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by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:00 am

Will and Sara were at the airport, waiting

Flight 1608 from New York City, now disembarking at gate 80...

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:28 am

"They really weren't kidding when they said they'd look into coming over soon..." Sara makes nervous small-talk as they wait for gate 80 to start spilling out the passengers.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:33 am

"Dad doesn't mess around," Will said, shooting up to seven feet tall so he could be seen over the crowds. "He probably had the hotel reservations done before we got off the phone..."

"Will!" a voice called, as a brown-haired woman in her early 40s came out of the gate, hustled over, and gave Will a monstrous hug. "It's so good to see you!". Behind her, an absolute MOUNTAIN of a man, tall and thick--not particularly fat, nor particularly muscular, just large, came out, squeezed into a very nice suit.

"Mom, Dad," Will smiled. "I hope your flight wasn't too bad. This is Sara!"

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:37 am

"Hello Mrs Stanton. Mr Stanton." she smiles nervously, partly due to Mr Stanton's rather impressive stature. "Welcome to the UK."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:40 am

"So you're the girl who's bewitched my son, are you?" Max Stanton says, coldly, and very serious, looking Sara up and down......before breaking into a huge grin and stretching out his hand. "It's fantastic to meet you in person," he smiled, his grip very, very firm.

"How ARE you? Are you OK? Are you feeling alright?" Rita asked, moving over to Sara's side.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:47 am

"Th-thanks, Mr Stanton." she stammers out, a little intimidated by his serious demeanour, even if he obviously doesn't mean it. Her hand almost instinctively turning to stone as he squeezes it, causing her to blush in embarassment. "Sorry..."

"I'm doing okay, Mrs Stanton." She figures puking this morning still qualifies as normal considering the circumstances, not to mention that it wouldn't make a very good conversational topic, really.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:52 am

"Not a worry," Max smiled, dropping his voice a bit. "We're a little used to things like that in the Stanton family," he said, draping an arm around her shoulder. "Now, let's see if we can't go find baggage claim, hrm?"

"Oh, Maxwell," Rita said, a tad exasperated, before stepping in and giving Sara a hug. "I've been dying to meet you--it's a shame about the circumstances," she said, as Will began to lead his father to pick up the bags.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:59 am

"It's nice to meet you too." she replies to Will's mother, starting to recover a bit from Will's father's greeting. "And... well... yeah, I suppose..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:03 am

"You're far too young to have to worry about things like this. At your age, the two of you should just be having fun, experiencing college...not dealing with any of this..."

In the background, Will's dad had his hand on Will's shoulder, and was telling him...something or other, as Will looked at the ground and nodded occasionally.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:10 am

"Well... we kind of have to now... I'm propably supposed to wish it never happened, but it'd feel... wrong to do that, if I'm honest..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:11 am

"So, you've decided, then..." she said, glancing down at Sara's necklace. "It looks good on you. Brings out your eyes..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:17 am

"Kind of... I mean... we still have to see if we can manage it with the money we have and everything... And what?" She looks at Rita for a moment, seeming confused before she remembers the necklace. "Oh, that. Thanks." she smiles.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:22 am

She smiles and looks down, and is about to say something else when Will and his dad come back, bags in tow.

"So...where can we go to talk?" Max says, smiling. "Unless you want us to keep hanging out in this airport..."

"No, let's go back to campus; I'll show you around a bit. You rented a car, yes? We can talk on the way over..."

"Excellent!" Max rumbled, as the foursome made their way out the parking lot, with small talk...

Once inside the car, Max began. "Alright, let's start from the top. What the hell happened?

"Maxwell..."

"No, it's a valid question. I want to hear it from them."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:40 am

"We... uh... well, what we think happened is that we tried to see how close to the 'real' thing Will gets when turning into something... I don't know if he told you, but I can absorb stone and, well, we tried if it'd work and it went a little wrong..." She takes a deep breath. "We had to go to one of the professors to disentangle us again..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:43 am

"Disentangle? I'm sorry, I don't understand..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:50 am

"Usually I can get rid of the material I absorb pretty easily, but some of Will's 'cells' stuck around somehow along with his mind... Doctor Bowen had to scan me to find them and get them out. One must have gotten away and into a sorrounding that made it shift into... well..." she trails off, a little uncomfortable about going into details towards Will's parents.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:55 am

"I'm going to chain him to a wall," Max grumbled a little.

"Dear, it was an accident..."

"I know, I know...it's just...how stupid can you get, Will? You could have seriously hurt yourself! Do you know what your mother and I would have gone through? We worry about you so much--you have to be more careful. Stuck? Good lord, if we had lost you...Will, we love you so much..."

"I know, Dad....I'm sorry..."

And what you did to Sara! Are you sure you're alright with it, Sara? What's your plan?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:05 pm

It... it was a shock, but... I already knew I wanted a child. One day at least. Once I really realized that that was really what was happening, that it was what I... what we wanted we decided we can't just deny it because it happened too early..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:22 pm

"And that's when he gave you the necklace?" he asked, inquisitively.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:30 pm

"Hmm? Oh, no, he gave that to me before we found out. Why?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:34 pm

Max shot a glance at Rita.

Will leaned over and kissed Sara on the cheek, unexpectedly.

"Well, that actually makes me feel better--though it's still too fast, William. I don't know how you two can be so sure so quickly...but what do you need from us? Where are you going to live, how are you going to support yourselves--and what can we do to help?"

"This is going to be hard for both of you--I'm just glad you're not together just because of the child...but Will, you could have told us at least," Will's mom smiled, softly.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:37 pm

"Of course we're not just together because of... Wait, am I missing something here?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:38 pm

Another exchanged glance. "The necklace, Sara, honey. That's what....didn't Will tell you?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:40 pm

"Tell me what?" She shoots Will a confused glance.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:42 pm

"Uh, Sara, you see..."

Max burst out into laughter. "Oh, Will. Will, Will, Will, Will, Will.

Sara, that necklace is a bit of an heirloom. When my father married my mother, he gave it to her on their wedding day. When I was old enough to understand what it was, they gave it to me."

"When Max asked me to marry him, he gave me a ring--and that necklace," Rita smiled. "And when Will was old enough, we passed it down to him."

"And now...I've given it to you..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:49 pm

"Oh... you m-mean... I... b-but... why didn't you say anything about that, Will?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:51 pm

"We...I....Well, I...I....I wasn't ready...I...just....after the dreams....I wanted to ....see you wearing it. I didn't want anyone else to have it...that's all..."

"Oh, show some backbone, boy," Max laughed. "Sara, you're going to have to whip him into shape."

"Maxwell!"

"Sorry, ma'am."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:00 pm

"Oh Will... i-it's okay... And I gladly would have worn it even if you had told me." she smiles brightly and kisses Will, his parent's exchange luckily not really registering with her asshe does, blinking away a few forming emotional tears.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:05 pm

Will closed his eyes and slowly returned the kiss. "Now, don't take this the wrong way--I haven't asked you yet. This isn't very romantic; I'll need, like a brass band and things. Though surprising you is going to be hard now..."

"They're so cute," Rita whispered, loud enough to be heard.

"Well, it's step one. I'd still like to hear what the heck they're planning on doing--sharing a dorm room? Doesn't seem like the best situation...and then there's the money, and the TIME commitment, and that fact that neither of you have any experience whatsoever...

Plus, I've got to get to know the girl...the woman who's stolen my son," he smiled.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:13 pm

"It counts a little, at least." she smiles a little bit impishly and kisses Will's cheek.

"And... uh... I..." turning back to Will's parents she blushes faintly. "Well... the school offers flats to students with children, which will be a huge help already."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:17 pm

"Well, that's something--but you're both so busy...and your job is so dangerous..."

Will does a double-take. "M-mom? You know about that?"

"Please. Will, you are the worst person at keeping secrets ever. We would have figured it out even IF your winged friend hadn't posted video of you online. Which you COMMENTED on."

"But...you've been spying on me?"

"Uh, yeah. We're your parents Will--we're not stupid. We know you didn't want us to worry, but, geez, give us SOME credit."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:34 pm

"I'm going to drop quite a few of my classes, maybe switch to just one major for now... And... I know worrying is hard to rationalize away, because I worry about Will going on missions despite knowing what he can do too... But I'm not sure if there even is something he couldn't bounce back from..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:39 pm

"He's still my baby boy, and I'm all the way across the ocean. I wish he wouldn't go out and get himself hurt. It'll be your job to make sure he doesn't do anything too crazy, Sara," she smiles, "Because I can't from so far away."

"What IS your major, Sara? What were your plans before all this?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:46 pm

"I will, Mrs Stanton. And at the moment I'm taking courses for both Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology. I was going to try and get into X-Gene research. I can still do that with a single major, just more specialized and at a slower pace. It would have been a long shot to try and get into shapeshifting research anyway... There are aspects to it that escape regular biology and Genetics is a safer goal..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:48 pm

"You see Will? Now THAT'S a goal to go to college for. Acting. Seesh. Your girl here is trying to make the world a better place."

"Maxwell, he love it so..."

"I know, I know, but priorities, right? Really."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:56 pm

"It... it's not that important. I mean... it wouldn't provide the world with anything except understanding about how the biology of a small group of people works... And... I have to admit that I don't understand much about those things, but I don't think acting is just putting on costumes and playing pretend... It's a form of art. Or at least it can be."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:57 pm

"Well, you can't just show up one day and scienceify. Will's good enough--I don't see why he needs a degree if all he wants to do is act."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:08 pm

"It's something you can always try to get better in, I think. Like painters studying different styles maybe. Striving to better yourself is a good thing..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:10 pm

"Well, sure, but with what I'm paying for him to go here, PLUS his al...stipend, I'm expecting him to cure cancer. Or cause cancer. One or the other. Especially if he expects me to help him out with a kid..." he smiled.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:19 pm

"We don't need more money, Mr Stanton. I can apply for government help and we'll still have what both of us earn from the teams and the flat would be included in our stipends..." She stops to think for a moment. "I don't think we'll need more money at least..."

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