And Peggy

54

"Lex, how many damn times do I have to explain how to use it?" John shouted at Alex in the kitchen.

"It's fucking confusing."

"After it heats up, you open this, put the thing in, close it, and press this button. Simple!"

"John, I love you, but that made no fucking sense."

"Aren't you supposed to be a genius?"

"I can assure you I am."

"Mhm. Right. But you can't manage to work a coffee maker."

"Just shut the fuck up!"

I stood up. "I'm going to make sure nobody is dead." I walked into the kitchen. "Are you guys okay in here?"

"Yeah, we're good." John said resting his chin on Alex's head.

Alex took another sip of his coffee. "We're fantastic. Why?"

"You were just screaming at each other." I said.

"Oh, yeah. I'm four hours late." Alex said.

"Maybe if you get some fucking sleep, Lex, you wouldn't need coffee."

"Jackie, do not tell me what to do. Sleep is overrated. Coffee is incredible."

"Okay, but you can't live off of coffee." I said.

"I'll do what I want. Plus I don't."

"Yeah sure."

"No, he doesn't actually." John said.

"Really?" I said unconvinced.

"Yeah, he drinks a lot of Five-Hour Energy."

"Five-Hour Energy practically flows throughout my bloodstream." Alex said looking up from his coffee.

"You need some serious help." I said walking out. "And some sleep."  I added turning to him.

Alex flipped me off while chugging his second cup of coffee.

I shook my head laughing and continued out to the living room.

"So nobody's dead?" Maria asked.

"Unfortunately." I sighed falling back onto the couch.

Maria stood up.

"Where are you going?" I asked sort if upset.

"I'm getting myself coffee." She said pointing to the kitchen.

"Oh, okay." I said as she walked out.

"How are you going to hide that from Mama?" Eliza asked me.

I looked over to her. "I wish I knew."

"Maybe just try keeping your hair to the side. That's going to be really hard to cover with makeup."

"Thanks. Wait. How do you know how to cover them?"

"I have a boyfriend, Pegs." She said with a slight laugh. "And the last I checked, he's kind of sex-crazed."

I let out a little laugh. "I think you meant sex-obsessed."

"I was trying to be nice." She smiled wrapping her arms around herself.

Maria walked back in sipping her coffee. She sat down and put her arm around me. "Want some?"

"Sure." I took her mug and took a sip. I immediately spit it out back into the cup. "Ew. You're like Alex!" I said wiping my face with the back of my hand.

"Oh, right; you don't like black coffee." She said taking back the mug. "Sorry."

"It's fine."

She took a sip.

"You do know some of that was in my mouth, right?"

"Yeah and?" I she asked looking at me.

"That's disgusting."

"Babes, my tongue was in your mouth before. How is this a big deal?"

"What?" Alex asked laughing hysterically as he walked back into the room with John.

"Yeah, what?" Eliza asked staring at Maria.

"Calm down, hon. I'm sure you and Alex have done worse. Actually I'm positive that you and Alex did worse." Maria said crossing her arms.

"Um. Avons-nous mal fait?" Eliza asked hesitantly turning to Alex.

"Non, mon amour. Nous allons bien." He said kissing her forehead.

"Êtes-vous sûr?"

"Je suis certain. Je ne mentirais pas."

Eliza smiled at Alex.

Maria stared at them confused. "What?" She popped her lips.

"Eliza asked, 'Is what we did bad?' Alex replied, 'No, my love. We are fine.' Eliza then asked, 'Are you sure?' Alex assured her 'I am sure. I wouldn't lie.'" I translated.

"You know French?" Maria asked staring at me in awe.

"Oui, chérie." I smiled. "Je parle français couramment."

"English."

"I speak French fluently."

"Oh!"

"But aren't you taking French?" John asked.

"It's an easy A." I said with a shrug.

"Très intelligent." John smiled at me.

"Am I the only who can't speak French here?" Maria asked.

John, Eliza, Alex, and I looked at each other. "Oui." We said in unison.

"I'm not very good though." Eliza said.

"That doesn't matter." Alex said wrapping his arm around her. "You know a lot. Plus, it's more than Maria." He added.

"Claro que soy el único que no sabe hablar francés." Maria said shaking her head.

"Huh?" The four of us asked in complete confusion.

Hey guys. Just for the record, I do not speak fluent French or any Spanish. This is thanks to Google Translate, so please correct me if it's wrong. Anyways, Voltron is really good and I'm already obsessed even though I just started season 2. Bye!