Prompt: Meredith - "We're adults. When did that happen, and how do we make it stop?" -'Grey's Anatomy'
Coming home after a long day of work, I found Rachel standing at the counter. She had a paper in her hand that she was staring at, a slight look of panic on her face.
"Is something wrong?" I asked, sliding the door shut behind me as I tried to figure out what it was she was holding in her hands.
"We got our first electric bill," she replied, looking over at me.
"Okay," I said, walking further into the apartment. "We knew it was going to come eventually," I told her. It wasn't like getting an electric bill was a surprise so it must have been really high. "If we need to cut back we'll figure out ways. What is it?"
The amount she told me didn't seem outrageous. It was about what I was expecting.
"I don't see the problem," I told her, still trying to figure out what wavelength my roommate was on this time.
"Don't you see Kurt, it's our first electric bill. We're responsible for this. We're adults now. When did that happen. I don't think I'm ready to be totally dependent. Do you think my dads would let me come home?"
I shook my head, relieved that nothing major was wrong and this was just another one of Rachel's dramatic outbursts.
"Your dads would let you come home whenever you wanted. They're always going to be there for you because you're their little girl. But neither one of us are running home. We'll pay that bill and all the other ones that are delivered because that's part of life. We've made it to New York, Rachel. Do you really want to go back?"
"No. It's just it suddenly seems so real," she replied.
Stepping in front of her, I pulled her into a hug. "It is real. We're on our own now and there is no stopping it. But we're going to be okay because not only do we got each other, we've both got a support system to fall back on if the worst happens. We're the lucky ones, Rachel."