"Home Sweet Home, ladies." Mariah said as they pulled into the driveway of the guest house, the place on her father's ranch spread she was fixing for herself and Stella to live in, until they found something permanent and got settled, got back on their feet.
"Wow.. I never would have thought that Undertaker would live somewhere with so much.. Green."
"Yeah, I get that a lot.. We go all out for Halloween, Eve, you'd get a kick out of it." Mariah joked as she mimicked her father's trademark eye roll and then said "Nattie.. Looks like Diablo's waitin on ya."
"Oh go suck a donut."
"Hey.. He followed you around after that ride."
"Yeah, he was plotting my death, Ri."
"Was not."
"Was too. You ride him."
"Mama ride him all the time." Stella said as she giggled then said "She cusses too when he throw her on her butt."
"Do not, Volt."
"Do too, mama, darn it."
"He does not throw me."
"Obviously, he does." Eve giggled as Kaitlyn nodded in agreement and Cameron and Naomi's car came to a stop beside the truck they were all sitting together in.
"Wow.. There's living trees."
"And again, I get this a lot.."
"But it's Undertaker, I mean.. He's the most private man on the lineup.. Everyone sort of assumes he IS that kind of guy."
"He's not.. Sorry to spoil the illusion, girls." Mariah joked as she said "We were just discussing how my stud, Diablo has a slight crush on Ms. Nattie here."
"He's plotting my death, I'm telling you."
"Again, he's not."
"And you say this, yet he throws you."
"Because he doesn't like me."
Cameron and Naomi tried their best not to burst into laughter then spotted the garage and asked, "Who's car?"
"That's clunker 1.. She's sort of me and dad's project. We've never finished her.. "
"You work on those things, girl?"
"Hell yes. Not about to wait on a man to change my tire or fix my radiator hose on side of the road, hell to the no."
"Haha, yeah, why wait for a month for something to get done when you can do it yourself in about 10 minutes." Eve mused as Kaitlyn looked at her, brow raised.
Eve shrugged then said "Hey, I have to have some kind of hobby."
"And jijitsu isn't enough?"
"It is, but.. I've just sort of always liked messing with cars and stuff.. Daddy's girl, remember?"
"Oh.. I'm sorry, just still used to Eve of old, I suppose." Kaitlyn and Mariah both said quietly, as they all got out of the SUV, looking at the guest house. "Yeah.. I'm thinking it's a good thing we have a whole week." Mariah laughed as Eve said "Yep, definitely my thoughts." as Natalya nodded and smirking said "20 bucks says we open the door, some kind of critter runs out, Mariah here almost pees on herself to get away."
"You're on."
"Hey. I can't help it I'm freaking petrified of mice, bats and other furry animals."
"Seriously? You'll stand down the guys in Shield, chair in hand, refuse to move until Big Show MOVES you, but a mouse sends you running?"
Stella giggled as she nodded then said "This one time, bat got into Poppa's rv, and mama broke the door down gettin out. It was a baby!"
All eyes turned to Mariah who muttered something, bit her lip and shrugged as she turned it around on Natalya and said "Oh yeah? Well what about the freaking spider that made you bail off the paddleboat when your dad, my dad and our uncles took us camping that summer? You freaking left me, when I didn't know how to swim, in the middle of a lake!"
"I did not.. I got your godfather and your dad to come out and get you.. It's not my fault the spider had you frozen in fear."
Mariah groaned as she said simply, "I can't with you right now, Nattie."
"And I can't with you, either."
A squeal and running from the direction of the old screen door on the front of the guest house had them both looking, watching with cocked to the side heads as they watched not only Cameron and Naomi, but Eve and Stella scaling a tree in the yard while a raccoon sat on the steps, watching them all if they were insane.
"And too bad we made that bet about me, huh?"
"Definitely. Let's get inside.. See what we're up against, shall we?"
"Yeah. Remember we used to camp in here?"
"God yes.. If these walls could talk."
The girls walked inside finally, after coaxing Eve, Stella, Cameron and Naomi out of the tree. They looked around and promptly burst into laughter. "Yeah.. We definitely gotta do something with the interior, girl."
"Mhmm.. I've never seen so much wooden paneling and I'm from Colorado."
"Is that chair.. Is it moving?"
"Kaitlyn, it's a rocking chair. The window's open a little, daddy was airing it out for us all, the breeze is blowing."
"Oh, because for a minute there I was gonna add house excorcism to the list."
"Ooh, mama we gonna have a haunted house?" Stella asked as Mariah groaned and said "No baby.. Because if there's a ghost in here, pretty sure the girls and you screaming like banshees a few minutes ago scared it right outta here. Hell, I thought something happened to ya."
"I wasn't 'spectin it, mama. I was NOT scart."
"You totally were, Volt."
"Pooey on you."
They wandered around, looking around then decided to go out to get some stuff, get something to eat. All in all, it had the potential to be a very memorable 'girls only' week. Maybe they'd start doing this all the time.
A/N: Holy crap on a cracker! I'm so happy, so many reviews already, and I've only really just started this one! I love you guys soooooo freakin much, you're all amazing! I'm so glad you like this, I was worried it'd be a little too out there or something, but..
That said, I need to ask you guys something.. Who do you see with Mariah/Stella? I'm not even sure who she'd go with, I only have basic bare things figured out about her personality, actually.. I do know she's kinda like a country/biker/tomboy type and she doesn't take anyone's crap.. So yeah, that's all I do know for now.
Suggestions, ladies?
Roman's not up for a pairing in this one, btw, just in case I actually pick up writing my roman x oc story later. But yeah, That's about it.
Thanks so much for all the reviews, I hope you guys are liking the story so far.