Chapter 7 - Gen 6 - Lyric

Forrest: "Lyric your Grandad - he was doing something pretty strange last night!!"
Lyric: "Why what was he doing?"
Forrest:  "After you fell asleep, I was stalking one of the ghosts trying to find out who he was, pesky things they keep walking through walls, I bumped into your Grandad with a female ghost ........ it freaked me out!!"
Lyric:  "Maybe I should have warned you about that - that's his dead wife's ghost, I am not sure he has ever gotten over her dying, he waits for her every night to appear and I doubt that will be the only time you will see them together."

Forrest:  "It doesn't bother you??!!"
Lyric:  "It did at first, I know it's not exactly normal behavior, but what harm is he doing - it keeps him happy!!"
Forrest:  "He would be better trying to get over it don't you think."
Lyric:  "Maybe, but its been a long time, she died before I was born, if he was going to get over it don't you think he would have done it by now."

I went to the park to audition for another gig, at least I can always rely on getting a gig in the park, it was not what I wanted but it was all experience.

I spent the rest of the day singing for tips.  Eight hours of singing and I was done for the day. Tired and aching I headed home.

Cain: "So have you given any thought to this baby business?"
Lyric: "Yes plenty, I hardly think of anything else."
Cain: "Any ideas?"
Lyric: "None that would work."

Cain:  "What doe's Forrest think about all this baby business - he is not causing problems over it is he?"
Lyric:  "No, he is being pretty good, he just wants it done so we can get on with out life together."
Cain:  "Good, I did worry you getting serious with Forrest would cause even more complications than there already are."
Lyric:  "Actually he did come up with one idea that might work - can't you have a baby for me, I'll bring it up as my child, it will have the family blood - who's to know?"
Cain:  *cough cough* he couldn't speak too busy choking on his food.

Cain:  "Please tell me you are not being serious."
Lyric:  "It's not a bad idea."
Cain:  "It's not a good one either!!  My age for a start, I could never have a child and just hand it over to someone else and I doubt very much Apricot would like it."
Lyric:  "Granddad she is dead, you know Forrest is right about one thing, you should try and get over it, he saw you with Apricot last night and it freaked him out, I would love to have seen his face!!"
Cain:  "Don't even joke about it Lyric, I lost my wife and two children in that fire, I'll never get over it!!"

Lyric:  "I'm sorry I was laughing at Forrest, not you"
Cain:  "I should have a word with your Mother and MAKE her pass it over to Piper or even Harper."
Lyric:  "It will just be a waste of breath, I'll do it somehow, you know how she hates Piper and besides did you not know that me are Harmony are not the only gay ones, Harper is too!!"
Cain:  "Really, since when?"
Lyric:  "Dad told me, he phoned me earlier apparently Amber has kicked off proper, blaming Dad even though all the gay genes come from her side, and I can just hear her "another ungrateful brat", because that's all we are to her!!."
Cain:  "LYRIC!!! Don't let me hear you calling your mother by her name again!!"
Lyric:  "She is not my mother, never has been and never will be, I don't have a mother and you are lucky I called her by her name because I could have called her a lot worse!!"
Cain:  "Just don't let me hear it again!!"

Forrest was autograph hunting again - this time my Great Grandad Rocky.  He still had not managed to catch up with Marty Keaton's ghost which is the one that he really wanted.  Forrest still knew more about my family history than I did.

Forrest:  "You know I might have the answer to your problem - I bumped into an old girlfriend of mine, we were best mates at school, I don't know why I didn't think of her before!!"
Lyric:  "Go on."
Forrest:  "She is married, but she is desperate to have a child and can't with her partner"
Lyric:  "NO!!  she's married, that makes it too complicated how would he take it for a start."
Forrest:  "She, there is no he, she is gay - they are a married gay couple."
Lyric:  "I errr ....."

Forrest:  "Its perfect - think about it - they want a baby - we need a baby - they are gay - we are gay - its not like any of us are going to go falling for each other and I could cope with you sleeping with Melon knowing her and knowing she is gay - I recon the four of us could even live together and share the baby, so you get your wish of not taking the child away from its mother, in fact, I think its perfect.  You would like Melon, I don't know about her wife, I don't really know her, but we could get to know her - this just might work!!"
Lyric:  "Does she know what you are planning for her?"
Forrest:  "Not yet, but it was actually Melon who gave me the idea - we were just talking, she told me about wanting a baby and I told her about us wanting a baby and she joked it's a pity we can't share one, and its not like she has never slept with a bloke before either, I can only see the problem being you."
Lyric:  "How do you know she has slept with a bloke before?"
Forrest:  "Yeah, this is the bit I was dreading telling you, I know because it was me."
Lyric:  "WHAT - you have slept with Melon!!??"
Forrest:  "We were kids, we were experimenting, we both knew we were gay, I can't even remember how or why we ended up doing it, but neither of us wanted to repeat it again in a hurry, and you don't want to let that put you off Melon because you don't have no worries about us." 

Lyric:  "I'm shocked, you have slept with a woman, why haven't you told me about this before??!!"
Forrest:  "You know I had actually forgotten all about it, seeing her again reminded me of it, it is that unimportant - but please don't let that put you off the idea - I think Melon is the answer to your problem."
Lyric:  "I'll think about it."
Forrest:  "You can do better than that, we are meeting her and Lilac later."
Lyric:  "I'm sorry but you'll be going on your own."
Forrest:  "Lyric!!"
Lyric:  "I'm not being funny but you should have checked with me first I have a gig in the park later, I couldn't come with you even if I wanted to."

The gig in the park went pretty well, there was kind of a crowd of people there, even if some were family, Granddad came, Piper, Dixie and Juana turned up and then towards the end of the show Forrest appeared after meeting up with Melon.  Apparently they both Melon and Lilac worked at the Bistro and had to be at work for 9pm so Forrest said he would make the end of the show.

We decided to make a night of it and went out on a date.  First we went to the dive bar but it was dead, and I think Forrest wanted to go somewhere a little more lively.  He is on hyper rails at the moment, he thinks he has found the answer to my baby problem, it was a little too early for me, I was being a little more cautious about it.

So we ended up at the Karaoke bar, we stayed in the Karaoke bar all night drinking dancing and I even managed to drag him onto the Karaoke machine, but doubt I'll be doing that again in a hurry, he is totally tone deaf and couldn't sing in tune if his life depended on it.

We were turfed out of the bar at closing time.

Lyric: "So, come on then, how did your meeting with Melon go?"
Forrest:  "Good I think."
Lyric:  "That doesn't tell me much!!"
Forrest:  "She likes the idea, even though really it was her's in the first place."
Lyric:  "Lilac?"
Forrest:  "She liked the idea too - then they both started bickering over who would have the baby if they did it, they are going to talk it over."

Lyric:  "So does it matter which one does it?
Forrest:   "Not really, I suppose it depends on if you want your kid to have a chance of being purple or green, I just presumed it would be Melon, but I suppose it could be either of them."
Lyric:  "I can see that this might just work in theory, but you know we cant just jump into it if they do agree to do it, we have a lot to talk through, this is risky and we have to know we are doing the right thing."
Forrest:  "I'm not stupid - I know, but I am not so worried because I know Mel, and before you ask, I didn't tell them who you are, so you don't have to worry about them doing it just because you are rich and famous because they don't have a clue. "
Lyric:   "Good, that did cross my mind after you had left to meet them."
Forrest:  "Mel said she would phone me in a couple of days."

Forrest:  "We need to go home, I need to sleep, I've got work tomorrow later, if coach could see me out here at this time of the morning, he'd go ballistic!!"

The next day I was up and out and left Forrest sleeping.  I auditioned at the coffee shop for a gig and got one for tomorrow night, it really pleased me because it was one step up from the park.  I then went to my usual park to play for tips.

Everywhere I looked I could see pregnant woman, I feel like I can't get away from the subject of babies.  First I noticed Blue, pregnant and waddling across the park.

It looks like some of the Simpleton lot are on an outing to the park  I spotted Rach, then I spotted Red, who I noticed was also pregnant.

I earned quite a lot today and sold a few albums.  Not that the money really mattered, its not like I needed it, I could give the albums away instead of selling them but then it wouldn't count as a sale and that wouldn't help me get anywhere.  I really didn't want to spend the rest of my life singing in the park!!

The day of the coffee shop gig I didn't bother going to the park, I stayed at home and messed about with Forrest, he needed distracting, he was getting impatient waiting for Melon to ring him, behaving like a child every five minutes wanting to phone her.  It was my burden and he was the one getting worked up about it, I was surprisingly calm about it, the idea seemed to good to be true, I didn't want to get excited that we might have found the solution, because there were so many things that could make it fall through.

While I was preparing the stage at the coffee shop, I spotted my nephew, Melody's eldest child, its amazing how quickly they grow up!!

The show went ok but was over way too soon.  It was a little quieter than my last gig in the park, the usual family turned up, and I had to laugh at Red and Rabbit, I am not sure who enjoyed the gig more, me or them.

They never stopped dancing and jumping around, they looked like they were really enjoying themselves which could only be a good thing, but I did worry about Red leaping about so much in her condition.

I decided to try again to get a gig at the karaoke bar.  I auditioned but the proprietor still said I was just not quite ready yet - that woman was just being too picky in my opinion - when my singing was ten times better than what was coming from the karaoke machine at the moment, even if I do say so myself!!

I had to laugh when all I could hear in the background from the karaoke machine was what I could only describe as a cat squealing in pain, it didn't sound very much like music or singing to me - and I was not quite up to her standard!!!!  I felt pretty insulted in a way!!  When I looked to see who was making all the racket I nearly double up laughing to see my Aunt Dixie stood there making a right fool of herself!!

I couldn't help but join in and help her out a little!!

Granddad had his birthday which kind of surprised me as he had kept that very quiet, I didn't have a clue that it was coming.  He wasn't happy about becoming elderly and had not mentioned it because the last thing he wanted was for one of us to go throwing a party because he felt old age was nothing to celebrate.

Cain:  "You know boys I am running out of time!!"
Lyric:  "Don't be stupid Grandad, you have loads of time left!!
Cain:  "That's what I thought when I was your age, which seems like only yesterday and now look at me!!"
Lyric: "You look fine!!"

Cain:  "It's not me that I am worried about it is you two and this baby problem."
Lyric:  "We are working on it Granddad."
Cain:  "You keep saying that but I need you to be acting on it, I won't be able to go in peace till this is sorted out and like I said, my time is running out and I really would like to see everything in place before I go."

Forrest:  "Have you not told him anything?"
Lyric:  "No, I didn't want to get his hopes up, or mine for that matter, until we had at least heard from her."
Cain:  "Told me what?"
Forrest: "Lyric before you say anything I need to tell you something, Mel phoned just before dinner, I was going to talk to you about it after you had eaten"

Lyric:  "Well?  tell me ..... she said no didn't she, that's why you haven't said anything!!"
Cain:"  "What are  you two babbling on about?"
Lyric:  "Hang on Granddad!!  Come on Forrest spit it out - she said no didn't she!!"

Forrest:  "I'll just wash these plates up while you tell your Granddad what is happening."  
he started to grin at me then added  - "Mel said YES!!!, they will do it, you are going to get your baby!!" 

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Chapter 8
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