janet louise porter

Bobby as Stan in a short film - A Conversation about Cheating with my Time-Traveling Future Self (2012)

It was during her workout when she received the text. ‘Zack’s bedtime is 9pm. Come to our place no later than 9:30 TOPS.’ Followed up by a second text with the address, it got the personal trainer smirking at her phone, sending her reply to the messages not even five seconds later after checking up with Simone. ‘We’ll be there, prepare your ass for our fab arrival.’ She had no idea what they were getting themselves into, but the thought of Janet’s girlfriend being into fourways was definitely one that popped up into her mind, before she went along with the rest of her day. For a change she was the one who had cooked dinner for them tonight, an actual proper one she had made from scratch with the help of one of her lover’s cookbooks. Of course it didn’t taste as long as good as the chef would make it, but it was something. Then, she wasn’t sure how to dress for the night, so she kept it simple with a short hoodie that exposed some of her skin, black skinny jeans underneath and sneakers to make the finishing touch. Her hair safely tied into a bun with some strands falling out here and there, she eventually texted Janet they were about to pull up on the driveway, just so they wouldn’t have to ring the doorbell and wake up the little leprechaun. ‘‘Heeey rockstarrr, we brought food and I made an attempt to bake sugarfree cookies. Sim said they taste good, so I promise you I’m not trying to poison Zack. Speaking of him, I wish I could meet him,’‘ she gave a pout, but then turned it into a big grin as she was playing around with her best friend and pulled her in for a big hug.

Then taking some of the luggage they had brought over so the car could be locked, she got to the blonde. ‘’You must be the famous Lenora I’ve heard about, I’m Ruby, it’s nice to meet you! I’m sure Janet spilled all the beans about me. How I’m a bad singer on stage, ruin her shows, dance like shit and yadayada, just because I put her through Hell sometimes at the gym,’’ she chuckled. Maybe rambling a bit cause of the nerves, it was the first time she met her after all. Checking in, she asked, ‘’is it okay if I hug you too?’’ In case Lenora rather wanted space, she would respect that. ‘’Soooo, what’s it you guys invited us over for? Not anything bad I hope?’’

“When will the siblings come to visit? Oh wait - probably for Christmas and Zack’s birthday? I would hope?” she checked, unsure of what their plans exactly were for the holiday. All she knew was that she had practically denied any rock tours or travels on the brunette’s part. December would be their little family’s month, and Lenora wasn’t going to have it any other way. “I would say I’d cook something for dinner that day, but maybe it’s best we just do takeout. So the Thanksgiving fiasco doesn’t happen again.”

Realizing it was a little early to give a six year old the birds and the bees talk, Lenora nodded her head along with Janet’s logic. Frankly, she was all too happy to take the option of not telling him just yet. Zack was too pure for it. He still liked to cuddle his stuffed toy duck. And go to the zoo. And watch cartoons on the television. And hopefully, he’d never outgrow those things. But, Lenora figured, he might as he became more of his own person. “Ooh, you’re right. Definitely don’t want to draw on the wrath of the PTA moms. They scare me sometimes. They’re so skilled with their cutlery.” At this, the blonde giggled and let herself relax into Janet’s embrace. It was the most secure place she had ever known, and she never wanted to leave it. “Sooo, what do you want for Christmas, hm?” Lenora asked with a playful voice, taking on an edgier approach if only to mess with her girlfriend. She kissed the other woman’s cheek cutely, but wiggled her eyebrows suggestively - if only to grin after.

“Yeah, they usually tag along with Lou during the holidays. I’m positive that they’ll be coming then, no need to worry,” Janet responded with a smile, feeling lucky enough that Zack’s birthday happened to land on Christmas Day so none of her family members would have to miss any of the action. Janet was full focused on her girlfriend and her adoptive son, so she remained faithful by keeping the month of December closed off from any shows or tours. They were more important to her than music. “Yeah, let’s just order six boxes of deep dish pizza and call it Christmas dinner. I don’t want to spend four hours cleaning up the kitchen again,” Janet joked.

Shaking her head at the sight of her best friend being a complete mess, she recalled how her own morning had been. A certain black cat had been chewing and tugging at her hair so badly it had woken her up with a grudge. Her fiance kissing it better of course, she was still all squinty eyes at the tiny animal that was Simone’s child. Madonna didn’t do such horror, she was the sweetest child ever. ‘’Ten minutes too long, Janet Porter!’’ Ruby tsk’ed at the closing window, pursing her lips as she tried to hide the grin that was clearly showing in her eyes. Instead, she got back in the car again and played with snapchat on her phone, checked out the new filters and sent the craziest one to Paulie - receiving one back in no time of course, because he was just as extra as her. Both ‘hating’ on life so early in the morning. It made her chuckle before she saw a familiar figure go around the car and she opened the door for her. ‘’Morning,’’ she flashed the same shit grin to her best friend again. ‘’Turn around, let me do your hair,’’ she instructed with a twirl of her finger, reaching over to her purse to grab an elastic and divided Janet’s hair in three thick locks before braiding it nice and tidy. ‘’There, so your hair won’t get in the way today, cause believe me, you’re gonna need it.’’ About ten minutes later, she pulled up at a Starbucks drive in, ordered her usual order. ‘’A caramel macchiato for me please, grande… and a…’’ she questioned her friend with a gesture of her hand, ‘’…question mark for madam.’’ The redhead waited for her reply, before ordering for her too. ‘‘-Oh! And extra sugar for both of us, please!’‘ She said with wider eyes than she intended to, the craving suddenly hitting her.

‘‘So,’‘ she started out after she had paid for the coffee and they were back on the road again, her own coffee in the cupholder in between their chairs, ‘‘it’ll be about a 45 minute drive, want me to turn on the radio for music to jam to or do you got some crazy stories to tell from last night?’‘

Janet knew that today was their special day, but what she didn’t expect was her best friend to wake her up near after the crack of dawn. If anything, Janet would’ve prepared for something like this well over 24 hours ahead of time, but considering she didn’t have the time to do so, Janet was a struggling mess trying to find an outfit to wear and how to style her hair within only a good ten or fifteen minutes as a time window. Of course, she couldn’t get anything properly done as she had heard the car horn going off again. “I’m coming!” she screamed throughout her home even though Ruby was outside waiting in her car. As Janet attempted to brush her own hair, she made one stroke through and half of her head became frizzy. “Fuck!” she yelled in the mirror before throwing her brush across the room and grabbing her purse to head out the door. Janet kept quiet until she finally reached the car and sat in the passenger seat sighing heavily to herself and holding her forehead with one hand. “Ugh,” she replied. “You know I love you dearly.. like with all my little heart, but couldn’t you have warned me about this like... I don’t know, yesterday?” Janet finally acknowledged Ruby as she turned away from Ruby so the redhead could fix up her hair. “Why would we need it? Are we going kickboxing again or something?” she asked as she touched up on the braid to make sure it was secure. Once the two were ready, they headed off to Starbucks for a good morning treat. Janet needed the coffee considering her lack of sleep was slowly getting to her by the second. “I’ll have the same thing! Definitely extra sugar!” she shouted toward the drive thru speaker. Once they finally got their coffees, Janet smiled back at her best friend and awaited what she was about to do next.