I13DT - Mendel's Nightmare

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 4:47 pm

"Why is it that there's not a bottle of tequila in my desk? Damn useless precognitive past-self."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 4:48 pm

"You realize, she could be a blind spot for you for very good reasons."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 4:59 pm

"Yes, excellent reasons. Perfectly rational reasons. What the hell!"

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 5:00 pm

"...suppose we're not the only ones who think we go well together."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 5:02 pm

"Not funny!"

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 5:04 pm

"Well it's what we've bloody well got isn't it?"

"I don't even know how I'd take it if I suddenly had a daughter with anyone but you."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 5:08 pm

"Oh yes, I suppose that makes everything perfectly fine." she says, looking like she's currently pondering whether the door or the window make for the better escape route.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 5:10 pm

"It doesn't make it fine, it just... it makes it easier, love. It means I've got someone I've at least thought of raising children with, to help me."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 5:16 pm

"Oh yeah, I'm sure I'll be a great help. Just ask me previous references, one of whom currently enjoys baking people into muffins."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 5:21 pm

"You were already helping her. The main difference is... well, we need to tell her, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:00 pm

"Yeah but then I was just helping a poor kid in a bad spot. Now I'm suddenly helping our kid and there's all kinds of expectations and oh god, we need to tell her somehow!"

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:04 pm

"...love, no matter what, no matter whether she wants to be associated with us or not, we're always going to be better than she had. She's not worse off for having us, and we're going to do our bloody best as much as she lets us."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:10 pm

"Of course we are, don't think I'm trying to bail on this. Just..." she fishes for her purse and pulls out a crumpled pack of cigarettes. "I don't know if I'm ready for this. Scratch that, I'm almost positive I'm not ready for this."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:19 pm

"I'm not saying that, I'm just..."

"...we can't change this, love. I don't know if I'm ready for it either, but it is what it is. We've got to get this out of our systems so we can be there for her, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:23 pm

"Yeah..." she says, lighting up a cigarette. "How about you'll go tell her and I'll be in a corner somewhere, freaking out for a bit?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:25 pm

"We can both have a little mental health time before we tell her, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:28 pm

"Right. Yeah..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:31 pm

"Love, I don't think you'd let her down even if she was just a student."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:45 pm

"Of course not..." At least I try not to.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:46 pm

"Nothing has to change, unless she wants it to. We're the strangers in her life."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:49 pm

"Everybody's a stranger in her life!"

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:50 pm

"Not what I meant, love."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 7:00 pm

"I know..." she sighs. "But it's still true. She doesn't have anybody else."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 7:51 pm

"How would you have felt if she'd come to you eventually and asked about something more, like adoption?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 7:53 pm

"Better? Maybe? It'd seem more like a choice. On both sides."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 7:54 pm

"The way I see it, it's no different than an adopted child. She decides the degree to which she wants her biological parents involved, and that's us. If she wants me to be... her mother, then that's what I'll be."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:12 pm

Nailah's face suddenly scrunches up and she looks very conflicted. Oh goddess, what if she says no?

"How... how do you even breach a topic like that?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:13 pm

"She's... no doubt curious about who her parents are, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:18 pm

"Oh, good news Miranda, we found out who your parents are. Bad news, there's no past for you to reconnect with."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:19 pm

"I'm not certain there ever was going to be. I know how disappointed she was that we couldn't recover her memories."

"So aye, you could say that I'm hoping she gives us a chance to make some new ones with her too, love."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:23 pm

"Do we have the right to take that hope from her entirely though?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:24 pm

"We don't have the right to lie to her, at the least."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:26 pm

"No, of course not... I... I need some fresh air." she says, getting up.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:27 pm

"Do you... want company?" She asks carefully.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:31 pm

She hesitates for a second.

"No I... think I need to be by myself for a while."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:32 pm

"...alright then. I'll be around."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:35 pm

"Sorry..." she says as she opens the door.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:41 pm

Miranda was standing in the door mid-knock. Her red hoodie had been swapped out for a black one, still hiding her eyes. "If you're on your way out, I can come back later."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:42 pm

Samantha looks out the door and blinks.

"...you have the damnedest timing, Miranda."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 30, 2014 8:44 pm

"Miranda! We..."

Nailah looks roughly like a deer caught in the head-lights and if Sam is paying even the slightest bit of attention to her surface thoughts she might catch the impulse to turn around and try the window.

"...we have something to talk to you about..."

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