Will yawned as she followed her mother through the unfamiliar apartment building to the elevator to where they would take it up to where Susan said Dean's apartment was. She was actually a little nervous going to this man's apartment as he had spent the night with Miranda there. It wasn't what he would have done to the Meridian girl that worried Will, it was the unfounded worries she had of Miranda turning into her monstrous form and devouring the man. She had to bit her lip from giggling a little at the thought of a chibi Miranda spider chasing a chibi Dean around the building.
"Hey mom, you really care for Dean, don't you?" Will asked nervously as the elevator opened and the two stepped on. Susan glanced over the control panel before hitting one of the buttons causing the door to slide shut.
"Yeah…I…Will, I know it's a little soon after…After what happened but I really think I love Dean. I feel like we were meant for each other." Susan sighed as Will played with the Heart through her shirt feeling the ring that was on a string next to the powerful talisman.
"I'm happy for you but I…I was wondering how you felt about his aunt being…You know." Will said blushing a little. She was afraid of screwing Irma's life up any more but a part of her was hoping everything would be fine. In fact Will hated cops but for once she wanted to go se one, to talk to Irma's father in private and hopefully if she couldn't be with the girl she could help fix the problems with Irma's dad. And if luck was with her maybe the man would accept Will and would give her his blessing to be with Irma.
"A lesbian" Susan laughed, "Honestly I was shocked as hell, Will but…You could tell they were in love so I'm happy for them and hope they found each other again wherever they are now."
"Really?" Will asked with relief.
"Really, Will. You know I'm not prejudice against anyone and if two people can come together and be happy then I'm all for it." Susan said smiling, "Will…Why are you so interested in this all of a sudden?"
"Just wondering." Will said as she bolted out of the elevator doors as the slid open at the perfect time.
"Will, wait up!" Susan called after the redhead who was rushing down the hall towards two open doors across from each other. She had to stop for a second as a though occurred to her, was Will attracted to Miranda? That would explain the sudden questions about this subject as they had just met the last night. She wasn't too sure what to think about it but decided not to worry about it for now.
"I still don't see why I can't change, I could move it for you and you wouldn't have to wait for this Tom person." Miranda said as she carried a box behind Dean who was carrying another one.
"Dean, what's going on?" Susan asked hurrying over to the two girls and Dean.
"Well, I was hoping to get a little more done before you girls got here but come on in." Dean said leading the way into the apartment with some boxes stacked off to the side but otherwise void of any furniture.
"Why are you moving stuff into here?" Susan asked confused to why he was moving as he had said he loved his apartment.
"Well, you se I got a three bedroom apartment and I was hoping I could get a little company." Dean explained blushing a little before noticing the angry look forming on Will's face. "I was hoping that you and Will would move in, Susan. You could have a room and Will could have one and I could take the last one."
"What about Miranda?" Susan asked, surely he couldn't be suggesting throwing the girl out.
"Well, you see, I've been planning this for a couple days and Miranda is new to the plan which I was thinking maybe she could share a room with Miranda." Dean said nervously setting down his box near the one Miranda placed on the floor in the corner with the other ones.
"Dean, I can't afford something like this." Susan sighed rubbing her temples.
"That's the beauty of it, Susan." Dean smiled, "I got this for the same price as my other apartment for three months and by that time you will finish your class then can pitch in."
"Plus one fifty." Miranda said looking at Dean curiously, "Don't forget that."
"I…I wasn't Miranda, thank you." Dean said with a sigh while shaking his head causing Susan to laugh a little.
"Dean, I have to talk to Will about something like this but if we move in I'll stay with Will and Miranda can have her own room." Susan said, crossing her arms.
"I'll leave that up to you girls but I don't want you two to have to stay in that apartment." Dean said crossing his arms, leaning in to whisper so only Susan heard him. "They have condemned it several times, there are drug dealers who supposedly hang out around there and there was a murder there about six months ago."
"I-I didn't know that." Susan whispered back, "Y-You aren't telling me this to move in with you are you?"
"Susan, I wouldn't lie to you like that." Dean said with sincerity.
"Are you sure you can afford this or even want it?" Susan asked softly, looking over her shoulder at Will and Miranda talking.
"Mom, if you want I think that would be cool but if he tries anything funny with you I'll cut his hands off." Will said mock glaring at the two adults causing them both to blush and sputter in denial.
"Funny?" Miranda asked causing Susan and Dean to turn even redder.
"It's okay, don't worry about it honey." Susan said smiling at Miranda who blinked in confusion until Dean came to her rescue.
"So, do you want to help pack some of the stuff in my apartment?" Dean asked looking at Will and Susan.
"How about the stuff at our apartment?" Susan asked, worried about it.
"I called Tom this morning and he said he'd come help move the heavy stuff and go get the stuff from your apartment a little after noon." Dean said, "And Will, he wants to talk to you about yesterday and apologize."
"What happened yesterday?" Susan asked looking at Will with worry.
"Sorry Will, but I really think you should tell her." Dean said smiling a little.
"We kind of got into a little argument." Will sighed, shaking her head as she remembered the man calling her trash. She knew on some level she was, its why all the bad stuff happened to her and her mother. Another part of her knew different, knew she wasn't trash and that her father loved her but that man was taken away by the drugs and alcohol
"What kind of argument?" Susan asked as worry began to build as she noticed the sad look in her eyes.
"I caused a fight between him and Irma." Will sighed hugging herself before Susan wrapped her arms around the girl and held her tightly, stroking the redhead's hair.
"What happened?" Susan asked softly as Dean led Miranda from the apartment softly closing the door behind them.
"Irma…When we got back she kissed me." Will sighed as she leaned into the warm embrace.
"She kissed you…H-How did that make you feel?" Susan asked softly, a little shocked at hearing this.
"Actually, I loved it, it felt…God it felt good mom." Will sighed, "Mom, I love her. It wasn't the only time we kissed."
"Who was the first to kiss who?" Susan asked unsure if she really wanted to know the answer to that. She had never been prejudiced against this kind of thing and wasn't at the two girls but she was starting to become very worried. There were many people out there who would try to hurt them plus Susan wasn't sure if this was something her daughter really wanted. She wasn't sure if this was something where Will felt safe and she was clinging onto it. If it was that, it could end up hurting both girls badly.
"Mom…I found out that since coming here she has been crushing on me." Will sighed, "Then…God, she's the only one who I've ever been attracted to and it scares me but…I kissed her. I told her I wasn't sure how this was going to work out but I really liked her and was willing to give it a try."
"Honey," Susan sighed pushing Will back so they could look eye to eye so the elder woman could try and be sure this was what the girl honestly felt. What Will truly believed? "Will, how do you feel about her? Right now, what do you think about her?"
"I…I love her." Will sighed pulling the ring out and showing Susan, "I want to give her this if…If your okay with it. She's my first love mom and…I know we were meant to be together."
"Oh honey." Susan sighed kissing Will's forehead, from what she could tell the redhead meant what she said. She couldn't exactly say anything against it as Susan felt the same thing about Dean. Dean had been the first person in a long time to make Susan feel good about herself. Of course Tony used to but when he started taking drugs it was all violence to him. Dean, the man truly seemed to worship the ground she walked on as well as seemed to love Will as a daughter. Susan wanted so much to be with the man but she was also partly afraid of moving too fast for any of them. "This is going to be rough on you both but if this is what you both want…What you really want, I'll support you both."
"R-Really?" Will asked as tears started forming in her eyes.
"Really." Susan said, nodding as Will threw her arms around her in a strong hug.
WITCH
"Why are we leaving?" Miranda asked a little worried about the Vandom women, though a little sadness as she watched the close interaction between mother and daughter as it was something she never had.
"They needed some time alone, Miranda." Dean said softly, studying the Meridianites face. "Are you okay?"
"I guess so, I…I just wonder what it would have been like to have parents who loved you like Susan seems to love Will." Miranda sighed, shaking her head at her foolishness. She was the sister of Phobos's right hand man, the sister of Cedric, the strongest and most capable warrior in all Meridian. She promised her brother to always be strong like him but at times it was hard.
"You do have parents who love you if you will have them." Dean said smiling at her as she looked up at him in confusion. She was a little shocked and scared when he advanced on her but soon found herself relaxing in his surprising embrace. "You are really a nice girl Miranda and I'd be happy if you stayed here with us and be a part of our family. I'd be proud to call you daughter."
"R-Really?" Miranda asked, a little afraid to admit that this is what she always wanted. She loved her brother deeply but she always wanted a father and mother as well, at least ones who loved Cedric and herself instead of the few bad memories of the ones she had.
NOTES
Here's the next chappie of Never a Normal Life, hope you enjoyed it.
Philip Gipson: I'm glad and your welcomies, I'm really glad you liked the chappie and really hope you liked this one as well. As for Phobos, he really is evil in this story, not like Frost, but he is evil. He pretty much just uses everyone for his own goals.
Riot: I'm glad you did and I think so too, they will make a wonderful family. You brought up a very good question, thankies so much because it wasn't something I thought a lot about yet, but Miranda doesn't know a lot about Earth yet but she will know a few things like simple reading and writing as well as some math but she's way behind the other students and will have to be tutored a lot to catch up. Originally I was thinking about making him one but I need him to be a human because of future events coming up in the sequel to this story, the Nerissa arc. I have trouble sleeping sometimes, especially lately and I end up back and forth on the computer and trying to sleep so I do get a lot posted early in the morning or late at night. Actually, I got both the CD and cartoon now and I saved all the comics so they will be easier to read later in case something happens to the sit I got them off of. Check out Moonclouds website if you want to check out the comic scans, its great and the addy is in my profile.
