowed touched his voice, “My sister’s first born died in 1959, it was truly terrible.”
“I’m really sorry.”
“Thank you.”
“Now that we have the test done the doctor cleared us to uhhh.” Her cheeks reddened faintly.
Bemused Alan finished her sentence, “To start having a family.”
“Yes, uhh yes, all our other labs came back fine too.”
“That is excellent.” Alan opened his mouth to ask another question when Don and Billy stepped out to the patio with the blueberry pie, a pot of coffee, and a carton of light vanilla ice cream. He watched Lia’s face brighten as the two of them walked over, making him smile at the love he saw between them.
Don grinned back at his Dad and Lia. “Okay, so clean up is done. Who’s up for dessert?”
“Did you guys clean everything up okay?”
Billy rolled his eyes at Don and answered, “Yes, I do know how to clean.”
“I know you do, but is it my kind of clean?”
Exasperated Don said, “Leeee…”
Throwing her hands up she said, “Okay, okay. I’m sure everything is perfect.”
Alan chuckled, “Your mom was the same way.”
Don shot back. “And now you are too, but worse.”
Alan laughed, “Hey, I like a clean house too. Now how about a piece of that pie?”
Pairing(s): Don/Coop/Lia
Rating:T to M as the story progresses
Word Count: 2535
Spoilers: Possibly up to the end of season 3, or at least three quarters of S3.
Summary: Legal issues makes things all the more real and Alan has a heart to heart with Lia
Author's Notes: Thanks to my beta
bubbleslayer &
mercilynn for her feedback.
Look
sororcula your FAVORITE KIND OF PIE!
Don held the door open for Lia and watched her move silently into the house. She gave him a weary smile and dropped her purse off on the hall table before walking into the living room to collapse on to the couch. Don started to step into the house but stopped, holding the door open for Billy, who had gone to retrieve the mail, to pass through. The two men shuffled in and joined Lia in the living room.
Lia had taken off her heels and had curled up on one end of the couch. She looked over at Billy who sat on the other edge of the couch kicking his feet up onto the coffee table, earning him a disproving look from Lia. He gave her a sheepish look before withdrawing them from the table and placing them on the floor. Don rolled his eyes in amusement as Billy began to sort through the mail in his hand. After skimming through it he pronounced the contents to be ‘junk’ and tossed it on the coffee table. Don leaned back in the chair he was sitting on and closed his eyes. He wasn’t so much tired as he was overloaded by the amount of information that the three of them had learned at the lawyer’s office.
After a length of silence Lia broke it, asking tentatively, “You two need to head back to the office?”
Don answered without opening his eyes, “No, I don’t think so.”
“Billy,” she asked.
“Nah, I put in for a half a day of PTO.”
“You guys hungry?” She looked at her watch. “Want me to start making dinner?”
Billy answered, “Mmm, nah, I’m good for now.”
Don sighed, “Yeah, I’m okay. I’ll start the grill up later for you since it’s been a while since I took a turn at dinner.”
“Okay.”
He nodded at her before saying, “You two haven’t said much since we left Wakefield’s.”
Billy met Don’s eyes and replied, “Just a lot to process.”
“Yeah,” Don agreed.
Lia shook her head. “We have a lot of decisions to make and I don’t know how to feel about it all.”
“She gave us a lot to think about; POA, living wills and everything in between,” Billy added.
“Yeah. Me and Billy will need to update our living wills along with our wills to include you in them. I think I’m going to have to sit down with my Dad and Charlie to go over my wishes too and let them know that I’m giving you two POA if something happens to me.”
Billy blew out a hard breath. “Your dad is not gonna like that.”
Don grimaced, “Probably, not but he’ll have to get over it. And not to be morose, but you two should outlive him.”
Lia said, “You know Don, that we wouldn’t make any drastic decisions without consulting him and your brother first. But that’s why we need to spell out our wishes as much as possible so there is no guessing.”
Don closed his eyes and began to wish he was some place else, some place a thousand miles away, maybe that little cabin with the big fireplace where they’d gone for a long weekend getaway.
Lia picked at the fabric of the sofa. “I think what I’m most unhappy about is that if we really do this, you know, have a baby, that Billy won’t have any legal rights even though he will be a primary care giver. And vice versa if we decide to have another baby, Don you would be in the same boat. I’m just not happy about that one bit.”
“Unfortunately Coop doesn’t get any rights unless I give up my parental rights and he would adopt.”
“And I would never ask that of you, that ain’t right.”
Don gave a small smile to him. “I know.”
“I’m just really overwhelmed,” she said.
Don reached out to squeeze her shoulder. “I know you are. I think we all are.”
“You still okay with this, Lee,” Billy asked.
She replied, “Yeah, I’m okay. My mind is just spinning. It was a lot to take in.” She sighed, “Lots of decisions to make. I’ve thought about a living will after my parents deaths but never did anything about it.”
“The Bureau recommends all new graduates have one,” Billy said, “Along with having wills and next of kin listed.”
Lia cringed slightly, “Morbid.”
Don and Billy exchanged glances before Don gently replied, “Unfortunately, but a necessity.”
She shuddered, “Can we not have that talk again, please?”
Coop moved closer to her. “Lee, you know we’re just trying to be prepared if anything happens.”
She threw up her hands. “I know, I know, but it just seems sort of depressing for us to talk about you two getting killed in the same breath us having a family.”
Don smirked, “Well, they’re not mutually exclusive in some sense.” Seeing that Lia was getting upset he added, “But you’re right. It’s morbid.” He ran his hand through his hair as he got up and perched on the coffee table between his two lovers. “Do we still want to do this?”
Lia answered, “Yeah I do.”
Billy nodded his head.
“It’s just really big and now that we’ve taken further steps it’s more real than before.” She tilted her head. “I’m just starting to freak out.”
Don snorted, “You’re not the only one.”
Billy teased with a wink. “Not me.”
“Liar,” Don said as he gave Billy’s shoulder a playful shove.
“I know we’ve said it before but it’s going to impact us immensely and in ways we can’t even imagine,” Lia mused. “And I love us. I love the three of us and I just don’t want that to change even though I know it’s a good change. A piece of me wants us to stay like this forever.”
“Aww, that’s my girl,” Coop said as he pulled her over to cuddle. “We have the best girl.”
Don made an affirmative sound and grinned. “That we do. We’re damn lucky.”
Lai smiled. “Thanks boys, I’m just as lucky.” She looked at her watch again and sighed, ‘Well, I’m gonna go upstairs and change into my sweats and maybe read more of my book.” She kissed them each on their cheeks after she stood up. “Let me know when you two get hungry and I’ll prep dinner, okay?”
“Yeah, sure,” Coop said. “I’ll give you a hand too.”
“Me too. I’ll grill whatever you want,” Don added.
“Sure.” Lia picked up her heels and headed up stairs.
Don watched her leave the room and before turning his attention back to Billy. “You sure you’re okay with this?”
“Yeah. Why?”
“Well, like Lia said, in a way you’re excluded.”
“Maybe, but you’ll be too if we have a second kid. You’ll be in the same boat. We’ll do like the attorney says and make each other legal guardian if anything happens.” A small smile played over his lips. “And this is for keeps. You, Lee and me. Us having a baby just ties us together more. ”
“You’re not going anywhere?”
“Nope. You’re stuck with me, partner.”
Don grinned back. “I can’t think of anything better.”
_____________________________________________~________________________________
“Okay, so here are the last of the dishes,” Lia said as she placed them on the counter. “You guys want any help?”
“Nope, we got it covered,” Billy answered as he wrapped one of Lia’s plain white aprons around his waist and grabbed the dish soap.
“That apron looks cute on you,” Lia remarked, nuzzling close to Billy’s ear. “Doesn’t it Don?
“Of course it does, but I think he would look better in the pink Mini Mouse one.”
“Ohh, good idea,” Lia said smirking.
Billy groaned, “Shad up you two.”
She giggled. “Anyway, so you two want help?”
Don started to unload the dishwasher. He looked over and said, “Go sit outside and relax. You cooked, the least we can do is clean up.”
“Aww, thank you boys.” She gave them each a peck on the cheek. “I appreciate that. Why don’t you put some coffee on? We can have it with the pie your Dad brought over.”
Billy asked, licking his lips, “Oh, yeah. What kind is it?”
“Uhh,” Lia said as she peaked under the bakery box lid, “blueberry.”
“Mmm, blueberry, my favorite.”
She dryly said, “What pie isn’t your favorite? All right, I’ll be outside with your Dad if you need me.”
Don smirked, “We’ll be fine.”
“And please rinse the dishes before you load them.” She pointed to the pile next to the sink where Billy stood.
Billy rolled his eyes before dipping his hands into the sudsy water to wash the roasting pan. “Lia, it’s a brand new dish washer we don’t need to rinse the plates.”
Lia narrowed her eyes. “See, that’s why I like to take care of clean up too.”
Sighing Don put his hands on Lia’s shoulders and ushered her to the patio doors. “Go out side Lia. We know how to clean up.”
“But…”
“Go,” he said with a playful shove and closed the door behind her.
Alan looked over as he saw Lia come back outside. She had a annoyed look on her face but quickly shed it when she reached the table. “Alan, would you like some more lemonade?”
“Yes, please,” he replied, holding up his glass. She filled his, then hers. “Again, let me say, what a lovely meal that was.”
Her face flushed slightly. “My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it.” She added, “It was the least we can do for all the times you have us over.”
Alan nodded, “It’s my pleasure too. Nothing I enjoy more than having my boys over for a meal and that includes their significant others.”
She sipped some of her lemonade. “Don mentioned that Charlie and Amita were talking about a trial moving in together period.”
Alan snorted, “Yeah, while Amita’s place is being fumigated. They want to collect more data on taking their relationship to the next level.”
Lia chuckled, “Mathematicians, gotta love them.”
He joined her with a light laugh of his own. He cleared his throat and asked gently. “If you don’t mind me asking, how are your future plans going?”
She looked up over and answered, “Uhh, they’re going.”
“Don told me your were going to see a lawyer.”
She made a non-committal sound before taking another sip.
Alan glanced over at the door for a second before asking, “Lia, may I ask you a question?”
“Uhh, yeah, okay,” she said, putting her glass down and turning her full attention to him.
“And you won’t be insulted?”
She shook her head vehemently and replied with a smirk, “Nope, I’m not your son.”
Alan chuckled in reply. “Good.” He paused for a moment and collected his thoughts. “As I said, Don told me of your plans and we talked a bit about them. I have some concerns which I tried to talk to him about.”
She interrupted him saying, “But Don, being Don, took it the wrong way.”
“Exactly! You know my son all too well.”
“I seem too.”
“Well, like I was saying. I had some thoughts and concerns that I was able to talked to him about a little, but I was hoping that I could talk more to you about them.”
She answered tentatively, “Sure.”
“Forgive me for asking this bluntly, but the idea of starting a family- I want it to be something that Billy and my son are doing because they want to. Not something they’re doing just to make you happy."
She took a deep breath. “They honestly want this. It still surprises me that they do, but it’s the truth.” She began to fiddle with her tri-heart pendant that Don and Billy had given her last year for Christmas. “I had the same concerns too, that they wanted to do it to make me happy. They have a tendency to do that because of my insecurities.”
Alan watched her gaze back at the door, something flickered in her eyes. “I don’t make it easy on them at times I know, but believe me Alan when I say this,” there was a hitch in her voice as she continued, “that I would never allow things to go that far because I couldn’t help my selfishness.”
“Lia,” Alan said soothingly “I don’t mean to upset you.”
She sniffled and wiped at her eyes. “It’s okay Alan, you’re just worried like any other parent would be. I really try not to be that way, but it’s hard knowing how much is between them. I sometimes can’t help my jealousy.” She pushed out a large breath and squared her shoulders back. “I’m sorry Alan, I didn’t mean to say anything.”
He reached out to squeeze Lia’s hand, concerned that he had upset her. ‘”Anytime you want to talk, I want you to know you can come to me.”
“Thank you.” She cleared her throat. “But yes, it’s what they want. I made sure of that.”
He patted her hand one more time before drawing it back to pick up his lemonade. “I appreciate your candor and I’m glad I can ask you things.”
“Anytime.” She smiled softly as they lapsed into silence.
“I didn’t get a chance to ask Don but are the blood test results back? If it’s okay I ask?”
“Huh? Oh, yeah. Don’s was positive as a carrier but I’m negative so we’re okay.”
Alan closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
“I did some research on Tay Sacks when Don told me that he could be a carrier and Alan what a horrible thing it is. I had no idea.”
“It is, it truly is. We’ve been lucky in our family that we’ve only had it twice before the testing came out in the seventies.” Sorrowed touched his voice, “My sister’s first born died in 1959, it was truly terrible.”
“I’m really sorry.”
“Thank you.”
“Now that we have the test done the doctor cleared us to uhhh.” Her cheeks reddened faintly.
Bemused Alan finished her sentence, “To start having a family.”
“Yes, uhh yes, all our other labs came back fine too.”
“That is excellent.” Alan opened his mouth to ask another question when Don and Billy stepped out to the patio with the blueberry pie, a pot of coffee, and a carton of light vanilla ice cream. He watched Lia’s face brighten as the two of them walked over, making him smile at the love he saw between them.
Don grinned back at his Dad and Lia. “Okay, so clean up is done. Who’s up for dessert?”
“Did you guys clean everything up okay?”
Billy rolled his eyes at Don and answered, “Yes, I do know how to clean.”
“I know you do, but is it my kind of clean?”
Exasperated Don said, “Leeee…”
Throwing her hands up she said, “Okay, okay. I’m sure everything is perfect.”
Alan chuckled, “Your mom was the same way.”
Don shot back. “And now you are too, but worse.”
Alan laughed, “Hey, I like a clean house too. Now how about a piece of that pie?”