Being Grassi-Hoying

Chapter 33

**Scott's POV**

"What'cha doin'??" I ask Mitch, seeing that he has a bunch of internet tabs open on his laptop. "I'm planning Karlie's 4th birthday party." "Ooo. I wanna help!!" He smiles, "Okay. Well, you can start by helping decide on where we should have it." "Hmm..." I think on it a minute but my phone starts ringing, "Hello??" I answer the phone without thinking. "Scott!!" Ben's voice comes through the speaker by my ear, "Ben!!" I say back, looking at Mitch as he nods, typing something. "I just emailed you and everyone else the tour dates for 2016!!" "Awesome!!" I grab the water on my nightstand, taking a drink."The first show is in February, on Valentine's Day looks like." I choke on the water, startling Mitch. "Woah, baby you okay??" He puts a hand on my back as I cough. After I recover, I nod at Mitch, "Oh really now??" "Yeah...you okay there??" "Yep," I cough I bit more, "water went down the wrong pipe." "Oh." He says, "Is there a problem Scott??" "Umm...I'll text you."I say as Karlie runs in, "Papa, Daddy!!" She bounces. "Alrighty. Bye." "Bye." I hang up the phone, paying attention to Karlie. "Mook!! Mook!!" She holds up a drawing of something, "Dere's you Papa." She points to a peach stick figure with yellow scribbles, with scribbles of colors on his body, which I guess are clothes, and a red smile with blue dots for eyes. "Dere's you Daddy." She points to a smaller stick figure, with similar design. "And me!!" She giggles, pointing at the smallest stick figure, which is being held by us. "Oh, is that Wyatt??" Mitch asks, pointing to a grey blob with points on it's head and a black smile connected to a pink triangle. "Uh huh." "Adorable." I say as she hands me the drawing. "Put it on the fridge." Mitch smiles, reminding me of something he told me once, "Little kid crafts on fridges are the cutest thing ever." I get up, walking into the kitchen and hanging it on the fridge with two magnets. "Can you put my name on it, pwease??"Karlie walks in, holding out a purple crayon. "Sure thing baby girl." I grab the crayon, writing 'By: Karlie Nicole Grassi-Hoying' On the front corner, and on the backside, 'Age: 3'. "Tank yous!!" She says when I hand her back the crayon. "You're welcome babe." She runs back into the dining room, "You and Daddy color wis me??" I look at her, "In a sec babe." I walk into our bedroom, where Mitch is now writing in a notebook, "Why did you choke on your water??" He asks when I sit on the bed, "Karlie wants us to color with her in the dining room." "Okay, but seriously Scott, why did you choke on your water when you were talking to Ben??" He puts the pen down, setting the notebook on his nightstand, "We start tour soon." I say, "Okay, we'll have to talk about that is that it??" "Our first concert is on Valentine's Day." Mitch freezes, "But..." "I know. But do you want to tell them??" "Uh uh." "Exactly." "Then we'll just have to do it before then." I nod as he gets up, following me to the dining room while checking his phone. "At least it's here in L.A." I hear him whisper, "Yay!!" Karlie throws her arms up in celebration. "Okay. What are we coloring baby girl??" I sit down beside her, Mitch on the other side, "I no know. You pick!!" She giggles, "Duh Papa." Mitch says laughing. "Well. Ady was picky like someone, even when we were 10 and coloring wasn't 'cool' anymore." Mitch turns a little pink. "Shut up." I smile at him. 

**Marli's POV**

"Do I have to go back to my same school??" I groan, Esther keeps scrolling on her laptop, "Just for the rest of this year babe. Then you can move to the school in this district." Her eyes stay fixed on the computer screen, and I whine. "But I hate it there!!" "You'll figure it out." She pokes my nose as I smile, "Yeah, if freaking Blakley moves away." "What about this Shane character??" My heart stops, but I don't know why. "He's an 11th grader. I probably will never see him again." Esther rolls her eyes at me, "Everyone goes through this, Marli. You'll survive. Mitch did, didn't he??" I nod sheepishly. I can't imagine anyone hurting him. "You're strong Marli." She smiles, as I smile back. "I guess." I go back to my drawing of Shane. 

"Really?? No, it's just that's Karlie's birthday. Yeah." I hear Momma on the phone with Ben. "You know he's scared of telling you stuff like that. Remember when you screamed at him because of their Anniversary being on a show date in England?? Yeah." I giggle to myself. "I'm sure they'll figure something out." Esther smiles at me. "I don't know." After a few more minutes with them talking, and me finally finishing Shane's hair, "Okay, good. Bye." She hangs up and turns to me, "I wanna stay with Todrick. Chester watches us while he's working and if all else Karlie and I help... well Carlie." "Woah, slow down Mar. What??" She laughs. "Really?? No, it's just that's Karlie's birthday. Yeah." I copy her, "You guys are leaving for tour soon. I'm guessing the album's tour??" Esther nods. "Damn you're smart." I laugh, "No, I listen." "Well, I'll have to talk to Todrick but we don't leave California until March." Momma explains to me. "Okay." I smile as she hugs me, "Now, how about lunch??" I crack up, "What??" "You sound like Winnie the Pooh."I laugh harder. "When he's talking about Rabbit." Esther smiles. "Jessie has a lot of movies." I follow Mom downstairs, hopping on each step with one foot. "Don't fall." She smiles at me. "I won't." We get into the kitchen, and Esther makes two sandwiches. "Here ya go, Buggie." I smile. "Can I watch YouTube on your phone??" Esther nods, handing me her phone, "Tomorrow we're getting you a phone." She says, causing me to drop hers on the counter, "Oops!!" I pick it back up panicky, "And an Otterbox." She laughs, "A phone?!" "Yeah, hopefully an iPhone." "WHAT!?" I scream, "What??" "A legit phone?? That can call and text?! That's insane!!" She laughs, "You're so cute." I smile, getting on YouTube and watching Connor Franta, Nick Laws and Matthew Lush. "He's useless to watch now." I say, closing out a Matthew video, "You shouldn't watch him." "I know. But he was with the guy I was watching earlier, and I felt bad to just drop him." I go and watch Scott and Mitch with Karlie.