Aw, its depressing. I am actually sad to post this, as there is only one chapter left. I really love this fic to no end, and love how it developed. (You can be sure to see more fics involving these characters in the near future!) But I'm still sad, I hope you enjoy this chapter. :)
Chapter 49. Home after so long.
Wilbur knocked four times hard on the door to the Robinson Mansion, ignoring Spike and Dimitris yells and shouts at each other.
He turned and smiled at his companion, who was watching the two twins, as the door was opened by the butler, Lefty.
"Hey Lefty." Wilbur said to the surprised octopus, apparently the octopus had not expected him, Wilbur and Megan stepped inside the house.
The house haden't changed much in the three years he had been gone, he was glad to be back.
It was only two months until his graduation, Megans graduation had been a few months ago, and everybody in the Robinson and Yagoobian familes had attended. It had been a wonderful graduation, and it was fantastic for the families to get together and talk and see each other. And when Megan stepped up to accept her degree, Wilbur was the first to stand and clap for her, and the last to sit down.
"Mom? Dad? Guess who!" Wilbur called out into the empty living room.
In seconds his mother came running out from the hall that lead to the music room and attacked her son in a deep hug.
"My baby boy! Oh, I missed you so much!"
"Mom!" Wilbur mumbled. "You saw me two months ago."
"Thats to long!" Franny muttered, she let go of her son and caught sight of Megan. "Megan! My, how you've grown in this short time. How're you?"
"Good, Mrs. Robinson," Megan replied, putting her hands behind her back and looking around shyly, even though she had known the Robinsons all her life, she still felt very shy.
Wilbur smiled and slung his big arm over her tiny shoulders and gave her a squeeze. "Tomorrow nights the night of those stars, right?"
Franny nodded.
"What stars?" Megan asked.
"Its a shower of stars, over a thousand of them. It happens every 100 years and we're lucky enough to see it." Came Cornelius's voice.
Cornelius came from the hall that led to the lab, pocketing a greasy cloth, and holding his arms out to Wilbur, wanting a hug.
Wilbur immediatly walked over and embraced his father then pointed to Megan. "Theres my love interest."
Megan shot Wilbur a look then smiled at Cornelius. "Hello Mr. Robinson."
Cornelius grinned and hugged Megan shortly. "You don't have to call me Mr. Robinson, Megan,"
"I know." said Megan, smiling slightly.
Wilbur then grabbed his bags and began to walk down the hall backwards. "I'm going to unpack now. You have better not have touched my room!"
Franny and Cornelius exchanged glances.
"You didn't, right?" Wilbur asked worriedly.
"Go unpack Wilbur, everythings fine." Franny laughed.
After being attacked and hugged by the rest of his family, Wilbur took Megan and the family out of the house and brought them to a nice resturaunt to eat.
They got a extra big table, (which was actually just three different tables pushed together and a bunch of chairs nitpickited from around the resturaunt) and sat and chatted, recieving strange looks every once and awhile by random people because of their huge party.
Through the whole dinner Megan sat silently at her spot, poking her food and every once and awhile looking up when her name was mentioned or when she was talked to. Wilbur sat next to her, rubbing her back up and down, talking to everybody.
Finally he realised she wasen't talking and lifted her chin so she would look him in the eye.
"You okay?" he asked.
She nodded and put on a smile. "Of course, just nerveous."
"You know my family." Wilbur said.
"I know..." She patted his hand. "I'm fine. Believe me."
Wilbur nodded and let it be. He then turned to his mother and motioned for her to come with him, away from the table.
She nodded and the two stood up, excused themselfs, and walked away from the table.
"Mom, I want to show you something," Wilbur whispered as he pulled something from his pocket.
Franny stared down at the object. "Where'd you get that?"
"The store, naturaly," Wilbur said.
Franny shot him a look and took the small item from his hand and looked at it. "Its gorgeous. Are you sure?"
Wilbur stared at his mother. "What do you mean 'am I sure'? Of course I'm sure!"
"I was just wondering-"
"Your not happy for me!" Wilbur exclaimed quietly.
"Of course I'm happy for you!" Franny hissed as she put the box back into Wilbur's open hand and patted his hand three times, a little to hard each time, and smiled at him. "I will always be happy for you."
Wilbur nodded silently, shaking his slightly smarting hand off, and the two walked back to the table and sat down.
"That reminds me of 26 years ago," Cornelius said as he leaned closly to his wife.
Franny smiled to herself and poked her food with her fork. "You know what we were talking about?"
Cornelius smiled his usual smile. "Of course."
Franny sighed. "I can't believe it."
Cornelius shook his head. "Me neither. Its wonderful, isn't it?"
"Mom?" Wilbur asked from across the table. "I am going to call Megans parents, maybe they can come out to see the star shower. Special reasons for them to be here," he added with a wink of the eye.
Franny nodded, catching his hint. "Alright, we'll call them when we get home."
"It'll be nice to see Goob again." Cornelius smiled.
Megan looked at Wilbur and pinched his arm. "Whats the special reason?"
Wilbur looked around nerveously and opened and closed his mouth a few times. "The star shower, of course!" He said finally.
Megan looked at Wilbur and made a face that proved she clearly didn't believe him. "Whatever you say." she muttered.
Wilbur shot his mother an anxious glance then set to finishing off his dinner.
As soon as they got home, Megan was rushed to the phone to call her parents.
She stayed on the phone for a long time, talking about the Robinson family and how they were, how she was, and asked how they were.
Finally towards the end of the phone call Wilbur walked over to her and tapped his watch, indicating to her that she had been on a long time.
She smiled then finally asked the question she haden't asked:
"Mom? Would you come out here to see a falling star shower? Its tomorrow." She rolled her eyes and closed her hand over the reciver. "She's going on about how I always call at the last minute."
Wilbur smiled. "Sounds like your mother."
Megan turned her attention back to her mom. "I know mom, I know. What? Of course I was listening to you!" She mouthed to Wilbur: 'you know I wasen't!' She then said to her mother:
"I know its short notice, but the Robinsons would really love to see you again. Yes, they would." She smiled to herself. "If you get in the car now, you'll be here five tomorrow night. Its not that long of a drive, you know. And the star shower doesn't start until..." she glanced at Wilbur.
"Ten at night." He answered.
"It doesn't start until around ten tomorrow night. Yes...Oh, your the best! Will be waiting for you tomorrow...I love you too...Good-bye."
She hung up the phone and smiled at Wilbur. "Moms coming. But you can't tell her anything about us going to dinner tonight. She'll die if she knows we did something without her!"
Wilbur laughed. "Don't worry, secret's safe with me." He slung his arm around her and squeezed her tightly.
She playfully pushed him off and giggled. "Secrets are never safe with Wilbur Robinson, and you know that!"
