FIC: Bad Things 23/?
Title: Bad Things
Author: xenalvr
Fandom: Guiding Light
Pairing: Olivia/Natalia
Rating: NC-17 eventually
Disclaimer: CBS, P&G, Telenext et. al. own these characters, not me.
Summary: Canon up till the scene after the kiss, which is reenacted in this fic.
A/N: Back to business!
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23
Olivia tapped her pen on her desk absently as she ruminated. Everything in her life was going scarily well. In her world, it meant that something bad of an equal or greater magnitude was going to happen to balance things out because Olivia's happiness never lasted. She was anxiously waiting for the other proverbial shoe to drop.
When no shoe miraculously fell from the ceiling, Olivia sighed and tossed her pen onto her desk, watching it skid to a halt at a picture of Emma and herself. Olivia picked up the photo frame and traced her daughter's smiling face with her finger. Then her cell rang, shaking her out of her reverie.
"Olivia Spencer."
"Mommy, can you come get me?"
Olivia heard the tears in her daughter's voice and her brows furrowed as she stood up quickly, reaching for her purse and car keys. "Of course, baby, are you okay? Where are you? What happened?"
"I'm still at school. I'm not allowed at Derek's house," Emma said tearfully.
"Why not?" Olivia punched the elevator button impatiently. Emma was meant to go over to her classmate's house for a play date after school.
"I'm not allowed to play with him anymore." Emma sniffled. The sound tore at Olivia's heart.
"Emma, baby, Mommy'll be there in five minutes. Don't go anywhere, okay?" Olivia said when the lift door slid close. After getting a soft acquiescence from her daughter, her cell went dead due to the lack of reception in the elevator. Olivia thumbed the elevator button for the hotel lobby anxiously.
The shoe was supposed to fall on her, not her daughter, damn it!
*
Natalia hummed as she dropped freshly cooked meatballs into tomato based sauce that she had simmering on the stove. Olivia and Emma weren't due back for another hour and a half, so she had plenty of time. Her brows furrowed when she heard the slamming of car doors. She cleaned her hands on the tea towel and went to see who it was.
"Hey sweetie," Natalia greeted when Emma trudged up the driveway. She frowned at the sullen, tear-stained face. "Is everything okay? What happened?" she asked immediately, bending forward with her palms on her thighs.
Emma flung her arms around a worried Natalia, who squeezed her tightly. Natalia met Olivia's eyes over Emma's shoulder. Olivia walked over to the two of them and pressed a kiss to Emma's head. "Come on, baby, let's get changed. Natalia made your favourite spaghetti meatballs today," Olivia said, trying to inject enthusiasm into her voice.
"Okay," Emma mumbled as she dragged her feet into the house and up the stairs. Natalia followed Olivia and Emma with her eyes before she went back into the kitchen.
Olivia made it downstairs before Emma did and made a beeline for the kitchen. "What happened?" Natalia asked in a concerned, hushed voice.
"Apparently Emma's not allowed to play with her friend Derek anymore," Olivia said, her face taut.
Natalia frowned. "Why not?"
"Because of her presentation." Olivia pinched the bridge of her nose. "Because of us."
Natalia felt a sickening lurch in her stomach at that. "Have you... what did you..." Natalia chewed on her lower lip, feeling a sense of dread creeping up on her for reasons she could not pinpoint.
"Oh, I wanted to drive over and give them a tongue lashing when Emma finally told me but..." Olivia shot a worried look up the stairs. "I didn't want to upset Emma further..."
Emma appeared then, effectively ending their discussion. Natalia served everyone their dinner and tried to lighten the mood several times but she could not shake off the sense of impending doom that seemed to be growing by the second. Her dinner tasted like sawdust in her mouth.
"Mommy, why doesn't Derek want to play with me anymore?" Emma asked in a small voice when they were halfway through the meal. Natalia immediately raised her eyes to Olivia, who avoided meeting them.
"Baby, do you remember your class presentation?" At Emma's sullen nod, Olivia took a deep breath. "There are different types of families. Some families are made up of a daddy and a mommy, some just have one daddy or one mommy, and you..."
"I have two mommies," Emma said, looking from Natalia to Olivia.
Olivia nodded as she searched for the right words to say. "That's right. And sometimes people get scared of things that are different."
Emma frowned. "Derek is scared of me because I have two mommies?" she asked in disbelief.
"No, baby, Derek's parents are probably the ones who don't like that you have two mommies. And so they've told Derek that he can't play with you anymore because instead of a daddy and a mommy, you have two mommies."
"That's stupid," Emma said finally. "I don't want to play with him anymore either!"
Olivia was about to agree when Natalia said, "They're just ignorant, Emma. And sometimes ignorance make people do things that aren't right. But you shouldn't stop trying to be friends with Derek just because of what his parents think."
"But he doesn't want to play with me anymore," Emma argued. "So why should I still try to be friends with him?"
"Sometimes people don't see that what they're doing is not right and you have to be patient with them. If you start ignoring him too, it will just make him think that his parents are right, that you're not someone he wants to play with. If you're still nice to him, one day he'll question why his parents don't allow him to play with you anymore because you're still the same Emma Spencer."
Olivia finally met her eyes to Natalia's. "I think Natalia's right, baby. There's nothing wrong with your family and there's nothing wrong with you. You don't have to be extra friendly to Derek but you shouldn't ignore him either. One day, hopefully, he'll see that there's nothing to be afraid of."
"I like having two mommies," Emma stated, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "Derek's just a scaredy cat."
Olivia smirked and was about to agree when Natalia lifted a brow at her. Olivia rolled her eyes. "He's just trying to be a good boy and listen to his parents, okay baby?" She looked at her daughter, who looked like she had found her appetite.
"This is really yummy, Natalia," Emma said, waving a meatball in the air.
Olivia blew out a breath as she half listened to Emma tell Natalia about her day. She knew that Natalia was picking up on her mood but there were things that she needed to think about. This incident was a reminder that the world could be a hostile place.
TBC
Author: xenalvr
Fandom: Guiding Light
Pairing: Olivia/Natalia
Rating: NC-17 eventually
Disclaimer: CBS, P&G, Telenext et. al. own these characters, not me.
Summary: Canon up till the scene after the kiss, which is reenacted in this fic.
A/N: Back to business!
1&2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
23
Olivia tapped her pen on her desk absently as she ruminated. Everything in her life was going scarily well. In her world, it meant that something bad of an equal or greater magnitude was going to happen to balance things out because Olivia's happiness never lasted. She was anxiously waiting for the other proverbial shoe to drop.
When no shoe miraculously fell from the ceiling, Olivia sighed and tossed her pen onto her desk, watching it skid to a halt at a picture of Emma and herself. Olivia picked up the photo frame and traced her daughter's smiling face with her finger. Then her cell rang, shaking her out of her reverie.
"Olivia Spencer."
"Mommy, can you come get me?"
Olivia heard the tears in her daughter's voice and her brows furrowed as she stood up quickly, reaching for her purse and car keys. "Of course, baby, are you okay? Where are you? What happened?"
"I'm still at school. I'm not allowed at Derek's house," Emma said tearfully.
"Why not?" Olivia punched the elevator button impatiently. Emma was meant to go over to her classmate's house for a play date after school.
"I'm not allowed to play with him anymore." Emma sniffled. The sound tore at Olivia's heart.
"Emma, baby, Mommy'll be there in five minutes. Don't go anywhere, okay?" Olivia said when the lift door slid close. After getting a soft acquiescence from her daughter, her cell went dead due to the lack of reception in the elevator. Olivia thumbed the elevator button for the hotel lobby anxiously.
The shoe was supposed to fall on her, not her daughter, damn it!
*
Natalia hummed as she dropped freshly cooked meatballs into tomato based sauce that she had simmering on the stove. Olivia and Emma weren't due back for another hour and a half, so she had plenty of time. Her brows furrowed when she heard the slamming of car doors. She cleaned her hands on the tea towel and went to see who it was.
"Hey sweetie," Natalia greeted when Emma trudged up the driveway. She frowned at the sullen, tear-stained face. "Is everything okay? What happened?" she asked immediately, bending forward with her palms on her thighs.
Emma flung her arms around a worried Natalia, who squeezed her tightly. Natalia met Olivia's eyes over Emma's shoulder. Olivia walked over to the two of them and pressed a kiss to Emma's head. "Come on, baby, let's get changed. Natalia made your favourite spaghetti meatballs today," Olivia said, trying to inject enthusiasm into her voice.
"Okay," Emma mumbled as she dragged her feet into the house and up the stairs. Natalia followed Olivia and Emma with her eyes before she went back into the kitchen.
Olivia made it downstairs before Emma did and made a beeline for the kitchen. "What happened?" Natalia asked in a concerned, hushed voice.
"Apparently Emma's not allowed to play with her friend Derek anymore," Olivia said, her face taut.
Natalia frowned. "Why not?"
"Because of her presentation." Olivia pinched the bridge of her nose. "Because of us."
Natalia felt a sickening lurch in her stomach at that. "Have you... what did you..." Natalia chewed on her lower lip, feeling a sense of dread creeping up on her for reasons she could not pinpoint.
"Oh, I wanted to drive over and give them a tongue lashing when Emma finally told me but..." Olivia shot a worried look up the stairs. "I didn't want to upset Emma further..."
Emma appeared then, effectively ending their discussion. Natalia served everyone their dinner and tried to lighten the mood several times but she could not shake off the sense of impending doom that seemed to be growing by the second. Her dinner tasted like sawdust in her mouth.
"Mommy, why doesn't Derek want to play with me anymore?" Emma asked in a small voice when they were halfway through the meal. Natalia immediately raised her eyes to Olivia, who avoided meeting them.
"Baby, do you remember your class presentation?" At Emma's sullen nod, Olivia took a deep breath. "There are different types of families. Some families are made up of a daddy and a mommy, some just have one daddy or one mommy, and you..."
"I have two mommies," Emma said, looking from Natalia to Olivia.
Olivia nodded as she searched for the right words to say. "That's right. And sometimes people get scared of things that are different."
Emma frowned. "Derek is scared of me because I have two mommies?" she asked in disbelief.
"No, baby, Derek's parents are probably the ones who don't like that you have two mommies. And so they've told Derek that he can't play with you anymore because instead of a daddy and a mommy, you have two mommies."
"That's stupid," Emma said finally. "I don't want to play with him anymore either!"
Olivia was about to agree when Natalia said, "They're just ignorant, Emma. And sometimes ignorance make people do things that aren't right. But you shouldn't stop trying to be friends with Derek just because of what his parents think."
"But he doesn't want to play with me anymore," Emma argued. "So why should I still try to be friends with him?"
"Sometimes people don't see that what they're doing is not right and you have to be patient with them. If you start ignoring him too, it will just make him think that his parents are right, that you're not someone he wants to play with. If you're still nice to him, one day he'll question why his parents don't allow him to play with you anymore because you're still the same Emma Spencer."
Olivia finally met her eyes to Natalia's. "I think Natalia's right, baby. There's nothing wrong with your family and there's nothing wrong with you. You don't have to be extra friendly to Derek but you shouldn't ignore him either. One day, hopefully, he'll see that there's nothing to be afraid of."
"I like having two mommies," Emma stated, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "Derek's just a scaredy cat."
Olivia smirked and was about to agree when Natalia lifted a brow at her. Olivia rolled her eyes. "He's just trying to be a good boy and listen to his parents, okay baby?" She looked at her daughter, who looked like she had found her appetite.
"This is really yummy, Natalia," Emma said, waving a meatball in the air.
Olivia blew out a breath as she half listened to Emma tell Natalia about her day. She knew that Natalia was picking up on her mood but there were things that she needed to think about. This incident was a reminder that the world could be a hostile place.
TBC