Settling Down

12

February 15, 1991

Lindsey had a hard time waking up in the morning, because he had gotten maybe four hours of sleep, but Stevie laying on him naked was worth it. They showered together and then Stevie slid into his teeshirt as she waved him off to work and as he left she wiggled her finger at him and she grabbed his collar before pulling him down to her and kissing him goodbye. 

She and Karen had a meeting that day to discuss tour dates and as Glen, Karen, and the rest of her team-Sheryl Louise, Lori Perry-Nicks, Sharon Celani, Waddy Wachtel, and Paul Fishken- gathered in Lindsey's living room they all gave her curious glances. She had put on proper clothing, now but she could swear if she shifted a certain way she could still feel her night with Lindsey and she loved it she absolutely loved it. 

"So you know how my house was broken into?" Stevie asks after a moment she had served coffee and tea and now everyone was just concerned about her being in this small house compared to her giant mansion across the street.

"Yeah, Chris is pissed you didn't call and tell us." Lori rolls her eyes, Stevie had red-eyed her in leaving her brother in Phoenix to work for their father and mother at the bar. 

"The man that lives here is a cop...a sexy, sexy, sexy cop...Lori do you remember him from the tour, he was at the forum and he was the cop posted up at my dressing room." 

"I do, he was yummy and I about cursed myself for being married to your brother." Lori nods.

"He lives here and I've been hanging out with him a lot..." 

"Oh yeah, you were telling us about his two girls and how you had to help the oldest through her first period." Lori nods. Stevie had gushed about them to her family at Christmas but she kept details very minimal. 

"This is his house, I picked that dog out with him and the girls, and he was the one that saved me from what very well could've ended up as a rape because he and the girls were walking the dog and I had been a presence in their life and the girls seem to like me so he offered me a place to stay until I felt comfortable being in my house again, and hell...Trial hasn't started yet so I still can't even step foot in my house, they're doing investigations and shit. I don't know. I had to file an insurance claim and a police report and I have no fucking clue what's going on, but Lindsey and I are...kinda together now, I think." Stevie smiles sweetly.

"You think?" Karen asks.

"We made love last night." She blushes and Glen and Paul both wince. They had previously both slept with Stevie. 

"So you like Mr. Cop Guy?" Sharon inquires.

"I like Mr. Cop Guy." Stevie nods it was just then that the phone rang. 

Stevie grabbed it off of the end table next to her and brought it up to her ear. "Hello," 

"Stevie, can you and Karen come get me?"

"Emily, is that you." 

"Yeah," 

"Why what happened?" Stevie asks.

"IT happened, and I don't want to like root around in Mrs. Martin's stuff and Lizzie hasn't yet..." It took Stevie a minute to figure it out, but when she did she continued the conversation with Emily. 

"Oh, oh...well I can bring you some things. I'm in meeting right now baby, I'm going to have to go back to work soon." 

"I'd rather just go home...I don't feel too good. My stomach feels like it's being stabbed." 

"Okay, Karen and I will be there. What's the address dear?" Stevie asks grabbing at the notepad and pencil on the coffee table. 

Once she hung up, she looked at the group. "I have to go mom."