Years That Shift

A New Beginning

I reached over ,hitting the button to shut the annoying beeping off before it woke him.I sat up and rubbed my eyes before throwing my legs over the side of the bed and heading to bathroom. After a long energizing shower, I changed into a plain black tight fitting dress with a short V cut in the front and pinned my hair up in a bun. 'Meeting at record company 11am' was written in my hand write on a note posted in the mirror. A bit of makeup later I looked presentable and walked out where both sides of the bed where folded towards the middle. I grabbed the silver ring with black and clear stone alternating to a larger clear one and placed it on my ring finger.

As I walked down stairs I herd the familiar voice of the Beetle Juice cartoon playing. A bit of black ruffled hair stood up over the couch cushions. I walked over and grabbed thr tint face kissing his forehead. As he wiped it away I laughed and brushed down his hair. The smell of pancakes flowed through the house and I followed the scent to the kitchen. A large man with brown hair and dark blue boxers stood at the stove with a spatula in hand. I wrapped my arms around his stomach and he looked back with a smile kissing my forehead. " Morning" " Morning to you too" he said sweetly." What's on the menu?" " Pancakes and bacon, what's the meeting about?" "If they want to do warped this year, have you guys decided yet?" " Eh Pablo want to go with Pit of Death, but he's out voted." " Sucks, you guys will be able to tour with As I Lay Dying agin. " " I know, so go talk to Tate about it.He's got an argument." " Okay"

I left him and wandered back into the front room and sat on the couch. He leaned against me " How'd you sleep?" "good, mommy" " yeah" "Can I go with you and daddy?" " I don't know sweetie, don't you want to stay with grandma?" he shook his head no. " Let us talk about it." I kissed the top of his head and stood up going back to the kitchen. " You set me up." " No, I told him we were leaving and he wanted to know if he could go with us." "He's so small." " He also has more than 20 uncles and Aunts going already . It's not like im saying throw him into a moshpit. We both have a relilable bus, and it's gotten alot safer." " Let me see when I get back from the meeting." " Good he should get to travel before he has to worry about school.Tate bacon." " oooh bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon." he ran in pinching his hands like claws. Alex handed him a strip " Whoa whats the claws dude." he saluted him before runnin towards the living room ,but Alex grabbed him.

"Don't you want pancakes?" "choloate chip?" he asked taking a bite of the crispy strip. " same as mom." I walked over and slid one on his blue plate with a metal fork. He refuses to eat with plastic. I set it down infront of the chair with the booster seat in it and pulled out the chair. He scrambled to get down " Wait a second." Alex walked over and sat him down setting the chocolate syrup infront of himhe handed me a plate and slid 3 more strips of bacon on tates plate. "So whats on the agenda today?" I asked " Im dropping someone off for a play date at Tiffany's and then Mic shopping and Uncle Dan's p-a-r-t-y" " Did you ask Isabella?" "yeah, she said she can only stay unti 12 though" " So then the real question is who's driving?" "Adam, he got stuck driving and asked if we wanted a ride. Oh your mom wanted us to fly out before we leave" Okay, ill call her on the way." I took my plate and sat it in the sink. " Im done!" he yelled. " inside voice" I reminded him and took the plate. "Where's wolf?" " outside, you can let him in. " I opened the back door and a siberian husky walked in and over to his water dish.

"Make sure Tate doesn't watch TV all day." " Actually I was going to take him to the park" he said loud enough for him to hear. " Park!" he yelled running in. " Go get dressed and we'll go" he ran towards the staircase. " You gotta get dressed too and your hair takes longer." " I know, im a female." " I gotta go" " Okay" he gave me a quick kiss before I headed to the door and grabbed my heels and purse before running out to the car. Luckily the closest company building is about 45 minutes from me and a little over an hour for them.

When I got there I slid on the black platform pumps and threw my purse over my shoulder. Quickly walking to the building where I slid my key card and waited for the beep to open the door. Hopefully noone high up in the charts was at the meeting, its usually us but if I show even one of my tattoos Im supposed to get in trouble. theres probably eight large ones on each arm. fully upper thighs and a vine with dead roses climbing up my left leg. I just got stuff I liked. When I got to the room I fixed my hair and walked in to see all of the guys sitting around the table. London jumped up and hugged me dragging me over to where he was seated. " where's peter?" "some whore gave him mono, "he'll be fine in about two weeks. Some supervisors supposed to come and watch or something and they've got an envelope with stuff we were supposed to discuss. " Jerad informed. " I hope he gets better." " How's my god child?" "good, he-" some timid looking guy walked in the room.

" Hi Ed" London started " Um hello, Mrs. Thomas?" " yeah" Im Ed Valsquela ill be watching today, heres a folder Mr.Dickerson left for you" I opened it and there was a bullit pointed list on everything. I skipped until I found something important. "So Warped this year or Rocfest and a few random festivals? Hands up for warped." All of them rose there hands but Ethan. " Sorry Ethan. Okay, we need you to sighn Cd booklets and wait until they announce you to start posting that you are." " Can we give hints?" " not to obvious."

I opened the door to the house and there were so many toys everywhere. " Shhh, he's probably napping right now." " okay" I opened the door and threw them all in a tub while they say down on the couch. After dropping it off at his room, i went up to ours where Alex was napping. I changed into a pair of shorts and a Chelsea Grin tanktop before heading back down.I grabbed two six packs of beer from the fridge and set them down on the coffe table with an opener and bags of chips. I sat in the small unsed space on one of the couches and kicked my feet over Mike and London. He handed me a brown bottle and I opened the bag of hot cheetos. Someone turned the TV to Saw 5 and we watched even though the light ruined the mood.

I herd the pitter patter of small feet runnning over and I picked him setting him on my lap. " Is he allowed to watch this?" Mike asked I held his ears " I don't think he realizes there people are being killed yet." " oh cool." His small hand reached in the bag and pulled out a red stick. "Dad feed you lunch yet?" he shook his head no " you want a sandwhich?" " grilled cheese" I removed myself and handed the chips to mike. I grabbed thebread, cheese, and butter throwing the sandwhich into the pan. Tate ran upstair with his tounge out and i herd laughingcomng from the front room. I walked back in "What happend?" " Londons tying to turn him into an alchoholic" Jerad laughed. I slapped the back of his head " Don't give my child beer." " Fine" I ran back in and flipped the sandwhci before it burnt and placed it on a plate with a glass of milk and apple slices infront of his seat. He ran over and sat down at the table.

"There are people in our house" Alex whispered from behind me "that sounded creepy as f-u-c-k.Go say hi" he walked out towards them and I sat down next to Tate. "Mommy can I go" "you done yet?" " With you and daddy" "go ask uncle London when your done" "done" he ran towards the front room. I looked over and he actually was done eating. "Wolf!" the dog trotted in I slid the remains in his bowl along with extra bacon from this morning. "Let's see where you can go other than a dog hotel" I told him. "Mommy, mommy, mommy!" he yelled running in. "yes my little offspring" "He said I can go." "Ask all of your uncles." "thats alot of asking." I picked him up placing him on my hip.

"Guys he wants to know if he can tag along warped." I announced stepping in the room. "He's coming, and I will fight anyone who has a problem with it" London defended taking him from me.