Post by Tammy on Aug 17, 2006 12:06:01 GMT -5
Dear Diary,
Wow… I haven’t written in a while. Things have been a bit crazy lately. The boys are on summer vacation now…and so am I. So my life consists of work and the boys. Not much else going on really. It has been a few weeks since John and I went out for drinks. We have spent a few evenings together with the kids. Having dinner together, going to the park and once we all went to the movies. It has been nice and the boys have absolutely loved it. They get along so well with John and his daughter Maria, which I can understand… Maria is just as sweet as can be. Not too much going on today. John is having a huge barbeque at his house and he has invited the boys and I along with the whole Brady clan. It should be fun. I will write again soon.
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It is about two hours before the barbeque starts and I am pulling up to John’s house. Actually it is more like a mansion…this place is huge. The boys have been bugging me since this morning to come over here so they could play with Maria, so I figured that I would come early and help John get set up for the BBQ. Not that he needs my help…he probably has servants for that. When we finally park the boys take off running leaving me to carry all of their belongings. I see Maria open the front door and the boys run inside. But Maria doesn’t run after them. Instead she comes out of the house and runs up to me, “Hiya Mimi!” I smile back at her sweetly, “Hello sweet pea.” She grabs my legs and gives me a hug then looks up at me, “You need some help?” I smile down at her, “Actually you know what? Will you do Mimi a favor and go get the boys and tell them to get their behinds back out here and get their own stuff out of the car?” She nodded at me excitedly and ran back to the house. I could hear her yelling “JJ…Chris…Mimi said to get your butts back to the car and get your stuff!” This made me laugh…who new that someone so small could have such a big mouth. After a few moments the boys retrieved their things and ran back inside with Maria following close behind. I took that opportunity to walk around and explore the grounds. It took me about ten minutes but I finally made my way to the backyard. I walked up and saw John setting up a tent. He was struggling with it and I had to laugh. I walked up to him laughing, “Don’t you have servants to help with that sort of thing?” I startled him and he looked at me a grinned, “Yeah…of all days to give Jeeves the night off.” This made me laugh, “Would you like some help?” He looked at me and smile, “Me…want help…from a girl?” He is trying to push my buttons. I have come to realize that John likes getting a rise out of me anyway he can. I try not to play that game with him but sometimes I can’t help myself, “How would you like this girl…to kick your ass?” He looks at me and raises his eyebrows, “Well that depends on the spirit in which it is delivered!” This make me laugh hard, “Gawd…you are such a pervert…ha ha!” John laughs a hardy laugh and smiles at me, “You know you love it Doc! If you want to help grab that end.” After a few minutes we have the tent up. We walk back into the house. I notice that the house is deserted. “John…where is everyone?” He looks at me and smirks, “Who else is supposed to be here?” “Umm…you know maids…cooks people to help you with this BBQ.” John just shakes his head at me, “Marlena last time I checked…I am quite capable of cooking hot dogs and hamburgers. Why is it you assume that just because I have money I am this elitist snob?” I smirk at him, “So your telling me that you don’t have cooks and maids and groundskeepers?” John laughs, “Now I didn’t say that. I am just saying that I don’t depend on them for everything. Believe it or not I can bathe and dress myself.” I shake my head at him, “You are such a smart ass.” He walks up to me and stands close to my face wearing a grin from ear to ear, ”And you Doc… are a tight ass…I guess we are even.” Just then the kids came running in screaming and yelling at the top of their lungs, “Let go roller bladein.” John scoops Christian up and puts him on his shoulder while JJ and Maria climb up on the stools. John starts laughing, “Well did you boys bring your blades with you?” To which they said yes. John looks at me, “What about you Doc… did you bring your blades?” To this the boys started laughing. JJ looks at me and then back at John, “Yeah right John…Mimi can’t blade.” John started laughing, “What the great future Dr. Evans can’t roller blade?” Christian takes this opportunity to chime in, “Mimi can’t play any sports!” That little comment makes them all laugh. “Excuse me…what is this gang up on Mimi day. Come on Maria…help me out here!” Maria looks up at me, “Come on Mimi I will teach you. We have a pair of blades that will fit you.” I hesitate in giving her an answer. Even though the boys were joking around they weren’t lying. I am a sports challenged person. “Well Maria that is sweet of you but I think…”John picks this moment to chime in, “I think that Mimi is a chicken. Bawk…Bawk… Bawk!” They all chime in with the chicken noises. I really don’t want to do this but I AM going to do it… if for no other reason than to prove John wrong. I smile at him while I talk to Maria, “Actually Maria I was going to say that it was very nice of you to offer…and I would love to go blading with all of you.” Maria takes my hand and leads me out of the room after telling the boys that we will meet them outside.
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After a few moments the boys and I see Maria come out of the house with Marlena lagging behind. Marlena is walking in her roller blades inch by inch holding on to anything that is nailed down for support. Then Maria turns around and see that Marlena isn’t behind her. She offers Marlena her hand but she tells her that she doesn’t need it. I skate up to them laughing all the way. “Marlena for heavens sake… no wonder you can’t move. You have more padding on you than a crash test dummy.” “Excuse me… but you are supposed to wear protective gear.” This made me giggle, “Yes… things like a helmet and knee pads… your not supposed to strap a mattress to your ass.” She looks at me with a serious grin, “First of all… watch your language. Secondly shut up. I don’t have a mattress strapped to my ass.” I roll up to her and whisper, “Language Doc…language!” She gives me a silly smirk then turns to the children, “Kids since I am slow at this why don’t you skate a head of us… but don’t go too far. I will skate back here with John. That way if I feel like I am going to fall…I can knock John down first and fall onto him.” This makes us all laugh and the kids take off. I grab Marlena’s hand and we take off for what looks like a very long trip. I look over at her and she is making the funniest faces while she is trying to get her balance. “You ready Doc?” She gives me a not so confident smile, “As ready as I will ever be.” I smile at her, “Okay…let’s roll!” She grunts her amusement at me and we take off.
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About an half hour later we finally make our way back to the house. We actually didn’t go very far…I don’t even think we left the grounds. I seem to have gotten the hang of this roller blade thing. I haven’t fallen once which is a good sign. We make our way back to the front door. The kids are already sitting on the front porch taking off their gear. John is skating behind me to catch me just in case I fall. We make our way up to the kids and they begin to clap. They all walk up to me with smiles on their faces. JJ smiles, “You did great Mimi. I think you got it.” I start to laugh as they are hugging me. “Well thank you…you were all great teachers.” Then suddenly they all let go of me and take off running. When they let me go I can feel the earth begin to slip and slid beneath me. John comes skating by me and doesn’t notice that I am losing my balance. As he rolls by me I grab his arm. I must have caught him off guard because I see him loosing his balance as I grab his hand. But to no avail. I see him fall backwards onto his backside with a thud…and since I never let go of his hand I go crashing down on top of him. I landed right square on top of him causing him to groan deeply. After the initial shock wears off I look down at him and he seems in a daze, “John! John are you okay?” He doesn’t answer he just nods his head. I am worried that I hurt him. I start patting on his arms and chest and stomach to see if he is hurt anywhere, “Oh my… I am so sorry! Did I hurt you anywhere?” He simply nods his head yes. This gets me into a panic. “Oh god… where…where are you hurt?” I look all over his body to see if anything is bleeding. Then I see him raise his hand to his chest, “My…my pride!” His remark catches me off guard. “Your what?” “My pride…you hurt my pride. How do you think it looks to see a big strapping man like me…sprawled out on the cement.” I look down into his eyes and I see them sparkling. I have become aware of the fact that when ever he is joking he gets that same gleam in his eyes. I stare at him a moment longer and then I see that old familiar smirk come across his face and then we both erupt into a fit of laughter. After we catch our breath we begin to just look at each other, not saying a word. He reaches his hand up and wipes my hair out of my eyes. This gesture moves me in a way that I can’t explain. I reach my hand up to his forehead and wipe his hair off of his face. After a moment or two the spell is broken. I put my hands on his muscular chest and begin to lift myself off him. But suddenly he knocks my hands out from beneath me and I flop back onto his chest. He smiles at me, “Where do you think you are going?” I look at him and I feel lost in his eyes, “I um… I am getting up…so I can go and change my clothes for the BBQ.” The wind keeps blowing my hair into my eyes and he continues to brush it away while he talks to me, “What is your rush?” I smile at him and I feel as though a thousand butterflies are fluttering around in my stomach, “I’m not in any hurry. I think it might look strange to people though if they walk up the path way and see us here sprawled out on the ground.” John glances at my face as though he is memorizing it, “Well the view might look strange to others. But personally… this is the best view I have had in front of me in years.” Dear heavens…this man can make my heart do flip flops by saying the simplest thing, “Well… the view isn’t half bad from where I am…laying…either.” We both giggle and begin to get up. I take the roller blades off and make it to my feet. Then I offer my hand to John and pull him up off the ground. We are standing so close that I can practically feel his heart beating. I look into his eyes and smile, “Come on MR. Bruised Ego… lets get you all cleaned so we can enjoy this BBQ.” He smiles, “Oh Marlena…you don’t have to tend to my scrapes. I will get the nurse I have on staff to do that.” I look at him in shock and again he begins to laugh, “I’m kidding…I’m kidding! You are just too easy… ha ha!” Then suddenly he leans towards me and quickly kisses my cheek without even thinking and he walks away. I inhaled sharply when his lips made contact with my skin. What is happening here. Why is he affecting me this way. I am sure I am reading too much into this…it is probably just the banter that goes on back and forth between us… yeah I am sure that is all it is. I shake it off and go into the house to get ready for the big BBQ.
Wow… I haven’t written in a while. Things have been a bit crazy lately. The boys are on summer vacation now…and so am I. So my life consists of work and the boys. Not much else going on really. It has been a few weeks since John and I went out for drinks. We have spent a few evenings together with the kids. Having dinner together, going to the park and once we all went to the movies. It has been nice and the boys have absolutely loved it. They get along so well with John and his daughter Maria, which I can understand… Maria is just as sweet as can be. Not too much going on today. John is having a huge barbeque at his house and he has invited the boys and I along with the whole Brady clan. It should be fun. I will write again soon.
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It is about two hours before the barbeque starts and I am pulling up to John’s house. Actually it is more like a mansion…this place is huge. The boys have been bugging me since this morning to come over here so they could play with Maria, so I figured that I would come early and help John get set up for the BBQ. Not that he needs my help…he probably has servants for that. When we finally park the boys take off running leaving me to carry all of their belongings. I see Maria open the front door and the boys run inside. But Maria doesn’t run after them. Instead she comes out of the house and runs up to me, “Hiya Mimi!” I smile back at her sweetly, “Hello sweet pea.” She grabs my legs and gives me a hug then looks up at me, “You need some help?” I smile down at her, “Actually you know what? Will you do Mimi a favor and go get the boys and tell them to get their behinds back out here and get their own stuff out of the car?” She nodded at me excitedly and ran back to the house. I could hear her yelling “JJ…Chris…Mimi said to get your butts back to the car and get your stuff!” This made me laugh…who new that someone so small could have such a big mouth. After a few moments the boys retrieved their things and ran back inside with Maria following close behind. I took that opportunity to walk around and explore the grounds. It took me about ten minutes but I finally made my way to the backyard. I walked up and saw John setting up a tent. He was struggling with it and I had to laugh. I walked up to him laughing, “Don’t you have servants to help with that sort of thing?” I startled him and he looked at me a grinned, “Yeah…of all days to give Jeeves the night off.” This made me laugh, “Would you like some help?” He looked at me and smile, “Me…want help…from a girl?” He is trying to push my buttons. I have come to realize that John likes getting a rise out of me anyway he can. I try not to play that game with him but sometimes I can’t help myself, “How would you like this girl…to kick your ass?” He looks at me and raises his eyebrows, “Well that depends on the spirit in which it is delivered!” This make me laugh hard, “Gawd…you are such a pervert…ha ha!” John laughs a hardy laugh and smiles at me, “You know you love it Doc! If you want to help grab that end.” After a few minutes we have the tent up. We walk back into the house. I notice that the house is deserted. “John…where is everyone?” He looks at me and smirks, “Who else is supposed to be here?” “Umm…you know maids…cooks people to help you with this BBQ.” John just shakes his head at me, “Marlena last time I checked…I am quite capable of cooking hot dogs and hamburgers. Why is it you assume that just because I have money I am this elitist snob?” I smirk at him, “So your telling me that you don’t have cooks and maids and groundskeepers?” John laughs, “Now I didn’t say that. I am just saying that I don’t depend on them for everything. Believe it or not I can bathe and dress myself.” I shake my head at him, “You are such a smart ass.” He walks up to me and stands close to my face wearing a grin from ear to ear, ”And you Doc… are a tight ass…I guess we are even.” Just then the kids came running in screaming and yelling at the top of their lungs, “Let go roller bladein.” John scoops Christian up and puts him on his shoulder while JJ and Maria climb up on the stools. John starts laughing, “Well did you boys bring your blades with you?” To which they said yes. John looks at me, “What about you Doc… did you bring your blades?” To this the boys started laughing. JJ looks at me and then back at John, “Yeah right John…Mimi can’t blade.” John started laughing, “What the great future Dr. Evans can’t roller blade?” Christian takes this opportunity to chime in, “Mimi can’t play any sports!” That little comment makes them all laugh. “Excuse me…what is this gang up on Mimi day. Come on Maria…help me out here!” Maria looks up at me, “Come on Mimi I will teach you. We have a pair of blades that will fit you.” I hesitate in giving her an answer. Even though the boys were joking around they weren’t lying. I am a sports challenged person. “Well Maria that is sweet of you but I think…”John picks this moment to chime in, “I think that Mimi is a chicken. Bawk…Bawk… Bawk!” They all chime in with the chicken noises. I really don’t want to do this but I AM going to do it… if for no other reason than to prove John wrong. I smile at him while I talk to Maria, “Actually Maria I was going to say that it was very nice of you to offer…and I would love to go blading with all of you.” Maria takes my hand and leads me out of the room after telling the boys that we will meet them outside.
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After a few moments the boys and I see Maria come out of the house with Marlena lagging behind. Marlena is walking in her roller blades inch by inch holding on to anything that is nailed down for support. Then Maria turns around and see that Marlena isn’t behind her. She offers Marlena her hand but she tells her that she doesn’t need it. I skate up to them laughing all the way. “Marlena for heavens sake… no wonder you can’t move. You have more padding on you than a crash test dummy.” “Excuse me… but you are supposed to wear protective gear.” This made me giggle, “Yes… things like a helmet and knee pads… your not supposed to strap a mattress to your ass.” She looks at me with a serious grin, “First of all… watch your language. Secondly shut up. I don’t have a mattress strapped to my ass.” I roll up to her and whisper, “Language Doc…language!” She gives me a silly smirk then turns to the children, “Kids since I am slow at this why don’t you skate a head of us… but don’t go too far. I will skate back here with John. That way if I feel like I am going to fall…I can knock John down first and fall onto him.” This makes us all laugh and the kids take off. I grab Marlena’s hand and we take off for what looks like a very long trip. I look over at her and she is making the funniest faces while she is trying to get her balance. “You ready Doc?” She gives me a not so confident smile, “As ready as I will ever be.” I smile at her, “Okay…let’s roll!” She grunts her amusement at me and we take off.
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About an half hour later we finally make our way back to the house. We actually didn’t go very far…I don’t even think we left the grounds. I seem to have gotten the hang of this roller blade thing. I haven’t fallen once which is a good sign. We make our way back to the front door. The kids are already sitting on the front porch taking off their gear. John is skating behind me to catch me just in case I fall. We make our way up to the kids and they begin to clap. They all walk up to me with smiles on their faces. JJ smiles, “You did great Mimi. I think you got it.” I start to laugh as they are hugging me. “Well thank you…you were all great teachers.” Then suddenly they all let go of me and take off running. When they let me go I can feel the earth begin to slip and slid beneath me. John comes skating by me and doesn’t notice that I am losing my balance. As he rolls by me I grab his arm. I must have caught him off guard because I see him loosing his balance as I grab his hand. But to no avail. I see him fall backwards onto his backside with a thud…and since I never let go of his hand I go crashing down on top of him. I landed right square on top of him causing him to groan deeply. After the initial shock wears off I look down at him and he seems in a daze, “John! John are you okay?” He doesn’t answer he just nods his head. I am worried that I hurt him. I start patting on his arms and chest and stomach to see if he is hurt anywhere, “Oh my… I am so sorry! Did I hurt you anywhere?” He simply nods his head yes. This gets me into a panic. “Oh god… where…where are you hurt?” I look all over his body to see if anything is bleeding. Then I see him raise his hand to his chest, “My…my pride!” His remark catches me off guard. “Your what?” “My pride…you hurt my pride. How do you think it looks to see a big strapping man like me…sprawled out on the cement.” I look down into his eyes and I see them sparkling. I have become aware of the fact that when ever he is joking he gets that same gleam in his eyes. I stare at him a moment longer and then I see that old familiar smirk come across his face and then we both erupt into a fit of laughter. After we catch our breath we begin to just look at each other, not saying a word. He reaches his hand up and wipes my hair out of my eyes. This gesture moves me in a way that I can’t explain. I reach my hand up to his forehead and wipe his hair off of his face. After a moment or two the spell is broken. I put my hands on his muscular chest and begin to lift myself off him. But suddenly he knocks my hands out from beneath me and I flop back onto his chest. He smiles at me, “Where do you think you are going?” I look at him and I feel lost in his eyes, “I um… I am getting up…so I can go and change my clothes for the BBQ.” The wind keeps blowing my hair into my eyes and he continues to brush it away while he talks to me, “What is your rush?” I smile at him and I feel as though a thousand butterflies are fluttering around in my stomach, “I’m not in any hurry. I think it might look strange to people though if they walk up the path way and see us here sprawled out on the ground.” John glances at my face as though he is memorizing it, “Well the view might look strange to others. But personally… this is the best view I have had in front of me in years.” Dear heavens…this man can make my heart do flip flops by saying the simplest thing, “Well… the view isn’t half bad from where I am…laying…either.” We both giggle and begin to get up. I take the roller blades off and make it to my feet. Then I offer my hand to John and pull him up off the ground. We are standing so close that I can practically feel his heart beating. I look into his eyes and smile, “Come on MR. Bruised Ego… lets get you all cleaned so we can enjoy this BBQ.” He smiles, “Oh Marlena…you don’t have to tend to my scrapes. I will get the nurse I have on staff to do that.” I look at him in shock and again he begins to laugh, “I’m kidding…I’m kidding! You are just too easy… ha ha!” Then suddenly he leans towards me and quickly kisses my cheek without even thinking and he walks away. I inhaled sharply when his lips made contact with my skin. What is happening here. Why is he affecting me this way. I am sure I am reading too much into this…it is probably just the banter that goes on back and forth between us… yeah I am sure that is all it is. I shake it off and go into the house to get ready for the big BBQ.
