La Vida Loca - Chapter 2
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Starr finishes putting on another bikini when she hears shouting down the stairs. Which wasn't uncommon at Dorian's, but she thought she heard her dad yelling her name. She quickly slipped a black tank top and her black sweat pants on over her suit as she opens her door. She creeps over to the banister, listening.
" No, Blair! No! I wanna see Starr and Jack! Why are you doing this to me?!" yells Todd.
" You should have thought about your kids before you lied to me, Todd! Or should I say Walker." yells Blair.
Starr starts walking down the stairs, not seeing Todd or Blair. She assumed they were in the living room. She stands in the doorway letting them go at it for a bit longer.
" Damn it Blair, do you have to continuously bring that up over and over, and over, and OVER again?!" screams Todd.
" YES!" yells Blair at the top of her lungs.
" Hey!" yells Starr over them making her presence known.
Blair and Todd both turn around, putting there heads down not wanting Starr to see them fight.
" Yeah, that's right. I actually DO have ears that exceed into the next room. Look if you two are gonna go at at like a bunch of barnyard animals I suggest you do it when Jack isn't taking a nap upstairs." says Starr as she puts her hands on her hips.
" Your father was just leaving." says Blair giving Todd a dirty look.
" What the hell is going on?" says Starr.
" Language..please." says Blair quickly.
Starr rolls her eyes.
" Don't roll your eyes at your mother, Starr." says Todd quickly in Blair's defense.
" Omigod, you two are such hipocrits! Your defending her when you were just screaming at her and your acting like mother of the year all of a sudden?" says Starr angirly, having had enough of this endless fighting.
Blair and Todd both look at eachother and then at Starr, seeing what all of this was doing to her.
" Starr.." says Todd moving towards her.
" Don't, ok? Just don't. I've had it with both of you. Tear eachother to pieces, blame eachother for things you both did, whatever. Just leave me the hell out of it." says Starr as she storms out of the living room and runs up to her room, slams the door and locks it.
" Starr!" yells Todd after her looking up to her room. He whips around to Blair.
" What in the hell in the matter with her?!" yells Todd.
" What do you think, Todd? Do you think she can't hear us screaming and yelling at eachother? You know how strong willed she is. She hates us both." says Blair.
" Because of you! You don't even call me and let me know what's going on with my own kid?!?!" screams Todd.
Blair dosen't answer, turning away from him.
" To hell with this, I'm going up there to talk to her." says Todd leaving the living room.
" No, Todd stop!" yells Blair after him following him out of the room.
Todd was already halfway up the stairs.
" It's not gonna do any good, Todd! Just leave her alone!" yells Blair after him.
Blair sits at the end of the staircase with her head in her hands.
Todd knocks on the door.
" Starr...Starr open the door." says Todd.
" Leave me alone, dad! Both of you just leave me alone!" yells Starr.
" Starr, I'm sorry. I should have never yelled at your mother like that. I'm sorry, Shorty. I just wanna talk, ok? Can you open the door?" says Todd softer now.
Starr dosen't answer.
" Starr, open the door! Starr, I swear I'll kick this door down and you know I'm crazy enough to do it! We are gonna have this out." says Todd.
Starr knew he was never going to leave until he got what he wanted, and she knew that he WOULD really kick the door down. So she ran her back up against the wall standing up, and opened the door.
" Can we make this quick before mom call's Llanview's finest on you...again?" says Starr.
Todd immidiantly hugs Starr, tightly.
" Don't hate me, Shorty. I couldn't stand it if you hated me. Not you." says Todd.
" What?" says Starr as she looks at Todd.
" Dad, I don't hate you. I just hate it when you two fight is all." says Starr.
" I know you do. We..we don't need to be doing that in front of you and Jack. I'm sorry.Your mother and I are just going through a hard time right now." says Todd as he sits on Starr's bed.
" I heard her tell Dorian she was filing for a divorce. Is that true?" says Starr as she puts her head down.
Todd nods.
" She told me today. We were gonna tell you later." says Todd.
" When? When it was finalized? You two still treat me like I'm eight." says Starr.
Todd laughs as he touches her chin like he always did.
" You know you'll always be our little girl. Hate to break it to you Shorty, but that's never gonna change." says Todd with a small smile.
" What are you gonna do, dad? If mom divorces you we'll never see you." says Starr.
" I'm not gonna let that happen." says Todd intensely.
" I don't want to be with her, dad. I hate it here. I wanna be with you." says Starr as she wraps her arms around Todd's neck.
" I know you do, kiddo. I know you do. And I'm gonna do everything in my power to make that happen. We're gonna be a family again. I promise." says Todd as she strokes the back of her hair.
" Don't make promises you can't keep, daddy." says Starr wiping the tears from her eyes.
" I know I've broken promises to you, Starr. But ya know what? This one I'm gonna keep. Your mother's just mad right now. She loves me. We both know that." says Todd looking into Starr's eyes.
" I know she does. And so does she. She just won't admit it to herself." says Starr.
" There's my girl." says Todd with a small laugh.
" Always." says Starr as she kisses her dad on the cheek.
" Let's go Todd! Move it or lose it! If Dorian catches you here your gonna be arrested so fast it'll make your head spin." yells Blair up the stairs.
Starr and Todd look at eachother both rolling there eyes.
" Be nice to her, huh? She loves you more than anything." says Todd.
" I'll try...for you." says Starr.
" Thank you." says Todd as he kisses her on the forehead.
He stands up to leave when he turns back to Starr.
" Hey, why don't you and Jack come over to the penthouse tommarow for dinner?" says Todd.
" Oh don't tell me you cook now...cuz that's just scary." says Starr.
Todd makes a face at her.
" Ok, ok order IN dinner. I'll talk to your mom about it. It should be fine. You guys can stay the night and I'll bring you back the next morning." says Todd.
" Yeah, right. She's not gonna go for it." says Starr.
" Watch and learn." says Todd as they both start down the stairs.
Blair glares at Todd as they reach the bottom.
" Are you leaving now?" says Blair as she crosses her arms over her chest.
Todd sighs.
" I'd like Jack and Starr to come over tommarow night if that's ok. I'd like to spend some time with them." says Todd.
" Absolutely not." says Blair.
" Mom, come on! It's just one night. He's gonna bring us back the next morning. What's the big deal?" says Starr defensively.
" Starr, I said no." says Blair.
Todd looks at Starr for a moment and then looks back to Blair.
" Blair, please. I need to be with my kids. It's just for one night." says Todd.
Blair rolls her eyes, looking at Starr who she see's is going to hate her even more if they don't get there way.
" One condition." says Blair.
" What?" says Todd.
" An officer escorts them there and back. He stays the night outside your place. I need to know that your not gonna take my kids." says Blair.
" There my kids too, damn it." says Todd defensively.
" That's the only way, Todd. Take it or leave it." says Blair.
" Don't you trust.." says Todd.
" Take it or leave it, Todd." says Blair more sternly.
Starr looks up at Todd, seeing that he completely hates this idea.
" Fine, whatever. Some rent a cop can come along, but if he starts man handling I'm not mgonna be responsible for what happens next." says Todd as he kisses Starr on the top of the head and leaves, slamming the door.
Starr glares at Blair.
" What? I gave him what he wanted didn't I?" says Blair.
" No. No mom you didn't. Not even close." says Starr.
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Starr finishes putting on another bikini when she hears shouting down the stairs. Which wasn't uncommon at Dorian's, but she thought she heard her dad yelling her name. She quickly slipped a black tank top and her black sweat pants on over her suit as she opens her door. She creeps over to the banister, listening.
" No, Blair! No! I wanna see Starr and Jack! Why are you doing this to me?!" yells Todd.
" You should have thought about your kids before you lied to me, Todd! Or should I say Walker." yells Blair.
Starr starts walking down the stairs, not seeing Todd or Blair. She assumed they were in the living room. She stands in the doorway letting them go at it for a bit longer.
" Damn it Blair, do you have to continuously bring that up over and over, and over, and OVER again?!" screams Todd.
" YES!" yells Blair at the top of her lungs.
" Hey!" yells Starr over them making her presence known.
Blair and Todd both turn around, putting there heads down not wanting Starr to see them fight.
" Yeah, that's right. I actually DO have ears that exceed into the next room. Look if you two are gonna go at at like a bunch of barnyard animals I suggest you do it when Jack isn't taking a nap upstairs." says Starr as she puts her hands on her hips.
" Your father was just leaving." says Blair giving Todd a dirty look.
" What the hell is going on?" says Starr.
" Language..please." says Blair quickly.
Starr rolls her eyes.
" Don't roll your eyes at your mother, Starr." says Todd quickly in Blair's defense.
" Omigod, you two are such hipocrits! Your defending her when you were just screaming at her and your acting like mother of the year all of a sudden?" says Starr angirly, having had enough of this endless fighting.
Blair and Todd both look at eachother and then at Starr, seeing what all of this was doing to her.
" Starr.." says Todd moving towards her.
" Don't, ok? Just don't. I've had it with both of you. Tear eachother to pieces, blame eachother for things you both did, whatever. Just leave me the hell out of it." says Starr as she storms out of the living room and runs up to her room, slams the door and locks it.
" Starr!" yells Todd after her looking up to her room. He whips around to Blair.
" What in the hell in the matter with her?!" yells Todd.
" What do you think, Todd? Do you think she can't hear us screaming and yelling at eachother? You know how strong willed she is. She hates us both." says Blair.
" Because of you! You don't even call me and let me know what's going on with my own kid?!?!" screams Todd.
Blair dosen't answer, turning away from him.
" To hell with this, I'm going up there to talk to her." says Todd leaving the living room.
" No, Todd stop!" yells Blair after him following him out of the room.
Todd was already halfway up the stairs.
" It's not gonna do any good, Todd! Just leave her alone!" yells Blair after him.
Blair sits at the end of the staircase with her head in her hands.
Todd knocks on the door.
" Starr...Starr open the door." says Todd.
" Leave me alone, dad! Both of you just leave me alone!" yells Starr.
" Starr, I'm sorry. I should have never yelled at your mother like that. I'm sorry, Shorty. I just wanna talk, ok? Can you open the door?" says Todd softer now.
Starr dosen't answer.
" Starr, open the door! Starr, I swear I'll kick this door down and you know I'm crazy enough to do it! We are gonna have this out." says Todd.
Starr knew he was never going to leave until he got what he wanted, and she knew that he WOULD really kick the door down. So she ran her back up against the wall standing up, and opened the door.
" Can we make this quick before mom call's Llanview's finest on you...again?" says Starr.
Todd immidiantly hugs Starr, tightly.
" Don't hate me, Shorty. I couldn't stand it if you hated me. Not you." says Todd.
" What?" says Starr as she looks at Todd.
" Dad, I don't hate you. I just hate it when you two fight is all." says Starr.
" I know you do. We..we don't need to be doing that in front of you and Jack. I'm sorry.Your mother and I are just going through a hard time right now." says Todd as he sits on Starr's bed.
" I heard her tell Dorian she was filing for a divorce. Is that true?" says Starr as she puts her head down.
Todd nods.
" She told me today. We were gonna tell you later." says Todd.
" When? When it was finalized? You two still treat me like I'm eight." says Starr.
Todd laughs as he touches her chin like he always did.
" You know you'll always be our little girl. Hate to break it to you Shorty, but that's never gonna change." says Todd with a small smile.
" What are you gonna do, dad? If mom divorces you we'll never see you." says Starr.
" I'm not gonna let that happen." says Todd intensely.
" I don't want to be with her, dad. I hate it here. I wanna be with you." says Starr as she wraps her arms around Todd's neck.
" I know you do, kiddo. I know you do. And I'm gonna do everything in my power to make that happen. We're gonna be a family again. I promise." says Todd as she strokes the back of her hair.
" Don't make promises you can't keep, daddy." says Starr wiping the tears from her eyes.
" I know I've broken promises to you, Starr. But ya know what? This one I'm gonna keep. Your mother's just mad right now. She loves me. We both know that." says Todd looking into Starr's eyes.
" I know she does. And so does she. She just won't admit it to herself." says Starr.
" There's my girl." says Todd with a small laugh.
" Always." says Starr as she kisses her dad on the cheek.
" Let's go Todd! Move it or lose it! If Dorian catches you here your gonna be arrested so fast it'll make your head spin." yells Blair up the stairs.
Starr and Todd look at eachother both rolling there eyes.
" Be nice to her, huh? She loves you more than anything." says Todd.
" I'll try...for you." says Starr.
" Thank you." says Todd as he kisses her on the forehead.
He stands up to leave when he turns back to Starr.
" Hey, why don't you and Jack come over to the penthouse tommarow for dinner?" says Todd.
" Oh don't tell me you cook now...cuz that's just scary." says Starr.
Todd makes a face at her.
" Ok, ok order IN dinner. I'll talk to your mom about it. It should be fine. You guys can stay the night and I'll bring you back the next morning." says Todd.
" Yeah, right. She's not gonna go for it." says Starr.
" Watch and learn." says Todd as they both start down the stairs.
Blair glares at Todd as they reach the bottom.
" Are you leaving now?" says Blair as she crosses her arms over her chest.
Todd sighs.
" I'd like Jack and Starr to come over tommarow night if that's ok. I'd like to spend some time with them." says Todd.
" Absolutely not." says Blair.
" Mom, come on! It's just one night. He's gonna bring us back the next morning. What's the big deal?" says Starr defensively.
" Starr, I said no." says Blair.
Todd looks at Starr for a moment and then looks back to Blair.
" Blair, please. I need to be with my kids. It's just for one night." says Todd.
Blair rolls her eyes, looking at Starr who she see's is going to hate her even more if they don't get there way.
" One condition." says Blair.
" What?" says Todd.
" An officer escorts them there and back. He stays the night outside your place. I need to know that your not gonna take my kids." says Blair.
" There my kids too, damn it." says Todd defensively.
" That's the only way, Todd. Take it or leave it." says Blair.
" Don't you trust.." says Todd.
" Take it or leave it, Todd." says Blair more sternly.
Starr looks up at Todd, seeing that he completely hates this idea.
" Fine, whatever. Some rent a cop can come along, but if he starts man handling I'm not mgonna be responsible for what happens next." says Todd as he kisses Starr on the top of the head and leaves, slamming the door.
Starr glares at Blair.
" What? I gave him what he wanted didn't I?" says Blair.
" No. No mom you didn't. Not even close." says Starr.
