A/N thanks for the reviews, hum, I know I said that Haley would show up in
two chapters, two chapters ago, but things just didn't work out, but keep
in mind, Sky is just outside or Seattle now.(wink wink) she'll be making an
appearance real soon.
Chapter 50
How would they just like, show up? Damon fumed. Christ, they hadn't been here when he'd needed them and now they were here when he didn't need them. Shit. He kicked the ground, frustrated. He turned around when he heard someone approaching; it was Liam. Damon saw that he was on guard, waiting to see what his reaction would be, but Damon stayed indifferent and didn't even acknowledge him.
Liam looked off into the horizon and said nothing for a while, he just stood there and tried to guess what Damon was thinking, something that had been so easy to do when they had been young, but now, Damon was all closed up and frankly, Liam didn't know his brother anymore.
"So." Liam finally said.
Damon looked up and arched an eyebrow; waiting for Liam to go on.
"What was up with that whole; I don't give a shit, so just leave me alone act?"
"If I knew, I'd probably tell you, kid, but frankly, I don't know you, so what's the point?" Damon answered frankly.
"Christ, what's up with you?" Liam sneered and started to walk away, but Damon caught him on the cheek with a fist before he could even take a step. Liam was stunned at what Damon had done and didn't react for a whole thirty seconds. Then anger took over and he lunged at Damon.
Fist flew and hit their marks time and time again. The guys went at it for a whole fifteen minutes. Both bleeding from the lip and other places. Bruises already appearing on their flesh. When they decided that it was a no win situation, they stopped and looked each other in the eyes; but it was Sky voice that broke the staring contest, "You done yet, cause they're going into the house." To Sky's amazement, both Liam and Damon grinned devilishly.
"You got better." Liam observed.
"Diddo." Damon replied.
And for the first time since the brothers had been reunited they looked at each other sincerely, Damon with a hurt look and Liam with almost a regretful one, "Why did you leave?" Damon finally ask.
Liam shrugged, "I don't know, I just wanted to feel the thrill, I guess."
"I would have come with you." Damon said.
Liam looked up, surprised, "But, you didn't even like me, Damon, I was you're kid brother, that was it."
"Are you nuts? The only reason I acted that way was because I envied you.Christ, you were always the strong one and the serious one, but me, no, I had to make a joke out of everything, but not you."
"Well, shit Damon, you could have said something." Liam said.
"Well, that's in the past, nothing we can do about it now." Damon answered truthfully.
Liam nodded, Sky walked up to them again and gave them both a look. His gaze finally settled on Damon, "You cool?"
"I'm cool." Damon answered truthfully.
"Good." Sky said, and walked away, his younger brothers not far behind.
***
"Alec?" Zack said when the phone picked up.
"Ya, its me, what's up?" Alec asked.
"Bring your wife and daughter, and come to my place. Trust me, you want to be here.bring Blade and his family too." Zack hung up before Alec could ask any questions. Something was obviously wrong; maybe it was Damon, but why would he want Blade there? Alec was all to curious to just ignored it so he called Sam at her house and Fox answered. Now that his daughter had already given him four granddaughters he finally accepted Fox. He quickly told him to gather his family up and head to Zack's ranch. He then called Blade and told him to get his sons and wife and head to Zack's. He went into his bedroom and found his wife sound a sleep. He woke her up with a slow lingering kiss which she smiled at and looked up with love into his eyes,
"Zack wants us to go to his place.now." Alec said.
Max frowned, "Is everything alright?"
"I don't know, Zack wasn't very informative; you know him." He implied. Max nodded and slowly got out of bed and Alec watched her. He couldn't believe that he was still so much in love with her. They had lived trough though times and good times in their lives together and apart. They had made four wonderful children that would probably drive them to their grave, but he loved them all the same. It had been twenty years since he had first met Max. He smiled, he remembered when he had only been a kid himself and been placed with her to be her breeding partner. God, how things had changed since then. He loved her more every day and she brought the best in him, no doubt about it.
"Come on honey." He said lovingly.
"Coming." Max answered from the bathroom.
***
When they got to the farm they were blown away by all the motorcycles and SUVs that were present. Alec cautiously got out and went to Max, "What do you make of it?" he asked.
Max met his gaze, "I don't know.I really don't know."
They walked up to the front door and opened it, the first person they saw had Alec swearing his ass off. He did quick calculations and was sure that there was no way in hell he could have another son about the same age as Sky and Sam, no fucking way. Max looked at him horrified.
"He can't be mine, Max, Jesus, he can't." Alec pleaded with her. The kid that looked so much like her sons walked over and grinned.
"No worried, I'm Rick.I think I'm your long lost nephew.Ben was my father." Rick supplied.
"Ben?" Max cried and tears gathered in her eyes, "You're Ben's son?"
Rick knew that this was the women that had killed his father, yet he she was, looking at him with such compassion, "Ya, I have two other brothers, we're triplets."
"You're my nephew?" Alec asked, surprised.
"Yup, sorry I scared ya." Rick grinned. Yet he looked at his uncle with new interest. Liam had told him that his father had been a triplet, so this man probably looked exactly like his father had.
Max placed a hand one Rick's shoulder, "I'm happy and glad to meet you Rick, your father was a good man." She said sincerely,
Blade and his gang walked in next, when he saw Rick his eyes went wide, "Oh shit." He looked at his wife who's eyes had gone wide. "He's not mine, I swear it."
Rick let out a deep laugh, "No, I'm not yours but I am your nephew."
Blade's eyes went to Alec, shocked.
"I'm not his either." Rick added, seeing Blade's expression.
"Ben?" Blade finally asked. Rick nodded.
Blade went to him and took his hand, "It's good to meet you, I never knew Ben."
Rick hadn't known this and frowned.
"Long story." Alec said.
"Dad! Mom!" Came a surprised and excited voice, yet a voice that had changed so much that it was almost unrecognisable.
Alec and Max looked up and their eyes widened in shock as they saw their baby walk up to them, all five foot eleven of him. "Oh my god, Liam?" Max managed and started crying. She grabbed her son, "Liam? Oh god, my baby." Liam patted her back and said words of comfort to her. His eyes met his fathers and he grinned, Alec couldn't help but grin back. God his son! And then he realised, if Liam was here, so was Sky. He looked around wildly where the living room was pact full of people. Then a deep voice said, "Looking for me?" Alec turned around and stood only a foot away from his eldest son, who was grinning cockily. Everything was forgotten in that precise moment, Alec didn't care what other people thought, but he grabbed his son, the son he hardly knew, yet knew so much of and hugged him fiercely.
"God dammit am I ever glad to see you." Alec said with complete sincerity.
"Me too dad, me too." Sky said.
That's when Max noticed him and the tears spilled over again. She rushed to him and he rapped his arms around her. "Hi, mom."
"Sky?" Max asked, just to make sure.
"It's me mom.I'm not going anywhere's." Sky tried reassuring her.
"I'll hold you to that, you stubborn hard headed man, oh, I've missed you sooo much." Max held on to him even tighter.
Sky grinned. He looked over at his father and knew that he had been forgiven. Damon walked up and both Max and Alec made a fuss over him too. Max realised that it was the first time that she had all her sons in the same room, now all that was missing was Sam.
Then Max saw a figure out of the corner of her eye and she met the man's eyes. He looked to be around her age, yet there was something so familiar about him and then it dawned on her. The dark wary eyes and the straight hair. She remembered those traits as if it were only yesterday, yet it had been thirty four years since she had last seen him on that cold winter night of their escape in 2009 when they had been only children, yet now he stood, only a few feet away from her, a man. She walked over to him slowly and frowned. "Maxie." He said.
A silent tear spilled over, "Zane?"
"Hi, honey." He smiled. He had always been the flirt, even when he'd been ten.
"Oh, Zane." And she hugged him tightly.
Alec remembered her telling him about all her brothers and sisters and this was one of them. Obviously one she hadn't seen since the escape.
"I'm Alec." Alec walked up and put out his hand. Zane didn't take it, he was so shocked by the resemblance between him and Ben and then Zane saw the other double; Blade, "Jesus, you look so much like him." Zane said.
Both Alec and Blade nodded solemnly.
The party started then. Kids were introduced to their uncles and aunts, memories were shared, good ones and bad ones. It went on for an hour when Sam, Fox and their four kids showed up. Sky noticed her first.he had felt her when she had gotten close. He could tell she had felt the same thing because she was looking around wildly. Alec had informed Sky that Sam now had four daughters. Sky had gulped at that information. Alec had only nodded.
Sky walked up to her and she finally spotted him when he stood only a few feet away. She handed the baby she had in her arms to her husband and then launched herself into her brothers arms. "Sky." She whispered.
"Hey, Sammy." He smiled. But then his gaze met Fox's and he knew that they would soon have a talk.man to man. Sky shrugged the protective feeling off when Fox met his defiant gaze, at least he knew his sister was loved and cared for.
"Is Liam here too?" Sam asked.
Sky nodded.
"This is perfect.Sky, I want you to meet my husband, Fox." They grudgingly shook hands, "and this," she said pointing to the baby in Fox's arms "is Domy. And the little one here is Sasha and the twins are Callie and Reilly."
"You've been busy." Sky said sincerely.
Sam turned red and slapped him on the arm, Fox only grinned cockily.
Sam was quickly introduced to all the new cousins and uncles. She had at first been surprised to see Rick Jack and Nick, thinking they were somehow brothers, but she had been quickly told otherwise.
The family stayed up all night getting to know each other and talking about everything. Zane and his wife made plans for them to move back West and the Trio as everybody would come to call them decided they would stay on the farm or at Blade's or Alec's place. They had been well welcomed.
Sky had reassured his mother over an over again that he was home for good because frankly, he had some unfinished business to deal with.something that would bring unexpected surprises. ***
It was only three weeks later, when he knocked on her apartment door where he had left five years ago that he was faced with the first set of surprises.
When he looked at her and the people that surrounded her his heart shattered.he was devastated. Sky could hardly bring himself to think the words.
..she was married and had KIDS.
A/N now I've got you all tied up in knots but I'm not gonna update unless I've got at least ten reviews from ten different people.I can be pretty stubborn. Review please and let me know your comments!!!!!!
Chapter 50
How would they just like, show up? Damon fumed. Christ, they hadn't been here when he'd needed them and now they were here when he didn't need them. Shit. He kicked the ground, frustrated. He turned around when he heard someone approaching; it was Liam. Damon saw that he was on guard, waiting to see what his reaction would be, but Damon stayed indifferent and didn't even acknowledge him.
Liam looked off into the horizon and said nothing for a while, he just stood there and tried to guess what Damon was thinking, something that had been so easy to do when they had been young, but now, Damon was all closed up and frankly, Liam didn't know his brother anymore.
"So." Liam finally said.
Damon looked up and arched an eyebrow; waiting for Liam to go on.
"What was up with that whole; I don't give a shit, so just leave me alone act?"
"If I knew, I'd probably tell you, kid, but frankly, I don't know you, so what's the point?" Damon answered frankly.
"Christ, what's up with you?" Liam sneered and started to walk away, but Damon caught him on the cheek with a fist before he could even take a step. Liam was stunned at what Damon had done and didn't react for a whole thirty seconds. Then anger took over and he lunged at Damon.
Fist flew and hit their marks time and time again. The guys went at it for a whole fifteen minutes. Both bleeding from the lip and other places. Bruises already appearing on their flesh. When they decided that it was a no win situation, they stopped and looked each other in the eyes; but it was Sky voice that broke the staring contest, "You done yet, cause they're going into the house." To Sky's amazement, both Liam and Damon grinned devilishly.
"You got better." Liam observed.
"Diddo." Damon replied.
And for the first time since the brothers had been reunited they looked at each other sincerely, Damon with a hurt look and Liam with almost a regretful one, "Why did you leave?" Damon finally ask.
Liam shrugged, "I don't know, I just wanted to feel the thrill, I guess."
"I would have come with you." Damon said.
Liam looked up, surprised, "But, you didn't even like me, Damon, I was you're kid brother, that was it."
"Are you nuts? The only reason I acted that way was because I envied you.Christ, you were always the strong one and the serious one, but me, no, I had to make a joke out of everything, but not you."
"Well, shit Damon, you could have said something." Liam said.
"Well, that's in the past, nothing we can do about it now." Damon answered truthfully.
Liam nodded, Sky walked up to them again and gave them both a look. His gaze finally settled on Damon, "You cool?"
"I'm cool." Damon answered truthfully.
"Good." Sky said, and walked away, his younger brothers not far behind.
***
"Alec?" Zack said when the phone picked up.
"Ya, its me, what's up?" Alec asked.
"Bring your wife and daughter, and come to my place. Trust me, you want to be here.bring Blade and his family too." Zack hung up before Alec could ask any questions. Something was obviously wrong; maybe it was Damon, but why would he want Blade there? Alec was all to curious to just ignored it so he called Sam at her house and Fox answered. Now that his daughter had already given him four granddaughters he finally accepted Fox. He quickly told him to gather his family up and head to Zack's ranch. He then called Blade and told him to get his sons and wife and head to Zack's. He went into his bedroom and found his wife sound a sleep. He woke her up with a slow lingering kiss which she smiled at and looked up with love into his eyes,
"Zack wants us to go to his place.now." Alec said.
Max frowned, "Is everything alright?"
"I don't know, Zack wasn't very informative; you know him." He implied. Max nodded and slowly got out of bed and Alec watched her. He couldn't believe that he was still so much in love with her. They had lived trough though times and good times in their lives together and apart. They had made four wonderful children that would probably drive them to their grave, but he loved them all the same. It had been twenty years since he had first met Max. He smiled, he remembered when he had only been a kid himself and been placed with her to be her breeding partner. God, how things had changed since then. He loved her more every day and she brought the best in him, no doubt about it.
"Come on honey." He said lovingly.
"Coming." Max answered from the bathroom.
***
When they got to the farm they were blown away by all the motorcycles and SUVs that were present. Alec cautiously got out and went to Max, "What do you make of it?" he asked.
Max met his gaze, "I don't know.I really don't know."
They walked up to the front door and opened it, the first person they saw had Alec swearing his ass off. He did quick calculations and was sure that there was no way in hell he could have another son about the same age as Sky and Sam, no fucking way. Max looked at him horrified.
"He can't be mine, Max, Jesus, he can't." Alec pleaded with her. The kid that looked so much like her sons walked over and grinned.
"No worried, I'm Rick.I think I'm your long lost nephew.Ben was my father." Rick supplied.
"Ben?" Max cried and tears gathered in her eyes, "You're Ben's son?"
Rick knew that this was the women that had killed his father, yet he she was, looking at him with such compassion, "Ya, I have two other brothers, we're triplets."
"You're my nephew?" Alec asked, surprised.
"Yup, sorry I scared ya." Rick grinned. Yet he looked at his uncle with new interest. Liam had told him that his father had been a triplet, so this man probably looked exactly like his father had.
Max placed a hand one Rick's shoulder, "I'm happy and glad to meet you Rick, your father was a good man." She said sincerely,
Blade and his gang walked in next, when he saw Rick his eyes went wide, "Oh shit." He looked at his wife who's eyes had gone wide. "He's not mine, I swear it."
Rick let out a deep laugh, "No, I'm not yours but I am your nephew."
Blade's eyes went to Alec, shocked.
"I'm not his either." Rick added, seeing Blade's expression.
"Ben?" Blade finally asked. Rick nodded.
Blade went to him and took his hand, "It's good to meet you, I never knew Ben."
Rick hadn't known this and frowned.
"Long story." Alec said.
"Dad! Mom!" Came a surprised and excited voice, yet a voice that had changed so much that it was almost unrecognisable.
Alec and Max looked up and their eyes widened in shock as they saw their baby walk up to them, all five foot eleven of him. "Oh my god, Liam?" Max managed and started crying. She grabbed her son, "Liam? Oh god, my baby." Liam patted her back and said words of comfort to her. His eyes met his fathers and he grinned, Alec couldn't help but grin back. God his son! And then he realised, if Liam was here, so was Sky. He looked around wildly where the living room was pact full of people. Then a deep voice said, "Looking for me?" Alec turned around and stood only a foot away from his eldest son, who was grinning cockily. Everything was forgotten in that precise moment, Alec didn't care what other people thought, but he grabbed his son, the son he hardly knew, yet knew so much of and hugged him fiercely.
"God dammit am I ever glad to see you." Alec said with complete sincerity.
"Me too dad, me too." Sky said.
That's when Max noticed him and the tears spilled over again. She rushed to him and he rapped his arms around her. "Hi, mom."
"Sky?" Max asked, just to make sure.
"It's me mom.I'm not going anywhere's." Sky tried reassuring her.
"I'll hold you to that, you stubborn hard headed man, oh, I've missed you sooo much." Max held on to him even tighter.
Sky grinned. He looked over at his father and knew that he had been forgiven. Damon walked up and both Max and Alec made a fuss over him too. Max realised that it was the first time that she had all her sons in the same room, now all that was missing was Sam.
Then Max saw a figure out of the corner of her eye and she met the man's eyes. He looked to be around her age, yet there was something so familiar about him and then it dawned on her. The dark wary eyes and the straight hair. She remembered those traits as if it were only yesterday, yet it had been thirty four years since she had last seen him on that cold winter night of their escape in 2009 when they had been only children, yet now he stood, only a few feet away from her, a man. She walked over to him slowly and frowned. "Maxie." He said.
A silent tear spilled over, "Zane?"
"Hi, honey." He smiled. He had always been the flirt, even when he'd been ten.
"Oh, Zane." And she hugged him tightly.
Alec remembered her telling him about all her brothers and sisters and this was one of them. Obviously one she hadn't seen since the escape.
"I'm Alec." Alec walked up and put out his hand. Zane didn't take it, he was so shocked by the resemblance between him and Ben and then Zane saw the other double; Blade, "Jesus, you look so much like him." Zane said.
Both Alec and Blade nodded solemnly.
The party started then. Kids were introduced to their uncles and aunts, memories were shared, good ones and bad ones. It went on for an hour when Sam, Fox and their four kids showed up. Sky noticed her first.he had felt her when she had gotten close. He could tell she had felt the same thing because she was looking around wildly. Alec had informed Sky that Sam now had four daughters. Sky had gulped at that information. Alec had only nodded.
Sky walked up to her and she finally spotted him when he stood only a few feet away. She handed the baby she had in her arms to her husband and then launched herself into her brothers arms. "Sky." She whispered.
"Hey, Sammy." He smiled. But then his gaze met Fox's and he knew that they would soon have a talk.man to man. Sky shrugged the protective feeling off when Fox met his defiant gaze, at least he knew his sister was loved and cared for.
"Is Liam here too?" Sam asked.
Sky nodded.
"This is perfect.Sky, I want you to meet my husband, Fox." They grudgingly shook hands, "and this," she said pointing to the baby in Fox's arms "is Domy. And the little one here is Sasha and the twins are Callie and Reilly."
"You've been busy." Sky said sincerely.
Sam turned red and slapped him on the arm, Fox only grinned cockily.
Sam was quickly introduced to all the new cousins and uncles. She had at first been surprised to see Rick Jack and Nick, thinking they were somehow brothers, but she had been quickly told otherwise.
The family stayed up all night getting to know each other and talking about everything. Zane and his wife made plans for them to move back West and the Trio as everybody would come to call them decided they would stay on the farm or at Blade's or Alec's place. They had been well welcomed.
Sky had reassured his mother over an over again that he was home for good because frankly, he had some unfinished business to deal with.something that would bring unexpected surprises. ***
It was only three weeks later, when he knocked on her apartment door where he had left five years ago that he was faced with the first set of surprises.
When he looked at her and the people that surrounded her his heart shattered.he was devastated. Sky could hardly bring himself to think the words.
..she was married and had KIDS.
A/N now I've got you all tied up in knots but I'm not gonna update unless I've got at least ten reviews from ten different people.I can be pretty stubborn. Review please and let me know your comments!!!!!!