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Post by Kàylà on Jan 19, 2010 16:56:26 GMT -6
~Valkyrie POV~
The little blue positive sign stared at me. Taunting me. I wasn't sure how I felt about all of this. I was in shock there was no other way to describe this feeling. Back when I still attended vampire school they pounded it in our brains that it was not possible for a vampire and a human to mate. This made me wonder if they were afraid of what the results would be or if they seriously just didn't know if it could happen.
My hand shaking as I called Nathan I was trying to calm myself down. I thought about the time difference between us making sure that I wasn't calling him in the middle of the night. I did the calculations in my head and it was about 4 p.m there. Nathan picked up on the 3rd ring.
"Hi Valkyrie." There was a smile in this voice. That did it, those two words said with so much love made me break down crying. I wondered if it was the over powerful emotions of pregnancy that was causing me to break down or if it was from being afraid. "Baby what's wrong?" He asked instantly worried. My sobs turned into hysterics as I tried to calm myself down so I could tell him what had happened. "Shhh calm down honey, it's okay shh." Nathan tried to sooth me. Finally my sobbing calmed down enough for me to attempt to talk.
"Nathan, I'm pregnant." There was no other way to say it besides bluntly. I heard the drop of the phone as even my normally calm Nathan was thrown into shock. His breathing returned as he quickly regained composure and picked up his phone again.
"How...How is that possible?" He asked. Like me he had been taught that it would never be possible.
"I don't know! I don't know if everything our teacher had told us was a lie or if they were just guessing that it wasn't possible since they all forbid it just in case it was possible." I almost started crying again. A sudden fear hit me, my thoughts became protective of the small creature that was growing in my womb. "Nathan..What if they try to take the baby? What if they try to kill it?" I asked him scared.
"I won't let them Valkyrie. No one will hurt you or our child." His voice grew dark and threatening.
"I love you Nathan." I said before I started crying again.
"I love you too honey shh it'll be okay. I won't let anything hurt you." He tried to comfort me.
"I have to go now Nathan. I'll call you later." I told him wiping my eyes.
"Okay Valk, I love you. Don't worry everything will be okay." Nathan assured me.
"I know. I love you too. Bye." He said goodbye and I waited for him to hangup first. I sat on the toilet for a little longer trying to regain my composure before facing Kynaree and Trudie. Even now that I was human I felt I still had to appear strong to them. I had always been the one who handled everything with a certain calmness, a certain confidence that I knew everything would be alright. There was one other thing I had to do before I left the bathroom. I had to figure out if I was happy about all of this. Happy that I was pregnant with Nathan's child.
A small smile crept on my face as I thought about that. I was going to have Nathan's child. Mine and Nathan's child. I gently rubbed my stomach and smiled. Yes I was happy about having our child growing in my womb. I left the bathroom with a smile on my face and Trudie greeted me with another hug. Before her hug seemed a little hesitant since she wasn't sure if I was happy about this but now she knew. Kynaree came down then and she stared at us a little clueless. That's right she hasn't heard yet. I thought to myself. I braced myself for the Faerie's reaction as I told her the news.
"Kynaree I'm pregnant." I told her grinning. I was surrounded by my two best friends then in a hug. Gentle yet strong as the always paranoid Kynaree made sure not to crush as she was afraid to hurt the baby.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 19, 2010 17:42:03 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
Dear Diary,
You won't believe what happened! Valkyrie's totally pregnant. Yeah, I don't believe it either. So, now I need to start figuring out a way to get her baby to like me best. I want to be the cool aunt, Auntie Kynaree. Don't worry about it, I'll figure it out and tell you when I know what I'm gonna do. Not anything eventful happened today except Rodger called, but it was only to tell on Cecil. Cecil's lucky I miss him.
Love, Kynaree
Dear Diary,
I don't feel like writing down what I did today, so I'll just say I had fun again! We just looked through bridesmaids dresses and stuff like that.
Love, Kynaree
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 19, 2010 17:59:54 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
It was Saturday afternoon, and everything was finally calming down a little, we went out and looked at bridesmaids dresses, but I didn't find any I liked, yet. We all went to bed around 10, there was nothing good on T.V. When River's had just fallen asleep, my phone rang. I looked at the caller ID. It read Cecil, I wondered why he would be calling me. Was Kynaree ignoring him or something? "Hello," I said, rising from the bed and walking to the guest room that Kynaree was occupying.
"Hey, Trudie. Congratulations on the recent engagement." Cecil said.
"Thanks. Well, did you call to talk to me, because Kynaree's about to fall asleep, if you wanted to talk to her."
"I actually wanted to talk to you. I have a proposal of my own."
"Yeah, whats that?" I asked in a nervous tone.
"I would like to do an investigative study for MMC, that would involve me staying with you all in France."
"What are you trying to say, are you asking me if you can stay here?"
"Yes."
"Okay, that's fine. Does Kynaree know? I'm surprised she hasn't said anything."
"She doesn't know, and lets try and keep it that way."
"Okay, so its a surprise. I see. What are you investigating that would take you to France?"
"Valkyrie."
"Oh, okay, well I should let you go, if that's all, because you're probably about to go to bed there."
"Alright, well, Goodnight, and I will call you when I find out when I should arrive."
"Okay, don't be afraid to call ask for a ride from the airport."
"Thanks."
"Goodnight" I said hanging up the phone.
I went back to my room and laid back in the bed. Rivers turned and asked what was up. I told him about Cecil's plans to surprise Kynaree, and ya know about how he is actually coming here for Valkyrie. Sure he is.
Rivers fell back asleep while I fell into the book I had started the night before.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 20, 2010 19:58:36 GMT -6
~<>~Cecil's POV~<>~
Saturday morning. The only thing that got me out of bed was the sweet sound of my coffee maker start brewing. There wasn't much anything to do besides refill my mug and watch the news. The news happened to be more boring then usual, I cleared off the stand next to me and set my cup down. I scooted over a cushion so I wouldn't hit my head on the arm of the couch and let myself fall horizontally.
It was mornings like these where I would slam cabinet doors harder and stomp my way around the house, just to wake up Kynaree earlier. When she asked about it I claimed I didn't mean to, but that obviously wasn't the case. I just wanted to wake her up for the company. Sometimes I'd wake her too early and she'd fall back to sleep on the couch. Which wasn't necessarily a bad thing, it just meant I could watch her sleep and watch the weather at the same time.
I groaned as my cell phone started ringing at me, I grabbed it and in that moment I missed my Blackberry Pearl. That was another story. I lifted myself upward and answered the phone near to my coffee mug. It was my dad, but I still greeted with a pleasant, "Hello?"
"Good Morning!" he sounded much too happy, "Are you busy today?"
"Quite," I lied.
"Wonderful, I'll pick you up in an hour," he replied, totally ignoring my answer.
Rodger Fredrick Cooksley wasn't a man you could say no to easily. I sighed and began my morning as if I was getting ready for work. My dad walked through the front door early, as I was eating breakfast. "You're wearing that?" he asked sounding jokingly outraged.
"I didn't think we were going anywhere important..." I mumbled with bagel in my mouth.
"We're going to work! You wait there, I'll go pick out a tie." He ran away into the master room before I could protest. He brought out a bugs bunny one and threw it at me, "That's the only interesting one you own. Have you no style at all?"
I had to admit, even for him, he was in a weird mood. "I'm not wearing that."
"You're right, your shirt doesn't match." He returned back to the room and returned with one of my favorite brown ties. I grabbed it before he changed his mind again.
Let me tell you, going to work with your father is weird. Especially when everyone knows he exists more than you. Most of the people I passed would look to my right and smile at him saying, "Hey Rodge. What're you doing here?"
He'd try and say something clever like, "Oh, it's just bring your dad to work day," he'd elbow me and the person would finally decide to look to their left. Then they would make the connection after a moment of confusion.
My dad didn't seem impressed by the employees here, some of them were old friends while others were of the younger generation, like myself. "Where's your office?" he wondered. I lead him to a cubical that wasn't very decorated, on the desk sat a sculpted paper weight Kynaree made me, a mug of pencils which was also sculpted by Kynaree, and my flat screen computer with the keyboard. "This is it?" he said, sounding clearly annoyed.
"What did you expect?"
He walked away briskly and I knew he was headed to the main office, which is where my boss worked. "Dad, please don't do this. Don't you feel as if you've embarrassed me enough already?"
"Cecil, I can't believe you've been doing office work all this time," he said exasperated. As if he didn't know all I did was sort files and update. I wondered how people became bipolar, if they grew up with it or if you could randomly get it. "I need to talk to this guy and get you a real job."
"What? No, no, I want a desk job, I swear," I pleaded. It was horrible having your dad fight your battles for you. Worse when people thought the only reason that you were employed at a government secretly ran ministry was because your dad got you the job.
"You don't want a desk job. Those are boring, you need to do some investigative stuff and undercover operations," he told me, "That's what you were meant to do. It's what all Cooksleys have done."
I stopped and let him go, the idiot was going to get me fired. I went out to his car and waited outside it, of course it had to be locked. I didn't know how long I waited, it felt longer with the annoyed state I was in. Eventually he came back out of the building and I heard the doors of the car click. I let myself in the passenger's seat. "Guess what your embarrassing dad did?" he smiled, opening the driver's door.
"Got me fired," I guessed.
"No. The guy was an old friend of mine," Of course he was, everyone's an old friend of yours, "he was sorry he'd overlooked you and he would give you a chance. So, you can pick out whatever you wanna do." My dad seemed pleased.
I glared at him, "I wanted the desk job."
"No you didn't," he slid into the driver's seat and started the car.
"Yes, actually I did. I don't want to do any undercover investigative reports. I don't want to leave Liverpool. I don't want to travel everywhere. I don't want Kynaree home alone for days at a time." I listed off.
"Cecil, you don't have to do it all the time. Besides, in this case you can go to Kynaree," his smile turned into a grin. "The MMC wants information on half-human half-mystical beings, I mean, they want info on a lot of stuff, but I thought this might interest you."
I was defeated. I had to admit, it was hard not to smile. "Thanks dad."
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 21, 2010 20:03:27 GMT -6
~River's POV~
I woke up and Trudie was still reading next to me. Was it really early or was she just lazy today? I didn't care either way, but it would still be good to know. Sometimes when she's lazy she expects me to do some stuff, like cook, even though she is the cook. I can't cook worth crap. I don't mind doing other stuff like laundry and other house stuff, like cleaning.
"Hey," I said, my voice a little raspy.
"Hey, your up already?" She asked startled.
I looked at the clock. "It's 8 o'clock."
"Oh, is it already?"
"Yeah, shouldn't you be at work already?"
"I'm going to pick up Cecil today."
"Oh yeah, that."
"What is there something wrong with Kynaree's boyfriend coming here?"
"No, i just think it's kinda weird since Kynaree's not coming with you and that you are going to get him alone."
"Are you jealous? I mean he wants to surprise fro her."
"Oh, okay." I can't believe she isn't even gonna let me come. It's not like I'm jealous I just don't wanna be here with Kynaree alone for another 2 hours, and she can't even be side tracked by talking to Cecil. Ugh. "I'm fine with it I guess, but is it really necessary for Kynaree to stay here with me all day, can't she be surprised when you pull into the chunnel station?"
"Oh," she said laughing, "that's what this is about."
"What? Is it really that horrible to not want to spend the day with Kynaree?"
"No, that's fine but your just gonna have to deal with it."
"Fine." I said, with a sly smile, I gave her a kiss, and got up to get dressed. I chose an outfit that I knew Kynaree would love. Black dress pants with a lime green dress shirt, and a purple tie. At least I think she will like it. I mean we have to bond. I wonder what she is planning to do. I went downstairs to an empty kitchen. Food over the counter, ready to be cooked. Trudie came walking down the stairs, and started cooking. I helped her with what I could but it's hard to help a chef cook.
Valkyrie was still sleeping, she has been sleeping a lot, since she is pregnant and all, and Kynaree was skipping down the stairs, as cautiously as I've ever seen anyone skip down stairs, just in time for breakfast. "Trudie! You're going to be late for work!" She exclaimed.
"No, I am going to get supplies for the restaurant today." Trudie said. Nice save.
"I wanna come!!" Kynaree said. At least she thought it was a nice save.
"The boxes of supplies will fill up my car. My car is small, and we are running out of supplies, so we need a lot of stuff." HA!
"Oh, well okay, but don't people deliver the supplies to restaurants?"
"Yeah, but the delivery truck broke down, they said they could deliver it next week but we need supplies today."
"Oh, okay. So, me and River's have bonding time again!!!" Oh my, she is so gullible.
"Yeah, and Rivers was so excited he even wore your favorite colors!"
"Yeah, I knew he liked those colors!"
"Yup, well I should get going. I'll see you guys in about 2 hours." Trudie said, and Kynaree and I exchanged goodbyes, and I'll see you laters, and I went into the living area, to watch T.V. Dreading the day that was to follow.
~Trudie's POV~
I was pulling into the chunnel pick-up area, when I saw Cecil, I told him what I drove to avoid getting out of the car, but he seemed to be sidetracked, talking to someone on the phone. I got out of the car and finally flagged him down, not wanting to be too loud in case it was Kynaree on the other line, wondering why he wasn't answering his desk phone or something.
The ride home was pleasant, we caught up and he talked about Kynaree, and how great she was and how horrible it was when she wasn't around. I wondered if he was gonna tell Rivers those things, when Kynaree and I make them bond together, and how Rivers would react since, he doesn't like Kynaree all that much.
Before I knew it, being sidetracked the whole time, we were already back to my house. Cecil had the same look on his face as all the others did on their fist impression of my house, since I wasn't necessarily the biggest on money before, when I was trying to save the money I had from my trust fund to have for my wedding and times like this when I want my friends to visit me and I will have the money for them to get here, but now I was definitely getting sidetracked in my mind.
"So, what's the plan? How do you want to surprise her?" I asked.
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Post by Kàylà on Jan 21, 2010 22:23:59 GMT -6
~Valkyrie's POV~ My phone rang. I looked at the time. 8:15 a.m. I couldn't help it I groaned. Since the ringtone playing wasn't Nathan's I looked at the caller ID first to make sure it was someone that was worth talking to this early in the morning. That's odd why would Cecil be calling me? Is Kynaree so sound asleep that she isn't answering her phone and he's freaking out? I thought to myself before I flipped open the phone.
"Hey Cecil what's up?"I asked through a yawn. Pregnancy made a person exhausted.
"Well first off I want to congratulate you on the baby. Also though the MMC wants to I guess the only way to put it is investigate you. They want information on half human half mystical beings. They want me to do the investigation. Normally we stay undercover for these kinds of things but I didn't want you to think that I was sneaking around and going to tell the other Vampire clans about the baby." Cecil said in one long breathe.
"Cecil you know I trust you. Does Kynaree know you're coming?" I asked him.
"No and I would like to keep it that way. I want to surprise her." I could hear a smile in Cecil's voice as he thought of Kynaree. I smiled to myself, those two were definitely perfect for each other. A wave of morning sickness that I was starting to get used to hit me. Time to cut off the phone call I thought to myself.
"Alright I'll keep it a secret. But Cecil I need to go now because I am about to go throw up last nights dinner due to the wonderfulness of pregnancy. See you when you get here." I didn't give him a chance to say bye. I quickly shut my phone and ran to the bathroom. I flushed the toilet after the deed was done and decided there was no point in going back to bed. I took a quick shower and dressed in a simple red and black corset with blue jeans. I figured that I might as well wear all my skinny clothes now while I still could.
I grabbed my phone from the nightstand where I had put it and saw that I had a new text message. Good morning beautiful and baby. I wasn't sure if you were awake yet so I decided to text you instead of call so as to let you sleep. I just wanted to let you know that I'm coming to Trudie's to help you with the pregnancy. I love you babe and I'll see you soon.
Yup, that's why I loved him. I patted my stomach gently and said, "See little baby, daddy is coming soon." I smiled. I didn't have to worry about him finding Trudie's place. We had gotten the address from her before I came in case she would have been unable to pick me up from the airport and I needed to take a taxi here. Nathan was also good with directions, I learned that from the many times we moved some place new.
I walked into the kitchen where I smelled slightly burnt bacon and french toast. Kynaree was at the griddle making the french toast and Rivers was glaring at the frying pan as he burnt the bacon. "Morning Valkyrie!" Kyanree greeted me with a warm smile. "Rivers and I are bonding!" She seemed excited about this. I looked over at Rivers who grimaced as she said this. It was all I could do to keep from laughing hysterically at the sight of them.
"I can see that. Breakfast smells good...well most if it anyways." I grinned. I was just messing with Rivers, right now I would just about eat anything. There were two things so far that I didn't like about being pregnant. 1. The constant throwing up, and 2. The constant eating. "Oh and Rivers Nathan texted me saying he was coming due to my pregnancy. That's okay? Right?" I asked kind of unsure.
"Of course that is fine." Rivers assured me with a smile. Kynaree finished the french toast and we all sat down to eat. I had to admit, Kyanree was a pretty good cook. The bacon wasn't bad slightly burnt and I learned that I actually liked it better that way. It wasn't nearly as fatty as when Nathan made it and it was easier to chew.
It was a good morning and I think Rivers was glad that I hadn't slept later than I did for I kept Kynaree busy so he didn't have to have "bonding" time with her.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 24, 2010 18:42:23 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
Valkyrie, Rivers, and I were sitting in the living room watching the wide screen. It was a sitcom that everyone agreed with, there was no way Valkyrie and I were watching anymore sports. I wasn't too interested in the show, so I skimmed through bridal magazines that were sitting on the coffee table. "I can't believe Trudie just left us here," I complained.
"She needed to. She can't just give up her job to please you," Valkyrie rolled her eyes.
"I want more French toast," I announced and made my way to the kitchen. The French toasts were cooled by now so I had to nuke them in the microwave. As the tray when around in circles I snooped around kitchen, looking through drawers and cupboards. It looked like all their silverware matched, even their pots and pans. I opened one cupboard to find a container with a familiar label, it was Cecil's favorite coffee brand. After doing a quick 360 of the kitchen, I grabbed the canister and opened the lid.
I inhaled the scent greedily until I heard footsteps behind me, "Kynaree, did you need help finding something?" It was Rivers. I was making plenty of noise when I was looking through the cupboards
"No," I blushed setting down the coffee. The microwave beeped, "Oh look, my French toast is done."
"Eerr.. Are you sure you don't want any coffee?" he asked pointing to the can I set down.
"No, I thought I told you that I don't like coffee," I opened the refrigerator in search of maple syrup. As soon as I had the bottle in my hand I started to squirt it on my brunch.
"Okay.." he replied awkwardly, walking out of the kitchen. I hurriedly placed the coffee container back and tended to my French toast again, acting totally sane.
I returned to the couch and was about to take a bite when the front door opened loudly. I would've continued with my meal except Trudie wasn't alone, I could hear murmurs of a conversation coming from the hallway. "I think there's someone with her..." I told the others. Listening closer made me pick out the accent. "Cecil!" I cried. I shoved the plate into Valkyrie's hands and ran to the hallway, hoping I wasn't crazy.
Jumping into his arms was much easier than Valkyrie's. In that moment I would've been so mad if I was hallucinating. However, I was sure I wasn't. He smelled faintly of printer paper and coffee, along with the shampoo he always used. It was much better than the coffee substitution I was smelling earlier. "Okay," he said, "You can let me breath now." I released my legs and arms from the crushing hug and twined my fingers with his.
"Trudie! You can't just bring Cecil here without me knowing!" I exclaimed trying to be mad, but failing terribly.
"It was his idea. Besides, Valkyrie and Rivers knew about it too," she had a satisfied expression. I glared at her now, I was the only one in the dark? "How about I make it up to you?" She motioned her hands in a 'here's your prize' sort of way at Cecil, it reminded me of Vanna White off of Wheel of Fortune "Here's your boyfriend."
"Okay, I forgive you," Just then I realized I hadn't kissed Cecil in a whole week. Without hesitation I grabbed the tie around his neck and pulled his head down to my level. I only pecked his lips once and let go, for some reason nervousness hit me as I remembered Trudie was right there.
The three of us walked into the living room, leaving his bags in the entryway. Valkyrie was already on her feet and greeted him with a friendly hug. Rivers held out a hand which Cecil shook. "I don't think we were introduced before, I'm Rivers. And you must be," he glanced at me, "Kynaree's-- Cecil."
"Yeah, congratulations on the engagement," Cecil replied, clearly not sure what to think of Rivers.
"Well, that's that. I guess we can watch some T.V. now," Trudie shrugged. We all agreed, Cecil and I stole the couch, while Valkyrie took one of the side chairs. Rivers with Trudie on his lap took the other one. We offered to share the couch, but they didn't seem to mind.
It took less then 20 minutes before Cecil and I both zonked out. I guess a week of troubled sleeping can do that.
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 26, 2010 14:14:20 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
It didn't take long at all for Kynaree and Cecil to fall asleep in each others embrace on the couch. I was sitting on Rivers lap, but I decided to go clean up a little. I told Rivers what my plans for the day was and asked if he had anything he wanted to do. Maybe he wanted to take Cecil to his favorite 'hang out' or something. The Billiard Room. He said Cecil probably just wanted to be with Kynaree today and that if I wanted him them to bond so much, they would watch sports or something.
I forcefully agreed and went to the foyer and grabbed Cecil's bags. He had three suit cases so I had to make two trips. I put Cecil's clothes into the open dresser, and hung his suits in the closet. I cleaned up a little around the room and striped the bed of it's sheets. I threw them into Kynaree's hamper, that only had a weeks worth of clothes in it and brought the hamper downstairs and started a load of wash. I went back into the bed room with a new set of sheets and a clean comforter. I made the bed and grabbed the old comforter and brought that downstairs, then i did the same for Valkyrie's room, minus the putting clothes away thing. I made her bed and went back upstairs.
Kynaree and Cecil were still sleeping on the couch. Valkyrie was in the bathroom, but I didn't hear any horrible noises coming from under the door. Rivers was in the kitchen getting a plate of cheese and crackers. When he saw me he looked up "Appetizers." He said. I went over and hugged him.
~River's POV~
I was in the kitchen getting a plate of cheese and crackers when I saw Trudie coming in through the doors. She must be done cleaning other peoples things. She is such a neat freak, but that's just another reason I love her. I took her in when she came over and embraced me.
"I'm gonna start some lunch." She said.
"Okay. I told Valkyrie that it was okay for Nathan to come sooner rather than later. Is that okay?" I said.
"Yeah that's fine."
"Okay, I'm gonna take this out to the living room." I said, seeing a smile creep across Trudie's face. It made me happy, so I couldn't help but smile back.
I took the 'Appetizers' out to the living room and sat on the chair next to the couch where Kynaree now sprawled out using Cecil's leg as a pillow. Since I was the only one in the room awake, no one complained when I turned on the sports channel.
~Trudie's POV~
I made Garlic Grilled Cheese for lunch, and Tomato Soup. It made me think of when we where back at Valkyrie's and Kynaree told me about how she had attempted and failed miserably at making Tomato Soup and burn it.
When everything was done and set on the table with red wine, I went into the living room to wake up Kynaree and Cecil. It was fun because I haven't been able to do this in years. I got everybody to the table and we talked throughout lunch, turns out that Valk wasn't puking and also that Nathan was coming too. He wanted to take care of Valk. I asked about his job, and she said that he didn't have a job, neither of them did because they have enough money through the fortunes left to them. I'm just wondering why he didn't come in the first place if he had nothing keeping him back.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 26, 2010 20:33:11 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
I felt someone shove my shoulder, "I don't wanna get up," my voice was muffled. Cecil yawned and started to stretch. Cecil was here! I sat upwards and hugged him, "Cecil you're still here!"
"Lunch is done," Trudie announced laughing at my reaction to waking up.
"Food?" he mumbled. I stood lifted myself off the couch and grabbed both of his hands in mine. I assisted him in standing up right and we followed Trudie to the dining room. Garlic Grilled Cheeses were awaiting us so I dug in. Valkyrie ate piggishly, but I guess she had two to feed. We had random conversation at the table and I found out Nathan was coming.
"Nathan! That's perfect," I exclaimed.
"Perfect?" Valkyrie repeated with a smile.
"Yeah! Now we have six for board games. It's a even number." They laughed at that, although I didn't think it was very funny. Who wanted to play odd teams? Or leave someone out. After our meal I showed Cecil the guest room we were sharing. "The sheets changed colors..." I noted.
Trudie brought in my cleaned laundry, "Yeah, I changed them," she said. "I also put your clothes away, Cecil."
"My clothes?" he echoed. His expression was one of worry.
"Cecil don't be so paranoid. She didn't do anything to them."
He nodded, "I know, I just was having a moment." Neither of us asked. "Thank you, Trudie."
"It was no problem," she set the basket on the chair next to the door and took a right heading the hall. Probably going to go get more laundry. I glared at Cecil and asked what his problem was.
"Nothing, really," he sat on the end of the bed, laid back and shut his eyes. I took a seat next to his head and started blowing at his face. He scrunched his eyes tighter and covered his face with his hands. "Your breath smells like garlic," he said turning over to avoid it.
"I bet yours does too," I told him acting offended.
I was testing to see whether his mouth tasted like garlic when Rivers stopped at the doorway to tell us Nathan was here. I jumped back from Cecil, and blushed. "Okay," I cleared my throat, and my embarrassment went away as soon as Nathan's here sunk in. "Let's go and see him!"
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Post by Kàylà on Jan 26, 2010 21:46:44 GMT -6
~Nathan's POV~
I was greeted at the door with arms around my neck, and legs wrapped around my waist. White long hair tickled my nose as my darling Valkyrie hugged me with all of her strength. "I see someone missed me." I laughed returning her hug with not nearly as much force so as not to harm her.
She answered me with a kiss that I greedily returned. We hadn't been apart that long but to us it felt like forever. Someone cleared their throat reminding us that we weren't alone and Valkyrie stepped out of our embrace. Trudie, Rivers, Cecil, and Kynaree were all standing there. I looked at Valk to see her reaction but she didn't blush or show any sign of embarrassment.
"Thank you for letting me stay with you Trudie and Rivers, and congratulations on the engagement." I grinned at both of them. Valkyrie showed me around the house and the room that we were staying in. We sat down on the bed and I put my hand on her stomach. We both knew that the baby wasn't even close to kicking or showing any sign that it was there but that didn't stop the amazement that my child was growing in her. That I would be a father, and her a mother shocked me.
~Valkyrie's POV~
I could tell Nathan was happy that he was going to be a father but that he was still shocked about it. "Come on let's go out into the living room with everyone else. We can unpack your stuff later." I grabbed his hand and led him into the living room. Everyone was already in there, talking away. We sat down in one of the chairs, me on his lap.
"Valkyrie have you thought of names for the baby yet?" Kynaree asked an excited gleam in her eyes.
"No not yet." I answered. It was true I hadn't given it much thought yet. Was it something I should start thinking about already? How hard was it to come up with a boy or girl name? "Trudie when are we going to look for bridesmaid dresses again?" I asked her. There was still so much for us to do before the big day.
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 27, 2010 20:37:45 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
I was zoning out in Wheel Of Fortune, how could they not know the answer! Sex on the beach! It makes so much sense, all the hints and the letters they already picked! This person doesn't know what they are talking about.
I heard my name in the other conversation that was going on "huh" I said, habit.
"When are we going to look for bridesmaid dresses again? I mean we have to do it soon, there's only like 3 weeks till the date you picked.
"Oh yeah, I actually scheduled a date over at Robe Palace. I know it sounds weird but in English it just means Dress Palace."
"Okay, um, Trudie, that's great to know, but lets stick to the point." I looked at her dumbfoundedly. "You still never told us the date."
"Oh! Yeah, Tomorrow. I thought since Nathan just got her, him, Cecil, and Rivers could go out."
"Sounds good to me." Kynaree chimed in.
"Yeah." Valk said.
Over in the chair on the other side of the room, I could almost hear Rivers moan.
~River's POV~ I didn't like the idea off bonding time with Nathan and Cecil at all. It's not like I don't like them, I just don't know them that well and they don't know me... at all, but I guess I would deal with it for Trudie. Besides, what else are we gonna do, the girls will be off shopping for our wedding. I shouldn't complain. As long as I don't have to be there shopping.
It was 5 o'clock already, and Trudie excused herself to go get supper started. Spaghetti, nummy. Spaghetti has to be one of my favorite meals.
When supper was over and I was pretty much sure that I was gonna hurl, from eating too much, I helped Trudie clean up the kitchen, while Valk got Nathan settled into the room they are staying in. I don't even wanna know. Cecil and Kynaree were in the living room watching a soap opera.
I was laying in bed, I didn't feel too good, and I was hacking up a storm I hope it was just Flem and it wasn't going to interfere with my big day set forth for me tomorrow. Trudie came back to the bedroom with NyQuil, and handed it to me, with a glass of water. "Thanks" I mumbled.
The last thing I remember before falling asleep was Trudie climbing into bed and us exchanging a goodnight kiss. Then it was off to the rabid monkeys chasing me for the golden banana that spoke Chinese.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 28, 2010 20:14:32 GMT -6
~<>~Cecil's POV~<>~
I was awake, but not entirely, just enough to know I wasn't in my own bed. The laundry detergent from the sheets reminded me of spring time, and the pillow wasn't the flat one I was used to, it was feathery. Kynaree head was nestling against my shoulder and her arm was resting limply across my torso. I told myself not to move, not to open my eyes, otherwise I wouldn't be able to fall back to sleep.
I laid for a while like that, until my bladder finally won. The clock on the nightstand said 6:00am, which meant Kynaree wouldn't be awake for another four hours at most. After detaching myself from her I went to relieve my bladder and headed downstairs. I discovered Trudie on the couch rewriting recipes on recipe cards. "Good morning," she chirped.
"Did you have a nice night?" I asked, thinking 'good morning' was a little inappropriate for her situation.
She shrugged, "The usual, I just need to stop at the bookstore sometime soon." I smirked and sat by her on the next cushion. "Speaking of my reading addiction, there's coffee in the kitchen." It was her turn to smirk.
I was halfway to the kitchen when I asked, "Do you wanna cup?"
"Sure, with extra creamer please."
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
With sleep-filled eyes I walked down Trudie's stairs. Everyone seemed to be up already. Nathan and Valkyrie were lying on the couch together, while Trudie and Rivers took their regular reclining chair. Cecil came up from behind and placed a hand on my waist. He was coming from the kitchen and had obviously just refilled his mug. I got good mornings from everyone and a "I can't believe you slept past nine!" from Valkyrie.
"She was tired," Cecil defended me, while I tried not to fall back to sleep on his lap. I breathed in deeply, stifling a yawn.
"Cecil, you smell like coffee," I stated. Those were the first five words that had came out of my mouth all morning. "How many cups did you drink?" It was the first question that came to mind. My habit of keeping a conversation going hadn't left me.
"Not too many," he assured me.
Trudie snorted, "Whatever, this is the third time I've had to make another pot."
"Hey, I haven't been the--"
"Okay, I don't wanna listen to an argument about coffee," Valkyrie interrupted.
"Only one drinking it," Cecil finished. I didn't say anything else about coffee, we'd had our first fight over coffee. Which was really stupid but I was only worried, and it's not like I knew Cecil had a bad day at work. That stuff about Theo's teeth being whiter than his kind of slid out on accident. It wasn't like I was trying to compare him to Theo, and I didn't know he'd get so bitter about it. I tried to interrupt my thought process before I got to the yelling part.
"We're going shopping today," I said, distracting myself.
"Yes we are," Trudie agreed.
"And Rivers and Nathan and Cecil are all gonna bond," I added.
"Yes we are," Rivers muttered.
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Post by Kàylà on Jan 28, 2010 21:14:15 GMT -6
~Valkyrie's POV~
Now that Kynaree was up Trudie, Kynaree and I started to get ready for our day of shopping. I quickly showered and dressed. My stomach growled and I remembered that Trudie said she was taking us out for breakfast. I finished about the same time as Kynaree and Trudie only ran a brush through her hair for she had already been dressed and showered from earlier. I hugged and kissed Nathan goodbye and we were out the door.
I let Kynaree have shotgun and I rode in the back. Breakfast consisted of thin pancakes called crepes and beignets. I had a small shot of espresso and Kynaree wrinkled her nose at me. She hated all forms of coffee except for their smell which was only because it reminded her of Cecil.
Since the dress shops wouldn't be open this early Trudie took us to a different mall to let us browse around. We were walking in one of the clothing shops, I was looking at a couple different shirts when I heard a crash behind me. I turned around and was almost on the ground laughing when I saw Kynaree sprawled out on the floor, a dark blue shirt on her head and a confused look on her face as she took in the knocked over clothing racks.
"Kynaree....wha...what happened?" I asked between giggles.
"I don't know! One minute I was just walking along minding my own business and then the next there was a crash, and I was on the floor with a bunch of clothing racks on the ground." Trudie came over then and looked at Kynaree. She tried her best to contain her laughter but it was no use. Only Kynaree would find a way to make scene in a quiet clothing store.
I held out my hand to help her up and the store clerk glared at us. We quickly left after that not bothering to buy anything there seeing as how they couldn't appreciate a good laugh. We avoided clothing stores after that not wanting Kynaree to trip over one of the sales racks again, causing another commotion. Trudie said she needed to visit a book store since she was out of reading material and neither Kynaree or I objected. I smiled that the thought of books. It had been awhile since I read a good one.
It was quieter in the book store than it had been in the clothing store. I smiled at the silence and stillness of it all. I ran my hand along the books as I walked down the aisle and closed my eyes, an expression of calm shown on my face. Trudie called us over to the counter after she had a handful of books in her arms and sent them on the counter. I shook my head and smiled, Trudie would go broke buying books one day. Trudie looked at the time on her phone and smiled.
"The dress shop's should be open by now. Time to go look for bridesmaid dresses!" She grinned at us. I grinned back, her excitement contagious.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 29, 2010 22:09:29 GMT -6
~<>~Cecil's POV~<>~
Once the girls left the house the silence seemed so abrupt that it was awkward for the three of us. When were we supposed to begin talking again? Who was supposed to start the conversation? What was the conversation going to be about? I asked myself those questions and more for a while. I gnawed on my bottom gum as the silence when on, finally Rivers broke it.
"So," he cleared his throat after having not used it for awhile, "Do you guys wanna go shoot some pool or something?"
"Sure," Nathan and I both agreed.
Rivers brought us to a place nearby, the sign out front read The Billiard Room. The front door looked like you could have been walking into someone's home, rest of the outside was rather dull, it consisted of gray and white bricks. Rivers opened the door for us and lead us through a narrow hallway and down a set of stairs. My immediate thoughts were, This is no bar, he's leading me to my death. However, that thought was shifted when I smelt the smoke and heard the cheers of drunkards.
We made it to the actual bar. It reminded me of a basement, with the exception of flat-screened TVs mounted at the corners and the circular bar in the middle. I think it reminded me of a basement because of all the old time memorabilia that hung on the walls, the posters of popular of what I assumed were French sports stars and street signs, which I couldn't read.
A pool stick was put in my hand by Rivers, "I'm gonna go find a partner, you and Nathan get warmed up." Nathan was already at the table putting the pool balls in the triangle.
"Are you any good at pool?" I asked him.
Nathan shrugged, "I'm okay. I haven't played in awhile though. What about you?"
"I play every Friday night after work with some friends. I'm not fantastic, but I can play."
"You guys want drinks?" Rivers came up to us with a man with graying hair and a long curly beard. He reminded me of a sketch of a criminal you would see on a new stations with a big 'Wanted For The Murder Of..." headline.
I nodded, "Please."
"None for me," Nathan answered.
"What'd you want?" Rivers asked, he wiggled his eyebrows and added, "I'm buying."
"Something strong," I didn't know how I was going to last the rest of the day here without being totally smashed. It wasn't like I was having a bad time, yet, it was just my paranoia that was getting to me. Being in a strange place, in a strange bar, with strange people just wasn't working for me very well.
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 29, 2010 23:25:06 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
We were looking through the dress shop for hours, but Valk and Kynaree were good about it. They tried on every dress, taking turns, that they felt like I liked. Just so that I would get the perfect one, not passing one that could be a maybe. I loved them for it, because the one that we chose was one that I didn't know if I liked until I saw it on them. It was initially Kyanree's turn to try it on, but I liked it so I made Valk try it on too.
It was a floor length, purple, strapless. It was perfect, just like my dress. Everything was just falling into place. "I love it." I said, when I looked at both Kynaree and Valkyrie wearing the dress.
After a few minutes the clerk finally had time to talk to us. I told her that I had three other bridesmaids that should be getting there any minute, and how there would be five all together that we would need. She told me to get her when the others arrived and then when we had all the sizes picked out she would check us out.
As soon as she turned around Zoé was walking through the doors. She ran up to me and gave me a hug. I couldn't wait for the other bridesmaids to meet Kynaree and Valk. The first thing Zoé said to Kynaree and Valk was "I love your hair!" I heard slight thanks from both of them and then Zoé commented on the dresses and she loved them too. She went to pick out her size and tried it on. It looked great on her too, I was almost jealous I didn't get to wear one.
Aimée arrived not too long after and Michèle not too long after that. When they all had their sizes and we checked out, I bought all the dresses, knowing that most of them wouldn't have a problem paying for them, since bridesmaids usually pay for their own dresses, but it's not like I didn't have the money. We left the dress shop 5 dresses richer and all went out to dinner. I wanted everybody to get to know each other a little bit.
I told the girls all who they would be walking with, which was determined by height. Aimée with Luc, which she didn't mind saying as she had a crush on him. Michèle was a little upset that she had to walk with Benoît but she didn't say anything I could just see it in her eyes. Zoé didn't care that she was walking with Sébastien because they were friends and Valkyrie and Kynaree didn't know who Eugène and Frédéric were but didn't care one way or another. Kynaree was pretty much stuck with Frédéric since he is best man, and she is Maid of Honor.
Other than the wedding we talked about each other. I wanted everybody to get to know Kynaree and Valk a little bit, and the best way to do that is to talk about yourself, or others.
We were pulling into the driveway, clock reading 8 o'clock. Valkyrie and Kynaree seemed to like Aimée, Michèle, and Zoé. They didn't complain at least.
We walked into the house to hear Nathan, Cecil and Rivers jamming out to Any Way You Want It by Journey on Rock Band. Nathan on Guitar, doing great, Cecil on drums, not doing so well and Rivers Singing. Cecil and Rivers were obviously hammered. I don't know how Nathan was standing the noise. Rivers, who usually has a good singing voice sounded horrible and Cecil just hitting aimlessly on the drums, and smashing his foot into the foot petal.
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