Dean sat down in front of the jets in the jacuzzi and relaxed in the nice hot water. Renee joined him soon after and sat down next to him, placing her legs over his.
"Don't shave your chest hair." Renee's finger trailed up Dean's pecks much to his delight.
"You don't want me to shave anything, huh?"
"No. I really do not but you can do whatever you want to…I just like it when you let your hair grow."
"You want me to be a Sasquatch then."
"Yes!"
"You know what? What if there was a Sasquatch here? Somewhere in the woods?"
"I don't want to deal with animals anymore, baby. Just our dog back home."
"When we return, we are hunting for a Sasquatch."
"Yes, you and your raccoon friend can go and hunt for the Sasquatch."
"You're coming, too."
"Like hell I am!"
"We can invite our friend Isaac the Raccoon with us."
"You get on my nerves, you know that?"
"I sure do." Dean ducked underneath the water and pulled Renee down with him.
"Dammit, Dean!" she managed to yell out before she landed underwater with him.
D.J. was waiting impatiently for his parents to arrive at the airport and would not stay still.
"D.J., get over here," Moe said. "They're coming."
As soon as he said that, Dean and Renee arrived through the gates and were greeted by their son.
"Mommy, Daddy! What took you guys so long?"
"We had to wait for other people to get off the plane, little man," Dean said, planting a kiss on D.J.'s cheek. "What did you do while we were gone?"
"A lot of things! Me and Destinee will tell you all about it!" D.J. said. "Her and Aunt Pam went to the bathroom. They'll be out soon."
"Well, I can't wait to hear all about it!" Renee said, taking D.J.'s hand into hers.
One week later:
Dean had been in the kitchen making dinner when Destinee walked in and stood in front of him. She had a worried look on her face which began to scare Dean a little.
"Destinee, what's the matter?"
"I'm…" she looked down at the ground.
"Destinee, you can talk to me. Whatever is going on, just please tell me. You're scaring Daddy."
"I'm bleeding."
"You're bleeding?"
"Yes. I don't know why…"
Dean tried to keep his head straight as he began to explain to Destinee what was going on with her body.
"You're becoming a young lady…you're blossoming into a young lady and you're going to become a beautiful person. Let me help you. I'll call your mother and tell her what's going on. You can go and lie down."
"Okay."
Renee had pulled into the driveway of the house when she received a call from Dean.
"Hello, hello, hello!" she said.
"Renee, Destinee started her period."
"She did!?"
"Yes. Please, come home soon."
"I'm outside. I just pulled up."
"Come in here…"
Renee hurried into the house to find Dean sitting on the couch alone.
"Dean, you okay?"
"I'm fine. I just can't believe Destinee is growing up so fast. Sheesh…"
Renee sat down next to Dean to comfort him as she knew this definitely was a huge deal.
"I know. She's the firstborn. Your first child and she's getting older and mature."
"Yeah…yeah she is. I helped her the best I could."
"You helped her. That's the key thing and she's going to remember that. Is she lying down?"
"Yeah. D.J. is reading and Daisy is of course right in her play pin right there. Dinner will be ready soon. I lose track of time so I didn't know if you were on your way home or not."
"Well, I'm here now. I'll go talk to Destinee."
"I'm right here," Destinee said. She had been listening to her parents talk about what was going on with her and it made her feel better. Sitting down between her parents, she took each of their hand's in hers and smiled at them. "I love you guys very much. Daddy helped me out and I wasn't scared anymore." She kissed her father's cheek and smiled at him. "Thank you."
"You're welcome," Dean said with a big smile.
"How did you handle everything tonight?"
Dean sat up against his pillow, placed a hand behind his head, and placed his right arm around Renee.
"I just had to remind myself to remain calm. I uh...damn what happened? Oh, I looked under the sink for tampons or some pads and got the pads. I looked at the directions on the box and walked Destinee through the process. My little girl isn't a little girl anymore."
"But she's still our gorgeous daughter who's going to become a young lady soon."
"True."
"You know, I'm proud of you babe. You handled the situation pretty well."
"I know but damn I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown for a second."
"You didn't and that's all that matters."
"Mommy! Daddy!" D.J. knocked on their door furiously until Dean opened the door for him. "Can I sleep with you guys? I'm afraid of the dark."
"Alright, little man," Dean said.
D.J. took off like a plane flying away from an airport and bolted straight into the middle of the bed.
"Easy there, tiger," Renee said.
"You all snuggled up?" Dean asked D.J.
"Yes! Get in the bed," D.J. said. He grinned at his dad as he got into the bed and also pulled the covers over him. "Guess what?"
"What?" Dean asked.
"I-I got a loose tooth!"
"Oh? Let me see."
D.J. pointed to his left bottom tooth that was indeed a little loose and slightly pushed it.
"Oh! Another trip from the tooth fairy very soon!" Dean said.
"I want $20."
"$20?" Renee repeated.
D.J. turned his head to give his mom the serious look he's ever given to her at that point in his life.
"Yes, mother. $20."
"You look just like your father when you make that face."
"I am a mini version of my father."
"Damn right you are," Dean said.
"You guys didn't have sex in the jacuzzi did you?" Pam whispered to Renee.
Renee stopped cutting Pam's edges so she could lean next to her to whisper back.
"Yes, we actually did. Like the second of third night we were in Lake Tahoe. Oh my gosh, I totally forgot about that."
"You guys are freaky as hell!" Pam said.
"I know," Renee said.
"Okay, okay. We can't discuss the freaky shit in here at your job."
"No, we sure cannot."
"Oh, Renee I have to tell you something. So, me and my sister made up."
"That's great."
"It is. I forgave her. Turns out, Sami had lied to her about breaking up with me and decided to move in on her when she was vulnerable. We reconciled and we talked and talked and talked. I sure did miss her. She met Adelina and she couldn't stop holding her."
"That's so sweet. I still can't believe Adelina and Daisy share the same middle name."
"You know what? I never even thought about it. My little chunky monkey is going to be four years old!"
"Me neither. Then Daisy is going to be two…oh my little butterball is growing up. Where has time gone?"
"I wish I knew!"
"I still got believe Destinee started her period."
"Goodness. I still can't believe it either. It seemed like just yesterday she turned five and was running around with Aaron."
"I know! D.J. is getting big, too. And Daisy is growing like a weed just like Destinee and D.J. and I know they're going to be as tall as their father. Daisy is talking her little butt off. Her first word was cow. Me and Dean had taken the kids to a farm, she saw a cow, and Dean taught her how to say cow. I still have the video where he taught her how to say cow. I remember filming Dean getting all excited about hearing the news I was pregnant with Daisy. I had been feeling like utter crap that day and I was just hoping he would be excited. He was. I ended up smacking the hell out of him by accident when he started to tickle my neck a bit. Good ol' days."
Renee finished clipping the ends of Pam's hair and sat the scissors down.
"Dammit, Renee. Such cutes stories…I'm about to cry. Our babies are growing up so fast."
"Yeah. I still can't believe how big Aaron has got, too. I guess everything is going good for us like it should."
"Yeah. I used to wonder sometimes why certain things happened to us and then I go…you know what? That's just life. As long as we have each other to lean on, that's all that matters."
Lisa, who had been entered into the salon to take the girls to lunch and was standing nearby, went over to greet her sisters.
"We're all sisters and we love each other," she said.
All three women hugged and embraced each other as they stared into the mirror in front of them.
"We should form our own girl group," Renee said.
"The Rockettes. The guys will be the Rockdudes," Lisa said.
"Let's go and record our debut album after we finish eating some beef and broccoli."
