Dear Diary Ch. 04

"Mary, you really shouldn't have tried that." Peter said softly, walking up to brush the hair from her face as she lay in Genie's lap. She just nodded.

"I know now, I was just...just trying to...you know..." Mary explained meekly.

"Maybe sweetie, but not all worries or things can be solved by sex." Susan told her softly, though also aimed at the others. Mary chuckled softly and smiling slightly as she looked over Genie's shoulder to her mothers face.

"Oh why not mom, it solves a lot of things." Mary said playfully.

"Maybe, but it can also complicate things more. And...and I'd say things are certainly more complicated now." Susan said with a sigh. Genie looked back at her.

"Mommy, is dad coming back?" She asked her mother bluntly.

"I don't know, maybe in a few weeks, but I wouldn't expect him anytime real soon." She told her and then looked at the others. "We might be getting a divorce. I think he thought I planned out what Mary did." She said sadly.

"I'm sorry mommy, I was just trying to help." Mary sobbed out, her lip wobbling. Susan stroked her hair.

"I know Mary, but I never thought you would try something like that." She told her daughter, and then she smiled. "Hell I thought you were getting into bed to try something with me...not your father." She chuckled softly, not really in jest so much as futility. They were all quiet, wrapped in their own personal thoughts, when Susan had a sudden revelation. She groaned and covered her face with her hands.

"What is it mom?" Genie asked her leaning back.

"I just remembered...your sister, She is going to be here in a few days." Susan groaned out, feeling rather sick at that moment. The others looked surprised in remembrance as well. "Well no way can we keep this from her now!" She announced to them as they looked at her.

"Well what do we do now?" Peter asked as he looked at her.

"Oh shit. I'll...I'll have to tell her, as soon as she gets here. Or at least shortly after." Susan said, thinking aloud. She sighed and then ran her ran her hand through her hair. "Listen, guys I still want you three to not do anything while she's here." She told them, hoping they'd listen to her.

"But mommy, daddy already knows...the cats out of the bag and all. You said you were going to tell her anyway...what can it hurt to play while she's here?" Mary asked her mother, looking up at her from Genie's lap.

"Mary...all of you, listen...it's one thing to tell her that you three are having sex, its another to SEE it for herself. As it is she'll think you're crazy as it is, I don't want her to feel like she in a building with sex addicts...which she will be seemingly, if you guys cant stop yourselves for a few days." Susan told them, looking at Mary mostly. Mary fumed, giving her mother a hurt and slightly dirty look.

"Mom, that isn't fair, we aren't sex addicts, we just decided we didn't think it was a big deal to have sex together." Genie said, surprising her mother she had been the one to defend their actions.

"Then you three won't have a problem stopping while she's here?" Susan asked them in a challenging tone. They were silent a second, each looking at each other.

"No mom, dad already knows and you are going to tell our sister, so...so there isn't any reason for us to stop." Mary said flatly, Susan gave her a surprised look, not thinking any of them would disagree in the end.

"Serious, you have to stop..." She started to say but Peter interrupted her.

"Mom, we'll be super careful and we wont pull the stuff on Marie like we did on you, but Mary is right...there isn't a good reason to stop if dad and she both know what's going on." Peter told her, and Mary nodded in agreement.

"Oh my god...listen guys, if Marie even thinks you are ACTUALLY having sex while she's here, I can't tell you she won't be comfortable and I don't want that." Susan pleaded with her children. "Please don't while she's here?" Susan begged them, putting her heart into her words, hoping they would listen.

"Mom, we'll be super careful...she wont see us." Genie told her and her mother looked at her.

"She won't have to. I can't believe you guys won't refrain for a week for my or your sister's sake." Susan told them, almost crying as she looked at each of them. They each looked a bit embarrassed, especially Genie who looked away from her stare, but Mary shook her head when she looked at her youngest daughter.

"No mommy, we wont...she'll know so why should we." Mary told her flatly, but she also looked sad, seeing her mother wasn't happy with their answer.

"Fine then." Susan said simply and then sighed. "Now please get out of my room, I want to be alone. Please go." She asked them softly. They slowly got off the bed and shuffled out of the door.

"I'm sorry mommy." Genie said at the doorway as she looked back at her.

"Just leave!" Susan cried out softly, but urgently, tears running down her eyes. Genie left and closed the door behind her. Susan then began sobbing as she leaned down and lay on her bed. She didn't stop crying till she was too tired to remain awake, her eyes closing and she finally stopped in sleep.