Is everything falling into utter Chaos? Just a Theory.
Chapter 4: Kitchen Wisdom
Lily, dressed in her pink tank top and hip
huggers, slowly slinked up the path to Dimitri's house 'cause hey, she thought
maybe her and Grace could go over to Booklovers together and bond. She opened
the back door to find August and Grace sharing a bowl of popcorn. It was cheese
popcorn -- orange, a brilliant, beautiful orange. And OMG they were holding
hands amidst the popcorn in the bowl. A bottle of wine rested on the counter.
Lily's eye started squeaking again though so she couldn't see a thing. Quickly
Dimitri rushed to grab a towel and he and Grace wiped hands that were covered
with cheese residue. Lily asked them if they wanted to go to Booklovers.
"Sure I'll drive," quipped August.
Suddenly they were cruising down the road. Lily was strapped in the back
seat next to Missie. Grace and August were up front. The windows were
down and Dimitri's hair was blowing softly in the wind. The car was
suddenly very hot inside, steaming even. Lily felt the heat and her hand
brushed her forehead -- she was quite flushed. They arrived at
Booklovers. Getting out of the car a sudden gust of wind caught Dimitri's
yellow tie, and the top bottoms of his dotted shirt were blown loose. His hair blew
and the unbuttoned top of his shirt revealed a very white (although very
attractive) chest. They entered Booklovers.
Judy offered them ice cream. Silently she pondered, where is that 2-timing
Katie, and wondered why Mr. Dimitri doesn't get a new wardrobe -- he only has
those 3 shirts. Mr. Dimitri wanted to taste Grace's ice cream. At
this point Eli and Tad entered, Eli's arm around Tad's waist. Eli was
recently paroled, it seems. Tad said, "Dude."
Coming out of the kitchen to the reading/cafe room of the Lovers, Jake was
already tired of cooking meals all his life. He felt his life was just a
waste and void... recently he was thinking of the mistakes he had made with the
rest of his family. Seeing Lily in the room with that hot-and-bothered,
flushed sexy way, his desire for his wife was suddenly renewed. But they
were not free agents any more. He had a wife almost his daughter's age, a
new kid, and Lily had a hubby, no?
"But wait a minute!" Jake thought, "isn't Rick going away at some point to
Aussie land? So maybe all I need to do is just wait little bit longer. Things
would work out this summer, he was sure of it..." With this thought, Jake
went and sat next to Lily and gave her a kiss on her forehead, just for now.
Lily ran home for a sec from Booklovers because, as we all know, everything of
importance in the Manning household is only a block away. She came home,
only to be given a sloppy kiss from Jake who had mysteriously appeared at
Manning Manor. Lily thought to herself, "Ah, I have retained my
power as a Foxy Babe, Jake still has the hots for me. No one will dare call me
Queen Clueless again!" With that she lifted her nose up at Jake and
said, "Give it up, Jake. I'm with Rick now." Lily sailed
out of the house, just wiggling her bum enough to make Mae West proud.