A/N: So originilly this was two chapters but to make it longer since the wait was rather long its now just one chapter and one update. Hope you enjoy.

Part 32

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Erica looked at Miranda shocked, yes Bianca HAD a drinking problem but that was all in the past, wasn't it, just like hers? Erica turned toward Miranda and walked over to the teenager and looked her square in the eyes. "Why do you think your mother HAS a drinking problem?" Erica asked looking at Miranda.

"Its just I see her some times...and I mean I just thought I heard Maggie say once that she had left for some time so she could go to a rehab center..." Miranda said as she looked down. "I just thought you weren't supposed to drink at all if you had a problem."

"You're not supposed to." Erica said as she looked at Miranda. "I thought your mother got better. I think I'll just have to have a talk with my daughter and see what is going on."

Miranda looked at Erica and nodded. "She doesn't do it all the time. She just slips some into her coffee...I saw her do it a couple times, when she thought I was just listening to music." Miranda said as she looked at Erica. "I just thought it didn't mean anything until it happened more."

"Do you think Maggie knows she's drinking?" Erica asked.

Miranda shrugged and moved into the bathroom, closing the door behind her, she needed to take a long shower; Erica had informed her last night that the wrap was waterproof so she could take a showed in them. Miranda didn't feel like dwelling on Bianca's drinking problem because she knew the reason for it, or Maggie told her once when she was 13 that Bianca had started to drink after she lost Miranda, it being a way to cope with her loss, but what scared Miranda was the problem was still here now that she was back...or now that she was Miranda instead of Bess.

"Damn...someone's going to make a lot of money off of my problems." Miranda said to herself as she slipped into the shower, pulling the curtain behind her.

Erica rushed to the phone and called her daughter. Bianca didn't answer thought because she left her cell phone at Maggie's. "Come on, Bianca, answer your phone." Erica said as the phone kept ringing.

Maggie heard a phone ringing and wiped at her tears and came out of her bedroom to answer Bianca's cell, which was on the kitchen counter. She knew it was Erica by the ring, she picked it up and said a groggy hello before clearing her voice and trying again. "Hello?" Maggie asked into the cell it was evident that she had been crying because she was sniffling and she was still, of course, crying.

"Maggie?" Erica asked into the phone. "What's wrong? What's going on? Are you ok?"

Maggie tried to calm down but couldn't. "She's drunk...she drank ten bottles of vodka and all other things last night...and was drunk this morning. She didn't even bother to hide it...she, she...oh Erica I can't take it if this starts again...I just can't."

Maggie sobbed into the cell as she sat down on the stool that had been behind her. She listened to Erica's plan and she nodded and voice an uh-huh every once and a while before she hung up the cell and packed away Bianca's cell phone, stuffed it in the brunette's purse and carried Bianca's bags down to the car. Last nights fear of JR tampering with the car forgotten as she got into it and drove off to the bar Bianca was sure to be at, hell it was the only one open this early in the morning. Maggie pulled up to the bar and saw Bianca's car outside it and she looked down and sighed as she turned off the ignition and stepped from the car, stuffing her keys in her jeans.

Maggie made her way into the bar to see Bianca with her head against the bar and the bartender; an old friend of Bianca's Maggie was sure from her drinking days. Maggie shook her head and walked over to Bianca's stool and put her hands on Bianca's shoulders and Bianca tried to throw them off, Maggie sighed and tried once again only to have Bianca spin around on her chair ready to hit her.

Maggie stepped back and looked at Bianca and then around the bar before she turned to leave, she didn't need to be here. Bianca's eyes had recognized her and they saved her from a black eye but it took Bianca an extra few seconds to realize that she was actually there.

"Maggie..." Bianca said as she grabbed Maggie's arm stopping her.

"I'm not in the mood to fight Bianca, I came here to pick you up and you lash out...fine by me. Stay here for all I care." Maggie said as she tried to pull her arm back but couldn't.

"I didn't know it was you." Bianca said looking down at the floor. "I didn't know. I don't want to fight either."

"Good..." Maggie said as she looked up at Bianca and moved closer to Bianca, Bianca's grip growing tighter on her when she moved. Maggie knew why, Bianca thought she was trying to get away 'not this time Montgomery.' Maggie thought as she put her hand on Bianca's hand and as she moved closer to her she ran her hand up Bianca's arm trying to relax her. "Come home." Maggie whispered as she moved her hand from Bianca's arm up to her cheek, and lifted the brunette's face up with it so they were face to face.

Bianca nodded and let Maggie take her home.

Maggie drove them to the house, the apartment still smelt like alcohol and the smell had started to make Maggie sick so she decided on going to the new house. She pulled into the garage and turned off the car before getting out of the car and moving around to help Bianca up to her feet. Bianca had lost her footing about two dozen times while they were trying to get to the car from the bar and Maggie didn't want to go through all that again so she opted for just helping Bianca inside.

Once inside Bianca rushed toward the bathroom and Maggie sighed as she closed the door behind her and followed Bianca into the bathroom and held Bianca's hair back and rubbed her fiancé's back as she got sick. Maggie knew this procedure like the back of her hand; she'd done it too many times to count, which she always hated to admit.

"I'm sorry." Bianca whispered as she sat up from leaning over the toilet. "I don't deserve you." She said in barely a whisper.

"You know that's not true." Maggie whispered as she took Bianca into her arms Bianca's back leaning against her front as her back leaned against the wall. Maggie kissed Bianca's head and placed her head on Bianca's shoulder and closed her eyes. "You know you deserve so much better then me, and you also know we're all humans. Even you St. B. Montgomery have faults like the rest of us." Maggie whispered as she pulled Bianca into her more. "I just with you'd console in me and not the bottle." Maggie whispered so softly not even Bianca could hear her.

"I love you." Bianca said as tears fell as she leaned into Maggie's arms. "What am I doing? All I'm doing is hurting you and Miranda. What's wrong with me?"

Maggie closed her eyes, she didn't know. Alcoholism is supposed to be a disease but Maggie wasn't too sure about that. Maggie kept her eyes closed and snuggled her head into Bianca's neck more. "I love you more." Maggie said smiling as she kissed Bianca's neck once before she took one whiff and pulled her head back as she looked at Bianca. "Time for you to take a nice hot shower while I make coffee." Maggie said as waited for Bianca to stand up. Once Bianca was up Maggie received help from the brunette and stood up and kissed Bianca softly before she helped the brunette disrobe and slip into the shower.

Bianca stood under the hot water until her skin became wrinkled. After stepping out of the shower, she pulled her robe on and walked out of the bathroom and looked for Maggie.

Maggie was sitting in the kitchen with her own mug of coffee and an extra one set at the place next to her with two pills and a black looking smoothie that Bianca was going to hate but needed to get the alcohol out of her system, and hell after all those nights 14 years ago Bianca knew the routine and had nothing to complain about because she knew the stuff that tasted like tar actually helped, and ANY relief from this head ache was welcome.

Bianca walked over to Maggie, sat down next to her, taking the two pills. Then she started drinking the black looking smoothie. "Miranda doesn't know who she is. She doesn't want me." She said so quietly she barely even heard herself. "Our own daughter doesn't want to be with me, us."

Maggie took a deep breath and turned toward Bianca and placed her hands over Bianca's and ran one up Bianca's arm till she was cupping Bianca's face. "Baby...she's confused she knows who she is she just wants us to know it as well. I think what she wants is to take the name Elizabeth back." Maggie said as she looked at Bianca. "We can't force her to take Miranda as her name because for the last 15 years of her life she's been Elizabeth Miranda Chandler, and now that the last name changed to Montgomery I don't think she knows what to do with Elizabeth."

"JR won." Bianca said as tears fell. "Her name isn't Elizabeth. It's Miranda Mona Montgomery. But it doesn't matter, she doesn't want it." She sobbed. "I feel like I've lost her all over again."

Maggie moved over to stand behind Bianca and wrapped her arms around the hysterical brunette. Maggie held Bianca close to her, eventually they fell from their seats and landed on the floor with Bianca's head in Maggie's lap as she slept. Maggie ran her hands through Bianca's hair as she slept and Maggie knew once the booze wore off Bianca would be better and she'd see things clearly. Like she always did.

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"Miranda, can we go play basketball now?" Jack asked. "It's getting boring in here."

Miranda looked at Jack and nodded happily as she jumped up from her seat and took to running out the door. It had been almost an hour since Greenlee and Kendall had 'stopped by for a visit'. Even though Erica had called them to inform them on all that was happening, and when Jack came along Miranda thought it would be the end of the world to see the two Jack's talking to each other and having a blast while she was forced to talk about cosmetics.

When Jackson left Miranda was thrilled because that only meant she had to wait till Jack cracked and then she and him would be out that door not to be seen till the cosmetics and gossiping was done. Miranda smiled when she saw Jack still sitting on the couch, she ran back and grabbed him by the hand and dragged him out the door at her speed, the door slamming in their wake.

"Finally...took them long enough to leave." Greenlee said as she looked at Erica and Kendall as she shook her head.

"I know...its almost been two hours." Kendall said as she looked at her watch. "Now...mother get to why you really asked us over here." Kendall said as she leaned forward in her seat to hear her mothers real news.

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Miranda sighed happily as she stepped out into the fresh air, she looked up toward the sky eyes closed as she spun around and just breathed.

"God it took you long enough to get us out of there." Miranda said to her cousin.

"I thought you were going to get us out of there." Jack said. "I was waiting for you to do something."

"Me...? Jack I'm the girl...I'm not supposed to be the knight in shinning armor." Miranda said as she looked at Jack as she stood up the basketball in hand when she stood up tall. Miranda was at least three inches taller then Jack but knew once his growth spurt came she'd be the shorter one.

"Ok ok." Jack said as he looked at Miranda. "Can we play or are we going to just stand here looking at each other?"

Miranda smiled and laughed as she threw Jack the ball after bouncing it a few times. "I don't play for that team...so I'm not the one looking." Miranda said joking with her cousin as he took a shoot and it hit against the backboard before falling into the net.

"Yes, it went in." Jack said smiling as the ball went into the basket.

"Of course it did, dofus." Miranda said smiling as she threw Jack the ball in respect for making the shot.

TBC….