Carmen Ivy AU

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)

"Do I want to know what we did while drunk?" Sara asked with a groan as she looked at Ivy who was washing up the dishes and handing out coffee to the four women who were all clean and just waiting for their clothes to be washed and dried. Hannah and Carmen both offered to help but she shooed them away saying that she had it no problem.

"I want to hear about this." Zack said grinning and looking curious as he got ready to head off for school.

"You have school in twenty minutes and they needed you to translate a test for one of the students today." Ivy said giving her brother a stern look and making him sigh slightly.

"I get it. I get it. Later ladies. Bye kaa-san" Zack threw that last bit out as he kissed Ivy's cheek and then left the house. Carmen's eyebrow shot up at the title while Sara stared in disbelief.

"You do know he just called you mom right?" Sara asked after a minute of staring while Ivy finished up the dishes and led them into the living room.

"Of course I know. He's been calling me that ever since he was seven." Ivy said as she sat in a simple recliner, Sara and Hannah sitting on the couch, Carmen taking the other recliner, and Dara just leaning against the wall.

"Zack's annoying when he wants to be but he's a good kid. I did the best I could and he sees me as a mom. The fact that we hardly ever see our own parents only seemed to help him decide that I'm his mother in all the ways that count." Ivy said with a smile as she glanced up at the mantle on the fireplace where there were plenty of Mothers Day cards and pictures of Ivy and Zack together through the years.

"Speaking of them. Where are your parents? Wouldn't they have called the cops on us?" Carmen asked frowning as she looked at the pictures and noticed that it was only of Ivy and Zack and sometimes a few other detectives or the Chief. There was no picture of any parents.

"Last I heard they were at the Russia estate talking business deals or something like that. Honestly I wouldn't put it past them to be in the crime business as well but if they are then they keep everything well hidden from me and Zack. They honestly don't care what I or Zack do as long as we don't make the papers or tabloids in a bad way they're more than happy to let us just do whatever we want." Ivy said shrugging her shoulders and looking unbothered by this.

"So you and Zack live here by yourselves?" Dara asked frowning at this and earning a nod from Ivy.

"Yeah I wanted to prove I could make my own way without my parents help, that was back when my grandmother was still alive. She thought it was a good lesson not to rely too much on my inheritance and to learn some responsibilities so that I don't end up like my mother who has people do almost literally everything for her. Grandma bought me and Zack this house for my fourteenth birthday, and the bills were covered for two months while we settled in and I made sure my checks from ACME were in the proper bank account so I didn't use my inheritance by accident." Ivy said making them stare at her in shock.

"You've been living by yourself since you were fourteen?" Sara asked in disbelief and earning a snort from Ivy.

"Not in the least. When I moved in here, Zack came with me. He is my boy after all. Occasionally when the other detectives are in this area of the world they stay here or if they need a night to get away from home and all that because of something then they have a standing invitation to come here. Grandma came to visit a lot too to check up on us." Ivy said with a small smile and a shake of her head before she frowned.

"I was supposed to go back to the California house with Zack after…after grandma died but…" Ivy sighed and ran a hand through her hair.

"There was a bunch of legal bullshit and dear old mom and dad didn't have time to deal with it themselves apparently. The only thing they told me was to wait until the Will Reading before doing anything. Bastards didn't even go to her funeral." Ivy growled slightly as she glared at nothing.

"That's why you've been…different lately. I was worried something was wrong with you, not that having a loved one die is ever good." Carmen said frowning and then trying to recover what she was saying because the way she phrased it was not exactly the best.

"So you said last night. In between the rest of the chaos that is." Ivy said with an amused smirk on her face as she observed the four women rather lazily. As if they were just an interesting subject but she didn't want to be too invested in it.

"What did we do?" Hannah asked earning a snort from Ivy.

"You three are officially invited back to the bar anytime, Hannah the boss wanted to ask you about upgrading the security system after he heard you rant about it being useless bullshit. Helps that you're a happy drunk." Ivy said looking amused as she watched the alarm expert blush at that.

"Dara is apparently a flirty drunk, I'm sure if she bothered looking in her pants pocket she'll find at least ten different phone numbers, guys and girls. Helped that you sucker punched one drunken idiot when he grabbed Rachel's ass." Ivy said glancing at Dara who looked surprised but then grinned.

"My boss wants to hire you as a bartender. You made three new drinks after having a few too many…and you're very cuddly when drunk. Hannah didn't seem to mind though." Ivy looked at Sara who turned slightly pink in the cheeks at this but not as bright red as Hannah had.

"You on the other hand…I don't think it'd be a good idea for you to head back to the club anytime soon." Ivy said looking at Carmen and she was definitely amused now.

"What did she do?" Dara asked grinning as she looked at her boss who looked a bit nervous now. She didn't get drunk often and when she did she was alone…so how did she act in public?

"She stole the wallets of fourteen different people, as well as countless drinks on the tables from the other customers, got into a fight with one grabby moron and knocked out three of his teeth. You did that while saying how you'd steal various things that aren't real. Honestly the others thought it was all very amusing up until you pulled the last stunt before you passed out." Ivy said making Carmen close her eyes and try not to be mortified too openly. She made a damned fool of herself…and she didn't even remember it.

"What last stunt?" Sara asked raising an eyebrow.

Ivy's grinned as she looked at Carmen amused.

Her words had Carmen turning as red as her iconic hat and trench coat as she stared in disbelief at the red haired detective.

"She decided to pull me onto her lap and make out with me. The others weren't too pleased."