A/N This chapter brings a bit of the Kenlee banter into the mix. Enjoy!
LOVE: Season's Change
CHAPTER FOUR
No Ants At This Picnic, Please!
Sat. Oct. 20th. 2:33 pm.
Mardie asked the couple seated right next to them if she could borrow one of their chairs but they had to deny her for they were expecting a couple of their friends to join them soon, and at that very moment the two people arrived. She then decides to tell
Greenlee to get out of her seat.
"Okay Greenlee I need my seat back, if you wanna stay we can ask Lisa to bring an extra one, waving Lisa down and asking her for
an extra seat, which Lisa brings promptly to their table." Looking at Bianca to seek her approval which she gets she starts to sit and
as she does she becomes a bit apprehensive about Greenlee being there, she really doesn't want Bianca to know exactly how well she knows her sister.
Studying both Mardie and Bianca's faces and sensing that something more than friendship might be brewing here, quips. "I wasn't interrupting some kind of little romantic rendevouz, was I?" Smirking as she inquired.
"No, of course not Greenlee. Mardie and I are just friends." Bianca chirped questioning that very idea herself before she continued. "How do the two of you know each other?" Eagerly waiting for a reply.
Leo wandered around the city for a little while before finding his way to HAYWARDS. Gazing about the busy streets before entering the store, "The City of Brotherly Love," Leo scoffed aloud to himself, "Well, I'm certainly not feeling any love from my brother, at least not right now anyway." Upon entering his family's department store he notices his niece, Babe, at the coffee shop. "Hey Baby bear, how's about a little hug for your favorite uncle." Leo said with genuine affection for the young woman.
"Uncle Leo!" Babe squealed running over to him practically jumping in his arms, holding on for dear life. "Daddy told me you were back, are you here to stay, please say yes." Babe's eye's pleading with her uncle to say yes and stay. She really felt a strong bond towards him, even more so than her dad, which always confused her, even though she loved her father dearly, none the less, Leo just
got to her somehow, maybe it's because he understood her, truly understood who she was.
"Um, Mardie, do you want to...tell her or should I?" Greenlee seemed to be thoroughly enjoying making the sexy dark blonde squirm.
"Alright, I'll tell her, Mard..." Cut off by Mardie, she didn't want Bianca to get some kind of distorted version of the truth that Greenlee might have conjured up, so Mardie decided it would be best if she told the raven haired woman.
Mardie was nervous and totally unprepared to reveal this sort of thing to the brunette especially since she'd started to really feel a connection with the lawyer. Fidgeting in her seat as she begins to explain. "Well, uhm, Bianca, your sister and I...well...dated. We...uh, had a...uh short romantic encounter...uhm, about two and half years ago. Eyeing the taller woman for some sort of response.
"Oh,...so, you're bi-sexual, too?" Bianca replied with perplexity. She then starting thinking about the day they first met, and Mardie
telling her that she wasn't gay? Mental note to self: 'ask her about this later.'
Mardie didn't get the chance to speak because Greenlee was taking this opportunity to add insult to injury; commences to give Bianca way more detail than she needed or ever wanted to know, for that matter. "Oh no, Binxy, Mardie, here, is a full on lick-her license card carrying lezzie, pardon me, lesbian. She is an incredible lover, let me tell you, whew the thi...Mardie gaining some spine blurts out.
"Okay Greenlee! That's more than enough! Isn't your table ready yet, anyway!" Bianca looked at the two of them like someone had just told her a family member had died, she felt hurt, disappointed and kind of lonely, but she still didn't understand quite why she was feeling that way. "Bianca are you alright," Mardie reaching out to gently touch Bianca's hand with hers but the young brunette just pulled away.
"Excuse me, I need to go...to the...ah, ladies room." Bianca then quickly got up and dashed off to the bathroom.
"Greenlee! Why the HELL did you do that!? Bianca didn't deserve that. My God Greenlee,...your own sister, how low can you be, hmm?" The brassy dirty blonde said with consternation, as she turned to look the short auburn haired beauty directly in her eyes.
Just then the hostess informs Greenlee that her table is ready and as she stands and is a about to go on her merry way, she stops, turns to face Mardie and says. "I know you like my sister...but she's not like us Mar...she never will be." And with that statement left hanging in the air, Mardie wondered if it was really the truth or was Greenlee just trying to throw a monkey wrench into the mix so things couldn't escalate into something more substantial between Mardie and Bianca?
Sat. Oct. 20th. 2:48 pm.
"Aww - Baby bear, I would love to stay, but you're dad is as stubborn as they come, he's not willing to give an inch. Now, I know I caused a lot of pain...looking down...for all of you guys but I'm more than willing to try and make it up to you...if I'm given half the chance. Babe, I know I could." Leo's eyes were pleading to his niece, and seeing the forgiveness and approval in her eyes that he hadn't been able to retrieve in his big brother's and...who knows might not ever receive at all from David.
"Just give daddy some time Uncle Leo, he'll come around he has too." Babe said trying to believe that statement herself.
"I sure hope so, Kiddo, because I've really missed you, all of you guys and I'd sure like to stick around - hopefully for good." Hugging his niece even tighter; his heart, both their hearts willing that sentiment to become a reality.
Shortly after Greenlee found her way to her own table Bianca returned from the restroom. "I guess Greenlee's table was ready." Bianca making a statement more so than asking a question.
"Yeah." Mardie replied then carried on with the conversation by asking the tall shapely woman, "Are you really okay?"
"Mhmm, yeah, I just needed a little break from my sister." Bianca stated flatly.
"Good. Because I wouldn't want to b..." Mardie's comment being interrupted by Bianca.
"Ya know what Mardie...I really don't want to talk anymore about my sister, okay." The brunette stated with warmth in her eyes as she took a bite of her chicken quesedillia.
Smiling that lop-sided grin. "That's a great idea, I'm sure we can find more interesting things to talk about besides Greenlee?" The dirty blonde queried.
"Well, how about what made you want to be a pharmacist?" Bianca asked with a pensive gaze then took a sip of wine.
"Mhmm, actually, I'd been thinking of becoming a doctor but then my true calling took hold of me, art. I really wanted, no, needed to
express myself creatively, so, as I got older my interest in any and everything artistic started to kick in full throttle. And deciding to change my major half-way through college didn't help any either, and with the cost of tuition being so high I needed a job to help pay for it. Although, my brother did offer to pay my way through college,...smacking herself in the right temple with the palm of her hand for emphasis...dumb me. In retrospect, I probably shouldv'e taken him up on the offer...oh God, I'm rambling again; aren't I?" Locking eyes with the brunette who just smiled that mega-watt smile that just makes Mardie blush, takes a small gulp of water before continuing her story. "Anyway, I wanted to be independent and pay for my own education, so I decided to take a job at my brother's...excuse me; our family store, he always gets on me about that...saying Mardie it's our store, blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada,..." Bianca was laughing and sincerely drinking in every word of Mardie's tale as she thought to herself. 'I really am enjoying her company, she's a real charmer...and pretty hot too, shit Bianca what's going on with you; you've got a very handsome fiance, who adores you and wants to spend the rest of his life with you, so why do you keep thinking about this woman sitting across from you whom you barely even know?'..."Soo, I'm helping to pay my way through college and make some extra money while I pursue my ultimate goal and that's to become a full-time artist and maybe continue to teach on the side; like I do now,...Bianca...Bianca," the dark blonde called out trying to get the brunette's attention.
"Oh, mhmm,...clearing her throat...I'm sorry, I guess it was my turn for my mind to wander." Bianca smiled as she replied.
"Where'd you wander off too?" Mardie smiled and pondered if Bianca's thoughts were about her the same way her thoughts had been about the brunettes earlier.
Surprising both herself and Mardie confessed honestly. "You." Bianca spoke with confidence and a twinge of blatant curious longing as she stared fervently into the dirty blonde's soft chocolate brown eyes.
This admission threw Mardie for a loop. She certainly didn't expect Bianca to make such a forward statement as that, although, she suspected or more like hoped the beautiful brunette felt the same way she did. Finally gaining her wits about her asked. "What exactly about me were you thinking?" Hoping now that the lawyer would be just as forth coming with that bit of information as she had been just a second ago. And as Mardie's eyes watched Bianca's expression over her glass of wine that was now gently pressed against her lips, the artist in waiting couldn't help but imagine what it would feel like to have the brunette's lips pressed against hers instead of this wine glass.
"Well, I...was wondering what type of art you were interested in." Nice save, Bianca thought to herself as she lingered at Mardie with that illuminating smile.
"You mean is it legitimate art or porn?" The DIRTY blonde replied with a glint of lust in her eyes and a wicked sexy grin on her face.
Bianca broke out in a fit of laughter and then responded. "No, silly girl, I mean; do you paint, draw, sculpt, etc..." Smiling as she leaned in a little to hear every word Mardie was about to say.
Three tables over Greenlee sat by herself investigating the situation between Mardie and her sister. Then taking out her cell phone and frantically dialing a number..."Yeah, Kendall, it's Greens, Yes I'm back and you need to get down here...looking over at the two women who were obviously making a love connection whether or not they wanted to admit it or even realized it yet themselves...and don't call me an idiot, you idiot and I was about to tell you where here is if you'd just shut-up and listen, you string bean, auh, it's that new Mexican restaurant on 4th and Dexter Ave. ...yeah, that's right, El Boreo's...I don't know?...she said thru clencthed teeth...I haven't gotten my order yet...just get your ass down here NOW Kendall, and you can check out the menu then. God...dealing with you is like...talking to faux brick wall, kinda nice to look at but no depth. Just get down here now, you need to see what our little sister is up too. Yeah, okay, bite me too, see ya soon. Harshly closing her cell as she went back to checking out the B and M situation.
"OHH, I gotcha...smiling that crooked smile that's beginning to turn Bianca to mush, continues...well I do all of it really, but my forte
is jewelry making, I absolutely adore doing that. Taking something raw, rough, and masculine and turning it into something refined, delicate and feminine, it really turns me on." Mardie spoke of her love of jewelry making with such passion that it kind of took Bianca's breath away. That and the fact that Mardie had just finished seductively licking the remainder of salsa off her spoon after she'd placed a dollop of it onto her fahita and it almost made the brunette melt.
Breathlessly. "Mhum, I see," was all Bianca could muster without totally giving away all the thoughts and feelings that had started to stir inside her at the very presence of this beautiful, witty stranger that was moment by moment mercifully stealing her away from everything she knew to be true; her career, her relationship with Jamie and her life in general. Bianca knew at this very instant that Mardie had changed her life forever.
Sat. Oct. 20th. 3:15 pm. Now let the side show begin...
"It's about damned time, you almost missed the show." Greenlee conveyed to her best-friend.
"What show? What the hell are talking about Greenlee..." Kendall being interrupted by Greenlee gesturing for the curly haired brunette to sit down and discretely look over a few tables to her left. For Bianca and Mardie hadn't noticed Kendall come in the restaurant.
Kendall went on to say..."OH SHIT! Is that our little sister, with your ex, what's her name, Margie, um,..." Cut off again by Greenlee.
"No, Twit! It's Mardie...whispering to her BF4L...and please keep your voice down I don't want them to see us together, you know how Bianca can get..." Now being cut off by Kendall.
"Yeah, like a bit bull on acid, well, only when she has to be." Kendall began to recall many a time when she was the recipient of said hostility from her sister, shaking off the thought and returning her attention to the auburn haired woman in front of her.
"Oh yeah, I've been there too." Greenlee lamented taking a sip of water.
"So, what's good here Greens, do you have a menu? And they do look awfully cozy?" Kendall inquired of her best bud.
Handing the thin, pretty woman a menu saying..."Yeah, here ya go, I saved it for you. And yes they are...a little too cozy if you ask me." Greenlee said now smiling and looking directly at her best-friend.
Glancing over the menu and quickly deciding on what she's going to order. "I hope this Chicken Carne A La Mexicana is good, because I'm starved...I could eat a cow, but I'll settle for chicken." Kendall smiled as she said this then took a sip of Greenlee's water.
"Get your own damned water you bean pole, I don't where your mouth has been?" The clever shorter woman barked.
"That's rich coming from you...Ms. I don't know if I want Surf or Turf, you sexually bi-polar slut!" Kendall chuckled as she made the comment.
"Just for the record, you translucent little witch, aka Michael Jackson's twin sister, I LIKE BOTH Surf and Turf. It's makes for a very delicious combination." Greenlee smiled lustfully and tilted her head to the right for emphasis.
"Gag Me," Kendall replied with disgust.
"Ohh, how I wish I could." Greenlee said. Now examining her water for any back wash Kendall may have left when she drank from her glass a second ago before taking a sip herself.
"Oh, there's nothing in your water, you slut, just drink it," Kendall remarked then went on to say..."and if something is floating around in there, I'm sure it's no worst than some of the things you've already had in your mouth." The thin curly haired woman quipped.
"Alright Whore, you've got one more time to make digs about my sexuality. Besides, I remember you telling me that it didn't bother you that I'm bi? You don't really have a problem with it do you, Ken?" Greenlee asked with sincerity of her best-friend in the whole world, hell, Kendall was Greenlee's only true friend actually, and the thought of her not accepting who she was would just be...completely unbearable.
"No, hon, I don't have a problem with that. You're my ace, I love you ta pieces girl, you do know that, don't you? Greens?" Kendall inquired looking at her ace with pure love and affection.
"Yeah, yeah, you chaff. Don't start gettin' all lovey dovey on me You know how that makes me fee..." Greenlee being cut off by Kendall saying.
"What...Human." Kendall stated with warmth.
"Yeah, and you know I'm not your ordinary woman." Greenlee smiled showing her awesome dimples.
"For this is very true...you are quite special, why just the other day I was looking up something in dictionary and underneath the word psycho was a picture of you." Kendall just smiled as she waited for Greenlee's rebuttal.
"And all Greenlee said was, "thanks and I love you too, Kendall."
"Well, granddad, I'm gonna go know and get ready for my date with Bianca, and thanks for everything grandpa," Jamie giving his granddad Martin a big warm hug and a bright smile and as he turned to leave he only made it to the frame of where the office door would be placed when...
"...And Jamie,"...his grandfather lovingly called out,..."everything will work out the way it's suppose to." And with that the old wise man gave James a wink and a nod of approval that made Jamie feel very comforted. He then smiled again at his granddad and left the construction site to go and prepare to spend the evening with his beautiful fiancee.
"That's all you gotta say, you scab, come on...bring it, you one trick pony." Kendall urged.
Greenlee looking at Kendall with sheer pity spurred. "You are soo pathetic, you have no life at all, do you, that's why you have to hang on my every word...you human bus, you,...letting anyone ride for a few dollars." Greenlee wiping her hands together, as if she's brushing dirt off of them.
"Mhumm, that was a good one." Kendall tilted her head in an approving nod kind of way.
"Thank you. I really missed you Kend..." Greenlee was cut off by Kendall telling her to look in the direction of Bianca and Mardie. Just then their server also came over with Greenlee's order and took Kendall's then turning their attention back to BAM.
"Like I was saying Kendall befo..." Again Greens was interrupted by Kendall.
"Shh, little one, look...our sister and your ex-lesbian are about to leave or so it seems." Greenlee quickly glared at Kendall and then moved to get a better of Mardie and Bianca.
After Mardie spoke a little bit more about her love for art. Bianca realizing the hour was getting late and she needed to stop by her office and go over a few briefs before she rushed home to change to go out with Jamie later tonight started to wrap up the conversation.
Sat. Oct. 20th. 3:39 pm.
Looking down at her watch. "Oh no, that can't be right...twenty till four, I have to get outta here." Bianca frantically trying to get Lisa's attention so she could get a to go box and pay for her portion of the meal.
"Was it something I said," Mardie asked wryly with a half-smile on her face.
Bianca thinking to herself, ...'woman you're the reason why I'm so damned late in the first place'...then she smiled and said to the dark blonde..."Maybe, a little bit."
"Oh, well I didn't even get to hear that much about you Bianca," Mardie lamented.
"I tell ya what we'll have another non-date soon and then I'll tell you everything." Bianca said with a wink and smile.
At that Mardie just laughed and when their server, Lisa brought the to go boxes and the check; the short blonde gingerly took it from the latina woman's hand before Bianca could and said. "I've got it, I asked you to lunch remember," as she smiled that crooked grin and gave Lisa her credit card.
"Right. Okay. I'm not going to argue about getting a free meal, because not too many things in life are free." Bianca stated with just a hint of uncertainty.
Mardie warmly replied saying, "Love." With just a pinch of melancholy.
Bianca lingered in Mardie's soft brown eyes for a few minutes then responded with. "Yeah, I believe you might be right about that Mardie."
Lisa returned with Mardie's credit card and two take out menus, Mardie signed the credit stub and took her copy of the receipt. Then the two of them gathered up their belongings said goodbye to Lisa and walked out of the restaurant in a calm silence together.
"I wonder what they're saying out there to each other," Greenlee asked directing her gaze to Kendall who was working on her chicken dish and not paying any attention to Greenlee.
"Hey! Heffer, can you stop grazing long enough to answer my question?" Greenlee spewed at Kendall with pleading eyes.
"Greenlee, I'm sure you're a somewhat grumpy because all the high chairs seem to be in use and you can't reach your meal but if you
let me get another bite down I'll put you in my lap and feed you in a minute, okay sweetie." Kendall said mater of fact.
"Bite Me Kendall," Greenlee harshly replied then got up from her chair readying herself to walk over to the front door so she could
hear what was going on between Bianca and Mardie.
"Greenlee Sit!" Kendall ordered without looking up from her meal then a second or two later Greenlee complied.
"What's the matter with you anyway?...Kendall inquired as she continued eating her lunch, and her conversation. "You're acting kinda...jealous, That's It! You're jealous that your ex and our baby sister may be making a looove connection." Kendall sang with
glee at Greens.
"Oh, shut-up and eat your food you straw,...you know, thin long and hollow things just seem to go straight through." Greenlee explained to Kendall with a smile.
"Damn, you are good." Kendall thoroughly relished and missed her best-friend and their verbal tennis matches.
"Thanks, Fern." Greenlee started to say something but Kendall interrupted easily figuring that one out..."I know, kinda tall thin and bushy at the top."
"And You're welcome, you swinging door, easily opens both ways." The curly haired brunette waits for Greenlee's response hoping that it wouldn't upset the auburn haired woman.
Greenlee just smiled showing off those adorable dimples which let Kendall know that she was cool with her sexual barb.
Now outside walking toward Bianca's car the two in denial wanna be more than friends are grasping at straws just so they don't
have to say good-bye right away to each other.
"It's beautiful out today isn't it, Mardie." Bianca stated cheerfully.
"Yeah, it is. And it's Maggie." Mardie said lovingly to Bianca.
"Pardon me." The tall brunette queried.
Tenderly repeating herself, Mardie then said, "It's Maggie, that's if you'd prefer it to Mardie, but that's up to you?" Mardie sincerely hoping that Bianca would call her that because she liked the way she said it, it just kinda flowed from her lips.
"Oh well sweetie, I'm honored that you think it' s okay for me to call you that, but knowing that it's what your mom called you, I just don't want you to have any sad feelings if I call you that. You know?" Bianca reasoned as she searched Mardie's eyes for clarity.
"I'd really like it if you would Bianca, I like the way you say it; it kinda reminds me of how my mom said it; soft, sweet and angelic." Mardie spoke then cleared her throat.
"Well, in that case, How can I turn down such a request." Bianca smiled and said. Then reaching out and taking hold of Mardie's right hand with hers she proceeded to say. "Well, I had a great time Mar...I mean Maggie."
"Yes, so did I." Now looking down at their hands pressed tight together.
Then Bianca stepping forward to engulf the shorter woman into a warm embrace and as she does she sweetly whispers into Mardie's ear. "I'll call you soon." Then pulling away from the embrace to look in the dirty blondes eyes, seeing a wealth of feelings in them; feelings that mirrored her own.
"Okay, I'll hold you to that." Mardie said smiling with affection.
"Please do." Bianca sensually stated.
"I'll see you real soon Bianca." Mardie smiled as she remarked.
"That you will, Maggie, that you will." Bianca slyly retorted as she opened the drivers side of her car door got in and drove off.
TBC...