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Greer felt her stomach twist into tighter knots as the car pulled up onto the driveway she hadn't seen in two years... She gulped nervously as she saw her mother walk out of the door. "This is it... Santa...If you are up there... Drop a bomb on me..." she prayed. Nothing happened. Greer groaned before grabbing her bags and rushed out of the car before the driver could give her anymore-dirty looks.
Marie Nelson looked at the girl exiting the car. She grimaced a little at the girl's coloring, the ears, the eyes and the tail but there was no doubt about it was Greer... Marie sighed...She had been such an idiot, she could not even begin to imagine the emotionally hurt she had put her daughter through...All the things she said...It didn't matter now, she was going to make it up to her. She was going to do it right this time.
Greer gulped as her mother walked gracefully towards her. "She's got a tranquillizer gun on her somewhere...She's going to attack me, and drug me and hand me to her crazy ass boss who will hand me to mutant bounty hunters...She's going to..." "GREER!" "Holy shit!" Greer thought her mind racing; already she had come up with 55 different escape routes if her mother dared to drug her... "Oomph!" Greer wheezed as her mother wrapped her arms around Greer's body. "Ok...I'm dreaming...I'm dreaming..." she thought wildly as her mother squeezed her harder. "You look good dear..." Marie complimented finally breaking away from the awkward embrace. "I...I do? Thanks...Mum..."
"So mum...Are you really ok with me being here..." Greer asked cautiously still uneasy about the whole situation. "Of course I am...Sorry I couldn't pick you up myself...My boss, Jameson was keeping me busy so I sent Mr. Allucard to get you...Was the ride ok?" "Ahh...yeah, the ride, the ride was great...Mr. Allucard was sooo friendly..." Greer mumbled trying to cover the hint of sarcasm in her voice. "Well I'm glad to hear that because..." "Who possessed her?" Greer thought, really weirded out by her mother's motherliness... ""C'mon let's go inside you must be tired from what happened yesterday huh? We..." "Hey Miss Nelson can I borrow your...Oh my God... Is that who I think that is..." a voice called.
"Oh...I...I don't want to cause a scene...I'll go inside now..." Greer mumbled knowing how her mother felt shameful about her appearance. Marie felt guilty. Her daughter shouldn't feel shameful about who and what she was. Gently she grabbed Greer's furred shoulders. "You bet it is Billy..." she yelled wagging her eyebrows at Greer... "BILLY?! OH MY GOD...NO HE CAN'T SEE ME...NOT LIKE THIS..." Greer thought wildly not wanting to see his reaction to how much she has changed but it was too late, her mother was already steering her towards her ex...
"Hi...Billy..." Greer mumbled shyly, lowering her head and ears not wanting to look him in the eyes... "Kill me now..." she groaned in her head. "Gre...Greer... Is that..." "It's me babe..."Greer said slowly bringing up the nickname she came up for him when they were still a couple... "What happened to...When did you..." "She's changed Billy...I hope that won't be a problem... " Marie interrupted sensing Greer's distress. Greer finally brought herself to look at Billy. He looked just as gorgeous as ever with his long sandy blonde hair with one line shaved across his temples and his blue eyes... Hesitantly Greer managed a hopeful smile. "Uh...I gotta go..." Billy mumbled before disappearing over the fence. Greer stopped smiling...
"Um...C'mon, lets get you unpacked and cleaned up" "It's fine mum... I'm used to it..." Greer lied faking a smile. The LAST thing she wanted was her mother's pity... "It must have been hard for you...and I'm sorry I wasn't there to ... I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you through it..." Marie admitted. Slowly, she ruffled Greer's hair. "Um...It's alright...Thanks anyway..." Greer said slowly taken aback but her mother's sudden confession. "Maybe MJ's right...Maybe she really did change..." Greer thought finally allowing herself to lower her guard down and start enjoying some time with her family, her real family...
"Knock...Knock..." "Greer can you get that?" Marie called from the kitchen. "Um you sure?" Greer asked looking up from her book. "Yeah...So go get it..." "Ok..." Greer mumbled surprised by how comfortable her mother was with her... She and Steven were now divorced so it made things easier between mother and daughter, neither bringing up how he had shot Greer so they spent an awkward but still nice Christmas eve together... but having her open a door to a stranger? Looking the way she did... "She's lost her marbles...but...I can get used to this..." Greer smiled as she made her way to the door. "Who is it?" she called from the inside not wanting to give the person on the outside a heart attack... "Um...Greer? It's Billy..." "Billy?!" without thinking Greer opened the door...
"Ahh..." Billy yelped as the door swung opened revealing Greer. "Sorry... I get that a lot now days..." Greer growled trying to cover up the hurt she felt from his reaction. "So...What do you want..." she asked coolly. "I uh um ah..." Billy took a deep breath and ran his fingers through his hair. He had to get used to how Greer looked... fangs and all... Sighing, he pulled himself back together. "I heard it's your last day here..." "So?" "So um...Look I was a real jerk to you yesterday...and I'm sorry..." "It's ok..." Greer mumbled uncrossing her arms. "Wait...You know it is Christmas and I haven't seen you in so long...So..." "So?" "So do you want to go to the mall with me later? You know just to hang out?" Billy smiled uneasily. "Oh..." Greer raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure? With me looking like this" You'll..." "Yeah...Yeah I do... So at three?" Billy asked. "Yeah...Sure...Why not..."
"Mum... Help me out here..." Greer whined practically tearing her closet apart trying to look for something nice to wear. Marie smiled in amusement at Greer's distress. This was her daughter all right, who else would kick up such a huge fuss about clothes? "Just wear whatever you're comfortable with darling..." Marie mused. "I'm fine with anything...How is this...No it shows too much of my fur..." Greer grumbled tossing the black dress aside. "I think it looks good on you..." Marie mumbled picking the dress up and studying it carefully. "I know it does but...There are things people are bound to notice like the tail and the claws and the..." "So?" "I want to look good for this... I don't want Billy to think I'm a freak..." Greer whispered sadly. "He won't..." "he will..." Marie laughed. "Don't worry, he was such a great help to me when you and Gabriel...disappeared...He genuinely cares about you..." "You really want me to wear that dress don't you..." Greer cut in sarcastically grabbing the dress before her mother got all angsty and melodramatic...
Billy sighed. "What am I doing..." he thought as he leaned against his car. "Greer...She's so changed...It's kind hard to believe she's the same person...I mean..." He ruffled his hair unsure whether he could ever accept her new appearance. "C'mon it's not so bad..." he chided himself. "Yeah considering she's orange and part animal with pointed ears, god dammed claws and a tail... A freaking tail..." Another voice in his head argued. "Bite the bullet Carter...She's still good looking her face's the same shape, same features...same nose same mouth..." "Yeah but did you see those eyes and I bet she has fangs and...I think I need a psychiatrist...And a therapist...I" "Billy?".
Billy looked up and gaped as Greer came strutting out of the house in a simple form fitting black dress complementing her lean but curvaceous body. "You ok?" she asked raising an eyebrow. " Yeah...Yeah I'm fine..." Billy coughed. "She's gorgeous..." he thought as he opened the car door for her. Shyly, Greer entered the car. "You sure you want to do this? " Greer asked as he slid into the driver's seat. "And why wouldn't I want to do this beautiful?" he smiled. "Because she's gonna get you mutant bashed...She's not even trying to hide anything... look at that tail...Shut up..." Billy cursed at his own mixed emotions...