I know I said I wanted to do this all in consecutive days, but some things came up…my family showed up unexpected on Thursday night, leaving me to baby sit four kids under seven, and when they did leave on Sunday, I got the flu. Sorry. But I PROMISE I'll try to be better!
Disclaimer: I am the proud owner of a Seth Cohen poster above my bed…that's it.
Red Right Ankle"Her Majesty"
April 2005:
Kirsten sat on her bed, head in her hands, crying.
"Oh honey," Sandy walked over. "It wasn't your fault."
Kirsten looked up at him, red eyed and puffy. "I still should have never said any of those things to him."
Sandy sat down on the bed next to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She put her head on his shoulder and kept crying. He ran his fingers through her hair, trying to comfort her. She looked up at him; he wiped the tears off her face and kissed where they had been.
"You know, I think that I may have started this years ago."
"Kirsten, you didn't do anything!"
"I married you."
this is the story of your red right ankle
and how it came to meet your leg
and how the muscle bone and sinews tangled
and how the skin was softly shed
"Oh don't start that…"
"He hated you. With a passion."
"I know, but you're worth whatever he said or did to me. And there's nothing you can do now, because you're stuck with me."
and how it whispered 'oh, adhere to me
for we are bound my symmetry
and whatever differences our lives have been
we together make a limb'
this is the story of your red right ankle
Kirsten got up from the bed, thinking. "I remember when my Grandpa died, it was the saddest day of my life back then, and my dad wasn't even there."
Sandy followed right behind her. "You're not going to be alone through this. I'm here, the boys are here, hell, even Julie Cooper is here."
"You're right. I mean, I'm not going to be alone."
"Yeah, and think of it this way, now he's going to be with the one woman he really ever did love besides his daughters…"
this is the story of your gypsy uncle
you never knew cause he was dead
and how his face was carved an ripped with wrinkles
in the picture in your head
Kirsten sat back down on the bed again, on the verge of tears.
"I'm sorry honey, I didn't mean it like that. You know how much I loved your mother."
"I know…"
"And you know how much he loved your mother…"
"He did a good job proving that through an affair…"
and remember how you found the key
to his hide-out in the pyrenees
but you wanted to keep his secret safe
so you threw the key away
this is the story of your gypsy uncle
He wrapped his arms around her small frame again. "Honey, it's all in the past. Just like Jimmy Cooper."
She laughed a bit. "I know, my dad really did love Jimmy Cooper. I think if he had the chance, he would have married him."
Sandy smiled. "There was a lot of love there for two straight men…"
"Don't start with that theory again. We both know it's wrong."
this is the story of the boys who loved you
who love you now and loved you then
and some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you
and some just layed around in bed
Sandy smiled. "Do you think it's any coincidence that he married Julie? Add two and two together honey…"
"My dad was not gay, Sandy."
"He could have been with him on the day that he stood you up…good think I was there…"
and some they crumbled you straight to your knees
did it cruel, did it tenderly
some they crawled their way into your heart
to rend your ventricles apart
this is the story of the boys who loved you
He bent down and kissed her neck, her ear, making his way around to her mouth.
"Sandy…"
He grunted at bit, continuing to kiss his way down her neck again. He laid her back on their bed, still kissing her and hovering above her. He made his was around to her ear.
"Just think of how angry he would get if he found out that we were doing this, rather than sitting up crying…" he whispered.
She smiled at him. "Hell, lets piss the old man off…"
Sandy smiled at devilish grin. "I'll do anything for you, especially now in your time of need…" he said between kissing down her neck and chest.
"Anything…?"
this is the story of your red right ankle
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