Theater Night

Friday, April 26, 2013

“Darling,” I yell across the room, “Where are the kids?”

“I don’t know,” Sephiroth responded coldly.

I breathed a heavy sigh and crossed the kitchen to the backdoor. “Loz… Kadaj… Yazoo,” I call out into the backyard. I knew if I didn’t find my little monsters soon Sephiroth would have a lot of explaining to do… I was sure as hell not explaining how a nine, seven and five year old manage to blow a hole in Main Street again.

“Sephy,” I called back into the living room. “Go find the kids please, I’m not done making lunch.”

“How long does it take to make Macaroni and Cheese,” He asked.

“It’s Baked Mac ‘N Cheese now go find the little monsters!”

I hear Sephiroth sigh from the other room, “Why must I go after them every time they run off?”

“Because when there in trouble or may be in trouble they’re your kids,” I smile turning back to the oven.

“What a mother you’ve turn out to be,” he sighs turning to go.

“What else would you have me do Seph, I can’t be twelve places at once. And you don’t do much besides mope around and plot.”

“It’s not my fault we didn’t get in money back on the taxes.”

“You tried to take the meteor out as work expence!!!”

“It was…”

“No it’s never mind!”

Just then the kids burst through the backdoor.

“And just where have you three been,” I asked.

“No where,” they said in unison.

I look at them with a cold stare for a few moments. “First cop that shows up at that door…” I began.

“Should I summon Bahamut,” Sephiroth asked.

“No… bad boy!”

Seph laughed at that, “Come along boys. Let mom finish lunch.”

The boys ran down the hall into the living room, “No video game,” I call to them, “I don’t trust you haven’t been up to something.”

“Oh mom,” they sighed. Sephiroth shook his head and followed after the boys. “And I’m leaving you twenty dollars for dinner cuz I have to be at the theater tonight,” I say as I pull out the Mac ‘N Cheese, putting it on the breakfast table.

“Can’t we come with you,” Yazoo asked.

“You wouldn’t like the play we’re doing love. The humor would go over your head. Lunch,” I call. The boys run back down the hall.

“Can we at least eat in our room,” Kadaj asked.

“Not for lunch, sit you little butts down. Dinner you can do whatever, but the first dish I find growing mold and I’ll make ya sleep in the basement.”

Sephiroth scoffed at me, he knew I would never go through half of the punishments I joked about. But the boys didn’t know that although I doubted they cared most of the time. We sat down for another quite lunch.

Later

“So you threatened to put them in the basement,” my good friend and booth mate Lizzy asked me.

“I honestly think Kadaj wouldn't mind it,” I said, twirling my hair. Lizzy laughed, “You’re a mess.”

“I married a villain, one who still tries to send us sailing through space. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard him babble on about “Mother”. It’s tiring,” I sigh.

Lizzy laughs as she checks her phone, “We’re at five to places.”

“And knowing what I did I go and have three kids with the man. Yazoo maybe the only decent one although I have my doubts.”

“What about Loz?”

“I think he’ll always be a mama’s boy. Not that I mind, but he cries at every little thing that upsets him.”

“He’s only nine.”

“He’s going to be all muscle, super sensitive… might make the ladies swoon, but it’ll be rough on him. And I don’t even want to think about Kadaj.”

Lizzy laughs again and looks back at her phone. “Here we go.”

I put my thoughts aside and hit the go button on the light board.