The Way We Were

The Way We Celebrate Marcy PT1

Marcy yawned and opened her eyes to find her husband staring her right in the face. "Ahh!"

Mal blinked. "Happy birthday!"

She jumped back. "Mal! What was that?!"

"I wanted to be the first to tell you happy birthday."

She narrowed her eyes as she tried to gauge if it was worth it or not to cuss him out. She decided against it. "Thank you."

He kissed her. "You're welcome."

She rolled her eyes at his weirdness and pushed the covers back to get up. She went to the twins to see if they were awake. Sometimes they woke up right before she did. They were still asleep so she went to the bathroom to brush her teeth and take care of business.

She heard the alarm clock go off (she always woke up right before it went off) and heard Mal shut it off. He ambled into the bathroom and grabbed his toothbrush to brush his own teeth.

They stood side by side brushing their teeth until Mike and Maddie wandered in to do the same. It was a tight fit and the mirror certainly wasn't big enough to accommodate them all.

When they were done, Mike picked Marcy up and hugged her. "Happy birthday, Moppet!"

She smiled. "Thank you."

When he put her down, Maddie wrapped her arms around her waist. "Happy birthday, Marcy!"

"Thank you, Sugarfoot." Marcy hugged her back before pushing her away. "Now get out so I can shower."

"Who said you get to shower first?" Mike taunted.

"I do. Birthday rules states." She tossed her head.

"Well I can't fight birthday rules."

Mike, Mal and Maddie left.

Marcy closed the door and turned on the water to take a quick shower. Then she went to Mal's room to dress. Unlike the Cheerios, she didn't have to wear her uniform all day every day. So she grabbed black skinny jeans and knee high lime green chucks with a guy crowd surfing on them.

She grabbed a ‪Paramore‬ band tee and green suspenders and dressed quickly. She brushed her hair (it was curly from her shower) and fixed it to lie over her shoulders before sliding in a butterfly headband. She applied black mascara on her eyelashes and pink lipstick to her mouth before layering a few necklaces on.

She added hoops to her first holes in her ears and traded her usual diamond studs in her second for emeralds. She was a May baby after all. After, she fit bangles over her right wrist and a charm bracelet over her left with her engagement and wedding rings on her left hand and her spider ring on her right.

She sprayed vanilla scented perfume on her pulse points and in her hair before putting lotion on her arms and hands. After getting her school things together, she went to check on the twins.

Both were up and standing in their cribs babbling. She brightened and picked up her son. "Hi, Mally! How's Mommy's big boy?!"

Mally babbled and spat bubbles excitedly.

She kissed his cheek and rubbed off the pink lip-print before struggling to take Mickey out at the same time. "Good morning, my little princess."

Mickey touched her mother's mouth and babbled.

"Yeah. It's Mommy's birthday. I'm fourteen now!" Marcy was really excited about that. She was one birthday closer to being an adult.

Mal walked in while she was on her way out. He had just finished his shower. "You look nice."