Slice Of Your Pie

Offer Of A Lifetime

1983

"Alannah!" I yelled to my daughter as I walked into the living room still rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I heard the pitter patter of her little feet as she ran from her bedroom to the living room of our tiny two bedroom apartment. I looked down at her as she brushed blonde curls out of her sleepy face so she could look up at me, "Yes mommy?" she said with sleepy undertone to her voice still. "It's time to get ready for school little bug." I say as I walk towards our kitchen to start the coffee pot. Alannah runs back to her room to begin getting dressed and ready for the day. I walk back to my own bedroom and open my closet and pull out my work uniform. I worked at the local Denny's to make ends meet, it wasn't the greatest job in the world but it paid the bills. I pull my my work uniform on and walk to my vanity and begin brushing my hair until my wavy blonde tresses are silky smooth, grab a hair tie of my vanity table and put my hair in my signature ponytail. I then grab my makeup and begin to apply my signature winged eyeliner, light blush, mascara, and to top of the look dark red lipstick. I look at my reflection in the mirror and smile before turning around and exiting my bedroom once again. I walked back to the living room to see Alannah sitting on the floor in from the tv watching her morning cartoons, her backpack on the floor next to her. I ruffle her hair as I walk past her to the kitchen to get my morning cup of coffee. I grab a mug out of the cupboard above the sink and walk to the coffe put and pour myself a cup. I add cream and sugar and than proceed to grab a bowl and fill it with Frosted Flakes and milk and walk back out to the living room I set the bowl of cereal on the coffee table and look over at Alannah, "Baby come eat your breakfast. We've got to leave soon to get you to school." She gets up from the floor and sits at the coffee table and begins eating her breakfast. She finishes up and takes her bowl to the sink, rinsing it out before placing it in the sink. she runs back to me with a smile on her face "Mommy it's time to go!" she says excitedly running to grab her backpack and running towards the door. I grab my keys off the side table by the coach, grab my purse, and we head out the door.

We pile into my car and head out. I turn on the radio to the local rock station as we wait at a red light, the sounds of Motley Crue's "Shout At The Devil" blaring through the speakers. I smile to myself as I begin singing along to the radio:

Shout shout shout

Shout shout shout

It shout at the devil

He's the wolf screaming lonely in the night

He's the blood stain the stage

He's the tear in your eye

Been tempted by his lie

He's the knife in your back, he's rage

He's the razor to the knife

Oh lonely is our lives

My heads spinnin' round and round

But in seasons of wither

We'll stand and deliver

Be strong and laugh and

Shout shout shout

Shout at the devil

Shout shout shout

He'll be the love in your eyes

He'll be the blood between your thighs

And then have you cry for more

He'll put your strength to the test

He'll put the thrill back in death

Sure you've heard it all before

He'll be the risk in the kiss