~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday cont. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"When was the last time we went out alone?" Carter asked Abby.
She thought for a moment and replied, "I honestly do not remember."
They were stacking the dinner plates back onto the dinner cart.
"Let's go somewhere," he suggested.
"Tonight?" she questioned.
"Why not? We catch a movie and go out for coffee afterwards," Carter said.
"Well, for one we don't have a babysitter," Abby told him.
"The hotel has a nanny service," he said.
"Why didn't we use it early?" she asked.
"I don't know," Carter responded.
"Get a nanny up here, and we can leave," Abby stated.
They were late for the first showing of the movie Abby wanted to see so they decided to have coffee first. They sat outside a small café watching various night goers pass on the sidewalk.
"It makes me feel like we're in Paris again," Abby commented. She closed her eyes remembering the two weeks they had spent there together shortly after their marriage.
"We could go. I mean we were talking about taking a vacation with the kids after all the this insurance stuff is over with," Carter suggested.
"No, Paris is our place. Besides, I'm not sure Landon and Molly are ready for the Louver."
"You're right as always," he told her.
Abby smiled at him and sipped her coffee.
Across town Luka sat in the sparse living room of his new home. Anna had been in her room most of the evening. Luka decided to order some Chinese for dinner. He placed the order and waited for it to arrive. Anna opened her door and stood in front of him.
"Yes?" he asked her.
"I'm hungry," she told him.
"I just ordered Chinese," he told her.
"Anna sat down on the sofa next to Luka and asked, "Are you mad at me?"
"No," he told her gently. "I'm not mad."
"Sorry about that whole forging your name thing," she said.
"I didn't care for school either," he told her with a smile. Luka started to say something. But he stopped himself.
"What were you going to say?" Anna questioned. "Come on tell me."
"Well, one time my brother and I decided to…" Luka began to tell Anna about some of his adventures as a youth.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Daddy, will you play with me?" Molly asked.
"I can't right now. I have to meet with the insurance company in fifteen minutes," he told her. "I'm sure Anna would be happy to play with you."
It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, and Carter had picked Molly up from preschool early, and was going to pick up Landon and Ethan after his meeting.
"No, she won't," Molly argued.
"Did you ask her?" he questioned.
Molly shook her head no.
"I didn't think so," he responded. Carter stood up and walked to the living area of the hotel room where Anna was watching TV. "Will you play with your sister?" he asked.
"Sure, I don't have anything else to do," Anna told him. "Remember I'm still grounded from the whole skipping school thing."
"The meeting shouldn't be longer than an hour. Will you be fine here alone?" Carter asked Anna.
"Yeah, Molly and I will find something to do," Anna replied.
Carter head to the insurance meeting. Leaving Molly and Anna alone in the suite.
"What do you want to do?" Anna asked her sister.
"Ummm… water balloons," Molly suggested.
"All right, but you can only break them on the balcony," Anna told her.
Molly agreed, and Anna began filling the balloons with water in the sink. After there was a descent sized stack Molly dumped a plant on the table and used its basket to carry the balloons out to the balcony in. Molly began slamming the balloons against the tiled balcony and cheering when the balloons causing water to spray everywhere.
They had just refilled the basket for the third time when Abby returned from work. At first she thought Carter must have taken the girls with him, but then the heard Molly shrieks coming from the balcony. Abby stood at the door way watching Anna hurl a balloon at the ground in front of Molly's feet.
"Having fun?" Abby asked.
At first Anna did not know what to think, but Molly picked up a large balloon and tossed it at Abby. It hit the door and burst splattering water in three directions.
Abby was about to scold Molly for getting water inside the hotel room, but she decided instead to retaliate. Abby grabbed the nearest balloon and threw it at Molly. The war was on. Anna slipped inside the hotel and began drying her hair with a towel.
Carter returned from the meeting surprised to see Anna dripping water all over the floor.
"Were you in the pool?" he asked.
"No," Anna answered.
"Why are you all wet?" he demanded.
"Molly and I were playing with water balloons on the balcony," she explained. "Mom is out there now with her."
"Those were our water balloons!" Ethan yelled at his sister.
"Chill out I'll replace them," Anna told him.
Anna started to walk towards her room in change clothes when Carter reminded her to hang up the wet clothes in the bathroom.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Note from Banana Belle *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It took me long enough, but I did it. I am kind of running dry, but I swear I won't give up. Thank you for the reviews. I love reading them so keep them coming.
"When was the last time we went out alone?" Carter asked Abby.
She thought for a moment and replied, "I honestly do not remember."
They were stacking the dinner plates back onto the dinner cart.
"Let's go somewhere," he suggested.
"Tonight?" she questioned.
"Why not? We catch a movie and go out for coffee afterwards," Carter said.
"Well, for one we don't have a babysitter," Abby told him.
"The hotel has a nanny service," he said.
"Why didn't we use it early?" she asked.
"I don't know," Carter responded.
"Get a nanny up here, and we can leave," Abby stated.
They were late for the first showing of the movie Abby wanted to see so they decided to have coffee first. They sat outside a small café watching various night goers pass on the sidewalk.
"It makes me feel like we're in Paris again," Abby commented. She closed her eyes remembering the two weeks they had spent there together shortly after their marriage.
"We could go. I mean we were talking about taking a vacation with the kids after all the this insurance stuff is over with," Carter suggested.
"No, Paris is our place. Besides, I'm not sure Landon and Molly are ready for the Louver."
"You're right as always," he told her.
Abby smiled at him and sipped her coffee.
Across town Luka sat in the sparse living room of his new home. Anna had been in her room most of the evening. Luka decided to order some Chinese for dinner. He placed the order and waited for it to arrive. Anna opened her door and stood in front of him.
"Yes?" he asked her.
"I'm hungry," she told him.
"I just ordered Chinese," he told her.
"Anna sat down on the sofa next to Luka and asked, "Are you mad at me?"
"No," he told her gently. "I'm not mad."
"Sorry about that whole forging your name thing," she said.
"I didn't care for school either," he told her with a smile. Luka started to say something. But he stopped himself.
"What were you going to say?" Anna questioned. "Come on tell me."
"Well, one time my brother and I decided to…" Luka began to tell Anna about some of his adventures as a youth.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Daddy, will you play with me?" Molly asked.
"I can't right now. I have to meet with the insurance company in fifteen minutes," he told her. "I'm sure Anna would be happy to play with you."
It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, and Carter had picked Molly up from preschool early, and was going to pick up Landon and Ethan after his meeting.
"No, she won't," Molly argued.
"Did you ask her?" he questioned.
Molly shook her head no.
"I didn't think so," he responded. Carter stood up and walked to the living area of the hotel room where Anna was watching TV. "Will you play with your sister?" he asked.
"Sure, I don't have anything else to do," Anna told him. "Remember I'm still grounded from the whole skipping school thing."
"The meeting shouldn't be longer than an hour. Will you be fine here alone?" Carter asked Anna.
"Yeah, Molly and I will find something to do," Anna replied.
Carter head to the insurance meeting. Leaving Molly and Anna alone in the suite.
"What do you want to do?" Anna asked her sister.
"Ummm… water balloons," Molly suggested.
"All right, but you can only break them on the balcony," Anna told her.
Molly agreed, and Anna began filling the balloons with water in the sink. After there was a descent sized stack Molly dumped a plant on the table and used its basket to carry the balloons out to the balcony in. Molly began slamming the balloons against the tiled balcony and cheering when the balloons causing water to spray everywhere.
They had just refilled the basket for the third time when Abby returned from work. At first she thought Carter must have taken the girls with him, but then the heard Molly shrieks coming from the balcony. Abby stood at the door way watching Anna hurl a balloon at the ground in front of Molly's feet.
"Having fun?" Abby asked.
At first Anna did not know what to think, but Molly picked up a large balloon and tossed it at Abby. It hit the door and burst splattering water in three directions.
Abby was about to scold Molly for getting water inside the hotel room, but she decided instead to retaliate. Abby grabbed the nearest balloon and threw it at Molly. The war was on. Anna slipped inside the hotel and began drying her hair with a towel.
Carter returned from the meeting surprised to see Anna dripping water all over the floor.
"Were you in the pool?" he asked.
"No," Anna answered.
"Why are you all wet?" he demanded.
"Molly and I were playing with water balloons on the balcony," she explained. "Mom is out there now with her."
"Those were our water balloons!" Ethan yelled at his sister.
"Chill out I'll replace them," Anna told him.
Anna started to walk towards her room in change clothes when Carter reminded her to hang up the wet clothes in the bathroom.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Note from Banana Belle *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It took me long enough, but I did it. I am kind of running dry, but I swear I won't give up. Thank you for the reviews. I love reading them so keep them coming.