A/N: Thanks for the reviews! Here is Chapter 7, I hope you all enjoy. I do not own Leverage.
A few days later Audrey found herself on the other side of the country in Portland, Oregon. Audrey was still trying to process everything that has happened. At times it would become all just too much and she would want to run back home and be with the mother she was familiar with. She missed her mother. But she stayed. That was where she needed to be. She needed and wanted to be around her I guess you could call her, her new mother. She is not too sure yet what to call Sophie. She wasn't quite comfortable yet calling her ''mom'' or ''momma'' or something of that nature. She still felt that Laura was still her mother and in a way she always would be because that was what she wanted and she knew that was what her mother wanted as well. But now she had another mother. One thing she knew for sure about her mother was that she loved her. That was the first thing she saw in her mother's eyes when she really saw her for the first time that night was love. Audrey just wasn't sure how she felt. She felt like she should love her mother too and she knew that eventually she would. But it would take time. Sophie was kind and patience and Audrey appreciated that. She also was trying to get used to the other people in her mother's life, especially Parker. She felt bad for admitting this but something about the woman was off. She would often just sit there and stare at her and then she would stare at Sophie. When she was sitting next to her mother, or near her Parker would stop whatever she was doing and she would just stare until Sophie yelled at her to stop. It was kind of creepy. Sophie asked Parker why she kept staring at her and Audrey and Parker said it was because she couldn't get over the fact that Audrey looked like Sophie and how they could have the same exact eyes. Sophie told her it was because of genetics and she was sure Parker looked like one of her parents. Parker did not like hearing that too much. Audrey could tell that Parker liked Hardison and Hardison liked her back. Hardison was the first person she started to feel comfortable around. She guessed it was because he was the closest to her age and at times he would act younger than she was. Hardison amused her. They would have these silly little contest where if she or the computer could find out an answer faster. Hardison couldn't get over the fact that Audrey was extremely smart. Parker at first wasn't too pleased with the time Audrey spent with Hardison but soon realized that nothing would ever happened because nothing ever would happen. Audrey most defiantly had no interest in Hardison in that way. He was just fun to be around. And there was Eliot. At first he scared her but soon she realized that unless she was causing or planning on causing any harm to her mother, Nate, Parker or Hardison she had nothing to fear from Eliot. In fact he also started to become protective over her. Eliot also needed a haircut and Audrey would often inform him of that fact. He would just scowl and walk away. But the person Audrey found herself paying the most attention to besides her mother was Nate. She loved the way Nate would look at her mother. Sophie had told her that she and Nate have this long history together and only recently they started to figure things out and perhaps they were finally in a relationship. If she didn't know any of this she would have sworn that they were both madly in love with each other and they have been married for many years. They have not been married, not yet anyway but she still believed they were madly in love with each other no matter how hard Nate and her mother would try to deny it to her or themselves. Deep down they knew this to be true. Her favorite thing about them would be their looks they would share; it was as if they would have these conversations with just their eyes. Her parents never had that. Audrey would try to catch every time Nate and her mother would have an eye conversation. She could see they had this deep connection that she has only ever witness in some sappy romantic movie. It was like magic. They clearly belonged together. She hoped that one day she could find someone and they could have the love and the connection that her mother had with Nate. Nate was also very supportive towards Sophie. He helped along the long waited conversation that she needed to have with her mother and her mother needed to have with her that was about to take place. Everyone had left and it was just Sophie and Audrey left. They sat facing each other on the sofa.
Sophie decided to speak first. ''So… we haven't really had the chance to speak in the last couple of days because of everything that has happened… all the changes, but I think they have been good changes. I hope you feel the same way. I am so very happy that you are here. To have you back in my life, is like a gift. I feel like my heart is whole again. I know we have lost time together and we never get that back but what we do have is now and the time we will have together. We can move however fast or slow you want. Whatever you feel comfortable with. I just want you to be happy and feel comfortable with me and I want you to know that you can tell me anything you want and if you ever need anything all you have to do is ask. You are the most important person in my life and nothing and no one will ever come before you. I love you so much… I know and I understand you are not ready to say it back and that's okay. I don't want to push you and make you do anything you are not ready to do. Well, I feel like I have spoken too much…is there anything you would like to say. Anything you would like to ask me?''
''Well… I do have a lot of questions I would like to ask you… oh my gosh I don't know where to begin… is there anything you think I should know? About me, like when I was younger. Or anything about you.''
Sophie sat for a moment, there was many things she wanted to tell her daughter but there was things that popped up right away. ''Yes, actually there are many things I would like to tell you but the thing that stands out the most right now is your name. There is a reason why I named you Audrey. You have heard of the actress Audrey Hepburn, right?''
''Yes, of course.''
''Well the first thing I feel in love with when I first came to America was the American cinema; I love all films in fact. I love acting! I was once an actress you know! Anyway one day I decided to watch ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' and I automatically feel in love with Audrey Hepburn. She was so beautiful and she was so loved. Watching an Audrey Hepburn film would make any bad day better. I just loved and still love Audrey so much. So I swore to myself that if I ever had a daughter I would name her after her because I knew she would be loved and adored as Audrey Hepburn was.''
''I did have a feeling that I was named after all and I like her movies as well. But wow, you were an actress?''
''Yes… well… yes I was! I was really good but for some reason many people wouldn't come to see my plays or people wouldn't like them. But Nate, he always told me how great I was and he said that he enjoyed every play that I was in.''
Audrey couldn't help but to smile at how her mother's eyes would light up when she talked Nate. ''Oh wow. That's so cool.''
Sophie smiled at her daughter. ''Yes, I guess it is.''
Sophie and Audrey spent the entire night talking and asking each other questions. They laughed, they cried. But most importantly they started to build their relationship. They each learned things about each other. Audrey learned about what her mother did and how she and the other members of the team would help people who couldn't get help from anywhere else. Sophie shared some of her past with her daughter. She admitted that Sophie wasn't her real name and told her what it was. She explained why she didn't go by her real name and that the other members of the team knew her real name too all except Nate, he would to earn the right to know. Audrey promised that she wouldn't tell him. Audrey told Sophie about how she found a picture of her in her parent's room and how she would often look at the picture and felt some kind of connection with her and she now knows why. How she knew that something wasn't right, that something was missing. That she knows now that is why her father would never look at her, it was because she looked so much like her mother. Audrey started to feel more at peace and like a weight has been lifted. She was happy that she decided to stay and that she was getting to know her mother.