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Season Three Episode Sixteen: "Full Disclosure" Chapter One
Earth, the Vandom residence. Will was ready to plead with her mother to reconsider. "Mom, are you sure this is what you want to do? I mean, I know you're upset after you got hurt, so am I, but…" Before the girl could finish, she was interrupted, but not from the source she might have expected.
"Will, stop." Taranee said. "They're right. I mean, I'm nervous too, I don't like the risk that they'll want to make us stop. But they're still right. It's time. Plus, I don't know how much longer I could've kept my mom in the dark anyway." She turned to the other three Guardians. "What do you girls say?"
Hay Lin answered "I'm scared. But I'm also tired of sneaking around behind their backs. And I know Grandma will back us up, so I should be okay."
"We'll be there at your backs too girls." Dean said. "We think they need to be aware, but we've not forgotten the rationale Mrs. Lin gave us for not interfering and we'll support you with it to the other parents."
Tom agreed. "Absolutely. Irma, your mother may have a hard time with this, but she'll also have us both there for her."
"Alright Pops. I'm game. Corny? That just leaves you."
"I'm gonna be grounded 'til the next generation is chosen if we tell my parents." Cornelia answered. "Do we really have to do this?"
"I'm afraid so." Susan said. Smiled. "Don't worry, if I could adjust to this anyone can."
"That's for sure." Will said. Susan smacked her.
"Give us a minute." Cornelia said to the adults. She thought to the other girls "Let's try to at least lay out some compromises." They all agreed, and quickly came up with a pair of requests.
Speaking as the leader, Will said to the adults "Okay, we're all onboard with you. But, can we at least ask for a couple of things?"
Tom, Dean, and Susan exchanged a glance, then Dean said "Go ahead Will."
"Okay, first," Will asked, "Can you give us a couple days to get ready, and let us do this thing our way? I mean, really, we should be the ones to tell them."
"Plus," added Irma, "This way gives the three of you deniability. You can sit there and act as shocked as everyone else."
Tom replied "My take on that one is, you've got two days, do it your way. But, we're not lying about knowing the truth. Full Disclosure is the only right way to go at this point." He asked Susan and Dean if they agreed. Both nodded. "What's your next question?"
"Second: Telling the adults is one thing. And Taranee's okay with bringing Peter into the know. But Lillian and Chris are another question. Lillian really needs to not know about the power she holds yet, and keeping that secret from her means hiding it from Chris too." Will said.
Susan looked at Cornelia. "Your mom and dad need to know about Lillian as well. However, maybe telling her this or not should be their choice instead of ours."
"Agreed." Dean said. 'We won't tell her, but the Hales get the final decision."
Cornelia let out a pent-up sigh of relief. "Thank you." she said.
"Well dad, what's your answer?" Irma asked.
Tom replied "Okay for now. But it's not a choice I can make alone. I'll need to have a long talk with your mother about it before giving you a final answer."
"Anything else?" Susan asked.
Will answered "No, I think that's everything. Now, if we've only got two days we'd better get started planning things out. Hay Lin, you think your grandma will mind doing the part we're gonna ask her for?"
"Are you kidding? She loves that kind of showmanship, she'll jump at the chance!"
Meanwhile, across town at the Rave Coffeehouse, Elyon was dealing with the surprise of encountering someone she hadn't expected to see. "Joel! Um, how are you?"
"Can't complain. How about you? You're looking good." He answered.
Fighting the urge to blush, she replied "I'm good. So, you're in Gideon's band? I was surprised when I got back in town and found out you weren't with Matt's band anymore. Then I heard you weren't even at Sheffield anymore. I was kinda sad actually, I was hoping to see you there."
"Yeah, I'm at Arsenal Tech now. It was my dad's old school, guess he thought I should be a part of some dumb tradition." He looked over at Miranda. "So, that's the new girl Gideon's been going on about for the last month?"
"Yeah. He's really smitten with her huh?" Elyon giggled.
"Understatement. The dude can't shut up. So, what about you? Anyone special? Or do your friends chase everyone off like they did me?"
"Joel, I'm sorry about that. And so are they. I can't really tell you the details, but that whole thing was a big, huge, gigantic misunderstanding." Elyon said. "And no, there's not anyone special, and yes, I think I'd still like to give you a shot at that spot if you want."
A big and rather goofy grin crossed Joel's face. "Cool."
On the other side of the room, Miranda and Gideon sat across from each other at a small table. She was more nervous than she had ever been in her life, even more so than she had been when standing before the regents at her probation hearing. "I've never been in a situation like this before." She thought. 'What am I supposed to say anyway?" She wished she could communicate with Elyon telepathically like the Guardians, she'd be driving the Queen nuts with requests for advice right now if she could.
Finally deciding to start simple, she said "So, how long have you been in a band?"
"Tom, Jack, and I got together like two years ago." He answered. "Joel joined up after he left Matt's band awhile back."
"Matt Olson? I didn't know you knew each other." Miranda said.
Gideon said "Not well. Really, I just know he's got a band. Actually, I'm lucky we got Joel. Before he joined up we didn't really have any songs of our own. I'm not a good song writer and neither are the others, but Joel's got some talent there."
Miranda grinned. "Matt's loss then. So, what kind of music do you play anyway?" Talking, Miranda and Gideon both lost track of time. They only realized how long they'd spent together when the rest of the band interrupted wanting to know if they were actually going to perform tonight or not.
After an embarrassed Gideon excused himself and joined the band on stage, Elyon sat in the seat he had vacated. "So, that went well." She said.
"Yeah, it did, didn't it? So what's the deal with you and Joel?"
Elyon sighed. "LONG story…"