Jade
I looked back at my four and three year old daughters singing some god awful in appropriate pot song; a duet by their mamá and their traitorous uncle André. God help me they loved that man, and I don't want to poison them against him… I would rather him do that on his own.
I reached over and turned the radio off. "Mommy!" they whined like Tori.
"Caro and Laila, I don't want you singing that song." I stated.
Tori looked over at me. She had taken to coming along with me on our daily routine, so that she would be ready tomorrow when I started the show. "Who's song is that?"
I looked over at her, and she ended up looking around at all of us who looked at her . "what did she ask?" Laila asked.
"I got it, stupid question." Tori said and sighed looking out of the window sadly.
I reached over and squeezed her knee. "You need to listen to the music you like. You and Andre do this for the masses. What the two of you really love is locked up in the studio at home. I will let you listen when we get home." I answered.
She smiled greatfully as we stopped at the front of Kay's school. "Bye Mamita," Cadence said to her mother and kissed her cheek.
"Bye Baby." Tori said.
"Bye Mom!"
"Bye Cadence don't forget your lunch" I said as she kissed mine. Then both Tori and I watched as she found her best friend Rory and hugged her tightly. Rory looked uncomfortable and hugged back, but let her go almost immediately. Cadence was chattering at her a mile a minute and Rori just kind of looked her over. I swear There is something about that girl. I shook my head. They are Ten. I looked around and started moving glad that no one noticed us in the car. Last year when Tori came to drop Kay off, she got swarmed by moms and gay dads. I don't think Tori was up for that..
"That girl Cadance is with…" Tori said still looking in their direction. "She likes Kay."
I looked over at her. "you see that too? I have been telling you this since mid last year. Like when Kay first sprouted boobs." I stopped at the stoplight and glanced at her she had a look of concentration about her. Like she was trying to remember that. "Shit… Babe, I'm sorry I forgot."
She shakes her head. "Don't be sorry. I like that you don't tiptoe around the subjects I may know nothing about."
We remained silent as I made my way to the preschool. "Okay, you take Laila in, and I'll take Caro in. Laila's teacher already knows you, you'll be in and out." I said parking the car.
She nodded and stepped out of the car grabbing Laila and carrying her in. I walked with Caro behind them and once inside the building she motions for me to get down to her level. "Mommy what's wrong with mamá?" she whispered.
I sighed and told her. "She had an accident, and she doesn't remember a lot of things."
"Oh," I said waiting for her little four-year-old mind to process it. "She has like a scrambled brain? Like scrambled eggs?"
I laugh. This kid can always make me laugh. I nodded. "Exactly… so go easy on her alright?" She nodded and I stood walking her all the way to her classroom.
I waited for her just outside of the car. She hurried out and motioned for me to get in the car. I had to move slower so I did as I was told. She ran to the passenger side and soon I knew why she ran out of the preschool. Hayley Thornsmith came out. She has a thing for my wife. She is a lawyer, and apparently the only person in this world that knows how to read public record. She has threatened to out us several times. In exchange she wanted a date with Super Star Tori. I groaned and started my car.
"She tried to kiss me… I'm sure of it." She mumbled.
I snorted. "I am so sure she did." I said pulling out of my spot and flipped Hayley the bird.
"What's her deal?" Tori asked.
"She just did what normal intelligent people did and knows we are married." I said driving toward the house. "She also has boundary issues and wants you all to herself."
"Oh… she made me feel like I was…"
I raised my eyebrow. "Like you were what?"
"Like I had cheated on you with her." She said and looked out of the window, and I knew she was thinking about Andre, thinking that maybe she made that whole sex outside of our bed a habit. Because she was always away on tour.
"There is one particular thing that you have that she would never forget. And Trust me if she knew … we would know about it." I answered. I sighed. "Tori, you NEVER would cheat on me like ever. Believe me I never really had a doubt."
She looked at me. "Really?" I nodded. "I just…"
"I know babe." I reassured her, "I know."
^&*()
"Babe Please! I'm dying here!" Tori begged and it reminded me of how it used to be.
"I told you I need you to remember first." I said to her chuckling as she straddled me.
"baby… okay how about every time I have a flash of something, I let you know and a little of this will be my reward."
I laugh she is bargaining with me and I am thrown back to high school when I was pregnant with Kay and I wanted her just as bad. "Have you been flashing?"
She smiled and nodded. I flipped us so that I was over her. She told me of some things, and as she spoke and it was a real memory, I would kiss her neck and her jaw. We had spent the morning getting used to each other's bodies. Tori's was so different, thick with pregnancy. She was more sensitive in some spots now than she was before. But no, I said no sex and I meant it. So when I stopped, she began to whine.
"You remember a lot…" I murmured my lips on hers. Her eyes were dark with want and I would give in. I looked at the clock and thanked god for a reprieve. "Have to go get the girls," I said.
"Oh," she said with disappointment.
"You coming with, or you staying?" I asked.
She just lay there on the bed kind of dazed. She shut her eyes tightly then looked at me and shook her head. "No…"
"What do you remember?" I asked softly, sitting next to her.
"It just didn't make any sense… Though… you and I did have a lot of sex Jade." She mumbled.
I laughed. "Yes we did." I leaned forward and kissed her deeply. "I have to go,"
"I'll stay here." She said, "Listen to more of my stuff."
"Okay," I said and kissed her again, then I walked away.