Strange Beginnings - Ben Hargreeves x female reader TUA (On going)

meeting the family pt.3

[Y/n pov]

Allison, Vanya, and I walked into our room as we saw there was only 2 beds. "You guys can take the beds. I could take the couch." I said walking over to the couch. "You sure?" Vanya asked. "Yeah, yeah, I'm okay!" I said sitting down trying to calm down. "Last night, I was sleeping in my own bed next to my amazing husband." I heard Allison say. "I kissed sissy goodbye a few hours ago.. Give or take 50 years." Vanya said. "She saw me for who I really am.. I'm not ready to give that up yet." Vanya said. "Well I'm glad you two found people that treated you right." I said looking at the ceiling and then at them with a sad smile.

"Well you did too. Didn't you?" Allison asked. "What.. What do you mean?" I asked confused. "You and Ben." Vanya added looking at me. "Yeah. You guys were like super close." Allison said smiling. "Oh no, we were just friends." I said smiling knowing that was a lie. "Yeah? Friends that kiss eachother?" Allison said laughing. "I- uh-.." I couldn't manage anything out of my mouth because I was blushing too hard. "Well.. for a bit of time I think we were more than just friends but that was.. only a few months before you know." I said holding onto a pillow. "But you.. You were having the best time, you are lucky you had a good relationship." I said with a sad smile. "You should go home. Hug your daughter." Vanya added. "But what if Diego's right and the Sparrows attack?" She asked. "We fought the entire commission. I mean , we can handle, what? Seven jerks in uniforms." Vanya said.

"Heyy. One of those jerks happen to be Ben." I said taking offense. "Yeah, but a jerk." Vanya said. "I mean, they just caught us off guard." Vanya continued. "Yeah.." Allison said looking down. "You should go to the airport. And get back to your real life." Vanya said. "I would if I could." Vanya said. They stood up and hugged eachother. "Ahh. So cute. I love a good family bonding moment." I said putting my heart on my chest. "Oh come here!" Allison said holding an arm out. And we all hugged for a few seconds until she got out of the room.

"Y/n do you think I-." I heard Vanya say. "Yes." I said looking at her. "But you didn't hear-" I cut her off again. "I know. Just go, if you feel like it's right to, then go." I said smiling. "Haha. You're the best." She said before getting up and walked out of the room.

I just laid there staring up at the ceiling. "I miss you Ben. I really do." I said quietly as I slowly fell asleep.

[Time skip]

I walked over to the table where Klaus, Luther, Diego, and Five were.

"You should try chewing. You might actually taste the food." Klaus said. "I haven't eaten in days." I heard Luther say and slurp down his food. "What's wrong?" I said looking at Five.. " You look happy." Luther said.  I am plenty healthy." Five said sitting down. "Had a nap and a shvitz. What does a man need?" He said. "Brothers who don't eat like barn animals?" Klaus and I said in sync.

"So I've been thinking through pur little timeline snafu and I'm pleased to report that in my professional, expert opinion, we are totally in the clear." Five said. "Awesome!" Luther said. "Huh." Diego said. "Great." Klaus smiled. "Cool." I said. "So everything's totally fine?" Luther said with his mouth full. "Ew please don't do that." I said with a disgusted face. "More or less." Five replied to Luther. "I mean, there is one... Small thing. It's nothing we can't manage." He said.

"So spit it out, boomer!" Diego yelled with his mouth full. "Omg ew why do you guys do that." I asked making me even more disturbed. "Fine Diego, Dad didn't adopt us as babies but those babies still existed here. They just grew up in differentplaces with different people." Five said. "So?" Luther said. "So where are they now? Odds are, we each have identicalversionsof ourselves walking around there, living completely different lives." Five stated. Luther gasped, "our doppelgangers!" He said. "That's a made up word bozo." I said. "No, no! I learned all about this in Texas." He said. "Tell her about the paranoid psychosis, Five." "Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa! I thought you said this wasn't a problem." Diego said. They started going on about if you see your identical self but I blanked out like always.

"I'll be right back." I heard Diego say. I was confused but I figured to not follow him.

I suddenly felt a bit of a shaking feeling coming from the ground but I figured someone dropped something.

Okay yes, short chapter, but this is the end of the episode so I might as well make it the end of this chapter. Until next time!

Word count - 848 words