The next day was Saturday, which meant the six friends had the day to themselves.
Shelly went Christmas shopping, while Steve took their two sons—Josh (4) and Scott (3)—to see Santa Claus at the mall.
“Daddy, I gotta pee,” Scott said as they waited in line.
“We’re almost there, buddy,” Steve replied.
“I gotta pee too,” Josh added.
“We’re almost at Santa,” Steve insisted.
Unfortunately, a lot of things were triggering Scott’s need to go. He saw people drinking water bottles, and the song Rainy Christmas played over the loudspeakers. That was the final straw. Just before they got to Santa, Scott peed his pants.
“Sorry about that,” Steve said to the mall Santa.
“Wouldn’t be the first time that’s happened today,” the Santa replied calmly.
Steve immediately took the boys to the bathroom. On the way, he regretted not taking Scott earlier.
“It’s a good thing your mom packed an extra pair of pants in the backpack,” Steve said, changing Scott into dry clothes. “How about we see Santa another time? Let’s go to McDonald’s instead.”
“Yay!” Scott shouted.
“Yeah!” Josh echoed.
Meanwhile, Shelly’s shopping trip was uneventful. After buying Christmas gifts, she treated herself to a coffee and headed home.
Later that day, when the Moody family returned home, Josh and Scott bragged about going to McDonald’s.
“Why did you take them there?” Shelly asked Steve.
“Well, Scott peed himself just before we saw Santa. I felt bad, so I took them for a Happy Meal. Good thing you packed extra pants.”
“And Dr. Andrews still doesn’t know why Scott pees so much. We might have to put him back in pull-ups.”
“He’s not going to like that. We already struggle to get him to wear underwear.”
“Is it bad that sometimes I think Melody and Sarah are lucky they don’t have kids?”
“Yes,” Steve replied.
Meanwhile, Melody and Sarah were celebrating their anniversary.
Sarah surprised Melody by making her breakfast.
“Looks like we both had surprises planned,” Sarah said as Melody walked out of the bedroom.
“You made a cheese omelette? My favorite!”
Melody sat down and played “Angel” by Aerosmith on her phone.
“You know what? Let’s eat in a few minutes,” she said. “Let’s dance.”
This wasn’t the first time they’d danced to Angel. The first was at their high school prom in 2013 during a multi-decade theme dance. Three years later, it was also their wedding song.
They danced slowly, smiling and staring into each other’s eyes.
“These have been the best ten years of my life,” Sarah whispered.
“Here’s to ten more,” Melody replied
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