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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 15, 2010 17:33:48 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
I was staring at my engagement ring, when Rivers came home. He came over and sat by me on the couch. "Whatcha doing?" Rivers asked me.
"Just wondering how you could have bought this for me, without me noticing. I mean, don't get me wrong. I am so happy," I said. "but I couldn't believe it when you asked me to marry yo--"
He cut me off by kissing me, when he leaned back, he looked into my eyes and said "I did it while you were at work."
"Well... yeah,"
"So, What else did you wanna know?"
"Um, well. Nothing?"
"So, my turn."
"Okay. Ask anything you want."
"I wanna marry you."
"That's not a question."
"We haven't even talked about the wedding. When are we gonna start planning?"
"I'm calling Kynaree later today. I've been thinking about it for a very long time."
"Oh, I didn't know Kynaree were gonna be there."
"Is it a problem?"
"No. It just caught me off guard."
"Well I think I might go do that now." I gave him a kiss and walked upstairs and into the bedroom. I dialed Kynaree's number that I had on a notepad by the bed. I had never used it before now. There were Valkyrie's, Xian's, and everyone other one of my old friends that I had left behind. I had got them in e-mails from Kynaree, that I never got the courage to e-mail back. It rang only once before I heard a faint Hello, and I knew it was Kynaree.
"Ky--" I cleared my throat. "Kynaree?"
"Trudie?" She asked.
"Yeah, it's me. I know you probably don't wanna talk to me right now. I mean, I wouldn't even e-mail you back. I just wanted to forget, but now I realized I couldn't." I rambled.
"Um, okay." She said, her voice cracking. "Why didn't you just e-mail me. I thought you were dead."
"I know, I should have, but I need to ask you something."
"Okay."
"Well, Rivers asked me to marry him."
"ReAlLy!!??!!"
"Yeah, and I wanted you to be my Maid Of Honor?"
"Cecil we're going to France!!!"
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 15, 2010 18:27:29 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
"Cecil we're going to France!" I yelled. He was in the shower and probably didn't hear me, I shrugged to myself. "Trudie, this is so exciting.. I've never been a Maid Of Honor before," My throat started to feel like it was wadded up with paper towels. I sniffled and pulled myself together. "When is the wedding. I mean, when should I get plane tickets?"
"The Wedding is February 5th, but you can come up anytime. We have spare rooms and I need to shop for a wedding dress still."
"I'm super-duper excited, I think I'm gonna cry," I said, that wad was starting to show up again.
"Just cry after you get after you get off the phone. And I kind of want you here soon.. I haven't though of anything for the wedding yet. I need advice."
"Okay, I'll try and get tickets as soon as I can. Then, I can live with you for month.. even more than a month!" I squealed. "I need to look for tickets now, I'll call you back... Bye!"
"Bye," I hung up. I giggled and hugged a pillow, a substitution until Cecil got out of the shower. I continued to fold clothes, like I was doing before the Trudie's call. I separated clothes first by whether they were Cecil's or mine, then by type, and then by color. The towels, washclothes, and dishrags were all folded next to each other nicely. I had them to where they fit on the coffee table perfectly. I giggled every so often, thinking about being a Maid Of Honor.
I heard Cecil's footsteps coming from the hallway, it was about time. The shower had turned off about two minutes ago and I'd been waiting in anticipation ever since. I stopped myself several times from bursting into the bathroom. I sat on the rocking chair impatiently. I whipped around and grinned at him insanely, "You look like a crazed lunatic, is there something you wanna tell me?" he asked. His hair was still wet and he was cleanly shaven, Finally, I thought. I had refused kissing him the last few days, him and his stupid attempt at growing a beard.
"I'm gonna be a Maid Of Honor!" I said.
He raised his eyebrows, "For whom?"
"Trudie," I answered, as if this was totally obvious. He smiled and sat on the couch, where I joined him. "I need plane tickets though..."
"For when?" his arms snaked around me automatically.
"Tomorrow?" I said in a hopeful voice.
"Tomorrow...." he repeated, "I can't get tomorrow off."
"I can just go, the wedding's at the beginning of February. We need to plan. She said I can stay with her!"
His eyes grew wide, "That's a little over a month away..."
"I know, I don't know how we're gonna pull this off," I shook my head.
"I meant, can't you leave in a few weeks? It can't take that long to plan a wedding," Cecil unacknowledged about something made me laugh. This one I had to tell Rodger.
"It normally takes longer." That's when I realized his facial expression wasn't confused, but more concerned. "I'll call you everyday, it won't be that long. I don't wanna leave you here all alone, but I have to be there for Trudie."
"I'll go look for tickets to France," he replied looking grave, as if his life was about to end.
"Cecil Linton Cooksley!" I scolded, "Don't you dare try guilt tripping me!"
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Post by Kàylà on Jan 16, 2010 9:49:20 GMT -6
~Valkyrie's POV~
love me like you love the sun scorching the blood in my vampire heart. I groaned as my phone went off. I was in that wake-sleep stage and I was hoping that I would be able to stay asleep. To my relief Nathan answered it for me.
"Hello?" I heard him answer in a hushed tone. He knew I was slightly awake but he also knew I wanted to fall back asleep. damn mind reading... now I knew why everyone else was annoyed by it when I could read all of their minds and they couldn't read mine. Well that was before Ember brought me back to life and I turned human.
"Can I have her call you back Trudie? She's still sleep-" Nathan was cut off when I quickly grabbed the phone from his hand. I still didn't have my vampire reflexes but they were better than most humans. That and I had caught him off guard. At the mention of Trudie's name I completely woke up and jumped out of bed.
"Hello Trudie." I tried to stay calm. It had been a long time since I heard from her.
"Hi Valk. Look I know it's been a long time since we talked and I haven't stayed in touch at all but-" I cut her off right there.
"Trudie don't apologize for anything. You're not the only one that hasn't really stayed in touch but it doesn't matter. I was never mad at you or anything. So now what's up for this surprise call?" I asked.
"Well..Rivers asked me to marry him! And I want you to be one of my Bridesmaids!" I think it was all Trudie could do to stop her self from giggling.
"Oh my Gosh! Congratulations Trudie! When's the wedding going to be?" I asked her, a huge grin forming on my face. Nathan was grinning also for he could hear Trudie even though I didn't have the volume up very loud on my phone.
"February 5th, but Kynaree is coming earlier than that since I still have a lot of planning to do, so if you want you can come earlier too." Trudie told me.
I looked at Nathan and saw he was already heading towards his laptop to find me plane tickets to France. "Nathan is looking for tickets right now. I'll be on the soonest plane there." I grinned. The thought of seeing both Trudie and Kynaree thrilled me. It had been to long since I had seen either of them. Sure Kynaree and I emailed and called each other often but it wasn't the same as seeing them.
The longing for my friends grew as I thought about seeing them. I didn't realize how much I missed them until Trudie called me and asked me to be one of her Bridesmaids. She gave me the address to where she lived and I quickly wrote it down. I congratulated her one more time and said I'd see her in a couple of days before we hung up.
I looked out the window overlooking the city and grinned at the rising sun. Nathan came over and gently wrapped his arms around me. He had to be so careful around me now that I was human but he didn't seem to mind. We were currently in Nashville, we never really stayed in one place for long just in case the Council decided they wanted to make sure I really was dead.
I didn't mind though. It meant that I got to see more of the world. Our next travel plans had been to get out of the United States all together and move to someplace like Athens, Greece or a small town in Italy.
I thought about France. I had been there before on a few occasions for business with my family and I remembered that it was beautiful there. France would also be a nice place to live but for now I wasn't worried about where Nathan and I would end up next. Right now I was just thinking about how happy I was for Trudie.
"Nathan."
"Yes my love?"
"You realize that I'm making this trip alone right?" I needed time with just the girls. As much as I loved Nathan I had to spend time with other people too which was hard when we were always moving to someplace new.
"I know you want alone time with Trudie and Kynaree but Valkyrie you won't even let you drive yourself to the store anymore. How are you going to manage France?" He sighed. He didn't like leaving me alone now that I was human. He told me he already lost me once he didn't want to lose me again.
"Either I'll get a taxi or Trudie will pick me up from the airport." I told him turning around in his arms to give him a small kiss. He relaxed a little but not much.
"Yea but what if something happens, what if I'm not there to protect you?" I could clearly see the pain in his eyes.
"Nathan you can't protect me from everything. I can't live in fear my whole life. For what kind of existence would that be?" It was a rhetorical question that I asked mainly to myself.
"Stubborn human." He grinned
"Overprotective vampire." I grinned back at him.
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 16, 2010 12:41:18 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
Rivers woke up and told me he had to tell me a story, that I was supposedly telling him in his dream.
It was the day before our wedding wedding, I was in my bathroom trying on my dress. It was beautiful. It was kind of plain, it was a solid white with a band of beads under the chest that went all the way around to the back. It was an ulter top, I was clipping it behind my neck when I turned and looked into the mirror. Everything was perfect.
It was a good dream, thankfully nothing stupid happened in it.
I looked at the clock, "I should get ready for work." I said when we had finished talking about his dream. I got up and walked over to my closet. I got dressed and went downstairs and made eggs for breakfast when they were done, I called Rivers down.
When we were done eating, I called Xian. He didn't pick up so I left a message.
Hey, Xian. It's Trudie. I was just calling to let you know that I'm getting married! I just wanted to invite you, so give me a call. Okay? Alright, well the wedding is set for February 5th. Talk to ya later.
I hung up and went to the phone and walked out the door to go to work "Bye Rivers, I'll see you later."
It was a Sunday so the restaurant didn't open 'till 9:30. It was 8:30 when I walked into the kitchen. I had a lot of paper work to catch up on. Ray came through the back door at 9 o'clock, surprising me as he sneaked up behind me and said "Qu'est-ce tu fais ici si tôt? J'ai ouvert aujourd'hui."
"J'ai eu beaucoup de paperasse à rattraper." I said. He said he had to go get the kitchen prepared and he left me alone again.
I continued to work on paperwork, and before I knew it it was almost noon, and time for lunch. Rivers called me and asked me if I wanted to get some lunch down the road from my restaurant.
I went to dinner and the rest of the day went by super fast. When I got home from work, the phone rang.
"Hello?" I said.
"Hey, It's Kynaree."
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 16, 2010 13:42:12 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
"It's Kynaree," I said, "I didn't get the plane tickets--"
"Oh, why not?" she asked immediately.
"I'm gonna be traveling through a chunnel instead! How cool is that?"
"Chunnel?"
"Yeah, it goes from London to Paris. I'm almost to the station now. And then it'll take me three hours from there to get to Paris. And then you'll have to come pick me up. I know it'll be kind of late, specially since you're an hour ahead of us... It's just that Cecil has to work tomorrow and this is the earliest time he can drive me," I tried to explain.
"That's fine, anytime!" She was so excited, it made me kind of jealous, excitement was my thing.
"Alright! I'll call you later, I don't know if I'll get any signal in the chunnel, it's under water..." I trailed off, starting to freak myself out. My ticket wasn't renewable so I couldn't back off, I'd be wasting 40 pounds (about 80 U.S. dollars). "I'll see you soon."
"Okay!"
"Okay.." I muttered into the phone after she'd hung up. What was I going to do on a train for three hours? A train going a zillion miles an hour through the ocean? I gulped. "Cecil, are we almost there?"
"Almost," he answered. He'd had to drive to London three times in the last two months because of Rodger. I could tell he wasn't happy about another trip there, especially when he had to work tomorrow. I figured that he'd only get three hours of sleep tonight, and then have to get ready for work. I wondered if this was part of his guilt trip, because it was definitely working.
"What am I gonna do for three hours on a train all by myself?" Was I trying to talk myself out of going on this trip?
"I dunno, what am I gonna do on a four hour trip back to Liverpool?"
"Drive?" I suggested. He pulled into the parking lot and now the nervous butterflies in my stomach were turning into angry hungry bats nibbling at my insides. "I don't feel good..."
Cecil gave me a look that I knew meant I was going whether I wanted to or not. "I drove you here. You're going and you're gonna have fun, and you're going to phone me everyday."
"Fine," I pouted, "I'm gonna miss you, just so you know."
"I'll miss you too."
"I don't like good-byes..." I complained. I didn't like them but eventually I did say good bye and I was off on the chunnel. Headed for a reunion instead of a good-bye this time.
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 16, 2010 14:32:48 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
It's 48 miles from Meudon, France, where I live, to Coupvray, France, where i'm picking up Kynaree. I was taking exit 14 to D345 toward Montévrain, when Kynaree's number came up on my phone. "Hello." I said.
"Hey, It's Kynaree." She said.
"I know. Are you there already?"
"Yeah we just deported."
"Okay, well I'll be there in a couple of minutes. Okay?"
"Okay, I'll see ya when you get here."
As I hung up I was I was on the traffic circle, taking the 3rd exit onto D344/La Méridienne. A few minutes later, I was pulling up to the pick up lane outside the Chunnel. I saw Kynaree standing there waiting for me. She didn't see me at first because she didn't recognize my car. I'd gotten a new car since we'd moved to France. I put the car in park and stepped out, Kynaree catching me in her sight, she ran over with her cart for her bags. "Trudie!" She yelled.
"Kynaree!" I said giving her a big hug.
We couldn't get everything in the trunk, so we put a couple bags in the backseat. The 48 miles that we drove to get back to my house were filled with catching each other up on what we had been up to the past almost 3 years. We got back to my house, Amazement filling Kynaree's eyes. "This is your house?" Kynaree asked.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 16, 2010 15:28:23 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
I couldn't get over the size of Trudie's house, it was enormous. It made our house seem so little. Paris, France was like being in a whole different world. When people talked I couldn't understand a word, all of it sounded like gibberish. At least when people talked weird in England I could understand of half of what they were saying. The furnishings were modern and shiny. I wondered how they kept the place so clean.
"This is your house?" I exclaimed, "It's so pretty!"
"Thanks," she said.
"I can't believe you can afford all this. You make that much money by cooking food?"
"Speaking of which, I have got to show you the restaurant tomorrow," she seemed pleased with herself. I was happy that she was happy, and I was happy about being happy about her being happy, because that meant I wasn't jealous of her.
"Oh yeah, this is our cat, Fée" Trudie said as a small, furry white and black feline started rubbing itself between her legs.
"Hi kitty," I crouched down so I could reach out to it. It greeted me, I wondered about what made cats purr. "Cecil won't let me get a kitty."
"Why?" she asked.
"I don't know, something about the shedding and the purring... Well, he just doesn't like cats. It's all fair though, because I'm afraid of dogs, so he can't get a puppy."
Trudie laughed, "Cecil wanted a puppy?"
"No... He doesn't like dogs either. When's Valkyrie coming?"
"I dunno, let's worry about that in the morning... Er, later today." Trudie yawned, reminding me of how tired I was from the ride. She showed me to the guest room, which was bigger than Cecil and I's room. I changed into my pajamas and slid into the queen sized bed. River and Trudie's kids were gonna have it good.
I closed my eyes, and laid there like that for a while. I was exhausted. Why wasn't I falling asleep? Maybe it was the room, it was so big and I could hear every noise. It reminded of the first time I'd slept at Cecil's house all those years ago. Cecil. That's what's missing. There was no arm draped across my waist or his light snores in my ear. I wondered if he could sleep without me there. I texted him, hoping if he was asleep his sound was off.
I can't sleep. I hit send and waited a minute before my phone dinged.
That makes two of us...
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 16, 2010 19:30:12 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~-
The next day was filled with excitement. I had taken the day off to spend time with Kynaree. We spend the morning talking over coffee and pumpkin spice tea. Saying how she refused to drink coffee, and said she brought some with her. My Chamomile wasn't good enough for her. We talked about some things that we would have to do before February. Cause I know for sure that I don't want to be planning my wedding 5 days before.
We also called some other people that I wanted to be my bridesmaids. Aimée, Michèle, and Zoé. That would be along with Valkyrie and Kynaree as Maid Of Honor. I also had Rivers call his friends that he wants for Groomsmen, Frédéric, Luc, Sébastien, Benoît, and Eugène as Best Man.
I felt accomplished and it was only noon. Valkyrie was planning on being there within the week, but Kynaree and I were planning on going to the bridal shop today. We were going to wait for Valk to look for bridesmaid's dresses, but that didn't mean we couldn't look for my dress before she came. Its not like I'm gonna pick the first one I see as my wedding dress.
We pulled up to the Bridal Shop and walked inside. There were racks upon racks of white dresses. I looked at about five of them before I found one that was solid white, silky, flowed freely down to the floor. It had a band of beads right under the chest, all the way around to the back. It was the perfect dress.
Kynaree had walked up behind me and said "Ohmigosh, that dress is so pretty. Whats your size?"
"5"
"Ohmigosh x2! There is only one and its a 5! You have to try it on!"
"I don't know." I said a little freaked out my my dream dress.
She grabbed the dress and pushed it against me and toward the dressing rooms. I tried it on and it fit me perfectly I looked in the mirror and thought it looked perfect. I hurried and left the dressing room when I heard Kynaree getting impatient.
"It's perfect!"
"I know, but I don't know."
"You have too!"
"I know. I know. I should." I said, walking back into the dressing room to change back to my clothes. When I walked out I was sure I needed this dress, it was perfect. It was the perfect dress, it was fate.
When we got back to my house I put the dress in my closet, and laid on my bed. I waited for Rivers to be done watching his T.V. show, and when he got in here we talked for a little while like usual, and when he fell asleep, I started reading a new book, I hadn't been in much of reading moods lately with all the commotion, but Ray, had chosen this book for me, and said I would like it, so I took his advice and started reading.
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Post by --Kyle-- on Jan 16, 2010 22:42:07 GMT -6
--Xian's POV--
I finished my book and went to return it on my shelf in my room, and to retrieve another. I had been shopping at local book stores latley, and have acquired a large collection. This made me think of Trudie. I wonder how she was doing. And all the rest of the others.
I had a vision suddenly. They have become easier over time, and instead of dropping me to my knees, they only made me pause for a moment.
It was about Trudie. I had also discovered that most of my visions were triggered by something. Thinking of Trudie must have triggered it.
I saw her walking down an aisle, with a large white dress on.
The vision stopped and for some reason I was pulled to my cell phone. I couldn't stop myself.
I saw that I had a message from two days ago. I grabbed it and opened my phone. It said it was from Trudie! I havn't talked to anyone in two years! I wondered if something had been wrong. But when I listened, it had been the opposite.
"Hey, Xian. It's Trudie. I was just calling to let you know that I'm getting married! I just wanted to invite you, so give me a call. Okay? Alright, well the wedding is set for February 5th. Talk to ya later." The message stopped and I was speechless.
I couldn't believe it. We were all moving on with our lives. But she never said who the groom was. What about Rivers. I was starting to like him, well before we had left. Poor Rivers. Wait it might still be him.
I called her back immediatly.
"Hello? Xian?" I heard her voice on the other end.
"Trudie! Hey, congradulations!" I said.
"Thanks. So how are you?" She asked.
"Good, good. Funny you are getting married, Ethan and Luana are too. Not for a while though." I said. I realized I was babbling.
"Oh, that is great. Tell them congrats." She said.
"I will. So. Is it Rivers?"
"What?" she sounded insulted.
"No, well, I mean. You didn't specify it was him in the message who you were actually marrying. So I had to ask." I said sounding like an idiot.
"Yes, it is Rivers." I thought I heard a smile in her voice, that was good.
"So we will definetly fly up for the wedding. When is it again?" I asked.
"Febuary 5th," she said. I could hear noise in the background.
"Well, you are probably really busy with planning, so I will let you go. I will call back to tell you when we will be coming."
"Okay, thanks. Talk to you later. Say hi to everyone for me."
"I will," I said. "Bye."
"Bye."
I couldnt believe it. We would be going to France soon. We've never been anywhere before.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 17, 2010 20:16:22 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
Dear Diary,
Today, Trudie picked out the perfect dress! It was total fate. There was only one left, and it was her size. I think it suits her nicely. I can't wait to pick out our bridesmaids dresses. All I know is so far Trudie wants them purple. At least the color will bring out my eyes! Why do you think British people spell color with a u? Do you think they just like making words longer? I'll ask Cecil. Love, Kynaree
Hey Diary,
When I talked to Cecil on the phone last night, he said that the English spell colour right, and Yankers(Americans) are lazy and feel the need to change everything. Anyways, this morning I woke up, yes, that means I slept. Not well, but I did. And Trudie and I went shopping today! I bought Tinkerbell footie pajamas, which is what I'm laying in bed in right now. They're fuzzy and warm.
Love, Kynaree
"Hey Kynaree, are you coming to pick up Valkyrie with me?" Trudie wondered grabbing her car keys. It seemed like she was assuming I was. I shook my head, "Er, why not?"
"I haven't got to see Whit barely at all!" I explained. "We need bonding time, right Whit?"
For whatever reason Rivers sunk lower into his Lay-Z-boy. "We have so much time to bond, don't you want to see Valkyrie right away?" he asked, thoughtfully.
"No, no, no, Trudie can talk to her on the way here, and then I get her the rest of the night!"
"I don't see how that's fair. It only takes an hour to get here..." she argued.
"Fine, we can share, but I still want to hang out with Whit."
"That's fine," she replied with a smirk on her face. "Bye, you two have fun!"
The door closed behind her and I hopped unto the couch. Rivers was watching sports of some sort. "Who are we going for?"
"The red team..." he sighed.
"How come we don't want the blue to win? I like their costumes better..."
"Because, we want the red team to win," The way he said it made it sound final, "besides, they aren't costumes they're uniforms."
"How come we don't have uniforms.. I think that would be super cool. We could have a big 'Best Friends Forever' written on it and then a bunch of butterflies."
"Teams wear uniforms," he informed me. As if I didn't know this.
"We are a team!" I told him punching my fist up into the air for dramatic effect.
"Hey, it's seven, aren't you supposed to call what's-his-face?"
"Cecil. Yeah, I probably should..." I trailed off not knowing what to say. Could I ditch Whit to talk to Cecil? Who I usually talked to everyday. I guess I could, but only because I missed Cecil more than Whit right now. "Yeah, I'll go call him. If that's okay with you. I mean, I kind of promised bonding time."
"Oh, its absolutely fine. Don't hesitate because of me."
"Alright. Thanks Whit." I bounced off the couch and headed for the nearest spare room, which happened to be the kitchen and sped-dialed 2. "Ring, ring, ring, ring" I sang with the phone. "Rii--"
"Kynaree?"
"Cecil! I had another good day today. Trudie and I--"
"Shopped?" he guessed.
"Yes! And then--"
"You ate."
"Yeah! An--Wait. How do you know?" I demanded. I started coming up with conclusions before he could reply, "Cecil, I swear, if you're stalking me.. I'll, um... claw out your eyes!" I threatened.
"I have an alibi. I was at work... Claw out my eyes?" he laughed, "What has Paris done to my poor innocent Kynaree?"
The conversation continued from there, it only seemed like seconds and the front door opened and I heard a familiar laugh. "Ahh!!" I screamed as Cecil was telling me a story about Rodger and his garden hose. I dropped the phone and ran to the front door as fast as possible. "Valkyrie!" I yelled as I tried to hop into her arms. Which somewhat worked, except for the whole 'no vampire strength' thing.
"Hi Kynaree. I see you've changed so much..."
"That's sarcasm," I pointed out.
"Yes, yes it is."
"I should call Cecil back.. He probably thinks some axe-murder flew through the window and killed me."
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Post by Kàylà on Jan 17, 2010 21:07:29 GMT -6
~Valkyrie's POV~
I was greeted by a scream and a flying hug from Kynaree. Thankfully I slightly expected it so we didn't go tumbling to the floor. She hadn't changed a bit. It was good to see Trudie and Kynaree again. I missed them both so much. I was about to say something when a wave of nausea hit me.
"Trudie where is your bathroom? I feel like I'm going to throw up. Must be the jet lag." I said trying to hold back the vomit. Trudie quickly led me to the bathroom and I just made it to the toilet before my airline meal came right back up. I sat on the floor my warm forehead against the cool porcelain of the toilet.
"You okay?" Trudie asked coming in with a cool glass of water for me to rinse my mouth out.
"I think so. Must have been the plane food. My stomach is still getting used to certain human food." I grimaced as another wave of nausea hit me. I took the glass of water from Trudie, took a drink and spat it back out into the toilet to clean out my mouth.
'Ugh all my life I go without throwing up and I make up for it in just two years." I complained. I really wanted to go back to being a vampire.
"Well now you know how we all feel." Trudie grinned. I jokingly glared at her and finished the water, this time swallowing it to get the taste out of my mouth. Trudie helped me stand up and I stood there for a bit to make sure I wasn't going to throw up again. When I knew it was safe i headed back out to the living room and sat down.
River's looked at me oddly but I was suddenly to exhausted to care. I laid down on the couch and closed my eyes for a second. I felt someone poke me and then I heard a whisper. "Is she dead?"
"No Kynaree I'm not dead, I'm tired." I sat up and smiled at her.
"Oh well that's good. Cecil says hi by the way. I was going to tell you sooner but you were in a coma." She smiled at me.
"How long did I fall asleep for?" I asked, I could have sworn I only closed my eyes for a second.
"About two hours." Trudie told me as she came into the room.
"Wow, sure didn't feel like that long." I stated. My phone started to ring and from the ringtone I knew right away it was Nathan.
"Oh yea he called a couple times while you were sleeping. We tired to wake you up but you're a sound sleeper." Kynaree giggled.
"I swear if you wrote anything of my face I'll attack you, vampire strength or not I will defeat you." I threatened Kynaree as I flipped open my phone. Kynaree just started giggling harder.
"Hi honey." I smiled.
"Hello my love. How was the plane ride?" Nathan's silky smooth voice greeted me from the other end of the phone.
"It was fine. I think the airline food bothered my stomach though. As soon as I got to Trudie's I threw up." I told him.
"Are you feeling any better now?" He asked the concern clear in his voice.
"Yea I took a two hour nap and that seemed to help it a bit." I said hoping to stop his worrying.
"Well just take it easy there until you know for sure that you're feeling better." He told me still sounding worried but not as much.
"I will. I have to go now though Kynaree is giving me that impatient stare of hers. Best not keep her waiting." I laughed.
"Alright babe. Be careful. I Love you." I could hear the smile in his voice as he said those three words.
"I love you too Nathan. Goodnight." I hung up the phone and turned back to my friends. "So I wanna see this dress that you picked out already Trudie." I grinned at them both.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 18, 2010 20:51:04 GMT -6
~<>~Rodger's POV~<>~
I'd been having a relaxing stay at home for the past few days. Sitting around and doing odd jobs around the house that needed to be done. The break was nice, especially when I knew I didn't need to travel for several weeks. However, something was bothering me. Where was that call? The call I got everyday I was home in England. I decided I needed to find out.
I pounded on the door loudly until finally my son answered it. "Are you and Kynaree busy? Because I can bother you two later..." I said awkwardly. The reason I asked was because of his shambolic state. He was already out of his tie and shirt, and traded it for some faded plaid pajama pants. His hair was awry and his expression was one of disgust. It was only five, he must have gotten off work about an hour ago.
"Kynaree isn't here."
"Wait, what?" I asked, "Where is she?"
"Trudie's, for the rest of the month," he opened the door wider and let me in. I looked around the house. It wasn't in it's usual orderly way, there was empty cereal bowls sitting here and uneaten slices of pizza on the counter, which I kindly helped myself to.
"I can tell she's been gone. Could you be any more disorderly?"
"I'll clean it before she gets back." I could remember him telling me this about his room a million times when he was growing up. "Don't worry dad, I'll clean it up before my friends get here," liar.
"I'm sure," I muttered, "So, hows having the house to yourself?" I took a seat on the couch and Cecil sat on the cushion next to mine.
"Smashing."
"That was sarcasm," I pointed out. It had become a habit of Kynaree and I's to point out whenever someone used sarcasm, specifically Cecil. It annoyed the bleeding hell out of him. The look he gave me was one I'd seen so many times it just made me smile. "So, what were up you before I got here?" The TV wasn't on, and I couldn't tell if he was reading a book or on the laptop because both weren't around.
"Sleeping."
"Sleeping? It's only five..."
"I haven't been sleeping very well the past few nights," he turned on the telly. Now I could see the rings under his eyes.
I snickered, "No one to cuddle with?"
"Was there any other reason you came to visit other than to irritate me?"
"Well, I was just wondering why Kynaree hasn't called and scheduled to have lunch with me," I shrugged, "but I guess I've got my answer."
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 18, 2010 21:32:01 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
When I got to the airport to pick up Valk, I was concerned the ride home was going to be quiet without Kynaree. Valk and I have been friends, but bringing up conversation between the two of us had never been our best quality. However, I was wrong. We didn't stop talking the whole way home, catching up on the past two years was our main topic of conversation. Another, would be my recent engagement, I mean that was the reason for the trip I guess. She couldn't believe how well off we were since we moved to France. She saw my ring and thought it was beautiful. I did too the first time I saw it.
When we walked into the house, Kynaree basically pounded Valk into the floor, it was surprising to see that such a little thing like Kynaree could now almost hurt Valk, she is not as strong as I remember her being since the recent change.
I showed Valk to the bathroom when she said she didn't feel good, and brought her a glass of water, which seemed to help a little, after the puking. While she was napping her phone was buzzing off the hook. I answered once just so that Nathan would know Valk wasn't dead, just sleeping, but he still kept calling every ten minutes. Rivers and I sat on the luv seat, Kynaree on the chair, while Valk was sleeping on the couch as we watched T.V. Wheel of Fortune came on and we watched it, which brought up the time when I was on it, supposedly Kynaree had seen it, it was on some time around my birthday.
By the time Valk woke up, the rest of us were ready to go to bed, so I showed Valk to the next Vacant Guest Bedroom and walked to Rivers and my room, he was already changed into his pajamas that I loved so much, they were the ones I bought him for a birthday present one time, they had little trains on them and basically looked like little kid pajamas. I loved them because they reminded me of when I was a little kid, and my friends would come over, they would have a pair. I don't know why I like the reminder of a time so long ago, it just brings me happy feelings.
"Rivers?" I asked, when I wasn't completely sure if he had fallen asleep yet.
"Yeah,"
"Are you sleeping?"
He laughed, "Would I have answered you, had I been sleeping?"
"I guess not. I just wanted to talk to you, since everything has been so heck-teck lately. I just needed time to talk to you."
He turned and looked at me, and smiled. "Are you happy?"
"What?"
"Are you happy? Are you glad that we are getting married, that your friends are here, and will be standing in our wedding?"
"Yeah, I am. I am really happy."
"Good."
"So, not to change the subject or anything." I said smirking. "but, how was your bonding time with Kynaree?"
"She left the room, ten minutes after you left."
"I figured you's didn't talk the whole time, since ya know, she came running down the stairs when we got back from the Air Port, but really? Only ten minutes." I thought she would last longer than that.
"Yeah, She went to the Kitchen to call her--Cecil."
"Oh, well, it's getting kinda late, so good night, I love you."
"I love you too." He said giving me a kiss on the forehead before closing his eyes.
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Post by Kàylà on Jan 18, 2010 22:08:13 GMT -6
~Valkyrie's POV~ It didn't take much for me to fall asleep at Trudie's. I was exhausted even after my couple hour nap. The next thing I knew though was that I was rushing to the bathroom. I made it just in time for the little bit of food that was in my stomach. I groaned and stared up at the ceiling. Seriously the whole time I'm human and you decide to get sick now! Ugh just my luck. I scolded myself. In the back of my mind something nagged at me that this wasn't a normal sickness. There was something different about it, something I couldn't quite think of as I sat there on the bathroom floor.
Figuring I was safe from another upchuck I flushed the toilet and slowly stood up. I counted the days in my head trying to put the pieces together. I gasped as I thought came to mind. But no it wasn't possible....was it? I quickly walked to Trudie's room and listened at the door to make sure I wasn't interrupting anything. When I didn't hear anything I opened the door. Trudie sat up in bed and looked at me curiously.
"I need you to take me to the drug store." I told her my voice shaking a little.
"Why what do you need?" She asked slightly worried from the tone of my voice.
"A pregnancy test...I think I might be pregnant."
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 18, 2010 22:51:27 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
It clicked in my head, when Valk rushed my rooms saying something about being possibly pregnant.
My mind was already trying to think of the fastest route to the closest open drug store. "La place pilule" I didn't realize I was talking aloud until, I heard Valk ask "What?"
"Oh, Sorry" I continued. "I was thinking aloud. La place pilule. That's the closest drug store, that would be open now."
"Oh, okay."
We arrived at La place pilule, when the clock was just hitting 8:30 A.M. and I realized I had forgotten to leave a note for Rivers so he knew where we were. I had walked in with Valk, hoping she wouldn't mind if I called Rivers quick, just so he wouldn't freak out. "Hey," He picked up on the first ring, he must have been awake.
"Hi, I totally forgot to leave you a note, before we left, I wanted to tell you that all is good, I just had to drive Valk to La place pilule. She thinks she might be pregnant."
"That would explain the puking all night."
"Oh, you heard? I was hoping you were sleeping."
"I couldn't sleep."
"You could have talked to me"
"I wasn't that awake."
"Oh, okay, well Valk is waving me down now," She was already done, bag in hand and trying to get me to leave the store. She just wanted to get back to my house so she could take the test.
We pulled into the driveway, and before I could even pull into the garage, she ran inside, and to the bathroom. I got through the doorway and heard puking in the bathroom down the hall. I guess it wasn't just urge to find out the product of the test.
Rivers came from the kitchen into the foyer, and gave me a hug. "Big Morning." He said.
"Yeah." I answered, even though he said it as a statement, not a question. "Sorry I didn't leave a note."
"Don't worry about it. I don't have to worry about you. I saw that both you and Valk were gone, I thought you might have went for a walk or something."
"Oh, yeah." I used to go for walks every morning, and I tried to think of the reason I stopped, but then I realized that it was just pure laziness, that's why I stopped.
We walked into the kitchen to see that Rivers had already made breakfast. Pancakes. I went upstairs to let Kynaree know the food was done, and I walked into the bathroom to see how Valk was doing. She was sitting on the toilet, looking at the little stick in her hand, that had just changed her life. The little blue positive sign just staring her in the face. I walked over and gave her a hug. "Congratulations." I said. She didn't answer but I didn't think she would. She was still shocked from the thought of actually being pregnant.
I handed her one of the cordless house phones. "Just in case you wanna call Nathan."
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