HAZE (On Hold)

Part 50

Hailee wakes up to the sound of laughing and turning over finds out that she is alone in her bed; so she assumes the voices are those of Tierna and Jade. 

She collects some clothes to throw on before making her way into the bathroom to complete her morning routine and then joining the noisemakers in the kitchen area. 

She wraps her arms around Tierna and kisses her gently on the lips, "Morning." 

"Morning, how'd you sleep?" 

"So good that massage you gave me knocked me out cold." 

Jade puts her hands over her ears, "In the room, don't want to hear about how you spent your evening together."

They all laugh and Hailee reaches over to pull Jade's arm down, "It was only a massage, nothing more; that's for tonight after we win our game!" 

"Hell yeah!" They fist bump each other, making Tierna laugh. 

"Where's Maggie? Shouldn't she be here to make us breakfast?" 

"She was here, I hope you don't mind but I sent her home and told her to take the weekend off with pay as I wanted to show off my skills in the kitchen." 

"I hope your skills include cleaning up and washing dishes, T." 

Tierna kisses her on the cheek, "Don't worry, go relax while I finish making you breakfast; it was going to be served in bed but kinda lost track of time talking with Jade." 

"Can I at least have a coffee to tide me over while I wait for the master chef experience?" 

"Of course. Go sit and I'll bring it to you, Babe." 

Hailee goes and sits down on their couch and turns on the big screen to watch the latest sports highlights. Jade crashes down on the couch beside her and hands her a cup of liquid gold. 

"What time are your Dad and the rest of your crew arriving?" 

"Not until pretty much game time; my Dad thought he'd kill two birds with one stone by scheduling some business meetings in San Francisco for this weekend, so they are going to be driving from there." 

"Is J.J. with them"

Hailee shakes her head, "No, her Dad didn't want to give up his visitation for this weekend, so unfortunately she had to stay home this time."

"That's too bad, I know how excited she was to be able to see you play." 

"Yeah, I was actually really looking forward to being able to show her around and play some ball with her, but there are still plenty of games to go this year. What about you, when are your Moms coming to visit?" 

"They probably aren't, Mom doesn't want to miss any work and Momma dislikes flying, so they just watch the games online."

"I'm sorry, Jade."

"It's okay, I talk to them before and after the game; so it's kinda like they are here."

Tierna places a plate in front of Hailee and Jade, "Breakfast is served." 

"Wow, this looks amazing, T."

"It's pretty hard to screw up avocado toast with fruit, Babe."

Hailee looks at Jade and burst out laughing and Jade smacks her arm. Tierna looks at both of them questioning what is going on. 

"Haze is laughing at the fact that she had to take me to the clinic a couple of weeks ago to get checked out because I cut myself while halving an avocado and it wouldn't stop bleeding; I ended up needing to get stitches."