Authors note: I own nothing that is Stephanie Myers. I don't even actually like her writing style. Lol

I am writing this fic to relieve some plot block I'm having on my original fic. I am having a lot of fun doing it though. =} hate it love it?

Anshways, hope y'all enjoy. I'm know I am.

Tit for Tat

Chapter two

Dancing with Cinderella

There it was, my first grey hair. I knew it was coming, I had hoped it wouldn't until I was at least 35 but here I am a 29 year old single mother of 2 stripper with a career ending injury. Man I had a good run. Sad to be done. I called Emmet an hour ago and told him to get his butt over here ASAP, he should be here any moment. I'm siting on the floor in the hallway upstairs, staring into the body mirror I hung up when we moved into this house 10 years ago. I remember the day I hung it. It seemed so insignificant at the time. Now it showed me my worst nightmare. Okay maybe I was being a baby but come on. I was way too you for this crap.

Emmet walks in and immediately wraps me in a bear hug. He may be technically my baby daddy but he was a great friend and had always been. He knew I was terrified of getting old. He knew I loved the spotlight of the club and that I was worried about having to retire and get a 'real' job. In reality I would just transition to managing the club but it still bugged me to be getting old. For all these reasons he was here to comfort me as much as he was to deal with the reason I got a grey.

'So what's the game plan? Chastity belt? Boarding school? Murder the lil' prick who spent the night with my baby girl?'

'None of those Emmy. This is our fault. We don't spend enough time with the kids and we both work in an industry that exploits sex.' He literally laughed at me when I stopped talking. I wanted to slap him. So I did.

'Ouch! What was that for?'

'I'm being serious and you're making a joke of it! This is our daughters' whole life we are talking about!'

'no its not bells its one night and one boyfriend that she swears up and down she loves and he loves her, just because we got knocked up the first go doesn't mean our kids will. They are smart and know the risks, we have given them all the info they could ever need and they may be way too you for this but it happens and they are safe. Besides Chloe said they were just sleeping. "I was starting to feel much better. Em has this amazing ability to stop my train wrecks before they blow up. Now onto the next issue.

'I don't want to stop dancing!' I whined

'So don't, you could dance right now for me if it would make you feel better.'

'You're such a perv!' I say as I slap him across the arm again. 'Seriously Em I am getting to the point where I worry I'm too old for this.'

'No worries belly you bring in more than any 2 of my dancers combined. You are still in your prime and what a beautiful prime it is.' He has that goofy smile he gets when he thinks of me naked. It's been the same look since we were kids, and I secretly loved it.

I hear the door slam and Em and I head down to confront the hoodlums. Derick is in the kitchen as usual and has his best friend Tanya with him. I'm pretty sure she is a lesbian but she has never said anything so I don't either. She is a beautiful Barbie type girl, blond hair, tiny waist, super tall, long legs, blue eyes, and huge assets. Very different from my son who is tall, muscular, black hair, brown eyes, and grungy. They look so weird together, they have been what Tanya refers to as 'besties' since high school. I think Derick originally wanted to date her but soon learned she could kick his ass in just about anything and gave up on the dating part of their relationship. She even fixed my truck once. Total tom girl,

'Hey guys, where's Chloe?' Emmet asks as he heads in for a hug from his son. Derrick shrugs him of and points to the office while shoving a sandwich into his mouth. You would think the kid didn't eat all and Em head towards the office. There she is. my beautiful baby girl, auburn hair curled down her back, big green eyes staring at her dang Facebook and she is IM'ing with the punk from this morning.

'What the hello do you think you're doing!?' I yell when she notices us standing next to her. At least she has the presence of mind to look bashful, but then the attitude comes and I forget she ever looked sorry.

'I'm talking to my boyfriend, what does it look like I'm doing?'

'Chloe you need to watch your tone when you're talking to you mom got it lil girl?'

'Thanks Em but I'm used to this. Chloe you need to listen really close to the next words I say' I take a deep breath to calm myself before I continue.' You will NOT see that lil shit EVER again!' I yell over her eye rolling.

She immediately starts crying saying how I hate her and I'm a hypocrite. I just look at Emmet and he tells me to give them a min. I walk into the kitchen to grab some water and when I look out the window into the back yard I see derrick and Tanya playing catch. I know that this punk josh is Tanya's brother but they couldn't be more different. Josh never introduced himself to me, he never came to the door to pick Chloe up and he never respects any of the rules I set for their time together. Chloe has been going out with the kid for 3 months and never have I ever spent more than 5 minutes with him. He acts just like Em did when he was a kid and that scares me.

A few moments later Chloe comes out with puffy red eyes and a fake apology on her tongue. I shush her and pull her in for a hug. She may hate me these days but I still love her more than life. She finally hugs back and smiles up at me and I know she is going to ask for something. 'No' I say before she even opens her mouth. She stamps her foot and turns to her dad. 'Look hells bells I know you don't like the kid but I think the best idea here is to give him a chance. They wouldn't have to sneak around behind our backs if we had a solid relationship with him.'

Well he has a point there, I guess. 'Fine guys but I can't say I'm going to be super nice to him, not after seeing him sleeping on my couch with my 15 year old daughter!'

'Thanks mom. You're going to love him, he is so smart and sweet to me. He really cares and understands me.'

Oooh that one burned. I decided right there to give him a shot. No promises but I will not mean mug him all night.