Short on Time

Chapter 137

Lucia

"Are you sure you don't want me to come with?" Esther asked. 

I bit my lip as I looked at my concerned siblings. "I'm going with her," Georgie reminded.

"Not as comforting, little bro," Esther said, and George deflated.

"Bro, she'd say the same thing to me," Henry reminded him.

"Do Mum and Dad know that you're going?" Esther asked.

"Mum does, she wants to go with, but she's on bed rest," I told her.

"And dad?" Esther asked.

"He's busy dealing with Auntie Iris being bipolar," Henry said.

Esther rolled her eyes as she glared at her twin, "you don't have to put it like that."

"What? She's being a pain," Henry said.

"Anyhow, I'm going with Lucia," George said. "And then I'm going home."

"Home?" Esther asked.

"Back to the future," Henry said. 

"What? Why?" Esther asked. 

"My life isn't here," George said. "Henry's staying so he can interrogate your boyfriend some more, but I'm tired of not being who I am."

"Well, you guys get to do something fun," Mum said as she walked in.

"What are you doing out of bed?!" Esther demanded. 

"Felicity called," Mum said as she handed Esther an ipad. "William's been kidnapped. They've called the old team in, we can't go, there's too much going on. But you four..."

"Get to work with team Arrow?" Henry asked excitedly. 

"And then Lucia and Georgie go home," Mum said firmly.

"What?" Esther demanded as she glared at me.

"I haven't told her yet," I said as I grimaced.

"Well, good luck," Mum said as she kissed my cheek and gave Georgie a tight hug. "I've already said my goodbyes, and besides, it's not like I'm not going to see you soon." 

Mum smiled as she patted her barely showing stomach. "Yes, now go rest, woman," Henry said as he escorted her back to her room.

"You're leaving?" Esther asked.

"I'm going home," I told her. "Mia's not here anymore, and when I was working with her, I realized that I miss being with my friends. I love being with Mum and Dad, but we saved him. And now I want to go back home." 

"And you knew?" Esther demanded as she turned on Henry.

"Hey!" Henry said defensively. "They told me like ten minutes-"

"Days," Georgie corrected. 

"Not too long ago," Henry tried.

"I am so angry with you right now," Esther said as her hands started to glow. "But we need to go and help Felicity, even though she's never met half of us."

"Family road trip," Georgie said fondly. 

"Nope," I said brightly. "We're taking the faster way."

"I hate you."

~*~

"I didn't know you were coming," Mia said as we clustered around her. "Well, I guess I expected Lucia, but not you three."

"Mum wanted to come, but she's on bed rest," George said with a shrug.

"We have one of great light users, that should be enough," Mia shrugged.