A/N: The good news..I GOT MY OWN COMPUTER...the bad new..i have tests
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I fell into view of my mother. Just like before, but more gray hairs. Tears were already streaming down her face. "Morgan?"
"I'm here. Really here." I said, my own drops sliding down my cheeks.
"If you ever, ever do that again Morgan!" She warned, crying into my neck.
"I wont. I promise, mom." I cried. We stood there, door ajar, until we heard the phone beeping. "Mary K, what are you doing."
"Calling work. I'm not going." She wiped her own nose on her sleeve.
"Go." I insisted, but she shook her now black mane.
"I can't. You're here now...,"
"I'm not going anywhere Mary K. I will still be here when you get back."
"Swear?"
"Dammit." I laughed. Mom gave me a rotten look. "Sorry. Something from home." I said without thinking.
"Home?" Mom questioned.
"Uh, back in Lilith." I said quietly. "Why don't I, tell you all about it later? Maybe when dad comes home?" Mum smiled.
"Course dear, course. You must be tired. Why don't you go take a nap, and I'll cook something up for dinner. Mary K, you can take my car to work, just be careful."
I grabbed mom fluttering hands. "Go take a bath, relax, I'll make supper."
"No dear, it's alright..."
"Mom. Go. I'm used to it. I've been making dinner for twelve for the past two years, I can handle dinner for six."
"If your sure?" She stalled. I nodded, and gave her the smallest push. She reluctantly headed upstairs. "Love you. All three of you."
"I'm going to go set Paige down. I'll be back down in a second." Hunter said, walking up after mom. I walked into the kitchen, and started pulling out pans.
"Ok," Mary K said walking into the kitchen, digging in her purse. "I'm gone...I think." She looked up at me and smiled again. "I don't want to go."
I set the pack of hamburger down, "I promise I will be here when you come back."
"I can't be sure. You've taken off once before what's to say you wont do it again?" She straightened her face out, lips thinning. She seemed to tower me. I guess she actually did, she was a bit taller than me now.
"Mary K, go. You see this face," I pointed to myself making my best stern face. "This is a face of promise. Promise is written all over this face." I picked up the nearest frying pan and held it so it was pointing up. "You see this frying pan? It will be hitting you if you don't go to work." I finished, grinning so hard I thought it might start to hurt. Mary K looked doubtful till I held the pan out further. "Go."
"Fine." She hugged me, then headed out of the kitchen.
"Hey Mary K," I called after her. She turned to look at me. "Drop the act of rebellion. It doesn't suit you."
She stared at me for a second, "It is me."
"No it's not." I said loudly. She gave me a weak smile, and left. I heard key's jingle, then the front door open and close. I sighed, and started rummaging through the cupboards. I decided to make tacos, just because it was easy. I dumped the hamburger into the frying pan, and waited for it to heat up.
Hunter came up behind me, and hugged me from behind. "Got moms seal of approval." I said, laying one hand on his.
"Do I have yours?" I turned around.
"Of course." He seemed to be nervous. "What's wrong?"
"Can we..uh..sit?" He pulled a chair out from under the table, and I sat. "I love you, and the one time I thought I'd never see you again, it scared me. How could I live while my soul mate is out there somewhere? And when I found you, I knew everything would be alright again."
"What are you getting at Hunter?" I asked slowly.
He grabbed my hand. "Will you be my wife?" I thought my ears were deceiving me. "I don't really have an engagement ring or anything, but I do have this." He dung in his jean pocket with the hand that wasn't holding mine, and he pulled out a silver band.
"Oh my goddess. Where did you find that? I lost it when.."
"I found it." Hunter said quickly. "So?"
"Yes!" I yelped. He slid the ring onto my finger and jumped up to kiss me. I groaned when I heard the meat start to sizzle and smell. I jumped away from Hunter and to the stove.
"And it's burnt." I sighed.
"Good thing I'm in a spending mood." Hunter grinned. "Order and get it delivered." I dumped the burnt meat into the trash and set the pan in the sink.
"Thank you." I said giving him a sound kiss on the lips. "I'll go see what mom wants." I walked up the stairs, admiring my ring. It was better than some diamond, million dollar engagement ring. It was my ring. The ring I thought Anna had stolen.
I knocked on my parents door, making it open. Mom was sitting on the edge of her bed, looking at a picture.
"Mom?"
She didn't even look up, "Last family picture we had taken." I went in and sat beside her. "Look at your sister."
"I know." Her hair was still red, and she looked like the sister I had left. "Look mom, I'm sorry I ran. It was some weird combination of skitzo and fear. There were all these voices...well this voice. It kept telling me to run, and that I could only cause pain. So I listened. Killian tried to stop me, but I punched him, and then..."
"The important thing is, your back now. And that you came back."
Silence took over the room for a while. "So what are you cooking downstair's anyways?"
"Oh right. Hunter's buying, what would you like?"
Mom ordered Chinese over the phone and had it delivered. Hunter payed the guy, and I noticed he gave him a hefty tip.
"Will dad be home soon?" I asked anxiously, glancing at the clock.
"Probably. He shouldn't be too long now. I called Paula and Eileen. I hope that's okay." She was looking at me, but I think it was more directed Hunter's way.
"More than enough food." He replied, grabbing my hand under the table. I winced as headache rattled my head with a witch message. *Should we tell her now or wait?*
"Wait." I whispered quietly.
"What?" Mom said, turning away from the cupboard of plates.
"Nothing. When are Aunt Eileen and Paula coming?"
Mom turned back, pulling some plates out. "They just went to go pick Bella up from the sitters."
"Bella?"
"Their daughter."
I turned on Hunter. "You didn't tell me they had a daughter!"
He smacked his forehead, very un-Hunter like. "I knew I forgot something." I smacked his knee lightly under the table.
"Well then. Her name is Isabella Morgan Rayne She's just barely one. Eileen and Paula went to the sperm bank shortly before..the incident..and Paula ended up having the baby."
"Mary Grace!" Dad's voice rang through the house.
"We're in the kitchen." Mom called smiling.
"Who's we...." Dad dropped his briefcase, and his jaw for that matter. "You brought her back." He said tearily to Hunter. I got up from the table slowly, not taking my eyes off my dad. He limped forward a step.
"Dad." I breathed, throwing my arms around him. He rocked slightly, back and forth.
"It's so good to see my little girl again." He held me out at arms length to look me over. "Did you get taller?" I shook my head, tossing my ponytail over my shoulder.
"I'm still the same." We stood staring at each other for a while.
"Come on now, let's sit down and wait for Eileen and Paula." Mom said hurriedly. Hunter ran upstairs to get Paige, when she screamed and started crying.
"Mary Grace? Sean?" Aunt Eileen's voice carried through the house. I guess dad had left the front door open.
"Kitchen." I called. The second I had said it, they were in, and hugging the life from me. Bella ran up to mom, and waited to be picked up.
"So good to finally see you again." Paula said.
"Congratulations on Isabella." I said grinning ear to ear.
When nine o'clock rolled around, Mary K showed up again. We migrated to the living room so I could tell them about where I had been.
"It's a town called Lilith. Right by the sea. I lived with a fairly large family." I told them. I explained all about the Tierks, and told them about everyone in the family. Mary K chuckled when I told them about Lynx. She said it reminded her, of herself, minus the rebellion.
"So, now your back."
"Back to fix everything I..she did."
"Yea! That's right mom! I can see! Both eyes." Mary K said excitedly. Mom and dad's jaws dropped.
"You can do that?" Dad asked.
"I can now." I sighed.
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I fell into view of my mother. Just like before, but more gray hairs. Tears were already streaming down her face. "Morgan?"
"I'm here. Really here." I said, my own drops sliding down my cheeks.
"If you ever, ever do that again Morgan!" She warned, crying into my neck.
"I wont. I promise, mom." I cried. We stood there, door ajar, until we heard the phone beeping. "Mary K, what are you doing."
"Calling work. I'm not going." She wiped her own nose on her sleeve.
"Go." I insisted, but she shook her now black mane.
"I can't. You're here now...,"
"I'm not going anywhere Mary K. I will still be here when you get back."
"Swear?"
"Dammit." I laughed. Mom gave me a rotten look. "Sorry. Something from home." I said without thinking.
"Home?" Mom questioned.
"Uh, back in Lilith." I said quietly. "Why don't I, tell you all about it later? Maybe when dad comes home?" Mum smiled.
"Course dear, course. You must be tired. Why don't you go take a nap, and I'll cook something up for dinner. Mary K, you can take my car to work, just be careful."
I grabbed mom fluttering hands. "Go take a bath, relax, I'll make supper."
"No dear, it's alright..."
"Mom. Go. I'm used to it. I've been making dinner for twelve for the past two years, I can handle dinner for six."
"If your sure?" She stalled. I nodded, and gave her the smallest push. She reluctantly headed upstairs. "Love you. All three of you."
"I'm going to go set Paige down. I'll be back down in a second." Hunter said, walking up after mom. I walked into the kitchen, and started pulling out pans.
"Ok," Mary K said walking into the kitchen, digging in her purse. "I'm gone...I think." She looked up at me and smiled again. "I don't want to go."
I set the pack of hamburger down, "I promise I will be here when you come back."
"I can't be sure. You've taken off once before what's to say you wont do it again?" She straightened her face out, lips thinning. She seemed to tower me. I guess she actually did, she was a bit taller than me now.
"Mary K, go. You see this face," I pointed to myself making my best stern face. "This is a face of promise. Promise is written all over this face." I picked up the nearest frying pan and held it so it was pointing up. "You see this frying pan? It will be hitting you if you don't go to work." I finished, grinning so hard I thought it might start to hurt. Mary K looked doubtful till I held the pan out further. "Go."
"Fine." She hugged me, then headed out of the kitchen.
"Hey Mary K," I called after her. She turned to look at me. "Drop the act of rebellion. It doesn't suit you."
She stared at me for a second, "It is me."
"No it's not." I said loudly. She gave me a weak smile, and left. I heard key's jingle, then the front door open and close. I sighed, and started rummaging through the cupboards. I decided to make tacos, just because it was easy. I dumped the hamburger into the frying pan, and waited for it to heat up.
Hunter came up behind me, and hugged me from behind. "Got moms seal of approval." I said, laying one hand on his.
"Do I have yours?" I turned around.
"Of course." He seemed to be nervous. "What's wrong?"
"Can we..uh..sit?" He pulled a chair out from under the table, and I sat. "I love you, and the one time I thought I'd never see you again, it scared me. How could I live while my soul mate is out there somewhere? And when I found you, I knew everything would be alright again."
"What are you getting at Hunter?" I asked slowly.
He grabbed my hand. "Will you be my wife?" I thought my ears were deceiving me. "I don't really have an engagement ring or anything, but I do have this." He dung in his jean pocket with the hand that wasn't holding mine, and he pulled out a silver band.
"Oh my goddess. Where did you find that? I lost it when.."
"I found it." Hunter said quickly. "So?"
"Yes!" I yelped. He slid the ring onto my finger and jumped up to kiss me. I groaned when I heard the meat start to sizzle and smell. I jumped away from Hunter and to the stove.
"And it's burnt." I sighed.
"Good thing I'm in a spending mood." Hunter grinned. "Order and get it delivered." I dumped the burnt meat into the trash and set the pan in the sink.
"Thank you." I said giving him a sound kiss on the lips. "I'll go see what mom wants." I walked up the stairs, admiring my ring. It was better than some diamond, million dollar engagement ring. It was my ring. The ring I thought Anna had stolen.
I knocked on my parents door, making it open. Mom was sitting on the edge of her bed, looking at a picture.
"Mom?"
She didn't even look up, "Last family picture we had taken." I went in and sat beside her. "Look at your sister."
"I know." Her hair was still red, and she looked like the sister I had left. "Look mom, I'm sorry I ran. It was some weird combination of skitzo and fear. There were all these voices...well this voice. It kept telling me to run, and that I could only cause pain. So I listened. Killian tried to stop me, but I punched him, and then..."
"The important thing is, your back now. And that you came back."
Silence took over the room for a while. "So what are you cooking downstair's anyways?"
"Oh right. Hunter's buying, what would you like?"
Mom ordered Chinese over the phone and had it delivered. Hunter payed the guy, and I noticed he gave him a hefty tip.
"Will dad be home soon?" I asked anxiously, glancing at the clock.
"Probably. He shouldn't be too long now. I called Paula and Eileen. I hope that's okay." She was looking at me, but I think it was more directed Hunter's way.
"More than enough food." He replied, grabbing my hand under the table. I winced as headache rattled my head with a witch message. *Should we tell her now or wait?*
"Wait." I whispered quietly.
"What?" Mom said, turning away from the cupboard of plates.
"Nothing. When are Aunt Eileen and Paula coming?"
Mom turned back, pulling some plates out. "They just went to go pick Bella up from the sitters."
"Bella?"
"Their daughter."
I turned on Hunter. "You didn't tell me they had a daughter!"
He smacked his forehead, very un-Hunter like. "I knew I forgot something." I smacked his knee lightly under the table.
"Well then. Her name is Isabella Morgan Rayne She's just barely one. Eileen and Paula went to the sperm bank shortly before..the incident..and Paula ended up having the baby."
"Mary Grace!" Dad's voice rang through the house.
"We're in the kitchen." Mom called smiling.
"Who's we...." Dad dropped his briefcase, and his jaw for that matter. "You brought her back." He said tearily to Hunter. I got up from the table slowly, not taking my eyes off my dad. He limped forward a step.
"Dad." I breathed, throwing my arms around him. He rocked slightly, back and forth.
"It's so good to see my little girl again." He held me out at arms length to look me over. "Did you get taller?" I shook my head, tossing my ponytail over my shoulder.
"I'm still the same." We stood staring at each other for a while.
"Come on now, let's sit down and wait for Eileen and Paula." Mom said hurriedly. Hunter ran upstairs to get Paige, when she screamed and started crying.
"Mary Grace? Sean?" Aunt Eileen's voice carried through the house. I guess dad had left the front door open.
"Kitchen." I called. The second I had said it, they were in, and hugging the life from me. Bella ran up to mom, and waited to be picked up.
"So good to finally see you again." Paula said.
"Congratulations on Isabella." I said grinning ear to ear.
When nine o'clock rolled around, Mary K showed up again. We migrated to the living room so I could tell them about where I had been.
"It's a town called Lilith. Right by the sea. I lived with a fairly large family." I told them. I explained all about the Tierks, and told them about everyone in the family. Mary K chuckled when I told them about Lynx. She said it reminded her, of herself, minus the rebellion.
"So, now your back."
"Back to fix everything I..she did."
"Yea! That's right mom! I can see! Both eyes." Mary K said excitedly. Mom and dad's jaws dropped.
"You can do that?" Dad asked.
"I can now." I sighed.
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