Thanks for the reviews and story alerts. It made me happy to know that at least somebody is reading it :)) I know i said it's gonna be sequel to my other stories and it kinda will be but I changed the storyline little bit and added a new character in it. It's Synnove. She's not mine. She belongs to Jenna and i'm very grateful she gave me permission to use her. If you're not familiar with Synnove story then she's Stella's adopted daughter and you Piper Maru Duchovny has written great stories about her.
Chapter2: Night in theater
"Hey Stella. Did you find anyone to come to the theater with you?" Mac asked entering the lab. She lifted her eyes off the microscope and met his gaze.
"I did, Haydee and Synn are coming."
"Good. I would've loved to come but…"
"I understand," Stella cut him off. "We'll go together next time. Haven't seen Haydee for a long time and she really needs a break from her studies. I thought I was studying hard but she's taking it even more seriously than I would've thought."
"She doesn't want to disappoint anybody. You."
"There's the problem. She won't disappoint us. We'd be proud of her anyway. I get that it's not easy to be a foreign student but she got the scholarship for a reason. She's a smart kid." Stella tried to reason with him.
"And she wants to keep it that way, now. You two are quite alike. Very independent and don't want to depend on anybody. She's doing the same by studying that hard... Maybe I'm wrong but without you, Synn and Ryan she probably wouldn't be here. She might have given up."
"What do you mean?"
"You helped her with the grieving. If she would have been all alone I think she would have gone home."
"I don't want to take the credit but you're right, I think so too."
"Take her to the show and let her have some fun."
"I'll do that."
"So what time are you guys meeting?"
"I'll pick her up at 6:30 and we'll meet Synn over there."
"Great. So what about your case?"
"It's moving, slowly but still. I'll finish over here and then I'll head down to the morgue to see if Sid is done with the autopsy."
"Ok. Have fun in the show! I got to go back to finish some reports and then I'll have meeting with Sin clair."
"Have fun," Stella shot back the same line with a wink.
"Thanks. It's going to be lot of fun. Economic reports, evaluation of the lab and the workers. Lot of fun topics to talk about."
"I'm sorry."
"That's ok. Needs to be done anyway. I'll see you later. Bye!"
"Bye! Good luck!" Mac smiled his famous smile and left the lab. Stella checked the time and then turned back to what she was doing earlier.
It was passed three o'clock already when Haydee stepped into busy Europa Café on 6th Ave nue to have a quick lunch before she heads home and starts to get ready for the show to night. She had fallen in love with the cafe right away and she went there almost every day. They had deli cious salads and sand wic hes just like she had used to have at home. Haydee shot the glan ce over the café and spotted an empty seat in the end of the room. She ordered smoked turkey wrap, fruit salad and green tea as always and sat down. She opened her text book and decided to use the ti me for little stu dying also. Her phone buzzed in her pocket and she smiled and closed the book right away.
"Hi. I was just having lunch," Haydee bursted out quickly.
"Right. You're trying to lie to me twice in one day," Haydee heard Stella asking.
"I'm just worried. My scholarship is depending on that test. I have to pass it."
"Sweetie, you are ready for it. Stop worrying or you'll gonna have a break down and will for get everything."
"Ok. I'll stop."
"Promise?" Stella asked, Haydee bit her lower lip and stayed quiet. When Stella didn't get an answer she repeated her question.
"Ok… I'll promise." Haydee replied with heavy sigh.
"Good. So… Synn is coming too and we'll meet her there. I was thinking maybe we could go and have some dinner after the show. Haven't had a chance to talk to you for a long time and I would like to hear how you're doing."
"Alright, I'll join you."
After few more minutes of a small talk with Stella, Haydee hung up and hurried to finish her meal. Shoot, the tooth really hurts. I gotta go to a dentist tomorrow. Haydee collected her stuff, threw the empty paper cup to a trash can and hurried out to catch the subway and go ho me. The streets were full of people and most of them were probably tourists. Haydee smiled and reminis ced of her first time visit to New York City. She had been the same six years ago. Took lot of pic tures and grasped for air how amazing the city was. She hoped to get in the Uni versity but ne ver really expected to stay for that long. She was happy that the spring had finally arrived and soon she can start her little tradition to spend the weekends in central park doing whatever she li ked, reading, roller-skating, jogging. She really loved the spring in NYC.
The subway was filled with people and Haydee pressed the pause button on her iPod. She lo ved to listen to street musicians playing and the guy in the station was good. He had very good guitar skills and nice voice. Most of the times Haydee had seen and heard him playing Mexican songs and she liked it. Haydee fished for coins and few dollars from her pocket and threw them in the gui tar box. The guy smiled and thanked her. She had always given him so me money. He was great musician and deserved a chance. He didn't look like some of the homeless peop le she had seen in the subway or on the streets. Yes, his clothes were little bit ragged and he wasn't ve ry clean but he ne ver smelled for alcohol and the money he made was probably used to get food. I hope so me bo dy discovers his talent and he doesn't need to play down here. One of her friends from school had once asked why is she doing it, why is she giving money to him. If he's on the streets, then he probably deserves it. Haydee didn't understand the state ment then and still doesn't. There can be millions of reasons why people end up home less; it doesn't mean you have to treat them bad. Her grandma had said that always treat people the way you want to be treated and whatever you do it comes back to you one day. Haydee's train arrived shortly and she had to leave, the soft Latin music touching her ears.
Haydee was finishing her hair when she heard a knock on the door. Oh shoot, I'm late.
„Coming," she called rushing to open the door. „Come in, I'll be right back."
„You're not ready?" Stella asked stepping in and closing the door.
„I am." Haydee called from the bedroom. „Just getting my shoes."
„You look nice," Stella said when Haydee came back to living room. „Is it new?"
„Thanks. Yes it is. Ryan wanted to buy it for me."
„Right!!" Stella replied with a wink. Haydee smiled and didn't add anything.
„Where's the puppy? I want to see him."
„Oh, he's with the neighbor. I'm sorry, I forgot you haven't seen him yet. She's "babysit ting" him. She has a little girl and she always wants to play with him." Stella nodded in under stan ding and they were ready to leave.
"Wait.. Where's my purse?"
"The one on the couch?"
"Yeah, that one. I'm little bit inattentive."
"Little bit?" Stella asked with teasing voice.
"I'm worried about the test."
"Sweetie, you'll pass it. I know it." She put her arm around Haydee's shoulders and added, "you have studied so hard, there's no other way. Forget the test for few hours and let's have so me fun."
"Ok."
„So.. What's the show about?" Haydee asked when they were on the road.
„You'll see."
„Why can't you tell me?"
„Because I want it to be a surprise." Haydee let out a disappointed sigh and turned her gaze away.
"Oh come on. You'll love it and can't thank me enough when you'll see it." Haydee didn't look at her but Stella could see her smiling from the reflections of the window. It wasn't long ri de from Haydee's when Stella finally pulled into underground parking lot and stopped the car.
"We're here. Are you coming?"
"Do I have a choice?"
"No." Stella answered purposefully and Haydee turned around to face her, she couldn't hide her smile any longer.
"That's my girl. Come, you'll love it. Synn is probably waiting for us already."
"Are you kidding me? It's Mary Poppins." Haydee screamed with excitement when they reached by the thea ter.
"Surprise!!!" Stella called with big grin.
"Oh my god!! I do love it. Thank you!" Haydee cheered and gave Stella big hug.
"You're welcome." They started to walk inside and saw Synn standing by the entrance.
"Hey Haydee. It's so nice to see you again."
"Hi. Yeah, you too. How have you been?"
"Been great. Got to dye my hair blue again." Synnove replied with huge grin.
"I can see that. You look great."
"Thanks. I love it. I was so happy when I got the permission. I almost…"
"Girls, it's so lovely you have something to talk about but we got to go find our seats now." Stella interrupted their conversation with smile. "You can talk about it later. After the show."
They gave away their coats and headed down the hall.
"How did you know I wanted to see that show?" Haydee asked when they had sat down.
"Are you kidding me?" Stella and Synn asked in unison.
"What?"
"When you stayed with us you were watching the movie almost every day. I already saw the se 'chim-chim-cherees' in my dreams. You drove me crazy," Synn added.
"Sorry. I love the movie."
"You know… I had to think really hard if I wanna see the show or not." Synn replied with serious voice now. Oh shoot, I really did drive them crazy.
"Oh yeah," Stella continued. "She thought about it like… a minute. It wasn't an easy deci sion."
"You guys are teasing me again." Haydee replied with little frown.
"Yes we are," Stella replied and they broke into laughing.
"You really are enjoying this, aren't you?" Haydee asked, trying to hide her smile.
"Yes, we are." Synn answered quickly.
"Like mother, like daughter. I'm glad the show will start any minute now, maybe it will stop the two of you."
"Of course it will… till the show ends," Synn said.
"Oh boy… This is going to be a long night." Haydee said and shook her head.
"Cheer up kiddo," Stella continued. "You know we don't mean anything bad."
"I do. I love spending time with you even if you tease me little bit."
"Good, 'cause the feeling is mutual." The lights went out and the show started.
"So, how did you like it?" Stella asked three hours later when they were walking out of the theater.
"I absolutely loved it. The lights and decorations and costumes and songs and these two cute little kids. They were amazing. It was the best show ever." Haydee kept going on and on with ex ci te ment.
"Then it was worth it."
"Thank you so much for asking me to join you guys."
"It's our pleasure," Synn said with wide smile.
"What about you, Synn? Did you like it." Stella asked her daughter.
"Yeah!! I loved it too. I probably would've not gone by myself and would've spend the time on facebook or doing something Stell' doesn't wanna know," and laughed. Stella frowned and shot a look towards Synn.
"I probably would have…" Haydee started quickly to ease the situation.
"Studied!" Stella and Synn finished her sentence.
"I didn't say that. I would've said…" Haydee tried to find something fast.
"Yeeess?"
"Uhmm.. uhmmm…"
"Right. I got my answer," Stella replied with light laugh. "Ok. Where would you like to eat?"
"Let's go to Il Buco. I love this place," Synn answered quickly.
"Do you want to go there?" Stella asked turning her attention to Haydee.
"Sure, why not." Haydee replied. "it's close to home and…"
"You wanna go home already?" Synn asked with disappointment.
"Nooo… I don't want to go home yet." Haydee corrected herself quickly. "Just when the ti me comes it's not far to go."
"It's not gonna come so soon. We haven't seen you for a long time and we wanna spend so me time with you."
"Good," Haydee replied. "The feeling is mutual then."
They had reached to Stella's car and drove to the restaurant. It was quite crowded but they were lucky enough to get a table pretty soon. They placed their orders and had a chance to talk now. Synn was so excited she got to dye her hair back to blue, Stella told Haydee about her and Mac's race few weeks earlier. She had won. It sounded lot of fun to Haydee and it brought back the memories of last summer when Ryan and she had made little weekend getaways on his bike. The food arrived and topics changed. Haydee's attention was caught by a couple sitting few feet away from them. There was something so familiar this guy but she couldn't put her finger on it. When she saw Stella waving her hand in front of her face she turned back to her.
"What?"
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah sorry, everything's okay."
"You sure? You seem million miles away."
"No, I'm here. What were you saying?"
"I was asking how did you spend your St. Paddy's day?"
"Oh.. Uhmm..We went out with Ryan's friends. I was the designated driver."
"Did you have fun?"
"Yeah. I really did."
"Girl, you need to get out more." Synn added. "Next time I'll take you with."
"Thanks but I'm not much of a party girl and I hate night clubs, I'll never go back there." Haydee replied with very determent voice. Synn and Stella knew exactly what she meant and didn't push the subject.
"I know you don't. I'll take you with when I don't go to a night club. Ok?"
"Ok."
The couple from the other table started to leave and Haydee frowned her brow and tried to remember if she's met them before and where. It didn't go unnoticed by Stella.
"Did you see somebody you know?"
"I'm not sure. Probably not."
"You know you can tell us if something is bothering you, right?" Synn added.
"Yeah, I do. But everything is ok. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
"It's kind of hard not to worry. You're my niece and I care about you." Stella replied with a smile.
"Thank you but seriously everything's okay."
"Alright."
Rest of the evening was spent talking and enjoying the company. Haydee was glad she had decided to go to the theater and hoped it wouldn't be the last time.
