March 25th, 2013
Grey hair. More and more grey hair. There was certainly no hiding it anymore. Randi was starting to feel her age. She was the mother of six and her and Dave would be celebrating their 11th wedding anniversary in a few days.
"Dave, I think I'm going to get some liposuction." Randi announced. Dave looked into the bathroom, with a grin.
"What kind?" He asked.
"Take some fat out of my thighs and butt." Randi turned around and looked at her rear. "Definitely my butt."
"Lord." Dave chuckled. He couldn't believe what his ears were hearing. This woman in front of him was gorgeous. She got more and more gorgeous as she aged. "Randi, you're a goddess."
"Fuck off." Randi slammed the bathroom door. Dave groaned. She got like this sometimes. He hated it. Dave walked out of the bedroom. He could hear someone crying. With six children, it could be anyone. Dave walked over to the alcove and saw Lyric sitting on the rug, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"You okay, Baby?" He asked.
"Two more years." She whispered.
"Two more years until what?" Dave asked as he sat next to his daughter.
"until I graduate high school." She looked at him wiping her eyes, "I'm sick of it. I just want tog et to medical school. I know I can do it."
"I know you can do it too, but you need to finish High school and go to college and then go to medical school. It's the way things work." He said, "Even for Geniuses."
"I have no patience." She said. Dave laughed.
"You take after me." He said. Lyric looked at him.
"Really?" She asked.
"Oh yes." Dave said, "You are stubborn, but work hard. You're smart and pretty good looking." Lyric chuckled.
"Yeah I am good looking. Not as much as Ireland though." She said. Dave groaned.
"Don't say that." He said, "You are just as pretty as Ireland, but you have something that she doesn't have."
"What? Smarts?" lyric asked. Dave chuckled.
"Well, kind of. She's very vain. I know that. I still love her. You are not self centered. You care for other people around you." He said, "That is a very attractive quality to have and someday in the very far future, you will make someone a wonderful wife." Lyric looked at her father and grinned. She leaned over and kissed Dave's chuckled.
"thank you, daddy." She got up and walked down the stairs. Dave sighed leaning against the wall.
"Daddy?" Ireland walked out of the room and held up two shirts, "Which shirt looks better with these pants?" Dave stared at them. One was blue and one was green.
"Ah, well…" Dave looked at them and then the pants. "Where are you going?"
"The cast party. Did you forget?" Ireland asked.
"No I didn't forget." He said, "I like the blue one."
"Okay. I'll go with the green one." Ireland smiled, "Where's mom? She needs to curl my hair. I'm going to look great."
"In our bathroom." Dave watched Ireland walk into his bedroom. He shook his head. Why would she ask him if she want going to take his suggestion? Girls. He loved them dearly but sometimes he wanted to hit their heads with a mallet.
April 8th, 2013
It was hard to believe that she had been married for eleven years. It felt like just yesterday Dave proposed to her in the ice cream store. Now they had six children and no time for each other.
"What colours will be in for this summer?" misty asked. Randi tapped her finger on her desk.
"I see blues and greens." Randi pushed back her chair, "Okay, in the 1990's the 1970 were back, in the 2000's the 1980s AND turn of the century were back. Are we destined to do poodle skirts?"
"No. But we can pull from that." Misty said, "We can use those fitted shirts and flowy skirts for something."
"No more peasant skirts. I'm sick of those." Randi said.
"No none of those." Misty said, "The 1950's were all about colour, so we can maybe make some plain skirts or stripped or something."
"Saddle shoes?" Randi asked. Misty thought for a moment.
"You know some saddle shoes, nice jeans, and like a red fitted blouse would look hot." Randi nodded.
"That would." She chuckled. A knock came upon their office door, "Come in."
"Hey." Elizabeth smiled as she walked in.
"Lizzie, what a nice surprise." Randi said putting her pencil down.
"Well, It's not a social call. Well sort of." Elizabeth said as Randi raised her eyebrow.
"What's up?" She asked.
"Drew is taking me to the opera tomorrow night and I don't have anything elegant enough to wear." Elizabeth sighed, "So I thought I could ask you to whip something up."
"Like those fairies in sleeping beauty." Misty said. Randi giggled.
"I think I have some fabric that would look amazing on you." She got up and went to one of the closest. "I bought it last year in Paris, but have yet found something good enough to use it."
"Oh I don't want to use it if it's special." Elizabeth said as Randi pulled out a stack of green silk, "Oh….that is special."
"And you're a special friend." Randi unraveled some of it and held it up against Elizabeth. It matched perfectly with her skin color and brought her eyes out.
"That looks beautiful on you." Misty said.
"I can't take it." Elizabeth insisted. Randi ignored her and pulled out a measuring tape.
"How low do you want to go?" Randi asked.
"I have cleavage. I'll show it." Elizabeth said with a blush.
"That a girl!" Misty cheered. Within five minutes, Randi had Elizabeth all measured.
"How long do you think this will take?" Elizabeth asked, "I do have somewhere to go tomorrow night."
"I'll drop it off at your house in the morning." Randi smiled. She loved doing this for friends.
"Sonny! Ella! Hurry up!" Elizabeth yelled up the stairs. Those children never got ready on time. She looked down at Audrey who was quietly nursing. Even she was getting almost too big for this.
"I'm coming." Ella ran past her into the kitchen. Soon Sonny was seated at the table and Drew was feeding the kids. Elizabeth sighed deeply. No more kids. They couldn't have anymore kids. Three were enough. Just as Elizabeth was ready to eat the doorbell rang.
"I have it." Elizabeth opened the door and Randi stood there holding up the most gorgeous green silk dress. "Oh my god."
"Like it?" Randi smiled.
"I love it. It's perfect." Elizabeth took the dress.
"You're the best person in the world." She said.
"I know." Randi said. This was why she did stuff like this. She loved seeing the joy on people's faces when She handed them her clothes. She loved making people feel better.
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