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Madison Moriarty (codename_oracle) wrote in genome_project,
@ 2012-01-28 10:56:00

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carter manning, january 2012

who: Madison and Carter
What: ~~They join forces to rule the galaxy as... mother and son.~~ First official mother-son convo
Where: Madison's house
When: Saturday afternoon
Rating: Low-ish

Madison was just the tiniest bit nervous.

Strike that. Madison was basically scared out of her mind over what she was going to say. The truth to a point seemed like the best policy since it wasn't as though she could just go on about how she had basically volunteered him to be a test subject and raised by his grandfather because she already wasn't sure. If he asked anything about his power? Well she did have her own to counter it and hopefully make it seem like something that had just happened because of being related. Though there were plenty of people with odder stuff going on. After a very unsuccessful attempt to even just trying to drown herself in the bathtub (knowing full and well that inhaling water just seemed to turn her into a fish when it came to breathing), she had been pacing back and forth the better part of the day while trying to even know if she should set out some sort of cookies and milk or if hot cocoa would be better before deciding just to wait until he was actually there to ask.

Plus there was the smallest part of her that was mad. He had gotten into personal files that he had no right to be digging into. The only thing that made it a little forgivable was the fact that they were all about him. She wasn't dumb enough to actually leave signs of the project's existance just sitting around her office. At least she could stop hiding his picture and had it set out on her desk. There was no use in hiding any more when a secret like that had left her house. She'd also spent a good period of time just worried about him and following while keeping her distance. Especially if he tried to make any plan to run off across the ice if the ferry wasn't going to be working. Even if the ice was thick enough the entire way she knew all too well the dangers of cold and asthma.

By the time a knock actually came to the door she ended up jumping at the sound before answering it. "Glad to see you didn't change your mind."

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manningofsteel
2012-01-31 02:48 pm UTC (link)

Once 1pm rolled around Carter was already on his way over to Madi..Glo...his mo...honestly he had no idea what to call her anymore. Mostly because he didn't know where she stood. Did she now expect him to call her mom...after months of calling her Madison. Was she going to go back to Gloria or keep up the charade of being Madison Moriarty? All this uncertainty was making his head hurt. He decided that he'd let her tell her plead her case and then they can discuss names and such.

Carter took a deep breath before raising his hand to knock on the door. This was it, normally going to her door he would be excited. He'd be over to look at his CGI or play a video game with her. Now he knew when she opened the door he would no longer be looking at just the cool adult...he'd be looking at his mother. The woman he had partially hated ever since he found out that she was really alive all this time.

He sucked in a breath when the door opened and there she was. He let it out as he simply replied, "Yeah...well, you did say that we should talk about this." He made his way inside and was about to sit down on the couch but then rethought it and just stood next to it. Carter leaned against in with his hip and his arm crossed, "So...explain it to me...explain to me why you wanted me to think you were dead...explain to me why you lied to me these past months...explain to me why if you didn't want me to be in your life you got close to me?"

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codename_oracle
2012-01-31 03:59 pm UTC (link)

Well... There certainly wasn't going to be any beating around the bush with him today. Nor even much of a chance to offer up milk and cookie or something she could vaguely remember her own mother making for her when she was having a really bad day. "Carter..." Of course even looking at him he had basically overshot her in height in the last year that she had been on the island. Madison just went and took a seat though rather than trying to stand up to him right now.

"I was a senior in high school when I realized I was pregnant with you, and I was scared. I don't know how much Quinn has ever told you about growing up, but Mom and Dad divorced when I was six. I didn't have my parents and sister around being all supportive. When Dad offered to take you though and raise you I just jumped at the opportunity. I would have been a crappy mother to you. I was a teenager and selfish and I didn't want you to come looking for me so... I died. I honestly expected they'd tell you it had been in a car crash or something that hadn't involved you, but I should have known that Dad wouldn't have been one for creativity and prefer a half-truth." She shook her head a little bit half-lost in memories of sixteen years previous when she had been trying to keep her friends from ever knowing that she was pregnant.

"I think Diane was hellbent on guilting me over the whole thing. She sent pictures and letters and rather than signing them with my new name I just went with the person she knew. Especially after dad died... I couldn't help but fall in love with you and I thought you were happy. You had Quinn and everything here, and then I wanted to move back here. I don't think Diane ever realized I was back before... I'm sorry. I didn't think it was right of me to try sweeping back into your life after that all "Hi Carter. I know you thought I was dead, but I'm your mom and now that the only other family you have is my sister then you can come live with me". I didn't know how to tell you though..."

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manningofsteel
2012-01-31 04:36 pm UTC (link)

Once she started talking the firm stance he had taken since coming in melted and he decided to take a seat next to her. Sure he sat on the opposite side of the couch from her. All wasn't forgiven just yet. As she continued talking about her life from his conception to this moment he could understand her reasoning...somewhat. He understood why she didn't immediately tell him when she showed up, he would be pissed...maybe not as pissed as he was right now...well maybe just as...he didn't really know. He ran a hand through his hair in frustrations,

"Jesus Mad...Glo...Mo...ug, I don't even know what to call you anymore. I wouldn't have gone looking for you...at least not yet. Some friends of mine are adopted and they understand that their probably was a good reason their parents gave them up. And their grateful for the life they had. The thing I'm most mad at is that you wanted me to think you were dead, yeah I knew the reason wasn't your idea but all I've ever wanted from you is to know you. Know if I'm at all like you or my dad wherever he is. Like if you or he were into film like me, either of you have asthma, either of you are uncoordinated like me, had a hard time in love? I just wanted to know where I came from. My grandpa and grandma never spoke about you and I never asked Aunt Quinn because I thought me asking about her dead sister would hurt her." He took in a shaky breath not wanting to cry in front of her. Carter looked back at her profile and noticed something. He touched his nose gingerly and a small smile quirked onto his face, "I think I have your nose."

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codename_oracle
2012-02-02 02:32 am UTC (link)

"Madison. Legally at least I haven't been Gloria for about 14 years now." She definitely wasn't going to be pushing for Mom at this point in time. Even Ms. Moriarty seemed so formal when it came down to it, then... "Ms. Moriarty if that makes you feel more comfortable. I was really interested in Sherlock Holmes at the time. Now it just seems depressingly appropriate." She laughed a little to herself just shaking her head. After all, wasn't she the villian of his story? "Apparently you have my extreme fondness for things like Star Wars and video games. The asthma for the longest time, but I grew out of that even though I'm not sure it'll work for you." It was almost a little depressing that none of them would have ever spoken about her at all. Then how much did they really know her after only being there during the summers? There were the letters back and forth, but for the most part she had been a selfish kid that hadn't thought too much about the fact that her parents weren't going to be around forever.

She looked over at him though about the nose comment and just twitched her own. "I think you do. Though you definitely didn't end up with my hair. You look like your dad though in some ways." And that was all the more she really wanted to think about that. Hiding in plain sight had suddenly gotten a lot harder when one person realized she wasn't entirely who she claimed to be.

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manningofsteel
2012-02-02 02:26 pm UTC (link)

"I think I want to call you Madison...for now," he gave a little half hearted chuckle when she said it was depressingly appropriate, "yeah, a little." Then he listened as she listed off the things that he liked that she also enjoyed.

Carter ran a head through his hair about her comment about looking like his dad. He bit his lip and cautiously looked over at her, "What was he like? My dad? Did he know about me?"

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codename_oracle
2012-02-05 06:45 am UTC (link)

"Well you are used to it. And I think the only one who uses my other name is Quinn." Besides any more she didn't even really feel like Gloria. Some people might suggest she had some sort of multiple personality disorder, but Madison was just who she was now. Their pasts were just melding together rather than the fake stories she had made up that someone with enough knowledge and a Sci-fi(ne tooth) comb could figure out that she had grabbed bits and pieces from her favorite shows and books. Such as the fact that her first boyfriend's name had not actually been Wesley Wheaton.

Madison wasn't entirely sure what to say on that. Of course she hadn't told him, but she'd also had her reasons for it then as much as she did now. Besides she rather liked the idea of really getting to know her son without an ex-boyfriend butting in. "I never told him about you or that I was pregnant. He's not Anakin Skywalker though, and you don't have a twin sister somewhere."

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manningofsteel
2012-02-05 07:04 am UTC (link)

Carter nodded, "Yeah calling you Gloria would be weird, and I don't think I'm ready to call you mom yet. Cause I'm still trying to wrap my head around that idea that when I look at you...you're my mom. I mean I never really knew what you looked like for a long time then I found that picture and it wasn't really a good angle and now...well I know exactly what you look like. Like that I have your nose and my dad's smile." He shot her a quick smile to prove his point. Grace had been the one to point it out to him after he found the picture.

Carter was a little sad that his dad didn't know about him...he partially had hoped that somewhere out there his dad was searching for him. But he had probably moved forward with his life, got married had other kids...he could have siblings. He gave a little laugh, "Well it's good he's not Darth Vader, I happen to like my right hand and while I may not have a twin sister...I could have other siblings...you know if he got married and had other kids."

He had been fiddling with his hands all this time another question nagging in his head. "I have one more question...for now. Do you... I mean can you...can you do something amazing...like something that no one else can do...I mean...is there something you have that's not normal?"

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