~Opposites Attract~

The Pouter

My legs were killing me as I walked sorely on them, and I went to the bathroom, washing up a bit. I looked at myself in the mirror. I didn't feel nasty, I felt normal, like this was just now me realizing the beginning to my actual life. Everything was falling into place, I have kids, I've got a place to live, I've got someone to take care of them on the weekends, now the next step was just to get married. Marriage to me was scary. Sure me and Mike had our fights, but if we got married we'd always be there for each other. I was scared of getting married because after marriage doesn't come babies, after marriage comes divorce, and that's what terrified me. Oh well, it could wait, I'm not even 21, sure he is, but me....I still got almost a year to go. I let out a sigh, and opened the door, going back into the room to get dressed. I always knew what I wanted when I grew up, and now I've got it, all except for a big house, maybe I should ask. He was still sleeping, but I knew it wouldn't be long before he woke up. I crawled on the bed, and laid over his stomach, making him groan. I listened to him yawn, making me laugh, and he put his hand on my back.

"What?" He asks, and I chuckled nervously.

"Nothing, I was just waiting for you to wake up" I say in defense, lifting my head to look at him.

"Uh huh, seriously though" He replies, knowing I had something on my mind. He always knew when I wanted to ask a question, always knew what I was thinking, and always knew what kind of mood I was in, good for him so he knew when to keep his distance when I was grumpy.

"Well......can we like...get a bigger house? I mean it doesn't have to be now-" I start, and his eyes get wide, leaning up.

"Oh god, you're not pregnant again are you?" He asks, looking scared, and I laugh.

"No!! God, I just want a bigger house that's all" I giggle. He lets out a sigh of relief, and lays back down.

"Thank the Lord....you do know we're not having any more kids right?" He asks, and I nod.

"Definatley, I'm with ya all the way man" I sigh, and lay back down on his stomach. He sighs, sounding like he's thinking, and speaks.

"I dunno...maybe someday Layla, we don't need to rush" He sighs, and it immediately brings me down, knowing by the sound of his voice he didn't even have any intention of thinking about it.

"I'll take that as a no then" I sigh, and get up.

"Obviously we don't have the money to move into a bigger house, we're perfectly fine now" He groans, but I wasn't looking for an argument.

"Okay" I sigh, leaving it at that. I made him some coffee like always, and he put the cup towards me, wanting me to drink some.

"Yuck, no" I say disgusted, and turn my nose up. I hated coffee. With him it was coffee and froot loop, and I didn't like either one. Alan did though, she loved froot loops, that and pancakes.

"Alright, let's go to your parents house today" He says, sitting down on the couch to pull some jeans on.

"Why?" I ask, rinsing my hands off in the sink.

"Because my children are over there......and I kinda miss them to be honest" He sighs, and I could've cried.

"Dude...that's sweet" I laugh, and he rolls his eyes.

"Yeah but I'm not going soft on you, don't worry.....if ya know what I mean" He whispers, his arms wrapping around my waist. I laugh, and push him away.

"Get outta here....softie" I tease, and he groans, frowning.

"Are you pouting?" I ask, and he scoffs, going over to the couch and plopping down.

"No" He says...in a pouting voice.

"Lets just go" He sighs, and I laugh at him.

"Okay, whatever" I got my shoes on, and grabbed the keys off the counter, having him try and take them away from me.

"No way, I wanna drive" I say, snatching them behind my back.

"It's my car, give me the keys" He orders, trying to get them. I run past him, and get in the car, locking the doors before he can get in. He growled at me, and gave up. I unlocked the doors for him, and he got in on the passenger side, slamming the door.

"No wonder Alana doesn't like to listen, she's a router, just like you" I laugh, and he rolls his eyes, shaking his head.

"Whatever" He groans, and crosses his arms, staring out the window. I turned the radio on, listening to screeching weasel, and he looked out the window, tapping my arm.

"Look at that....they got an audition thing for a bass player....think I should try?" He asks, taking a flyer off the pole.

"Go for it" I reply, and he shows it to me, reading it out loud. I didn't listen much, just to the major details.

"They already have a singer and a drummer......they're all guys, eight here in Rodeo...dude.....I'm going for it, take me?" He asks, and I laugh, looking at him.

"When?" I ask, and he looks excited.

"Tomorrow at five?" He asks, and I sigh, watching him as he gave me puppy dog eyes.

"Please....for me?" He asks, and I groan.

"Okay okay" I laugh, and he hugs me from the side. I've never seen him so excited about something before, and that's mainly the reason I was doing it.

"I'll make you a promise....if I get in this band....I'll get us a bigger house" He says, and I look to him.

"Seriously?" I ask, and he nods.

"Yeah, seriously" He replies, offering his pinky finger. I take it in mine, and we smirk at each other. Now all I had to do was get him to wherever this place was by five tomorrow, and still manage to hold all three kids while I watched him play since he demanded that I couldn't leave, and that's just what I wanted, sitting down and listening to a bunch of people play in a band that have never even seen each tiger before. But maybe it was one of those weird things like a long lost friend and they were in the band so they automatically accepted him...that would be awesome. I think I'm gonna get along with these people, yeah, I'm gonna like them......I thought wrong.
Yeah I know a cliffhanger, but I'm sure you all know who the band members are gonna be, stick around for the next chapter, I hope you all like it!!!~MikeisDirnt