A/N: The new season starts tonight, but I hope you guys continue to read my story. I may take a few ideas from the coming episodes as well.
S/N: Lacey is a little older in this story…I made her 16. *fun age*
Silence flew into the warm air with rapid speed. The room was full of tension coming from every direction and it was hitting all attending parties. No one moved and no one spoke a word. It was like a bad train wreck that no one saw coming and it would all land on Megan.
She finally moved trying to make some sense of the entire situation. Here she was caught red-handed, but in all honesty, she hadn't done anything wrong. Why would she have to prove anything if there was no serious act committed? The first thing that came to mind was is she going to be mad at me Megan silently asked herself. Closing her eyes and rubbing her head, she couldn't believe she was going to explain herself…God this was embarrassing Megan thought.
"Seriously, Mom?" Lacey practically screamed.
Megan shook her head and shot a glare over at Peter who was hiding his face with his bare hand. She could kill him right now, this was totally his fault.
"Sweetie, calm down. We will discuss this later," Megan told her daughter, walking toward her.
Lacey's face contorted and her heart pumped as she realized she had walked in on something she shouldn't have. What were her mother and her mother's partner up to? Shaking her head, and throwing her book bag in the corner, Lacey looked up at her mother and shook her head.
"Mom…Mr. Dunlap, did I come at a bad time?" Lacey asked a little more calmly as curiosity licked her words.
"No Lacey, you are welcomed here anytime," Megan told her daughter as she pulled her into a hug.
Lacey felt her mother's heart racing fast. She knew she couldn't have been the one to make her jump out of her shell, not with just walking in on her. Lacey smiled devilishly at Peter over her mother's shoulder. She knew who was making her mother jumpy…so what had she really walked in on?
As they walked out of her office and down the hall, Lacey looked up into her mother's eyes and stopped walking. She knew something was going on and since they were out of earshot from Peter, she wanted details.
"Mom…is everything alright?"
"Yeah, fine sweetheart. Why do you ask?"
Crossing her arms, Lacey threw her mother a smirk, "Mom, your heart was racing when you hugged me. It obviously wasn't from me grazing you with my beautiful presence so it had to have been something involving Mr. Dunlap."
Megan swallowed hard. She was caught, but she didn't know how much Lacey had picked up on. "It had nothing to do with him. You just caught me off guard is all."
"Mom I'm sixteen years old, I don't catch you off guard anymore, you catch me off guard. So what was all that about back there? His touching you, you looking away…is something going on with you and your partner?"
Megan's eyes met Lacey's with fear and determination in her eyes. Afraid of what Lacey might say to the wrong person, Megan made sure that she stressed this situation to her daughter.
"Lace, you walked in on a complicated situation but I assure you there is nothing going on with me and Peter. Now can we drop this please?"
Lacey eyed her mother for a second before her gaze fell on Peter who was getting ready to pass by them. As he did, she smirked and nodded her head at Peter giving him a knowing look of approval. Turning her attention back to her mother, she licked her lips and leaned against the wall. She was going to keep it hushed for now, but she had to tell someone.
"Dropped. I need your car tonight, going to the movies with some friends and I need transportation."
Megan smiled at her daughter as she silently thanked God for not having to really explain herself to her daughter. Hopefully nothing else would go wrong today.
Not only had Megan's day gotten increasingly difficult, it was full blown crazy. From no one being able to id their Vic to Kate practically calling Megan a manipulative and conniving bitch. Megan was glad to see the clock finally strike seven signaling to her it was time to get the hell out of dodge. Packing up her things, Megan realized that she had given Lacey her car keys and that Lacey was now at a movie with some friends in her car.
"Great," She spat sarcastically.
Megan thought about calling Todd but quickly threw that notion out because he was probably with Kate who now thought she was manipulative and conning bitch for telling Sam about their conversation earlier. Her second thought was to call Sam, but then she remembered Sam's phone was on its last bar when she was at the Morgue, so she was probably unreachable. Megan finally looked out beyond the glass that made up the majority of her office to see if Ethan or Curtis was still there and to her dismay, both their lights were off. Gritting her teeth for not planning this out earlier, Megan noticed another light on and realized that she would do whatever it took not to be seen or heard by Peter. Grabbing her bags and sneaking into lab 1, Megan made sure to remain hidden until she knew Peter had left the premises.
Exiting her office and closing the door lightly, Megan locked her office. As soon as she turned around, she ran smack dab into Peter. Why was her life so fucked up today? She wanted to get away from this man and it seemed liked the forces of nature kept finding a way to put them back together.
"Umm, Peter? You headed home?" Megan asked hastily.
"Yeah, you need a ride home," Peter asked eyeing Megan suspiciously.
Not only had Megan been ignoring him, but she had been downright rude. He wasn't sure what was bugging now and the only way was to ask the obvious question.
Megan was about to walk away when she felt Peter grip her arm. Stopping and trying to control her breathing, Megan didn't want to have the same incident happen like the one earlier. She pulled her arm out of his grip and glared at him. She was about to walk away when she heard Peter speak.
"Megan, will you talk to me. What is going on?"
"Peter I don't want to talk, I just want to go home."
"No. Something is bothering you and I'm not sure if it's me or if-"
"It's not that big of a deal Peter, let it go," Megan said, her voice rising. "I just want to leave this damn building and this damn job and get the hell away from you."
Megan turned and stormed off down the hallway and into the stairwell. She didn't want him running after her, so she took the quickest way out of the building. She had just snapped at Peter over something that had everything to do with him. Was she losing her mind she thought? No. There was no way she was losing her mind, but she was surely losing control on her emotions. Megan stuck out her arm to hail a cab and in minutes one came to her rescue. She knew deep down she had to apologize to Peter and in due time she would.
What happens next? I want Megan to try and figure out what's going on with herself first. Let me know what you think, so go hit that button below!