Bellow Diamond <3

"I have a proposal" (pt 1)

Like every night, Lisa and Patti sit at the table discussing their days over a glass of wine. Susie was supposed to be in bed, but around 10:30 they hear her little sock clad feet pounding down the stairs.
P: "Damn." She slouches in her chair.
L: "Oh hush."
Susie slides into the room, she slaps a messy pile of papers on the table.
L: "What's this all about my love?"
P: "Yeah, I distinctly remember tucking you in about two hours ago." Patti crosses her arms.
S: "There's no time for all of that. Now, Mommy, Mother, I have a proposal." She picks up one of the papers and closes her eyes matter of factly.
Patti and Lisa give each other a slightly amused smile. 😏
P: "A proposal huh? Proceed."
Susie clears her throat. She opens her eyes and "reads" from her paper (she can't read or write yet)
S: "I want a sister."
Patti chokes on her wine.
S: "Now now, before you say anything, I will settle for a kitty." 👀
P & L: 🤨
P: "*mumbling to her wife* I see the Zircons taught her to bargain."
P: "I see what you're doing here. And no, you're not getting a cat."
Susie crumples up the paper in her hand and throws it behind her shoulder.
S: "Now mother, I had a feeling you'd say that."
She picks up another piece of paper.
S: "I've made a diagram to exhibit my desires."
L: "Oh my gosh darling those are some big words for you!"
Susie with her eyes closed: "Thank you mommy, now-"
She puts the paper down on the table and slides it over to her mothers. She stands on a chair so she can point at the paper from across the table. The paper shows, drawn I crayon, a pink stick figure with poofy hair, and right next to it (About double her size) a four legged creature with pointy ears. A line connects the two.
S: "That's a leash" she whispers to Lisa.
L: "It's lovely sweetie." She whispers back with a smile.
P: "So this is you with your...cat...?"
S: "Yes mother. See, I'm walking it, and she's smiling so you know I'm taking good care of her." The creature was smiling.
P: "Uh huh. You know taking care of a cat comes with more then just walking a it..wait, do you even walk cats!?"
L: "Susie dear, taking care of a cat is a big responsibility, and you already have spinel-" (The ferret Christine bought her)
L: "There's just so many factors you have to take into account. Feeding it, cleaning up after it, clipping it's nails, brushing its teeth." She lists out on her fingers.
S: "Brushing its teeth?"
L: "Mhm, if you don't it might get tooth rot, which doesn't feel very good."
P: "Yep, plus cats shit in a sand box, you keep in your house."
S: "What!?"
P: "Yeah, and it stinks up the place and you have to clean it all the time."
S: "Ew!"
P: "uh huh."
S: "Well...I didn't know that..."
Her daughters sullen face immediately sent Lisa into mom mode.
L: "Well, it's really not all that bad....if we did get a cat we could keep the litter box in the laundry room..."
P: "Lisa!?"
L: "What?"
P: "There's no way we're getting a cat, I won't have it."
S: Well...I made these..."
She spreads out the papers. Various drawings of the little stick figures with the giant "cat"
The last one being a yellow figure hugging the "cat"
L: "Aww, Patti, look at that one."
Patti grumbles.
L: "Susie love, why don't you go on up to bed and we'll think about it."
S: "Okay, Mommy, can you tuck me back In?"
L: "Of course hon." Lisa holds Susie's hand and they head back upstairs.
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Lisa pulls the pink duvet over Susie.
S: "Do you think Mother will change her mind?"
L: "She will." She smiles and winks.
Susie giggles. Lisa walks over to the door and turns off the light.
L: "Goodnight my love."
S: "Goodnight mommy."
                                      ***
P: "That little rascal really thought we'd give her another animal." She throws back the rest of her wine and takes the glass to the sink.
L: "Well I think it's not such a bad idea."
P: "What?"
L: "She has been doing rather well with spinel."
P: "Yeah, but she's a ferret, it's different."
L: "Is it? We trim her nails, we clean her messes, and she relieves herself inside the house; well, it is in her cage, but regardless."
P: "Well the ferret doesn't climb on everything and knock stuff down and eat random things or wake you up at three in the morning because it's hungry (she continues on)"
L: "You seem to know an awful lot about cats, did you ever have one?"
P: "Yes actually, mother had one named Deedee and I absolutely hated her."
L: "Why did you hate her?"
P: "Because she was a bother and mother made me take care of her even though she was her cat."
L: "Well what if this one isn't a bother?"
P: "Well still, it's a cat! Hell no."
L: "Well I get a say in this too don't I? And I say yes."
P: "What!? Just a minute ago you agreed with me?!"
L: "shhhh, you'll wake Susan. And yes, I did agree with you, but now I'm annoyed, so I'm siding with Rosie now. 😌" (they call her Rosie because when she was a baby her cheeks were always pink tinted)
P: "Wh- I- g-gaaahh!" She rubs her face in annoyance.
L: "Aww, you're so cute when you're flustered."
Whenever she's like this, Patti's face gets all red and scrunched up, like a pissed off toddler.
P: "Pff, no I'm not. And stop looking at me like that, your "Puppy dog eyes" won't change my mind Li-sa."
L: "Don't they always Pa-tti."
P: *grumbles*
Lisa snickers.
P: "can we just...go to bed? I'm exhausted."
L: "Fine." She has an idea. "Let's go to bed."
They walk up the stairs. Half way up Lisa holds Patti's hand.
P: "What are you on about?"
L: "What I can't hold my wife's hand?"
When they reach their bedroom door Lisa turns to face Patti. They look at each other sweetly for a moment. Patti turns to open the door but Lisa stops her. She pulls Patti's head in for a light kiss on the lips. Then slightly harder. They kiss each other; Patti lightly holds the side of Lisa's face under her jaw.
L: "Mm, I've missed this..."
P: "It's been a week love."
Lisa bites Patti's lower lip. Lisa's arm that was embracing her wife makes its way down her back.
P: "...Lis, it's late."
L: "So? That's never stopped us before ;)." She pulls her in for about her kiss, she lightly sucks on Patti's now swollen lip.
Patti chuckles.
P: "No it hasn't." She smirks and opens up the bedroom door. The two slide inside and close the door behind them.