summary: your son Titus gets caught doing something in his room and it leads to a heartfelt conversation with his loving parents
yns pov
As I am making dinner, Danny and I's kids Titus, Remi, and Ian come in from school. Titus is 16 and drives everyone to a from school. Remi is 13, she's in eighth, and Ian is in fourth. "Mom I got an A on that civil war essay." Titus tells me giving me a kiss on the cheek as a greet. I nod in approval and give him a hug. "Hi Mrs. Wagner." Titus's best friend Ben says hello. He comes over almost everyday after school when they both aren't working so I wasn't surprised he was here. "Hey Ben! Everyone I went to Costco and get a ton of snacks so eat up. Ben i'm making tacos for dinner and you are more than welcome to join us."
Ben nods, going through the pantry with all the other kids. "Okay Mrs. Wagner I'll text my mom and ask." The boys head upstairs and Ian goes to watch tv in the living room. Remi sits at the kitchen counter. "Alexa play Taylor Swift radio please." Remi gives me a small smile for turning off my music. I giggle and continue cooking dinner. "Mom you know that eighth grade formal dance we bought a dress for? Conner V. asked me to go with him. Can I?" I look up from the cutting board. "I'm sure that's fine. I'll tell your dad cause I know you don't want to." She lets out a big sigh.
"Oh thank you mom." I laugh "Also how many Conners are in your class you have to give him a last letter?" Remi thinks for a second. "Em last count was three i think." I laugh again and Remi gets up heading to her room, probably to tell Conner V. she can go with him. As I'm finishing dinner it is now 6:30 and just on time Danny walks in from his studio day.
"Hey baby." Danny places a kiss on my head with a hand on my hip. "Hey! How was work and the boys?" I tilt my head onto his chest. "Oh everything was fine. We worked out the kinks for a few songs on the new album so all good!" I nod resting on his chest for a moment of peace.
Ian comes in from the living to greet Danny. He gives him a big hug. "Hey buddy how was school?" Danny asks ruffling his hand through his curls. "I was good. Ms. Parker said we have career day at school next Friday. Could you come and speak to the class. And maybe bring your guitar because that would be really cool." We laugh and Danny nods.
"Of course I can bud. Not a problem." I say, "Okay Ian go wash up for dinner. Pookie can you go tell Remi and Titus it's time for dinner. I think Ben is eating with us too." Danny nods and heads upstairs to get them. Upstairs I hear, "Remi girl, Titus, Ben, dinner is served." After a second I hear Titus scream, "Dad get out!!" a few seconds later Remi walks downstairs with a surprised and sad look on her face. "Rem what happened?" Remi shook her head like she wouldn't tell me and headed to the table.
Danny came down a few seconds later and I gave him a questioning look. "Um well I walk in on Titus and Ben doing....um....sexual activities." My jaw drops and I cover my mouth. Soon after Ben is coming downstairs. "Um my mom actually needs me home so I'm gonna go. Thank you anyways Mr.&Mrs. Wagner." Ben starts speed walking out but Danny says, "Hey ben, You're welcome back anytime just leave the door open next time." I give Ben a sympathetic nod agreeing with Danny. Ben's facial expression relaxes.
"Thank you guys. I told him he had nothing to be scared of. You guys are the coolest." Ben walks out and we say our goodbyes. I look over at Danny, "You see, we're still cool." He giggles and smiles, but then remembers how Titus must be feeling upstairs. I walk over to him and put my arms around his waist. "How about I have Rem and Ian start eating and we can go talk to Titus?" Danny sighs and nods.
Once I have the kids settles eating downstairs, we head up to Titus's room. I hold Danny's hand as we stand together outside of his room. I turn to look at Danny, "D, did we do something that made him think he couldn't tell us? I thought we were doing a good job." Danny tsked and lifts my head to look in his eyes. "Baby this has nothing to do with us. It's all about his feelings and anxieties around the subject. I promise." I nod and we turn to look at the door. "Okay I'm ready when you are." Danny finally knocks on the door softly.
"Please go away. I don't wanna talk about it dad." my heart hurts for him feeling this way. I start to say. "T we need to talk. No one is in trouble and we aren't mad. We just wanna talk baby. Please open up and let us come in." After about thirty seconds Titus comes to the door and slowly pulls it open. His face is red and puffy from crying.
Without thinking the mama bear in me takes over and I pull him into a bone crushing hug. "Oh baby don't cry. We love more than we could ever express." Titus let's his tears flow and hold me close to him. Danny wraps his bigger frame around our smaller ones and holds us in his arm. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I knew it would be okay I just wasn't ready. Please understand why I didn't say anything." We release from our hug and Danny begins to speak as he leads Titus to his bed so we could sit down.
"T we totally understand. We want you to know whoever you love or want to be will always be fine with us. Your mother and I want our beautiful baby boy to be happy whatever that means for him. The only thing we're sorry about is that it didn't happen on your terms." Titus smile and brushes Danny off.
"It's not your fault. Usually Ben and I hear you or mom but I guess we got a little carried away." We all laugh and I pull him into another hug. "Oh baby I love you so much. But so help me god if I catch you partaking in sexual ventures in my house while family is here ..." Titus swallows hard. "Yes ma'am, only when alone got it" We all have a laugh at what he said.
"Okay, go eat dinner with Rem and Ian. Leave your mother and I for a bit." Titus nods and heads downstairs to eat dinner. Danny scoots closer to me. "Ugh I'm glad that's over. We did well with our kids huh baby?" I nod and lay my head on Danny's shoulder. "Yeah we did. Oh by the way, Remi is going to the eighth grade formal with a boy named Conner" Danny pulls away from me and my head drops from his shoulder. He shouts,
"What the Fuck!?!?"
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summary: Jake teaches your daughter violet simple chords on her new mini gibson and she surprises him with playing Everlong by Foo Fighters with the rest of the boys for his birthday present :)
Jakes Pov
"Vi is gonna freak when she opens her Gibson." Yn giggles, cuddling into my arm as we watch our daughter Violet opening her birthday presents from all of our family for her 8th Birthday. "Well she's been more interested in my playing lately and I thought it was time to get her started on the legacy." I squeeze her thigh lovingly and Yn giggles again laying her head on my shoulder.
"Legacy?" she looks at me. "Yeah! she comes from a musical family. It's time she starts pulling her weight. Who knows maybe she'll take my place on tour so I can stay home with you mama." I look at yn in the eyes as she lifts her head from my shoulder.
"Oh is that right?" "Uh huh" yn leans in for a few pecks on my lips and we turn our attention to Vi opening her gift from Danny.
"Oh my gosh uncle danny! Golf clubs!" Violet pulls the driver out of the bright pink golf bag and starts shimming it in the air while wiggling her little body. "Yeah honeypie! Now I can teach you how to be the best golfer Michigan has ever seen!" Violet smiles and runs up to Danny hugging him tightly, resting her head on his stomach. "Thank you uncle danny. I love you" Danny pats her head, "You're welcome honeypie. I love you too. Now I only see one more present over there and the only people left who haven't gotten you something is mommy and daddy over there."
Violet gasps and looks over at me and yn with an excited smile. "Sam bring the gift over here to us. Vi come here and open it with mommy and daddy." Violet runs into my open arms and sits on my thigh. Sams bring the gift over to us and violet puts her hand on it as if asking to open it.
"Go on honey! Open it for Grams!" Karen smile's holding her phone filming the opening. Vi giggles and hops off my lap and starts peeling off the purple kitten wrapping paper. She gets the wrapping off and sees the mini guitar case. "Oh daddy is that a..?" Open it and find out Bug." Yn urges her with a big smile on her face.
Violet smiles and Yn and slowly pops the buckles of the guitar case and gasp at the sight. A mini lavender Gibson Classic lays in the case waiting for Violets little hands to pick it up. "Oh daddy, daddy it's perfect! I love it! thank you thank you!" Violet jumps into my arms planting sweet little kisses all over my face. "Thank your mama too. She picked the color" Violet looks over at yn and jumps into her arms repeating to her face what she just did to mine.
I lift the guitar out of the case and start messing around with it while everyone tells violet how awesome her gift is. Eventually I've been finicking with the little instrument for an hour and just about everyone has left out house except Josh, Sam, and Danny. Out of the corner of my eye I see Vi looking from my face to the guitar I hold in my hands with a curious look on her face as if she was wondering if she could try some things on the guitar.
"Vi, baby, come here. Lemme show you a few chords." Her eyes light up and she runs to me standing between my legs while I hold my spot sitting on the couch. "Okay now hold it like...that! good Bug you're a natural!" Vi giggles rubbing her head against my hairline out of affection. "Thank you daddy! Okay where do we start?" "Okay so if you hold your finger here and strum the strings like this...." I adjust her fingers then run her hands down the set of strings and the sound comes all through the house. "That's what a simple A chord sounds like!" "ohhhh" Violet nods and looks at me waiting for further instruction. We keep practicing for a few hours.
Yns Pov
After cleaning up the party, I and the three other boys sat on your back porch with some beers and cocktails chitchatting.
"They have been at it awhile! I'm surprised Bug has let this hold her attention this long!" I say taking a sip from my glass of wine. Sam nods his head in agreement. "Yeah me too! That kind of attention span from an eight year old only means one thing: she really wants to learn and be good at the guitar." Josh and Danny huff some words of agreement to Sam. "Oh that's great! Another set of hands i get to listen to strum the strings all night!" Josh laughs and leans over giving me a side hug on the couch. "Oh please Yn don't act like you don't love the idea of a tiny Joan Jett running around here."
I laugh at Josh's comparison. "I guess that is pretty badass. Oh shit! since it's almost six are y'all down for some pizza if i order some?" all the boy express sounds of delight. "Okay! lemme ask them what they want in there!" I open the screen door and walk into the living room and see Jake and Violet in the same spot they've been for a couple hours now. "Hello lovies! How do my little guitarists feel about pizza for dinner?" Both of them nod at me vigorously and I giggle. "Okay then let me place the order. After that I want you to take a shower before the pizza gets her Bug so you don't end up staying up too late. You have school tomorrow, okay?"
Violet sighs with a sad little frown on her face. "Okay mommy! If I do that can daddy keep teaching me for a little bit before bed?" I smile at her and give her a nod. "Yes of course Bug! I am so happy you love your gift so much!"
I head to the kitchen and order way too much pizza for all of us to eat but that's besides the point. Once I get off the phone I walk into the living room to get Violet upstairs to shower. "Okay bug lets get you in the shower so you're clean when dinner gets her!" Jake pulls the guitar from her hand sets it in the case. Violet runs up to me hugging my waist looking up at me. "I'll shout for you when I need you to brush my hair okay mama?" I kiss her forehead and pat her long brown hair. "Okay baby! I love you" She starts running up the stairs. "I love you both too!"
I walk over to the couch and sit on Jakes lap after he's done putting Vi's guitar away. "It looks like we've got a rockstar on our hands huh Mr. Kiszka?" Jake nods pecking my lips then leaning his head into my neck. "I'd say so Mrs.Kiszka. Bug is a natural too. She seems to grasp the concepts super quick and didn't loose interest five minutes in like most young kids. I think she's gonna really take to guitar. Not that i'd be mad if she wanted to play bass but i'm glad she likes guitar." I nod and stay cuddled into jake until i hear Vi calling for me to brush out her hair. I have to do it because her little arm aren't long enough the reach the bottom half and as a direct quote from Violet "The tangles are never as bad when you brush them out mom" whatever that means. "There's cash from the boys on the kitchen counter for the pizza when it gets here." I peck Jakes lips and he nods.
I head up stairs and open the bathroom door to see Violet in her light yellow floral sleep dress with a head full of tangles holding her brush waiting for me. "What's the damage tonight babe?" I say standing behind her looking at her and her tangles through the mirror. "Kinda bad. I think the wind from the big bouncy slide made it worse than normal." I giggle and spray detangler into her long brown locks then start brushing lightly.
After a few minutes of silent brushing Violet soeaks up. "Mama I have an idea." I look into her eyes through the bathroom mirror. "Okay Bug what's your idea?" "Well I got my new guitar and I love it! And I know Daddy and Uncle Joshs birthday is a few months away..." "Four months away yes." "Yeah four months! And I know Uncle Danny and Uncle Sammy can both play the guitar so I was wanting to surprise Daddy with a full song that Uncle Josh sings while we play it for him on his birthday!" I finish brushing Vi's hair and spin her around and kneel down infront on her holding her hands.
"Vi that is the sweetest thing I've ever heard! I just know Daddy will be so overjoyed if you did that for him! And I bet your uncles would be more than happy to help. Tell you what. How about every week after school, one of your amazing uncles picks up and we practice until the big party! Does that sound good?" Violet squeaks and jumps into my arms giving me a bone crushing hug.
"Yes mommy thank you thank you!!! you are the absolute best and I love you so so so so so so much! I promise to learn a Lady Gaga song on guitar for you after Daddy's Birthday!" I laugh into her Lavender scented hair and squeeze her tighter. "Okay Bug! Now go downstairs and I'll talk to your Uncles about it later! Remember don't say anything because we want daddy to have no idea!" Violet nods her head vigorously then the door bell rings. She gasps and runs downstairs to get her grubby hands on some pepperoni before the boys eat it all.
I laugh at her speed then clean up the bathroom from her shower before going downstairs to eat some pizza aswell.
--Four Months Later--
Yns pov
"Uncle Sammy I am super nervous. What if i mess up and ruin Daddy's birthday?" I hear Vi say as I put the decorations around the porch for the Josh and Jakes birthday party. The weather is super nice so a bonfire type thing with snack food and booze is the way to go. "Munchkin don't stress! Have fun and remember you are doing this to make your dad happy. Even if you played the ABC's on that guitar of yours he'd be insanely proud." Violet giggles and Sam lifts her in the air, spinning her around attacking her face with little pecks.
Josh walks over to me with a fold out table in his hand asking where i want it. I tell him over by the table with all the snacky stuff on it. "How is she gonna do tonight J? She's super nervous and I'll admit I did not expect Everlong to be the song of choice for a novice." Josh laughs as we walk together to set the table up. "Yeah but honestly lil twerp is a 90s alternative rock fiend and we couldn't get her to change her mind. And I quote "I wanna be just like Dave Grohl when I grow up"" I laugh and adjust the table with him until it's stable.
"Sounds like my baby. I just hope she's not worrying too much. It hurts my heart to know she's so nervous." "She'll be fine. Really. She has been consistently playing the song all the way through with minor, silly mistakes for about three weeks now. I think she's gonna nail it." I nod and walk off to set up the mini bar inside. Once I'm done I get myself and Violet dressed for the party.
"Mommy I hope daddy likes my playing tonight." Vi says as I finish fixing her long braid. "Bug he is going to adore and think it's super sweet that you thought of him like that! Now stop that worrying and go help the boys set up everything in the backyard." I spin her around and give her head a kiss and she runs out of the room to help get things ready.
I put the finishing touches of the makeup on in our bathroom then start downstairs to the kitchen to wait for friends and family to start arriving. I made jake go get his own birthday cake an hour away so that we could set everything up so he wouldn't be suspicious of all the band equipment in our yard.
I start welcoming all the close and distant friends and family to the backyard and tell them make themselves comfortable. After about twenty minutes jake tells me that he is here with the cake.
"Hey baby, could you help a guy out a little bit?" Jake grunts as he struggles to get the full sheet cake through the door without dropping it. "Oh of course i'm sorry!" we finally set it on the kitchen counter and jake leans in to kiss my temple. "Making me get my own birthday cake on my birthday. How evil and mean spirited can you be?" I giggle and put my arms on his neck and hug him into me.
"Oh you know me just the wicked evil mom who wanted to save my ears the complaining i would hear if you had to set up your own party. Josh didn't mind though. He's always been more laid back than you." Jake looks at me as if i've lost my mind. "Yn you take that back right now." I giggle and start slowly backing away from him shaking my head. Then suddenly start running to the backyard with everyone.
Once we call a truce and make it to the yard everyone start greeting Jake and telling him happy birthday. He kisses his mom on the cheek giving her a big hug. Then he notices the band equipment. Everyone is holding their instruments at the ready but no guitarist in sight. "Um babe did you forget to tell me i'd be preforming with everyone tonight? Wait why the fuck would i preform at our own birthday party?!" Karen slaps his chest and scolds him for his language. "Babe...the boys and I wanted to help Violet with her birthday present to you. When she got her electric guitar she said she wanted to perform for you for your birthday. She's and the boys have been working super hard for the last few months"
Violet walks from hiding behind Danny and his drum set to the right of Josh where he usually stand. Her purple Gibson in her hands at the ready. Jake covers his mouth and walks over to me and wraps his arms around my waist and lays his head on top of mine speechless, ready to hear our daughter play.
"Okay before we start, Skeeter is there anything you wanna say?" Josh walks over to Violet and bends down giving her access to the microphone. "I love you more than the entire world daddy and i hope you like this song. And if i mess up i'm sorry" Jake laughs at the last sentence along with everyone in our family and dabs the tears that are coming from his eyes. He puts his sunglasses on to hide his emotions but i squeeze him tight and give him a kiss on the cheek, comforting my big softie.
The opening sequence of Everlong starts and Jake turns to me with his jaw on the floor. "This is a hard song on the guitar. Bug is really going all out." I nod. "She's been practicing every time you leave the house and for hours with the boys. She loves you so much." I snuggle back into Jake and continue enjoying our Bug play the guitar.
Once she was finished the cheering was as loud as one of their sold out shows. Vi put her guitar on her mini stand and ran over to jake. He picked her up and spun her around, leaving little kisses all over her face. "was that good daddy? Did you like my present." Jake stops spinning and holds her cheek in his hand.
"Bug that was the best present I've ever gotten. I love you more than the entire world too bug."
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The baby fever is real. Also sorry the ending is kinda abrupt i just wanted to get something out into the void. Also i can't speak about Meeting the master that came out today I JUST CANT
