High Priestess

5.6

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE- IF YOU CELEBRATE IT,  THAT IS. It was a different Thanksgiving for many people and for many different reasons, but at the end of the day, it was still Thanksgiving. And I am thankful for my family and the health of my family. I love you all

SidNick22

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September 2, 1980

Lindsey's tour had finally come to an end, and Stevie was grateful for that because it meant that he was back home. But neither of them was back home as it was the American Music Awards and Lindsey was up for Touring Artist of the year. And single of the year for "Go Your Own Way". It wasn't Stevie's first red carpet but it was her first with Lindsey's and as she stood there on the red carpet with Lindsey in a long floor length tight-fitting black velvet dress with a deep V-neck that showed a little more cleavage than she ever showed on the red carpet with Mick she was feeling really good about herself. 

She and Lindsey were getting their picture taken when all of a sudden someone started shouting something at them but neither of them could make out what was being said until Stevie caught "Mick Fleetwood" and she started looking around in a tense stance. 

Lindsey just looked at her and then stooped down to her ear whispering, "What, what did you hear?" 

"Someone asked about Mick but I don't know what they said." She didn't whisper in his ear but she said it her face hidden behind his back, into his shoulder. 

"It was probably nothing, just your imagination," Lindsey assured as they moved along into the venue.  

It had been tense between the pair that night and they both knew why and Stevie was oh so blaming herself for it again. They had tried to have sex when he got to their house after his show in Bakersfield. He got home around one-thirty but she was waiting for him like she promised she would and she did. She wanted sex and she knew that Lindsey did too, but they got slightly further than they did last time. He actually made his way inside of her but once he started thrusting her mind clicked and she freaked out mustering all her strengths to push him off of her and it was forceful enough to knock him onto the floor. The mood was quickly ruined and he went to go "check on Emlyn" and didn't come back all night, leaving Stevie there to cry herself to sleep. 

Lindsey had won touring artist but he lost Single of the year to Donna Summer. He had been nominated for the 1981 Grammy's for Album of the year for Rumours but that show wasn't until February so they still some time to wait. But they went home and instead of celebrating like Lindsey wanted to, they just went to bed and rolled away from each other falling asleep. Lindsey couldn't fathom the fact that they had been married for almost two years but they had YET to consummate their relationship and it drove him nuts. But at the same time, he knew that there were reasons for it all and it slightly killed him. 

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The next morning when they woke up Ray Lindsey was sitting in their kitchen at their island. Roxy had barked at something earlier in the day but Lindsey just reached down to the side of the bed and chucked her pig squeaker toy at her and she shut up going back over to lay down with her head on the toy protecting it and when Stevie saw Ray it clicked.

"You know Linds, next time she barks at something while we're trying to sleep, I'd go look and see what it was...Hi Ray, can I get you anything...Tea...coffee?" Stevie asks.

" Coffee would be lovely. But the only reason I'm here is that you guys have gotta take a look at something." Ray states 

"Awe but Ray, Stevie's brother has Emlyn for a few more hours and I was looking forward to a morning of silence. " Lindsey pouts.

"Yeah well check this out." Ray chucks the magazine at Lindsey who catches it against his chest. 

He looks at the cover and then his eyes go wide. On the front cover was a picture of them at the Grammys. 

"This was literally last night." He states.

"Yes, we know People released it right at midnight-the American Music Awards Edition-page 58," Ray states as Stevie hands him a cup of coffee and then goes to peer over Lindsey's shoulder. 

Lindsey clears his throat and then starts reading the article.

"Lindsey Buckingham and wife Stephanie Fleetwood...Fleetwood?" Lindsey wrinkles his nose.

"Keep reading." Ray states.

"Lindsey Buckingham and wife Stephanie Fleetwood stepped out for the first time in public at last night's AMA Redcarpet.  Buckingham had won in the category of Touring artist but what caught everyone's attention was their body language. Though they walked arm and arm there were tensions radiating off of Buckingham and Fleetwood throughout the night, Fleetwood not even kissing him when he won his category. She just stood up and cheered for him like the rest of the audience. On the red carpet, a journalist had asked a question about Fleetwood's former husband Mick Fleetwood-head of Fleetwood Recordings and it was clear that Stephanie heard it but she refused to respond. Mick Fleetwood was incarcerated two years ago for spousal abuse and drug laundering. It is rumored that Mick Fleetwood had actually committed Stephanie Fleetwood to a mental asylum prior to their separation. It was never released as to why but people speculate it has to do with her being a witch. Stephanie Fleetwood owns and operates Divinity a local shop in Los Angeles that sells crystals, incense, and tarot cards. They also offer services such as Aura readings, Tarot Readings, and they have an onsight psychic.  The AMA red carpet was the first red carpet event for Fleetwood after her divorce and people speculate that it was just too much for her and she didn't want to be there. The pair did not seem happy at the ceremony and people are thinking that it has to deal with an affair. 

"Allegedly, Stephanie Fleetwood had been sleeping with Buckingham while still married to Mick Fleetwood. And it was confirmed during Mick's court case as a paternity test had been done on the baby Stephanie Fleetwood was carrying had come back positive for Lindsey Buckingham's DNA. But Lindsey Buckingham has been on tour for a year and anything can happen in a year. Having known the Fleetwood's really well while they were married Stephanie does come across as a person that would have an affair because Mick Fleetwood would host what he called Fleetwood Friday's. Every Friday his clients and friends would go to their house and Stephanie would prance around the most revealing nighties even going into the bathrooms with some of the clients of Mick's and she'd make it blatantly obvious that she was leaving once her affair with Buckingham started, slamming the doors as she'd leave and the pictures that were released in February of 1978 where she and Lindsey had been making out in front of her shop. Buckingham and Fleetwood were married not even two months after her divorce from Mick Fleetwood was filed and it seems like there's a pattern. She was married to Mick Fleetwood for two years, and now that she's approaching her second year of marriage with Buckingham has she become unsettled again..." Lindsey takes a moment and then he growls.

"They didn't even talk about my goddamn award, they start a rumor that she's having an affair. Who the fuck do they think they are. They don't even know half the shit that, that man put her through and they have the audacity to call her a cheater." Lindsey spits. 

"So you aren't having an affair?" Ray looks at her.

"Of course I'm not...do you wanna know why I was tense. I was tense because Lindsey and I had tried to have sex and I couldn't do it." She spits.

"What?" Ray asks.

"I was raped at Crossley. So every time Lindsey and I try to have sex I physically can't and it had hit us a little bit harder that day. So NO I'm not having an affair. " Stevie replies.

"So we print a retraction." Ray shrugs.

"Ray it's not going to do any good. The author was one of Mick's friends. I know him, he was always at the house, he always got the first scoop on Mick's business ventures. I'd rather you find a way to get him fired than print a retraction. I'm going to take a shower, I'll let you boys figure everything out. Yes the article hurts, and no it's entirely not true at all, but we can't do anything about it." She sighs kissing Lindsey's cheek and then making her way back upstairs.