Not enough stories acknowledging the kids, IMO. They are kind of a big part of the Minx story, mostly cos they're cute. And is it just me or does little Gabby remind anybody else of little Haley who used to play Miranda? No?
Anyway, this will probably be a three shot, not sure exactly. This one is a Mimo-Marissa chapter. The next will be Binx-AJ and finally. I'm wanting to do a Gabby-Marissa-Bianca chapter but Gabby is so laid back I'm not sure all of this would affect her too much. She seems like the type, 'everybody's happy so what's the trauma?' to me. Anyway, thanks to everyone whose been alerting any of my stories. thanks to all reviewers. just thanks!
Summary: Sometimes, they forget the other part of the kid's DNA.
Someone should've reminded Marissa that Miranda is still a Kane.
Marissa smiles as Bianca kisses Miranda's forehead again,
"Are you sure you're okay with this?" Bianca asks, again. Miranda practically rolls her eyes,
"I'm sure, Mom. Go." she says hugging her mother tightly. "I'll be good." she vows with a bright smile.
"Bianca, it's only a few hours. We'll watch movies and have girl time." Marissa pipes in, amused. She knows why Bianca is so hesitant to leave Miranda with anyone and the feeling only strikes at random, but she's not hurt. She's more amused the the iron like grip Bianca has on her poor daughter.
"Okay. I swear, I will be back as soon as possible." she vows standing. Miranda nods,
"I know. Bye. Bring me cookies please!" she calls after her retreating mother. Marissa smiles when Bianca finally gets in the car and drives off, looking down at Miranda.
"So, what d'ya wanna do?" she asks. Miranda looks up at her and shrugs, walking back into the house without a word. Marissa blinks, confused by the lack of reaction but shrugging it off and walking in behind her.
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"So, hows school?" Marissa asks half an hour later. Miranda shrugs, playing with one of her chicken tenders.
"It's fine." she says. Marissa furrows her brow again, utterly confused by the almost detached tone.
"Do you like the second grade?" she asks slowly. Miranda offers her another shrug,
"It's okay I guess." she says. Marissa sits forward, hands clasped in front of her.
"Miranda, are you upset about something?" she asks. Miranda freezes for a moment then looks up at Marissa. Marissa blinks in surprise, those were not the little Montgomery eyes she was used too. No, those were the eyes of a Kane.
"I heard you say you loved my mom." Marissa says. This confuses her further,
"Of course I do. We talked to you and Gabby about this a few weeks ago." she says facing the girl head on.
"Then you said you were excited about a future with her." Miranda continues. Marissa swallows,
"Do you...do you not want your mother and I to have a future?" she asks softly. Miranda looks her straight in the eye,
"Mom and Reese had a future too." she says. "So did Mom and Mama." she adds softly. Marissa blinks,
"Well sweetie...I'm sorry those didn't work out." she begins. Miranda shrugs,
"What's to say you and Mom will work out?" she asks. Marissa pauses, that was a good question.
"Well...I'm a very simple person." she begins. Miranda's ears perk up and she turns to face her. "I know what I want like if I want a certain pair of shoes or a certain dress and it doesn't really matter what other people think as long as I like it, yunno?" she asks. Miranda nods her head silently, "And I wanna be with your Mom. And if she'll have me, I do plan to stay with her." she says with a half shrug.
"Would you cheat on her?" Miranda asks. Marissa blows out a breath, the kid was tough.
"No. I couldn't imagine hurting her that way." she says honestly. Miranda tilts her head, musing over her next question.
"What if she wanted to move back to Paris?" she asks finally. Marissa pulls a face,
"Well...that I'd have a very big problem with. I can't move to Paris because AJ's father is here and I'm not gonna separate them but I'm also not willing to be separated from you, your mother, and sister." she says thinking over her answer. "Yeah, that would be a very long debate." she says finally.
"Good, cos things never go right when we move to Paris." Miranda says pulling a face. Marissa smiles a little,
"Is there anything else you wanna ask me?" she asks. Miranda thinks,
"Do you care about Gabby?" she asks. Marissa blinks, not what she'd been expecting.
"Of course. I love your little sister." she says honestly. Miranda watches her face before smiling, pleased with her answer.
"Okay then. You're good, I can tell." she says. Marissa breathes in relief.
"Whew." she makes a show of wiping her forehead. Miranda rolls her eyes,
"You're silly. I see why Mommy likes you now." she throws out. Marissa huffs,
"I'm silly huh?" she asks. Miranda smiles and nods, jumping up and running when Marissa dives toward her laughing. They run around for a few moments, miraculously not knocking anything over. Marissa finally catches her, tickling the little girl causing her to laugh gleefully. She stops and offers her a hug and a kiss on the back of the head, "I love you too, Squirt." she says. Miranda calms down and looks at her tilting her head, hugging Marissa and thinking,
"I hope Mom keeps you around for a really long time." she says finally. Marissa smiles a little bit,
"I hope she keeps me around forever." she whispers.