Fame & Fortune 3: Expect The Unexpected
Chapter 7: Kiss The Ring
Gil has perform a total of 36 shows for the past 30 days now all the way from Florida. Now his last stop was at Dallas, Texas in front of a crowd of 20,000 people. He was in his dressing room getting ready to finish off his tour. During that time, he was face chatting with his wife. "So this is the end of your tour?" Molly asked holding Lil William in her arms.
"Uh-Huh," the husband answered. "Your brothers were amazing out here as well."
"Yeah I saw them. I could not be anymore proud of them. Your fan girls aren't trying to go crazy on you, now are they?"
"Well a few of them were, but I showed them this right here." Gil lift up his left hand and showed him his wedding ring. It was a 10K Diamond on top of a platinum hoop. Under it is also a tattoo of a wedding ring with Molly's name on it. Speaking of which, his wife also lifted her left hand to show her husband her wedding ring. It was similar to the one Gil has, but the karats are much smaller and the hoop was a lot different. Like her husband, Molly also has a tattoo of their wedding ring on her finger. Instead it has his name on it. "That's my Gilly," she said.
As the male was talking to his family, there was a knock on his dressing room door. "Hey Gil, you're up at five minutes." It was one of the people who was working at the stadium.
"Gilly?" Molly asked.
"I have to go you guys," Gil stated. "I'm about to go on."
"Okay. Say bye to daddy, William."
"Bye-bye," the son said softly.
"Bye, son," Gil said. Before turning to his wife "Bye, Molly."
"Have a good show." The male signed off. He can here the muffled cheering inside the room and his door was still closed. He grab his one-piece microphone and put it in his ear. The door and entering was goby. "Final show man," he went.
"Yeah I'm so happy its almost over," his blue haired friend replied. Gil took off his ring and placed it on top of his table.
"Why you taking off your ring?" goby asked.
"After I finished a show, my hands get all sweaty."
"No, your body in general gets all sweaty."
"Exactly. My ring keeps slipping off my fingers. It dropped on the floor five times already and I don't' want to lose it. So I'm putting it right here until the show is over and we go back on the tour bus so I can take me a shower." Gil kisses his wedding ring before setting it down.
"All right then. Come on man. You're about to go on."
"I'm hurrying. I'm hurrying." The two friends literary ran out the room. But as they were running, they pay no attention that Gil's ring was spinning on his hoop and it ending up falling into the trash can. Just moments after the fact, a janitor came in the room and empty the trash out before going on his way.
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Deema and her brother Dustin was at her house feeding the twins their lunch. Both of them were at the kitchen. Dustin stayed in Atlanta so he could help his sister with the kids. "that's good, isn't it?" the mother asked her daughter Aubrey.
"Yeah," the little girl replied. She was eating some creamed corn and mashed potatoes.
"You want some more?"
"Yeah." Her mouth was soon filled with a tiny spoonful of mashed potatoes again. Her uncle was soon done with Andre. "Man," he said to his sister. "Your son is like a bottomless pit."
Deema giggled. "He's like his daddy…and his uncle."
"Hey."
"You eat too much. All three of you do. Just like our daddy."
"I do not."
"You almost ate our Thanksgiving turkey all by yourself when you was seven and I was nine." this was one of those family moments that you wish would last forever. Too bad there was something that will ruin this moment.
-DINGDONG-
There was someone at the door. The blonde headed mother used the security monitor that was beside the refrigerator and turn it to the front door. It was Natalie. Her smile and happy attitude soon turned to anger and hatred. "What the hell is she doing here?" Deema asked to herself. Dustin walked over to the monitor and noticed Natalie.
"What's going on? Who is that girl?" he asked.
"that's Natalie."
"That's the Natalie you told me about?"
"Uh-Huh."
"Then why is she here? And how does she know you lived here?"
"I don't know…"
"Deema," Natalie yelled at the security camera. "I know you lived here. Can we please talk?"
"…but I'm gonna find out." Deema walked over to the front door and answer it. She was in a too good of a mood to feel like choking the life out of somebody, but Natalie is making it very hard right now. "You got some real nerve to show up at my front door," she said.
"Deema, I didn't came here to start a war," Natalie replied. "I just want to tell you that you don't have any reason to be mad at Goby." She stepped inside the house, but Deema quickly blocked her.
"Did I say you can come in?"
"You're really going to be that childish? After I told you I didn't want to fight?"
"what do you want?"
"Look. Now you know Goby is on the road with Gil. And he told me that he think its best if you and I could work out an agreement."
"Why?"
"Well…the last time I check, we both have kids by him. And he wants us to get along for the kids' sake." Natalie once again try to go inside, but Deema would still not budge. "Didn't you listen to a word I said?"
"Look, can we talk about this later? I'm feeding the twins right now." Natalie should have known this wasn't going to be easy. So all she did was just turn around and headed on to work. Dustin walked over to his sister after hearing the entire conversation. "I think you could have handle that a lot better than that," he said.
"You heard?"
"Yeah. And you know she's got a point. Now that you two have kids with the same man, don't you think its time for you two to get along?"
"After all the hell she brought into my relationship with Goby?"
"Okay. If you two won't do it for each other, then do it for the kids. Do you want them to look at their mothers and see them fighting like this? You need to set an example for them. They maybe just babies, but you know that don't know matter." The blonde female just stood there. "Just let go and move on." Deema knew he was right. It was time for her to move on and let all those negative feelings she had against her.
"When Goby comes back home, I'm gonna talk to him and Natalie," she said.
Dustin nodded. He was proud of her.
…
"You like the way I tickle your little tummy, don't ya?"
Molly had just finished changing Lil William. Now all she was doing is just having fun spending time with her one year old son, who just giggled and smile down at his mother as she picked him up high in the air. Soon, her cell phone rang and calling her was Gil.
"Daddy's on the phone," she said. The female put her son down so she could answer her phone. "Hey Gilly?"
"Hey," Gil said on the other line. He was now officially finish with his tour. As he was walking to his dressing room, Goby followed him carrying his plaque. Studio Apartment officially went Gold after selling 500,000+ copies. "So how are things back at the house? Everything okay?"
"Yeah. Actually, it was too quiet. So you're finally done?"
"Uh-Huh? We're gonna spend one final night down here and leave first thing in the morning."
"Hey congrats on your album sales."
"You heard?"
"Of course. You know I always keep my eyes open when it comes to my Gilly." As the husband and wife was talking on the phone, Goby put the heavy plaque down on the sofa. "Were you careful with the plaque?" Molly asked.
"Uh-Huh. Not a single scratch." Goby walked over to his friend and snatched the phone from him and puts it up to his ear. "He's saying that because he wasn't the one who was carrying that thing," Goby stated to his pink haired friend on the other line. Gil snatched the phone back from him. "Gimme my phone back."
Back on the other line, Molly just giggled. "Listen Molly, we're gonna leave first thing tomorrow morning. We should be back in Atlanta maybe like noon. No later than one."
"Okay Gilly. Say goodbye to daddy, William." Molly put the phone to her son's ear. "Bye bye," William said to his father on the other line.
"Bye, Lil Will," Gil said. "Love you."
"Love you too." This is actually Lil William's first time saying love you to his own parents. Especially the fact that he was only one. Gil couldn't have been any prouder. Before he hung up the phone, Molly's voice rang in his ear again. "Hey Gilly."
"Yeah Molly?" As they was talking, the husband was trying to find his ring. But for some reason, he can't seem to find it anywhere. It was strange to him.
"Listen, uhh. You know I'm working on my second album."
"Yeah I know. Ladies' Night." Ladies' Night is the name of Princess Molly's new album. But the male singer didn't have time for this. He needs to know what happen to his ring.
"Well, I'm working on a song for the album, but I can't seem to think of anything. All I have is the chorus." The male was not listening to a word his wife was saying. He was moving papers, throwing boxes and even checking the trash can for it. But nothing. "Do you think you have anything in mind?" his wife asked him. "Gilly?"
The husband had his phone on the table, which had disappeared through the loose papers he scattered. "Gil? Are you there?" He managed to find the phone. "Sorry, baby. I was doing something. Listen, can I call you back and talk about this when I get back in town?"
"Well…okay. I guess it could wait."
"Thanks. Love you so much. Okay, buh-bye." Gil quickly hung up the phone.
"Gilly? Gil?" Molly was shocked and confused. This was the first time ever Gil had blow her off the phone like that. The pink haired mother looked over at her son and see him staring at her. "Your daddy is crazy and so weird."
…
"Oh man."
"Okay. I have two questions?" Goby said. "Why are you trashing your dressing room? And why did you blow Molly off the phone like that? You never did that before."
"I know. Goby, I got a problem."
"What?"
"I can't find my wedding ring?"
"Oh, this is a situation."
"Man where is it?"
"You put it on the table before you went out there."
"I know. How can it just disappeared like that?" Gil was still looking for it. He checked everywhere.
"Well I see two possible reasons. One, it could have fallen off the table."
"But I checked underneath it, beside it, on top of it, everywhere."
"The second reason is…it could have got stolen."
"Stolen? Why would someone steal my wedding ring?"
"Gil, you were wearing a Diamond ring with 10 karats that cost more than $5,000. You can't just leave a ring like that just laying around."
His blue headed friend just sucked his teeth. "Oh God." He sat down on the floor with his hands covering his head. He just couldn't believe his ring would be gone. The reason he took it off was because for the last five shows when he was done with them, his entire body was drowsed in sweat and that includes his fingers. The ring would often slip off the wetted finger. Gil almost lost it all those times and now it was gone. Just like that without a single trace. "We spent five grand each on our own wedding rings. What am I gonna tell Molly?"
"Just tell her the truth?"
"What's she gonna think?"
"That you're a good husband. Gil, you maybe clumsy, irresponsible, crazy, weird…"
"Can you get to the point?"
"…but you're a dedicated husband." Goby walked up to his friend and kneeled down until he can see his face. "And I guarantee you that your wedding rings is not the main thing that keeps you both together. But it's the love and bond you both share with each other." But it was still not enough. But Gil did see his point. Now all he can do is just hope and pray that he was right.
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The next day, Gil along with his brother-in-laws C.J. and Thomas have finally made back to his estate. The two brothers are staying at his house until they find their own place. As they pulled up to the driveway, the three can see Molly outside with Lil William playing with his new Wubble toy. The wubble is like a large bubble and you can kick it, squeeze it and even try to poke at it and it still wouldn't pop. The mother and son stopped playing when the father and the two uncles got out of a purple Porsche Panamera Turbo S.
"Daddy's home," Moly said. "As well as uncles Chris and Thomas."
"Hey champ," Gil yelled out to his son. Lil William ran his tiny inch long legs to his dad's arm. His father picked him up in one hand since there was something in the other.
"'Sup, William.
"Watching over your mother?" Chris and Thomas said to their 3rd nephew. Their oldest sister Janet has a son and daughter while their middle sister Olivia has one son and two daughters. And now Molly, the youngest sister and the middle child of the five siblings has Lil William. "Yeah," the baby answered.
His mother giggled. "Come on. Let's go inside. I can't wait to hear what happened on tour." While her brothers were talking, Gil was just playing with his son after giving him his gift, which was a collection of Hot Wheels. He was still trying to find a way to tell his wife that he lost his wedding ring so he thought maybe playing toys with William would give him some time. But what he doesn't know is the fact that Molly was looking at his left hand and see no ring. That's because she already knew before Gil could even say something to her. "Wow, that sounds like an amazing tour," she said to her brothers.
"It sure was," Thomas said. "Just seeing all those people out there cheering at us although it was Gil they came for."
"So what stands out for you guys?"
"We've been working on a mixtape while we was gone," C.J. answered. Mixtapes are very important in the music industry nowadays. It gives people a taste of the artist-or in this case artists-and what they are about. C.J. is the lead rapper, guitarist and music producer while Thomas is the lead singer, back up rapper and musician. Together, they formed the duo Chris Thomas. Their first mixtape is a mixture of rap, pop and a dash of rock. "Well I'm glad to see how you guys are turning out," Molly stated. "You know, you two are more than welcome to use our recording studio. It's just down the basement."
"Thanks," they both said. "So…can we use it now?"
Molly laughed and replied yes. Her two brothers went up and hugged their sister before giving her a light kiss on one of her cheeks and ran downstairs to the basement. Gil chuckled at the duo. "You got some crazy ass brothers," he stated.
"And a crazy ass husband…," she added. "…who's about to raise a crazy ass son." But now, Molly thinks it was time to talk to her husband. She called out for him. "Gilly."
Gil shott his head up. "Now that I got you alone, perhaps we could talk. I want to show you something." The male was now scared as the two walked to the garage. Inside the three car garage were three cars and two Harley Davidson motorcycles. The married couple walked up to Molly's blue Porsche Panamera SE Hybrid and just stood there. Gil was not prepared for what his wife has in stores for him.
"Is there something you want to tell me?" she asked.
"Uhh, what do you mean?"
"Gilly. I know what you did. So you might as well tell me."
Gil knew Molly has to eventually know about this. So maybe he thought if he could come clean, she wouldn't be so upset. He just sign and opened his mouth. "Okay. I lost my wedding ring."
"Gil…"
"Just hear me out. For the past few shows, my ring will keep on sliding off my finger because I be sweating after I finished."
"Gilly…"
"It happen five times already. So on my last show, I thought if I take it off and put it on the table, I won't have to worry about losing it."
"Gilly, I…"
"But after me and Goby came back to my dressing room, it was gone. It just suddenly vanished. I am so so sorry."
"Gilly. I know all about it."
"You do?"
"Yeah. Goby told me."
"It was an accident. I didn't mean to lose it."
"And I believe you Gilly. You could have just told me and I will believe you."
"Then why are we in the garage."
"I want to show you something." Molly went inside the car and pull out a small black box in the glove department. She handed it to Gil and tells him to open it. He could not believe what he saw. It was a ring that look a lot like his.
"You found it?"
"No. But while I was shopping for your ring, I thought that something like this would happen. So I bought four of them."
"Four? Each ring is like $5,000. You spend $20,000 on jewelry for me?"
"Why wouldn't I? You bought me a $250,000 car for me. Beside, us girls spend so much money on jewelry all the time. You know what they say: diamonds are a girl's best friend." The couple laughed. "Gilly, our love and our bond is worth more than 10 karats." So Goby was right. It wasn't the ring that keeps them together. It was the close bond they both have. "I love you Gil."
"I love you too." they lean their heads and kissed one another. "We better go check on Lil William."
"Oh he's fine." Molly said. She grabbed Gil's hand and lead him in the driver's seat and that was enough for him to know what she was doing. "Mind taking me for a ride?" she purred in his ear.
"I'm always ready," Gil fired back. His wife climbed on top of him and smacked her lips against his. During their little quickie, the husband was gripping the ring tightly on his finger just like he was holding Molly in his arms.
Wow. I almost went through eight whole pages on this chapter. Damn. Okay. Now on the next chapter, F&F3 will fast forward a year from now. That's also when Oona will move back to Atlanta and she brought a couple of others as well. Speaking of which, I just recently added a new BG story called The Great Outdoors and I'm not telling what its about. You'll just have to go over there and check it out yourselves.
Along with that, I'm working on the final chapter for Tickle Time and I'm making a return for my Molly's Big Happy Family story. I done made some big changes to it so get ready for what's about to come. Now I hope everyone is enjoying their summer break as of this point and for those who are planning on going out of town, I wish you all a safe trip and watch out cause along with spring break, this is also the point where drunk driving can happen.
Have a safe summer break and hopefully I will be hearing from you all real soon. Bugs…signing out.
