Turns out I was a vampire myself in the devil town

 Dale felt she was in the middle of a crossfire of some sort at work. It seemed she wasn't using enough feeling while delivering the news on the air. And then to come home and find out from Tristan about Nic getting married was a bit alarming.

"I'm sorry," she started.

"What's there to be sorry about?" He was pacing while waiting for the hot water to boil for the pasta. At least he was making dinner. Although she knew she should avoid pasta, it was bitter cold and she just wanted a warm bowl of it and curl up and sleep. Oh, she just needed sleep.

"Well, you know, didn't..didn't you say we were all going to meet up in Vegas and get hitched," she seemed to remember him saying that on the phone to Nic.

"I was just trying to get him to do it, he drags his feet about a lot of things," Tristan was even lipped then.

"And you don't?" She let slip before she got out of her work clothes and into her slumming pajamas.

Of course, he was like a different person when she got back. Dale didn't want to hear about how she was neglecting the laundry and whatever else needed to be done around here. The house was too much to keep clean. She did try to wash her cup and bowl every morning, but sometimes she forgot.

She sat down at the kitchen table and wept.

"You haven't even gone to see Holden and Dora's new baby!" She snapped.

"Well, I've been sick," he was in a huff as he stomped around to get supper on the table. "And I work at a zoo...and..and.."

"You just don't want to see what's become of Dora!" She swelled a frown. "She unrecognizable you know..and ..and you're afraid it'll happen to me too!" She sighed. "That is if..if we ever do have  kids."

"You're the one who's afraid of having kids! Not me." His eyes bulged as if this was all her fault. This was why he was not happy.

"Oh, you're just as much afraid of being a dad," she pouted giving him an unforgiving look.

It was quiet then. He put the salad and food out. They ate in bitter silence. Although, by the end, they made up ravisiously in the kitchen leaving the dirty dishes to wait for another day.