Inferno Part 2

~8~ Crappy Situation

Ellie's POV

I'm cleaning up the dinner dishes. Everyone is here tonight, and we had a nice meal. It's been a few weeks since Liam found out that Nora is pregnant. He's doing better. I think he is finally snapping out of the fog he's been in the last two months. I feel like I'm finally getting my son back. I've missed him desperately.

I'm doing the dishes alone, listening to music. I sent Nora out to sit down; She's thrown up twice since she's been here.

One of my favorite songs comes on through the speakers. I'm slightly obsessed with Pentatonix,
and their rendition of 'Shallow' comes on. Before I realize what I'm doing, I start singing along.

Suddenly the memory of what Taylor says comes flooding back. They hear me sing. I think about stopping, but I decide not to. If they can hear me, then fine. I'm going to pretend like they can't. I had quit singing because of my mom. When I saw her again, I realized that I'm done letting her have power over me. Just because I have no interest in singing in front of anyone doesn't mean I shouldn't be allowed to sing along with a song in my kitchen.

As I'm singing, I'm also paying attention. The laughter and teasing in the living room has stopped. It's dead quiet in there. Damn it. They can hear me. Should I stop? I don't want to; I love this song.

I finish the song and keep working on the dishes. As soon as I stopped singing, the laughter and teasing starts up again. Liam randomly starts talking about mowing the grass tomorrow. Man they are smooth. They are sneaky. Very sneaky.

I get done and go into the living room, and Taylor's face is soft. Nobody is acting weird, but Taylor pulls me onto his lap and kisses my cheek. He nuzzles into my neck and holds me tight.

"I love you" he whispers in my ear.

"Love you too" I say back.

We're all enjoying the evening, when suddenly Liam starts yelling from the bathroom.

"MOM!!! WHERE'S THE DAMN PLUNGER?!?!" He asks, sounding panicked.

Taylor and I immediately stand up and rush in.

The toilet is overflowing and flooding the entire bathroom.

"I JUST BROKE THE SHITTER AND I CAN'T FIND THE PLUNGER!" He yells.

Taylor immediately starts cackling, desperately trying to get the water shut off.

"Damn, it's stuck" Taylor says, starting to panic.

"Mason, run downstairs and shut the damn water off!" Taylor yells, desperately trying to get the valve to turn.

My whole bathroom is half an inch full of water....Sewer, actually...Liam had gone to the bathroom. How disgusting.

Finally Taylor gets the valve to turn, and eventually the toilet stops overflowing.

We all just stare at each other, not sure where to start.

Suddenly Liam snorts. "Well this is a crappy situation" he laughs.

Taylor starts howling, and I can hear Mason cackling as he's walking in.

"Woah. This is gross" Mason says, crinkling his nose.

It is gross. It's disgusting.

"Ok, um.....I'll go get some old towels" I say as I leave and rush to find stuff that I don't care gets ruined.

We spend the next half an hour getting the disaster fixed.

I had told Mason that he didn't need to help but he insisted. What a trooper!!!