Title: The Truth Is Not Enough Part3
Author: Dana_Maru
Summary: More sulking from the twins
Disclaimer: None of the characters you recognize are mine but I do own Angelle, Helene, Aimee and Jonathon - and of course Storme, Willow and Rogue...
Chapter Five
Aimee and Helene had been standing outside their parents' bedroom door throughout the conversation inside. They were going to hold it against Scully for the time being, she was right in thinking they would take it as though she had lied to them for their entire lives and they didn't like that fact one bit. They heard footsteps approaching the room door and didn't wait to find out who was coming to it. They ran as fast as they could, out of the front door and into the flat across the hall, belonging to Monica and John Doggett and their ten-year-old son Jonathon. They kept running until they were at Angelle's bedroom and they burst through the door. Angelle looked up startled and opened her mouth to ask what was wrong.
"What's -"
"We'll explain once we get out of here." Helene cut across her.
Angelle shrugged, slipped her trainers on and followed them into the hallway between their apartments. No sooner were they there, had the twins sprinted down the flights of stairs, taking two and three steps at a time. Angelle had no choice but to do the same, to keep up with them.
Scully's calls went unheard as they almost ripped the door at the exit of the tenement block out of its frame. The twins kept running with Angelle puffing behind them, until they reached the Play Park and stopped, out of breath. Each twin sat on a swing and coiled an arm around the chain.
"Now do you want to tell me what's up with you two?"
"You know you look a lot like your mother, standing like that with your hands on your hips."
"Helene, I asked you a simple question, now spill or I'm going home!"
So the twins dived into the story of Kiara's dream, after a few minutes of talking rapidly, they finished together with:
"So she's been lying to us our whole lives ... How do we know if she hasn't lied about other things?"
Angelle thought for a moment, absorbing the new information and trying to think of a comforting answer...
"You know, you should maybe think of how she is feeling right now - having her past dragged up like that, out of nowhere ..."
"But -" Aimee began but Angelle kept talking.
"Why don't you just go back home and ask for the truth about - what's his name? - William?"
"But she didn't feel the need to tell us before - why the hell should she now?"
Angelle gave an exasperated sigh and walked away from them, back toward the tenement block. Aimee followed, dragging Helene with her. Neither had any intention of asking their mother the truth - in fact neither wanted to talk to Scully at all right now. They walked home, arms linked, brooding on the fact that they had an older brother they would never know.
Kiara had been sent to her own room so her parents could talk alone. Mulder had his arms wrapped around a weeping Scully. Tears fell onto his shoulder.
"I knew they'd hate me, Mulder," She said between sobs, "for keeping this from them. I knew it! Why didn't I tell them sooner?"
"Stop giving yourself more grief, honey, they wouldn't have handled it any better at a younger age. You know that as well as I do - as well as they do, even if they won't admit it."
"They're just so angry with me, and this is only going to make things worse!"
"It's not just you they're angry at - they're angry at everything. You just have to give it time."
Scully stayed silent, Mulder gently wiped her tears away with his thumb and kissed her on the cheek. Both had the same thing on their mind: how much time was it going to take?
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Another chapter finished, and a new one to begin ... I had intended on making this a little shorter than Part Two, but somehow I doubt that will happen...
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