Priss smiled as she watched her wife sit down with a can of beer for Priss and glass of wine for herself. Finally, the two had the whole house to themselves; Courtney wanted to watch a romantic movie with Priss. Even though Priss told her ever since they were dating that she hated chick flicks but she would watch it if put her lover in the mood… a perk for her. "This is nice, kid's out of the house at a slumber party… and it's just us." Priss said with a wolfish grin.
"Yes, but I know you love Rachel."
"Of course I do, she is our daughter after all."
Placing her wine glass aside, Courtney sat on Priss' lap and two began kissing while Priss started to unbutton Courtney's blouse. Something she had become quite an expert at since she was locking lips with her lover. "Shall we take this to the bedroom or stay here?"
"Bedroom," Courtney answered between kisses, "I don't want the neighbors spying on us."
"Hey, we could always charge for a peep show. Or publish a sex tape." Priss joked.
"Oh and be like one of those tawdry celebrity couples," Courtney shot back with a laugh, "Never!"
Suddenly a knock at the door, followed by the doorbell completely destroyed the mood as the two lovers straighten up their clothes. "Who the fuck would that be at this hour? I hope isn't one of the neighbors complaining about our sex life!" Priss complained as she got up.
"Well we better answer the door." Courtney answered as she buttoned up her blouse. Reaching the front door, there were the tell-tale red and blue flashers shining through the window next to the door. "Forget to pay a parking ticket, Courtney?"
"Just answer the door."
Opening the door was a female police officer and their 14 year old daughter, "Mrs. Asagiri?"
"Yes?" They both answered.
"What did Rachel do?" Courtney asked, she was supposed to be at a slumber party and she was being brought home in a squad car. She didn't want her daughter to share that distinction with her wife.
"I'm Officer Leahlee Edaberry*, there was an unsupervised party being held at the residence she was at; a neighbor called complaining about the noise and underage drinking." Officer Edaberry answered, she noticed both were shocked with one being rather upset.
"Drinking? Shit, where was my invite?!"
"Priss, this is not funny!" Courtney snarled before turning to Rachel, "And you, young lady, are in a lot trouble!"
"Since she has no record, we'll release Rachel into your custody."
"Thank you Officer Edaberry," Courtney said, "I can assure you that we will handle this."
"Well, good night." Edaberry responded as she handed Rachel over to her parents.
As Rachel was marched into the living room where she sat down on the couch, she looked to see that both her parents were disappointed in her, while Courtney was angry. "You told us it was a slumber party…" Courtney glared at her daughter, "Then you're brought home in a squad car and you were drinking?!"
"Yes Momma…" Rachel weakly answered.
"How many did you have, Rachel?" Priss spoke up.
"About two beers," Rachel said, she placed her hands against her head as she felt disoriented and her stomach was churning. "Mom, momma, I don't feel so good."
"Don't expect sympathy right now." Courtney responded, "I'm very disappointed in you. You lied to us. Not only that but the party was unsupervised and there was drinking. God, Rachel… what if something happen to you; someone slipped something into your drink? A date-rape drug. Or if you passed-out?"
"I can tell you, I would beating the living shit out of the guy!"
"Priss," Courtney growled as her lover wasn't helping, "Let's focus on Rachel!"
Rachel told her parents the truth that one of her friends went out of town for the weekend and she decided to throw a party. One thing led to another and someone got the keys to the liquor and someone else brought beer. Trying to fit in she indulged. "I'm sorry Momma."
"We're pass sorry, young lady; you should have come home or called us to pick you up if there was underage drinking. If this happen here and someone got hurt or killed, you're mom and I would be held responsible as we are the primary homeowners." Courtney then released a sigh, "Your mom and I need talk about your punishment. For now, go to your room!"
Rachel got up but felt as if she was walking on a bag full of water as she headed for the stairs, she grabbed onto the railing and dragged herself upstairs. Priss and Courtney waited for her to reach her room. "She lied to us. Our daughter lied to us!"
"Courtney, kids do this kind of crap, that's why they're kids."
With wide eyes, Courtney was surprised how calmly Priss was taking this. "Priss, what if she passed out, or was slipped a date-rape drug, and someone decided to rape our little girl?"
"Witness protection ain't gonna help the little son of a bitch."
Courtney sat down on the couch utterly dejected with Priss putting a comforting hand on her wife's shoulder. "We need to punish her. I don't like it, but we can't let this slide."
"Okay… what do you have in mind? I'll back you." Priss quietly said and Courtney told her. Priss had a point, Rachel was growing up; she was no longer the little girl who run to her with a boo-boo asking her to kiss it to make it better or reading to her at bedtime. Courtney started to cry at the thought she could longer protect her. Burying her face into her wife's shoulder, she sobbed. Priss gently wrapped her arms around the woman she loved, "I know Courtney; we both knew this day would come, we can't shelter her forever."
"I know my love," her voice quivered, "it seemed like yesterday we're taking her to the playground, putting her to bed and now we have to…"
"I know." Priss gently whispered. She inwardly smiled because, it was usually Courtney comforting her when she needed to cry; but Courtney was her lover and wife, she needed to comfort her. "Rachel has it better than I did. I had no one to help me through my adolescent years. At least she has us."
"That's true." Courtney said as she dried her eyes with the back of her hand, "It's just I was worried something bad would have happen…"
"Shh," Priss cooed, "As long as she has you, me and an Aunt with enough pull in the military and intelligence agencies nothing bad will happen to Rachel." Priss smiled as she watch her wife chuckle at Priss' remark; but it was also a very true statement. "Let's go, time for us to be parents."
The two walked up to their daughter's room, and found her lying on her bed completely green around the gills. "Rachel?"
"Yes, Momma?"
"You're mom and I discuss this; you're grounded for the next month. So when school's out, you're to come straight home… no seeing friends or anything you come home… most of your privileges will be revoked for the same amount of time."
"Mom?" Rachel looked to Priss for a reprieve.
"Sorry kid, you screwed the pooch on this one. You understand the conditions of your punishment?"
"Yes mom."
"Good," Courtney smiled, "We're disappointed in you Rachel, because you showed poor judgment. We'll talk about this in the morning, okay?"
"Okay Momma."
The two left her room, but a few minutes later, Priss returned with some Alka-Seltzer tablets and a glass of water. Sitting on the edge of her daughter's bed, Priss dropped the tablets into the glass of water and let them do their work. "Here kid, this will fix you up."
"I feel sick…"
"It's the alcohol working through your system." Priss remarked as Rachel drank from the glass.
"I've seen you drink…"
"I've been doing it a lot longer than you and I can hold my liquor. But your Momma is right you shouldn't have lied to us and you should have called us." Priss said as she held her daughter.
"I'm sorry, Mom."
Priss smiled at Rachel, "It all part of growing up. The stories I can tell you of all the trouble I've gotten into…"
"You mean like raiding Aunt Sylia's liquor cabinet**?"
"That…" Priss sheepishly grinned, "but all the fights I've gotten into, how drunk I use to get; that all changed when I met your Momma. I was a very angry person and she calmed me down…" Courtney stood at the door as she watched Priss talked to Rachel about her mistakes and that Courtney helped turn Priss around. She couldn't help but smile at this. "Well, I'll let you get some sleep, we'll talk more in the morning. But don't be surprised if you wake up with a hangover."
"Good night Mom."
"Good night, Rachel," Priss said as she leaned over and kissed her daughter on the forehead. "Your Momma and I do love you." Priss headed for the door and turned off the lights then close the door behind her.
"That was a great thing you did." Courtney said smiling at her wife.
"Aw hell, Courtney, I'd pulled more crap when I was her age and when I was in the service. This is nothing." Priss told her wife.
Taking her wife's hand. "But that was a nice thing you said about me…"
"It's all true Courtney. I would have been dead a lot sooner if it weren't for you or Sylia."
She drew Priss closer into an embrace. "Love, let's pick up where we left off from earlier tonight." Courtney sweetly told her lover as she took her by the hand and led Priss for their bedroom.
*Edaberry was a character from Mobile Suit Gundam F-91.
** A bit of a running gag from Knight Sabers Vignettes.
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