Jennie watches from the kitchen as the kids, along with Lisa, run around the backyard, marveling at their seemingly endless energy. She taps her fingers on the counter to the music she hears in her head as she waits for her mother to pick up the phone.
“Hello?”
“Mom, hi!” Jennie greets, her voice unusually high-pitched. “How are you today?”
“Do you need money?” Stacy asks immediately and Jennie scoffs. Stacy quickly apologizes. “Sorry, sweetheart, it’s a reflex.”
“Mom, I haven’t needed money from you for almost eight years,” Jennie points out.
“I know, sweetheart,” Stacy says. Jennie can hear shuffling through the phone and her saying something to someone in the background, their voices all muddled together. “Hey, Jennie, Channing and Tyler are visiting this week. Do you wanna talk to them?”
Jennie’s eyes widen as the opportunity presented itself in front of her. “Actually do you guys have dinner plans? I was thinking you guys could eat here. Lisa and I will cook.”
“Oh, that sounds great. I miss the kids,” Stacy says, making Jennie scoff.“What time should we be there?”
Jennie glances at the clock at the family room. “What about at 6:30? Dinner at 7?”
“That’s fine,” Stacy says. She can hear her mom yelling at someone. Presumably her sisters. “Alright, baby. We’ll see you then.”
“Love you, mom,” Jennie says. Her mom bids her goodbye and she hangs up her phone. She goes to the backyard, waving Lisa over.
“Hey,” Lisa says as she leans over and gives Jennie a peck. “What’s up?”
“My family is coming over for dinner,” Jennie tells her. “I’m going to go to the store real quick, okay?”
“Oh, are we going to tell them?” Lisa asks, her voice was quiet as her eyes widen nervously
Jennie nods, her eyes wandering all over as she starts speaking. “Yeah, Tyler and Channing are both here so I think it’s the perfect time to tell them. So you know we don’t have to do it like three different times. I know that-”
Lisa puts her hand on her shoulders, before nudging her face back onto hers. “It’s fine. We can tell them tonight and tomorrow we can FaceTime my parentals, okay?”
Jennie nods. “Yeah...yeah that sounds good.”
“Okay, cool. Do you need help getting the stuff?”
Jennie gives her an exasperated look. “The stuff? You’re an author and you can’t even find the right words?”
She taps the side of her forehead, giving Jennie a smirk. “I keep all the goodies in here and then write them down on paper. So you know I gotta save them all up.”
Jennie rolls her eyes. “Alright, weirdo. Please clean the house up a bit.”
“I’m an artist. I’m not weird, I’m eccentric,” Lisa scoffs, making Jennie laugh.
“Fine, my eccentric genius,” Jennie corrects herself, placing another kiss on her lips. She grabs her sweater and purse before throwing a small wave as she goes to the garage. “Love you.”
“Love you, too,” Lisa calls before she swivels on her feet and goes back to the backyard. “Hey, guys! Come here real quick!”
“Guys, wait! I’m still little!” Ellie calls to the two older kids as they bound over to Lisa.
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