I don't own All My Children, if I did, this Bianca/Reese/Zach/Too adorable baby thing wouldn't be happening. And Ryan wouldn't have had on a thang.
Pairing: Bianca/Reese, Bianca/Maggie, and ahem, Kendall/Greenlee.(Couldn't resist that last one.)
rating: T for now. Mostly for language and themes.
MAJOR fem slash, IF YOU DON'T LIKE OR APPROVE, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO RETREAT!
I don't know what I did this time. I tried not to piss her off but it seems like everything I do, it bothers her. Reese, Miranda, Gabrielle, and I have been living in our own place for a few weeks now. Ever since a few days before Kendall woke up. And when she woke up boy was she pissed. She still is but....she's trying to accept it. To still love me. Even though I don't deserve it anymore.
"Are you listening to me?" Reese asks. She's not angry like she was in Paris but I can see the emotion pouring off her face. It amazes me that noone notices. But then again, everyone has their own problems to deal with.
"Of course I am sweetheart." I lie. I don't have the slightest idea what she's talking about but for now I can get away with it. The children are here. God I'm pathetic. I rely on my children to keep me safe and they don't even know it. She sighs and rolls her eyes.
"C'mere." she says tugging me onto her lap. I settle in as comfortable I can actually be. She wraps her arms around my waist, making sure to squeeze to get her point across, "I'm really tired of having to repeat myself." she whispers harshly. My body tenses in fear and I thank every god out there that the kids are here.
"I- I'm sorry. I'm just a little....ah" I stop in pain as she pinches my side, "Distracted." I say trying to hide the pain in my voice.
"Whatever it is, it doesn't matter. All that matters is me, you, and our family." she says. Why don't I leave? Well, this is going to sound really lifetime of me but, because of the children. I don't want to have to put anyone that Miranda loves outta her life the way I did Maggie. She deserves stability. And Reese would never hurt them. She loves them.
"Alright. You're right." I say with a fake smile. She smiles back and leans in to kiss me. How can anybody see love between us? I'm sure I look uncomfortable.
"Of course I am." she says. I just smile and ease off of her lap. She stands up. "I've got a contractor's meeting to get too, I'll be home for dinner." she says reaching over to cup my cheek. "I love you." she whispers. I smile.
"I love you too." I say. The even more pathetic part? We both mean it.
"Hey Kendall." I say pleasantly surprised to see my sister at my door. She glares at me and I flinch a little. She pushes past me and flops down onto the couch.
"Zach and I are getting a divorce." she mutters. I feel air leave my lungs. Oh god. I ruined a perfectly good marriage because I was selfish. I have to fix this.
"Look, Kendall, I'm sorry and Zach, he initially said no. don't blame him. It's my fault, the entire thing, I brought it up and I pushed. Just...don't punish him for this." I say quickly. She looks at me with a frown.
"This isn't about that although, I can't really say it helped." pause. "Binks, Zach and I haven't been ok for a while now. I've been meddling, we've both kept secrets, we just.....we're not right for each other." she says with a shrug. "I don't know, the love we had....its not the same. He's my best friend yes but other than that......he's Ian's father." she says.
"We-well that's a good thing." I say. She smiles sadly.
"You notice nowhere in there did I say 'he's my husband'?" she asks. I shake my head.
"You two....you two just have to work back to it. You can, you love each other so much." I try. She just chuckles.
"That we do. But....like I said, he's my best friend." she says. I feel awful.
"I'm sorry." I whisper. She groans.
"Bianca, we've been going over this for weeks! Stop apologizing, its not going to change anything." she says. I nod and sit in silence.
"So, what are you gonna do?" I ask. I see her shrug from the corner of my eye.
"I dunno, pick fusion up from the ashes and be a mother to my boys." she says. I nod. An idea comes to mind.
"Will you need a place to stay?" I ask. "You and the boys?" I'm really hopeful.
"We-" I cut her off.
"You can stay here. You get the spare and Reese and I'll just move Gabby's things to our room and Spike, Miranda, and Ian can all share." I throw out. She shakes her head.
"I don't want to impose." she says. She really wouldn't be.
"You wont be. We'd love to have you here." I say. She raises an eyebrow.
"Are you sure you aren't doing this because you feel like you owe me?" she asks. I shake my head. No, but that is a good reason. I'm doing it for my safety.
"No, of course not." I say. She smiles and nods.
"Alright. Thank you." she says. I hear the door open and Reese walks in and smiles.
"Hey you two." she says. Kendall forces a smile, she hates Reese but she's tolerating her for me. Kendall's too good to me.
"Hey, seems like we have a few new house guests." I say. I see her eyes flash but she maintains her smile.
"Oh yeah? Who'd that be?" she asks. I nod towards Kendall.
"That'd be me. Think you can handle one more Kane woman?" she asks jokingly. Reese pretends to think.
"I dunno, can you make coffee?" she asks. I hear Kendall scoff.
"I taught Greenlee how to make coffee." she says. I laugh.
"That's Kendall speak for 'no.'" I elaborate.
"Hey!" she shouts indignantly hitting my arm slightly. I fight back a flinch. I just smile.
"Its the truth. I promise you Reese, you try to drink some of that tar and you'll grow hairs on your chest." her eyebrows shoot to her hairline.
"So it's a family thing?" she asks referring to my monstrosity I used to call coffee.
"Oh yeah." I say. She chuckles.
"Well then its safe to say, one more Kane woman can't be that bad." she says. "You need help moving Kendall?" she asks. Kendall shakes her head.
"No, you two love birds get everything set up here and the boys and I will be back in a few hours." she says. Reese and I nod and I walk her to the door. She stops and turns to me.
"Thank you Binky." she says hugging me. I wrap my arms around her tightly.
"We're family." I say. She pulls back and stares at me.
"Yeah. We are. And don't you forget it." she says. I smile and close the door behind her, steeling myself to face Reese When I turn around she's standing in my face.
"What the hell was that?" she hisses. I feel an uncomfortable feeling take over me.
"I invited her to stay. She and Zach are going through a time and she needs her sister." I say. She frowns deeply.
"Next time you wanna invite someone to live with us, talk to me about it." she warns. I nod.
"Alright." I say. She smiles sweetly and turns away.
"C'mon, lets get her room set up." she says. I follow her and we get to work.
"I ca-" I cut her off.
"Don't thank us again Kendall." I say. She's been thanking Reese and I non-stop.
"Bu-" this time Reese cuts in.
"Seriously Kendall, you're family so of course we'd be more than happy to let you stay here." she says. "For as long as you need." she adds. Kendall smiles warmly at us.
"Okay. But I'm tired so I'm gonna go turn in. good night you guys." she says making her way to her bedroom. Reese and I a clean the kitchen from a little and head to our room. I check on the baby, whose fast asleep. God she's beautiful. I go the bathroom to get changed and almost jump out of my skin when I hear the door shut. I turn and see a glaring Reese I don't know what I did this time but I really wish I hadn't. In a heartbeat she's got me by the neck against the wall.
"Re-Reese" I wheeze.
"You told her didn't you?" she asks. I frown confused, steadily loosing oxygen.
"Who? W-what?" I ask. She smirks evilly.
"Kendall. You told Kendall about us didn't you?" she asks. My eyes widen. I shake my head quickly. She releases me. I cough a little and cup her face.
"No, the only thing I've ever told Kendall is how much you mean to me. How much our family means to me." I say. She jerks away from my touch.
"I saw those looks she was giving me Bianca, don't think I'm stupid." she says remaining quiet seeing as my daughter is asleep in our room. That's right, MY daughter.
"Baby, you know Kendall doesn't like you." nice enough Montgomery. "I mean, you're engaged to her baby sister. I think it's a written law for older siblings to hate the partner of the younger." I say. She looks at me and sighs.
"You're probably right. I'm..... I'm sorry." she says. I nod and go to her.
"It's alright." I say. No it isn't. I know she hasn't taken those pills since before we left Paris. A while actually. But Reese would never hurt me..... un-medicated Reese would though. I don't wanna bring this up. "H-have you taken your medication lately?" I ask. She pulls away.
"Of course I have Bianca, what don't you trust me?" she asks. I immediately go into damage control.
"What? Of course I do I'm just..... with all the stress lately, I figured you'd forget is all. You've been under a lot of pressure." I say. She nods.
"I'm sorry. I forgot today." she admits. I nod smiling the fake happy Bianca smile I do for her.
"It's alright baby, I understand." I say. She smiles at me, almost gratefully. She's not a bad person it's just.....that temper. She's nothing like Jonathan though. And I'm not a victim. I choose to stay because I can help her. And because my children need a stable figure in their life. Reese is that stable figure. We move to our bedroom and get into bed. We lay on our sides facing each other. It amazes me how she seems like two different people. She's so loving and caring, kind, compassionate most of the time but she has a dark side. We all have one of those. She kisses me slowly and pulls away.
"I love you. So much." she says. I smile at the heart swelling words that do nothing for me.
"I love you too, Reese. God I love you." I say hugging her body to mine. As she drifts off to sleep, planting one last kiss on my throat with a protective and slightly possessive arm around my waist, I do my nightly ritual. I Silently Scream for help. And just like every other night, I stay where I am.