"Où t'es, papaoutai?"

Y/N's POV

~4 Days Later~

I sign the last sheet of paper, grab my stuff, and leave. I'm finally free!

(Tbh idk if it's even been the right amount of time, but level with me here)

Now....how am I gonna get home? I get out my phone and call Hank. "Hi, I'm finally out of hospital, could you pick me up?" I ask. "Yea, I'll head there right away." He says. "Great, thanks!" I hang up.

Now I play the waiting game....

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I see his car pull up and stand. The car stops, I open the door and get in. "So, you're finally free, huh?" Hank says. "Finally! It's felt like years, I honestly can't wait to finally talk to Lance and Connor again." I say.

"Talk to me?"

I quickly turn around and find Connor sitting in the back seat. Hasn't this happened before? Hm.

"Connor!" I reach behind me and try to hug Connor as best as I can, and he hugs me back. Hank begins to drive back the house. "I heard you were shot." I say. "I was....I'm sorry I wasn't able to catch Cameron." Connor says, looking a little worried.

"It's alright Connor! You did what you could, and I appreciate that." I smile. Connor then smiles brightly, like a little kid that was just praised for a drawing he made. God he's so adorable...

"So what have you two been up too?" I ask. "We've been tracking down Cameron, we still haven't gotten anywhere though." Hank says. "No traces at all? Nothing?" I ask. "There were only samples of blue blood left by that dress store, some of his own, and others belonged to different models." Connor says.

"In case you're wondering, yes, he did lick the blue blood in front of me." Hank says, and I laugh softly.

Speaking of Cameron, I'm reminded of that group of people that came to me. I should text one of them, but I'll wait until we get back home.

"So....has Lance been okay?" I ask. "He's been perfectly fine, and Boomer and Mochi have been okay as well." Connor says. "Thank you, what about the house?" I ask. "Your house? We've moved all of your things in already, you don't need to worry." Connor says. I sigh in relief. Good.

We reach Hank's place, I get out of the car and stretch. Free, finally free.

I go inside and immediately go on my phone, about to text Lilith that I'm out. "Already on the phone?" Hank asks. "Just need to tell someone I'm okay," I say. "Who?" Connor asks.

"Uh, a friend." I say. "Alright." Connor shrugs and sits at the kitchen table with Hank.

I go to Lilith's contact and text her that I'm out. Not even a few seconds later, she's answers me.

L: Good, go to that dress store that burned down tomorrow.

That's all she answered with. I mean, it wasn't a problem, I was just hoping she would explain things more clearly. I just joined this random group of three people without my own will. I didn't exactly have a choice anyway.

"Is Lance still with Markus?" I ask. "He is." Connor says. "I'm gonna go and head over there, I'll be back later." I say. The two nod as I leave the house.

Markus doesn't live too far from here anyway.

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I reach the house and knock on the door. North opens the door and smiles brightly when she sees me. "You're okay!" North hugs me tightly. "Yea... surprisingly." I laugh softly.

(Y'all. Imma be honest. North isn't a bad character, think about it. She was abused her whole life into sexual activities, she never left the Eden Club OF COURSE her first thought would be "all humans are like this" since she's never met a human that doesn't abuse her sexually. Sorry mates. Just had to rant)

She invites me in, I walk in and look around the house. "Markus! Lance!" North calls. I hear the sound of running down the hallway. I look over and see Lance turn the corner.

"Mom!" Lance smiles widely and sprints to me. He jumps right into my arms, and both of us are smiling so brightly. "I missed you so much!" Lance says. "I missed you too!" I say, trying not to cry.

I set Lance down and take a good look at him, I hope he's been okay.

"So...ready to go home?" I ask, smiling. "Yes!" Lance smiles. "Go grab your stuff and we'll go home." I say. Lance nods and runs to get his stuff.

"Thank you both for taking care of him." I look over to Markus and North. "It's the least we can do, you were a huge help for us before...if you ever need something just ask." Markus says. "If I ever do...you'll be the first I go to." I smile.

"I'm ready!" Lance runs out with a bag on his back. "Okay...lets go then" I say. I grab Lance's hand and open the door. Lance looks back and waves to Markus and North before leaving.

"So we're going back to grandpa Hank's?" Lance asks. "W-what? Grandpa?" I ask. "Yea! He's like my grandpa." Lance smiles. I softly laugh and his cuteness. "No Lance, we're going home, home." I say. "What's that?" Lance asks. "The new house I bought, just for me and you! And you'll get your own room too." I say.

"Good! Is the house big?" Lance asks. "It's...big enough." I say. Lance smiles, "When I'm older, I want to buy you a giant mansion and lots of cars! Even your own swimming pool!" Lance says.

I begin to laugh, he has high hopes....I'll give him that.

~Home~

We reach the new house, I grab the key and open the house. Connor said him, Hank, Markus, and North have already moved all of our stuff in here. I can only hope they did a good job.

The door opens and we both walk in. The living room has the couches, coffee table, tv, and decorations done. The stairs already have pictures in frames on the walls.

The kitchen, the bathrooms, everything, is all done and actually looks like what I wanted it to look like.

"Well....wanna go look at the rooms?" I ask. "Yea!" Lance runs straight upstairs. I follow him and find him already in what looks like his room.

"Woah..." Lance looks around. The walls are painted a light blue, his dressers with clothes are in, his bed, and his own closet. "Well....I'll leave you to get used to the new place." I say, turning around. "Mom?" Lance says.

I turn back around. "Yea?" I ask. "Thank you, for everything! I have great friends, family, and an even more amazing mom." Lance smiles. "You're welcome Lance, I love you." I say. "I love you too mom." Lance says.

I smile and turn around, going to my new room. I open the door and look around, it's amazing... everything I would've wanted.

(I'll let y'all decide how you want your room to look)

I immediately flop down on my bed and look at the ceiling. Life is....good, not great. So many bad things have happened, with Cameron going insane and almost killing me, Lance having to live with new people for a while, this new group I've apparently joined....and me and Connor...

I don't know how to explain me and Connor, he's so friendly and he's clearly forgiven me for what I've done. God....I don't deserve him...

I close my eyes and can feel myself drift off to sleep...

~Morning~

I finish packing Lance's lunch and put it in his bag. "So, any friends in school?" I ask. "Yea! My best friend is Hunk! He's really cool and super funny! And there's also Pidge! She's super smart and always helps me with work." Lance says.

Lance looks down at the cereal he's eating. "There's also this really cool guy in my class, his name is Keith..." Lance says.

I look at Lance, his legs are swinging back and forth in the chair. "Are you gonna finish your cereal?" I ask. "Uh! Yea!" Lance looks back up.

I softly laugh, Keith....Lance seems interested in him. He's so young...

I look at the time. "Hurry up Lance! You'll miss your bus." I say. "Okay! Here!" Lance hands me the empty bowl of cereal and grabs his bag.

"Bye! Love you!" I say. "Love you too!" Lance opens the door and runs out, I can hear the bus pull out....that boy almost missed the bus...

Once I hear the bus drive away I quickly grab my keys and phone. I need to meet that group of people by that dress store...

(Sorry for not updating! I've been super busy with school!)