Strike Up the Band (Sequel to Blind Faith)

Four

Roughly a month later, Lyric'd to fill in for her older husband only one other Time due to him waking up with a migraine. His students loved when she'd fill in for him, 'cuz she was a pretty lenient teacher compared to a lotta others, but at the same Time, she definitely proved herself to be a take no shit kinda girl. She'd damn near let them get away with bloody murder, as long as it was all in good fun and jest, but let folks start swinging blows or something, and she'd jump right into the fray to break it up, if need be. Nathan'd actually called the office for the SRO and one of the principalsta come down and break up a fight one Morn, only for them to arrive and see her holding back a young man twice her size like he was her older son.

        On the Moon's Day exactly a week after her twenty-eighth birthday, the young woman'd to keep said older son, as well as her older daughter outta school for the Day. They'd a joint dental appointment at eight that Morn, and by the Time they got outta the dentist's office, there was no point in making them go to school. After all, they'd already missed half the school Day since it was almost ten-thirty, and their school dismissed for the Day at two-thirty-five.

        Since she was in a bit of a devious mood, she decided that they weren't going straight home, but rather making a pit stop before they did. Rob'd forgotten his lunch that Morn, 'cuz he'd accidentally overslept, and she knew he'd just as soon go hungry as eat the school food served to the students. If he did that, he was gonna wind up being pretty mean by the Time his third-period class was dismissed, which'd give him Time to finally run across the street, if he really wanted to. Otherwise, he wasn't gonna have a chanceta get food till dinner that Eve, which'd prolly mean being incredibly mean during marching band practice that afternoon.

        "Well, good afternoon, Lyric!" Mrs. Gentry said when she walked into the office. "Aw, and who're these cute lil munchkins?"

        "This'd be my son and daughter, Zeppelin and Aria," the young woman chuckled.

        "They're absolutely adorable," she laughed. "Look just like a certain daddy, too."

        "Yeah, we jokingly wonder, if he actually reproduced, or figured out how to clone himself," Lyric agreed with a laugh of her own. "And speaking of said daddy..."

        "He's gonna be going on his lunch break soon," the receptionist told her.

        "Oh, I know he is," she retorted with a grin. "And since he was a dummy this Morn and forgot his lunch, 'cuz he overslept..."

        "Well, we can't have Daddy going hungry, now can we?" Mrs. Gentry asked, looking down at the kids.

        "Nuuuu," they giggled in unison.

        "Daddy gets meeeeaaaan when him gets too hungry," Zep giggled.

        "Hence, why I figured I'd get lunch for all four of us and drop in to surprise him," Lyric said. "These two'd a dental appointment this Morn, and between the two of 'em, we didn't get outta there till about twenty minutes ago."

        "Well, let's get y'all checked in as visitors, and I say we get the surprise underway," she laughed. "His lunch doesn't start for another half-hour or so, but it's not like it's every Day that you're bringing the munchkins in to interrupt him."

        Laughing as she got them signed in, she requested that the receptionist not call down to make sure Rob was actually in the band room. She already knew that if he wasn't there since he likely wouldn't be in his office during an actual class period, he was most likely down on the practice field next to the tennis court. If not giving him any advance warning helped surprise him, she was all for just opening the door and turning the kids looseta find him on their own.