AN: I'm on a roll because I'm procrastinating from the papers due and the best way to avoid writing is with writing. About four more chapters and then this puppy is done. Same for To Be Without. Thanks for the patience again guys. Hope you all enjoy!

Chapter Twelve

To Forgive

I was staring at my mother for what felt like hours when Claire and Dana pulled her out of the house. I wanted to follow and I think I started to in a blind rage when I felt Seth and my dad stop me. Really Seth stood in front of me and Jeff held both of my arms behind me.

"I think Claire can handle her for now." Jeff said surely. "She'll give you what's left over." He said surely.

"That's not fair." I ground out.

"Dana has yet to have her moment, let it be." He pushed as he handed me over to Seth.

Seth wrapped his arms around me in a hug/werewolf lock. "Fine." I grumbled.

I was sitting on the couch with Seth while watching everyone else react to my mother showing up. Emily wasn't handling it well, Sam was trying to comfort her and my dad was actually talking to Wes while Dana was getting her fair punches in.

I maintained myself as well as I could with Seth but I was still seething. She had no right to show up. Not after everything she said to me about Claire and about Seth. I didn't want her here at all.

It didn't take very long for Dana to walk into the house with our mother at her back. Wes looked relieved but no one moved.

"Jeff, Willa, could I speak to you please?" She asked with a little hint of fear in her eyes.

I wanted to launch into a tirade but Dana silenced me with a look of death. My dad walked up to her and motioned me. Seth let go of me begrudgingly and I stood next to Jeff.

"What?" I snapped.

"Alone." She added.

I rolled my eyes and scoffed as I stormed through the house to the back porch. My dad followed close behind me and Hannah followed far behind. By the time the door closed it was just us three and I was sure that Dana was out in the party working her magic on them.

"What?" I repeated.

"You both deserve and apology." She said solemnly.

"Better watch out, I might die of shock." I hissed dryly.

"Willa," Jeff said warningly.

"No Jeff its fine I deserve it." She said as she crossed her arms in front of her and held her head down.

"You don't get to be the fucking martyr!" I yelled.

She didn't say anything, it was almost like she was waiting for me. But really I had said all I needed to before. She took in a deep breath. "I want to be a part of your life." She said surely.

"The one with Seth." I asked dryly.

"Yes," She said firmly.

"The one where I am a part of that pack of monsters you hate so much." I said again.

"Willa-" She tried to say.

"I just want clarification to make sure we're on the same page." I said quickly and smugly.

"I know that if I want a relationship with my daughters I am going to have to accept their choices, no matter what and I do accept them." She said stubbornly and suddenly it all started to make sense how I was the way I was and all that.

"You don't sound like you like it very much." Jeff pointed out.

"I don't have to like it." She said almost wisely.

"I'm not going to forgive and forget." I snapped.

"I didn't think you would. I just want to be able to see you without you trying to take my throat when I spoke." She said with some kind of an impish smile.

"You're not worth the jail sentence." I hissed.

She looked to Jeff then, there were definite tears in her eyes. "What you did to our family can't ever get fixed and I'm not okay. It wasn't fair to take away my daughter and my wife." He told her without sugar coating anything. "I'm not going to stop you from seeing the girls, not like I could if I tried, but if they get upset over something you did your dealing with me. I'm not letting my girls be hurt more than they have been, its not fair." He said seriously.

"I know and I'm sorry Jeff." She tried to tell us.

"Doesn't really cut it Hannah." He said shaking his head.

"I just want the opportunity to be in your lives." She said simply.

"Fine, but don't expect smiles and tea parties." I snapped again.

She smiled a little more then. "You never liked tea parties." She murmured.

I had to maintain my angry look even though I wanted to scream more at her. I could only imagine what my dad was going through with all this and I was sure that Dana and Claire were probably all sunshine and roses but she had some pretty giant marks against her.

"I should probably go." She sighed.

"Yes, you should." He agreed.

"I'll be coming by in a few weeks, once I'm set up in Seattle." She said to the both of us.

"Whatever." I muttered.

"I am proud of you Willa, as proud of your sisters." She said sincerely.

I didn't say anything to her, because I really couldn't without crying and I was done with crying. She smiled at us and then went back into the house. I'm sure Emily had a few words for her and the others were probably holding their tongue out of respect for the family.

Dad hugged me as soon as the back door was shut. "You okay?" He asked quietly.

"No," I answered as he pet my hair. "You?" I asked.

"Seen better days." He sighed.

I gripped the back of his shirt and held onto him tightly. "This is why we shouldn't have parties." I muttered against his chest.

He laughed and I was able to relax a little, feeling him unclench. "It's a pretty solid argument." He murmured to me. He held me for a little while until Seth came out. He squeezed me and then let go. "You two should head out before we get anymore surprises." My dad said as he looked to Seth.

"Are you sure?" I asked confused.

"Yeah, go on." He said with a nod and rustled my hair.

Seth grabbed my hand and pulled me around the lot to his car. He knew what it was like for me already. He put me in the car and we drove back to his place, which I was thankful for. I really didn't want to see anyone else for the rest of the night.

When we got to Seth's he parked and scooped me up as I tried to rush into the house. He carried me up to the bedroom and dropped me on the bed and started taking his clothes off.

"I can still walk you know." I muttered while I took my shoes off.

He just shrugged at me and went downstairs to the bathroom. I took one of his shirts and changed out of my clothes and burrowed under his covers. I waited with a pout for him to come back and he brought cookies with him. He was only wearing shorts and I didn't mind, he looked great.

"Cookie?" He asked holding out the plate.

I wanted to roll my eyes at his stomach and took two cookies before they magically disappeared. He dropped down onto the bed and rested the plate on his stomach and kept eating. I snuggled closer to him and nibbled on my cookies.

"You okay?" He asked quietly. He knew better than to push it, but he was still concerned.

"I will be." I said surely. I was warm and he was almost naked. I pretty much had everything I needed.

"What are you going to do with your mom?" He asked, knowing he could prod me a little farther.

"She wants to be around." I answered curtly.

"And?" He prodded, curiously.

"She will be around." I said firmly.

"Willa." He said tiringly.

"I don't have to do anything with her." I said stubbornly. I knew Dana and Claire would probably be okay with it and be around our mother but I wasn't that easy.

Seth moved the plate onto his bedside table and rolled to look down at me and started playing with my hair. "She's still your mom, just remember that." He murmured and kissed my forehead and pulled me close to him.

His arm was now my pillow and so were his legs. I was tangled with him while I chewed on my lip. I hated when he pointed things out to me because he was generally right. She was my mother but I still wasn't going to get over the whole she left me as a child thing easily. Or the fact that she hated Seth.

I looked up at Seth's face and his eyes were closed but I knew he was still awake. He was just holding onto me because he knew how this worked. I leaned up and kissed his jaw and he smiled at little. "Still doesn't change what I said." He whispered knowingly.

"Shut up and sleep." I muttered sourly as I turned away from him.

I didn't end up very far since he just pulled me against his chest like I was some kind of teddy bear for a nice spoon formation. I didn't mind this position, especially when I was on my period, his arm was my heating pad. He kissed the shell of my ear and nuzzled at my hair. We shifted around until we were both comfortable and as soon as that happened I fell asleep because I was tired and I didn't want to have to answer all the questions about my mother anymore.

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