Downtime 3: Mama, mama, talk to your daughter...

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:59 am

Will's parents were waiting in the hall for Will and Sara...after the fallout from their meeting with the helpful Miss Valentine.

"This is a bad idea."

"Oh, hush"

"This is a VERY bad idea."

"You wanted to know, yes?"

"This is a horrible, horrible idea."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:02 am

Having composed herself again a little Sara walks down the hallway towards her dorm, eyes still faintly red.
"Oh... hello. S-sorry for running off like that..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:03 am

"It's OK. If someone was talking about me like that, I might have done the same, especially at your age.

We trust you."

"...it's not true, yes?"

"MAXWELL! Of course it's not true."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:06 am

"No. Will... he is obsessed with me, but I'm not exploiting it. I never would. I'm worried about it."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:07 am

"How so?" she asked, opening the door to Will's room, noting that neither Will nor Simon were around at the moment.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:12 am

"That he propably would do those things Victoria accused me of telling him to do... He keeps telling me he'll do anything or me and I'd just write that off as something you say, but... when the shifting accident happened we could hear each others thought and see each other feelings... He means it. He really really means it and that scares me..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:14 am

"You're saying, if you asked, he'd have gotten you pregnant on purpose? Or...he'd sleep with...." she trailed off.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:15 am

"He might. I don't know. I don't want to know."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:18 am

"That's not right..."

"You're not helping.

Sara, you need to know. These are the kinds of things you need to find out...I mean, there's a line between being nice and...well, that seems almost like...I don't even know what"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:25 am

"I didn't want to tell you because I don't want it. I've never asked him to do anything out of the ordinary. I've been trying to show him that I'm not better than him, that he doesn't have to do that and I'm kicking myself because I think I might have made it worse..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:28 am

"Worse? What happened?" Max asked, with legitimate concern.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:30 am

"I agreed to do something despite knowing it'd be a mistake... A friend of ours gave us a book and... I thought it was a joke at first because she kept joking about Will being whipped and all that, but then Will said he'd been wanting to try it for a while..." she trails of, not managing to actually get it out.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:32 am

There was a long pause.

"And you tried it. And you didn't like it. But...he did..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:35 am

"I did but... not nearly as much as him..." She's intently staring at the floor.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:36 am

"I'm sorry, I need some fresh air," Max said, abruptly, headed for the door.

"Maxwell!"

It's too late--Max left.

"Honestly. He can be such a child."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:39 am

"I understand it... this has to be the worst first meeting ever. I'm sorry..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:44 am

Rita gets up and gives Sara a hug.

"Shhh...don't be crazy. Ignore him, he can be...well, he can be insensitive. Worst first meeting ever? You've made my son so happy...what more could a mother ask for? You've just admitted to trying your best, trying something to make him happy; how could that be bad. I don't understand everything...I don't know why he'd...like...chains and whips and...all that...but..." she trailed off.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:48 am

"Oh god, no! It-it's nothing that extreme..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:50 am

Now it's Rita's turn to look embarrassed. "Then...I guess I really don't understand..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:54 am

"He... he just calls me ma'am and I tell him to do things sometimes. Just... playing around, like a foot massage and such. It doesn't even lead to sex all the time..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:56 am

"...and he likes that?" she asked, her head tilting.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:59 am

She nods.

"It's... about trust and commitment in an odd way... And... I think he likes giving up responsibility for the time it lasts..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:01 am

She shakes her head. "No. I don't understand it. But...if it makes him happy...

What you need to do is just find whatever makes you both happy," she smiled. "I many not get it, but I get happiness..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:03 am

"It does, it just... I'm a little afraid of it bleeding over into our regular life a little."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:05 am

"What do you mean?"

This, of course, was the moment Will chose to walk in. "Heya mom, Heya, Sara! How's things? Getting along OK, I see?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:08 am

"Hey Will. Yeah... we're getting along okay..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:09 am

"Great! I'm glad to see my two favorite ladies in the whole world getting along," he smiled, obliviously, walking over and giving Sara a peck on the cheek. "Where's Dad?"

"He's....getting some fresh air," Rita said, glancing at Sara.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:12 am

"Yeah. He'll propably be back soon." Possibly with something to cave my head in with...

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:14 am

"Oh...OK," Will said, smiling.

"Will...there's something...I have a favor to ask. If you don't mind, that is..."

"Hrm?"

"Well...Sara was telling us about....your...repertoire..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:17 am

"We talked about 'Willow'..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:20 am

"....oh."

"I just thought....if you're going to go gallivanting around England...that I should...see what you look like. If you don't mind!" she exclaimed.

"Um...I suppose so," Will said, glancing at Sara. "It's just...you know, it's a thing...alright, I'll stop talking now."

He took a breath and closed his eyes and transformed, ending up looking a little silly in his clothes, now both over and undersized for various parts of him.

Rita took in a sharp breath.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:22 am

"That.... well, that's why we went clothes shopping..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:24 am

"That, and you liked playing dress-up," Will muttered so Sara could hear him, but his mother could not.

"....oh....and you're OK with this?" she said, turning to ask Sara.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:30 am

"It... raised some confusing feelings. But... he's still Will and... he is kind of cute like this..." she admits a bit sheepishly, blushing.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:35 am

Will blushed, too, but still put an arm around Sara.

"Cute? Oh, my, no," Rita said, laughing unexpectedly. "I give up. This is just too weird for me. My son should not have larger breasts than his girlfriend," she said, between laughs.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:37 am

"It's... uhm... well, yeah, it's weird." she joins the laughter a bit hesitatingly.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:40 am

Will hesitantly joined in, too, leading to quite an odd sight as the three girls laughed it up in Will's room.

Which was the scene as Max came back in, pausing with his mouth agape.

"....what's...what's going on?" he asked.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:43 am

"Oh... just... laughing at the absurdity of the situation, I guess."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:46 am

"....Will?"

"Uh, yes sir."

Rita had fallen on her side on the bed, laughing. "Maxwell, meet the daughter you never knew you had," she squeaked out between laughs.

"I really don't see what's so funny about this..." he grumbled. He turned to Sara. "Willow, you said?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:49 am

She just nods, still not good at judging Will's father and decides to play it safe and not upset him further somehow.

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