American Honey
Chapter 21
Mac had a tough day at work, which had followed a crazy two weeks of travel and all he wanted to-do was come home enjoy a nice cold beer while he caught up on Cold Case Files. That was until he came home and stumbled on a bunch of boxes that littered the hallway of the house. It had been a rather quite morning when he left, a little too quite now that he thought about it. All the children were up and out of the house before he was even up, he should have known that they were up to something, most of his brood did not know life existed before twelve in the afternoon.
Mac confusion even grew as he walked into the kitchen and found Alexis in front of the stove. An odd place for a woman who knew the take out menus like the back of her hand. He cleared his throat in hoped to get her attention. As soon as she heard the noise, Alexis glanced up to see her husband as he stood in the door way. He smile only brighten once she saw who it was.
"Hello Honey." Alexis greeted as she placed the pizza on the island, "Don't worry, I just picked it up from the pizzeria." Alexis smiled as she turned to the cabinet and placed the plates next to the pizza.
"So are we just going to ignore the boxes in the hallway?" Mac asked as he pulled out a stool and stared at his wife.
"I choose to plead the fifth." Alexis denied as she rummaged around in a random draw, until she pulled out a bunch of forks.
"One of the children is bound to spill at some point." Mac shrugged as he grabbed a slice of pizza, only for Alexis to slap his hand away.
"When are you going to learn? They might plan and scheme against each other but they always close ranks when it comes to you." Alexis explained to her husband, "You are not going to get anything out of them." She added this time with confidence.
"Hey Mom." Kristina greeted as she came in through the sliding glass door as Molly came in behind here. They both carried a bunch of shopping bags with them.
"I see that your Grandmother bought you all new wardrobes for school." Alexis observed as the girls set the bags down on the counter.
"She is trying to buy our loyalty." Kristina smiled as hugged her mother, "I plan on riding this for all it's worth."
"Who do those boxes belong too?" Mac asked as his two youngest.
"I'll get everyone for dinner." Molly exclaimed as she ran towards the stairs.
"Maxie is by the pool, I will get her." Kristina volunteered at the same time, she did not want to be around when her mother informed Mac about the new living conditions.
0000000000000000000000
Molly hurried up the stairs in an effort not to hear the very loud conversation that was about to be taken place between her parents. She had a feeling most of the yelling was going to be on her father's part, there was no way he was going to like what he was about to find out. But in the end her mother was going get her way, just like she always did.
She slowed her walk as she passed by the first door which was wide open and and showed a light pink walls. The door being open was a sure sign that Maxie was not in the room, that door was always shut tight when the blonde was in there. Next she glanced into the room across the hall and a light snore echoed through the ajar door of Robin's door. The youngest Scorpio tried to suppress a laugh and moved onto the next room.
Which is were she found who she was looking for, there sprawled out on the king size bed were her two oldest sisters, Jason and the newest addition to the Scorpio brood Lily the German Shepard. She gently pushed the door open, just as Robin passed the tissue box over to Sam. Robin laid on one side closest to the door with Jason in the middle and Sam curled up next to him, with Lily right by her feet.
"This looks cozy." Molly said as she made her presence known, which in turn caused the two girls to jump in surprise.
"When did you get home?" Robin asked as she flipped the comforter up and patted the bed to get Molly to join them, while Sam paused the movie.
"Do we have to stop it now? We're just getting to the good part." Jason groaned as he tried to get the remote from Sam, who just placed the remote under her, "Like that is going to stop me." Jason smirked as he moved so he was kneeling on the bed.
"I am so scared." Sam mocked as she glared at the man. Jason stared at Sam for a moment before he grabbed her around her waste and tossed her over his shoulder and crawled on his knees till he was off the bed and standing.
"Krissy and I just got home and so did Dad." Molly answered as she climbed into bed and watched the scene take place.
"Dad is back?" Sam asked as Jason hung her upside down as she turned her attention back towards her sisters.
"Yep and he has found the boxes."
"This is bad, we were supposed to ease him into this information." Robin said as she shook her head.
"How did Dad find the boxes?"
"They were scattered all over the hallway. The idiots didn't move them." Molly answered.
"Why doesn't that surprise me." Robin sighed in frustration just as rolled out of the bed, "Better go smooth this over." She declared as she glanced at Sam.
"Do I have to come?" Jason asked as he tightened his grip on Sam.
"No, you can stay here and finish the movie." Sam answered as Jason placed her on the ground, he gave her a quick kiss on the temple before he climbed back into the bed and pressed play.
"Are you coming?" Robin asked Molly as she and Sam turned away from the doorway and turned towards their youngest sister.
"Watch the Notebook or watch Dad have another meltdown, what do you think?" Molly asked as she pulled the comforter over her and snuggled into the bed.
000000000000000000000
"How do you forget to pay your rent?" Kristina asked as she sat in the lawn chair across from Maxie's.
"In case you haven't notice the past few months have been a little hectic." Johnny defended.
"Why don't you tell her what really happened?" The blonde laughed as she pushed her sunglasses up.
"You mean like you reporting me to airport security?" Johnny countered.
"I did not report you, I might have just mentioned that you had picked up an unaccompanied bag." Maxie defended as she took a long sip from her ice tea glass.
"I almost got strip searched, thanks to your little joke."
"It was in the past, we called a truce. So suck it up and get over it." Maxie ordered.
"That was before you got me evicted." Johnny countered.
"When will you believe me that I had nothing to-do with that?"
"Do you really except me to believe that Patrick and I are stupid enough to believe that the other has been paying rent for the last four months."
"I believe that." Robin and Sam said in unison.
"So, do I." Kristina and Molly added.
"Why are you all out here?" Johnny asked with a sigh of defeat.
"Umm, Dad is about to find out that you are living here for the foreseeable future." Robin answered as she leaned against the railing.
"Well, you and Maxie will be living here." Sam corrected copied Robin's stance.
"Excuse me! What plan was I not included in on this time?" Maxie complained.
"Robin and I have found the perfect place to live." Sam answered with a coy smile.
"Elaborate." The blonde ordered.
"We found an old plantain house for sale down on Hummingbird Lane."
"Which also happens to have a newly built guest house on the back of the property that Patrick and I will be renting." Robin smiled as she leaned her head against Sam's shoulder.
"Oh well how fabulously for you all." Maxie frowned as she quickly stood and grabbed her towel and magazine before she huffed into the house.
"You haven't told her about the apartment you found, have you?" Kristina asked as she turned to the older man.
"No, I think I am going to let her have a hissy fit a little bit longer." Johnny decided as he leaned further back in the chair with a smirk.
000000000000000000000
"How was everyone's day?" Alexis asked as she tried to break the tension in the room.
"Well it seemed that it would never end and the only thing that got me through it was the thought of curling up with the TIVO." Mac started as he took a sip of his Coke, "Then the icing on top of a horrible day; finding out that we have three new housemates"
"You are acting like someone killed your puppy." Kristina observed.
"She is right, at-least you like us. Just think you could have Ethan living here." Johnny pointed out as he took another slice of pizza.
"Why not the more the merrier." Mac answered sarcastically as he stabbed his pizza.
"It's not for that long." Sam promised, "All the paper should be finalized within the next month."
"What paper work?" Alexis asked.
"The house that Jason's parents bought for them and Emily." Molly answered.
"How could you not have told me how sad the ending was?" Jason asked as he spoke for the first time since they all sat down to eat.
"I thought you have seen it before, you do have a sister." Sam countered as she grabbed a garlic knot off of his plate.
"If I knew it ended like that I wouldn't have wasted my time." Jason muttered as he grabbed her hand to stop her from placing the food into her mouth, "That is mine."
"What yours is mine and what mine is mine." Sam countered as she leaned closer to Jason.
"Where did you get that saying from Maxie?" Jason laughed as he used Sam's hand to place the knot into his mouth instead.
"What are you to arguing? I also take offense to that statement." Maxie asked as the two caught her attention. Sam stared at Jason for a moment before she moved closer and pulled him into a kiss, she moved her hand to the back of his head, to keep his close.
"Jason watched the Notebook for the first time." Molly informed the table as Jason and Sam continued their kiss.
"She got you to watch that?" Johnny asked with a surprised tone, "I thought you would have held out a little longer then that."
"Sam just trained him well." Patrick laughed, "Plus if I remember correctly you read the whole Twilight series before any of the girls did."
"I thought it was about something else." Johnny answered lamely.
"I am thinking about training him with a shock collar or I might even trade him in all together." Maxie informed her sisters.
"I heard the new bartender at Jake's is single." Sam answered as she and Jason finally came up for air.
"I was thinking more along the lines of stealing Jason away from you."
"Like that will happen." Alexis laughed at her daughter, "Have you seen the way Jason looks at her, he only has eyes for each other."
"So much for you not having favorites." Maxie frowned as she looked from her Mother to her Father and then two Sam and Molly.
"I would love to be a cloud, it's like you get to pee on people when it rains." Patrick thought out load.
000000000000000000000
Sam turned her head towards the door as she heard it open. After dinner Jason had whisked Sam away, he told her that he had a surprise and then placed a blind fold on her eyes and carried her out to the car. She let out a gasp as she felt her seat belt slid off of her and her to be picked up. The only sound she could make out was the sound of crushing sand, as Jason led her away.
"When are you going to tell me where we are going?" Sam asked as she leaned her head against Jason's shoulder. She was only answered with a deep husky laugh as she was gently placed on her feet, "Jase!" She wined.
"I wanted to do something to show how much I love you." Jason finally answered as he turned towards Sam so she had her back to the building and she was or would be looking at him, "It didn't take me that long to think of the perfect idea." He added as he slid the blind fold off of her face.
"You are not going to kill me?" She asked with a small smile as she looked him dead in the eye.
"I just had to think of the time I knew I was falling for you." Jason smirked as he ignored Sam's question. "It's when you first showed me your dream." He finished as he slowly turned her towards the newly fixed up building.