
Just go with it (III.)
Y/N's point of view:
"Come on, you're late! What are you, in character right away? Come on, let's go! She's inside." I heard Taylor yelling from outside.
I parked my car, looked at my children and sighed before getting out of the vehicle.
"What is that?" my boss asked, referring to my clothes. I was wearing a tight black dress with a beautiful high heels. "Did Victoria Beckham have a yard sale? Why wear that?"
"Are you kidding me? This is what you bought for me."
"I know, I know. I'm just saying is it..." she was speechless and completely mesmerized by the dress. "All right, we're stuck with it, I just think it's a little over the top, but..."
"Thanks. Happy to be here to help you" I smiled and rolled my eyes. I can't believe her!
"The first rule of improv is always accept the information. If someone says something, just go with it. No negating" Maggie said excited.
"Gotcha. That sounds good, that's smart" Taylor agreed.
"In my acting class, when someone says 'No' in a scene, the whole class yells, 'Die!'"
"No one will say 'no' then, just don't yell 'die'" Taylor shrugged.
"Who's up for some warm-up exercise?" my daughter smiled.
"No, honey. I'm not gonna do that" I shook my head, already having enough of the day.
"The tip of the tongue, the teeth, the lips. The tip of the tongue, the teeth, the lips. The tip of the tongue, the teeth, the lips" Maggie started. Seriously, I love her but sometimes she's a pain in the ass.
"I got one for you. Shut up!" Taylor yelled. "Okay, let's go already. You ready there, Mafia?" she looked at my son and put her hands on his back.
"Hell, yeah" Mikey said seriously.
Two minutes later we were in J.D. McFunnigan's, standing next to each other with fake smiles on our face. One big happy family, as they say.
"Stinks. Smells like kids' feet and like skidmark underwear" Taylor stated with disgust on her face
"Happy Mother's Day" I giggled and patted her back before seeing Selena standing in front of us.
"Oh, Selena, darling!"
"Hi. Karlie, thank you so much for bringing the kids today" the brunette smiled at me and I cringed when I heard the name.
"I don't think she was the only one who brought them. You know what I'm saying?" Taylor joined our conversation. "I'd like to introduce you to, the one and only, Kiki Dee, who came out at nine pounds four ounces" wait, what? Is Taylor serious right now? "Then the whopper, we call him, Bart, because he was a 12-pounder and did some damage."
"Hi, you guys" Selena crunched down to their level and smiled sweetly at them.
"'ello Selena. Heard so much about you" Maggie said with a fake accent.
"You're British?"
"So you're the bird what's been given Mommy the ol' slap and tickle?" that's gonna be interesting.
Selena had a strange look on her face and I felt the urge to save the situation, also Taylor's ass.
"We sent her to boarding school last year in England. So she picked up a slight accent. It's, you know, very Madonna" I said convincingly and Taylor agreed immediately.
"Well, it's a pleasure meeting you, Kiki Dee" Selena smiled.
"Wish I could say the same. You see, before you, I had meself a mother. I was the apple of her eye. It was all giggling and chasing butterflies in the meadows, and what have you. And now what do I got? An hour and a half every other week at J.D. McFunnigan's with her and her whore" Maggie said and ran away.
"Koko!" we shouted in sync. "Kiki!" and correct ourselves.
"God, she's in such pain" the brunette sighed.
"No, that's the pills that... She took some out of her other mom's bureau" Taylor started.
"Are you norm..." I did not finish my sentence, instead I hit Tay's shoulder.
"Alright, let me go see her" she said and went to look for Maggie.
"How are you doing, sweetie?" Selena turned to Mikey.
"I'll be better when I start seeing some tokens" my son replied and I chuckled.
"He's American" I kissed his head.
Half an hour later my kids got hungry so we sat down at one of the tables and waited for Taylor to bring something to eat. To be fair, it was surprisingly nice of her, even tho she only did it to impress her lover.
"Got a hamburger here for Bart, here you go kid" Blondie put down a plate full of fries and a hamburger in front of Mikey. "And two quesadillas for Kiki and here's the water. No soda for you. You're battling diabetes, remember?" she winked at my daughter and giggled a little to herself.
"Thank you" I smiled at my boss and she mouthed a 'no problem' back and smiled at me.
"Hey, I think we forgot napkins" Selena interrupted.
"We did? Okay. Well let me get the napkins because I know she's not gonna get up and do it because she doesn't like to get up and do anything" Taylor pointed at me and got up from the table. I just playfully rolled my eyes at her.
"So, Bart, your mom tells me you like to go to the bathroom" Selena tried to make a conversation with Mikey.
"When I feel it, I do it."
"What else do you like?"
"I don't know" Michael shrugged.
"That's our Bart. He's a man of very few words" I added when I felt the situation getting awkward. Again.
"Maybe I'm upset" my boy sighed.
"Upset about me and your mother dating?" the young brunette asked, clearly worried.
"No, you seem to make my mom happy and that's cool, but..."
"But what?"
"Nothing" he shook his head 'no'.
"I want you to feel comfortable telling me anything."
"Well, I just hate that she broke her promise to me."
"What promise?" Selena asked curiously.
"Yeah, what promise?" I joined the girl.
Meanwhile, Taylor got back to the table with the napkins. She was confused. She had no idea what she promised to Mikey that she broke.
"She promised me last year that she would take me to Hawaii to swim with the dolphins. They have this lagoon there with dolphins and people get to swim with them."
"What are you doing?" I asked, already knowing what my son's up to.
"But without warning, mom canceled the trip."
"Why would she do that?" Selena questioned.
"She met you" Michael started to cry. Well, fake-cry.
"She what?" Selena looked at Taylor and her being furious was an understatement.
"No!" Taylor protested.
"Die!" Maggie shouted at her.
"No, no, no, no. I'm saying that did not... You misread what I said. I said we have to go to Hawaii earlier because I'm excited for all of us to hang out there. We're going to Hawaii!" Taylor cheered.
'2 days later'
"I can't believe I let a seven-year-old blackmail me" Taylor sat down next to me.
We were at the airport and she was MAD. It's been two days since the meeting at J.D. McFunnigan's and she hasn't been relaxed or calmed ever since.
"I saw my shot and I took it" Mikey said with a proud smile on his little face.
"You're angry at yourself 'cause you got us into this whole situation" I shrugged.
"I did?"
"You really did" I simply said.
"I think old Mary Poppins with the, 'You can't say no. You can't say no, Mater" Taylor whisper-shouted at us.
"Okay, listen!" I snapped and for a second, I really thought she got scared. "My tolerance for these continued shenanigans is right here" I had my hand the same level with my eyes. "If it gets up to here" I raised it over my forehead "I'm taking my kids, I'm selling you out and I'm going home."
"I am so happy we're doing this, Taylor" Selena interrupted our conversation (again) and sat down next to Tay with a magazine in her hands.
"Are you kidding me? We're going to Hawaii, we're gonna swim with dolphins. It's gonna be so much fun" oh God, the things she would do for sex.."And Seventeen magazine. You brought that for these guys or is that for you?"
"Oh, it's mine. It's my favorite."
"See that? Ever read that magazine? Twenty years ago you did" she said sarcastically.
"Wait, wait!" you heard a familiar voice getting closer to you. "Taylor, wait!" and that's when Austin showed up and pulled you in a kiss.
You were taken by surprise. What is he doing? You didn't close your eyes while he kissed you, you just looked at Taylor. She had a terrified and almost jealous (?) look on her face.
"Muffinstein" Austin pulled away. " I could not stand to be without you. Oh, is this her, your ex-wife? I see the Colonel von Generous right here in front of me" he turned to Taylor.
"Okay, I'm confused right now" the blonde woman stated.
"I'm so sorry. I've not introduced myself, we have talked on the phone, I'm Patric Schwarzenegger, Karlie's man-friend/love monkey" Austin held his hand out for Taylor.
"Oh, kill me now" I whispered to myself. Why the hell did Taylor even mention the whole fake family to her brother?
"Karlie said you had to stay and work" Selena added.
"She what said? Nein, nein to the work. I will work when I am kaput."
"You know, I think this is so great of all of you, so mature. I would have loved if my parents had done something like this when they got divorced" the brunette said amazed.
"It's important for the children to see us as a unit. Also, I cannot stay away from this potato pancake"
Austin wanted to pull me in another kiss but I stopped him right away. "You know what? Let's get you some water, honey. We'll be back."
I pulled him away from my kids and the couple and looked at him with fury.
"What are you doing here? And what is this bad, German accent, Austin?"
"I don't know, I'm just going with it" he shrugged.
"Alright, this is what you're going to do. Tell them that you ate a bad sauerkraut omelette for breakfast and that you feel sick and you gotta go."
"Y/N, I can't go, okay?"
"Why?" I whined.
"Because I texted a picture of my new equipment to my ex-girlfriend."
"You're disgusting."
"I forgot she's engaged to a UFC fighter. He wants to punch me in the face."
"I wanna punch you in the face" I sighed and made my way back to the others.
"Hey, guys, how we doing?" Taylor asked, clearly thinking that I convinced Austin to go home.
"Jawohl! I am just waiting for the money for the ticket."
"Uhum, so you are coming? And I am paying?"
"Yes. Patrick has zero dollars" her brother laughed awkwardly.
"I wanna kill you so bad right now" the doctor whispered to her sibling.
Taylor's point of view:
After 6 hours of flying, we finally landed in Hawaii. I asked the taxi driver to take us to the nearest hotel. And that's exactly what he did.
"Hey! Didn't have time to make any reservations, but I need two rooms, please" I said to the receptionist guy with a tired smile on my face.
"Oh, of course. Unfortunately, we only have our suites left. The Waldorf Astoria at $8,000 per night and the Presidental at $12,000."
"$12,000 a night? Do the Rolling Stones come and play for me while I'm in there? What the hell are you talking about? Why is it so much? Is it made out of panda? I've used that somewhere else, but is it?" I asked surprised.
"No, but you've made some terrific suggestions and I'm gonna jot them down. Are you a member of the Hilton Honors Rewards program?"
"No, I'm not" I sighed.
"That's too bad. You should join."
"Yeah" I took a deep breath and handed him my credit card.
I was so tired and had second thoughts about the whole situation. Do I really wanna do that? Does it worth all that? I really like Selena, that's for sure but our whole relationship is a lie, basically.
"Just got reamed. I mean, I got the rooms" I showed them the cards to their rooms once I reached the team.
"Who wants to go to the beach?" Selena asked the kids who excitedly agreed to go.
"Who wants to start drinking and get drunk?" it was my turn to ask the rest of the squad. Without thinking, they both agreed to go.
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