"Oh Fiona, just do it!" she yelled, becoming impatient. I frowned, "I will have my revenge, I hope you realize that." She laughed, "Oh please dear, you don't have the element of surprise. I'm your mother, I know everything you're going to do before you do it." I groaned, "Just take the picture woman!" I shouted and she laughed harder. "Aww, look at my beautiful baby." She showed me the picture.
She made me put on a dress and take christmas pictures even after I begged to just wear normal clothes but nope, she forced me to wear a dress that you would normally wear to a ball. "Are you happy? Can I take this thing off now?" I huffed but smiled at her smile. She nodded and I wasted no time and took the dress off right where I was. "You could've waited til you got upstairs." She shook her head as I stood there in my shorts and t-shirt. "Nope. That thing was itchy. I'm so glad I didn't have to wear that all the time." I smirked as I looked behind me at the big christmas tree.
"Only a few more days til christmas." I said as she picked the dress up and put it back in the box. "Yes, and I can't wait to see yours and Henry's faces as you open your presents." Her face was glowing at the mention of her children. "Wait mom, you weren't supposed to get me anything, having you is enough." She stopped and stood in front of me, placing a hand gently on my cheek, "Are you kidding?" She smiled. "You're my baby, it's my time to spoil you."
I couldn't help but smile and there was no use in arguing with her, she was stubborn and her mind was made up, "Fine, your majesty." She narrowed her eyes playfully, "Oh it's your majesty now huh?" She grabbed me and started tickling me unmercifully, "Alright!" I yelled through the laughs. She stopped and looked at me so adoringly, then wrapped her arms around me, "I love you more than life itself." I felt like I couldn't breathe in that moment, I thought tears would start shooting out of my eyes, "I love you so much mommy. You are the light of my life." She kissed me on the forehead and I just rested in her embrace.
"You know we gotta stop doing this so much." I chuckled, "Because I could stay here in your arms forever. It just feels so...nurturing and warm." She closed her eyes and rested her cheek on my head as she ran her hand through my hair, "I know." She let out a big sigh of relief and smiled, "I should get dinner started." She ran her arms down mine and grabbed my hands as she pulled away.
"Okay, I'll go put on actual comfortable clothes." I smirked and began to walk away, "Fiona, take the dress with you knucklehead. Put it in the closet for me please?" I grabbed the box, "Of course mother dear." I teased and she raised her eyebrow, "Mhm...I have a wooden spoon in here and I'm not afraid to use it!" She laughed and I knew she was just kidding. I ran upstairs and shouted, "In your dreams!" before shutting the door behind me.
I got dressed pretty quickly before taking the time to notice my mom's room. I had only been in here a couple of times but never long enough to notice much. I placed the box in the closet like she asked and just stood staring at all the stuff she had. Her dresser had so much jewelry spread across it, I wondered where she got it all from. Then I remember she was queen once so that's probably where they came from.
My eyes stumbled upon a weird book, I picked it up and flipped through the pages but they were just words that didn't make sense. I heard footsteps and then I heard "Fiona? What's taking you so long silly?" I quickly put the book down and stepped away just in time for my mom to open the door and see me, "Oh uhm, I was just thinking." I blurted out without thinking. She looked around for clues that would lead her to the actual truth, "Right. Well come downstairs, I could use your help." I smiled, "Okay." and I darted past her, avoiding eye contact. Even though we've only had a relationship for a few months she could still look me in my eyes and tell when something was wrong or if I was lying.
I quickly went downstairs, moving as fast as I could and put my earphones in, attempting to avoid conversation about what just happened. I covered the wires with my hair and began chopping the vegetables she had laying out on the cutting board. I was moving around, pretending to listen to music when there was really nothing playing and I hadn't noticed when she came downstairs and unplugged the earphones from my phone, and I kept bobbing my head, "So honey, what was all of that upstairs?" I closed my eyes and kept pretending to jam.
She crossed her arms, "Fiona Lillian Mills." My eyes shot open and widened, "I unplugged your earphones so I know you're trying to avoid me. Now what happened? Out with it before I get angry." I sighed, "I was just looking around. No big deal." I shrugged. "No big deal? It may be a big deal depending on what you saw while you looked around. What did you see?" Her tone was unpleasant and she had agitation written all over it, "I just saw this book with weird words on it." She raised her eyebrow, "The one on my dresser?"
I nodded, "Yeah, what do the words mean?" She gave a sigh of relief, "That, is your grandmother's book of spells." I smirked, "Wait, what did you think I saw?" She blushed, "Doesn't matter. I'm not telling you." We laughed, "And you wonder where I get my silliness from." I smiled and we continued cooking. "When does Henry come home?" I asked, and that caused her to smile. "Tonight. I'm so glad to have my babies back."
"Mom?!" We heard the front door slam and in ran Henry with his arms held out for a hug. "Oh my sweet boy." She grabbed onto him with the biggest smile. He wrapped his arms around her, "I missed you so much!" I smiled watching them, "I missed you too!" She replied, finally ceasing to hug. "Hey little bro, missed you." I smiled at him and he rushed to give me a hug too, "Fiona! I missed you too." I chuckled a bit, "So how was it in the Enchanted Forest for you?" His face lit up and we spent almost an hour talking about his adventures and the sights he got to see.
I glanced over at my mom who was staring in admiration at us and smiling every so often. "I only wish I could've been there with you honey." She said, taking the food out of the oven. "Well we could go as a family, you, Fiona, and I." He suggested and I thought about it for a moment, "I wouldn't mind going back." She paused, "No. I don't think that's a good idea right now. And I don't want you two going alone, understand?" We looked at each other and then at our mother and silently nodded, "Good. Now let's eat." We let her walk ahead of us.
Henry tugged on my arm and whispered, "We're going aren't we?" I smirked, "Oh yeah." We high five each other and quickly wipe the smiles off our faces so she won't suspect anything. Dinner was peaceful and after Henry got cleaned up, we all were sitting in his room as she read him a bedtime story. She sat between the both of us as we cuddled her, "I won't fall asleep. C'mon I'm 19." I teased and she smiled.
"We'll see. You'll be asleep in no time." She began reading the story and Henry was asleep in no more than 10 minutes and seeing him asleep made me yawn and rub my eyes. "Mhm. Told you." She laughed. "Come on, I'll tuck you in." As we walked to the room she deemed as mine whenever I wanted to sleep over, I kept rubbing my eyes and yawning. I got into bed and she kissed my forehead, "Sleep well. Mommy loves you."
Just as she was about to leave I grabbed her arm, "Mom...please...sleep in here with me?" I made the puppy dog face which she couldn't say no to and when she sighed I smiled, knowing I was about to get my way. "Only because the air is cooler in here." She said as she got into bed and wrapped her arms around me. I smirked, "I love you mommy." She just pulled me closer and kissed me again, "My princess..." was all she said before we both were fast asleep.
