The Courier's Daughter

by Genesis Vakarian

As you can see, this is about Female Courier Six having a daughter with Manny Vargas after dealing with the Legion and the fight over Hoover Dam. Her name is Hannah Harding, so this is all my own idea. Have suggestions? Please let me know in either comments, reviews or private messages. Read and review, if you would. First Fallout story. May change from T to M. Might not, depends.

8. Chapter 8

Mercy knows that ever since Bitterroot told her what had happened when he was a child, she should try to find out some more about her mother's side of the family. But all she has is tha fact that her mother was Courier Six before she was born. And that her maiden name was Harding.

But, she gave as much information that she had learned from both her mother's journals and from her father as well, and he took it with grace. There was always two songs that her mother loved though and that they were called Rooftops by a group called Lost Prophets and the other was called Lullaby for a stormy night by a woman named Vienna Teng. She recorded them both for her daughter to listen to as a memory and as a first and last gift from her as well.

One day, she was doing some paperwork for the records and listening to rooftops when Bitterroot hummed along with it. She smiled and asked, "So, you like this song huh? Mama recorded this one and another one for me called lullaby for a stormy night, they were both her personnel favorites before she passed on eighteen years ago. Well, almost nineteen."

She started to sing the first one and slowly gained in strength and courage as she found her voice. With Bitterroot's tenor voice joining hers she they worked on singing it together. And everyone stopping to listen to the two young lovebirds sing together as well. Including Manny and Bitterroot's mother.

"When our time has come, when our lives are done, will we say we've had our fun?, Will we make our mark this time?, Will we always say we tried?, Standing on the rooftops, everybody scream your heart out, standing on the rooftops, everybody scream your heart out, This is all we got now, everybody scream your heart out.

All the love I've met, I have no regrets, If it all ends now, I'm set, Will we make a mark this time?, Will we also say we tried?, Standing on the rooftops, everybody scream your heart out, Standing on the rooftops, Everybody scream your heart out,This is all we got now, Everybody scream your heart out,

Standing on the rooftops, {Wait till the bombs drop}, This is all we got now, {Scream till your heart stops}, Never gonna regret, {Watching every sunset}, We'll listen to your heart beat, {All the love that we found}, Standing on the rooftops, {Wait till the bombs drop}, This is all we got now, {Scream your heart out}, Never gonna regret, {Watching every sunset}, We'll listen to your heart beat, {All the love that we found}, Scream your heart out, Scream your heart out, Scream your heart out, Scream your."

The two were breathless after singing the song through and without even realizing that they drew a crowd while doing it, and his mother smiled as she gave them both a hug with Manny giving his daughter a warm smile as he quietly told her. "He's a fine catch Mercy girl, please let him know that before something bad happens, to either one of you." She said,
"I will Papa, in fact, I was hoping to do so before we had gotten sent back into the field."

And that night, the two were on patrol when she told Bitterroot how she felt about him. "Bitterroot, I just wanted you to know that I think of you more than just as a friend, I've been trying to understand my own feelings about-" she was cut off in mid-sentence when he gave her a kiss on the lips. And after the initial shock of it, she leaned into him, deepening the kiss itself. Even as a blush began to tinge her cheeks because of it.

After breaking it off, he said in reply, "I've been wanting to do that for years now Mercy, but I didn't really know if you were the one meant for me or not until tonight. Mama, she's always told me that the good Lord has someone that he's got intended for me and that I'll find her one day. And, well, I guess you're the girl and he has intended for me. I figured that you needed the chance to figure out your feelings on the matter. So, what do you think?"

She smiled and said, "I'll be delighted to have you as my boyfriend my love, because that's what Papa also has told me. That the good Lord will lead me to the man that he wants me to marry, and all in His own time too. Never ours, but His alone."