Family Matters

AND ANOTHER ONE!

It was the next morning Melanie and Ben was in the kitchen making breakfast for everyone. "Dad is mom going to be okay with me leaving this fall semester?"

"Not at first, but she'll have other things distracting her from being upset at us."

"Like what?"

"BENNNJJJJAMMMIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNN!", Miranda yelled.

"That!", he said smiling as he ran from the kitchen.

"Benjamin please tell me that there isn't a whole dog in my house and IN MY BED!", she yelled.

"Miranda he's a puppy and he's harmless", he laughed.

"I don't care it smells like feet......This isn't funny. Get this damn dog out of my BED AND OUT OF MY HOUSE."

"Mommy no... that's Bailey, the puppy. Daddy got him for me as a gift. He came this morning, isn't he the cutest", Mina said hugging the puppy as it licked her face.

"BAILEY?.....BENJAMIN I know damn well that dog doesn't have my name."

"Mommy your name isn't Bailey it's Warren."

"Yes it was before I was married to your father and it's about to be Bailey again when I put him out."

The dog kept barking at Miranda. "Come on Bailey", Mina said picking up the dog and they all laughed.

Miranda got up. "Change my damn sheets Benjamin!", she said before going into the bathroom.

"Oh yeah good one dad, you're going to be in trouble for a minute. You know mom doesn't like pets. Thanks!", Melanie said laughing.

Ben got the kids ready for school. "I'm taking the twins because I need to talk to Lana's coach", Miranda said looking around for her other shoe.

"Okay, see you later tonight", Ben said coming over trying to kiss her. "Don't touch me."

"Miranda it's just a dog.....we can give him back if it's that big of a deal."

"Then make me out to be the bad guy.....because mommy sent the dog back", she rolled her eyes.

"I'm sorry", he pouted. "Kiss me!"

"No Benjamin I'm not in the mood."

"When are you ever?"

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"When's the last time we had sex Miranda? It's been almost two months."

"You're worried about sex when there is a whole ass dog in my bed, you sent Melanie off without telling me. Once again I almost missed one of my baby's body changing and I can't keep a damn normal body temperature without feeling like I'm on fire every second of the day. So no I'm not in the mood, now move so I can go", Miranda said putting on her shoes then walking towards the door feeling like she was about to cry.

"BJ & Lana let's go, get in the car."

"Miranda you're not leaving upset like this."

"Benjamin get out of my way please."

"Kids go to the car, me and your mother needs to talk." Miranda rolled her eyes. "Benjamin I don't want to hear what you have to say."

Ben pulled her into him by her waist. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said it like that. I just miss you, I miss us. I miss being in you, next to you, on top of you and under you."

"Get the dog out of my house Benjamin!", she said moving his hands from around her waist and she walked out.

Miranda was in the teachers lounge when she overheard other teachers talking about her. "I heard she caused nothing but problems at her last school. There was a whole shoot out." "She's hardly ever at work long because she's always pregnant!" "Apparently she left her kids at home alone when the fire started." "Her and her husband is always in something with the police." "Oh yeah I heard they were in that trafficking house that got raided about a year ago." "Her daughter got an early acceptance letter to John Hopkins, probably because she had something to do with it. My Emily should have gotten that!" All the teachers were taking turns saying things.