Tori

I have to tell Andre, but I have put it off. The girls have been home a couple of days but they don't seem to notice that I'm different. Well all except Kay, the first day they were back, Jade and I brought her into our room. "Mommas, really I don't need the sex talk... seriously." She said as soon as she sat down.

I looked at Jade my eyes wide, and Jade laughed. "Vega, the look on your face…"

"What's wrong with you mamá?" Cadence asked

"Kay, Your momma's not well." Started Jade pulling her up next to her and between us. Cadence looked up at me and I smiled softly. "She has amnesia, so she doesn't remember being your mom, or anything about herself really."

"You don't?" She said wide eyed. Then she grinned an evil grin "So you don't remember I got in trouble the day of the recital and forgot to tell mom to ground me."

"You what?" Jade said looking at me.

I looked at her and shrugged. "Jade!"

"Cadence Zofia Cielo Vega What did you do?" Jade asked.

"Nothing!" Cadence said scrambling out of bed in a fit of giggles knowing Jade couldn't get after her.

"Kay, seriously, what did you do?" Jade said the tip of her nose so red. Noted.

"Can't I just get a pass on this one?" Cadence said from near the door.

I looked at the two women in the room and I spoke for the first time. "Kay… Telling us what it was, will probably get you off with a lighter sentence…"

"What?" Jade said.

"It can't be that bad if she let us know about it… we could just ground her for a month and cover our bases." I said to Jade and looked intently at Cadence.

"Now you're talking." Jade stated perking up. She leaned back on the bed pillows with a satisfied smirk.

"No way!" Cadance stated.

"Well, what was it?" I asked.

"Ugh… I just don't understand WHY I can't wear make up outside of dance." I blinked and looked at Jade to understand it.

Jade looked at Cadence. "Because you're ten. Because it is a rule your mamá made and that is that!"

"Really?" I mouthed at Jade, "How many times have I told you that Kay?"

"Only about a million, and then you found the extra make up in the bottom of my bag…"

"Well…" I said looking at Jade.

"Go ahead… I may be the disciplinarian, but we made a deal, If we catch them we dish out the hurt.

I looked at Cadence and she is waiting for her punishment, she looks a little worried, so I am guessing I'd be a little pissed about it. I looked back at Jade, "grounded for a week?"

"Gee Vega, Grounded in that room of hers?" Jade stated. "Bring me all of your little electronic toys… have a great first day of school Kay, you'll just have to get ready for it on your own. And give us all of your make up."

"MOM!" She said and stomped out of our room.

Jade started laughing. I started laughing. "Jade, why would I make that rule?"

"Oh just something about you not being allowed to wear make up till you were thirteen or something." She answered. "Frankly I like the rule… I don't want the Paps saying I allow my child to grow up too fast."

I breathed out and nodded. "You want to eat dinner at the table?"

Jade nodded and slid out of the bed; it was her last day in bed rest, and she was so tired of it already.

A few days later I sat alone in the music room just trying to figure out how to play my guitar. Cadence came to me and sat down next to me and grabbed a smaller guitar and strummed out a song I had heard on the radio. I stopped to listen to my ten-year-old play, and she sang. It was beautiful.

"Who sings that?" I asked.

She looked at me and blinked sadly, "You do." She shrugged and put the guitar down. "Thought it might help, we used to play together all the time."

I sighed and looked down at my feet. "Baby, I'm so sorry."

"You told me you would never forget me…" Cadence said. "You promised me that once."

I nodded and sighed. "I can remember what I feel for you. I love you and your sisters, I know it."

"We used to do a lot of fun things together." She said softly almost timidly. "Laila and Caro are starting to notice."

"We can make new memories." I said softly.

She looked around the room and then looked straight at me with a question in her eyes. "Did you forget how to sing too?"

I cocked my head and thought. "I don't know."

She looked at some sheet music and handed it to me. "This is pretty popular." She gave it to me and then she started to play and waited for me to start with the words, I didn't know when to come in. Cadence cringed when I started but eventually I was finding where my voice should be and I sang with my daughter. When we finished she smiled. "A little rusty, but great." She stated.

"Kay… I'll remember, I know I will." I said, then hugged her tight

"I hope so."