"So he's your dad, DeeDee?" Kenny asked incredulously,

"Yeah, I was surprised too. I mean, ten years is a long time," Dawn shrugged. "Ack, I need to get out of this costume, it's itchy as-"

"Did you recognize him right away, or what?" Lucas asked.

"Kinda. I mean, I knew I knew him from somewhere, I just didn't know where."

"What are you gonna do 'bout your mom?" Barry asked the question everyone wanted to know the answer to.

"He went to go see her. They're gonna try and work things out. I doubt they'll get remarried or anything, but hopefully I'll get to spend time with both of them. "

"So we're still in the ice cream shop with sticky hair-" Lucas paused and looked at Kenny, "-and sticky backs, because…?"

"'Cause you guys deserve it for stalking me."

"You said it was sweet!" Barry interrupted.

"Yeah, I never said it wasn't creepy though," Dawn deadpanned, causing all three boys' foreheads suddenly want to make contact with the table they were sitting at.

"Ow…did you hear that? That was the sound of my heart breaking…" Barry feigned death, leaning back in his chair with his tongue lolled out to the side and his eyes closed.

"Yeah yeah, call an ambulance…" Dawn rolled her eyes.

"Hey, there's your dad," Kenny pointed to the door of the parlor where, indeed, Dawn's father had entered, spotted them, and began his journey to their table.

"That was fast," Dawn commented.

"She wasn't home…" her father sighed. Her forehead itched.

"Of course she wasn't..."

"I think we should head home anyways. Say bye to your friends, 'cause we gotta make dinner too. We definitely want her in a good mood," he joked.

"Yeah, yeah…" Dawn said, but stood up anyways. "Catch you at school, if not sooner," she said, and waved.

She was a few steps from the door, when…

"Hey, Juliet!"

Dawn turned to address Kenny, when she realized something was traveling at her fast. Instinctively, she reached up and caught it.

A red rose.

She smiled, clutched it tighter, waved once more and skipped all the way home.