Author's note: Yowza! How long has it been since I updated? Close to a year? Flippin' heck! I am really, really sorry to everybody!
Honestly, I'd be lying through my backside if I said I've been busy. I just completely lost interest and moved onto other stories. So... um... here's chapter seven... aheh...
Chapter Seven: Forever and For Always
Thirty-year-old Timmy and Tootie Turner were huddled up close in their bed one warm summer's night, feeling the warmth radiate off one another... and it was now a week after the family's little 'incident'.
Tootie couldn't have been happier. Even though she was still having trouble completely trusting her husband because of his one-night stand with Trixie, she wasn't going to let that stand in the way of her love for him. Timmy wrapped his arms tighter around her and she buried her head in his neck.
"I love you, Tootie..." he whispered.
In your arms
I can still feel the way you want me when you hold me
I can still hear the words you whispered when you told me
I can stay right here forever in your arms
"I love you too, Timmy..." she replied.
"I'm really sorry... I-I don't know what came over me that day..."
Tootie shook her head. "Are you being gnawed at by guilt again?"
Timmy glanced away. "Uh huh... I can't help it... Every night I think about it and how selfish and stupid I was..."
Tootie raised her head and looked her husband straight in the eyes. "Why did you do it?"
"I... I dunno, I... I just..."
Tootie managed a weak smile. "Did your age-old, Trixie-loving hormones kick in again?"
Timmy stared at his wife with slightly wide eyes.
"Oh, don't give me that look, Timmy. You know very well that you've been going through an on and off Trixie phase these past few years... but, then again, how can you help it? I mean, it's like the older she gets, the tighter and skimpier her clothing seems to get."
Timmy just blinked at her, unable to say anything.
"Never mind, eh, Timmy? I've forgiven you for it... because I don't ever want to lose you." She cuddled him tighter. "You're mine, not hers."
And there ain't no way
I'm letting you go now
And there ain't no way
And there ain't no how
I'll never see that day...
Timmy's face lit up and he smiled, his expression full of warmth and love. "So... you still want to keep me as long as you said you did all those years ago?"
"Absolutely." She kissed him full on the lips very passionately, which he gratefully returned. "I wouldn't want anything less."
'Cause I'm keeping you forever and for always
We will be together all of our days
Wanna wale up every morning to your sweet face
Always
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The next day, Timmy and Tootie decided to take the twins to the zoo for a fun family day out. The two children each went haring off in different directions, one followed by a pink dog and the other followed by a green dog.
The parents decided the twins were old enough to make their own decisions as to what they wanted to see, so merely watched in slight amusement as Tammy and the pink dog followed the sign to the giraffes and Tommy and the green dog followed the sign to the vultures.
They, on the other hand, had decided to watch the meerkats, which were, every so often, popping their heads up aboveground, looking at all the people watching them, then withdrawing back into their holes.
Timmy laughed, a cruel image of holding a rubber mallet and playing Whack-the-Meerkat coming to mind. He then stopped and shuddered, remembering his ten-year-old experience with Whack-the-Mole, Gary and Betty and eight hours of Chet Ubetcha's lecturing voice.
Tootie, in the meantime, was peacefully watching the cute and furry creatures when she suddenly heard a snarl come from behind her. She jumped in fright and clung fast to Timmy, who turned round to see a dog that took a striking resemblance to Vicky's old dog, Doidle.
Timmy laughed and hugged his wife, who was blushing rather heavily. Tootie felt embarrassed, but safe from harm's way in the arms of her true love... and, if she manoeuvred her hand to the right place, she could feel his slightly increasing heart rate.
Mmmm, baby
He then kissed her lightly on the lips as the dog was pulled away by its owner, just to show her there was nothing to be afraid of. Vicky was dead and so was Doidle, one from suicide and the other from old age.
As the kiss happened, Tootie could feel Timmy's heartbeat rise, as if excited. She smiled. He still loved her as much as she loved him.
In your heart
I can still hear a beat for every time you kiss me
And when we're apart, I know how much you miss me
I can feel your love for me in your heart
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It was a while later that the family was all together, having their lunch on a table outside a burger bar, each eating a hotdog with either ketchup, mustard, onions or any combination of the three.
Mid-meal, they were joined on the table by two strangely-coloured pigeons, who were happily taking whatever scraps Tammy and Tommy fed them, but Timmy and Tootie paid them no mind.
This is the life, Tootie thought as she took a bite of her ketchup-covered hot dog. In fact, it's moments like this, where the whole family is congregated together, that make me glad I forgave Timmy.
And there ain't no way
I'm letting you go now
And there ain't no way
And there ain't no how
I'll never see that day...
She loved Timmy more than anything in the entire universe and, although she'd never admit this aloud, just in case he decided to test it for himself, it wouldn't matter how many times he had an affair... she'd forgive him and take him back every time. She couldn't live without him.
'Cause I'm keeping you forever and for always
We will be together all of our days
Wanna wake up every morning to your sweet face
Always
Tootie swivelled her head to look at Timmy, who was wolfing down his triple-dressing hot dog, satisfaction evident in his eyes. However, when he turned to face her, the look was instantly replaced by one of love and affection.
Tootie felt herself glow with pride. Back in the day, not even Trixie got that kind of look. The one he'd give her would be of a more lustful nature... especially around the age of thirteen, before the incident with her bodyguard.
In your eyes
(I can still see the look of the one)
I can still see the look of the one who really loves me
(I can still feel the way that you want)
The one who wouldn't put anything else in the world above me
(I can still see love for me)
I can still see love for me in your eyes
(I still see the love)
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Later, everyone was back at home, relaxing on the couch. Tommy, who was leaning on a green cushion, was idly flipping through the channels with the TV remote. His twin sister, Tammy, who was leaning on a pink cushion, was quietly reading a book entitled The Mind of the Mindless and sneaking smirks at Tommy.
The clock on the wall chimed five p.m. and, to most, that meant it was nearing the end of another boring day in their routine life, but, for Tootie, it meant something completely different. It meant it was nearing the end of another perfect day of her perfect life.
Yes, she had a routine life, just like any other wife and mother... and yes, this was the third Sunday in a row (not counting the three Sundays they missed out on) she and Timmy had taken the twins to Dimmsdale Zoo... but she wouldn't ask for anything less.
For six years of her life, from the age of eight to the age of fourteen, she worked her fingers to the bone to get Timmy, her "one true love" as she used to say, to notice her... yet the only girl he seemed to want to notice was Trixie, the rich, popular and beautiful girl whose constantly broadcast dream was to be a professional supermodel on the front page of women's magazines.
Right now, to Tootie, the blazing fire felt wonderfully warm on her skin... and it was making her ever-so sleepy... Surely, Timmy wouldn't mind if she put her head on his shoulder for a little while...
Timmy... She loved him ever-so much... and he was ever-so sorry after his fling... She wasn't going to lose him to another woman again... and, even if she did, she'd never give him up...
And there ain't no way
I'm letting you go now
And there ain't no way
And there ain't no how
I'll never see that day...
The woman, whoever she may be, would have to fight her for him. Heck, she was ready to claw Trixie's eyes out for what she did to her husband... and if anyone else tried anything anywhere close to that, they'd get the same treatment.
'Cause I'm keeping you forever and for always
We will be together all of our days
Wanna wake up every morning to your sweet face
Always
Nothing was going to come between them... she'd make sure of it.
'Cause I'm keeping you forever and for always
We will be together all of our days
Wanna wake up every morning to your sweet face
Always
Finally, Tommy found his desired programme, which was Teen Mutant Robots from Beyond the Milky Way. Tammy groaned from behind her book as he pumped up the volume a few notches, the sounds of smashing and crashing meeting everyone's ears.
Tootie just chuckled lightly and snuggled closer to Timmy, whose arm suddenly snaked around her shoulder.
I'm keeping you forever and for always
Did she honestly deserve such a perfect family? Wasn't she known as Princess Freakazoid and Tootie Fruitloop in school? Wasn't Timmy the one to make up the names whilst drooling over Trixie Tang?
Then she thought of Trixie... alone... no parents... no partner... no children... and she smiled. Just because someone's looks are perfect, doesn't mean their whole life will be.
I'm in your arms