Adjusting

Will and Ashley were excited and nervous about what they were about to do. They called Helen into the study in order to tell her the good news. Helen sat down on the sofa and said 'Alright with's this all about'.

'Well Mom' Ashley said 'We've got two very important things to tell you but before we do promise me you wouldn't get made'. This made her uneasy but she agreed none the less. 'Ok first of Will asked me to marry him and I said yes' she said showing of her ring.

Helen felt a bit unnerved by this but remembered what Michael told her and decided to give it a chance. Suddenly she found herself overwhelmed with excitement at the thought of her daughter getting married. 'That wonderful news Ashley' she cried out in joy. 'I want you to be my maid of hounour' she asked. I'd love too' she said 'What was the other thing you wanted to tell me?'

'Mom' Ashley began nervously 'I'm pregnant and Will's the father'.There was silence and Helen was speechless. Will on the other hand began to think and he heard the word Father echo over and over in his head.

The silence was broken by Helen 'I'm going to be a grandmother' she said 'I'm going to be a grandmother' she repeated sounding happier than she had ever been. She went over and hugged Ashley but before she could hug Will he stood.

'I have to go and do something' he said before leaving the room in a hurry. He walked around the Sanctuary for a while and found himself at one of the towers lookihg out at Old City. 'Nervous' he heard a voice say

He turned around and saw Michael standing behind him. 'You know that really creepy' Will said. 'I like being able to do it ,adds to my mystique' he said 'So your nervous about Ashley and your kid'

'How'd you know?' he asked. 'Empathy and telepathy' he said 'A useful combination'. 'Its not that i'm nervous it's just I don't know how to be a father, my own abandoned me before I was born so I have no male role model' Will said 'What if I do the same'

'You wouldn't, trust me' he said 'I'm going to tell you a few things that you need to hear, Firstly your not only Ashley is terrified, she doesn't know how she's going to be bad ass monster hunter one minute and warm nuturing mother the next, but she know that as long as your with her she'll do fine and I know Will that deep down inside you know that as long as you and Ashley are together you two can overcome anything'

These word really inspired Will but he was still unsure. Michael sensed this empathically and continued 'Believe me very few people know how to rise their kid when they first find out but they learn over time, it's an instinct, believe I didn't know anything about children when I was raising my daughter but I think she turned out fine and were still on great terms

'You have a daughter' Will asked. 'Yup' Michael said proudly ' I found her abandoned in a dumpster when she was barely a week old. Whoever her parents were they were monster leaving her there to die. His voice was now filled with anger. 'I took her and rised and loved her as if she was my own' he continued 'I couldn't have asked for a better daughter, she never gave me any grief'

'I raised her as best I could and she did something one day that made me happier than I had ever been' he said. 'What ' Will asked. 'When she turned 16 I told her the about her that she was adopted and I asked her if she wanted me to find her birth parents and she said No. She said I was the one who raised her, I was the one who took care of her, I was the one who loved her and as far she was consured that made me her real father' he said with tears in his eyes.

'What happened to her' he asked. 'She got her dream job as a veterinarian and fell in love with a chef and now they live in California with one kid and I teleport in every now and again for a visit' he said.

Will felt a lot better and knew Michael was right as long as Ashley and him were a team they could rise the child. While Will and Michael were having this conversation, Helen and Ashley were having a similar one in Helen's room.

'Mom what is it you wanted to give to me ' Ashley asked. 'I'll find it in a minute' she said looking around in her closet 'How are you feeling?'. 'Kind of never' she said. 'That to be expected' she said 'That how I felt when I found out I was pregnant with you'

I'm just afraid that maybe I'll lose the baby or Will's going to bail or I'll be a bad mother. Helen came out and looked her daughter in the eye. 'You will not be a bad mother, and Will is not going to abandon you' she said 'These are common thing that all expecting mother fear , their not going to happen'. Ashley felt a lot better now.

Helen took something out of the closet, it was a wedding dress 'It was mine' she said 'I was going to be married in it but it never happened, I'd like you to wear. Ashley looked at it and she said 'Mom its beautiful'. They shared a wonderful Mother-Daughter moment before trying it on.

Many hours latter Will was heading back to his room to go to bed when he bumped into Magnus. 'Will, can I talk to you for a second?' she asked. 'Sure' he said. Will I want to apologise for how i've been acting lately, I've spent so much time disapproving of all of Ashley's boyfriends it never occured to me that she'd find one I'd accept' she said. 'Thank you, but there's no need to apologise, you just did what any mother would have done' he said.

'You're a good man Will, and i'm proud to call you my son-in-law' she said. 'Thank you' he said before continueing on to his room. 'Where are you going' she asked. 'To bed' he replied. 'Well your new bedroom is upstairs' she said.

Will was confused but when he got upstair all was made clear. He got to his new room or should I say their new room. He went in to find this new room all ready for Will and Ashley to live together in as a couple. Ashley was there and she greeted him with a kiss.

As they got into bed Ashley turned to Will and said 'I could get used to this'. Will smiled and fell asleep with his arms wrapped around the women he loved.