Hello my darlings! I forgot to thank everyone for all the reviews they've given me! I feel so ashamed I did not thank you guys, you make me smile. I've been having kind of a hard time recently, but I know everything is going to be alright, because I just handed all my problems over to the Lord. This chapter was actually inspired by my cousin who is a writer himself, he said if I wanted to capture the attention of everyone, make a character do something that no one would expect them to do...so I shall. Muhahaha! Thanks you guys! You make me want to keep writing! And this chapter is dedicated to Rob Fox! I love you cuz!
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Chapter Three
It's all a game
Avoiding failure
When true colors will bleed
All in the name of misbehavior
And the things we don't need
I lost for after
No disaster can touch
Can touch us anymore
And more than everything
I hope to never fall
Where enough is not the same it was before
Poets of the Fall
Three days had gone by and CC was still not showing any signs of grief. This worried the hell out of everyone, especially Niles. He had cried quite a few times in past days, but he would always perk up whenever she would come in the room, but she just arched an eyebrow and then continued on her way, not really noticing anything. Today, Niles had had to run into LA to pick up some things and the one in charge of watching after her was left to Gracie.
"CC?" She asked as she knocked on the bedroom door.
"Come in." She replied. CC was sitting criss-cross on the bed with a script in her lap, making corrections with a red pen that matched the color of her lipstick she always wore.
"Are you feeling ok?" She asked as she came in and sat next to her.
"I'm just fine Grace." She said as she continued reading, not looking up at her.
"That's good. What are you doing?" She asked as she looked at the script, looking at all the red marks.
"Correcting some of the lines, I'm a grammar Nazi and if I see a mistake, I fix it so that the actors won't look like total idiots when they read something. Like this right here. 'That don't make no sense.' Which it really does not." CC said.
"Um, it says right there to say it with a southern accent." Gracie said as she showed her with her thumb where it said so.
"Oh. Well, whatever. If I don't do something, I will simply go nuts." She said.
"CC, if you want to cry, it's ok with me. I'm here for you to." She said.
"Why does everyone think I need to cry? I never cry! I'm a Babcock and we don't do that!" CC snapped.
"Everyone needs to cry sometimes. Even the Babcock family." Gracie then wrapped her arms around CC's waist and hugged her. She was in shock. She'd never had any of the children hug her before. She slowly hugged her back and then kissed the top of her head.
"Thank you honey, but, I just cannot bring myself to cry. I know I should, but I am in tune with myself and I just can't do it." She said as she looked back down at Gracie.
"Well, whenever you do, you know you've got my shoulder to lean on...you may have to get on your knees to do so, but it's still here!" Gracie smiled and CC laughed.
"Thank you sweetheart. I think out of the three of you, you're my favorite." She said as she propped her knee and her elbow and placed her chin on her palm.
"Is it because I'm the only one who's name you remember?"
"That is one of the reasons, yes, but, you are a very sweet girl, even to someone as mean and hateful as me." She said as she placed her arm around her shoulders.
"You're not mean and hateful...vindictive maybe, but not hateful." CC laughed again, which made Gracie smile, she hadn't seen her do it in four days and no matter what Fran had said, happy did look good on her, when she really meant it.
"How was your afternoon with Miss Grace?" Niles asked while he and CC ate dinner.
"It was actually fun. I taught Gracie how to draw, she is quite the artist." CC said as she took another bite of food.
"That's good! And she has a magnificent teacher." Niles said and she blushed.
"Oh stop it. Wait, how did you know I draw?" She asked.
"I saw what you were painting in the guest room, the New York city skyline was a great idea." He said.
"That was going to be the nursery, but, I guess there is no use for it now I suppose, not a problem though, I can still finish it and whoever stays there can enjoy it." She picked up her plate and glass and walked into the kitchen, rinsing them off before placing them in the sink. She was followed close behind by Niles.
"Chas, you do know that we could have another baby. You're only thirty-seven." He said and she looked at him stunned.
"How'd you know how old I really was?" She asked.
"Oh I knew your real age all along, I just pretended to call you old because it made you angry." He smirked.
"Got it. Well, I'm going to get a shower and go to bed. You know, I may actually try to go to work again tomorrow. I feel as revitalized as I've ever been." Niles gave her a worried look.
"You heard the doctor, you can't do anything for a week." He said.
"Oh, well, I guess this lasts you then." She reached over the sink and pulled him into a passionate kiss. She let her tongue play with his until she could tell that he wanted more, then she pulled away and wiped away the red lipstick away from the edges of his mouth. "Next time, think before you speak." She then winked at him and then walked up the stairs, leaving Niles alone in the kitchen.
The next day, BB Babcock paced around in the living room of her large mansion. She could sense that something was wrong with one of her children, she just wasn't sure which one it was. She placed her hand on her chin and tried to think which one it could be. Noel, he was doing fine, or so he said he was the last time they'd talked. He had gotten married to an heiress and now lived in London. DD, was upstairs in her room. She was going through a divorce, but wasn't bitter about it, she was glad to be rid of the bastard, her exact words. Lastly, there was CC, one she hadn't heard from in at least a year. She wasn't sure where she had gotten off to. The last she'd heard of her, she'd been locked up in some nuthouse, but released with a sound mind, she'd gotten a phone call from the butler, oh what was his name? He had seemed to miss her dearly and couldn't wait for her return, at least that was what he had said.
"It has to be her." She said as she picked up the phone and called CC's cell phone. After a few rings, the alto voice of her youngest picked up the phone.
"Hello?" CC said.
"Chastity Claire, is that you my darling?" BB asked and there was a silence.
"Hello mother." She replied back.
"How are you sweetheart?" She asked as she sat down on the couch, where she had once sat with CC.
"I'm fine, I uh, haven't been feeling well lately." She replied.
"I'm sorry to hear that, what have you been up to recently?" BB was running out of things to ask.
"I've moved here to California, Maxwell and I are producers of a TV show now. There is something else though I want to tell you." CC said gathering what courage she had.
"What is it?"
"I married Niles the butler mummy. He really seems to love me, even though I have absolutely no idea why. We were going to have a baby, but dumb me, I lost it." CC said, not feeling any remorse for what she had just said.
"Oh my God baby, I am so sorry!" Her mother said, wishing she could hold her daughter, but she noticed the same thing that everyone else had, there was nothing sad or even close to it in her voice.
"It's nothing to worry about. If I wasn't meant to have children, I wasn't meant to. Could you really see some poor child calling me mom anyway?" She asked and BB's heart broke. She had remember watching Chastity as a child, she would have made a wonderful mother.
"I actually could. Congratulations to you and Niles though! He seemed like a very nice man. Is he still a butler?" She asked.
"Yes ma'am he is. He still works for Maxwell who lives literally right next door." She said.
"Well that's good and I'm very proud of your TV show coming out, Chastity, may I come out to see you sometime soon? It has been so long since I've seen you." She said and CC paused again.
"I guess that would be alright. How about next week sometime? I have a few days off and I'm sure Niles could get a few off as well." She replied, not sounding too thrilled.
"Thank you, that means so much to me, what is your address?" After getting all of her information she'd need, BB walked upstairs to tell DD about her sister and what had happened. She then decided she would accompany her mother on the trip, stating she wanted to be there with her baby sister.
CC shook her head as she put the cell phone down on her nightstand. She rolled her eyes and then popped her neck. What did her mother want this time? She surely knew it was not money, she had plenty of that. Maybe her latest husband had left her or something. Whatever it was, she didn't care about. She had her and her alone to think of. She was growing bored and decided that she needed to do something to keep her occupied, seeing as sexual activity was a definite no no right now, she decided to finish painting the guest room.
She began to slowly work on the skyline and decided that it should be night, her favorite time of day. She had no idea why she liked that time of day best, but she just did. She painted the World Trade Center, the Empire State Building, and even Times Square, everything looked perfect, except for one thing, there was going to be only family and friends coming through here, not a baby, as the room had been intended for.
When she was done, she stepped back and admired her work, it looked just as she had remembered it. She couldn't help but be a little homesick for New York, New York. It was after all the place she had spent most of her life and where she'd fallen in love, true love and where she had gotten pregnant, and California had seemed to change all that. She hated to admit it but something was hardening her heart against Niles. Sometimes he would tease her and she felt like she wanted to slap him across the face, like she had in the past. When he would leave her in the mornings, she would cry a little, even though he was only a few feet away, she wasn't sure if they were happy or sad tears, she was just so confused. She dropped the paint brush in the paint and when she turned around, she noticed that Niles was standing directly behind her. She let out a loud scream and both of them jumped backwards.
"NILES!" She shouted as she placed a hand over her heart and tried to catch her breath.
"I'm sorry! I thought you knew I was there!" He replied as he also tried to catch his breath.
"No! Don't do that! What are you trying to do? Give me a god damn heart attack?" She shouted. Niles' face dropped and he furrowed his eyebrows at her.
"I really am sorry." He said sadly. He tried to put a hand on her shoulder, but she jerked away.
"Leave me alone!" She shouted and then she stormed from the room, not wanting to hear his apologies.
Oh how I love making CC the bitch that she is. She's so awesome. Anywhoozle, sorry it took me a little while to update, I've been busy as I have said so I apologize! I love you guys, your reviews and your readings make me smile! Oh and I just thought I would let you know, this story is fixing to come to a close. There is probably about two more chapters left. So I'm just warning you ahead of time! Toodles!
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