Chapter 64-Mommy Dearest

When Sandi received the good news about her daughter's nuptials she insisted that the newlyweds spend a couple of extra days in Vegas.  She offered to take care of Chrissie and told them to enjoy their honeymoon.  Both of Starr's parents were surprised but delighted by the news as they both couldn't think of a better husband for their their daughter.   Sandi would have preferred if they planned a traditional wedding as she hated missing out on the wedding ceremony but they were not going to miss out on a celebration.  The McIntyre's decided to plan a surprise party for the day that the newlyweds arrived home.  Sandi invited all the Landgraabs and Woods and she asked Hope to contact Nick's family and extend the invitation.

Meanwhile at Aurora Skies State Penitentiary:

Wolfie and Abby were following the advice of their lawyers and they went to visit Gretchen in prison. The courts would most likely rule in favor of the Landgraabs becoming legal guardians to the children if their mother gave her permission. Gretchen was Denny's partner in crime and his loyal wife but they hoped that she would agree that this arrangement was the best for the children.

When Gretchen was first arrested she thought her in-laws who would now be in charge of the family would come to her defense and send her legal representation, but that was not the case they hung her out to dry.  She knew that her in-laws only tolerated her and her human son because of Denny but both had made it clear that they had no use for her. They flat out refused to help Denny obtain the blessing of the Fae for her which worked out for the best in the end.  She was sentenced to life in prison so an extended life would be of no use to her now.

When the Landgraabs visited she knew that Denny would be turning in his grave if she granted their request so easily, however she didn't want to see her children living with her in-laws if they could be living in style.  Pip and Dahlia would mistreat Carson for the sin of being born human and would encourage her little baby to go into a life of crime. Already her first two were living in juvie and she didn't want any of her children to possibly end up like her in prison or worse like their father.

The Langraabs were insanely wealthy and they didn't seem as bad as Denny made them out to be.  Wolfie assured her that his lawyers would work out a deal for Cody and Wayne to possibly send them to military school instead of juvie and the two little ones would have the best of everything.  He already set up huge trust funds for all four children and promised that they would become part of a big and loving family.  She knew she wasn't the best mother and there wasn't much she could do for her children in prison but this she could do.  

She did have another reason, as this would also be the best way to stick it to the Goodfellows.  Pip took over all the illegal businesses but he had no claim to the legit holdings including Denny's shares in Landgraab industries.  Those were willed to her and her children and she wasn't giving her in-laws any chance to get their grubby hands on them.

When Wolfie got home he had a little talk with Carson and explained to him about his mother wanted him to live here with them because they promised to take good care of him and his brother.  Carson was indeed upset about his mother but was grateful with his Grandfather said he would take them to visit her as much as he wanted.  At a young age this little boy has learned to deal with the loss of his father and now his mother. He missed his family but he felt at home with the Grandparents he just met and most of all he trusted them to take care of him and Brooks.

A Week Later at Sandi and Dylan's

Everyone has been invited and all are awaiting the arrival of the newlyweds, neither Starr or Nick knew about the party so it’s sure to be a surprise.  There is a knock on the door and Sandi thinks it’s strange, everyone who is invited is here and Starr would just walk right in as she still had her keys.  

As Sandi opens the door she is shocked to see who is on the other side. This was a face she hoped to never to see again in her life. This was the woman who wrapped her in a blanket as a baby and had her husband abandon her on her father's porch just after a few hours after she was born.  If there was anyone she could claim to have pure hatred for, it was this woman standing in front of her.

Sandi: You are not welcome in my home, please leave.

Dahlia: Is that any way to talk to your mother?

Sandi:  My Mother's name is Abigail Landgraab, you are nothing to me.

Dahlia: Listen Missy I gave birth to you and I see your father has done a terrible job teaching you respect.   Your brother was just murdered in your father's house and you are having a party while his body is not even cold yet.

Sandi: My brother kidnapped my husband and almost killed half of my family so I'm not shedding any tears over his death.  I'm just sorry it wasn't me who pulled the trigger. The world is a much better place without him, now please leave before I call you out for the bitch you really are.

Dylan: You heard my wife I suggest that you leave.

Dahlia:  Very well I will be on my way as soon as Wolfie hands Brooks over to me as I will be bringing him back to Moonlight Falls.

Wolfie: Dahlia, I have petitioned the court for guardianship of the children after the way you raised Denny to be a cold blooded killer there is no way on earth Carson or Brooks is going anywhere with you.  I am still their biological Grandfather and they will stay with me.

Dahlia: You can keep Carson, we are not interested in the human child but Brooks is a fairy and according to the law of the Fae he will be raised with us.

Wolfie:  Well Dahlia I see you haven't changed not one bit and history is repeating itself. The same thing you did with my children you are doing to my grandchildren.  I should have never let you get away with it the first time and I'm not giving you a second chance with my Grandsons.

Wolfie: The children are staying here with us!  BOTH of them!

Dahlia: I will just have to call the police than, Brooks is coming with me.

Caleb:  I am the police; I know that the Landgraab family has filed papers with the family court and have been granted temporary custody, as of right now the children stay with them.  If you have papers from the court saying otherwise, I would like to see them.

Dahlia:  We will be filing papers with the family court.

Caleb:  Until than its best for you to leave and stay away from the children and this house. There is a question I would like to ask you, one that I prefer to ask my own mother but I can't so I will ask you. How can anyone abandon a child without a second thought and still live with themselves? 

Sandi:  Ok enough!  All of this is upsetting my Granddaughter.  Now Mommy Dearest, you are going to listen to me!  Leave this house at once and don't you ever come back or I swear you will see the she wolf you created in action.  You are a heartless bitch and someday you will burn in hell for everything you have done to this family.  If you think you any court will ever grant you custody of those children or any children after my testimony, you are insane.

Starr and Nick arrive just in time to see the last of the fireworks.

Starr:  Mom, who to hell is this?

Sandi: No one Starr she is just leaving.

Dahlia:  This little one here, she is your granddaughter?  What a pretty little thing.  You better watch her closely.  It would be a shame if something happened to her.

Starr: Now listen here bitch, I don't know who you are but if you do anything to my daughter it will be the last thing you do.

Wolfie:  Now you see Dahlia that is how a real mother acts.  Please leave the house and I will see you in court.

After she leaves the party goes on as planned.  Dahlia's surprise visit might have dampened the mood for a moment but in the end the entire family celebrated and wished the newlyweds all the happiness in the world.

In the next few months the Goodfellows petition for custody was denied as a surprise witness showed up by the request of Jules.   Fawn Goodfellow who was at one time married to Jules agreed to testify in a hearing after she heard that her parents were looking for custody.  

She explained to the court how her adopted parents always favored her brother and neglected and abused her.  The treatment she received was so horrible that she rushed into a marriage just to escape them.  The marriage was a mistake but somehow Jules and Fawn remained friends.

The next few years Starr and Nick settled into family life and they grew into a loving and close family.

Time flew by and it was time for Chrissie to have another birthday to celebrate. She grew into a beautiful little girl who loves animals

Generation #6 Heavy Sleeper, Loves the Heat, Animal Lover

Holly gave Chrissie a special gift, it was a doll who Holly told her who had magical powers,

and someday he would send her a guardian angel to help her when she needed one the most.  

To be continued.....

Chapter 63-Viva Las Vegas

Starr's life changed drastically when she started dating Nick but that change didn't compare to the one she faced now.  Chrissie was a living, breathing little person who's every single need was totally dependent on her.  She never really wanted children yet her maternal instinct did kick in and she found herself loving this little baby more than she ever dreamed she would.   The thought of hiring a nanny did enter her mind, but passing on her responsibilities to others was something she did in the past and she was not going to do anymore. Like it or not she was a mother and she intended on doing this job herself no matter how inept she was for it.

 Luckily Chrissie turned out to be a very quiet baby who rarely fussed.  She slept most of the time and sometimes even had to be woken up for a bottle.  This suited Starr just fine as she was able to work on her art while Chrissie amused herself with her toys or just fell asleep.

 The baby seemed to bring Starr closer to Nick and it became impossible for Starr to imagine a life without Nick in it.  She was in love with him before the baby was born, but she never admitted it to him or to herself.  They were already living as a family and she knew it wouldn't be long before Nick asked her to marry him again.  She never planned on ever marrying anyone but that was before she met Nick.  Every time she thought about the future she always pictured Nick in it and she knew if he ever left her she would be devastated.

 As the family arrived for Chrissie's birthday, Starr took notice of all the happily married couples around them.  Caleb and Hope, Spencer and Candace, Davis and Cora, Grandma Holly and Grandpa Emmett, Grandpa Wolfie and Grandma Abby and of course her parents.  All of them had very strong relationships and you could see the way they looked at each other with love.  She knew Nick looked at her that same way and as she thought of Nick she smiled and started to reconsider her options.  She decided that she was ready for this step and she planned to talk about it with Nick, It would have to wait for tomorrow as it was time for her little girl to have a birthday party.

 Chrissie blew out the candles and grew into a beautiful little toddler.  She had Sandi and Wolfie's blue eyes and blonde hair like both her parents.  Both Starr and Nick were proud of their pretty little girl.

Generation #6-Traits-Heavy Sleeper and Loves the Heat.

It wouldn't be a party without Wolfie picking up his guitar but this time he decided to serenade his wife and it seemed to sweep her off her feet. Nick was watching and this gave him an idea.  A little romantic gesture like that couldn't hurt and maybe it would start to warm Starr up to the idea of marriage.  He always felt that the day would arrive that Starr would change her answer someday but he was growing impatient and had to at least try everything possible.

That next night Nick surprised Starr by hiring a babysitter.  He told her to get ready because he was taking her out for dinner and a little dancing afterward.  The party animal inside of Starr might have been tamed a little but it still lived inside of her.  He purchased a ring for her a long time ago as he hoped that some day she would let him place it on her finger.  He decided to bring it with him just in case she surprised him and said yes.

The dinner was beautiful and very romantic, Starr tried to bring up the subject of marriage again but something always happened.  The waiters would arrive to take orders or serve food, one of their cell phones rang or they ran into someone so she decided to wait until they got to the club to tell him that she loved him and she wanted to become his wife.  As she was about to tell him, Nick decided that was the exact moment to get up for karaoke.  The way this night was going she was never going to be able to get the words out.

Trying to be Wolfie Landgraab was something Nick knew he couldn't do and he was probably going to look like a fool.  However he loved Starr and he would do anything for her including embarrassing himself by singing off key in front of a crowd of people.

♫Wise men say only fools rush in

But I can't help falling in love with you

Shall I stay, would it be a sin?

If I can't help falling in love with you♫

Starr was overwhelmed as this was unexpected and so romantic.  It was almost as if he knew what she was thinking about.  Nick knew her well and was even able to finish her sentences before she got the words out, so it shouldn't surprise her that he already knew what was on her mind.  

This is something Nick would not normally do but yet in front of all these people he professed his love for her and she was in complete awe that he would do this.  Well she couldn't let him do this alone she had to go up there and sing with him.

♫Take my hand, take my whole life too

For I can't help falling in love with you♫

Starr: I'm not just singing a song, I'm serious.

Nick:  Are you saying what I think you are saying?

Starr:  I have been trying to bring this up all night, but we were always getting interrupted.  My answer is....

Nick: I haven't asked the question yet.

Starr: You have asked it a million times.

Nick: If the answer is different this time, we are going to do this right.

Nick:  Some men might wish upon a star for love but my wish is for a Starr.  A beautiful fun loving Starr with a fiery personality and one that I love very much.  Starr McIntyre will you marry me and make all of my wishes come true?

 Starr was never the hopeless romantic and she wasn't swept away that easily, but who couldn't be swept away by a romantic proposal such as this.  The couple decided not to wait any longer as they already wasted too much precious time and they decided to elope that very night. Starr made a quick call to parents to pick up the baby as they had something very important to do.  

Planning a big wedding was not in Starr's game plan either, if she was getting married it would be something fun and different, something that was her.  They headed off to Las Vegas to be married that very night.

 They ended up in the Blue Hawaii wedding chapel in Las Vegas to be married by an Elvis impersonator in the Jailhouse Rock Room.  

Starr was able to find a dress she thought appropiate for the occasion and fix her hair in time for the ceremony.  Nick was speechless as he would never forget how beautiful she looked on their wedding day.

Elvis: Do you Starr promise to love Nickolas tender, never step on his blue suede shoes or leave him lonesome tonight.  Will you forsake all others and promise that he will be your one and only teddy bear for as long as you both shall live?

Starr: I do

Elvis: Do you Nick promise to love Starr tender, never be a hound dog or leave her at heartbreak hotel.  Will you forsake all others and always be her Hunka Hunka Burning love for as long as you both shall live?

Nick: I do

Elvis: Now for the exchange of rings.

Starr: I Starr McIntyre take you Nickolas Slayer to be my husband.  With this ring I thee wed.

Nick: I Nickolas Slayer, take you Starr McIntyre to be my wife.  With this ring I thee wed.

Elvis: With the authority vested in me by Graceland and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I now pronounce you Husband and Wife.  What the King has joined together, let no hound dog or suspicious mind put asunder. You may kiss your bride.

Mr. & Mrs. Nickolas Slayer

To be continued.......

Author's Note-I would like to thank Littleminxundr for the Simton Ministery 24h Wedding Venue that she made for me on request. 

This wedding was not supposed to happen this soon, I really wanted Chrissie to be older but I gave into their wishes.

Starr's Wants:

Nick's Wants:

And yes later on we will take care of the vampire wants.