Building A (Strange) Family

Tongue Tied

David had turned away from her, needing at calm down a minute.
They had been fighting, again.

The guys found they were almost used to at least a weekly melt down from one of them.
From their observance in this blowout, David really did seem to be unreasonable.

Lilly was so angry. She never hit, she never threw things, she never slammed doors.
It just ind of built up inside her till she usually cried in frustration.

Today was a little different in her choice of outlet.
His back was still towards her and she raised her fists to her face.
She dropped them quickly and her tongue jutted out.

Mark saw and laughed so hard he distracted her.
She glared at him, tongue still out when David turned back around to see what was so funny.

He snorted too and she turned to look at him.
Then her eyes got really big when she realized her tongue was still sticking out.
She brought it back but the damage was already done; they had all seen it.

"Lilly? Are you tongue tied?" Robert asked.

She sighed, bobbing her head back and forth and looking up, as if she didn't want to give a definitive.

"What's that?" Joel questioned.
"I thought it was just when you stumbled over words.
Is that why your tongue is round and not pointy?"

Lilly shrugged, "You know that little bit of skin that attaches your tongue to your jaw?"

She had to smirk as she saw Mark reach into his own mouth to feel what she was talking about.

"Mine is about twice as long as other peoples.
I was lucky. My brother Martin apparently couldn't talk right.
They had to snip it."

The argument long forgotten, David stared at her in wonder.

"I've been kissing you for years and I never noticed."

Lilly snorted, rolling her eyes.
"Well, it's a little hard to look at it when it's inside your mouth..."

Mark and Joel proceeded to make gagging noises.