A few hours later,
Goldie and Vanessa are in the kitchen putting the finishing touches on dinner when the guys return. They come walking through the back door, Tristan is carrying
a trophy.
Tristan - “Grammy guess what.. I won 2nd
place”
Vanessa – “you did” …
“ congratulations baby”
She gives him a kiss and Kevin stands him on the
floor.
Tristan - “ I have to go potty”
Kevin follows him to help him get his riding pants
off ( the zipper in the back)
Vanessa -
“where’s Loren”
Sean - “isn’t she with you doing wedding things”
Vanessa - “ she left about 3 hours ago,
said she was going to Tristan’s competition”
Sean - “We didn’t see her but there
were a lot of people there” The worried look in Vanessa’s eyes, concerns
him. “What’s the matter”
Vanessa - “she was a little upset when she
left”
Sean - “why” Vanessa shrugs.
Goldie - “I’ll call her cell phone”
She wipes her hands and walks into the living
room to find the cordless. She presses one of the memory keys it rings 3 times
and she gets Loren’s voice mail. She walks into the kitchen and “
voice mail” They all look up as Tristan runs into the kitchen followed
by Kevin.
Tristan - “Where’s my mommy.. I want
to show her my trophy”
No one says anything, which kind of surprises
Kevin.
Goldie - “She’ll
be here soon… why don’t you tell me all about it”
He nods and she follows him, already describing
the events, into the living room..
Kevin - “ what’s going on”
Kurt - “Loren is MIA”
Kevin - “huh”
Kurt - “Missing in Action..”
Kevin - “I know what it means.. I mean what
do YOU mean”
Kurt - “ she left 3 hours ago to come to
the competition”
Kevin - “did you try her cell”
Vanessa - “voice mail”
A worried look crosses Kevin’s face, at
that moment the front door opens and Loren walks into the living room.
Tristan - “MOMMY… look at my trophy”
Kurt, Vanessa, Daddy and Kevin all come walking
into the living room. Goldie is already investigating the nice cut on her forehead.
Vanessa - “what happened”
Loren - “I’m fine.. it’s just
a little cut.. I had a bit of an accident.. but I’m fine”
Goldie puts a huge band-aid on it and Daddy and Kurt go check the car. It’s a little dented
but nothing major. Everyone has dinner as Tristan tells them about his horse
competition over and over again. Afterwards Kevin drives back to their apartment. Loren is silent the whole way because
head is beginning to hurt. Once home she lays on the couch and lets Kevin get
Tristan ready for bed and everything. When he comes back out she is sound asleep. He smiles and takes her sneakers off and picks up her purse from the place on the
floor where she had dropped it.
He sits down and reaches for the remote when he
notices a folded piece of paper lying on the floor next to where Loren’s purse had been laying, he picks it up and lays
it on the table. It unfolds slightly and the first words caught his attention.
My Dearest Buttercup:
Kevin glanced at the note, then back at Loren
who was still fast asleep. He flipped on the TV and tried unsuccessfully to divert
his attention from the note to the show on TV. After about 5 minutes of fighting
the inevitable he glanced over to make sure she is still sleeping and reached down and grabbed the note. He unfolded it and read it very fast and then he read it again, more slowly letting each word sink in. He could feel himself growing angrier with each sentence. He was halfway through reading the note for the third time when Loren stretches and snuggles into the sofa. He quickly folded the note and went over and put it in her purse, where he assumes
she had “stashed” it. He
sits down in the chair and contemplates every possible scenario and getting angrier with each thought (Kev is a great guy
but he sometimes has trouble keeping his jealousy in check). He was lost in his
thoughts when Loren woke up. The pain in her head made her wince and place she
placed her head in her hands.
Loren - “Kev” The sound of her voice
brought him back to the here and now.
Kevin - “How you feeling’”
Loren - “like I was hit in the head by a
sledgehammer” She stands up and walks down the hall to the bathroom
and opens the medicine cabinet. She stands there looking at the bottles of medicine
that will not help her.
Kevin - “Do you want me to run out and get
something for your head”
Loren - “Nothing over-the-counter is going
to help. Thank you anyway baby”
She walks past him, stopping momentarily to kiss
his cheek. Loren goes back to the bedroom and reaches for the phone to call Berg.
Pete - “hello”
Loren - “hey Petey. How are you”
Pete - “pretty good. What’s up”
Loren - “is Berg home”
Pete - “nope, he took his mom to see RENT”
Loren - “I didn’t know Mrs. Bergen
was in town”
Pete - “she just got in this morning”
Loren - “ok well tell her I said hello and
tell Berg to call me, regardless of the time”
Pete - “will do, is everything ok”
Loren - “yeah, I was in a little fender
bender and I need some headache medicine”
Pete - “ok. Take care”
Loren – “thanks” She hangs up
the phone with a groan and then think of something and grab it again and dial the club.
Lethal – “club Hell, who in the hell
do you want?”
Loren - “Lee, hey baby”
Lethal - “hey Blondie. Where are you? Mooney
said you and your boy were comin’ down tonight”
Loren - “nah, I was in a little fender bender.
Nothing serious. Killer headache though, is Danny or Erik around”
Lethal - “yeah hang on.” He puts her on hold and a few minutes later another extension is picked up.
Danny answered, he was half yelling over the music. “Hey Kid, you ok”
Loren - “I’m fabulous, but I will
be even better if you have anything that would make my head feel better”
Danny chuckles. “ I think I can find something. Is Pretty Boy there?”
She giggles at the nickname that Danny and his
friends have bestowed upon Kevin. But with his always stylish cloths and
his lack of Tattoos and piercings, he is pretty compared to them. “Yeah
he’s here. You want me to send him over to pick it up”
Danny - “nah, I need a break”
Loren - “thanks Danny Boy”
Danny – “see ya soon”
Loren hangs up and lays back on the bed. She looked around for Kevin, but don’t see him anywhere. So she gets up and walks out to the living room and finds him sitting in the chair, seemingly watching
TV. She glances at the TV. “You’re watching The Lawrence Welk show”
Kevin - “huh”
Loren sits on the arm of his chair. “Are
you ok?”
Kevin, very curtly) - “I’m fine”
Loren - “ok, I can tell by your tone that
you have a bug up your butt and I am in no mood to play 20 questions, so just tell me what’s the matter”
Kevin - “Nothing. I’m gonna go for a walk.”
Loren - “it’s raining”
Kevin - “I’m a big boy, I can handle
a few rain drops”
