The Way We Were

The Way We Turn Seventeen

Marcy yawned as she applied lipgloss to her mouth. Riley was cutting another tooth and between her, Mal and the nanny, no one had gotten much sleep.

Mal walked into the closet and began rubbing down from his shower.

She eyed him in her vanity mirror.

He felt her looking and watched her as he rubbed.

She puckered up.

"Well come do something about it."

She wagged her right index finger slowly.

"Tease."

She winked at him.

He came up behind her and bent to kiss her cheek. "You smell like my perfume." He'd made her a unique scent for her birthday years ago.

"I know."

"Why are you wearing blue?"

"Why not?"

He put his nose in her neck and inhaled her special smell. "Mmm!"

"Get away from me before I leave pink marks on you."

"Do it."

She laughed. "Go away! Before the twins burst in here."

He grimaced and went to hop in boxers.

She readjusted her top and went back to putting on lipgloss. She was wearing a shoulder baring powder blue with ruffled sleeves shirt tucked into navy blue short-shorts with black suspenders and knee high black heeled boots, complete with thigh high blue stockings. She had on black liquid eyeliner with blue mascara and pink lips.

She slipped on blue shades then pulled on her long hair to tame any frizzies. Her hair was in two natural ponytails on either side of her head with a coiled tendril out by her ears and straight bangs.

She had on silver dangling hoops in her first holes in her ears, pearl studs in the second and ruby studs in the third. She wore her engagement and wedding bands on her left ring finger but a large dragonfly statement ring on the index.

She wore the green diamond on her right middle finger and an Alexandrite ring on her pinky. Her nails were cut and painted a sparkly black. She wore a large pendant necklace and her watch necklace around her neck along with her rosary.

On her right wrist were blue, white and silver bangles while her Valentine's Day gift (the diamond, opal and emerald tennis bracelet) adorned her left.

She went to a black belt and put it on, not wanting to be cut in half while sitting. Usually she wouldn't wear shoes in the house but it was her birthday.

Mal finished getting ready, knowing she liked him in white button down shirts with a tie and jeans. He went to her and hugged her. "What's the plan for today?"

"Breakfast with our family, classes, lunch with my friends, more classes, soccer game, cheer practice, getting a tattoo, going to visit Mr. Herbert-"

"Go back."

"Visiting Mr. Herbert?"

"Getting a tattoo. Rye's still breastfeeding."

"Barely. Besides if it doesn't get infected, she'll be fine. The twins were about this age when I continued getting inked."

"They were a year and a half."

"I wish you'd hold my hand through the pain." She pouted.

He dropped a kiss to her mouth. "After visiting Mr. Herbert?"