A/N: So here's Chapter 10. I'm telling you, don't expect stuff like this. I'm really surprised I've put so much effort into this. Hope you enjoy it.

BTW: This is the fluffy leg of the story, so if you're not into it, this story will probably from now on kill you're interest.

Here it goes...

Back at Francis and Richie's apartment, the large group of people felt like a pack of sardines in the enclosed space.

Explanations had been taken care of, apologies quieted, and jokes had become stale. The day after the wait of eternity was ending as spirits settled in comfortable places of relatively quiet joy.

It really was surprising everyone but Richie and Maggie that the redheaded pixie and Goliath weren't hooting for joy in their reunion. No, no one expected tears from the mother and son, at least not Francis, but...just something more! More than the occasional smiles and ruffling of hair between the two. They were expecting laughter, a bit of nervousness. Again, everyone but Maggie and Richie.

The Hawkin family waited until about eight o'clock to make their leave from the small, but cozy apartment.

Richie stood up to see them out and as he personally saw Virgil out, the question passed through the African American young man's lips,
"What's with those two?"

Richie pulled him aside, surprised by his best friend's question.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean the fact that those two act like being with each other is an everyday thing. It's weird,"admitted Virgil.

"Come on, man. This Frankie we're talking about. He has his own way of handling emotions and his mom just happens to be where he gets it from. They're just trying to make it as easy as possible for all of us. Maybe when no one else is around..."

"Virgil, let's go, already!" shouted Sharon near one of the cars.

"Uh, sisters..." muttered Virgil on the outside the doorway,"See ya later, Rich."

"Later,"said Richie, closing his front door.

The blonde walked over toward the large couch and sat near his fiance, leaning up to his chest. Francis wrapped an arm around him and pulled him close. The pyrokinetic unthinkingly yawned as he pulled the technopathic young man close. Francis crossed his legs and leaned his head back.

"You tired, Frankie?"chuckled Megan.

"Huh...wha..yeah, I guess."

Richie laughed.

"Must be."

"You really can't say anything,"chimed in Maggie.

Richie groaned at the fact. It was only 8:16. But then again, the last six days had been crazy, moreover sleepless.

"I think it's a good idea for us all to get some rest. We've got all the hard stuff out of the way. The work is done,"added Maggie with her own yawn.

Francis sat up, turning toward his mothers.

"You need me to drive you to Hawkins' place. Until we get a bigger apartment, this is all we've got."

Megan and Maggie looked at each other for a moment, thinking.

"...Yeah,"said Megan, a little reluctantly,"that might be a good idea."

Yeah,"said Richie,"they planned on offering, but they were waiting for you and Frankie to have a heartfelt moment, I guess."

Proving their relations, Megan and Francis snorted at the same time as Maggie and Richie laughed.

"Coming with me, Rich?"asked Francis, standing up.

"Yeah, I am,"said Richie, wincing as he stood. Dozing in those hospital chairs was a terrible idea.

The ride was quiet until a very familiar song came on the radio:

'Someday you will find me,
Caught beneath a landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky...'

The redheaded mother and son stared each other at the red light close to the Hawkins'. When both realized that the whole ride have become duet karaoke, it became a duet of laughs and amazement at the fact the other knew that song. Francis nearly crashed and Richie took the wheel when it was found out that the two had listened to it drunk on the same night, on the same station.

As they pulled up to the house and stepped out, Francis let the feels train hit him with full force.

He grabbed his mother in a tight hug, whispering to her:

"I love you, Mom."

Megan immediately hugged back.

"I love you, too. You're my world, you know that? I'm glad I stopped runnin'."

Releasing her from his grip, he watched as his fiance and his mother walk to the door and ring the bell.

Daisy came out with a smile.

"Oh, good. Robert and Virg were getting a little worried.

Only Francis and Richie left back out the doors.

It wouldn't be that way for long...