Another chapter already! I can't guarantee they're going to keep coming this fast so enjoy it while it lasts! Cheers.
Maureen stumbled up the stairs to the apartment, leaning on the cools walls every couple of erratic steps. She had gone out drinking with Collins because Mark and Roger were busy and Joanne was working late.
She fished in her purse for her keys. The door swung open after her third fumble for the lock.
"Hey baby!" she nearly screamed at a half asleep Joanne.
"Maureen. It's two o'clock in the damn morning. I have to work tomorrow."
"Oh relax Pookie. You worry too much."
"Just get inside."
Even in her intoxicated state, Maureen could sense the disappointed tone of Joanne's voice. The "lawyer voice" she would have usually teased.
"Are you mad at me?" Maureen whimpered, sitting on the couch to unlace her silver combat boots.
Joanne sank down next to her, adjusting her fluffy green bathrobe.
"I'm not mad, just frustrated. You told me you wanted to adopt a baby and then you go out and get hammered. Do you think you're going to be able to do that with a child?"
Maureen took the exasperated lawyer's cool hand.
"Pookie, it's like we have HER yet. I'll clean up before we get even close to that! I thought you said you still had to look up all the agencies and everything."
The combination of the alcohol she had already consumed and her excitement about the prospect of having a baby made Maureen even more hyper and irrational than usual. Joanne just sighed, she knew going in that living with Maureen was going to be a lot of work but this was a lot more than she could handle, especially at two am.
"They have to do interviews, ask questions, check the house, criminal records… It takes a lot before they let you take a helpless child into your life. You have to start to settle down if you really are serious about this Maureen."
"I'm sorry, baby. I just got so excited!"
"I know. Come on, let's go to bed and get you sobered up. We can talk about this more when I think you'll actually remember it."
Sorry these beginning chapters are so short, they'll get longer once I get the action going! Please Review and give me suggestions!