A/N: Hello loves!!!! I have missed you guys so much and have thought about you daily. Even though I have not been posting, I have been writing. I'm so sorry for the long hiatus but school was grueling. But I never forgot about you guys :-) I know I said that this would be the last chapter but I just couldn't do the story justice if I lumped everything into one chapter. You need a nice buildup, some twists and turns and nice ending that ends in mind blowing sex right? I have already started working on 8 there maybe a 9 depending on how long 8 is. I hope you enjoy it loves.
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The girls scrambled in a flurry of activity after Olivia fell to the floor. Michelle went to check Olivia's vitals as Angel frantically called Javon.
"Omg Javon, my mom just collapsed!" Angel screamed into the phone.
"Is she breathing?" Javon asked instantly becoming alert.
After confirmation from Michelle, Angel answered yes.
"Don't move her, if she hit her head she could have a concussion or something very serious. Call 911 and get an ambulance. James Ridgeway Hospital is the closest. I will call and see who's on call and meet you there Ok?" Javon said with an air of calm.
"Ok." Angel said feeling the need to cry.
"Angel she is going to be ok, but you have to be strong for her now." Javon said his skills as a paramedic evident.
"All right." Angel answered and disconnected the call.
"Hello dispatcher...I need an ambulance to 108 Delaney St. now!"
The crew was there in less than five minutes and loading Olivia into the truck.
Michelle ushered Angel into her car, and the two drove behind the ambulance. The whole ride consisted of Angel berating herself, to crying, to getting angry. By the time they reached the hospital she was even more beside herself.
When they arrived at the hospital Javon greeted them at the door.
"They said she has come to and is responsive. They are going to do some tests and check her vitals and see what could have caused the sudden collapse." Javon began.
"Do you know what could have caused her to collapse like that?" Javon inquired.
Angel outwardly cringed and looked at him like a helpless wreck. She felt so guilty that her sex life was the cause of her mother's accident.
Seeing her distress, Michelle decided to answer with a partial truth. "She saw Angel naked when she got out of the shower."
"Woa." Javon said shocked. Seeing that this only made Angel feel worse he decided to give her a little comfort.
"I'm sure that this was not your fault Angel. A little nudity never killed anybody." He tried to joke off lamely.
"Let's go inside." Angel said.
After 40 minutes of waiting in the waiting room and tracking down Olivia's room, they were finally able to see her.
Once they arrived in the room, the tension between Angel and her mom was palpable. Olivia alternated between disapproving tsks and shakes of the head while Angel just fidgeted in her chair.
After 20 minutes of the non-verbal run around, the doctor came back with some of Olivia's medical results.
"As suspected, your blood sugar was very low. For a woman with diabetes, I know you know that you have to stay on top of your diet." The doctor said in a no nonsense tone.
"Mom, you didn't tell me you were a diabetic." Angel said shocked that her mother didn't tell her something so important.
"Seems like we both have been keeping secrets." Olivia said with a direct stare at Michelle.
Breaking the mounting tension the doctor said, "We are just going to run a few more tests to confirm the problem, monitor you overnight, and release you in the morning."
"Ok." Olivia said. After the doctor left she requested without really asking, "I need to talk to my daughter in private."
After everyone left, Olivia sighed heavily and exclaimed, "How come you didn't tell me about this..."
"I could say the same thing to you mother." Angel said defensively.
"This isn't about me." Olivia said in a nonsense take no prisoners mothering tone. "What is going on with you and this girl?"
At first Angel couldn't answer. She walked away from the comfort of her mother's bed to window and began to stare out.
After 2 minutes she said, "Mother, I have liked women all my life. I've hidden it and tried to fight it because I knew you and the family would not approve."
After a while she continued, "I love you dearly and I don't want to hide who I am anymore."
"I see." Olivia said taking a deep sigh. "Well this has completely caught me off guard. I never thought you would have told me you were one of those...sexuals." She said gesturing with her hand.
"You're so feminine and prissy, how can you be gay? You were so happy with Isiah." Olivia said confused.
"Gay comes in all shapes, styles and colors mom." Angel said facing Olivia.
"I need time. I'm just uncomfortable." Olivia said looking away.
"Ok mom. I'll come and get you tomorrow. I love you." Angel said hugging her mother and leaving.
When Angel got to the waiting room she saw Javon dressed in his scrubs.
"My shift is actually about to start. I'm going to pop in and check on her and give you updates." Javon said.
"Ok, thanks." Angel said giving him a big hug. Michelle then ushered her out to the car.
Michelle could tell that something happened between Angel and her mother but she didn't want to pry. She knew that Angel would talk to her about it if she needed to. As she drove to Angel's apartment, she held Angel's hand in her lap.
As soon as Angel got inside of her apartment, she plopped down on the couch and sighed deeply.
"Could you come and give me a massage?" Angel asked Michelle.
As Michelle began massaging her shoulders, Angel slowly began to relax.
"Tell me what you're thinking." Michelle said kissing the side of Angel's temple.
"Where do you see this thing between us going?" Angel asked turning to face Michelle.
"I want to be with you. I think we have excellent chemistry and we balance each other out. I know we have only known each other for a little while but I have really strong feelings for you. I'm not afraid to tell you, I love you." Michelle said whispering the last part in Angel's ear.
"Before today, I didn't know where this relationship was going. I thought let's not think about the future, let's just have fun and see where it goes." Angel began.
"Before today, I also thought that I would never tell my mother that I was gay...You wanna know what I was thinking when I told her?" Angel asked standing up and beginning to pace.
"What were you thinking?" Michelle asked.
"I was thinking that in order to be truly happy I need to be honest with myself and my mother. I could never feel completely loved by my mother without being honest about who I am." Angel said.
"I've realized that all this time I've carried this huge weight on my shoulders and after telling her I felt free. It was a little scary because my whole life I never felt gay, well bisexual I guess, but once I told her it felt like a hole inside me was filled. I thought yea this is who I am, and like my life can now truly begin." Angel said with tears in her eyes.
"I'm so happy for you Angel. I wish coming out to my parents would have been as great as that, but I'm happy for you." Michelle said hugging Angel tightly.
"Telling my mom also made me think about you too...well us." Angel said hesitantly
"What about us?" Michelle said nervously.
"I realized on the car ride back, that I haven't really given you a chance. These past few weeks I've been treating you like a fuck buddy with no commitment in sight and you don't deserve that." Angel said.
Michelle only response was a sad smile before she hung her head.
"You are beautiful inside and out Michelle and you deserve someone who tells you that everyday; someone who is going to be proud to hold your hand in public and someone who will make love to you whenever you want." Angel said hold Michelle's chin so that she looked her in the eyes.
"So what are you saying, that you aren't that person?" Michelle said with silent tears rolling down her eyes.
"I'm saying I want to be with you. I don't know what the future holds or if I will go running back to dick at the first sight of trouble, but I want to at least try this. I promise to be honest with you about how I feel and to be open to this relationship." Angel finished.
"That's what I wanted to hear." Michelle said kissing Angel softly on the lips and they both started to laugh.
"All news isn't bad news Michelle." Angel said kissing Michelle all over her face and then holding her in her arms.
Angel held Michelle on the couch for a while stroking her hair and her face and she gently hummed a tune.
"Let's go to sleep." Michelle said pulling Angel to her feet and toward the bedroom.
The girls were asleep within moments of hitting the bed. Angel woke Michelle up in the middle of the night to slowly make love to her and slowly caress her back to sleep. Michelle had never felt so loved.
The next day Angel left early to pick her mother up from the hospital.
As she waited in the roundabout to load her mother into her car, she grew anxious. The conversation with her mother was still unresolved but she didn't want to bring it up.
Her mother saved her from having to broach the subject.
"I know that yesterday did not go very well and I'm sorry for that. It's just that this completely caught me off guard. I never would have guessed that you are gay and I'm just uncomfortable." Olivia said.
"It's not like I want to have sex with every woman that I see mom. I just happen to be in a relationship with a woman now. I'm still me!" Angel said.
"I know. I just never imagined this life for you. It will take some getting used to but I support you. As long as you are happy. I'm happy for you." Olivia said.
"Well thanks mom, that's all I wanted to hear." Angel said smiling as she drove home.
"Eventually you will have to bring this young lady to meet the rest of the family." Olivia said with a sense of foreboding.
"I know and I am prepared. I'm nervous about everyone meeting her but I expect it to go well. You guys will like her, I know it." Angel said hopefully.
"Ok dear." Olivia said.
When Angel arrived at her apartment, she was shocked to see that her grandmother was there and from the looks of it she was getting along famously with Michelle.
"There's my favorite grandchild." Angel's grandmother Elouise said.
"Hi Grandma." Angel said smiling from ear to ear and giving her grandmother a hug.
"Me and you're best friend here were just cooking you girls something to eat. I figured my daughter would be hungry after eating all of that hospital food." Elouise said good-naturedly.
As the group indulged in the wonderful breakfast that Michelle and Elouise prepared, Angel caught up with her family.
"So how did you and Michelle meet?" Elouise asked Angel.
