Post by May Robin Forrest-Allen on Mar 11, 2012 9:36:47 GMT -5
May walked into the kitchen and leaned against the doorway. She watched her mom's practiced hands make dinner, and knew that she would probably never be that good. May could cook, but she wasn't her mom.
"What's got your mind?" Jay asked .
May came into the kitchen and scooted herself up onto a counter near her mom, that wasn't being used. "Mama, what was the first couple years of you and Dad like?"
Jay laughed. "Horrible." she said. "We couldn't stop fighting for a good year. A couple nights a week at least one of us would storm out of the house. Your dad got very used to sleeping on the floor of his office."
May cocked her head to the side. "Really?"
Jay nodded. "Yep," she said. "We got over it eventually though." Jay pushed herself up next to May on the counter. "One night, I ran out crying because of something he said, I can't even remember what. But it was pouring, and there was lightening, and I couldn't find my way to my old house, so I ended up falling asleep in some cave miles away from any village. Your dad had tried following me through the woods, which of course didn't work, cause well, I love your father, but that man can barely walk down a street here, much less find his way through the woods on a stormy night. I staid in that cave for days, and on the fourth or fifth day, I'd lost count, Dad showed up."
"What happened next?"
"You were conceived in a cave." was Jay's only comment.
"Oh." May processed that. "What about after that?"
"We did actually talk it out," Jay said. "We didn't fight nearly as much after that. Why are you asking?"
May shrugged. "I was just curious."
"May, when are you going to stop lying to me?" Jay asked.
May looked at her mother, who's look embodied what she remembered as a kid. "Ma, I think I made a mistake."
Jay opened up her arms to her daughter, who automatically entered them. "Baby girl, what happened?"
There was a long sigh, and a sob, and May told her mom everything.
Once the story was over Jay wiped the tears from her daughter's eyes and said, "I think we need to get you some tea." Jay got up and made May's favorite tea and they sat down and Jay started talking. The two women sat on that couch the entire night, and once the hard stuff was out of the air, they just talked. Though, Charlie was a little upset when he got home because dinner was only half cooked, but he knew better than to complain, so he just went to bed, waking up the next morning to see his two girls curled up on the couch dead asleep, May's head in Jay's lap.
"What's got your mind?" Jay asked .
May came into the kitchen and scooted herself up onto a counter near her mom, that wasn't being used. "Mama, what was the first couple years of you and Dad like?"
Jay laughed. "Horrible." she said. "We couldn't stop fighting for a good year. A couple nights a week at least one of us would storm out of the house. Your dad got very used to sleeping on the floor of his office."
May cocked her head to the side. "Really?"
Jay nodded. "Yep," she said. "We got over it eventually though." Jay pushed herself up next to May on the counter. "One night, I ran out crying because of something he said, I can't even remember what. But it was pouring, and there was lightening, and I couldn't find my way to my old house, so I ended up falling asleep in some cave miles away from any village. Your dad had tried following me through the woods, which of course didn't work, cause well, I love your father, but that man can barely walk down a street here, much less find his way through the woods on a stormy night. I staid in that cave for days, and on the fourth or fifth day, I'd lost count, Dad showed up."
"What happened next?"
"You were conceived in a cave." was Jay's only comment.
"Oh." May processed that. "What about after that?"
"We did actually talk it out," Jay said. "We didn't fight nearly as much after that. Why are you asking?"
May shrugged. "I was just curious."
"May, when are you going to stop lying to me?" Jay asked.
May looked at her mother, who's look embodied what she remembered as a kid. "Ma, I think I made a mistake."
Jay opened up her arms to her daughter, who automatically entered them. "Baby girl, what happened?"
There was a long sigh, and a sob, and May told her mom everything.
Once the story was over Jay wiped the tears from her daughter's eyes and said, "I think we need to get you some tea." Jay got up and made May's favorite tea and they sat down and Jay started talking. The two women sat on that couch the entire night, and once the hard stuff was out of the air, they just talked. Though, Charlie was a little upset when he got home because dinner was only half cooked, but he knew better than to complain, so he just went to bed, waking up the next morning to see his two girls curled up on the couch dead asleep, May's head in Jay's lap.