"You went and saw Sean?" Emma asked. "What ever would prompt you to
do something so stupid?"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that he's my DAD!" Lisa said, annoyed.
Emma massaged her forehead. Obviously fighting was going to get them nowhere, and so they had to talk this out rationally. Besides, Lisa was starting to remind Emma of someone who also had gone to look for their real dad without permission once.
"Lisa," Emma began. "Sean has had nothing to do with you for almost ten years. He left us when he said he would stay! He doesn't deserve to be your dad. He hated us...and you. I'm sorry, but that's the way it is. I needed him, and he bailed and took the easy way out. So maybe now you can be concerned about your real dad, the one who had always been there for you!"
Lisa had stood up to fight, but sunk back down.
"He left us? He...hated us?" she asked meekly.
Emma nodded.
"I am so sorry, but that is the way things went. He said he had his whole life ahead of him and couldn't be an adult yet. Me, I didn't have a choice. But I wouldn't have traded you for anything," Emma said.
"Thanks for that," Lisa said. "Sean was a total creep anyways. He was totally wasted, and that's how I got this bruise. He shoved me a little harder than he meant to, I guess, and I fell. Then he said that I wasn't his daughter, and that he wasn't a dad. Then he slammed the door in my face. Um, is there any chance he isn't my dad?"
"No. I mean, he definitely is your father. Let's just say that to get pregnant; you have to do certain things. And I only did those things with him, and no one else," Emma said.
"Okay," Lisa said slowly. "And, I really have to say I'm sorry. I was a jerk. And I'm sorry. I was just shocked. So I hope you forgive me...mom."
Lisa made a face.
"How weird is it calling my sister mom, and now my mom grandma?" she asked.
The months flew by as J.T. and Emma planned their wedding. It took their blood sweat and tears, in a manner of speaking. Especially their tears.
"I can't believe it," Emma said, after an argument with J.T. over the guest list. "Being engaged shows that you love each other enough to spend your life together. But this is the most that we have ever fought."
"Wedding planning takes a lot of stress. I remember planning my wedding with Snake. It was so hectic, and I just wanted to die."
Emma and Spike did most of the planning while J.T. and Snake hung around in the background, not really involved. Emma had stopped taking Snakes idea once he suggested that the wedding colors be brown and orange, and J.T. kept saying that they should just go to a drive through in Vegas. So Emma and Spike only wanted to plan. J.T.'s mother had passed away several years ago, so she wasn't involved, obviously. Lisa tried to help but was too young to really do anything significant.
One night while Emma and Spike were taking a break and watching Jeopardy, Emma burst into tears.
"I can't wait another month and a half. Maybe we SHOULD just elope, like J.T. says. It is too much stress. I just want it to be over. Weddings should be happy and not so stressful!" she said.
"Only on T.V. are weddings ever perfect, Em," Spike said. "When I was engaged, my hormones were all screwed up since I was pregnant. At least you aren't pregnant."
With that comment, Emma burst into a fresh round of tears, and shook her head.
"Oh no, not again," said Lisa and Spike.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that he's my DAD!" Lisa said, annoyed.
Emma massaged her forehead. Obviously fighting was going to get them nowhere, and so they had to talk this out rationally. Besides, Lisa was starting to remind Emma of someone who also had gone to look for their real dad without permission once.
"Lisa," Emma began. "Sean has had nothing to do with you for almost ten years. He left us when he said he would stay! He doesn't deserve to be your dad. He hated us...and you. I'm sorry, but that's the way it is. I needed him, and he bailed and took the easy way out. So maybe now you can be concerned about your real dad, the one who had always been there for you!"
Lisa had stood up to fight, but sunk back down.
"He left us? He...hated us?" she asked meekly.
Emma nodded.
"I am so sorry, but that is the way things went. He said he had his whole life ahead of him and couldn't be an adult yet. Me, I didn't have a choice. But I wouldn't have traded you for anything," Emma said.
"Thanks for that," Lisa said. "Sean was a total creep anyways. He was totally wasted, and that's how I got this bruise. He shoved me a little harder than he meant to, I guess, and I fell. Then he said that I wasn't his daughter, and that he wasn't a dad. Then he slammed the door in my face. Um, is there any chance he isn't my dad?"
"No. I mean, he definitely is your father. Let's just say that to get pregnant; you have to do certain things. And I only did those things with him, and no one else," Emma said.
"Okay," Lisa said slowly. "And, I really have to say I'm sorry. I was a jerk. And I'm sorry. I was just shocked. So I hope you forgive me...mom."
Lisa made a face.
"How weird is it calling my sister mom, and now my mom grandma?" she asked.
The months flew by as J.T. and Emma planned their wedding. It took their blood sweat and tears, in a manner of speaking. Especially their tears.
"I can't believe it," Emma said, after an argument with J.T. over the guest list. "Being engaged shows that you love each other enough to spend your life together. But this is the most that we have ever fought."
"Wedding planning takes a lot of stress. I remember planning my wedding with Snake. It was so hectic, and I just wanted to die."
Emma and Spike did most of the planning while J.T. and Snake hung around in the background, not really involved. Emma had stopped taking Snakes idea once he suggested that the wedding colors be brown and orange, and J.T. kept saying that they should just go to a drive through in Vegas. So Emma and Spike only wanted to plan. J.T.'s mother had passed away several years ago, so she wasn't involved, obviously. Lisa tried to help but was too young to really do anything significant.
One night while Emma and Spike were taking a break and watching Jeopardy, Emma burst into tears.
"I can't wait another month and a half. Maybe we SHOULD just elope, like J.T. says. It is too much stress. I just want it to be over. Weddings should be happy and not so stressful!" she said.
"Only on T.V. are weddings ever perfect, Em," Spike said. "When I was engaged, my hormones were all screwed up since I was pregnant. At least you aren't pregnant."
With that comment, Emma burst into a fresh round of tears, and shook her head.
"Oh no, not again," said Lisa and Spike.