Catherine looked at Sara, and Sara looked at Greg. This was they're final chance to get through to Lindsey and hope that this would turn out for the best."You sure you want to do this Greg?" Catherine asked and looked at the spiky haired man.
Greg nodded and put his hands in the air "If it's the last thing I do! Dear Catherine!" he said dramatically, causing Sara and Catherine to erupt with minor giggles.He then slowly made his way to the kitchen table, where Lindsey sat. Catherine and Sara would stay in the living room to allow Greg to work his magic."Hey, Linds" Greg said coolly as he pulled up a chair and sat next to the miniature Catherine.
Lindsey looked up and smiled brightly, "Hey, Greg. What you doing here?" She asked and moved her head down to the magazine she was flipping through whilst playing with the ends of her blonde hair.
Greg grinned, "Well," he began and removed his black hooded jacket. "You're Mom told me about that little outburst, wanna tell me why you got so angry?" Greg asked, getting straight to the point.
Lindsey stopped looking at the magazine and shot a death glare towards Greg. She had known Greg for as long as she could remember, when she was younger it was always 'uncle Greg' now its more simple, 'Greg' or 'Greggo' suits just fine."I never expected it Greg.." Lindsey said maturely.
Greg was slightly taken back by Lindsey being so open with him straight away. 'I must be gifted' he thought and grinned. "Yeah, I would have been shocked too. But what you said to Sara was a little harsh, ya' know" He sympathized, taking one of the magazines of the pile and flipping through it and realizing that make up and tips on how to get boys weren't exactly his type of things.
Lindsey shrugged, the same thought remained though. "But what if Sara takes my place? Moms never home as it is, I wont get to see her at all then!" Lindsey yelled at the top of her lungs and she stood up, the chair falling backwards in the process.
Greg looked up to Lindsey and eyed her for a second, it was obvious she was going to cry and the last thing he wanted was a tearful Lindsey, he'd end up crying! "Lindsey, calm down! Please!" He pleaded, his hand moving to sit her back down on the chair gently.
Lindsey looked at him, tears streamed down her eyes like a powerful waterfall. She shakily sat back down and let her headrest in her hands. "I forced myself to get used to the odd man coming home with Mom, but a woman? I never for one minute thought that my Mom would bring a woman home.." Lindsey began and wiped her nose with the back of her hand childishly.
Greg nodded "Do you have anything against you're mom bringing a woman home?" Greg asked, trying to rule out that Lindsey was uncomfortable.
Lindsey shook her head sideways "Like mom said, she brought me up to be open minded.." Lindsey stopped and looked down at the table again, slowly she began to realise how stupid she probably looked to everyone.
Greg raised an eyebrow "Linds, you okay?" he asked, prodding her arm.
Lindsey looked up and giggled a little bit "Yeah, I think so" She said as she got up and walked into the living room, Sara and Catherine sat there nervously waiting.
"Mom? Sara? I'm.. Sorry for what I did" Lindsey owned up, practically diving in-between the two women and looking upwards.
Sara looked at the young girl with a startled expression "Thanks, Lindsey" Sara said, unsure of how to act upon the situation.
Catherine on the other hand was far more emotional, her own tears spilling out of her eyes and her soft and gentle arms wrapping around her daughter "It'll be okay Lindsey, I know you miss him.." Catherine soothed, her head rested on her daughters shoulder. Catherine looked at Sara and smiled softly, tears streaming down her face. Some how she knew it would work out now, she could slowly let everyone know at work. And things wouldn't be totally different after all. In fact, things would be so damn close to perfect it was unbelievable.
"Is Sara going to move in?" Lindsey asked, biting her lip and fiddling with the lose threads on the sofa.
Sara looked at Lindsey and then Catherine "I'm staying the weekend" Sara reminded, slightly baffled at the little comment.
Catherine nodded and put her arm around Lindsey, her hand resting on Lindsey's shoulder and playing with her daughter's hair. "How about some Ice-cream? I think we've got some in the refrigerator!" Catherine said brightly, getting up and simply refusing to take 'no' for an answer.
Lindsey got up and turned to Sara, who was still sitting on the sofa awkwardly "Sara, you can come too. But just a warning?" Lindsey started, putting her hands on her hips and grinning. "You hurt my mom and you'll have to deal with me!" She warned, then strolling out casually to get her over-sized bowl of ice cream.Sara starred into space and let a small smirk fall onto her seriously painted face. The foundations were laid for a very interesting relationship between herself and Little miss Lindsey Willows. And she was definitely looking forward to finding out what would happen! Although the fact that kids were totally unpredictable did scare her a bit.
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Not a very good chapter, but I tried my best! I think I'm hitting some minor writers block. But I should be okay, I'll most probably write a few oneshots to get it out of the way. Anyway! Please review if you read this. Consider it a reward for me. I do enjoy those little reviews. BYEE xx
