Rating: I'd say PG 13
Summary: The Desperate Housewives of Wisteria Lane are experiencing a month of trouble, and it all centres the children. Bree and Rex are suffering with choices to make with Danielle, and with Andrew at summer camp they have one less child to worry about, or do they? Lynette finds it impossible to find a babysitter to look after her three boys and her baby when she tries to set social occasions with work mates and friends. Susan doesn't know the secret that Julie is hiding from her, but she is too pre-occupied with her mother's sudden visit. And Gabrielle and Carlos have baby talks, and maybe have one on the way. How will this all go right, once again, to the normal life of Wisteria Lane?
Disclaimer: Marc Cherry owns 'DH'; the characters, settings and the episode this is based on called 'Children Will Listen'. I only thought of the plots and placed it into a written format for my own fun, and since I have no creativity I thought I'd use his creation.
Note: Chapter 2 is ready, since I've posted this somewhere else. I hope you all enjoy it, and that the characters seem ... real. :)
The warmth of the sun lit up all of Wisteria Lane. Like a soothing sauna, it provided a warm covering that no one wanted to go away. Gabrielle Solis sat outside her large home and gazed out onto the street. But she was not alone. A piece of clear white paper and a pen comforted her as she had a busy week to plan. Being a former catwalk model, Gabrielle found herself hosting Wisteria's own fashion show. Her job was simple; she had to get all the women who were participating in this special event to choose an outfit and to be fitted, she had to order the dresses and set up the whole event to make it look just right. Gabrielle could not hear silence, but pale noises from the neighbourhood birds and children could be heard. Lynette Scavo, a close friend and neighbour to Gabrielle, was playing with her three young and yet troublesome boys, as her husband, Tom, played with their young baby. Gabrielle watched the boys, and knew that Carlos wanted a family. In her mind she didn't want children, but in her heart she did, though she wouldn't admit to it.
One of the many reasons as to why Gabrielle didn't want a child was her slim figure may not return to its preferable size, and she wouldn't have the slightest clue as to how to raise a child. She's have a nanny doing all the work, while she was sitting back and relaxing. Gabrielle decided to stretch her legs, she placed her pen and paper on her chair as she stood up and went for a short walk to her letter box. Her next door neighbour was playing 'ball' with his son. The ball rolled on the ground and towards Gabrielle, simply because the father was looking at her. She stopped the ball, and gave it back to the young boy who'd 'chased' it. Carlos was out in the open air, watching the two playing ball, wishing that soon he'd be able to experience that warm feeling of having someone to communicate to, even if it wasn't verbally spoken. Gabrielle looked up towards Carlos, and back to the man and young boy. From her smile turned a concerned face. She realised Carlos really wanted a family, and she knew she didn't. Gabrielle always wondered why and how Carlos understood her and why he hadn't divorced her already. Maybe he respected her wishes, maybe he didn't. But all Gabrielle needed to know was she wasn't pregnant; not now, not tomorrow, never.
But on the other neck of the woods, across the cemented concrete street, a mother with a trustworthy teenage daughter, stared out her kitchen window onto the street of Wisteria Lane. Susan Mayer always looked upon Mike Delfino's house, which was located opposite her own house. Her past and short relationship with Mike was something that she still kept hold in her heart, truly still loving Mike even though she was denying it. Susan kept on wiping her mug in circles, over and over again, her hand inside it. Julie came downstairs and looked at her mother. She was obviously in a trance.
"Mum!" Julie yelled, and Susan almost dropped the cup. She jumped in shock, and turned around.
Putting on one of her big and innocent smiles that said, 'I wasn't staring out at Mike Delfino's house, no no!' "Hey Julie."
"Mum, why don't you just go over there and talk to him? It is not like he's going to bite." Okay, maybe I shouldn't have said that, of all things. Julie smiled and walked over to her mother. Susan turned back around to look outside the window. The two shared a strong bond, almost like 'best friends' or 'sisters'.
Susan looked outside the window, seeing Julie out of the corner of her eye. "I just can't Julie, not after what we've been through. His lies, and I believe he used me. I feel used Julie! I just can't trust the man."
Julie noticed a familiar car coming up the road. She shook it out of her mind, and turned to face her mother. "But how do you know that? That was his past. You didn't reveal much to him, did you? Did you ask him questions about his past? Why he supposedly had a gun and money stashed in his pantry? There were many opportunities you've told me you could've taken. I'm not blaming this on you Mum, you've both messed up your relationship and friendship. You hardly communicate to him anymore!"
Susan came to face Julie. "Julie, honey, it is in the past now. We should leave it in the past, not bring it to the present. We have to deal with the present, and the future problems, not what has happened in the past; we can't change that." Susan knew Julie had a point. She never really asked Mike many 'Why?' questions, especially when she found the gun and money in his pantry. She did always jump to conclusions and never faced the fact in the right manner. She always got herself into some sort of trouble with keeping it in. She was glad she had Julie, they always told each other everything, suppose she thought.
Susan looked out the window and saw a car which had collided, possibly slowly and gently, into Mike's ute. The slim figure seemed familiar. "Oh no. It can't be." But it was. Susan's mother was openly flirting with Mike. "I'll be back." Susan jogged out of the house and walked over to her mother. "Hey Mum, I'm so sorry about this Mike. Let's go call the insurance company." She pushed, trying to pull her mother along for the ride.
"Hey sweetheart." Sophie directed to Susan, she then faced Mike to clear out a 'fact', as she'd call it, "You see, people think we are sisters when we really aren't. It is because I was a teenager when I was pregnant with Susan." Sophie, Susan's mother, was telling embarrassing tales of Susan, and well her basic life. Susan tugged on Sophia and she managed to walk inside the house.
Susan smiled and blushed at Mike. "Sorry about that. I'll call the insurance company."
"Well, now I know how you came to be who you are today." Mike joked, with a smirk displayed on his face. Susan just walked off into her house, obviously and openly embarrassed.
The women of Wisteria Lane were having a very interesting start to their individual weeks.