Starting Over

Chapter 37

"Do you think its time Mr. Blackbourne?" Kota asked and Owen thought it over.

"Perhaps," Owen said cleaning his glasses.

They walked into the kitchen and she looked up and smiled at them, "Hey guys, the banana nut bread is almost done." She moved her Zero stuffy to the side a little more so he didnt get dirty. "I just need to dice the cucumber and add the black olives to the salad then it will be ready for dinner."

"Sounds great Doll," Axel said as he kissed her then got out plates for everyone.

"Is everyone going to be home for dinner?" She asked and Brandon nodded.

"Great," She beamed. She began peeling the cucumbers when the oven beeped.

"I got them," Marc said turning off the timer.

"Thank you Bean," She said as she went back to what she was doing. "Here you go Max," She giggled as she slipped him a slice of cucumber.

"Not too many, Ten," Kota warned as he smirked. She stuck her tongue out at him and then gasped when Raven pulled on her ponytail tilting her head back.

"Behave Kitten," Raven growled in her ear causing goosebumps to cascade over her body.

"Yes Sir," She whispered, and he laughed releasing her. She glared then pouted causing Kota to chuckle.

"Salad Peanut," Nathan reminded her and she nodded.

"What are we having for dinner?" Luke asked.

"I couldnt make up my mind so were having both tacos and chicken alfredo with carrots and peas and broccoli mixed in," Marie said grabbing another cucumber and began peeling it.

"Sounds fucking wonderful," Gabriel said grabbing the napkins.

After making the salad, she carried it to the table and turned around to get something else but was stopped by Corey. He grabbed her chin and kissed her. She whimpered and tried to deepen the kiss but he pulled away and smirked when she pouted.

"Sit down Pookie," Sean said as the rest of the teams brought everything to the table.

While they were eating Max laid his head in her lap and she absentmindedly stroked his fur. "Everything okay Princess?" Victor asked. "Max has been sticking to you more than usual today."

"Just having an off day," she shrugged as she nibbled on a pickle.

"Talk to us Cupcake," Luke said, and she shook her head.

"Im okay, I promise," She smiled softly. "Finish eating and then I will get started on cleaning up."

"Hey talk to us, whats going on, Baby," North said as Silas put his hand on her thigh.

"Its just trivial things," She said looking down at her plate, "I promise Im okay."

"Angelos Mou," Silas warned and she sighed and set her fork down.

"Im telling you it was just an off day, filled with trivial stuff."

"Just tell us about it, Darling, you may feel better afterwards," Owen explained.

"You are just going to think its silly," she sighed.

"Try us," Gabriel shook his head, "Youve listened to us vent and rant god know how many fucking times, even over shit you didnt understand. Now its our fucking turn Trouble, thats how this fucking relationship works."

"I tried painting but I realized I was out of cerulean blue and sea foam green so I thought I could create the right shades. No matter what I tried I just couldnt get the right shades and nothing else was similar enough. I finally decided to just give up and went to put my stuff away when I knocked over a work in progress that wasnt finished drying so it ended up being completely destroyed. Theres no way I can fix it. Then I decided to just go for a walk to try and calm down when I noticed my galaxy converse were broken. I wanted to make white chocolate chip cookies but found out I was out of white chocolate chips. I couldnt find my Interview With A Vampire or Queen of the Damned books even though I thought I left them in the library. I cant find my favorite Nightmare Before Christmas shirt, I spilled black nail polish on my favorite blanket, Im out of bath bombs, my Playstation 2 wont read any of my games and I cant get my TV to switch over to the Playstation 3 or 4 to play my other games. I cant find where I put my cross stitching stuff, we havent had a family night in forever because everyone is so busy except me so I feel like were drifting apart without even realizing it, Im getting more emotional than usual and its over super tiny things not like what you go through at work or on missions. I dont know if Im about to start or on the verge of a breakdown and I swore I wouldnt cry!" She pushed her chair back and rushed to her room. She slammed the door and locked it before collapsing on the floor.

"Well this changes plans, Brandon sighed.

"Its fine," Corey said shaking his head, "She has a point though, I hadnt realized we got so busy that we had stopped family night. Ill go look at her TV once she calms down. That PlayStation 2 is probably done for as much as she plays it but I will look at it also."

"Im on the paints, blanket, shirt, and shoes. I have more of her bombs already created I just hadnt put them in her bucket yet," Gabriel said standing.

"She left her books in my room," Kota said putting his fork down. "Ill go look at the calendar and figure out family night again."

"Ill help," Marc said standing.

"The rest of us will help each other and tackle the kitchen also. Lets give her a bit then one or two of us will go check on her," Owen said standing. "This calls for movie night tonight."

Marie got out of the shower, slipped on a Slipknot shirt, some shorts and crawled into bed. Just as she was drifting off to sleep she felt herself being moved. She started to protest but Silas grunt made her stop. She relaxed into his hold and soon fell asleep.

"Lets see how long it takes before she notices," Luke giggled as he stepped away from Silas and her hand slipped out of Lucians hand.