Alex flipped the burger patties and grilled them while Melissa and Nix conversed together.
"So, how did you guys meet?" Nix asked while eating a cheeseburger.
"Beesechurger," Melissa replied with her mouth stuffed with food.
"What?" Nix didn't understand at all.
Melissa gulped down all the food and taking a sip of cola, she continued, "Cheeseburger. It all started with a cheeseburger."
"Cheeseburger? How?" Nix was really confused and stared at the burger in her hand.
Even Alex was curious and looked at Melissa to see what story she was cooking up to have future references.
Melissa smiled at Nix and continued, "Darling looked like a malnourished beggar when I first saw him. I thought he was hungry so I gave him my cheeseburger. Of course he was very confused, but he ate it nonetheless."
"…" Alex was stupefied with this story. He never looked malnourished, unless he was in high school.
He had started lifting ever since he was 16 and hasn't stopped ever since then.
"And?" Nix asked.
Melissa took a bite out of her cheeseburger and continued, "and coincidentally, I found him again the next day, in the same state, while once again eating a cheeseburger. You can then guess what happened."
"You gave him the burger again?"
"Yes. And then I left," Melissa said while nodding her head.
"What next?" Nix asked, really curious to see how this would play out.
"Nothing," Melissa shook her head. "I saw him again the next day, and the day after it, and so on for a whole week and gave him my cheeseburgers."
"After so many repeated encounters, I found things suspicious."
Nix couldn't help but think, 'took you long enough…'
She then voiced out, "and then you asked him why you always had an encounter with him?"
"Obviously not," Melissa shook her head. "My biggest concern was, even after feeding him a cheeseburger everyday for a week, why did he still look so malnourished?"
"…"
"…"
'What the—' Alex wanted to facepalm so hard right now.
Nix felt the same when listening to Melissa. She was also feeling second hand embarrassment due to Melissa's high IQ talks.
Oblivious to the two's thoughts, Melissa continued, "so anyway, it turned out that husband was actually a bullied med student who was overworked and had little to no sleep. He also wasn't malnourished and looked skinny because he wore baggy clothes."
"He took me out on a dinner to thank me for supporting him all week with the burgers and eventually, one thing led to another and we got married."
"Ah, such a sweet story," Nix commented with a smile, even though she found many holes in it and knew none of this was true.
"Us aside, Nix, tell us a few things about yourself." Alex put himself into the conversation and asked.
Nix chewed on some sausage and replied, "what can I say? There's nothing noteworthy in my life."
"Oh, come on. Don't be shy, tell us something. I met a half Italian person for the first time in my life, you know? Actually, not even half Italian but an Italian in itself."
Melissa urged Nix to speak up.
Nix sipped on some red wine and said, "well, I've never gone out of Italy and most of my time was spent there. The only time I ever went out was when I was six and came to America with my parents. As mentioned before, it was when my parents wanted to see Alex's parents."
"The second time I travelled internationally should be now."
Alex and Melissa both nodded their heads hearing that.
"I haven't travelled internationally either, so we're all in the same boat," Alex said.
"Me neither," Melissa shook her head.
"Oh? You guys haven't travelled either? Then how about we go on trips together?" Nix suggested it suddenly out of nowhere.
"You want to travel with us?" Alex pointed at Melissa and then at himself, indicating to Nix that they both were a couple.
"Yes? Is there a problem? Ah, wait, I know…" Nix had some self-realization.
She did hand gestures and continued, "we just met and are complete strangers, that's why it'll be awkward to travel together, right?"
Alex shook his head. "No. The reason is that you'll feel left out and awkward."
"What?" Nix's confusion was further emphasized by her palms mimicking motion similar to twisting a doorknob.
"What Alex is trying to say is that me and him are a couple and you'll feel like a third wheel between us," clarified Melissa.
"Ah… I see." Nix nodded her head in understanding. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. I'll get some company and it's better than travelling alone everywhere anyway."
Alex nodded. "If you don't have a problem, we don't have anything either."
Alex agreed with Nix on travelling because he wanted to travel to different places as well.
He may not look like it but if he wasn't stuck in med school and then at work in the hospital, he would've spent his time travelling to many different places of the world.
Not to mention his wife loved food, and he wanted to have her taste different dishes from all around the world.
New York had everything from around the world, but it wasn't much of an authentic experience. Thus, travelling to other places it was.
"Cool," Nix smiled. "We can discuss things online later and see what place fits best in our schedules."
Alex and Melissa nodded their heads.
"Here's my number," Nix showed her number to the two.
Once they finished exchanging their numbers, they conversed for a while longer and then cleaned up everything in the backyard.
Alex and Melissa then parted ways with Nix and went to Alex's bedroom.
Once inside, Alex was pushed down on the bed by Melissa and was eventually eaten as a dessert.
The soundproofed walls helped cover up any noise these two made while doing their questionable stuff.
Once both were done gobbling each other up, they snuggled and slept under the blankets in their birthday suits, awaiting the dawn of a new day.