A/N: Sorry about not getting this up sooner! I had to rewrite a couple of parts I didn't like, and it took me a while because I had to pull a couple of extra shifts at work this week, plus my classes. BUT! The feedback I got on chapter 7 was absolutely AMAZING! Keep reading you guys, and I'll try to get chapter 9 up as soon as possible, but I tend to find things that aren't right and rewrite them, lol. I am NOT finished with chapter 9 at this point, I'm quite behind on chapters, but as soon as I get a complete day without work or class, I'll be sure to devote it to this upcoming chapter and finishing this story. Right now, I am thinking that this story may last till 20-25 chapters. Maybe more, but most likely not less. Well, enough rambling! Happy Reading!
Mac rolled over and bumped into something hard, she quickly opened her eyes and realized it was a body; Dick's body. She smiled to herself and scooted herself closer to him. He was still sound asleep, she rubbed his upper arm lightly and kissed his nose. A smile spread across his face and she felt her face redden.
"I thought you were still asleep." Mac said in her defense.
"Nahh, just been hoping that this wasn't a dream is all." He smiled and pulled her into his chest. She wrapped her arms around him.
"I was hoping that too." She said softly as she nestled into his chest. There was a rushed a sudden knock on the wooden doors, both Mac and Dick jumped slightly from the knock.
"Dick have you seen Mac?!" Veronica's voice asked frantically. "She's not out here and neither is her cell, I'm worried." Veronica spoke again.
"Yeah I've seen her." Dick said flatly while Mac listened curiously.
"Is she okay? Where is she?" Veronica asked.
"She's right here." He said as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder and kissed the side of her head.
"She's… in there?" Veronica said slightly seductively. Mac could see the bemused look on Veronica's face through the door it seemed.
"Good going Nancy Drew." Dick quipped and Mac felt a little disheartened, she wasn't sure why but she knew that there would never be a good friendship between her best friend and her new boyfriend.
"I just hope you used protection Mac-Attack." Veronica quipped through the door before opening it, and was immediately hit by a pillow thrown by Dick.
"I'm not that easy Veronica." Mac said matter-of-factly. She laughed when Veronica tossed the pillow back at Dick's head with full force, causing him to overreact and fall back on the pillow behind his head.
"I know, I'm kidding of course. So are you two for real?" Veronica said as she pointed at them.
"Want us to make out for you?" Dick asked with a wide grin on his face. Mac giggled to herself.
"Spare me; I'll just take your word for it." Veronica said as she turned to leave the room, but turned back before closing the door. "Don't you hurt her; I've wanted to taze your ass since I met you." Veronica smirked slyly and closed the doors.
Mac sighed heavily and fell back against the pillows behind her, her eyes slid shut. Dick glanced over at her and couldn't look away from her. The girl that he had tortured in high school, the girl who dated his brother, the girl who was the computer genius of their generation; was his new girlfriend. He smirked lightly at the thought, and he wished he would have gotten to know her sooner than he did. He reached towards her pale flesh, and grazed the side of her cheek. Her eyes blinked open, and she smiled a bright smile towards him.
"So what do you wanna do today?" Dick asked as he leaned down closer towards her and smothered her face in quick light kisses.
"Well what do you do usually do with your girlfriends." He stopped kissing her and cocked his eyebrows suggestively, and winked at her. She giggled slightly, "Okay, I should have known that." She said sarcastically.
"You know besides Madison, I haven't had a girlfriend." Dick looked either embarrassed or a little depressed as he said that.
"You mean I've had more boyfriends than you've had girlfriends?" Mac asked a little shocked, figuring that Dick was that kid on the playground in kindergarten that didn't believe in cooties and chased after the girls.
"I don't usually do relationships." Dick said honestly. He noticed Mac's face fall after what he said. "Madison kind of screwed me over with my view on chicks," He began, "And before I met you, I would just go out and have fun and whatever happened, happened." Dick said, hoping to correct his previous statement. The silence afterwards became a little overbearing for both of them. Dick wasn't sure what he had said wrong, and Mac didn't know what to think. Mac's phone began to ring; she glanced at it and saw that it was her mother.
"Hello." She answered hesitantly.
"Hi Cindy, how've you been?" Her mother seemed calm.
"Fine, have you guys made it to the east coast?" Mac asked although she didn't really care if they had or hadn't yet, small talk was always difficult for her.
"Yes, we have. New York is beautiful Cindy, I'm sure you're upset that you didn't get to come." She said I a cold bitter tone. Mac glanced over at Dick while she was talking.
"Nope, I'm glad I didn't go actually. Things are really good right now, and I'm not sure that they would have been so good if I had gone with you." Mac said as Dick smiled, and she returned it.
"I can't believe you could talk to your own mother like that Cindy." Her mother said exasperated.
"You can't use that line on me, it won't work." Mac said, before she could actually think about it. Her eyes widened as she waited for a response.
"What do you mean by that?" Her mother asked, her tone had returned to her normal motherly tone.
"Just that..." She began, she was searching for words to cover her slip up. Her "mom" didn't know she had any idea of what happened in the hospital just over 19 years ago. "…I'm too old for that line to work, I'm an adult now and I am capable of making my own decisions." She said frankly, and heard a sigh on the other end.
"Alright, I'll keep in touch. Have a good day sweetie." Her mom spoke softly, before disconnecting the call. Mac took the phone away from her ear and put it on the end table. Dick was looking at her intently, Mac's face dropped to the floor. Once again, she spoke before thinking.
"I'm Madison Sinclair." She said very seriously, although Dick began to laugh slightly.
"And I'm Hugh Hefner." He laughed as he kissed her cheek, she tensed beneath his touch. Her eyes never faltered from the gaze she had on the ground. Dick sat up and wrapped his arms around her. "What's going on?" He asked, placing his fingers underneath her chin and turned her head towards him.
"It's a long story, but in short…" She began as she drew her breath in quickly, "I was switched at birth with Madison Sinclair." She spoke, and Dick's mouth hung open, she averted her gaze from him, to the floor.
"That stuff doesn't happen Mac, its like, stuff you see on the sci-fi channel." Dick tried to reassure her.
"It did happen; both sets of parents were awarded one million dollars from the hospital." She started, "Madison's parents took the real Cindy MacKenzie home, and my parents took the real Madison Sinclair home." She spoke softly. This was extremely difficult for her, and she didn't know why but she felt like Dick may not feel the same about her afterwards.
"So, the bitch I wasted 4 years of my life on, would have been you?" Dick asked, he wasn't quite sure how to handle this bit of news. It made him feel a little odd that he'd dated both versions of both of these girls, and he wondered what it would have been like to be in a world where Mac was Madison and Madison was Mac.
"I suppose it would have." Mac said shyly, hesitantly waiting for his reaction.
"This is all kinds of messed up Macky." Dick said as he shook his head and glanced over at her. "But, I will say I'm happy it worked out this way." He smiled softly, and she sighed with relief.
"You and Veronica are the only people who know right now, Beaver knew too. Veronica helped me figure this out, I always thought that I was adopted, but this never even crossed my mind." Mac said, as she thought about a couple of times she'd actually agreed with her mom or dad.
"Just be thankful you were raised right, even if it wasn't by the right parents. You're an awesome chick, and whether you're Madison or Mac, I still can't stop thinking about you." Dick winked at her, and grabbed her hand and headed out to the living room where Veronica and Logan sat.
"Ahh the honeymoon phase. You ever miss it sugarpuss?" Logan cooed at the sight of Mac and Dick hand in hand. Veronica playfully punched him in the upper arm as Dick and Mac scooted beside them on the couch.
"So what are you two lovebirds up to today?" Veronica teased as she snuggled back into the crook of Logan's arm.
"Not sure yet, you two have any kind of plans?" Mac asked as Dick wrapped his arm around Mac's shoulder and pulled her close.
"More than likely watching movies and hanging around." Veronica shrugged as she skimmed through the channels on TV.
"Let's do something then." Dick motioned, hoping to get the four of them out of the hotel room.
"Have any bright ideas?" Veronica asked curiously, yet with a slight tinge of bitterness.
"Well how about we hit up a park or something." Dick offered, hoping that they would be able to get out of the room for a little while. Mac nodded in agreement as did Veronica and Logan.
"Cool, I'm going to get into some different clothes, and then we will leave." Mac said as she stood up from the couch and Dick lightly patted her butt as she walked away.
"Some things about you never change." Veronica shook her head as she stood up and was patted on the butt as well. Dick was giggling hysterically, and Logan's eyes were filled with anger. "You really want to mess with the girl with the taser? Do you?" Dick calmed down and Logan smiled at Veronica's way of handling herself.
"Can you guys maybe go to a late movie or something after the park? I kind of have something planned." Dick smiled sweetly.
"The night of all nights is tonight?" Logan asked with a certain excitement dripping from his lips.
"Yes it is man, and I don't want anything to go wrong." Dick said and noticed that Veronica wasn't enthused. He slid from the couch and perched himself on his knees and pleaded in front of her. "Please Ronnie? Let me have just one night, I just need tonight to be perfect, Mac's awesome and I want to do something nice for her. I promise she won't end up raped, dead, or worse." Dick said as he pouted his bottom lip.
Veronica sighed and nodded slightly. "Fine, but if she is any of those things by the end of tonight, you will suffer much much worse." Veronica smiled slyly as she and Logan headed to their room to change presumably.
Mac soon reentered the room and joined Dick on the couch.
"Did they leave already?" She questioned as she threw her hair back into a ponytail.
"Nah, they are either changing or getting in a quickie before we go." Dick smirked, and Mac smiled. She felt a strange urge to hug him and hold onto him, she wasn't one to often make the first move but she realized she needed to. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him softly.
"I'm really happy I didn't go to New York." Mac said reassuringly.
"I'm really happy I didn't go to South America." Dick said as he placed another solid, sweet kiss on her lips. "Today is going to be a really good day babe." He said and winked cheerfully.
"I get to spend all day with my best friend and my boyfriend, what more could a girl want?" She joked.
"Just you wait, you'll never forget today. I promise you that." Dick said as he nuzzled into her shoulder and kissed the side of her neck gently, which sent chills down her spine. Her heart was thumping loudly inside her chest, and she felt as if it was pounding against Dick's chest as well. These feelings weren't foreign, but they indeed were unexpected. It wasn't love, it may not even be close; but whatever it was she didn't want to lose it.
