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Needless to say Bob was less then thrilled to be going to Pauls house… But there was no way he was gonna let me go alone so…

I asked him if we could stop at the bagel store on the way seeing as I could practically guarantee Paul didn’t feed his brothers any breakfast…

When we got to the bagel store I was surprised at how crowded it was. I mean who knew that there were that many people who get up at this ungodly hour to buy bagels…Bob got on line and I went over to the refrigerator thingy to get some juice bottles.

“How many do you want Elle?” Bob calls over to me. He was next on line now. “Four?” He says holding his fingers up.

“No five.” I tell him and he gives me a funny look as I step towards him.

“Five?” He repeats back.

“Yeah in case someone drops theirs.” I tell him and he smiles.

“Like you?” He says and I smile back ignoring his last comment.

“Were gonna need five.” I tell the bagel guy and he nods as he reaches for a paper bag. Bob was continuing to smile at me.

“You know, the kids tend to drop shit.” I say digging through my bag looking for my money.

“Like you usually drop yours.” He laughs and so does the guy at the counter.

“Stop it.” I say nudging him.

“Plain?” the man is now asking me.

“Umm.” I think for a second reviewing who eats what kind in my head. “Two plain, two with seeds and one whole wheat.” I tell him putting the juice bottles down on the counter.

“whole wheat bagel Elle?” I hear Bob say but I ignored him. “Maybe you should get yourself the extra one, you know just incase.” Bob laughs a little.

“I got it honey.” Bob says pulling his wallet out quickly and I make a face as he pays.

“I'm gonna pay you back.” I say as we walk out.

“For what?” He asks.

“For that.” I say nodding towards the store.

“No don’t worry about it honey.” He laughs.

“No I have to Bob.” I insist. I wasn’t gonna make him pay for breakfast. He shouldn’t have even been here. I mean Gerard and I shouldn’t have come home like that last night. But you know if we didn’t… Fuck… If we didn’t Bob probably would’ve spent the night with Erica… I felt myself suddenly getting sick at the thought…

“You all right?” Bob asks me as I got into the car.

“Mmm-hmm.” I lie.

“You don’t have to pay me back Elle.” Bob says as he started the car. I guess he thought I was upset over that still… “I’ll just take it out of the uh… divorce settlement.” He laughs.

“Divorce settlement?” I say and I can’t help but smile at him.

“Well yeah you still want to get a divorce right?” He asks me and I look away. “Elle?!” He chuckles.

“Yeah I guess so.” I sigh a little.

“You know you can’t marry Gerard-“ He starts to say.

“Yeah I know.” I interrupt him sighing again.

“What the matter honey?” Bob says and I shrug.

“I just…” I stammer a little. “Why can’t I be married to both of you?” I say and he laughs.

“Cause you can’t.” He tells me.

“But I like things this way.” I say and he laughs again. “And Gerard does to.” I bullshit him. I had no idea what Gerard likes. But he's never complained about me being married to Bob so…

“Oh he does?” Bob chuckles. “I bet he does.” He says under his breath a little.

“What's that suppose to mean?” I ask and Bob shrugs. “Bob?” I insist.

“Its just I get stuck doing all the husband shit.” Bob says and I laugh. “You know carrying shit, cleaning up, watching you try on dresses.” He says as I laugh. “And he-“ He says scratching at his head a little. “He gets all the ‘good’ stuff.”

“The ‘good’ stuff?” I laugh.

“You know what I mean Elle.” Bob says and I think he blushed slightly. It was hard to tell…

“Oh stop it Bobby.” I tease him back swatting his arm again. He was fucking with me. He seemed to like doing that… Messing with my head. I mean really! Like Bob would want to fuck me! I swatted him again just for good measure.

“Ow, come on I'm driving here!” He laughs.

“You know I love you Bobby.” I say and he smiles.

“I love you too Elle.” He says glancing over at me. “I really do.” He adds softly as we pull up in front of Pauls house. “I hope you know that Elle.” He says as I undid my seatbelt.

“I know.” I reply as I went to get out and Bob paused.

“You coming?” I ask and he shook his head a little.

“Aw, what's the matter Bobby?” I ask and he shrugged. “You’re not gonna make any trouble are you?” I say and he grins.

“Who me?” He asks feigning innocence and I smile.

“Yeah you.” I say nudging him as we walked up to the front door. Bob smiled back but didn’t say anything as I rang the bell. Paul opened the door and seemed slightly surprised to see Bob, but he didn’t acknowledge it…

“Took you long enough.” He says as he holds the door open for me and Bob. Well I don’t think he meant to hold the door for Bob, but Bob followed me in closely so it was like Paul was holding the door for him too…

“Oh and a good morning to you too Paul.” I say sarcastically. “What was that?” I say as he silently grinned at me. “Yes, I'm fine thanks for asking.” I say and he snickers.

“What’d ya bring me?” He says reaching for the bag in my hand.

“Uh they're bagels and they're for the kids.” I say trying to pull it back but he was too quick. He grabbed the bag from me and pulled one out. “Stop!” I say swatting at him but it was useless.

“Aw wheat!” He says taking a bagel from the bag and Bob frowned a little. “I gotta go love, but thanks.” Paul says winking at me and darting out the door.

Bob was looking at me pretty hard for a second. And the he opened his mouth like he was gonna say something but he didn’t get a chance to cause Bobby came running down the hall screaming my name.

“Ellllle!” He says jumping into my arms.

“Oh hey Bobby.” I say lifting him up.

“Where did you go?” He asks me.

“I went to get some bagels Bobby.” I tell him and Bobby looks over at Bob carefully. “You remember Bob?” I say and Bobby doesn’t say anything. “He was at breakfast with us rememeber?” I say as Bobby just stared at him. “He has the same name as you.” I tell him and he nods a little as Billy came down the steps.

“Where’s Gee-tard?” Bobby says and Bob tried not to laugh. I smiled a little at him.

“Ger-rard had to go do something.” I say correcting him.

“Paul says his name is Geetard.” Billy tells me.

“Well Pauls a-“ I start to say and catch myself. “Pauls a silly billy.” I say and Bob laughs.

“No I'm Billy!” Billy tells me smiling.

“And are you silly?” I tease him and he laughs as we go into the kitchen. “Now go sit down. I’ll make you a dish.” I tell them pointing at the table. I pull out the four bagels in the bag and start cutting them up.

“You bought him one right?” I hear Bob say softly from behind me, startling me a little.

“What?” I say a little confused.

“Paul.” He says and I just looked at him.

“The fifth one was for Paul right?” He says and I bit my lip a little. “Why are you so nice to him?” Bob says and I shrug. “After all the shit he put you through.” Bob says getting a little worked up.

“Look, does it really matter who eats it?” I say turning my back to him as I buttered the bagels for the kids. “I mean you said it yourself it was gonna go to waste… so?” I say keeping my head down so I wouldn’t have to look at him as I spoke. Not that it mattered. He could see right through me… He always could, and he probably always will…