We are at Chickfila for our Friday treat. Last week it was Zoe's turn to choose - Zack wanted Chickfila, Zoe wanted Subway, we ended up at Wendy's.
It was a fiasco.
This time things were going well.
We settle down and while I'm drawing a line of ketchup on my beautiful golden waffle fry, Zack punches the peace with an accusation towards his sister, "I thought you HATED this place...."
She exhales, squares her shoulders and (I can tell) is ready to fight back.
I stop her and him from going any further with a wave of my lemonade.
"That's how she felt last Friday. And this is how she feels today. People are always changing, and the things they like change too. That's life, you have to let people change and grow, you have to expect them to have new feelings and want new things....."
Both kids stare at me in an extended awkward silence.
"It sounds like I'm breaking up with you both, doesn't it?"
Zoe nods.
I pop my perfectly ketchuped waffle fry into my mouth and tell them not worry about me breaking up with them, not today at least.
