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Daughters- John Mayer
Terrified was not a word to describe what I felt. Mortified came close, but it didn’t exactly hit the nail on the head, but it came close. I could feel the heat start to rise towards my face, but tried to quickly push it back. I couldn’t be embarrassed. None of this would work if I was embarrassed. Three faces were turned towards me in shock, but a fourth stared at me suspiciously.
My father promptly informed me that this morning at around seven o’clock, he was bombarded with calls from my various female relatives in America. Apparently, they had seen the news on an entertainment news show, and wanted to know why he hadn’t told them that I was engaged to a celebrity. Always a logical person, my father decided to come and get that information for himself. But now standing in front of me, he didn’t look pleased.
“What do you mean, Al?” my father said slowly his eyes squinting as he looked down at my sitting form on the couch. I felt Kevin stiffen as I casually placed one of my hands on the top of his leg and began to rub it slowly and affectionately. My dad’s eyes also widened slightly, but he recovered quickly and probably thought that I hadn’t noticed.
“I meant what I said. We’re in love.” I said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. My father’s eyes remained fixed upon my hand, which had not moved from Kevin’s leg. I looked at the other two boys who were staring at me incredulously. Joe’s eyes looked from my face to Kevin’s and then suddenly to the spot where my hand now laid on Kevin’s inner thigh. This caused Joe to start sputtering which turned into the coughing fit that I was hoping for.
“Oh Joe are you ok?” I tried to exclaim in concern. I knew it came off as cheesy, but it was all I could muster at the moment. “I’ll just go into the kitchen and get you a glass of water.” I turned towards Kevin. “Hey, Kev, why don’t you come with me, and I can show you that… umm… letter I was talking about earlier.”
I got up quickly and waited for Kevin to follow me. He just continued to sit there staring up at me and his brother’s confusedly. I nodded towards the kitchen lightly kicking his foot. He jumped up as if startled and stumbled behind me towards the kitchen. Immediately upon entering that room he rounded on me.
“What are you doing?” he whispered panicked. I put a finger over my lips indicating to move to the furthest possible spot from the door. I turned the sink faucet on to give the illusion that I was actually getting water for poor choking Joe.
“Shh… Ok, I’m sorry I just sprung that on you.”I whispered back once we were safely in the corner furthest away from the door. He raised his eyebrows as if to say ‘Yeah’, but kept quiet to let me continue. “It’s just that my dad is so… traditional. I’ve always been his pride and joy, and especially after my mom died, he took great pride in knowing that he raised me the right way.” Again Kevin’s eyebrows shot up, but I ignored them and continued. “It would kill him to know that I had done something so clueless.”
“So you decided to throw out ‘We’re in love’?!” He exclaimed. I shh’d him again looking towards the still empty doorway.
“I said I was sorry!” I whispered defensively. “But it was all that I could think of at the time. I couldn’t really say ‘I’m pregnant’ or anything like that.” At the sound of the word pregnant Kevin’s face drained of all color, and I almost wanted to smile at the now stricken man. “Plus this makes sense. From everything you’ve told me about your band and your image, it won’t exactly look good if we tell the truth, will it? This is an easy cover while we get everything else worked out.” By everything else I meant our marriage, but I didn’t want to say that out loud.
His eyes were glazed over for a moment in thought. I hoped that he would agree. I didn’t really feel comfortable with the whole world knowing that I can’t hold my liquor well enough not to get married to a complete stranger. Plus, I knew that I had made some valid points about his career. What would kids Sophia’s age think if they heard that their idol made such a big mistake? Finally, he nodded his head and I knew the decision was made.
The noise of footsteps rang inside the small room, and I suddenly realized that someone was coming to check on them. We had been in the kitchen for longer than it takes to get a glass of water. My heart began to beat quickly as panic overtook me, and I tried to come up with an explanation. Suddenly an idea struck me, and, having nothing else, I decided in a split second to go with it. I looked up at Kevin, who was looking down at me uncertainly.
“Sorry for this.” I said quickly, and before either of us had time to blink my lips were on his. At first the kiss was stiff, which I could only attest to surprise. But as we progressed our lips slowly moved in sync, and pleasure began to build in my stomach. My hands became wrapped around his neck, and were starting to explore his curly head of hair. His arms were now encircling my waist pulling me closer to his body. I suddenly forgot about the footsteps, about our situation, and about everything else in the world. The clichéd floating feeling was starting to settle over me, and I began to feel as if I could fly.
And then suddenly it was over. As he pulled away I slowly became aware of the world around me, and of my glaring father and the other gaping Jonas’s in the doorway. This time I couldn’t hold my blush back, and I’m sure that I was beet red.
“Hello” I said timidly taking a step back from Kevin, who was equally flushed. “Sorry, we got a bit distracted.”
“A bit!” Joe exclaimed. He stared at us as if our ears had fallen off. Nick contained himself a bit better, but his expression was still one of shock.
“Allie” my father finally said moving forward into the kitchen and turning off the still running sink. “Your behavior is sinful. Parading around here kissing… this boy! What has gotten into you?” He was fuming at me now, and my heart broke a little at his anger. I knew it was for the best though.
“How is kissing my husband in my own home sinful, daddy? I already apologized for our bad timing, but… we’re newlyweds. To be honest we could have done worse.” I said, trying to sound as casual as possible. I was anything but laid back at the moment. If the kiss hadn’t been enough to get me riled up, the glare my father was sending me sure helped.
“Alison, you know better than to talk to me of such things. If your mother was here…”
“She’d be happy for me.” I cut in suddenly, with as much emotion in my voice as I could muster. This time I didn’t have to fake it. “Actually, she’d be ecstatic. You know that if I came home married, she would immediately jump up and down in joy and start badgering me about when I was going to have a baby.” Again, all the men’s faces paled and I threw up my hands exasperatedly. “Which will be no time soon. God! What is it about men and babies?” I sat down in the closest chair and buried my face in my hands. I could feel someone approaching from behind me, and when I felt a hand go on my shoulder I knew it was Kevin.
“Sir” his low voice said suddenly and strongly. I looked up in surprise only to find that my husband and father were having a mini staring contest. “I love your daughter. I’m sorry that I couldn’t meet you until now, and that you weren’t involved in the wedding. My fame complicates things, and we decided that it would be best if we were married in secret. It’s not perfect, and most definitely not preferred, but it’s how things happened, and I would really like your blessing,” He looked down at me with such fondness that for a moment I thought it was real. “For both Allie and my sake.”
Silence reigned in the room as the two men continued to stare at one another. I silently praised my drunk self for picking such a believable husband. Finally the silent competition that my father and Kevin had been in came to a halt as daddy looked away from Kevin and towards me. They were softer than they were a few moments ago, and I knew he was giving me an unseen apology.
“Allie.” He said slowly coming over to kneel next to me like he had when I was a child. “You know all I want you to be is happy. Now tell me honestly, are you happy?” His eyes shone with tears I knew he wouldn’t shed, and I felt mine fill up simultaneously.
“I love him, daddy.” I said quietly. He seemed to accept it as an answer because he leaned in and lightly kissed me on the forehead, before standing up and extending a hand to a very nervous looking Kevin.
“Thank you, sir.” Kevin said returning his hand shake with vigor.
“You know the drill. The army taught me many ways to kill a man. So if you even think about hurting her, your head is mine.” My father said in a low somewhat intimidating voice. I almost laughed at Kevin’s terrified expression, but I restrained myself. Finally my father released the shaken man and turned towards me. “Well, I’m off. Your aunts are probably chomping at the bit for me to call them back and tell them what’s going on.” He pulled me into a hug and swiftly whispered into my ear. “You take care of yourself baby girl, and never hesitate to call.”
“Bye daddy!” I called as he turned on his heels and headed out the door, letting it close with a small thud. I looked over at Kevin who ran a hand through his hair, obviously relieved to see my father leave.
“Pleasant man.” He sighed, and I couldn’t help but laugh. He just looked so bedraggled. Kevin looked up, surprised at my laughter, but he soon was joining in. Nick and Joe stared at us as if we were lunatics, but that only added fuel to the laughing fire. Finally I calmed down, wiping tears out of my eyes.
“He’s usually not that bad, but the poor man didn’t even know I was dating anyone, much less MARRIED. It must have been quite a shock for him to think I went and fell in love without his knowledge of it.” I said looking at Kevin who as now beginning to calm down himself.
“Yeah, about that whole being in love thing…” Nick said uncertainly from the doorway. He had kept silent this whole time, and looked relieved to finally be able to speak.
“And the kissing! What the hell? I thought you were…” Joe exclaimed. He looked like a comic book character bouncing around the room ranting about things that no one was really listening to. “And the ‘worse things’. What did you mean by that, do you care to explain?”
“We’ll explain everything in the car.” I said, using one hand to grab the bag I had previously packed, and the other hand to grab Kevin’s arm lightly before heading towards the door.
“Even the ‘worse things’?” Joe said wiggling his eyebrows at me. Nick, Kevin, and I looked at each other before yelling in unison.
“Shut up Joe!”
Terrified was not a word to describe what I felt. Mortified came close, but it didn’t exactly hit the nail on the head, but it came close. I could feel the heat start to rise towards my face, but tried to quickly push it back. I couldn’t be embarrassed. None of this would work if I was embarrassed. Three faces were turned towards me in shock, but a fourth stared at me suspiciously.
My father promptly informed me that this morning at around seven o’clock, he was bombarded with calls from my various female relatives in America. Apparently, they had seen the news on an entertainment news show, and wanted to know why he hadn’t told them that I was engaged to a celebrity. Always a logical person, my father decided to come and get that information for himself. But now standing in front of me, he didn’t look pleased.
“What do you mean, Al?” my father said slowly his eyes squinting as he looked down at my sitting form on the couch. I felt Kevin stiffen as I casually placed one of my hands on the top of his leg and began to rub it slowly and affectionately. My dad’s eyes also widened slightly, but he recovered quickly and probably thought that I hadn’t noticed.
“I meant what I said. We’re in love.” I said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. My father’s eyes remained fixed upon my hand, which had not moved from Kevin’s leg. I looked at the other two boys who were staring at me incredulously. Joe’s eyes looked from my face to Kevin’s and then suddenly to the spot where my hand now laid on Kevin’s inner thigh. This caused Joe to start sputtering which turned into the coughing fit that I was hoping for.
“Oh Joe are you ok?” I tried to exclaim in concern. I knew it came off as cheesy, but it was all I could muster at the moment. “I’ll just go into the kitchen and get you a glass of water.” I turned towards Kevin. “Hey, Kev, why don’t you come with me, and I can show you that… umm… letter I was talking about earlier.”
I got up quickly and waited for Kevin to follow me. He just continued to sit there staring up at me and his brother’s confusedly. I nodded towards the kitchen lightly kicking his foot. He jumped up as if startled and stumbled behind me towards the kitchen. Immediately upon entering that room he rounded on me.
“What are you doing?” he whispered panicked. I put a finger over my lips indicating to move to the furthest possible spot from the door. I turned the sink faucet on to give the illusion that I was actually getting water for poor choking Joe.
“Shh… Ok, I’m sorry I just sprung that on you.”I whispered back once we were safely in the corner furthest away from the door. He raised his eyebrows as if to say ‘Yeah’, but kept quiet to let me continue. “It’s just that my dad is so… traditional. I’ve always been his pride and joy, and especially after my mom died, he took great pride in knowing that he raised me the right way.” Again Kevin’s eyebrows shot up, but I ignored them and continued. “It would kill him to know that I had done something so clueless.”
“So you decided to throw out ‘We’re in love’?!” He exclaimed. I shh’d him again looking towards the still empty doorway.
“I said I was sorry!” I whispered defensively. “But it was all that I could think of at the time. I couldn’t really say ‘I’m pregnant’ or anything like that.” At the sound of the word pregnant Kevin’s face drained of all color, and I almost wanted to smile at the now stricken man. “Plus this makes sense. From everything you’ve told me about your band and your image, it won’t exactly look good if we tell the truth, will it? This is an easy cover while we get everything else worked out.” By everything else I meant our marriage, but I didn’t want to say that out loud.
His eyes were glazed over for a moment in thought. I hoped that he would agree. I didn’t really feel comfortable with the whole world knowing that I can’t hold my liquor well enough not to get married to a complete stranger. Plus, I knew that I had made some valid points about his career. What would kids Sophia’s age think if they heard that their idol made such a big mistake? Finally, he nodded his head and I knew the decision was made.
The noise of footsteps rang inside the small room, and I suddenly realized that someone was coming to check on them. We had been in the kitchen for longer than it takes to get a glass of water. My heart began to beat quickly as panic overtook me, and I tried to come up with an explanation. Suddenly an idea struck me, and, having nothing else, I decided in a split second to go with it. I looked up at Kevin, who was looking down at me uncertainly.
“Sorry for this.” I said quickly, and before either of us had time to blink my lips were on his. At first the kiss was stiff, which I could only attest to surprise. But as we progressed our lips slowly moved in sync, and pleasure began to build in my stomach. My hands became wrapped around his neck, and were starting to explore his curly head of hair. His arms were now encircling my waist pulling me closer to his body. I suddenly forgot about the footsteps, about our situation, and about everything else in the world. The clichéd floating feeling was starting to settle over me, and I began to feel as if I could fly.
And then suddenly it was over. As he pulled away I slowly became aware of the world around me, and of my glaring father and the other gaping Jonas’s in the doorway. This time I couldn’t hold my blush back, and I’m sure that I was beet red.
“Hello” I said timidly taking a step back from Kevin, who was equally flushed. “Sorry, we got a bit distracted.”
“A bit!” Joe exclaimed. He stared at us as if our ears had fallen off. Nick contained himself a bit better, but his expression was still one of shock.
“Allie” my father finally said moving forward into the kitchen and turning off the still running sink. “Your behavior is sinful. Parading around here kissing… this boy! What has gotten into you?” He was fuming at me now, and my heart broke a little at his anger. I knew it was for the best though.
“How is kissing my husband in my own home sinful, daddy? I already apologized for our bad timing, but… we’re newlyweds. To be honest we could have done worse.” I said, trying to sound as casual as possible. I was anything but laid back at the moment. If the kiss hadn’t been enough to get me riled up, the glare my father was sending me sure helped.
“Alison, you know better than to talk to me of such things. If your mother was here…”
“She’d be happy for me.” I cut in suddenly, with as much emotion in my voice as I could muster. This time I didn’t have to fake it. “Actually, she’d be ecstatic. You know that if I came home married, she would immediately jump up and down in joy and start badgering me about when I was going to have a baby.” Again, all the men’s faces paled and I threw up my hands exasperatedly. “Which will be no time soon. God! What is it about men and babies?” I sat down in the closest chair and buried my face in my hands. I could feel someone approaching from behind me, and when I felt a hand go on my shoulder I knew it was Kevin.
“Sir” his low voice said suddenly and strongly. I looked up in surprise only to find that my husband and father were having a mini staring contest. “I love your daughter. I’m sorry that I couldn’t meet you until now, and that you weren’t involved in the wedding. My fame complicates things, and we decided that it would be best if we were married in secret. It’s not perfect, and most definitely not preferred, but it’s how things happened, and I would really like your blessing,” He looked down at me with such fondness that for a moment I thought it was real. “For both Allie and my sake.”
Silence reigned in the room as the two men continued to stare at one another. I silently praised my drunk self for picking such a believable husband. Finally the silent competition that my father and Kevin had been in came to a halt as daddy looked away from Kevin and towards me. They were softer than they were a few moments ago, and I knew he was giving me an unseen apology.
“Allie.” He said slowly coming over to kneel next to me like he had when I was a child. “You know all I want you to be is happy. Now tell me honestly, are you happy?” His eyes shone with tears I knew he wouldn’t shed, and I felt mine fill up simultaneously.
“I love him, daddy.” I said quietly. He seemed to accept it as an answer because he leaned in and lightly kissed me on the forehead, before standing up and extending a hand to a very nervous looking Kevin.
“Thank you, sir.” Kevin said returning his hand shake with vigor.
“You know the drill. The army taught me many ways to kill a man. So if you even think about hurting her, your head is mine.” My father said in a low somewhat intimidating voice. I almost laughed at Kevin’s terrified expression, but I restrained myself. Finally my father released the shaken man and turned towards me. “Well, I’m off. Your aunts are probably chomping at the bit for me to call them back and tell them what’s going on.” He pulled me into a hug and swiftly whispered into my ear. “You take care of yourself baby girl, and never hesitate to call.”
“Bye daddy!” I called as he turned on his heels and headed out the door, letting it close with a small thud. I looked over at Kevin who ran a hand through his hair, obviously relieved to see my father leave.
“Pleasant man.” He sighed, and I couldn’t help but laugh. He just looked so bedraggled. Kevin looked up, surprised at my laughter, but he soon was joining in. Nick and Joe stared at us as if we were lunatics, but that only added fuel to the laughing fire. Finally I calmed down, wiping tears out of my eyes.
“He’s usually not that bad, but the poor man didn’t even know I was dating anyone, much less MARRIED. It must have been quite a shock for him to think I went and fell in love without his knowledge of it.” I said looking at Kevin who as now beginning to calm down himself.
“Yeah, about that whole being in love thing…” Nick said uncertainly from the doorway. He had kept silent this whole time, and looked relieved to finally be able to speak.
“And the kissing! What the hell? I thought you were…” Joe exclaimed. He looked like a comic book character bouncing around the room ranting about things that no one was really listening to. “And the ‘worse things’. What did you mean by that, do you care to explain?”
“We’ll explain everything in the car.” I said, using one hand to grab the bag I had previously packed, and the other hand to grab Kevin’s arm lightly before heading towards the door.
“Even the ‘worse things’?” Joe said wiggling his eyebrows at me. Nick, Kevin, and I looked at each other before yelling in unison.
“Shut up Joe!”
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