Title: In the World of Maggie Stone—chapter 4

Author: Tracy Winston

Summary: What's going on back in Pine Valley in the world of Maggie?

Disclaimer: still don't own em

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Chapter 4

Being stuck in a plane for three and a half hours sucks! Okay, so maybe it'd be different if I was making out with a loved one, like the guy across the aisle from me… or at least I hope that's a loved one…

Instead, I'm sitting here with my headphones on, listening to a random mixed CD—Jamie made it for me a couple days before he ended up leaving town with Babe—trying to wrap my brain around the basics of micro-cell biology.

But my brain and heart decide that they don't want to cooperate—why change from the routine they've been in for the past year or so?—so I'm sitting here, staring down at the spiral notebook I use for by cell bio class, which currently is being filled with mindless doodles. Which look a lot like a silhouette of a woman… with long dark hair… dark eyes that you just get lost in…

Oh man, I'm losing my mind.

Another exasperated sigh escapes my lips as a drop my head down to my chest.

'Please let Binx be okay… please…I'd never forgive myself if I never got to see her again, never got to tell her…—what, that you think you might be in love with her?'

I hate that other part of my brain, the one that contradicts all my thoughts and emotions.

'So, what, you're gonna go down to Florida to attempt some Snow White/Prince Charming "wake up from a deep sleep" kiss and then ride off into the sunset? No no no, not so easily Mary Margaret. How easily you forget how many times you've broken Bianca's heart because of your confused emotions. And don't forget Lena! The woman who is actually dating your beloved Binx. Even if you got the courage to tell her what you think you feel for her, she'd still shoot you down; she's happy with Lena.'

Sitting up in the uncomfortable airplane chair, I sift through my stuff and turn up the volume on my CD player, hoping to drone out that voice in my head, which sounds a lot like that person who masqueraded as me and Frankie's mom, Gwen. Yeah, she might have given birth to us, but she was in no way a mom. 'I learned from her mistakes and from mistakes of my own. I'm going to Florida to make sure that my best friend is alright. And yeah, I happen to have conflicting feelings for said best friend, which if I'm honest I'll put under the category of "in love with." But going to the hospital isn't about a dating relationship with Bianca and me. This is about doing the best friend thing and making sure that she's alright. Oh, God, what am I going to do if she's not?'

Pushing all thoughts of Gwen, Lena and the possibility of Bianca not getting better out of my mind, I recline my seat a bit and try to force myself to get some sleep.

'I'm halfway there, Binx. Please hold on, I'll be there soon.'

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Not sure where all this inspiration is coming from, but I'm taking advantage of it before it dries up. Whatcha think? Lemme know! I've already got chapter five in mind, and I'll probably start it shortly after posting this, but I'm still open to some suggestion.

Steph,

aka Tracy Winston