Just Drabbles
Chapter 26: Beauty
The first sound to greet Kory upon entering her house were the enthusiastic cries of her twin daughters Lydia and Mari. "Mommy! Mommy!"
Giggling, swept up her daughters, a four year old girl securely held by each arm. "Hello my little bumgorfs!" She trilled. "How was your day with Daddy?"
"Goooood," they chorused.
Arching an eyebrow, she asked, "And where is Daddy?"
"Asleep," Lydia answered.
"In the upstairs playroom," Mari added. "You have to see our art project!" She and her sister began to wiggle signifying to their mother that they wanted to be put down. Once their feet touched the ground, they darted up the stairs.
Lydia paused on the third step and turned back to Kory. "Come on Mommy! It's up here!"
Smiling, Kory followed her daughters up the stairs into the playroom. Looking around for an art project, her jaw dropped when she came across her sleeping husband sprawled out on the sofa. Listening to Mari and Lydia's soft giggles, Kory bit down hard on her lip to keep from laughing.
Richard, unbeknownst to him had undergone a makeover. Bright pink eye shadow covered his closed eyelids, red lipstick smeared on his parted lips. Sparkling yellow nail polish decorated his nails, a plastic ring on all ten fingers. To top it all off, the girls had bunched his ebony hair into mini pigtails with claw clips.
"What? No earrings?" Kory asked, desperately trying to hold in her laughter.
Hearing his wife's voice, Richard awoke to see Kory and their two daughters looking at him, all three girls trying so hard not to laugh. "What?" He asked.
"You look so beautiful Daddy!" Lydia and Mari burst into giggles before racing out of the room.
"It's true Honey," Kory said through her laughter. "You do look quite handsome."
I couldn't resist, this was calling out to me.