Angelica "Freak Two" Munson

Chapter 24

It was a surprisingly blissful Sunday morning in the Munson household. The Munsons are sleeping peacefully... along with the additional Steve Harrington.

He had stayed the night because Eddie had a campaign, and the house was free from prying eyes. This is a rare occurrence for the couple that's been secretly together for almost two months now.

Currently, it's around 8:30, and the sun is peaking through the grey curtains of Angelica's bedroom. Steve's arm is lazily draped across Angie's side as they snore lightly.

Angelica shifts in her sleep, turning to face Steve and accidentally bumping his nose with her own. It startles her awake, but he seems unbothered.

She groans softly before opening her eyes to a peaceful-looking Harrington. Angie resists the urge to giggle at the cute sight. Instead, she runs her fingers softly through his hair and presses her body against his to get comfortable once again.

As she begins to drift off again, there's a firm knock on the front door. In an instant, the two are awake.

"Shit! I didn't think Eddie would be home this early." Angie rubs her eyes roughly.

"What do you want me to do?" Steve scrambles to gather his belongings from the chair in the corner.

"Just-" She panics, "Just stay in here until I get him settled."

Angie rushes to the door with a blanket wrapped around her frame, "Coming!"

She swings the door open, "Sorry it took so long, I was in the bathro- You're not my brother."

Instead of Eddie Munson being presumably at the door, it was a shorter brunette woman with wavy hair similar to her own. She was definitely closer to her Uncle's age than her own.

"I'm sorry for coming so early, I just arrived in town." She states in a slight monotone.

"That's... fine, I guess." Angie stutters looking behind the door and into the house.

Steve slowly creeps through the kitchen after hearing the older woman's voice.

"Who is that?"

"I don't know."

They mouth back and forth to each other silently.

"Should I go?"

"No, just stay there."

"So," Angie starts hesitantly, "Who are you? If you don't mind me asking."

"Oh, right." She smiles slightly, "I guess I was just assuming you'd recognize me. Although you were pretty young the last time I saw you."

"Right," She laughs uncomfortably, "...that still doesn't answer my question."

"Oh yeah, Angelica, it's me."

"'Me' who?"

"It's me, your mother."

"What?"

"I'm so happy to see you again!" The woman practically jumps into Angelica's arms.

She gets shoved away slightly in return as Angie grows more uncomfortable with the situation.

"I-I'm sorry. What?" Angelica takes a step back, "my mother?"

"Yes, it's just been so long! I've just been dying to see you!"

"Yeah, okay. The woman who birthed me abandoned me and my brother on a doorstep."

"I know, and I feel so bad about that. I'm here to make up for all of the time that I've lost."

"If you're actually the woman who birthed me."