Chapter 2
"Honeybear?" Joanne softly whispered, "Time to wake up, you need to drive the kids to school."
Maureen moaned, rolling over in bed. "Five more minutes, Jo."
Joanne smirked, "Okay, but if you're not up by then, I'll be forced to tickle wake you."
Maureen mumbled something, but Joanne didn't take the time to comprehend it, she still had to wake the girls up, and pack them each a lunch, plus make her own.
Exactly six minutes later Maureen decided to get up. Her eyes fluttered open, the sunlight finding them right away. She yawned and stretched, hitting something next to her. She turned her head to the side, smiling at the sight of her sleeping daughter.
Tessa was too cute. She had a cute button nose, a round little face, brown eyes, mocha skin. Tessa reminded Maureen of Joanne so much. People also said, if they didn't know Maureen and Joanne had adopted her, they would have thought Joanne gave birth to her.
"Tessa." Maureen said, running her finger down the bridge of her nose, "Time to wake up sweetie."
Tessa slowly opened her eyes, "Another day?"
Maureen nodded, "Another day." She swung her legs over the side of the bed, "Come on, let's go get you ready."
Down in the kitchen Joanne rushed around, trying her best to make four lunches, before she had to leave.
"Yuck," Came a voice from behind her, "Mama, I am so not eating that."
Joanne turned around to face Leah, her eyebrow turned in confusion. "But you love turkey sandwiches."
"Yeah, when I'm not at school." Leah said, "There is no way I'm eating from a brown paper bag. I'm not a loser. I have money, I'll buy my lunch."
Joanne sighed. She didn't understand her oldest daughter sometimes. It seemed as though she had fallen victim to wanting to be popular, and quite frankly Joanne did not like the influence Leah's friends were having on her.
"You better eat something young lady." Joanne warned her.
"I will." Leah said, heading over to the fridge, pulling out a yogurt.
"Morning, Mama." Haley said with a smile.
"Morning, Haley." Joanne greeted. "Are you ready for your audition?"
"Yeah." Haley said, taking a seat at the kitchen table.
"Oh Leah, don't forget you have to decide what college you want to go to tonight." Joanne said, "It's better to choose early, than be too late."
Leah sighed, "But Kyle is coming over tonight. I can't do it while he is over."
"It will take not even ten minutes." Joanne said.
"But Mama, I don't even know what I want to go to school for." Leah huffed.
"I thought you were taking law?" Joanne questioned.
Beep, beep
"That's Kyle. He's giving me a ride to school." Leah said, grabbing her bag, and purse, sounding more moody than before.
"Morning!" Maureen said, just in time to get bumped by Leah, who was exiting the house as quickly as possible. "What's her problem?"
"She's a teenager, that's what." Joanne said, finally finishing the lunches.
"Okay." Haley said, packing some things in her back pack. "I'm leaving. Wish me luck."
"Good luck." Maureen said, kissing her daughter on the cheek. Haley accepted one from Joanne, grabbed her lunch and then left the house.
"Looks like you only have to drive one to school today." Joanne smirked,
"Good." Maureen said, wrapping her arms around her wife's waist, "Less noise."
"Mommy!" Tessa said, skipping down the hallway. "I'm ready to go!" She stopped dead in her tracks when she seen Joanne, a grin hitting her lips, "Morning Mama!"
"Morning, Tess." Joanne said opening her arms as her daughter lunged at her.
"Are you driving me to school today?"
"No Mommy is. Mama has to go to work." Joanne said.
"Oh." Tessa said. "Have a good day." She sweetly smiled, placing a kiss on Joanne's cheek.
Joanne returned the kiss, and then quickly pecked Maureen on the lips, before leaving the house.
"Our turn to go." Maureen said, grabbing her things. She locked up the house, and then she and Tessa were on their way.
Things had definitely changed for Maureen and Joanne. They were doing pretty well for themselves too. They moved out of the city and into a nice neighborhood. They still lived close to the city, and still stayed in touch with the boho's of course, but now they were living the suburban life.
Joanne had gotten promoted during the years, upping her salary, so they could afford a nice three-story house, complete with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, one master bathroom, two car garage, and a nice big backyard. The neighborhood wasn't that bad either, nice neighbors, good community, and school's close by.
Also Maureen had obviously still lived out her dream of being a performance artist. She had done more protests over the years, but the last couple years she had landed some leading roles in off-Broadway shows, earning her a decent paycheck, which in the end, helped her and Joanne pay for a second car. Now both lawyer and diva had matching SUV's, Joanne's black, and Maureen's silver.
So you could say the family of five were doing more than good with their living needs, and wants. They didn't have to worry about paying bills, or buying food, all they had to worry about was raising their three beautiful children, which was all apart of parenthood.
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Should i make this sort of AU and have Angel still be alive? Because you know the Boho's are going to pop up in this story from time to time ;)
PS. Thanks for R&Ring! ;)
