Who: Caroline, Stan, and their daughter, Ruth When: Saturday evening Where: Their place What: Kid plot? Ruth shows up and leave everyone stunned. The end. Rating: Low? Status: Closed; Incomplete
Caroline stifled a yawn with her free hand as she unlocked the door to the house she shared with Lizzie and Stan. She'd just finished shopping; though Stan didn't eat, the two women in the house did and they were running low on some necessary snack foods. It was still exhausting though and as Caroline kicked off her shoes, she was already fantasizing about pouring herself a glass of wine and watching some bad reality television. Until her keen sense of hearing picked up on the sound breathing, followed by hurried footsteps coming her her direction.
Little footsteps with a tiny heartbeat.
Caroline froze, having not experienced such a sensation since Josie and Lizzie were children. Had something happen to Lizzie? Was she a little girl again? Caroline took a tentative step forward and then another, padding her way into the kitchen, but before she could switch on the light, small arms threw themselves around her waist and held on tightly. Caroline's immediate thought was that it was Lizzie and that the Dome had turned her into a child again. But she didn't smell like Lizzie and one look down, told Caroline that the little girl clenching her was not her daughter.
"Mommy! You're finally home." But she just called her mommy. Caroline frowned in clear confusion and reached out with an unsteady hand to flip on the light. The girl clenching her was not Lizzie or Josie, but then, who was she? Caroline was a vampire and being a mother to Lizzie and Josie had been a miracle granted by magic. Caroline knew she would never have another chance at being a mother after that and yet, here she was, with a supposed daughter holding on to her.
Caroline knelt and grasp the girl's hands tightly in her own. She could see her features in that cute little face and features of someone she was very familiar with. It couldn't be, could it?
"Is the Dome being weird again? Where is daddy?" Caroline touched her face and tried to keep her voice level and light as she responded.
"Yes, sweetie. See, I haven't had you yet so you're going to have to tell me your name and daddy's name too." The girl just shook her head and laughed, clearly amused by her mother's words.
"I'm Ruth silly and daddy is Stan." Caroline almost fell over.