Chapter 53

It had been about 5 minutes since May had stepped out of Rods truck. The sisters had decided to relocate to the interior of the trailer, and we're currently holding conversation on the couch.

"So how was the dentist anyway?" asked Lee.

"Oh!" yelled May, "I almost forgot, they told me to brush my teeth as soon as I got home. They put this gross stuff in my mouth that was supposed to help them fit the braces, and some of it is still in between my teeth. I'll be right back, then I promise I'll tell ya all about it!"

"Okay!" said Marie as May ran up the stairs. Lee and Marie both waited until they heard the door to the bathroom shut and latch before they turned to each other.

"I can't believe it," said Marie.

"Me neither," said Lee, "I really thought she would never get em. Pretty soon I won't be able to call her Bucky no more"

May began descending the stairs

"I'm back!" yelled May in her obnoxious voice

"I can see that!" yelled Lee in a sarcastic tone, "Now sit down and smile!"

May sat down on the couch and smiled at her sisters with her braces. Lee was sure to grab her head and reposition it at different angles to get a complete look at her new little sister.

"Lookin good May!" yelled Lee.

"Really?" asked May as she got up to smile into the mirror on the wall. A concerned May then turned around to her sisters

"Do you think Ed will like them?" asked May.

"Why wouldn't he?" asked Marie, "Judging by the way he hugged ya in that basketball court, I'd say you're on your way into his heart."

"You really think so?" asked May excitedly as her eyes lit up.

"Don't encourage her!" yelled Lee playfully as she got up to get herself a soda. "It's bad enough I already got one of my sisters prancing around here never shutting up about her man, I don't need another one."

Marie grinned at Lee.

"Ah shut up Lee," yelled Marie, "You just never felt the kind of feeling that me and May have, and I think your jealous."

"Huh!" said Lee as she opened the door to her refrigerator, "You gotta be out of your freakin mind to think I want to be in love."

Lee pulled a soda out of the refrigerator and began walking back into the living room. She took a seat on the couch next to Marie.

"Besides, when you're as hot as me, you can have any guy you want!" yelled Lee, after which she snickered. Her two sisters joined in on her joke as well.

Just then the door to the trailer opened. Tabby had gotten off of work earlier than usual and did not have to return for night work that night. She was wearing a blue short sleeved blouse, a pair of blue jeans, and the infamous black high heeled boots Marie had worn to Double Dees house a few times. She had decided that she was going to use her time off to bond with her daughters.

"Hey girls." said Tabby as she closed the door behind her.

"Hi Mom," replied all three sisters.

Tabby walked over to her youngest daughter and smiled down at her.

"C'mon, let me see don't keep me waiting!" said Tabby in a tone of voice that sounded similar to Lee.

May looked up at her mother, and for the first time smiled willingly. May had never smiled as proudly as she did due to her embarrassing overbite. She was obviously much more confident now that she knew that she was on her way to a perfect smile.

"Beautiful!" said Tabby as she stared into her daughters eyes, "How was it anyway?"

Tabby stood unpacking leftovers that the restaurant had allowed her to take home as May told her mother and her sisters her story of how she was fitted with braces. May was quite afraid of the dentist, and had in fact not visited the dentist as often as she should have. Although the process the orthodontist used to fit her with her braces scared her half to death, she was proud that she was able to get it done.

The girls and their mother shared some more laughs before Tabby began ascending the staircase.

"I'll be right down," said Tabby, "And then we'll go."

The girls sat confused at Tabby's last statement.

"Go where?" asked Lee.

Tabby paused when she was about halfway up the stairs and looked down into her daughter's eyes. She uttered a final statement before she continued her way up to the bedroom.

"It's been 27 years, and it's time that I finally headed home."