Chapter One: An Idea of What's Going On
Well, it had been four and a half years since everyone had first gotten together. A lot had happened. As we all know, Roger and Mark had married (Mark was so cute in that wedding dress). Lausanne had married Manley and Kyla to Alex.
Lausanne and Manley had been on a tour of Cats for the last year all over the states. John and Anthony were in a new US tour of RENT. Mark had a steady job as a cameraman for the news center in New York. Roger was a world famous singer and he was currently in a production of Romeo and Juliet with Kyla. Charlene was in the second grade and she was doing very well. Bender had married Sammy and they were currently visiting Sammy's parents in Canada.
Currently, it was a frozen November day. Kyla was home alone with Roger and her two-month-old, Vincent. Kyla was busy in the kitchen, preparing a spectacular meal for Lausanne and Manley, who were supposed to be arriving home by five. Roger was keeping himself occupied by playing with the baby.
Roger covered his eyes. "Where's Vincent? Where's Vincent?" he asked in a teasing-a-baby voice. He uncovered his eyes. "There's Vincent!" Vincent didn't look too impressed with this.
"Quit harassing my baby," Kyla told Roger.
Roger looked up. "I'm not!"
Kyla looked at him. "Well, I don't hear him giggling when you do your baby games. Make funny faces or something."
Roger put on his lost look. "I don't want to make funny faces, though."
Vincent looked up at Roger and giggled.
"Well, he thinks that's funny," Kyla said, putting her apron up. She walked over and picked up a script from the coffee table. "Well.I'm still not liking the way you kiss me, so that'll make everyone laugh when I gag."
"I can't help it that I have a big tongue and it's a habit that I have," Roger said. "If Marky was Juliet."
"Yeah, if," Kyla said. She picked Vincent up. "But, you see, Mark doesn't have the right material."
Roger looked at Kyla. "Honestly, you never get old of that, do you?"
Kyla shook her head. "Not at all." She smiled.
Roger was going to say something, but Lausanne and Manley arrived home. They walked into the main room, frozen and smiling.
"We're home, a bit earlier than expected!" Lausanne said, happily. She looked at Vincent. "Oh, and who do we have here?" She smiled.
"Hell, I don't think I'm going to be touring for a while," Manley said, bringing in the luggage. "I'm aching all over and my throat hurts."
"Well, duh," Roger said. "Ever tried going for two years straight like I did? Remember how long I couldn't talk afterwards?"
"Yeah, but it was funny trying to know what you were thinking," Kyla said. "And, Lausanne, this is Vincent."
"He's so beautiful!" Lausanne said. "Can I hold him?" Kyla handed Lausanne the small baby. "Aw.he's got his daddy's eyes! Well, he would've had green eyes, no matter, but he's got the prettier green." She smiled at Kyla. "Your green eyes are pretty, also, don't worry."
Roger smirked at Kyla.
"So, what have you guys been up to?" Lausanne asked.
"We're in Romeo and Juliet," Roger said. "I'm Romeo, of course, and she's Juliet."
"Oh, so you get to kiss him?" Manley asked.
"Yeah, but he gags me with his huge tongue," Kyla says. "He says he can't help it if it's a habit to put his tongue into mouths."
"Hey, you're lucky then," Lausanne said. "You liked him before."
"Yeah, before," Kyla said. She went back to the kitchen. "And don't do nothing to piss me off! I'm making you guys dinner. Lasagna, Caesar salad and a double chocolate cake for afterwards."
"Oh, yeah, no piss off," Lausanne said. "I've been craving good food since Hawaii."
"Yeah, everyone's gonna be back soon, so it'd be best to unpack now," Roger told them.
"Oh, good," Lausanne sighed. "I've been wanting to talk to you guys forever."
"Hey, you guys, we're home!" Alex said, walking in and sweeping the snow off of him.
Kyla walked up to him, smiling.
"Would you like some tea or coffee?" she asked.
"A kiss from you may be better," Alex told her, leaning down.
"Oh, out of the way," John said. "Mushy straight people.
"Oh, like you ain't?" Kyla demanded, moving out of the way.
John smiled. "I'm not straight, now am I?"
Anthony shook his head, smiling. "You two always fight, don't you?"
"Nah," John said. "Once in a while."
"Well, unless you speak up, you guys are getting tea," Kyla told them, going to the kitchen.
Alex went to the living room and picked up Vincent. "Hey there. Daddy missed his boy!"
Roger went to Mark and hugged him. "Hey there. Roger missed his Marky."
Charlene looked up at her adopted parents. "Alright, you two. Not in front of me." She looked over to where Lausanne and Manley were talking. "Hey, Lausanne and Manley are back!" She ran over to them. "We missed you guys!"
Lausanne and Manley smiled at this.
"Yeah, we know," Manley said. "Some of you guys didn't stop talking for the afternoon."
"Yeah, and why are you guys all late?" Kyla demanded. "Dinner has been ready since five thirty. Where were you guys?"
"You know about the late rehearsals that go for all day," John told her, annoyed.
"And my job," Mark whined.
"And my field trip today," Charlene told her.
"And you don't mind about me, do you?" Alex asked.
".Thing's I do for you guys," Kyla sighed. "Well, come dish yourselves up."
Well, it had been four and a half years since everyone had first gotten together. A lot had happened. As we all know, Roger and Mark had married (Mark was so cute in that wedding dress). Lausanne had married Manley and Kyla to Alex.
Lausanne and Manley had been on a tour of Cats for the last year all over the states. John and Anthony were in a new US tour of RENT. Mark had a steady job as a cameraman for the news center in New York. Roger was a world famous singer and he was currently in a production of Romeo and Juliet with Kyla. Charlene was in the second grade and she was doing very well. Bender had married Sammy and they were currently visiting Sammy's parents in Canada.
Currently, it was a frozen November day. Kyla was home alone with Roger and her two-month-old, Vincent. Kyla was busy in the kitchen, preparing a spectacular meal for Lausanne and Manley, who were supposed to be arriving home by five. Roger was keeping himself occupied by playing with the baby.
Roger covered his eyes. "Where's Vincent? Where's Vincent?" he asked in a teasing-a-baby voice. He uncovered his eyes. "There's Vincent!" Vincent didn't look too impressed with this.
"Quit harassing my baby," Kyla told Roger.
Roger looked up. "I'm not!"
Kyla looked at him. "Well, I don't hear him giggling when you do your baby games. Make funny faces or something."
Roger put on his lost look. "I don't want to make funny faces, though."
Vincent looked up at Roger and giggled.
"Well, he thinks that's funny," Kyla said, putting her apron up. She walked over and picked up a script from the coffee table. "Well.I'm still not liking the way you kiss me, so that'll make everyone laugh when I gag."
"I can't help it that I have a big tongue and it's a habit that I have," Roger said. "If Marky was Juliet."
"Yeah, if," Kyla said. She picked Vincent up. "But, you see, Mark doesn't have the right material."
Roger looked at Kyla. "Honestly, you never get old of that, do you?"
Kyla shook her head. "Not at all." She smiled.
Roger was going to say something, but Lausanne and Manley arrived home. They walked into the main room, frozen and smiling.
"We're home, a bit earlier than expected!" Lausanne said, happily. She looked at Vincent. "Oh, and who do we have here?" She smiled.
"Hell, I don't think I'm going to be touring for a while," Manley said, bringing in the luggage. "I'm aching all over and my throat hurts."
"Well, duh," Roger said. "Ever tried going for two years straight like I did? Remember how long I couldn't talk afterwards?"
"Yeah, but it was funny trying to know what you were thinking," Kyla said. "And, Lausanne, this is Vincent."
"He's so beautiful!" Lausanne said. "Can I hold him?" Kyla handed Lausanne the small baby. "Aw.he's got his daddy's eyes! Well, he would've had green eyes, no matter, but he's got the prettier green." She smiled at Kyla. "Your green eyes are pretty, also, don't worry."
Roger smirked at Kyla.
"So, what have you guys been up to?" Lausanne asked.
"We're in Romeo and Juliet," Roger said. "I'm Romeo, of course, and she's Juliet."
"Oh, so you get to kiss him?" Manley asked.
"Yeah, but he gags me with his huge tongue," Kyla says. "He says he can't help it if it's a habit to put his tongue into mouths."
"Hey, you're lucky then," Lausanne said. "You liked him before."
"Yeah, before," Kyla said. She went back to the kitchen. "And don't do nothing to piss me off! I'm making you guys dinner. Lasagna, Caesar salad and a double chocolate cake for afterwards."
"Oh, yeah, no piss off," Lausanne said. "I've been craving good food since Hawaii."
"Yeah, everyone's gonna be back soon, so it'd be best to unpack now," Roger told them.
"Oh, good," Lausanne sighed. "I've been wanting to talk to you guys forever."
"Hey, you guys, we're home!" Alex said, walking in and sweeping the snow off of him.
Kyla walked up to him, smiling.
"Would you like some tea or coffee?" she asked.
"A kiss from you may be better," Alex told her, leaning down.
"Oh, out of the way," John said. "Mushy straight people.
"Oh, like you ain't?" Kyla demanded, moving out of the way.
John smiled. "I'm not straight, now am I?"
Anthony shook his head, smiling. "You two always fight, don't you?"
"Nah," John said. "Once in a while."
"Well, unless you speak up, you guys are getting tea," Kyla told them, going to the kitchen.
Alex went to the living room and picked up Vincent. "Hey there. Daddy missed his boy!"
Roger went to Mark and hugged him. "Hey there. Roger missed his Marky."
Charlene looked up at her adopted parents. "Alright, you two. Not in front of me." She looked over to where Lausanne and Manley were talking. "Hey, Lausanne and Manley are back!" She ran over to them. "We missed you guys!"
Lausanne and Manley smiled at this.
"Yeah, we know," Manley said. "Some of you guys didn't stop talking for the afternoon."
"Yeah, and why are you guys all late?" Kyla demanded. "Dinner has been ready since five thirty. Where were you guys?"
"You know about the late rehearsals that go for all day," John told her, annoyed.
"And my job," Mark whined.
"And my field trip today," Charlene told her.
"And you don't mind about me, do you?" Alex asked.
".Thing's I do for you guys," Kyla sighed. "Well, come dish yourselves up."