Chapter Four: Vacation Plans
Shannon jumped up from the bed and ran to the kitchen. He wanted to see Heather and his daughter before they went to the airport. Shannon was walking in his sweat pants and he heard the clock chime. 12:00, he had slept in. Shannon had sworn that the clock upstairs had said 6:00. Walking into the kitchen he saw Heather with a cup of tea and Seshama with a glass of water. Cody ran around with David wrestling in the living room. Shannon looked to the couch and say Punk flipping through the channels. Shannon walked over to Heather and gave her a deep kiss. "Good morning sleepy head! How was your sleep?" Shannon glared at Heather and said, "You messed with the clock. I wanted to see you guys before you went to the airport." Heather blushed and giggled. "Yeah, but you looked so peaceful. I didn't want you to wake up." Shannon sighed and ran a hand through her hair before he walked into the living room. Fiona was trying to focus on her work but as Shannon could see she was practically pulling her wavy blond hair out of her head. "Hey." said Punk as Shannon sat on the couch. "How is Heather?" asked Punk looking to the sleep deprived woman. "We were thinking about going on a vacation...she is almost done her new line but she needs to get it done before we go." Punk smiled, "Where are you going?" "Heather want's to go to France, She says she wants to see an old friend, plus she wants to see how much it has changed."
Shannon said putting the stem treatment pads on his shoulder. Punk looked to Heather and smiled. "It's good to see you two still together, you proved so many in her family wrong." Shannon watched as Heather talked to Seshama and said, "I wasn't aiming for that but yeah I guess we did." Shannon winced as he turned up the power being put into the pads and said, "I never really got to see France." Shannon sat back and closed his eyes. "David and Fiona can come over to Chicago." C.M. said watching the TV. Shannon opened one eye to look at punk. "Yeah, Fiona and David haven't seen Cody for a while." Punk nodded and caught David as Cody knocked him over the coffee table. "Watch my vase, that is all I ask." Shannon said before he stood and walked to Heather. Heather was talking to Seshama about her designs as she laid her head on the table, She really needed some sleep. "I have the shop down in Cameron asking for more of the rebel goodie shirts and whispering pines needs the pants to the swede Jacket set. I have three more designs to go and those should be done by Wednesday."
Shannon drew Heather into his arms and listened while Seshama requested a southern dinner. Heather nodded and called. "Fiona!" That was the last straw for this over worked highschool student. "David, Cody shut up!" David and Cody sat down quickly and looked to Fiona who looked to her mother. "Yes ma?" Heather smiled to her daughter and said, "Can you help me cook tonight?" Fiona nodded and Heather stood to go into the design room. Seshama followed and that was all that was seen of the two until 4:00 when Heather started to make Seshama's southern dinner. By 6:00 everyone was eating. Heather was serving seconds to the men and Seshama was passing around the iced tea. "So, Heather, I heard you were going to go to France." said C.M. Heather nodded happily and looked to Shannon, "Our first vacation since out honey moon." Fiona's face hadn't gone back to it's normal composer.
"France!" Fiona had always shared her love of France with her mother. "Yes France." Heather said looking to her daughter. "The first time I went to France was when I was in college...and then that was in my fourth year during the second semester." Fiona's face still hadn't closed the paging hole which was her mouth. "I want to go too!" Heather chewed and swallowed the hunk of meat she had just put in her mouth. "Fiona, didn't I tell you I could help you go to France?" Fiona nodded. "Well, first thing is first, you need to learn the french language otherwise you will be treated like you are the slum of the universe." Heather smiled before she said the next sentence. "Plus I don't think your father wants you to go to the city of love, and than find it. He is still vary much attached to his fourteen year old daughter." Shannon looked to Heather and then to C.M. Punk and continued his conversation. Heather watched her daughters face go back to normal and then start to eat. "So, you two are going to the city of Lamour?" Seshama laughed and dodged the glare Heather sent to her.
"Yes we are going to Paris, for two weeks...half of one of those weeks I am doing work." Seshama looked to Heather questioningly. "I have to go to some fashion show, than I need to order a few special dyes and ask a few foreign designers about fashions they think are coming up. It's just a whole bunch to do with ordering and foreign communication stuff." Seshama nodded and went back to eating. "Right, and then we are going to spend the other week by ourselves, and that remaining half week with my friend." Shannon smirked when Heather had said by themselves. Punk elbowed Shannon as he laughed. 10:00 came and went and all the kids went to bed. "So, who is up for a nice swim?" Shannon flipped a switch and a soft glow came from beyond the deck, as it changed colors Heather smiled and ran to get on her bathing suit. C.M. and Shannon both went to get a pair of swimming trunks on and Shannon and Heather were the first out onto the deck.
Seshama and C.M. came out to gaze upon the pool which Shannon had recently gotten lights installed in so that the water changed colors. "Was this really needed?" asked Seshama raising an eyebrow to the changing colors. Once the colors changed to yellow, "Yellow!" Heather watched Seshama run to the pool and jump in. "If I saw yellow water I would not dive in it." Heather giggled and walked down the steps. Seshama got out of the pool only to go into the hot tub. Heather went to the hot tub and let Shannon and C.M. dunk each other in the pool. "So, when are you and C.M. going to go on another vacation?" Heather asked putting her hair up in a bun. "Probably next year for our anniversary." was Seshama's reply. "To Japan." Heather laughed softly. "We, meaning you and me, C.M. and Shannon, along with the kids should go to Russia." Heather's comment got an immediate approval from Seshama who's face lit up like a Christmas tree. Heather closed her eyes as she listened to Seshama talk. Only when Seshama suddenly stopped talking did she open them.
Dark blue grey eyes stared at her from above her. Heather screamed in surprise and Shannon kissed her. C.M. and Shannon got into the hot tub and both sat with their wives. Heather sighed and nuzzled her head into the crook of Shannon's arm. "It's times like these that just blow me away about life...the not-a-care-in-the-world moments." Seshama sat on Punk's lap and nodded in agreement. Shannon looked to Punk and smiled down at Heather who was practically asleep already.