Summary: This story takes place ten years into the future. The characters in this story are as following; Will Vandom, Susan Vandom, Irma Lair, Anna Lair, Tony Vandom, Tom Lair, Taranee Cook, Theresa Cook, Lionel Cook, Peter Cook, Elizabeth Hale, Harold Hale, Lillian Hale, Chen Lin, Joan Lin, Hay Lin, Cornelia Hale, Cassidy, Emily, Yan Lin, Mira Lin, Kadma, Halinor, Chris Lair.

The girls have grown up and married, hoping to live happily ever after. But sadly, as reality tells us, there is never a happily ever after. Now the girls must live without a husband and an unborn child. Can they deal with this and still find true happiness? Or is their world forever lost in darkness?

PS: For my good buddies Cassidy the Water Sage and Cassidy Herrera, I added Cassidy to this story. She is a main character, so she goes under the whole summary. Unborn child? (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

Chapter 1: Will's Divorce

Rain poured onto the ground heavily, and thunder echoed through the black sky.

Wilma Vandom hurried through the heavy rain, clinch her trench coat closer to her.

She had been such a fool to think she would have a happily ever after with Matt.

Oh, she was such a fool!

Will ran as quickly as she could to the apartments.

Once she reached it, she scanned the list for Susan Vandom.

Then she pressed the button.

Susan Vandom watched solemnly as the storm raged on, giving no sign of stopping.

Today was Will's birthday, and this was the day Susan loathed.

She loathed this day because this was the day when Will was taken away from her, away to a happy marriage with Matt Olsen.

Or so she hoped.

A buzz rang in her ears and Susan walked over to the machine.

"Yes?" she asked after pressing the answer button.

"Hi Mom," a weak but very familiar voice said through the machine.

"Will? Will, is that you?" Susan blurted.

"Yeah, Mom, it's me," Will's voice said through the speaker. "Now can you buzz me in. It's kind of wet out here."

"Oh right, of course, sorry." Susan pressed the button to let Will in.

Moments later, there was a soft knock on the door and Susan opened the door.

It took a moment or two to realize the woman standing there was her daughter.

Only when Will spoke by saying, "Hi," did Susan let Will enter.

Susan gestured towards the couch and Will graciously sat on it.

Finally Susan broke the silence. "So, Will," she began, trying to keep her voice cheerful. "How are you? And where's Matt? I thought you were going to be with him."

Will frowned and looked down on the carpet, staying quiet. Susan got the message thankfully.

Susan then decided to change subjects, but Will beat her to the catch.

"Matt and I are divorced."

"Oh," was Susan sad answer.

Will shook her head angrily and said, "When he and I married, Matt wanted so badly to become a lead singer. So he and I moved to Hollywood, hoping he could find work there."

"It didn't work, did it?" Susan asked quietly. Much to Susan's surprise, Will shook her head.

"He did find work, and it was a stroke of luck. A manager had recognized him from the Battle of the Bands completion, and asked for him to be a guitarist in his new band. Matt accepted. He soon became famous, people everywhere knew him. It got so good that the manager decided that his CDs would go statewide. More fame came to Matt. Everyone knew him now. But," Will stopped, biting her lip.

Susan leaned towards her a bit and said, "Go on, Will. I want to hear more."

Will sighed and continued reluctantly, "You know what happens when a guy or a girl becomes so famous that everyone knows him or her?"

Susan shook her head.

"They become so famous that they start to have fan clubs, people who worship them and want to marry them. Of course, if that famous person is already married, fans may start to sent hate mail to their spouse."

Susan gasped. "They didn't!"

Will nodded solemnly. "They did. At first it wasn't bad, just a few hate letters in the mail box. But, as weeks past, and Matt's popularity grew, so did the letters. It got so bad, that once I remember the mailbox was flooded with nothing but hate mail."

"Oh, Will. I'm so sorry."

Will shrugged helplessly and asked, "Hey, what can you do?"

"Didn't Matt try to stop it?"

"No, I never mentioned it to him. I didn't want him to worry. But, then things started to happen that stretched our relationship. He came later and later back from work. He started to go to the local bars, then he started to get drunk. We started argue a lot more over little things, like wasting money and doing stupid things."

Will threw up her hands in frustration and said, "All that fame went to his head, Mom. He acted differently from what he used to. He got cocky, rude, it even got to the degree were he called himself a rock god!"

Susan's eyes widened in disbelief. But Will wasn't done yet. "I was strained over this. He flirted with young girls, even kissed one, right in front of me. And then that girl he kissed had this attitude when I interrupted. She called me 'an old woman'. I was so mad that I was going to slap her. Then Matt mouthed me off. But the final straw was when he brought another woman to our house and did 'it' with her! That was that. I told myself that if Matt wanted to flirt with other women, fine! He could have that. But I wasn't going to be his wife anymore. So the next day when he was away recoding, I packed up and left."

"Didn't Matt try to call you?" Susan pondered.

"I sure he tried, but I left my new cell phone at his apartment. My old one is still here, I think though."

"And how did you file a divorce?"

"Simple. I went to the judge and asked to file a divorce paper quietly, so as not to get the press on my back. Thanks for the new divorce system, I was able to do it without Matt or the press knowing. And now, here I am."

Will rested her head on her palm, her mind buzzing and spinning.

Susan walked over to her grown up daughter and hugged her gently. Then Susan realized a small detail that Will forgot to mention.

"YOU'RE PREGNANT?!" Susan cried when her fingers accidentally bumped into her daughter's swollen stomach.

Will smiled weakly and blushed. "It was, as you can say, a farewell gift from Matt."

"When did you find out?" Susan blurted out.

Will looked up at the ceiling and sighed, "Five months before I got a divorce with him. When we were still in love."

Susan groaned and rubbed her templates. This was too much for this poor mother to take! Then a thought entered Susan's head.

Will came home for two reasons; one, to tell Susan she and Matt were done and two, to ask for help.

"Do you need help?" Susan found herself asking.

Will slowly nodded. "I need to find a job, but I don't think I'm be able to work all the time. Because, well, you know. . ." She gestured sheepishly at her stomach.

Susan sighed, but a smile was beginning to crawl its way onto her lips. Oh, well. She had Will home again. That was all that mattered for now.