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Back to the Future

Chapter 7

Liley City, USA

Saturday, September 23, 2017 – 10:30 am - Kylie Westmoreland's townhouse – Oak Hill, Tennessee

Robby Ray pulled into the parking lot of the townhouse community just outside of the city feeling as if he had driven into a twenty year old time warp. He had made this same drive to see this same woman two decades ago to tell her that he was moving with his children to California. What flipped the butterflies in his stomach those many years ago was the same thing that flipped those butterflies on that sunny Saturday morning; the strong feelings he had for Kylie Westmoreland.

His old buddy Tyler hit the nail on the head; he and Kylie did have some unfinished business. There was a part of him that wanted to take Kylie to California with him and really explore the depths of the relationship they were forging, but that would have proven difficult to explain considering that he hadn't told his children about their eleven-month old relationship. Part of the reason he decided to leave was that he was afraid that loving Kylie would mean saying a final goodbye to Brooke, something he was not prepared to do. But years of maturity and self-reflection made him come to the realization that moving on to another relationship or even another marriage didn't mean he had to say goodbye to Brooke. She would always occupy a place in his heart, and it was that knowledge that comforted him and gave him the courage to date again.

Before getting out of the car, his paternal instinct called on him to check in with his baby girl to see how she was doing.

"Hey Daddy!"

"Hey darlin'. You and Lilly made it to town yet?" Robby Ray asked.

"We're in the city now, headed over to meet our agent." Miley said. "Are you at Kylie's yet?"

"I'm sittin' in front of her place now." Robby Ray said.

"You know, I vaguely remember her. She was tall and blonde, a real cutie." Miley said.

"Now darlin', you've got your own cute blonde. This one's mine!" Robby Ray joked causing Miley to laugh.

"You've been drinkin' some of Gran'pa Jack's moonshine haven't you?" Miley said, earning a chuckle from her father. "Seriously though, I want you to be happy, you know that, right?"

"Of course I do, Bud, but why are you givin' me the serious talk?" Robby Ray asked.

"Cause I saw the look in your eyes when Mamaw asked you about her last night at dinner. You had the same look in your eyes that I have when I think about Lilly… so I've been told." Miley said. "You're still in love with her, aren't you Daddy?"

"I never could get anything past you." Robby Ray said with a smile. Robby Ray then paused. He was always able to have deep conversations with his daughter more easily than he could with Jackson. "I never told her."

"That you loved her?" Miley said.

"Eleven months and the time was just never right." Robby Ray said.

"Sometimes Daddy, you have to make the time. And you're lucky, 'cause moving back to Tennessee just bought you a whole messa time." Miley encouraged.

"Are you sure you're not the momma and I'm the son?" Robby Ray joked.

"If I am the momma, then I'm the best lookin' seventy year old momma in the history of the world!" Miley joked.

Robby Ray smiled. "Love you Bud."

"Love you too Daddy. See you at Mamaw's tonight." Miley said.

"Bye darlin'." Robby Ray said before hanging up the phone. "All right Rob. Let's go finish what we started."

Robby Ray got out of his rental car and walked up to the front door and rang the bell. On the other side of the door, Kylie stood waiting for the right moment to open the door as to not appear overanxious. She saw Robby Ray when he pulled up and peeked out through the window as he talked on the phone.

"Five… four… three… two…" Kylie counted down before slowly opening the front door.

"Hey Kyle." Robby Ray said with a sheepish smile.

"Hey Rob." Kylie said with a small, toothless smile. "Come in."

"Thank you." Robby Ray said as he wiped his feet on the outside mat before stepping inside.

"After all these years, you still wipe your feet before you come in." Kylie said as she closed the door behind her.

"Old habits die hard. Momma taught me not to mess up anybody's floors." Robby Ray said.

Kylie laughed. "You want something to drink?"

"It's a little early to get me drunk, don't you think?" Robby Ray teased.

"I see you haven't lost your sense of humor." Kylie said.

"That's what makes me… me." Robby Ray said as he watched Kylie walk into the kitchen and go into the refrigerator. After a moment she walked back out toward him.

"Here. I made you something." Kylie said.

"You're kidding me!" Robby Ray said in astonishment as he reached for the glass. "You remembered?"

"My homemade double chocolate Yee-Ha." Kylie said, referring to her made up name for her homemade chocolate Yoo-Hoo drink. "I haven't made this in years. I hope I remembered how."

Robby Ray took a swig, closed his eyes and flashed a large toothless smile. "MMM-MMM! That is just how I remembered it! Not as rich and creamy as my Loco Hot Cocoa but it'll do just fine." He said.

"You never showed me how to make that." Kylie said.

"You never showed me how to make this." Robby Ray countered. "I'll show ya mine if you show me yours." He teased.

Kylie shook her head. "Same ol' Rob. Come over here and sit down." She said as she led him over to the dining room table to sit. "So… little Miley is our next country mega-star, huh?"

"Country, pop, rock… I think she's gonna mix in a little rap and R&B into her next album." Robby Ray said.

"An infusion of different sounds. Nice." Kylie said. "I don't keep up with a lot of news, but I caught the story about her and the kiss in the restaurant. That must've caught you off-guard."

"Well, I knew about Miley lovin' Lilly before that happened. I'm surprised it got the press it did." Robby Ray said.

"How did you take the news when she told you she was gay?" Kylie asked.

"She didn't really tell me that. She told me she fell in love with Lilly and left it at that." Robby Ray said. "Plus, her friends Raven and Chelsea got married at our house ten years ago so I'd look pretty silly tellin' her I didn't approve."

"Well, I'm glad to see you're not closed minded." Kylie said.

"I love the idea of love and I love my kids bein' happy. And if you saw the two of them, they're happy as two peas in a pod." Robby Ray said.

"So how's Jackson doing?" Kylie asked.

"Fine. On the road doin' advance work for Miley's tour. I need to call him to see how he's doin'." Robby Ray said.

"How have you been?" Kylie asked.

"I'm makin' it. I've been managing Miley's business affairs and writin' some new songs for her." Robby Ray said.

"None for yourself?" Kylie asked.

"My life's been kinda… uninspiring lately; no dog that ran away, no woman that broke my heart, no feelin' blue… no, I just write for my girl." Robby Ray said. "But you've been askin' me all the questions, Meredith Viera! What about you? What have you been up to?"

"Work, home, Starbucks and then work again." Kylie said.

"Andy did kinda suggest that work is your boyfriend." Robby Ray said.

"Andy… has a big mouth." Kylie said. "I'm driven, determined to do my job. I want his job one day when he leaves and if that means I have to sacrifice some boring chit chat in some seedy bar with a man of questionable character and motives than that's the sacrifice I'll make."

"Well, this ain't a seedy bar and our chit chat ain't boring. Now whether I'm of questionable character and motives is for you to decide." Robby Ray said with a smile.

"You were a man of impeccable character and I don't get the sense from you that you've changed. I mean your eyes haven't wandered on to my chest not once since we've been sitting here." Kylie said with a smile.

"That's because I haven't gotten past your eyes. I seemed to always have that problem." Robby Ray said sweetly.

Kylie paused for a moment. "Robby Ray Stewart are you flirting with me?"

"Woman, I've been flirtin' since the second I walked through the door! You gotta get out more often." Robby Ray teased.

"Well I think you're about to take care of that, right?" Kylie said.

"Right. Somewhere downtown is a steak with my name on it." Robby Ray said.

"Well, it's a little early, but I know just the place." Kylie said. "Come on."

They both stood up to leave. Robby Ray guzzled the rest of his Yee-Ha and handed the glass to Kylie, who sat it on the table just inside the kitchen before continuing to the front door. Kylie walked up to the front door and put her hand on it, then turned around.

"What'd you forget?" Robby Ray asked. Kylie answered by stepping toward Robby Ray slipping her hands around his waist and giving him a kiss on the lips that lasted about five seconds. When she released him and stepped back, Robby Ray let out a singular chuckle and left his mouth slightly agape.

"I've been waitin' almost twenty years to do that." Kylie said before turning to open the door. As she stepped outside she turned her head. "Lock that behind you, will ya?"

As Robby Ray reached around and locked the door knob and pulled the door shut, he watched Kylie bound down the stairs in front of her townhouse, golden blonde hair bouncing as she walked, he remembered the words his friend Tyler said to him in the office the day before – Carpe diem.

"Carpe diem, huh?" Robby Ray whispered to himself. "This looks like a good day for seizin'."

Saturday, September 23, 2017 – 11 am - Offices of Re/Max Elite – Brentwood, Tennessee

Miley pulled into the parking lot of the real estate office located in the affluent suburb south of Nashville. Lilly's eyes lit up with the realization that they were about to begin searching for their new home, a home that they would be sharing as lovers and soon-to-be spouses. Miley reached over and took Lilly by the hand.

"Are you ready to do this?" Miley asked softly.

"I've never been so ready for anything in my life." Lilly said. "I just know that the house that we are going to have parties in and walk our dogs in and have children in and make love in is out there some where waiting for us. I can feel it. Today is the day."

"Have I told you lately how beautiful you are?" Miley asked earnestly.

"I think you showed me earlier." Lilly said saucily with a sexy grin.

"I'm serious." Miley said with reserved passion. "You are the most beautiful person in the world to me and I am blessed beyond measure to have you in my life."

Lilly smiled as she brought their interlocked fingers up to her mouth and kissed Miley's hand. "I feel the same way about you. I love you, Miley."

"I love you too." Miley said, delivering a soft kiss. "Okay. Let's go get our house."

Miley and Lilly got out of the car and headed inside. Their agent, Christina Dickerson, a young but experienced agent in the Nashville area, discussed with them all of the things they had spoken about on the phone and assured them that there was plenty in the Nashville market that they would love. Miley's insistence on living near an area that would be conducive for starting a private school for Lilly was noted by the agent and narrowed her focus on the two affluent communities south of the city; Brentwood, the city they were currently in that was roughly ten miles from downtown, and Belle Meade, which lay about seven miles south of downtown. As the agent chauffeured them around Brentwood, she pointed out some of the selling points of the community.

"There are quite a few famous people that have lived in and around Brentwood." Christina said. "Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Carrie Underwood, both Brooks and Dunn as well as several members of the Tennessee Titans."

"Well, at least I'd blend in with the rich and famous." Miley joked.

For the next two and a half hours, they visited several very nice homes in Brentwood that featured such amenities as five-car garages, two-story guest houses and Olympic-sized swimming pools. And while all of them were opulent and befitting their new swollen bank account, they knew that they hadn't seen "their" house just yet.

"You still have the feeling that today is the day?" Miley asked as they headed back to Christina's Lexus LX 450 SUV.

"I still have that tingle." Lilly said.

"You sure that wasn't from our episode in the car this morning?" Miley whispered.

"You are horrible." Lilly teased.

"And you love every horrible inch of me." Miley said.

"I know that's right." Lilly shot back.

As they got to the car, Christina paused before unlocking the doors. "Can I just say something to you before we get in?"

"Sure." Lilly said.

"You two are the most adorable couple I have ever had the pleasure of being an agent for." Christina said. "I mean, I know you two are grown women, but you just have a warm, playful… love that you can't help but feel when you're around the two of you. Don't ever lose that."

"Thank you. That is incredibly sweet of you to say." Miley said with a warm smile as she glanced at Lilly, who was beaming.

"Oh, just one more thing…" Christina added. "I'm only a couple of years older than you but my friends and I love your music and while we can't wait for your new CD to come out, we really miss Hannah Montana. Any chance on her making a brief comeback?"

"Well, it's like Forrest Gump's momma said in the movie… Life's a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." Miley said with a wink.

Christina smiled and unlocked the doors before walking around to her side and getting in. Lilly looked at Miley quizzically as they stood outside, Lilly in front of the passenger side back door and Miley in front of the passenger side front door.

"IS Hannah gonna make a comeback?" Lilly asked with anticipation.

Miley looked at Lilly and smiled. Miley's answer was in the form of a song. "I might even be a rock star. I might even be a rock star!" She sang before opening the door and sliding in, leaving Lilly to utter one of her signature phrases from her teenage years.

"Ooh! Lola likey!" Lilly softly exclaimed as she hopped into the truck.

About fifteen minutes later, the three women pulled up to a gated house in the city of Belle Meade, a city of approximately 5,000 residents according to the 2010 census. Several large dogwood trees lined the property just inside the nine-foot high black iron fence. Christina punched in a security code, bringing the gate to life as it opened smoothly for them to enter.

Lilly's mouth fell open as she gazed out at the huge main house with the circular drive way in front. Her eyes then caught the smaller but still spacious guest house sitting back and to the side of the main house.

"Miley! Are you this rich?" Lilly asked.

"I guess I am." Miley said with wonder in her voice as Christina pulled up in front of the house. The three women got out and Christina opened the Supra box that contained the house key. She looked to her summary sheet to verify the alarm code before entering the house and turning off the alarm.

"Okay. This house is owned by one of the former players for the Tennessee Titans football team. He got traded in the offseason and his house is still on the market." Christina started. "It's got seven bedrooms including servant's quarters, five and a half bathrooms, a full gourmet kitchen with a separate formal dining room… media room downstairs with a 75-inch HD plasma TV that conveys with the house, master suite with two walk-in closets and one of the largest master bathrooms in Davidson County."

"How many square feet?" Miley asked.

"Just under fourteen thousand square feet. The guest house is another four thousand." Christina said.

"And the price?" Lilly asked.

"Three point eight million firm." Christina said.

"Holy shit!" Lilly exclaimed. "You put all my aunts and uncles houses together with my parents and that doesn't equal three point eight million!"

"Why don't you take a look around?" Christina said. Miley smiled and took the overwhelmed Lilly by the hand. This was by far the largest and most expensive house they had visited that day.

As they walked from room to room, Lilly and Miley imagined what everyday life would be like in the massive house. With each step, Lilly's belief that they were walking through a home that they would soon call their own grew.

"Well… what do you think?" Miley asked.

"Can we really afford this?" Lilly asked.

"I asked Daddy, who's also my business manager, and he recommended not going above $5 million so we're fine." Miley said as they walked into the master bathroom.

"A two-person Jacuzzi!" Lilly exclaimed. "Eeep!" She chirped as she ran over to the tub and hopped in.

"I haven't heard you do that since we graduated college." Miley said.

"I haven't been this giddy since we graduated college!" Lilly said. "Is this for real?"

"It's as real as it gets." Miley said as she walked over and knelt down beside Lilly, who was sitting in the Jacuzzi. "Let's go see the guest house."

"I don't need to see the guest house. This is our house." Lilly stated firmly just as her cell phone rang.

"Are you sure? Don't we need a sign or something?" Miley said.

Lilly smiled as she answered her phone. "Hello?"

"Hey Lilly! Where are you?"

"Hey Raven! Miley and I are out house hunting. What's up?"

"You wouldn't happen to be sitting in a big Jacuzzi right now, would you?"

Lilly's eyes grew wide. "You had a vision about us! Didn't you?"

"I did. And, uhh, don't worry about your phone. Miley'll buy you another one."

"Huh?"

"Congratulations, you two are gonna love that house."

Lilly shrieked with unbridled joy. "THANK YOU RAVEN! THAT WAS THE SIGN WE WERE LOOKING FOR!"

"I knew you were gonna say that. Talk to you later."

"BYE!" Lilly snapped her phone shut and threw her hands in the air as she screamed. Just as her arms shot up as high as they would go, her cell phone slipped out of her hand, flying over Miley's head and crashing to the marble floor of the bathroom, bouncing and shattering to pieces.

Miley looked over her shoulder at the tattered remains of Lilly's cell phone. "That's all right…"

Lilly then echoed the rest of Miley's sentence verbatim. "… I'll buy you another one! AAAAHHHHH! THIS IS OUR HOUSE!" She screamed as she threw her arms around Miley's neck. Miley grinned from ear to ear as she experienced the unabashed joy her fiancée was experiencing at that moment. Hearing the commotion upstairs, Christina appeared at the bathroom door moments later.

"I assume I have a contract to write?" Christina said with a smile.

Miley turned her head toward her agent while she was still embracing Lilly. "Make him an offer he can't refuse." Miley said to Christina before turning her head around and rocking the ecstatic blonde back and forth in celebration.

Saturday, September 23, 2017 – 3:45 pm - Offices of Re/Max Elite – Brentwood, Tennessee

After sitting down in the house and putting the finishing touches on the contract to present to the owner, they headed back to the office to fax the contract to the listing agent. Christina called the listing agent to notify him of the pending contract, who in turn called the owner. The owner told his agent that barring any weird details in the contract, the house was as good as sold.

"Ladies, it's all but a done deal." Christina announced with glee.

Miley and Lilly bounced up and down inside Christina's truck like kids in a candy store as they screamed and cried in celebration.

"What did I tell you?" Lilly exclaimed.

"I never doubted you for a second!" Miley exclaimed as they pulled into the Re/Max parking lot.

"Let's go sign this contract and get you a house." Christina said with a warm smile as Miley and Lilly shot out of the car and embraced each other tearfully.

"Oh my god! I gotta call Jenn!" Miley said as she fumbled for her cell phone.

"Don't break yours like I broke mine!" Lilly warned.

Miley giggled as she hit her speed dial. "Hey Loser! How's it going?" Jenn said.

"We got a house! We got this huge, gigantic, humongous house about ten miles from the city! It's got… everything!" Miley beamed.

"AAAAHHHH! I'm so happy for you… and Lilly!" Jennifer said. "They got a house!" She was heard to say to Luanne in the background. "Wait. Don't you have to go to settlement and everything?"

"The owner told his agent that the house was as good as sold! I am so happy I don't know what to do!" Miley exclaimed as Lilly hugged her waist.

"Well, you already had sex this morning… twice… so why don't you just cry, scream and jump up and down." Jenn said.

"We're way ahead of you! Tell Luanne to go to Zola. We'll meet you there at six." Miley said.

"Zola at six. You got it. Bye babe and again, congratulations!"

"Love you girl! Bye!"

Saturday, September 23, 2017 – 3:50 pm – Opry Mills Mall – Nashville, Tennessee

"Man, she's excited!" Jenn said.

"I'd be too if I just bought a nine billion dollar house. That means I could afford to buy it." Luanne said. "How do you think these look?" Luanne modeled some three inch red heels with a skinny strap around the ankle.

"You've got great legs so you can definitely pull those off." Jenn said casually as she moved to the next section of shoes.

"Thank you." Luanne said warmly, taken aback by the compliment. "THOSE are HOT! You've got to get those!" Luanne pointed to a pair of black and white striped zebra print pumps.

"Are you serious?" Jenn asked incredulously.

"Black pencil skirt, white blouse… a touch of WOW in a conservative outfit." Luanne reasoned.

"You think?" Jenn asked as she gave the shoes a second look.

"I'll show you!" Luanne said before jogging across to the clothing section and grabbing a black pencil skirt and a white blouse. "We're the same size." She mumbled before taking the shoes off the table. "I'll be right back!" Jenn chuckled as she saw an energetic, almost cute Luanne jog to the fitting room. A few minutes later, Luanne emerged from the fitting room. "See what I mean?" Jennifer found herself unable to move or speak as she gazed at Luanne from head to toe, taking in every curve on her five-foot-eight inch frame. "Jenn? Whaddya think?"

Jennifer nodded her head slowly. "That… That's your outfit. I couldn't do it the justice you're doing right now." She eked out. "I like the shoes though." Luanne smiled and turned to go back into the dressing room. Jennifer was in a daze for a second as the image of Luanne in her work dress outfit burned itself onto her mental hard drive. She then quickly shook herself. "What am I doing?" She mumbled to herself. "All these lesbians are starting to rub off on me… not… like that. Jeez!" She caught her own double entendre.

"Hey Jennifer?" Luanne called out from the dressing room.

"Yeah!"

"Could you come here for a second?" Luanne asked. Over the course of the afternoon, all of Luanne's snippy, smart-aleck behavior had all but disappeared.

"I'm here." Jenn said.

Luanne stepped out of the dressing room stall still dressed. "Can you unzip this skirt? "The…" Luanne tugged on the zipper in the back. "… zipper's stuck."

"Turn around." Jenn said. Luanne complied as Jenn slid her fingers just inside the waist of the skirt with her left hand to get a grip and tugged on the zipper with her right. "That sucker won't… move. Let me try wiggling it a little." Luanne looked over her shoulder and down at Jennifer as she bit her bottom lip in concentration as she wiggled the zipper. Jennifer looked up briefly and caught Luanne's profile, her hair partially concealing her face. Jennifer dropped her head and took a deep breath as she felt a strange flutter in the pit of her stomach. "Oh! There… it… goes. Voila!" Jennifer said as the zipper glided down its path.

Luanne pivoted to face Jennifer as she straightened up. "Thanks. Oops!" Luanne exclaimed softly and giggled as she caught the skirt as it threatened to drop to the floor. She received a second surprise when Jennifer stepped forward, cupped her face and gave her a soft kiss on the lips that after a couple of seconds became slightly deeper.

Jennifer then broke the kiss and stepped back, never taking her eyes away from Luanne's. "I'll be… waiting out… there." Jennifer motioned over her shoulder with her thumb awkwardly before turning and retreating.

Luanne stood just outside the dressing room stall, holding up her skirt, in shock over what just happened. During the course of the day, she had dropped all of her sassy pretentiousness and decided to give being a nice girl who was out shopping with her friend a try. What that earned her was a kiss from a woman that over the course of the day she had come to really like as a person, a woman that over the course of the day she had begun to fall for… hard. Before that kiss, she had tempered any optimism that she had knowing that Jennifer had dismissively thrown out the term "straight-girl crush" as a deterrent to any advances. Now, her optimism began to flood her brain full force as the feelings behind that kiss began to swirl in her brain.

Jennifer was experiencing a similar bout of reflection as she stood outside the dressing room area. As the day progressed, more and more of what she believed was Luanne's true nature showed and with each layer of protective crust being scraped away by a laugh, a joke, a smile or a provocative thought, Jennifer found herself less willing or able to fight what she had been fighting previously; her budding attraction to Miley's previously bitchy cousin.

After a couple of minutes of pensive thought, Jennifer turned in time to see Luanne come out of the dressing room. To her, Luanne now looked humble and, dare she say it, radiant. As she wondered whether her eyes were playing tricks on her or finally allowing her to see the real Luanne, the Tennessee-bred beauty spoke.

"Are you ready?" Luanne asked in as soft and sweet a voice as she had.

Jennifer paused to consider the multiple meanings of that question. When she parted her lips to speak, the answer that came out would be one to cover all of the meanings that crisscrossed her mind. "I think so…" She paused and then nodded slightly. "Yeah. Yeah I am."

Lucky number seven is in the books. I am dying to know what you think of this one. I want to thank each and every one of you that have read and reviewed so far and those of you that have just read. There's much more in store so please, come back and join me for chapter eight and beyond. PLEASE REVIEW.