"Sapphire!" Abby called the morning after they had arrived home in Nashville. "It's time for breakfast. Oh and I have to ask you a question."
"Okay, I'm coming." Sapphire called from the bathroom. When she walked out she was wearing a pink robe and yellow slippers.
"Sapphire, why aren't you dressed? You know that you have pre-k today and I have class." Abby asked as she poured cereal and milk into a bowl and handed it to her daughter.
"I'm not going to school."
"yes you are and right after this you have ten minutes to get dressed and brush your teeth and hair. Okay my question is what do you think about moving to California right after I finish school?"
"No! I'm not moving. I don't wanna move." Sapphire screamed as she ran to her room and slammed the door.
"Sapphire! Get out her and finish your breakfast. Now!"
"No!" her daughter screamed from behind the door. This was the first time ever that Abby had ever fought with her daughter.
"Please come out, sapphire." Abby pleaded banging on the door of her daughters room.
"I will when you say that we don't have to move."
"Fine, we don't have to move. Now will you please come out here and finish your breakfast."
"No! I don't want breakfast!" sapphire screamed and kicked the door. Abby wondered why her daughter was being so stubborn; she loved school and was always really good in the morning.
"Fine" Abby said and pushed really hard on the door to her daughter's bedroom. As it swung open she walked in and scooped up her three year old daughter. "Let's go to school"
"BUT IM NOT DRESSED!" sapphire screamed and shrieked.
"I know that was your decisions not mine. Let's go." Abby, still holding her daughter grabbed her keys, and coat, locked the door behind her and headed to the car. Abby struggled to get Sapphire in the car, but eventually succeeded.
"Sapphire if you don't shut up and stop screaming, you can go live with your grandparents in New Jersey, And im not kidding this time. " After this statement the screaming stopped. "Now when you get to school you are going to tell your teacher exactly why you are wearing your PJ's and not school clothes. Do you understand me?"
"Yes mommy." She said quietly.
"Okay good. Now do you want to listen to Kelly Clarkson, Jason Mraz or David Cassidy." Abby said laughing over the last artist.
"Jason Mraz!" Sapphire screamed with a huge smile back on her face.
"I know that he is your favorite. Now do you want his new cd, geek in the pink?" Abby asked while she drove towards the school.
"Yes, The new one. That's my favorite song ever." The whole rest of the drive the two girls sang geek in the pink over and over again.
Well
let the geek in the pink take a stab at it
If you like the way I'm
thinkin' baby wink at it
I may be skinny at times but I'm fat
fulla rhymes
Pass me the mic and I'm a grab at it
Isn't it
delicious crazy way that I'm kissin'
This baby listen to this
don't wanna miss it while it's hittin'
Sometimes you gotta fit in
to get in
But don't ever quit cause soon I'm gonna let you in but
see
I don't care what you might think about me
You'll get
by without me if you want
Well,I could be the one to take you
home
Baby we could rock the night alone
If we never get down it
wouldn't be a let down
But sugar don't forget what you already
know
I could be the one to turn you out
We could be the talk
across the town
Don't judge it by the color, confuse it for
another
You might regret what you let slip away
Like the
geek in the pink (do do do...)
Like the geek in the pink, yeah (do
do do...)
The geek in the pink
Well my relationship fodder
don't mean to bother nobody
But Cupid's automatic musta fired
multiple shots at her
Because she fall in love too often that's
what the matter
At least I'm talkin' about it keep my pattern of
flattery and
She was starin' through the doorframe,and
Eyeing
me down like already a bad boyfriend
Well she can get her toys
outta the drawer then
Cause I ain't comin' home I don't need that
attention, see
I don't care what she might think about
me
She'll get by without me if she wants
Well, I could be the
one to take her home
Baby we could rock the night alone
If we
never get down it wouldn't be a let down
But sugar don't forgetin'
what you already know
That I could be the one to turn you out
We
could be the talk across the town
Don't judge it by the color,
confuse it for another
You might regret what you let slip
away
Hey baby look at me go
From zero to hero
You better
take it from a geek like me
Well I can save you from unoriginal
dum-dums
Who wouldn't care if you com...plete him or not
So
what I've got a short attention span
A coke in my hand
Because
I'd rather have the afternoon, relaxin' understand
My hip hop and
flip-flops well it don't stop with the light rock
My shot to mock
you kinda puts me in the tight spot
The hype is nothing more than
hoo-ha so I'm
Developing a language and I'm callin' it my own
So
take a peek into the speaker and you'll see what I mean
That on
the other side the grass is greener
I don't care what you
might think about me
You'll get by without me if you want
I
could be the one to take you home
Baby we could rock the night
alone
If we never get down it wouldn't be a let down
But sugar
don't forgetin' what you already know
I could be the one to turn
you out
We could be the talk across the town
Don't judge it by
the color, confuse it for another
You might regret what you let
slip away
like the geek in the pink (do do do...)
I'm the geek
in the pink ya'll
geek is the color for power
I'm the geek in
the pink
so i'm the geek ya'll
in the pink ya'll
geek is
the color for power
i'm the geek in the pink
When the Abby arrived at the school, she opened the door and sapphire jumped out and ran over to meet her teacher.
"Hey sapphire!" Abby called "did you forget something." She said pointing to her cheek. Sapphire ran back over and kissed her mom on the cheek. "Thank you honey. Bye"
"Bye mommy." And with that Sapphire ran off to the line outside of her school. And Abby continued her drive to her classes. The whole way there Abby was thinking about how much she loved her little girl and how much her Dan's actions must have hurt and how those action might have been the cause of her stubbornness this morning.
