A/N: Alrighty chapter ten. I dont know what the deal with the spacing is
lately. And the damnation of the italics. Ok, theres my midnight rant.
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"Hey," I bashfully walked into Bree's room. She was holding one of the babies, while Robbie sat on the end of her bed holding the other.
"Morgan, come on in." Bree said quietly. I walked around the bed, leaning on the small counter, that already held two vases of flowers. "Did Robbie tell you their names?"
"Yea, he did. Which one is which?"
"This one here, is little Samara Morgan." Bree said, nodding her arms. I looked down and studied her. She had Bree's nose, and Robbie's chin. "And that," she nodded to Robbie's arms. "Is Hallie Anika."
"There so adorable."
"Want to hold her?" Robbie asked. I grinned as Hallie was shifted into my arms. She gurgled and waved her tiny fist at me. "I can believe I'm a dad."
"Three times." Bree added.
"You two are going to be great parents." I said, handing Hallie back to Robbie.
"What about you? When can we expect to see tiny Morgan's running around?" Bree smiled, looking away from Samara.
"I dunno, with all these babies being born, and two of them actually named Morgan..." I said, trying to be serious.
"Two? Who else is besides Samara."
"Aunt Eileen and Paula's daughter. Isabella Morgan Rayne."
"Oh. I didn't know they had a baby."
"Neither did I." I said quietly. "I'm going to head home. I'll come by tomorrow." Bree reached for my hand, briefly squeezing it. "Congratulations." I said before I left. I passed Hunter in the hall, on his way to go see Robbie and Bree.
"Where are you going, love?" Hunter asked.
"I think I'm just going to go home." I told him.
"Are you not feeling well?" He tilted his head, making him look like a child.
"I don't know." I said truthfully. I wasn't sick, but I wasn't feeling healthy. "Maybe the smell is just getting to me.
"I'll just go tell them I'm leaving, and I'll come with you."
"We're in separate cars."
"That's right."
"I'll just see you at home."
"Where's home Morgan?" Hunter tenderly asked. Where was home? Lilith with the Tierks? My childhood home with my parents, sister and niece?
"Wherever you are." I let my mouth curl into a small smile. That's where home was. Hunter brought me to him, giving me a long hug. "I think I'll go talk to Mary K, then go back to your place and cook something up."
"Love you Morgan." He said releasing me. I leaned up and kissed him, before I walked to the exit. On the way, I passes Sharon, who was sitting behind the huge desk. I felt guilt again.
I pulled my gigantic love of a car into the driveway, and walked to the door of my house. Should I knock? No this was my house too. "Mary K?" I called, pulling my feet out of my clogs. I cast out my senses, and found her in the living room. She was laying numb on the couch, one hand on her stomach, the other across her eyes. I noticed Paige was crawling around the living room floor, pushing a duck on wheels. Her face lightened when she saw me walk into the living room. She crawled over to me, then used my legs to help her stand. I picked her up, then walked to the couch, and sat down beside her feet. "What'd the doctor say?"
"Four months with another girl." She distantly murmured. "You were right earlier on, Morgan. The slut needs to take a hike, and I've made her. No more of this. No more sleeping with every guy willing, no more getting pregnant, no more skipping school. No more blowing off homework. I'm done being what everyone else wants me to be. I've disappointed everyone one to many times, and I'm sick of it. I miss being Mary K." Paige crawled out of my arms, and onto Mary K.
"Don't cry mommy." She hugged her mom. Mary K slung an arm around Paige, and sat up.
"Guess what, baby. Your going to have a little sister in a few months." Paige squealed.
"Uh, Paige, why don't you go play." I suggested to her. Mary K picked up the hint, and let Paige down. We watched her crawl into the kitchen, with her little duck. "I'm not sorry I left, Mary K." I told her. She looked hurt. "At the time, I thought I was dangerous, and I needed to get away from everyone. I am sorry that I made you all worry, and that I missed the past two years of your lives, but I had to go. Do you understand that?"
"Ya, in some twisted way, I think I do. But I guess if I look at it another way, if you wouldn't have left, I would have never had Paige." She lovingly watched her daughter scuttle around the floor. "You know, I'm going to spend more time with her. I haven't been the best mom that I should be." She paused. "Know who the best uncle to be has been?"
I looked down at my ring. "Is it that obvious?"
"Well yea." Mary K rolled her eyes. "As if he wouldn't ask. He devoted every second to you before, and during you were gone. Now he's going to devote after, as well."
"So did you get the royal scream from mom and dad in the car?" I asked, changing the subject.
Mary K groaned. "I wish. They gave me the silent treatment."
"Ouch." That was always worse than being yelled at. " I better get back to Hunter's place. I told him I'd cook something for dinner." I stood up, and made a move to the door.
"Morgan."
"Yea?"
"Did you do something to Robbie?"
"Tell mom I'll call her later. I'm just going to stay at Hunter's and think." She knew the answer, so I don't know why she even asked. I didn't really want to tell her either, because I knew, even though I had fixed her eyes, she still didn't trust my magick. She really didn't have a reason to. She had mostly only seen bad of it.
"Ok. Bye Morgan." Before I left, I had the sudden urge to draw eolh. I let my fingers dance on the door frame, wondering why I was even doing this. Protection from what? Maybe it was just to protect Mary K's coming baby. Yea, that's what it was. I shook the thoughts from my head, and made my way to my car.
I felt Hunter come home a few minutes after I did. I was in the kitchen, rummaging through the cupboards, to see what they had here. There wasn't much, but I managed to find some potatoes and chicken.
"Hey." He breathed in my ear, wrapping his arms around my stomach. I stopped peeling the potato in my hand and smiled. "Did you have a good chat with your sister?"
"Yes."
"She didn't say anything in the car either way."
"She's about four months along, with another girl." I told him. He tensed slightly. "She said you were the best uncle for Paige."
"Did she now?"
"Yea. Now you go sit. I have to finish." I ordered. He chuckled, letting go of me, and taking a seat at the table.
The night was pretty uneventful. Sky came home after work, just in time for dinner. The three of us sat down, and I listened as Sky told me all about becoming manager of the record store, and everything else that had happened since I was gone. I called mom when Hunter and Sky were busy doing the dishes. She seemed disappointed that I hadn't actually come home like I had promised, but she said she appreciated me calling. Once we hung up, I sat on the couch staring into space. I could hear the dishes clanking together, and Hunter and Sky's murmur's of their conversation. It acted as a lullaby, and sent me straight to sleep.
**I stood in the pouring rain, my hair clinging to my face, on the front door step of people I had never met before. I brought my cold fist to the door, and hit it twice. An elderly woman answered nearly right away, and baby slung on her hip.
"You must be Morgan. Come on in, dear." I followed the woman, closing the door behind me. "Xander drop that pillow right now." I stood right inside the door, not wanting to drip on their floor. Another lady walked up to me, smiling and handing me a towel.
"I'm Kieran. Your Morgan right? Alyce's friend."
"Yea. Sorry to bother you, I just didn't know where else to go."
"Not a problem. I love guests. Come meet everyone. Don't worry about dripping." She lead me into the family room, then whistled loudly. Everyone froze. "This is Morgan. She'll be staying with us for a while." The excitement of the full room resumed.
"Welcome to the Tierk house. Twenty four hour excitement. Peyton." **
**"Morgan, hi." Peyton closed her book, and sat up. "Do you need something?"
"Help. I need to be reined." She frowned slightly. "Please." She sighed, and agreed. She gathered up Lynx and Kieran, her sisters, and we headed down to the basement.
"How are you feeling?" Peyton asked.
"Drained, but happy. Thanks." I sat up dizzily. I couldn't hurt anyone anymore.**
**"Itsy, bitzy Morgan, thinks I'm really gone. Itsy bitzy Morgan is very, very wrong."
"No." I covered my mouth with my hands.
"You think a pathetic spell from that brother of yours would really keep me away?" She barked laughing. "On the contrary my girl. It made me stronger than I ever have been. I mean look at me. No longer some wandering anam, but real and solid."
"You can't be. Killian.."
"You fool, it's impolite not to listen. He made me stronger. What a pathetic girl." Her newly solid form lifted her hand. I was thrown to the ground, whimpering in the corner. "See, what you did to stop me, that wasn't very nice. Fighting back wasn't cool. Now you can see my real power." She lifted her outstretched hand, causing my back to slide up the wall. "Your going to pay Morgan MacEwan, you are going to pay."
"That's not my name," I choked out.
"Like I care." She studied her nails for a second, then let me slide higher up to the ceiling. "Not only are you going to pay, but your family will pay. Again."
"Leave them alone."
"Or maybe that new family of yours. The Tierks, is it not? What a lovely bunch of red-heads they are. Too bad."
"Leave...them..alone!"
"And just what are you about it? Incase you haven't noticed, your pinned against a wall, by my doing." She yawned, and patted her mouth with her other hand. "This is tiresome. Bye Morgan, I'll be seeing you soon." She dropped me. "But I'll be seeing your Tierk's, sooner." She winked, leaving me in a horrible heaping mess.**
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"Hey," I bashfully walked into Bree's room. She was holding one of the babies, while Robbie sat on the end of her bed holding the other.
"Morgan, come on in." Bree said quietly. I walked around the bed, leaning on the small counter, that already held two vases of flowers. "Did Robbie tell you their names?"
"Yea, he did. Which one is which?"
"This one here, is little Samara Morgan." Bree said, nodding her arms. I looked down and studied her. She had Bree's nose, and Robbie's chin. "And that," she nodded to Robbie's arms. "Is Hallie Anika."
"There so adorable."
"Want to hold her?" Robbie asked. I grinned as Hallie was shifted into my arms. She gurgled and waved her tiny fist at me. "I can believe I'm a dad."
"Three times." Bree added.
"You two are going to be great parents." I said, handing Hallie back to Robbie.
"What about you? When can we expect to see tiny Morgan's running around?" Bree smiled, looking away from Samara.
"I dunno, with all these babies being born, and two of them actually named Morgan..." I said, trying to be serious.
"Two? Who else is besides Samara."
"Aunt Eileen and Paula's daughter. Isabella Morgan Rayne."
"Oh. I didn't know they had a baby."
"Neither did I." I said quietly. "I'm going to head home. I'll come by tomorrow." Bree reached for my hand, briefly squeezing it. "Congratulations." I said before I left. I passed Hunter in the hall, on his way to go see Robbie and Bree.
"Where are you going, love?" Hunter asked.
"I think I'm just going to go home." I told him.
"Are you not feeling well?" He tilted his head, making him look like a child.
"I don't know." I said truthfully. I wasn't sick, but I wasn't feeling healthy. "Maybe the smell is just getting to me.
"I'll just go tell them I'm leaving, and I'll come with you."
"We're in separate cars."
"That's right."
"I'll just see you at home."
"Where's home Morgan?" Hunter tenderly asked. Where was home? Lilith with the Tierks? My childhood home with my parents, sister and niece?
"Wherever you are." I let my mouth curl into a small smile. That's where home was. Hunter brought me to him, giving me a long hug. "I think I'll go talk to Mary K, then go back to your place and cook something up."
"Love you Morgan." He said releasing me. I leaned up and kissed him, before I walked to the exit. On the way, I passes Sharon, who was sitting behind the huge desk. I felt guilt again.
I pulled my gigantic love of a car into the driveway, and walked to the door of my house. Should I knock? No this was my house too. "Mary K?" I called, pulling my feet out of my clogs. I cast out my senses, and found her in the living room. She was laying numb on the couch, one hand on her stomach, the other across her eyes. I noticed Paige was crawling around the living room floor, pushing a duck on wheels. Her face lightened when she saw me walk into the living room. She crawled over to me, then used my legs to help her stand. I picked her up, then walked to the couch, and sat down beside her feet. "What'd the doctor say?"
"Four months with another girl." She distantly murmured. "You were right earlier on, Morgan. The slut needs to take a hike, and I've made her. No more of this. No more sleeping with every guy willing, no more getting pregnant, no more skipping school. No more blowing off homework. I'm done being what everyone else wants me to be. I've disappointed everyone one to many times, and I'm sick of it. I miss being Mary K." Paige crawled out of my arms, and onto Mary K.
"Don't cry mommy." She hugged her mom. Mary K slung an arm around Paige, and sat up.
"Guess what, baby. Your going to have a little sister in a few months." Paige squealed.
"Uh, Paige, why don't you go play." I suggested to her. Mary K picked up the hint, and let Paige down. We watched her crawl into the kitchen, with her little duck. "I'm not sorry I left, Mary K." I told her. She looked hurt. "At the time, I thought I was dangerous, and I needed to get away from everyone. I am sorry that I made you all worry, and that I missed the past two years of your lives, but I had to go. Do you understand that?"
"Ya, in some twisted way, I think I do. But I guess if I look at it another way, if you wouldn't have left, I would have never had Paige." She lovingly watched her daughter scuttle around the floor. "You know, I'm going to spend more time with her. I haven't been the best mom that I should be." She paused. "Know who the best uncle to be has been?"
I looked down at my ring. "Is it that obvious?"
"Well yea." Mary K rolled her eyes. "As if he wouldn't ask. He devoted every second to you before, and during you were gone. Now he's going to devote after, as well."
"So did you get the royal scream from mom and dad in the car?" I asked, changing the subject.
Mary K groaned. "I wish. They gave me the silent treatment."
"Ouch." That was always worse than being yelled at. " I better get back to Hunter's place. I told him I'd cook something for dinner." I stood up, and made a move to the door.
"Morgan."
"Yea?"
"Did you do something to Robbie?"
"Tell mom I'll call her later. I'm just going to stay at Hunter's and think." She knew the answer, so I don't know why she even asked. I didn't really want to tell her either, because I knew, even though I had fixed her eyes, she still didn't trust my magick. She really didn't have a reason to. She had mostly only seen bad of it.
"Ok. Bye Morgan." Before I left, I had the sudden urge to draw eolh. I let my fingers dance on the door frame, wondering why I was even doing this. Protection from what? Maybe it was just to protect Mary K's coming baby. Yea, that's what it was. I shook the thoughts from my head, and made my way to my car.
I felt Hunter come home a few minutes after I did. I was in the kitchen, rummaging through the cupboards, to see what they had here. There wasn't much, but I managed to find some potatoes and chicken.
"Hey." He breathed in my ear, wrapping his arms around my stomach. I stopped peeling the potato in my hand and smiled. "Did you have a good chat with your sister?"
"Yes."
"She didn't say anything in the car either way."
"She's about four months along, with another girl." I told him. He tensed slightly. "She said you were the best uncle for Paige."
"Did she now?"
"Yea. Now you go sit. I have to finish." I ordered. He chuckled, letting go of me, and taking a seat at the table.
The night was pretty uneventful. Sky came home after work, just in time for dinner. The three of us sat down, and I listened as Sky told me all about becoming manager of the record store, and everything else that had happened since I was gone. I called mom when Hunter and Sky were busy doing the dishes. She seemed disappointed that I hadn't actually come home like I had promised, but she said she appreciated me calling. Once we hung up, I sat on the couch staring into space. I could hear the dishes clanking together, and Hunter and Sky's murmur's of their conversation. It acted as a lullaby, and sent me straight to sleep.
**I stood in the pouring rain, my hair clinging to my face, on the front door step of people I had never met before. I brought my cold fist to the door, and hit it twice. An elderly woman answered nearly right away, and baby slung on her hip.
"You must be Morgan. Come on in, dear." I followed the woman, closing the door behind me. "Xander drop that pillow right now." I stood right inside the door, not wanting to drip on their floor. Another lady walked up to me, smiling and handing me a towel.
"I'm Kieran. Your Morgan right? Alyce's friend."
"Yea. Sorry to bother you, I just didn't know where else to go."
"Not a problem. I love guests. Come meet everyone. Don't worry about dripping." She lead me into the family room, then whistled loudly. Everyone froze. "This is Morgan. She'll be staying with us for a while." The excitement of the full room resumed.
"Welcome to the Tierk house. Twenty four hour excitement. Peyton." **
**"Morgan, hi." Peyton closed her book, and sat up. "Do you need something?"
"Help. I need to be reined." She frowned slightly. "Please." She sighed, and agreed. She gathered up Lynx and Kieran, her sisters, and we headed down to the basement.
"How are you feeling?" Peyton asked.
"Drained, but happy. Thanks." I sat up dizzily. I couldn't hurt anyone anymore.**
**"Itsy, bitzy Morgan, thinks I'm really gone. Itsy bitzy Morgan is very, very wrong."
"No." I covered my mouth with my hands.
"You think a pathetic spell from that brother of yours would really keep me away?" She barked laughing. "On the contrary my girl. It made me stronger than I ever have been. I mean look at me. No longer some wandering anam, but real and solid."
"You can't be. Killian.."
"You fool, it's impolite not to listen. He made me stronger. What a pathetic girl." Her newly solid form lifted her hand. I was thrown to the ground, whimpering in the corner. "See, what you did to stop me, that wasn't very nice. Fighting back wasn't cool. Now you can see my real power." She lifted her outstretched hand, causing my back to slide up the wall. "Your going to pay Morgan MacEwan, you are going to pay."
"That's not my name," I choked out.
"Like I care." She studied her nails for a second, then let me slide higher up to the ceiling. "Not only are you going to pay, but your family will pay. Again."
"Leave them alone."
"Or maybe that new family of yours. The Tierks, is it not? What a lovely bunch of red-heads they are. Too bad."
"Leave...them..alone!"
"And just what are you about it? Incase you haven't noticed, your pinned against a wall, by my doing." She yawned, and patted her mouth with her other hand. "This is tiresome. Bye Morgan, I'll be seeing you soon." She dropped me. "But I'll be seeing your Tierk's, sooner." She winked, leaving me in a horrible heaping mess.**
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