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-Running Blind-
Chapter 15-
-Interlude: Feb 8, 2050-
The eight year old scratched her chin with the eraser of the pencil. She'd been working on her homework assignment for the last hour and a half, and had come upon a problem with the paper she was writing. As she sat at the kitchen table with her notebook open before her, the sounds of an acoustic guitar could be heard coming from the living room.
Her brother sat next to her and tapped his pencil against the table in frustration. He and his sister were in the same grade and shared the same homework assignment. He leaned forward and quickly snatched his sister's notebook and began to read what she had written.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing? Give that back!" the dark haired girl yelled at her twin brother angrily, as she jumped up to retrieve her homework.
Suddenly, the guitar sounds from the living room stopped, and then footsteps could be heard. The boy immediately tossed the notebook back to his sister, as their mom came into the room.
"Okay, you two, what's going on in here?" she asked, as she came up behind them and ruffled their hair.
"He grabbed my notebook so he could copy my answers!"the girl complained, as she gave her brother an annoyed look.
The tall woman looked over at her son. "Is that so?" she asked, as he shook his head innocently. She sighed. "I think it's time for a snack break, don't you?" she suggested as she made her way over to the counter and reached for the bread..
A few minutes later, she sat across from the children while they ate.
"Mom." the girl asked as she took a bite of her peanut butter sandwich, "When will mommy be home?"
"Mmmm, she'll probably be here in another half-hour." she answered, absently brushing some stray breadcrumbs from her black tank top. "Why?"
The girl looked over at her brother. "Well..." she began.
"We need help with this stupid paper we have to write!" the boy complained, then drained his glass of milk in one large gulp.
"Homework? Well hey, maybe I can help with that." their mom suggested.
The girl raised her eyebrow at that.
"C'mon now" her mom said with a smirk, "I may not be quite as good with homework as mommy, but I can still give you a hand you know.."
"Well..."the girl explained a bit hesitantly, "We have to write a report about our family."
"I haven't even started yet." the boy pouted, as he slumped down into the kitchen chair.
"Family, hmm?" she mused, then turned to her daughter. "Well, why don't you read to me what you've written so far."
The girl nodded as she began to read from her notebook. "My family, by Lyssa Yamazaki-Asagiri. While some kids live with both their mother and father, and others live with only one parent or guardian, my brother and I live with two mothers- mommy and mom."
"My mommy is a very pretty woman who wears dresses and works in an office. She likes taking us to the park or the art museum on weekends, and helps us with our homework during the week. On her days off, she likes to bake cookies and cook for us and my other mother. She also likes to take me clothes shopping.
My mom is also very pretty just like mommy, but people who don't know her well are sometimes afraid of her at first because she likes to wear leather and rides a motorcycle. She's a singer in a rock band too. She and my brother like to fix up old bikes and watch sports on tv. And unlike mommy, she usually likes to fix sandwiches or microwave stuff instead of cooking. Both mom and mommy love us very much and always tell us that we're the best thing that ever happened to them."
"Yeah mom, you and mommy rock!" her brother interjected with a loud whoop.
Their mom laughed at that. Then she smiled a warm smile to her children. "You guys rock too, and you are the best thing that ever happened to mommy and me."
Lyssa smiled lovingly back at her mom before continuing her report. "I also have my Aunt Nene and Aunt Sylia. I like to stay over at Aunt Nene's because we get to order pizza and stay up past our bedtime watching silly movies. Aunt Sylia's fun too, and she said when I get older she's going to teach me all about clothes and makeup..."
"What's wrong, honey? Your report sounds fine." her mom reassured her, wondering why the girl had paused in her reading.
"Well, what about grandparents?" the girl asked, as she exchanged a look with her brother.
"Grandparents?" her mom repeated, her face falling a bit.
"All the other kids have grandfathers and grandmothers but we don't. Why?" the girl asked in a puzzled tone.
"Yeah, I wanna know too!" the boy called out.
The woman squirmed uncomfortably under the intense gaze of her children's questioning eyes. Taking a deep breath, she let out a deep sigh and looked down at them sadly. "It's a long story. You see.." she began.
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November 13, 2041
Linna slowly opened her eyes, noticing that she was in a bright, small white room. Looking to her right, she saw a tube running from her arm to a set of machines, and realized she was in a hospital.
'The baby!' she thought frantically, as the sudden memory of the pain came back. She remembered falling as everything around her faded to black. Shaking, she put her hand around her belly protectively, then slowly turned and looked to her left.
There was Priss, slumped in a chair right next to her bed, a bouquet of wilted flowers in her lap. Several empty Styrofoam coffee cups were on a small table near her, and from the dark bags beneath her eyes and unkempt hair, Linna figured that her girlfriend had only just fallen asleep after watching over her for a long time.
She was just about to call out Priss's name, when suddenly she heard a knock on the door and then it opened and her father came into the room, looking tired and unhappy.
"Daddy?" she asked anxiously. "What happened?"
Her father came over to her bedside. "Everything's fine. You passed out into her arms.." her dad made a motion in Priss's direction, "And I called an ambulance and they brought you here." he said somberly.
"What about mom?" Linna asked. "Is she here too?"
Her dad looked away. "No."
"Oh, I see." Linna said sadly, then she looked over at Priss asleep in the chair. "Um, daddy, I can understand why you're here, since you're my immediate family. But Priss isn't. So why?..."she began.
Her dad looked back at his daughter again. "I told the hospital to give her permission." he replied.
"Really?" Linna asked in confusion. She'd never have thought that her dad would allow Priss to stay by her side.
"Don't get the wrong idea, Linna. I don't like her and I definitely don't like the thought of you two raising a family together. But I'll give that woman this much; she's persistent. Not that I literally thought she would 'rip my lungs out' like she threatened to if I didn't let her stay in your room with you, but it was quite clear that she wasn't going anywhere once we got to the hospital." he informed his daughter, as he shook his head and rubbed the back of his neck. "That's a damn hard headed woman."
Linna smiled as she glanced over to the sleeping figure hunched over in the chair next to her bed. "That's my Priss." she said softy.
"Well, it seems that you've made your choice, Linna. I love you, but I cannot condone this relationship. I will support you financially, but that's all I will do. Please do not expect a relationship with your mother and I; If you cannot live the kind of life that we expect from our only daughter- you're no longer family in our eyes." he told her somberly, his face looking old and tired as he said the words.
Then he turned and left the room, not stopping to glance back at his heartbroken daughter.
Suddenly, Priss stretched, sat up in her chair and looked around. "So is he gone?" she mumbled.
"What? Wait a minute..were you awake the whole time?" Linna asked her girlfriend, who came up beside her and put her arms around her, one of her hands reaching around to gently rub her girlfriends belly.
Linna looked down at her girlfriends hand that was resting on her stomach. "I'm so glad the baby is alright." she sighed in relief.
Priss looked down at Linna with a smirk. "Yeah, both of them are doing fine..." she began...
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Chapter 16-
A/N- Sorry for the delay in updates. I hope you enjoy this chapter and I want to thank Baka Gaijin30 for all his help, support and ideas on this chapter. I couldn't have done it without you! Thank you to all who have reviewed this story or asked me to continue. I hope you will stick around for the following chapters and please let me know if you liked it or not. As always, concrit is appreciated. Thank you!