The Good Day

By: Melissa Adams

Disclaimer: SeaQuest and all its characters belong to Amblin Entertainment.  I am only borrowing these characters for a while I am done. This is a work of amateur fan fiction and no infringement on the owner's copyright is meant. Please R&R

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It was going to be a great day and Mandy knew it.  Today was her 18th birthday, which meant two things.  One, since she was going to be 18 all she had to do was go down in front of the judge and sign the papers saying that she wanted Kristin and Nathan as her parents.  She couldn't wait to officially be part of the family that had come to mean so much to her over the last few weeks.  They had been there and rescued her from her relationship with her abusive father.  On top of adopting her and finding out that she really didn't have a fatal heart condition that her father and Doctor Wilson had led her to believe.  Kristin, her new mom, had arranged for her to attend medical school in England and stay at her family's estate with her new sister, Cindy.  Over the last few days Mandy felt like she had a whole new life and it felt good.  Today was also the day her new dad and brother were leaving on a two day tour of the new SeaQuest and that would leave she and her mom to talk about and get ready for her departure in just 10 days.

Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted by a high-pitched "Come on Mandy, would you hurry up?  I have to get ready too you know."

She smiled and walked over to the door of the bathroom.  That was her new brother Lucas and he could get a little finicky if she spent more than 5 minutes getting ready.  Smiling she stepped out of the bathroom and cast him a look.  He rolled his eyes and went into the room to begin getting ready.

Walking downstairs she spotted Kristin and Nathan seated at the counter nursing a cup of coffee.  She walked over got a cup for herself then came over and sat next to Nathan.  As she took a sip of the steaming liquid she caught Kristin eyeing her.  "What?"

Shaking her head Kris said, "Mandy is that all you're having for breakfast?"

Mandy looked over at her dad and he just smiled while sipping his own coffee.  "Well yes it is.  Besides," she said smiling at her mom, "if I'm going to be starting medical school in ten days I better get used to living off coffee."

"No you don't young lady.  I had to jump on Cindy for the same thing while she was at school.  You start missing meals and you'll get sick."

Lucas chose that moment to enter and added, "Yeah and then you'll have to get the famous, 'You need to take better care of yourself' lecture.  It's one of her best."

Mandy and Nathan laughed while Kristin fixed her son with a glare and said, "If you took care of yourself you wouldn't get it so much young man.  And while we're on the subject go in the kitchen and grab some cereal for you and your sister."

Looking over at Mandy he saw her shake her head in the affirmative and he went into the kitchen to get the cereal.  After breakfast the three of them jumped in Nathan's car and headed for the meeting with Judge Andrew Brown, which would result in the three of them being a family.