Chapter 10 - Love and Secrets
"MOM!!!!!!!!!!!" Will screamed racing down the hallway, followed by a very angry Neitszchean, "Terra it was an accident HONEST!"
"I'm gonna fucking kill you Hunt!" shouted Terra as she chased Will down the corridor. As they rounded a corner Andromeda's holographic self appeared in front of them.
"Will, Terra, what are you two.." she was cut off as Will ran straight through her, closely followed by Terra.
"Tell Dad to help me! Tell mom to save me! For the Devine's sake even Ing can save me! Andromeda why aren't YOU helping me?!" Will shouted behind him as he continued to run. With that Andromeda let out an exasperated sigh and appeared in command.
~*~*~*~
"Tyr, your daughter is trying to kill Will AGAIN," stated Andromeda as she appeared back in Command.
"Those two never quite do they?" asked Ft. Dylan.
"Oh for the love of.." Ft. Beka started, only to be interrupted by the Command doors opening.
"HELPMEHELPMEHELPME!" said Will pulling Dylan and Beka together and using them as a shield as Tyr held Terra back.
"You little bastard if you ever do that again..." she trailed off, "accident my ass."
"What did you do?" asked Beka.
"Hit her in the head with some metal object..." said Will.
"You've done it on more than one occasion," snarled Terra, "It wasn't an accident!"
"Was too,"
"Was not,"
"Was too,"
"Was not."
"Was too,"
"Was not,"
"Stop it, both of you!" said Ft. Tyr.
"Hey Will," said Ing coming into Command, "Have you seen an Osteron Compac tube anywhere?"
"That wouldn't be what you threw at me would it Hunt?" said Terra accusingly.
"Was it long, thin, metal, and slightly heavy?" Will asked Ingrid.
"Yes," said Ingrid
"You just dug my grave Ing," said Will bluntly.
Terra broke Tyr's hold and went stomping out through the door.
"One of these days he's gonna die, because I'm going to kill him, one of these days....." Terra mumbled as she exited.
"How did that particular object hit her in the head?" asked Beka turning her head slightly to look at Will
"Because I threw it." Said Will.
~*~*~*~*~*
A few hours later pretty much most of the crew was on the Obs. Deck discussing how the hell they're going to get back to the past. The Neitzscheans were off doing whatever they do and Will was locked in his room for throwing things of mechanical value.
"So if Kain had his NEITZSCHEAN pilot on Flash how the hell are we supposed to get home?" asked Harper.
"Well this is the easiest way," said Ft. Dylan, "unless you wanna try what we all did the last time but,"
"But what?" asked Harper, "and who was that letter from?"
He had just looked over to Trance when Ingrid started poking them all in the head.
"Hey! What was that for?"
"You're question will be answered later," said Ingrid, "they're meeting us there, remember?"
"Kay," said Harper confused
"Stop confusing him..er...me...uh...you know what I mean, him/me?" said Ft. Harper looking at his daughter who just smiled cutely at her father who was busy confusing hiself.
"Well now that that's out of the way, Harper and Ingrid could probably make something that could help," said Ft. Dylan
"We could try," said Ft. Harper
"Well then get to work we have to do this right."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"So what exactly is the Sequoia Ruse Nebula?" asked Beka walking down to the Bridge with the two Dylan's and her Ft. self.
"Well it's really pretty and rich in Uranium mining," said Ft. Beka, "there's also some sort of weird suction disturbance in the centre of the Nebula or something."
"Ah," said Beka nodding her head.
"Wait a minute," said Ft. Dylan stopping them.
"What?" asked Ft. Beka
"Did you hear that?" he said looking at the ceiling.
"I don't hear any..." a slight bang was heard from above, "ok I hear something," finished Dylan.
"Rommie said all the Magog were flushed out," said Ft. Beka as they all took out their weapons.
"Well maybe one...." Started Dylan as the ceiling gave way. Something was stuck in the tangle of wires that came unraveled from the vent that it fell out of. It struggled and turned so it saw the four people.
"Hey Mom," it said, "Dad."
"WILL!" shouted Ft. Dylan shaking his head in disbelief. Ft. Beka just laughed at him, "what are you doing in there?"
"Well it's your fault," said Will hanging upside down unable to get free.
"My fault?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Yeah, if you hadn't locked me in my room then I wouldn't have had to go through the vents to get out!"
"Why'd you even bother going through the vents?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Because I was tired of doing nothing in my room which I was LOCKED IN," said Will emphasizing the 'locked in' part.
"It was your own fault I had to lock you in there,"
"Was not," said Will, "Terra was the one CHASING ME why didn't you lock her up huh? Besides she started it."
"How so?"
"Can I cut this?" asked Will, he had managed to get out a pocketknife and was holding onto a red wire.
"Only if you're tired of breathing," said Ft. Dylan crossing his arms
"Okaaaaaaaaaay how 'bout this one?" he said taking a black one.
"No Will."
"This one?"
"No."
"This one then, right?"
"Just don't cut any of them," said Ft. Dylan moving in to help him down.
"How'd you manage to get stuck in that?" asked Dylan.
"You don't want to know," said Will finally free of the jumbled wires, "can I cut this one?"
Ft. Dylan just gave him a look.
"Fine be that way," said Will folding up his pocketknife and putting it away.
"Be what way?"
"Never mind."
"What? Will!"
"I said never mind."
"I should never have let Harper baby-sit you."
"No you shouldn't've," said Will smiling. He had to ask him soon.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hey could you pass me that?"
"Uh, sure."
Machine Shop. Ft. Harper and Ingrid had set to work on something to help the past Andromeda pass through the SR Nebula without the use of Flash. They had brainstormed through many ideas and settled on one to manipulate the gravitational pull of the nebula. Ingrid. No matter how she may act like her mother, she had inherited her father's love of mechanics. Ft. Harper had to run to the Maru to get a few things leaving Ingrid to work out some kinks when Harper decided to drop in.
"So how much do you know about this stuff?" asked Harper as he handed her what she asked for.
"Whatever you taught me," said Ingrid
"And you actually like this stuff?"
"Love it," she laughed.
"What's your relationship with plants?"
"I like them too," said Ingrid, "you taught me about machines and Mama taught me about plants."
"If you had a choice between plants and machines what would you pick?"
"I've never answered that question to anybody."
"And let me guess you aren't now?"
"Bingo."
"So do you know what species Trance is?" asked Harper trying to be subtle.
"Nope."
"No? No? You're half...whatever and you don't even know what?"
"Mama said she'd tell me but I couldn't tell anyone. So I didn't ask because I didn't want to lie to any of you," said Ingrid.
"Do you know if she at least told me?"
"No."
"20 years later, a marriage, and a daughter, and I still don't know?!" whined Harper
"You'd have to ask yourself that I guess," said Ingrid.
"So you don't know anything?"
Ingrid shook her head and started to nanoweld some metal plates together.
"Do you love Mom in your time?" asked Ingrid suddenly.
"What I uh," started Harper slightly taken aback, "Well...well...she's my..uh...friend and uh... where do you get off asking questions like that? Um...heh,"
"You do," said Ingrid smiling and going back to work
"Hey I didn't say that!"
"It's written all over your face," she said, "it's plain to see."
"It is?" asked Harper a bit worried.
"Not unless you really look," she assured him.
"Yeah well...don't you be telling everyone about this...kay?"
"I won't what happens in your time will happen," Ingrid said shrugging.
"Ok, just as long as we're in agreement."
Ingrid just smiled.
"So, uh what about you and Will?" asked Harper recovering, "what's the story with you two?"
"Huh? Uh, well he's, he's my best friend," said Ingrid, "we grew up together."
"That's it?" asked Harper, "Cause if I didn't know any better I'd say you both have a thing for each other."
"What?" asked Ingrid blushing, "We're friends."
"I think he likes you,"
"Of course he does we're best friends."
"Trance and I are/were/whatever the future holds are best friends too," said Harper, "I've seen you two sneaking looks at each other."
"You're imagining things."
"I'm either imagining things or something's up," said Harper, "and then he's always making excuses to touch you."
"Excuse me?" asked Ingrid.
"It's true I've noticed," said Harper, "the first time we all met you're arms were almost linked together I swear, and then he kept brushing your arm everytime he picked up his glass, and when we were at Tarn Vedra he grabbed your hand and pulled you down the hallway to go do whatever, an then there's the way he looks at you like you're the sun or something."
"The sun?"
"His eyes light up whenever you walk in to the room like nothing else in the universe matters."
"Are you serious?"
Harper nodded and handed her a wrench.
"Harper I really wish that you wouldn't use me to eavesdrop on your daughter," said Andromeda to Ft. Harper.
"Hey you could have kicked me out of here anytime you wanted," said Ft. Harper, "but you wanted to hear that as much as I did."
"So why didn't you ask her?"
"Because she's be more embarrassed talking to her father than her not-yet-father get it?"
"How long have Will and Ingrid been like this?"
"Could have been anytime but I've noticed all that too, plus they wrestle sometimes, hey Andromeda do you know if they still sneak into each others rooms if they had a nightmare or just to talk like they did when they were eight?" asked Ft. Harper.
"You shouldn't be eavesdropping," said Andromeda again.
"You're not answering me," said Ft. Harper
"I just did," she said disappearing
"What? No you...I'm taking that as a yes!" said Ft. Harper, "kids these days." He shook his head and made his way to the Machine shop.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Dylan's Basketball Court. Will had pried his father away from duty for a game of Basketball. The score was 54-48 in Will's favour. He managed to get in a jump shot before fessing up to Ft. Dylan about why he was really here.
"I need your advice," said Will.
"About what?" asked Ft. Dylan.
"First off, was I an accident?"
Ft. Dylan missed the basket by a mile.
"What?"
"Humour me," said Will seriously.
"Well, I'd use surprise," said Ft. Dylan, "You weren't planned."
"Are you and mom only together because you had me?"
"What's with all the questions Will?" asked Ft. Dylan sitting down.
"I need your advice about something but I have to know a few things first," he said.
Dylan sighed, "Continue."
"Was I the reason you and Mom got together?"
"No, it was the towel,"
"What?"
"Never mind," said Ft. Dylan shaking the memory.
"It wasn't me?"
"Will I love your mother, you were a bonus,"
"With all the stunts I've pulled?"
"You're just lucky you aren't dead." Said Ft. Dylan, "now what's the problem?"
"Ing," said Will quickly before he could chicken out and leave.
"What about her?" asked Ft. Dylan cautiously.
"What does love feel like?" asked Will, " and if you tell anyone about this little chat and I'll hang myself." He added quickly.
"Well I uh, Ingrid Harper?"
"Well what other Ing's do we know?" said Will, "I think I love her, and NOT in a brotherly friendship kind of way. I think IN love with her.
"And it's scaring the hell out of me, Dad."
"Have you talked to her?"
"Talk to her!? Are you crazy?!" said Will, "She's my best friend, and there's a pretty good chance that she does not feel this way about me."
"You're sure about that?"
"Why?" asked Will suspiciously, "Do you know something I don't?"
"Probably not,"
"How'd you and Mom get together?"
"We just sort of grew together," said Ft. Dylan, "that and she kept kissing me."
"I'm doomed," said Will throwing his hands up into the air, "there's no one else I can talk to. Y'know unless...no the past peeps know who's who's now. I am doomed!"
"What were you thinking?"
"Well this is exactly what Harper and Trance went through so I was thinking of asking one of them but they're Ing's dad and mom," said Will gloomily.
"Well why don't you ask one of them but be subtle about it. Don't name name's" Ft. Dylan suggested.
"I don't think they're that stupid though," said Will, "they'll figure it out."
"Well then you're going to suffer."
"That's your advice? Suffer?"
"You won't take my advice."
"Because you suck at giving advice WAIT A MINUTE!" Will said, "a light bulb just came on, gotta go!"
And just like that, Will went running out the door.
"He asks my advice, he doesn't take my advice, he goes running out of here, and I'm talking to myself," said Ft. Dylan.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Rev are you busy?!"
"Of course not, I was just in the middle of praying to the Divine and was then going to meditate, which don't seem to matter."
"Good."
"I was making a joke."
"So are you busy?"
"What do you need William?"
"Rev I need your advice," said Will sitting down beside the Magog.
"You have a problem?"
"You're good at fixing problems right?"
"I'll help you as much as the Divine will allow," said Rev.
"Well I asked Dad and he wasn't of any help what's so ever so then I remembered that you know a lot of stuff and that you could maybe help me?" said Will.
"What is your problem?"
"You can't tell anyone."
"Does it involve medical attention?"
"It might." said Will, "so can you keep this between us? Then only you and Dad will know."
"What you tell me won't leave this room."
"Iminlovewithmybestfriendanddontknowwhattodo!" he said quickly.
"I beg your pardon?"
"I'm in love with my best friend anddontknowwhattodo!" he said speeding up at the end.
"What was the last part?"
"I don't know what to do!" Will moaned.
"I thought so," said Rev smiling.
"What?"
"What if I told you....."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hydroponics Garden.
"Can I ask you something?" asked Trance.
"Sure," said Ft. Trance.
"Has Harper....changed? at all?"
"From 20yrs. ago till now?"
"Yes," said Trance.
"I don't know, he's still Harper," said Ft. Trance, "the only real changes are that he doesn't gawk at every good looking woman anymore which is a very good thing because I'd have to kill him.
"And his dedication to Ingrid. He's a great father, he started teaching her the names of all his tools when she was 1 and a half," Ft. Trance laughed, "but you already knew that."
"There are so many future's we don't know how it's going to play out," said Trance warily, "The choices we make can reshape the entire future."
"And this is only one world among so many," said Ft. Trance.
"Do they know about us?"
"We had a run in with the family," said Ft. Trance, "but that was it, nothing of our species or origins surfaced."
"That's good."
"In some future's they find out everything."
"I know."
**
A/N and disclaimer: OK I'm done the next chapter took me a while b/c I didn't feel like writing. This was supposed to be the last chapter but I got side tracked so this is NOT the last. So here we go, some romance! Please r/r it would make my day and I only have 22 reviews I would really like more!
-Vee017 AKA ~*Vee*~
"MOM!!!!!!!!!!!" Will screamed racing down the hallway, followed by a very angry Neitszchean, "Terra it was an accident HONEST!"
"I'm gonna fucking kill you Hunt!" shouted Terra as she chased Will down the corridor. As they rounded a corner Andromeda's holographic self appeared in front of them.
"Will, Terra, what are you two.." she was cut off as Will ran straight through her, closely followed by Terra.
"Tell Dad to help me! Tell mom to save me! For the Devine's sake even Ing can save me! Andromeda why aren't YOU helping me?!" Will shouted behind him as he continued to run. With that Andromeda let out an exasperated sigh and appeared in command.
~*~*~*~
"Tyr, your daughter is trying to kill Will AGAIN," stated Andromeda as she appeared back in Command.
"Those two never quite do they?" asked Ft. Dylan.
"Oh for the love of.." Ft. Beka started, only to be interrupted by the Command doors opening.
"HELPMEHELPMEHELPME!" said Will pulling Dylan and Beka together and using them as a shield as Tyr held Terra back.
"You little bastard if you ever do that again..." she trailed off, "accident my ass."
"What did you do?" asked Beka.
"Hit her in the head with some metal object..." said Will.
"You've done it on more than one occasion," snarled Terra, "It wasn't an accident!"
"Was too,"
"Was not,"
"Was too,"
"Was not."
"Was too,"
"Was not,"
"Stop it, both of you!" said Ft. Tyr.
"Hey Will," said Ing coming into Command, "Have you seen an Osteron Compac tube anywhere?"
"That wouldn't be what you threw at me would it Hunt?" said Terra accusingly.
"Was it long, thin, metal, and slightly heavy?" Will asked Ingrid.
"Yes," said Ingrid
"You just dug my grave Ing," said Will bluntly.
Terra broke Tyr's hold and went stomping out through the door.
"One of these days he's gonna die, because I'm going to kill him, one of these days....." Terra mumbled as she exited.
"How did that particular object hit her in the head?" asked Beka turning her head slightly to look at Will
"Because I threw it." Said Will.
~*~*~*~*~*
A few hours later pretty much most of the crew was on the Obs. Deck discussing how the hell they're going to get back to the past. The Neitzscheans were off doing whatever they do and Will was locked in his room for throwing things of mechanical value.
"So if Kain had his NEITZSCHEAN pilot on Flash how the hell are we supposed to get home?" asked Harper.
"Well this is the easiest way," said Ft. Dylan, "unless you wanna try what we all did the last time but,"
"But what?" asked Harper, "and who was that letter from?"
He had just looked over to Trance when Ingrid started poking them all in the head.
"Hey! What was that for?"
"You're question will be answered later," said Ingrid, "they're meeting us there, remember?"
"Kay," said Harper confused
"Stop confusing him..er...me...uh...you know what I mean, him/me?" said Ft. Harper looking at his daughter who just smiled cutely at her father who was busy confusing hiself.
"Well now that that's out of the way, Harper and Ingrid could probably make something that could help," said Ft. Dylan
"We could try," said Ft. Harper
"Well then get to work we have to do this right."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"So what exactly is the Sequoia Ruse Nebula?" asked Beka walking down to the Bridge with the two Dylan's and her Ft. self.
"Well it's really pretty and rich in Uranium mining," said Ft. Beka, "there's also some sort of weird suction disturbance in the centre of the Nebula or something."
"Ah," said Beka nodding her head.
"Wait a minute," said Ft. Dylan stopping them.
"What?" asked Ft. Beka
"Did you hear that?" he said looking at the ceiling.
"I don't hear any..." a slight bang was heard from above, "ok I hear something," finished Dylan.
"Rommie said all the Magog were flushed out," said Ft. Beka as they all took out their weapons.
"Well maybe one...." Started Dylan as the ceiling gave way. Something was stuck in the tangle of wires that came unraveled from the vent that it fell out of. It struggled and turned so it saw the four people.
"Hey Mom," it said, "Dad."
"WILL!" shouted Ft. Dylan shaking his head in disbelief. Ft. Beka just laughed at him, "what are you doing in there?"
"Well it's your fault," said Will hanging upside down unable to get free.
"My fault?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Yeah, if you hadn't locked me in my room then I wouldn't have had to go through the vents to get out!"
"Why'd you even bother going through the vents?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Because I was tired of doing nothing in my room which I was LOCKED IN," said Will emphasizing the 'locked in' part.
"It was your own fault I had to lock you in there,"
"Was not," said Will, "Terra was the one CHASING ME why didn't you lock her up huh? Besides she started it."
"How so?"
"Can I cut this?" asked Will, he had managed to get out a pocketknife and was holding onto a red wire.
"Only if you're tired of breathing," said Ft. Dylan crossing his arms
"Okaaaaaaaaaay how 'bout this one?" he said taking a black one.
"No Will."
"This one?"
"No."
"This one then, right?"
"Just don't cut any of them," said Ft. Dylan moving in to help him down.
"How'd you manage to get stuck in that?" asked Dylan.
"You don't want to know," said Will finally free of the jumbled wires, "can I cut this one?"
Ft. Dylan just gave him a look.
"Fine be that way," said Will folding up his pocketknife and putting it away.
"Be what way?"
"Never mind."
"What? Will!"
"I said never mind."
"I should never have let Harper baby-sit you."
"No you shouldn't've," said Will smiling. He had to ask him soon.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hey could you pass me that?"
"Uh, sure."
Machine Shop. Ft. Harper and Ingrid had set to work on something to help the past Andromeda pass through the SR Nebula without the use of Flash. They had brainstormed through many ideas and settled on one to manipulate the gravitational pull of the nebula. Ingrid. No matter how she may act like her mother, she had inherited her father's love of mechanics. Ft. Harper had to run to the Maru to get a few things leaving Ingrid to work out some kinks when Harper decided to drop in.
"So how much do you know about this stuff?" asked Harper as he handed her what she asked for.
"Whatever you taught me," said Ingrid
"And you actually like this stuff?"
"Love it," she laughed.
"What's your relationship with plants?"
"I like them too," said Ingrid, "you taught me about machines and Mama taught me about plants."
"If you had a choice between plants and machines what would you pick?"
"I've never answered that question to anybody."
"And let me guess you aren't now?"
"Bingo."
"So do you know what species Trance is?" asked Harper trying to be subtle.
"Nope."
"No? No? You're half...whatever and you don't even know what?"
"Mama said she'd tell me but I couldn't tell anyone. So I didn't ask because I didn't want to lie to any of you," said Ingrid.
"Do you know if she at least told me?"
"No."
"20 years later, a marriage, and a daughter, and I still don't know?!" whined Harper
"You'd have to ask yourself that I guess," said Ingrid.
"So you don't know anything?"
Ingrid shook her head and started to nanoweld some metal plates together.
"Do you love Mom in your time?" asked Ingrid suddenly.
"What I uh," started Harper slightly taken aback, "Well...well...she's my..uh...friend and uh... where do you get off asking questions like that? Um...heh,"
"You do," said Ingrid smiling and going back to work
"Hey I didn't say that!"
"It's written all over your face," she said, "it's plain to see."
"It is?" asked Harper a bit worried.
"Not unless you really look," she assured him.
"Yeah well...don't you be telling everyone about this...kay?"
"I won't what happens in your time will happen," Ingrid said shrugging.
"Ok, just as long as we're in agreement."
Ingrid just smiled.
"So, uh what about you and Will?" asked Harper recovering, "what's the story with you two?"
"Huh? Uh, well he's, he's my best friend," said Ingrid, "we grew up together."
"That's it?" asked Harper, "Cause if I didn't know any better I'd say you both have a thing for each other."
"What?" asked Ingrid blushing, "We're friends."
"I think he likes you,"
"Of course he does we're best friends."
"Trance and I are/were/whatever the future holds are best friends too," said Harper, "I've seen you two sneaking looks at each other."
"You're imagining things."
"I'm either imagining things or something's up," said Harper, "and then he's always making excuses to touch you."
"Excuse me?" asked Ingrid.
"It's true I've noticed," said Harper, "the first time we all met you're arms were almost linked together I swear, and then he kept brushing your arm everytime he picked up his glass, and when we were at Tarn Vedra he grabbed your hand and pulled you down the hallway to go do whatever, an then there's the way he looks at you like you're the sun or something."
"The sun?"
"His eyes light up whenever you walk in to the room like nothing else in the universe matters."
"Are you serious?"
Harper nodded and handed her a wrench.
"Harper I really wish that you wouldn't use me to eavesdrop on your daughter," said Andromeda to Ft. Harper.
"Hey you could have kicked me out of here anytime you wanted," said Ft. Harper, "but you wanted to hear that as much as I did."
"So why didn't you ask her?"
"Because she's be more embarrassed talking to her father than her not-yet-father get it?"
"How long have Will and Ingrid been like this?"
"Could have been anytime but I've noticed all that too, plus they wrestle sometimes, hey Andromeda do you know if they still sneak into each others rooms if they had a nightmare or just to talk like they did when they were eight?" asked Ft. Harper.
"You shouldn't be eavesdropping," said Andromeda again.
"You're not answering me," said Ft. Harper
"I just did," she said disappearing
"What? No you...I'm taking that as a yes!" said Ft. Harper, "kids these days." He shook his head and made his way to the Machine shop.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Dylan's Basketball Court. Will had pried his father away from duty for a game of Basketball. The score was 54-48 in Will's favour. He managed to get in a jump shot before fessing up to Ft. Dylan about why he was really here.
"I need your advice," said Will.
"About what?" asked Ft. Dylan.
"First off, was I an accident?"
Ft. Dylan missed the basket by a mile.
"What?"
"Humour me," said Will seriously.
"Well, I'd use surprise," said Ft. Dylan, "You weren't planned."
"Are you and mom only together because you had me?"
"What's with all the questions Will?" asked Ft. Dylan sitting down.
"I need your advice about something but I have to know a few things first," he said.
Dylan sighed, "Continue."
"Was I the reason you and Mom got together?"
"No, it was the towel,"
"What?"
"Never mind," said Ft. Dylan shaking the memory.
"It wasn't me?"
"Will I love your mother, you were a bonus,"
"With all the stunts I've pulled?"
"You're just lucky you aren't dead." Said Ft. Dylan, "now what's the problem?"
"Ing," said Will quickly before he could chicken out and leave.
"What about her?" asked Ft. Dylan cautiously.
"What does love feel like?" asked Will, " and if you tell anyone about this little chat and I'll hang myself." He added quickly.
"Well I uh, Ingrid Harper?"
"Well what other Ing's do we know?" said Will, "I think I love her, and NOT in a brotherly friendship kind of way. I think IN love with her.
"And it's scaring the hell out of me, Dad."
"Have you talked to her?"
"Talk to her!? Are you crazy?!" said Will, "She's my best friend, and there's a pretty good chance that she does not feel this way about me."
"You're sure about that?"
"Why?" asked Will suspiciously, "Do you know something I don't?"
"Probably not,"
"How'd you and Mom get together?"
"We just sort of grew together," said Ft. Dylan, "that and she kept kissing me."
"I'm doomed," said Will throwing his hands up into the air, "there's no one else I can talk to. Y'know unless...no the past peeps know who's who's now. I am doomed!"
"What were you thinking?"
"Well this is exactly what Harper and Trance went through so I was thinking of asking one of them but they're Ing's dad and mom," said Will gloomily.
"Well why don't you ask one of them but be subtle about it. Don't name name's" Ft. Dylan suggested.
"I don't think they're that stupid though," said Will, "they'll figure it out."
"Well then you're going to suffer."
"That's your advice? Suffer?"
"You won't take my advice."
"Because you suck at giving advice WAIT A MINUTE!" Will said, "a light bulb just came on, gotta go!"
And just like that, Will went running out the door.
"He asks my advice, he doesn't take my advice, he goes running out of here, and I'm talking to myself," said Ft. Dylan.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Rev are you busy?!"
"Of course not, I was just in the middle of praying to the Divine and was then going to meditate, which don't seem to matter."
"Good."
"I was making a joke."
"So are you busy?"
"What do you need William?"
"Rev I need your advice," said Will sitting down beside the Magog.
"You have a problem?"
"You're good at fixing problems right?"
"I'll help you as much as the Divine will allow," said Rev.
"Well I asked Dad and he wasn't of any help what's so ever so then I remembered that you know a lot of stuff and that you could maybe help me?" said Will.
"What is your problem?"
"You can't tell anyone."
"Does it involve medical attention?"
"It might." said Will, "so can you keep this between us? Then only you and Dad will know."
"What you tell me won't leave this room."
"Iminlovewithmybestfriendanddontknowwhattodo!" he said quickly.
"I beg your pardon?"
"I'm in love with my best friend anddontknowwhattodo!" he said speeding up at the end.
"What was the last part?"
"I don't know what to do!" Will moaned.
"I thought so," said Rev smiling.
"What?"
"What if I told you....."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hydroponics Garden.
"Can I ask you something?" asked Trance.
"Sure," said Ft. Trance.
"Has Harper....changed? at all?"
"From 20yrs. ago till now?"
"Yes," said Trance.
"I don't know, he's still Harper," said Ft. Trance, "the only real changes are that he doesn't gawk at every good looking woman anymore which is a very good thing because I'd have to kill him.
"And his dedication to Ingrid. He's a great father, he started teaching her the names of all his tools when she was 1 and a half," Ft. Trance laughed, "but you already knew that."
"There are so many future's we don't know how it's going to play out," said Trance warily, "The choices we make can reshape the entire future."
"And this is only one world among so many," said Ft. Trance.
"Do they know about us?"
"We had a run in with the family," said Ft. Trance, "but that was it, nothing of our species or origins surfaced."
"That's good."
"In some future's they find out everything."
"I know."
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A/N and disclaimer: OK I'm done the next chapter took me a while b/c I didn't feel like writing. This was supposed to be the last chapter but I got side tracked so this is NOT the last. So here we go, some romance! Please r/r it would make my day and I only have 22 reviews I would really like more!
-Vee017 AKA ~*Vee*~