"I DO … NOT have feelings for him, Linds." Catherine said looking into her daughters eyes. Lindsey frowned and looked down.
"Are you lying to me?"
"No. I'm not." Catherine said hesitantly.
"Look at me, Mom." Lindsey said taking Catherine's hand. Catherine looked at her daughter, but then looked away as Lindsey began to smile. "Come on, Mom! Look at me!"
"Lindsey …"
"Alright … here's what I'm going to do. Look me in the eyes, and say pickles without laughing."
"What? Lindsey … that's so absurd!"
"Do it! Do it without laughing and I'll know you're not lying."
"I'm NOT lying. Lindsey … why would I lie about something like this?"
"Because you're afraid." Lindsey said softly. Catherine rolled her eyes and looked into Lindsey's eyes. She opened her mouth to say pickles, but Lindsey started grinning.
"It's not going to help with you smiling at me like that, Linds!" Catherine whined.
"Oh! Alright! I'll look away, but I'll still be able to tell whether or not you're laughing!" Lindsey turned her head and she listened to Catherine breathe in and out.
"Pickles …." Catherine wanted to laugh so bad, but she bit her tongue. Lindsey wanted to laugh too, but she closed her eyes and tightened her grip on the bed sheets. She heard Catherine let out a small snort, and turned her head quickly to see if she was laughing. Catherine was in fact laughing, but turned her face back to it's pained expression when Lindsey turned around.
"You were laughing, weren't you!" Lindsey said jumping up.
"I was not! You were the one laughing!" Catherine said running towards the bathroom. Lindsey ran after her, and ran in the door before Catherine could close it.
"You can run … but you can't hide Mommy."
"Funny … I use to say the same thing when it was time for your bath." Catherine said laughing. Lindsey took a step forward, and Catherine jumped back.
"Linds … you're not gonna … kill me for lying to you, are you?" She said with a worried look in her eyes. Lindsey's eyes turned wide.
"You WERE lying?"
"No! I didn't mean for it to come out that way!"
"No! You just admitted it! You were lying! YOU LOVE UNCLE GIL! Mommy and Grissom sittin' in a tree .. K I S S I N G! First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Mommy with 3 baby carriages!" Lindsey said jumping up and down like a 2 year old.
"Good Lord." Catherine said laughing and putting her head in her hands.
Gil was half way down his street when he realized he left his jacket at Catherine's house. He decided to go back and get it. He didn't think Catherine would mind. He arrived back at her house a few minutes later to find the lights in the house still on. He knocked on the door and waited.
"Mom! Door!"
"Can you get it for me, Linds? I'm a little busy."
"Alright. 'But this means one less present for you!'" Lindsey said mocking Catherine. There was another knock at the door and Lindsey started walking faster.
"Coming!" Lindsey opened the door to find Gil standing outside, shivering.
"Oh! HI UNCLE GIL!" Lindsey said laughing. Catherine jumped at Lindsey's words and dropped what she was doing and ran to the living room.
"Hey Linds … I came back to get my coat. I left it here."
"Oh. Sure. Let me go get it for you. Come in. It looks freezing out there."
"Thanks. So … what were you and your mom doing? I hope I didn't disturb anything."
"Oh no! You missed it actually … admitted she has feel …" Catherine ran from downstairs and put her hands over Lindsey's mouth. Gil jumped back and looked at Catherine funny.
"You admitted what, Catherine?"
"Oh. Nothing. Just that … I ugh … eat cornflakes with butter and sugar!" Catherine said quickly. Lindsey tried to talk against Catherine's mouth, but her words were mumbled.
"Cath … is this your new way of punishment?" He said pointing to her hands.
"Oh … um … no. It's just a game we were playing." Catherine said quickly. Lindsey rolled her eyes and nodded her head yes as Gil looked back and forth at the two.
"Did you need something or …"
"Oh yeah. I left my jacket here and I decided to come back and get it."
"Oh well … Here. I'll get it." She reached over for the coat rack, with Lindsey's mouth still covered by her hands. She handed Gil his jacket and smiled.
"Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"
"Sure. Bye, Gil." She said smiling. Gil winked at both girls before he left, and closed the door on the way out. Catherine sighed and let go of Lindsey.
"MOM!"
"LINDSEY!"
"I can't believe you did that!"
"No! I can't believe YOU did that!" Catherine said looking at her hand in disgust and wiping it on Lindsey's shirt.
"Get to bed before I send those presents of yours back to the store!" Catherine said with a smirk on her face. Lindsey rolled her eyes and stomped to her room. Lindsey slamed the door and ran to her phone. She called her best friend and waited for an answer.
"Hello?"
"Diane?"
"Lindsey ... whoa. What's wrong? You sound like you just ate 30 something cookies and downed it with a Dr.Pepper!"
"Guess what I just found out!"
"...You're extremely retarded?"
"Besides that..."
"You're never going to get married to George Eads?"
"NO! Okay. I asked my Mom if she likes my Uncle Gil. You remeber him, right?
"Oh. Yeah. He's the cool guy with the bugs right?"
"Yeah. Him. Well I asked her if she liked him, and she said no. I asked her to say pickles without laughing, and she laughed. I chased her into the bathroom, and she admitted she lied. She likes him!"
"Whoa! I have to give you credit. You're smarter than you seem."
"Very. And oh! You're gonna love this too ..."
"You decided to lay off the starburst and skittles?"
"Ha ha. Very funny, buttmuch. Pay attention, will you!"
"Yes Mame!"
"I tricked my Mom into letting 10 of my friends coming over for my party and staying over for the night."
"Whoa. How'd you manage that one, Captain Sugarlot?"
"I asked her how she could tell me no on my birthday."
"Okay. Well ... what's so good about this that I'm going to love."
"Well ... at first ... she said no, because she couldn't so say 'handle' all of us, but Uncle Gil managed to talk her into letting me have my way, and offered to stay with her and help!"
"Yes! Awsome, Linds. You did good! Well hey ... that math homework isn't going to do itself."
"It might..."
"Nice try."
"I'll talk to you tomorrow, Dye."
"Bye Linds!"
Lindsey hung up the phone and smirked as she heard Catherine close her bedroom door.
HAHAHA TBC!