Grace Danvers (shessomarvelous) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-02-20 01:58:00

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inactive - grace danvers, npc - wonder man, sydney ashcroft, team - defenders

The results are in
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Grace had been staying with the Defenders for a couple of weeks now. She'd called her mom shortly after Simon said that he'd do any tests that she'd like. Needless to say, Carol wasn't happy with her daughter when she first called. Not all. Granted, Grace still wasn't too happy with her mother for keeping her father a secret all these years. The anger vanished a little, though, as spending time with Zoey and the rest of the Defenders almost made her forget how mad she was at her mom. Almost.

Earlier that morning, Grace got the phone call from the lab saying that the results of the paternity test were in. Butterflies in her stomach, Grace took a cab there, and got the envelope with the results before heading back to the Defenders Compound.

Her heart was beating a million miles a minute as she looked for Simon. She didn't want to open the envelope until she found him.

He had to be her father. He just had to.

Stopping at his bedroom door, Grace inhaled and knocked. "Simon? It's Grace. Are you there?" Her voice shook a little.

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	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-20 06:28 am UTC (link)
	"I got them too." He's been sitting here trying to think and his mind is a complete blank. He's always wanted this and now there's just too much to consider. "I don't know what to do about this. Having you around has been terrific, but...I think most of the choices to be made come down to what you want." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

shessomarvelous
2010-02-20 06:36 am UTC (link)

Wait...he got them before her? Grace tore open the envelope. Her heart nearly stopped beating after she read the small piece of paper in front of her. He was her father. "I've been wanting to know who my father was since I was five," she said, sighing. "I'd like to stay...and get to know you better, but I understand if you don't want me around for whatever reason. You don't have time or me being your kid is too much to handle...." She looked down at the floor.

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pop_trash_hero
2010-02-20 06:58 am UTC (link)

He got them because Hank knew Simon just that well. He's on his feet immediately and moving a hand under her chin, lifting it.

"It's not that." He doesn't have his glasses on and tears coat red eyes. "Grace, this is a miracle. You are a miracle." He shakes his head. "I'm...Forget it. It's not about me. This is about you. If you want to stay, then stay. I need to talk to your mom." And it won't be pretty. It is everything he can do not to be absolutely pissed at Carol right now. She's a kid and she need an adult. I'm just not sure yet I am that adult, but damn Carol for not even giving me the damn option!

"Usually, the 'I have no idea what I'm doing,' speech is done when the kids in diapers." He watched all of his friends and family offer those things to their children. "You're getting it now. I'm going to screw up, but I'll learn."

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	shessomarvelous 2010-02-20 07:07 am UTC (link)
	Grace sniffed, fighting back tears of her own. "Thanks, Simon." She fought the impulse at first, but wrapped her arms around him in a quick, brief hug anyway. "Right..." she bit her lip at the mention of her mom. "My mom...." Yeah. She's going to KILL me. She let out a nervous laugh. "It's okay. I've never had a Dad before, so we'll learn together, I guess." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-20 07:15 am UTC (link)
	He wraps his arms around her. "Let me worry about that right now." Then he reconsiders. "Anything you want to tell me about the mine field I'm about to walk into?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shessomarvelous 2010-02-20 07:19 am UTC (link)
	"Umm...she's really, really, really pissed off at me right now for taking off to California without telling her? And will probably be even more pissed when she finds out why I went? She knows I'm here, staying with the Defenders....but I might have been a little fuzzy on the details..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-20 07:20 am UTC (link)
	"Uh, huh. How fuzzy?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shessomarvelous 2010-02-20 07:31 am UTC (link)
	"She thinks I'm here because I want to meet some famous Olympic track and field star?" She bit her lip. "I was still kind of pissed off at her when I called her to tell her where I was. She only really thinks I'm with the Defenders because I knew that you were friends back she was in the 'business'." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-20 07:34 am UTC (link)
	"A track and field boyfriend star?" he gently asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shessomarvelous 2010-02-20 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Something like that," she says, "I was mad and didn't want tell her the truth." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-21 01:21 am UTC (link)
	He steps back so he can see her face. "You both fight a lot, don't you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shessomarvelous 2010-02-21 01:24 am UTC (link)
	"I love my Mom. I really do. We just...don't see eye-to-eye on a lot of things." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-21 01:28 am UTC (link)
	"I remember Carol being interesting to deal with." Even if it's been years. "Just -" He moves his hand around. "Come out with it. How bad and what about?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shessomarvelous 2010-02-21 01:59 am UTC (link)
	"Same thing as usual. I wanted to know who my father was, she refused to tell me, like always. I went behind her back, figured it out, and here I am. She just doesn't know that. Hence the story about the track star." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-21 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"What did she tell you? Anything?" All this is dumbfounding to him. How could he not be told?! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shessomarvelous 2010-02-21 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"Nothing. Said that it was just a long time ago, and that it wasn't all that important that I know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-21 03:25 am UTC (link)
	Outwardly he seems calm, but he's been gripping the desk as a way to manage not looking angry in front of a teenager. there's a loud "crack" and he almost falls over. He drops the two chunks of desk in his hands. "Sorry. Continue." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

shessomarvelous
2010-02-21 03:48 am UTC (link)

The crack got her to raise an eyebrow. As she's almost as equally annoyed at her mother, she can understand. Kind of. "I started to look into who my father might be after my powers finished developing...just in case they weren't all from Mom. I had to be sneaky about it, because I was pretty sure that Mom would kill me if she found out what I was up to. It took me a while to go through all of her past relationships,but I was able to figure out that she got pregnant with me shortly after she stopped dating you. I took some money out of the savings account that she'd had me set up when I was seven, wrote her a note, threw some clothes in a suitcase, and hopped on the first plane out of Boston to LA."

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	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-21 04:06 am UTC (link)
	He closes his eyes for a moment. Damn, that eyebrow is pure Carol. "I know I'm asking the questions here. I'm sorry." He spreads his hands. "I'm a mostly open book. You want to know about your father." He takes an unneeded breath to steady himself. "Ask away. Anything. Anything at all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shessomarvelous 2010-02-21 04:16 am UTC (link)
	"It's okay," she said, a small smile on her face. "It's a lot to take in at once...I guess." She bit her lip. "I don't know...I guess favorite foods, movies, what you like to do in your spare time...I really don't know where to begin." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pop_trash_hero
2010-02-21 04:32 am UTC (link)

He chuckles and hides his eyes. "Too many, though I don't need to eat any more. Too many movies, but my favorite type are Warner Brothers cartoons. Spare time...I don't have a lot of it. I..." He trips over the words. "I date. I mean," he laughs, but it's a sad laugh. "I am 'the rebound guy.' Otherwise, I work out, watch movies, occasionally fix something." He shrugs. "For a movie star, I'm not that interesting."

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	shessomarvelous 2010-02-21 04:47 am UTC (link)
	"I think you're interesting," she said. A pause. "I like Tweety Bird." She didn't really know what else to ask right now... the words were in her head, but she just couldn't get them all together. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-21 05:15 am UTC (link)
	He knows the feeling. "There's one other thing you should know then while we get our heads around this." He straightens. but his voice is slightly shaky. "I think I explained that I thought I couldn't have children. You should know...Even though I'm not good at it, all I ever wanted was a family, Grace. I might not be the parent you always wanted. I'll try." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shessomarvelous 2010-02-21 05:23 am UTC (link)
	Grace gave him a small smile. "I've never had a dad, so I'm not entirely sure what to expect myself. We're just going to have to...work on it as we go along, I guess." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-21 07:07 am UTC (link)
	"She won't take you back. Not until we get this resolved." After that, silence just kind of hangs in the room. "Sorry...I keep saying that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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