The First Honeymoon

I braced myself for the worst. A ton of things went through my head. I must say that the build up wasn't doing my stomach any favors either, but this was the way Kaila always was.

"So... first honeymoon too." Kaila breathed out the words and her eyes closed tightly. "I was just... pissed off. At your father in particular. I... you know he hit on me before the ceremony, right?"

"No, but that does sound like him. " My lip curled almost involuntarily. The thought that dear old dad had once again decided that I didn't deserve something ran through my head.

"Yeah, tried to insist I call him daddy now that I was part of the family." Kaila winced. "And I should have told you. But I didn't because you were trying to patch things up, and you had the Vegas trip that you said was a peace offering and everything."

"Oh wow, I know how dat bullshit goes." Nikki rolled her eyes dramatically. "Here, I'm a total asshole, here's some money, now say nothing about what happened."

"I didn't want to take anything from him." Kaila explained. "But I didn't want to... ruin what we had. So I thought if Carla went it would make it... work."

Kaila paused her speech, seeming to try to pick exactly the right words. Her eyes flitted to Nikki and then back to me.

"It feels wrong, though. I mean, now that..." Kaila cut off her words abruptly and her hand came up to rub at her face. "I mean... I'm turned on, and I'm pissed off at you somehow. But it's... weird. Like... You aren't mine anymore. And I hate it, and I want to get you back so bad... and all I can think of is all the times I just let Carla deal with you and didn't even think about it because she always... she tells me everything. And with Helen... You told me everything. It's the not knowing that's... "

I leaned forward onto my elbows, and set my chin against my clasped hands.

Kaila looked at me, searching my face for some kind of reaction. When I simply stared at her evenly, she continued. "I... no... it's not... ok. I get it. I just... when you were gone today I was so sure about what was going to go on. You were gonna pick up your sister, give her our money again, and then... you know, I'd have to listen to you complain about it. What your father would say to you; how he'd rip you down again."

"You know what dey say about makin' assumptions?" Nikki asked.

"Yeah, I've heard that one a million times, ass out of you and me."

"Clearly you can't spell. No, it just makes an ass out of you and results in us being minus pot." Nikki grinned. "Because I smelled some when I walked in, and I'm really thinking we could all use it right now."

"Oh that will go over GREAT when Maria shows up." I laughed. "Shall I put on the Reggae now, or are we gonna go with Parliament funkadelic?"

"Aaargh, you're not even... you're talking about another woman with another woman while I'm trying to..." Kaila cut off her comment and regarded me with a quizzical look. "That's the point, isn't it?"

"Yeah, see... you're not really interesting to me right now." I explained. "I've got three nice gals here, none of which has... well Charlotte could have told me, but it's pretty clear that you told her in confidence, so... actually kinda liking her a bit more right now. I know she's at least able to keep her word."

"I wish you would have told us, babe." Helen addressed her girlfriend with a sharp tone. "This is bar game shit, and you know I hate bar game shit."

"Don't you even care what I..." Kaila began to object before stopping. "That sounded egotistical, didn't it?"

"A little." I nodded. "Maybe this time it isn't on me to make it right."

"So... I let Carla sleep with you. Not on the first honeymoon, but... it's happened a bunch of times. And here... well, I didn't expect Helen and Charlotte. I had this whole plan, and Carla just... well, she didn't say no. She always... she always pretends to be me, so..."

"Well, I sure as hell didn't know about it. I swear, I'm getting you name tattoos." I mused. "Actually, I really like that idea. Someplace nice and visible."

"Oh come on, that's just... " Kaila stopped herself short.

"I could make it a condition. I think I would find it a lot easier to keep track of which one's the designated Brent handler." I spat the words a bit angrier than I mean to.

"I... conditions?" Kaila stopped herself short. Her voice took on a much softer tone as she asked the question.

"Yeah, but, you know what? I actually want to think about this for a bit. Maybe talk to somebody who isn't a part of this." I paused for a moment, thinking over things. "Get some perspective. This isn't just about you. Your sister's a big part of this, and if Charlotte knew... well, I have to think about that too."

"I knew theyuh wuz a reasuhn ah lahked him." Charlotte remarked. "Kay, you just got the best possible reaction."

"I did?" Kaila pressed her feet into the floor, one after the other, shifting her balance.

"Yeah, and if Ah were you, Ah'd start cleanin' tha vayun. Now." Charlotte jerked her thumb towards the door. "Sayin' it is one thang, doin' it is another, and he already gave you somethin' he wanted done."