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D.A Forever · 02-18-2008, 09:07 PM

Alright, so, since these ficlets will each be different. Written about different character's (From four different kiddie pools of characters) in different times, by different girls.

Which is why we've chosen to put this in the other stories forum, since the reader's will get a little bit of everything.

Meet the Quadruplets: Me; Grace, D.A Forever. Dani, Hg_fan. Shannon, Phoenix 8390 and lastly but definitely NOT least; Steph, Mustang Sally. ~~Yeah, take no notice that there's an oddball here~~.

Each of us four share quite a bond, an adoration for these character's and love for writing. We hope you enjoy!

A Tearful Farewell-
Gracie's edit: Heheh..sorry, forgot to put atiny bit of a summary.

Alright then, although most of you know, Savannah Mae is my main character; my school RPG character actually. And Kylator Greyson was created, and belongs to Moni, not me.

It was May ninth; a friday. Three days before, a certain little girl had turned nine years old. Everything was perfect, right? Any little nine year old would surely be care free and thrilled to have just turned another year older. However, this was not the case at all.

Dark strands of hair fell into her face as she glanced down at her ballet-shoe'd toes, hiding vibrant pink cheeks. Light freckles that spread from her nose to her cheeks were more noticeable compared to other times, and ocean blue eyes had swelled with waves but she didn't allow them to crash. Not yet. Savannah Mae, even at nine years old, was stronger then that.

Kylator Riley Greyson. A simple boy, was the reason for her heavy heart.

He was- or had been, her neighbor. His family had moved right next door when they were both only some months old, maybe even one year. Their families had become close, very close. Lorraine Mae, Savannah's mother, had babysat Kylator and his older brother; Seth, whenever needed. Savannah and Kylator had an instant bond, an unbreakable one she had thought, after all they had practically grown up together. Even at nine years old, there was so many things, memories. The young children's mothers used to kid around and say the two were inseparable; glued to the hip. Which admittedly wasn't too off, because in a way, they were. If the little girl wasn't with Conner, one of her older brothers, she was with Kyler.

No, Savannah had no crush on the boy. It was much different, actually. She did love him, like she did Conner though. He was her very first best friend. He was the only friend she really had outside of family. The muggle children she went to school with..some were nice, most weren't. They were different from her, and she knew that well.

Tears were begining to sting, irritatingly. Still, the little girl refused to cry in front of a living room full of people; in front of her best friend.

Her head lifted, watery orbs meeting her mother's pretty green ones as she was told to go over and give the nine year old boy a last hug, for the Greysons had to get going now. They were moving; Mrs. Greyson had passed away, three years prior. Kyler's father, Derrek, couldn't take being in this town anymore and had planned for them to move far from here. Lorraine had understood, no one could blame him for not being comfortable; he needed a new start, him and the children. "Savina..go along, say your goodbyes darling, they're on limited time." Mrs. Mae spoke, softly.

Savannah was reluctant to look at Kyler, let alone hug him. If she did, she would be saying goodbye. She didn't want to. Surely, if she didn't say anything they couldn't go. Or so the stubborn one hoped. Instead, one of her older sisters stepped away after hugging Seth goodbye; Regina pushed her forward, causing her to almost trip into the boy. She sighed, ocean blue eyes locking with forest green ones. Immediantly as he went to speak, she clapped a hand over his mouth; knowing fully well what he would say regardless of her rule. "No. No goodbyes Kyekye!" She insisted, shaking her head intently. "We're not going to lose touch just because your moving to a whole 'nother part of the world. Everything'll be better again soon, right? It will..and..you guys'll move back, or you can just come and stay alot." Not only was she trying to convince him of this, she was trying to convince herself. It didn't help. instead she bit her lip, removing her hand so he could speak if he wished, and wrapped her smaller arms tightly around him. There wasn't much that needed to be said, it was obvious. For what seemed like several moments, the little girl just hugged the little boy, and he returned the warm embrace too. Only when their parents were saying it was time for Kyler to leave, they parted, Savannah rubbing her eyes; afew drops had tumbled down her cheeks. She jumped slightly, startled by someone putting their hands onto her shoulders; it was only Conner, she realized after glancing back.

Watching them leave, finally broke that mental sheild. The nine year old waved, half-heartedly. Savina and Kylator hadn't an invincible connection like they had believed; they were supposed to be friends forever, and this wasn't forever. This was a tearful farewell.

Stalker- By Shan.
A bad Memory- By Steph.
We'll Wait- By Dani.
Today?- By Steph.
Not Today- By Shan.
It Was Today- By Grace.
Easter Sunday- By Steph.
One Moment- By Dani.
Lessons of the Heart- By Grace.
In a New York Minute- By Shan.
On my Own- By Dani.
The Bike Ride- By Steph.
That feeling- By Grace.
Stronger- By Shan.
Realization- By Shan.
A Forgotten Tomato- By Steph.
The Accidental Letter- By Steph.
Even With Out the Rocket- By Dani.
Away- By Steph.
Finally- By Shan.
It Started With a Cat- By Shan.
The Talk- By Steph.
From Above- By Grace.
The Laughter Will Never Stop- By Steph.
Not Giving Up- By Grace.
The Thought That Counts- By Steph.
Blurred visions and warm hugs- By Grace.
A Promise- By Steph.

Fall Out Moni · 02-20-2008, 02:26 AM

Omg, Gracykins! I cryed >__<
I can't believe you made me cry, again! With your gorgeous FFs that I stalk every time im on SS ;p
Poor, Vannies; I feel sorry that Kye had to leave her D;

Anyway, great stuf, Lubbs
Im waiting for more

Phoenix 8390 · 02-20-2008, 03:08 AM

Hello dears! Quad number one here with my ficlet! All of the characters mentioned are mine and made up by me except for Savannah who belongs to Gracie.

Stalker
Dustin Phoenix is the younger brother of my school RPG character Valencia, fyi

After the anxiety of the day’s events, Dustin Phoenix walked to his cousin’s backyard, of whom he was staying with for one month over the summer. A guitar was slung over his shoulder as he sat in the middle of the very large field. He could hardly believe that his cousin, Finnegan, owned all of this land. Then again, he was in the beautiful country of Ireland which was much different than where he lived with his brother, sister, and sisters-in-law: Spain.

The young man had recently turned fifteen and was beginning to show signs of early manhood. His sister, Valencia, had noticed that he was starting the makings of a beard. She, of course, thought it was funny, along with his other sister, Savannah, who had erupted into a fit of giggles. He was proud of that fact because it meant he was becoming much more like his oldest brother, Axel, who just happened to be one of the most influential people in his life.
Pulling his guitar to his front and balancing it on his knee, Dusty proceeded to play an Irish song he had learned that day from one of the town locals. Boy, Irish people were friendly. He would know, he was half Irish. And then again, sometimes Irish people were a bit too friendly. For example, a few days ago he had met a lovely girl, Elizabeth. He had liked her quite a lot, but then she began to talk to him too much. Not in a stalker-ish way, but more of an annoying way, at least to Dusty. His sisters, of course, made fun of him, but what else was new?

Speak of the devil. Turning his head sharply in the direction of the sunset after hearing a noise, there was Elizabeth. She was walking about a mile a minute and there was no way she hadn’t seen him. Damn! He cursed himself and his music-making. Why did I have to come out here now? Before he could even greet her, she flopped down next to him on the grass and gave him a hug. “Erm…hello Liz.” Did she even like being called that? How was he supposed to know? He had met her not even a week ago! Yes, she probably had good intentions, but he was not ready for this. He was that interested in girls yet. For Christ’s sake he had just turned fifteen!

“Whatcha doin’?” she asked, her thick Irish brogue reminded him greatly of his cousins, but in an annoying way. “Um..just playin’ a bit of guitar. Why are you here?” Oh that wasn’t meant to be so nasty! Be nice! Clearly, she paid no attention to his tone because all she did was smile, which Dusty was grateful for. She then launched into a whole conversation about how they should hang out every day until he had to go back to Spain. He probably comprehended about half of what she was saying, which was rude, but he could hardly keep up with her! I hate girls. I’m never getting married.

On hearing the familiar voice of Elissa, his cousin’s wife, Dusty popped up, much to Elizabeth’s displeasure. “Erm..sorry. Dinner time, you know. See you tomorrow.” God I hope not. She, of course, was able to get one last hug in before he sprinted off back into the house. He didn’t even look back to see where she went. He left her in the dust. Thank the lord.

As soon as he walked in, Valencia pounced on him. “What the hell?!” Dusty glared at her, but he couldn’t help but be intrigued by the look on her face. “I’ve a letter for you. It’s from Elizabeth,” she said in a sing-song voice as Savannah giggled uncontrollably in the background. His chocolate brown eyes went wide as they landed on the envelope clutched in his older sister’s hand. “If you read that…I swear to-“ she cut him off, and quite abruptly. “We’d never! We found it on the doorstep just a few minutes ago when we came back from the store with Eli,” Vee assured him. Savannah was still laughing at the kitchen table. “Shut up,” he snapped as he grabbed the letter and tore it open.

“You’re the one with the stalker, not me,” Savannah reminded him as her ocean blue eyes lingered on Valencia. The two then began laughing once more, and Dusty left them behind. He trudged up to his guest room, placing his guitar on its stand, and collapsing on his bed. He read the letter a few times, only because he couldn’t believe that she had actually written that piece of crap. It was merely girly stuff, telling him that she wanted to spend as much time with him as possible before he left. She was being redundant. She had told him that, what? Two minutes ago? He rolled his eyes and threw the letter onto his side table.

He closed his eyes and ran his fingers through his curly black hair as he tried to comprehend the weirdness he had just read. Now to come up with a plan of how to avoid her for the rest of the time I’m here. He glanced at the calendar and groaned. Yeah, good luck. Three weeks left. She’ll be attached to my hip. I’ll need to get her surgically removed.

MUSTANG SALLY · 02-20-2008, 03:47 AM

Ok here is my first ficlet
This takes place when Benjamin is fifteen. Benjamin is one of my charracters that used to be married to Emmylyne Mae-Sauders who is Gracie Grace's main charracters (Savannah) sister.

If I lost anybody in the explaination sorry!

Credit: D.A Forever (Gracie Grace) for Emmylyne. It is her charracter

A bad Memory

Only one thing would bring Benjamin Lawley into the kitchen on a cold, rainy day like this, and that was his stomach. Looking in the fridge, he saw some cheese and butter. Deciding on a grilled cheese sandwich to satisfy his hunger, he grabbed the bread.

“Hey Jen, you want a grilled cheese?” he called into the living room where he knew the thirteen was sitting, reading a book.

“No. I’m fine.” His younger sister called back.

Ben shrugged as if to say “more for me!” and set off to work. Five minutes later, he was sitting at the table digging into his plate. The drumming of raindrops, hit the window, as the weather outside grew worse. The house was silent and was making the fifteen year old restless. Checking his watch, he saw that it was already nine o’clock. His head began to wander off as he finished up his sandwich.

The opening and slamming of the front door brought Benjamin back to the reality. If that was his father, he had come home early. He usually didn’t roam in until after midnight. He must have run out of money at the bar.

Distinct shouting confirmed his believes that he was home. Ben got up from the wooden chair and walked into the living room, where his no good father was having another go at Jenny.

“I thought I told you to clean this place up!” he shouted.

“I did. You don’t have to yell.” Jenny said quietly.

“Don’t tell me what to do young lady! All you do is read in this house. Why don’t you get a life!” his father shouted at her.

“I do have a life. I just enjoy reading too.” Jenny said quietly still. She flinched as he took her book and threw it across the room.

“Reading isn’t fun! It’s for know-it-all prissys! No daughter of mine is going to be a prissy. Now get up.” He said and forcibly pulled her up from her seat.

“Hey!” Benjamin yelled and rushed forward. “Leave her alone!”

“Stay out of this Ben. I need to teach your prissy sister a lesson.” He said. Benjamin could smell the heavy liquor on his breath.

“I’m not prissy just because I read. You’re just mad because you have trouble reading!” Jenny spoke up. She then froze to her spot, fear in her eyes. Jenny never talked back to him before. She has always been afraid of him.

Their father’s eyes shut to tiny slits. An evil look crossed his face and he lifted his hand to her face. But before his hand could make contact, Benjamin caught his wrist. Jenny’s eyes widened as her older brother used all the force he had in him, to push away their dad. The old man swaggered and hit the floor with a loud thud. Having his hands wave frantically on his way down, made the bookshelf they made contact with fall down onto him. Books now littered the ground as flames erupted in his eyes.

“What is going on?” Jodie Lawley, the oldest of the siblings, asked as she entered the living room.

“I want him out! OUT!” His father screeched.

“Dad?” Jodie asked tentatively, looking at her father on the ground.

Benjamin ignored him and walked over to Jenny. “Are you ok?”

“I’m fine. Thanks Benji.” She said, tears coating her hazel eyes. Jodie walked over to the younger girl and wrapped her in a hug in a motherly way.

Their father then shot up. “Oh don’t you feel bloody brilliant? You think protecting your sister makes you a man? Well it doesn’t!”

“I’m more of a man than you are!” Ben shouted back.

His father did nothing but laughed cruelly. The cold laughter sent chills down Benjamin’s back, angering him even more.

“Stop!” Benji shouted.

He stopped laughing but still held a smirk on his face. “Whats the matter boy? Don’t like your old man speaking the truth?”

“It doesn’t hurt me because I know I am a man!”

“That’s what you think. I think you have been reading to many of your prissy sister’s fantasy stories.”

“Don’t-call-her-that-again!” Benjamin said through gritted teeth.

He did nothing again but began the cruel laughter. Ben’s hand was itching to reach in his pocket and curse the day lights out of him. His fists were clenched so tight that his knuckles were turning white. The veins on his arm were shooting out, as his anger kept boiling. He took a step toward his father, but stopped hearing Jodie’s soothing voice.

“Benji. Don’t. He isn’t worth it.”

Benjamin turned to his sisters. Jenny’s head was lying across Jodie’s chest, fear still coating her tearstained face. Jodie was looking into Benjamin’s chocolate colored eyes, with her sorrowful ones. Slowly, Ben nodded and stormed out the house. There was no way in hell he was going to stay the night there.

After walking in the pouring rain for almost forty-five minutes, Benjamin found himself soaked to the bone on a familiar doorstep. The house itself brought warmth in his heart, and calmed his throbbing head. He loved this house like it was his own. It pretty much was, since he was young.

Knocking twice, he waited for the door to open. His curly brown hair was glued to the side of his head as the rain kept pounding down. Every inch of him was wet. Finally the door slid open and a girl around his age answered it.

“Benji?” Emmylyne Mae-Sauders asked softly, her earth-toned eyes full with concern.

“Can I stay here tonight?” he asked slowly.

“Of course. You’re soaking wet! Grandma Angelina won’t mind, I’m sure. Come in.” she said and held open the door.

“Thank you.” Benjamin said and shut the door behind him; leaving the bad memory in the rain.

Hg_fan · 02-22-2008, 09:40 PM

So yesh, I am here ~~finally~~ with my first ficlet that took me a very long time to write. I ~~blame~~ thank Shan, Steph, and Grace they wouldn't let me quit. Soo this ficlet is about my main character Alexis when she was 7 and all these characters are mine

We'll Wait

Rain. It had been raining all week in Manchester England. No not outside; for it had only been raining for a couple of hours outside. It had been raining all week in a little house. Inside the house was a young girl; about the age of seven with blonde hair and emerald green eyes. That girl’s name was Alexyna Faith Chosen; better know as Alexis. Standing beside a window in her room Alexis watched and waited. She had been doing the same thing for hours throughout the week. For once she was happy to see the rain; it meant that the weather was matching how she was feeling inside.

The young girl’s eyes scanned the sky for a sign, for anything. It felt like all her hopes were fading away. It felt as though her memories were also fading with them. It had only been a week but that week seemed like an eternity for the girl.

You see Alexis was born the middle child to a Muggle and a Wizard. Her father was away a lot because of his job and her younger brother…well he was a baby she didn’t care too much for him. So to her, her family only consisted of two people; her mother and her older brother (by three years) Tyson. However her mother basically meant nothing to her. She hated that woman, and she was sure that she would hate her for the rest of her life.

About three years ago everything started to change; it seemed like a normal day. Her father had just left a day ago and everything was pretty much…normal. Four year old Alexis and her older brother Tyson had been playing out side, like they usually did on sunny days. Everything had been fine until they heard they’re mother’s yell from inside the house. Rushing inside the children found their mother in Tyson’s room on the floor.

“TYSON DEREK CALVIN CHOSEN! How many times have I told you to never leave you’re toys on the floor? Do you want me to break my neck?!” She yelled again her green eyes flashed with rage.

Before the boy could even get a word out the woman had grabbed hold of his shirt and began to shake him. Not a soft gentle shake; but a shake like she was trying to get all her anger out. Back then Alexis never thought her mother could get so mad over a silly little thing like a fall, little did she know that, that little outburst was just the beginning of her mothers anger.

Alexis wasn’t stupid however, she knew how and why this whole thing had started. The day before her mother’s outburst she had over heard a conversation between her mother and her father. Her father had told her that he was different, that he was not normal, and that he was a Wizard. Of course Alexis didn’t understand what her father was saying. She had thought maybe he had hit his head. But then she saw something; her father had used magic. Her mother had said she’d been alright with that but Alexis knew the truth. She was definitely not alright with that; in fact she was anything but. Her mother liked normal things, she wasn’t controlling she just liked normal. Alexis’s father telling her that he was a wizard was defiantly not normal. He had also told her mother another shocking thing. That Tyson and her might also be magical too.

So Alexis knew why her mother did this. She hated them. She hated the fact that they weren’t normal. Or maybe she hated the fact that she was left out. It didn’t really matter all that mattered was that she hated them.

This all brought her back to where she was now. You see the abuse from her mother had gotten worse and worse. So bad that some of the things she did to them left scars. One day last week Tyson had decided that he had, had enough. He couldn’t take it and Alexis understood why. She knew how miserable he was because she was the same way. So he had come up with a plan, a plan to run away during the night. It had all happened so fast. Alexis knew she couldn’t go with him; she couldn’t leave the baby alone with that dreadful woman. So Tyson had left on his own. The bad thing wasn’t that he was gone. It was that she had not heard from him since he had left.

A shrill cry took Alexis’s gaze off the window. Walking away from the window the seven year old walked into the room right beside hers. Inside was a crib with a baby that was about seven month’s. Picking up the baby out of the crib Alexis sighed. This just showed how horrible her mother was. She was sure that the woman had left the house before she had even woke up. What kind of person left a baby with a seven year old? Walking out of the room with the baby Alexyna walked into the kitchen and took out one of his bottles that was fulled with milk. “Here Lysander.” She said giving the baby the bottle. “At least she left you food.” With that she walked back into her room with her little brother. Noticing that the storm was clearing up she sighed again. “Tyson had promised he would write. But he didn’t.” She whispered tears filling her green eyes. Tyson always kept his promises, maybe he was hurt.

Wiping her eyes Alexis looked back at the window. The rain had stopped complete and because of that she could see something in the distance. Before she had time to think an owl flew straight at her window stopping before it hit it. Putting her brother on her bed Alexis rushed and opened the window for the owl. She had no idea why the old was here but it was carrying something. An envelope. As the owl came inside it Alexis slowly began to take the letter off, as soon as she had done that the owl flew back out the window.

As she opened the envelope and opened the letter inside a smile appeared on her face. On the letter was one sentence:

Made it Lexie

Taped right underneath the letter with a lollipop. Picking up the baby again she couldn’t help but smile. She knew that it would probably be a long time until she saw her older brother again; weeks, months, even years. However that didn’t bother her because if she knew anything it was that Tyson would come back he was the one person in her life that cared.

“He’s gonna come back Lysander. But until then I guess we just have to wait.”

MUSTANG SALLY · 03-01-2008, 03:44 AM

Credit:

Mae family (Savannah, Conner, Regina, Emmylyne, Nik, Grandma Angelina)=Gracie
Axel=Shan

Today?

“Today is the day.” Were the first words to cross Benjamin Lawley’s mind as he woke a bight and sunny morning. He couldn’t wipe the grin off his face to save his life. Today was the day he was going to ask Emmylyne to be his wife.

But as soon as sat at his empty table, eating a plate of toast, his spirit began to decrease. What if she said no? What if he was going to fast? Would he perhaps scare her away from him if he asks?

“I need Axel.” Ben mumbled to himself. Without another thought he apparated into his Mate’s house.

“Axel?” Ben called thought out the house. He walked slowly into the living room. Finding him fast asleep on the couch, Benji began to shake him.

“Ax! Wake up Mate.” He said. One sea green eye peaked open and looked up at him. It then closed and the owner of the sea green eye let out a wide yawn.

“Benji? Haven’t you heard of knocking?” Axel said, sitting up on the sofa. He wasn’t mad, but Ben could tell he was beat. Pre-Auror training was really tiring him out.

“Yeah I’ve heard of it. But I don’t practice that form of art.” Benjamin said sarcastically. Axel grinned up at him, shaking his head lightly.

“So what brings you here this early in the morning?” Axel asked.

“Its not early. Its only nine.”

“Its pretty damn early if you go to bed at six in the morning.” Axel retorted.

Benji chuckled and padded his old friend on the back. “Ok. I’m sorry for waking you, but I need help.”

“With what?”

“I’m going to ask Emmy to marry me today.” Ben grinned widely.

“Today?” Axel asked, suddenly wide-awake.

“Yeah. But-“

“You already have a ring?”

“Yeah. What-“

“You’re ready to get married?”

“Well I thought I was. You don’t think I am ready?” Ben asked slowly.

“No. I didn’t mean it that way. Congratulations Mate.” Axel said, replacing his anxious look with a smile.

“Thanks Ax. But I haven’t done it yet.” Ben smiled.

He couldn’t help but think something was wrong with Axel. Why did it seem like Axel was jealous or something? Was it maybe because he was going to be married before him? Or could it be that Axel wasn’t with anybody right now? What if it was the thought that they wouldn’t be as close after he was married? Maybe Ben was just being paranoid. Axel looked happy now.

“I don’t know. I was all excited this morning, but now…”

“Whats the matter?”

“What if she says no?” Ben asked him. He looked at Axel, worry in his chocolate brown eyes.

“She won’t. Emmy loves you Benji.” Axel said sincerely. The words sank in and Benjamin nodded.

“Thanks Mate.” He said and stood. “Wish me luck.” He said and began for the door.

************************************************** *****

A few hours later, Benjamin walked up Grandma Angelina’s steps. Well technically, she wasn’t really his grandma, but he had grown into the habit of calling her that along with the rest of his friends. Nobody was home at he Mae’s house, so he figured he would find her here. He knocked on the door twice and waited. After a couple of seconds, an elderly woman answered the door with a bright smile.

“Hello Benjamin.” Grandma Angelina greeted him.

“Hi. Is Emmy here?” he asked.

But before she could answer, a tiny face with ocean blue eyes came to the door.

“Well good morning Savanna. Did Benjamin wake you?”

“Yes.” The newly turned ten years old answered.

Benji chuckled and bent down to her level. “I’m sorry for waking you too Vannah Banana.” She giggled at the nickname as another face popped in the doorway.

“Con!” she squealed and jumped onto his back. Conner Mae chuckled and let his little sister jump on him.

“Come in Benjamin. Emmylyne is in the kitchen. She is helping me with breakfast.” Grandma Angelina said, ushering everybody back into the house.

They all entered the kitchen where Emmy was mixing pancake mix in a big blue bowl. When she saw that it was Ben who had been at the door, the seventeen year old smiled.

“I didn’t know you were coming. I would of at least brushed my hair.” Emmylyne said, a little embarrassed. She was still in pale blue pajamas and her hair was in a messy bun. But she still looked more beautiful that ever.

“You look lovely.” Benji said and kissed her hello on the cheek.

“Thanks Ben.” She said with a smile that resembled her Grandmother’s.

Benjamin had planned to take Emmy out for the entire day. He wanted to do something special with her. Then pop the question at night. When the stars were shining and the moon was bright. But now as Nik and Regina entered the kitchen, he knew he couldn’t take her out of this house. She was with her family and her knew family time was important to her.

After breakfast, Benji found himself under his favorite tree as a kid with Regina and Emmy. He knew Axel, Finn, Elissa, and Emmy all had a soft spot for this tree as well. The boys were playing soccer with Savannah. Squeals of laughter escaped the ten-year-old lips, every time she would steal the ball from one of her brothers. Both Conner and Nik would laugh along with the excited little girl.

As she kicked the ball extra hard, it flew toward the three of them. Regina screamed and dived out of the way.

“Vannah!” Regina said, placing her hands on her hips.

“Sorry.” Savannah said with an angelic smile. Conner and Nik were laughing hard in the background. Regina rolled her eyes at her brothers and picked up the soccer ball. She then handed it back to her little sister.

“Play?” Savannah asked with hope in her ocean blue eyes.

“I don’t want to play.” Regina said.

“Play!” Savannah said, grabbing her hand and pulling her back toward her brothers.

“Fine!” Regina chuckled, letting her pull her into the game.

Ben watched the siblings with joy. They were so caring to each other. Love showed in every one of their eyes. He hoped when he has kids someday, they would be like them.

Next to him, Emmylyne squeezed his hand. He turned and looked into her earth tone eyes. He didn’t think it was possible, but he loved her even more. Just by looking into here eyes.

“Emmylyne, will you marry me?” Benjamin asked, love and hope coating his eyes.

The question took Emmy by surprise. “Marry you?”

“Yes. Marry me.” He said, beginning to panic.

Of course I will marry you Benji!” she said excitedly and hugged him tightly.

“You will?” he asked.

“Yes!” she chuckled and kissed him sweetly on the lips.

Euphoria burst through every fiber of his body, as the words sank in. She said yes! She is going to be his wife!

“Emmy, I love you.” He said and pulled the ring from out his pocket. It wasn’t much (he just graduated after all) but he hoped she would like it. It was a silver gold band with a small, but very elegant diamond in the middle. He took her left hand and placed it on her ring finger.

“Oh Benji! Its beautiful.” She said looking at it. Benjamin smiled. This was one reason why he loved her. She didn’t care about size. She only cared about thought. He was the luckiest man on earth right now.

Today really was the day.

Phoenix 8390 · 03-01-2008, 06:00 PM

All characters in this ficlet are mine

Those mentioned(Ben, Emmy, Elissa, and Chloe) are those of Steph, Gracie, and myself, again

Enjoy!

Not Today.

Not today, was the thought going through Axel’s mind as Benjamin sat in front of him and told him his plan to marry Emmylyne. First of all, he had woken him up, and second of all, he was going to ask the one person in the entire world that he couldn’t live without. Yet, like the good friend he was, he had stepped aside. He knew that Benji was in love with Emmy. It wasn’t like he was blind. But coming to him on the day it was going to happen? He couldn’t take that. He tried his best to stay positive, but inside his heart was breaking into thousands of little pieces and he felt helpless because he could do nothing to fix it.

Once Ben left the seventeen year old flopped back down on the couch and sighed, placing his hands over his face. How could this have happened? You idiot! You sat back and did NOTHING while he pursued her! Is that what you wanted? I think not! She’s gonna say yes, there’s no doubt about that. Hell, I’d say yes to Benji. What the hell are you gonna do?! He shook his head, messing up his already muddled brown hair. There’s nothing you can do. Let it happen. It’s over. You have to come to peace with it.

How was he supposed to come to peace with something as huge as this? The woman he had been in love with since the moment he layed his eyes on her was getting married to none other than his best friend. This was probably the worst situation you could have gotten yourself into. Nice job, idiot. You make me sick. Now he couldn’t stay still. Ben said it was nine, right? He might as well get on with his life. But wait, how could he if the weight of this was holding him down, holding his heart down?

It was nine, right? Both parents were at work and both Valencia and Dusty were at school. Thankfully, he had graduated. No more school. No more being with Ben and Emmy every day. Wait. Those were his best friends! How could he not see them every day?! He needed to talk to someone, badly. He needed someone that wasn’t Emmy or Ben. He needed-

“Wha’ the hell man, ya look terrible.” His cousin Finnegan barged into his house and was now sitting on the chair across from the couch Axel was residing on. Seeing the look on his cousin’s face, Finn cocked his head to the side as his twilight blue eyes studied his face. “You’re really white. I take it ya ‘eard?” he asked quietly, placing a sympathetic hand on Axel’s shoulder.

Axel nodded, sitting up on the couch. Finn immediately took the spot his legs vacated only seconds ago and placed a loving arm around him. “Yeah, I’ve heard,” Axel said hoarsely, placing his elbows on his knees and dropping his face into his hands. “Benji came to me first…to tell me…first.” He could barely get any words out he was so distraught. How could this be happening? This was ridiculous. He let it go on way too long. But there was nothing he could do to fix it.

Finn hated to see his cousin like this. He had never seen him so…depressed. He could say nothing, because nothing would make this situation better. The woman he loved was marrying someone else, and it was to his best friend. That only made matters worse. If it had been anyone else, Finn would have told him to stop everything and tell Emmy how he really felt. But he knew that Axel would never do that to his best mate. That would completely ruin their friendship.

“I came as soon as I ‘eard. I figured ya’d be pretty upset,” Finn said quietly. Axel looked up at him and scrunched up his face. “Yeah I can smell you. Did you just come from Football camp?” he asked, looking at the Gaelic Football warm ups his cousin was wearing. Finn chuckled lightly, pointing at his clothes. “Unfortunately yes, but I thought at a time like this ya wouldn’t mind.” Axel nodded, patting Finn on the knee. He probably was the best cousin Axel could ever ask for. And he needed him more now than ever before. And that’s when his decision was made.

“I gotta go to work. I can’t just mope around here for days at a time. I’ve gotta get on with my life. It’s gonna happen. She’s gonna say yes and I can’t do anything. I have to…distance myself or I’ll explode. I can’t…see them together, married. It’s too much. I can’t take it Finn. I can’t take it. I’m going to work. I’m coming over later. Tell Chloe I need to talk to her, she’s good with stuff like this.” By the time Axel finished, he was pacing in front of Finn with his hands in his hair.

Axel grabbed his keys, gave his cousin a hug, and was out the door. Finn sighed and ran his fingers through his own pitch black hair as he stood. He needed to get back to practice or he’d surely get in trouble. Taking one last glance at a picture frame that held the five of them(Axel, Ben, himself, Emmy, and Elissa) in it on the side table, Finnegan made his way to the front door.

“You’re so blind Ben. How did you not know he was in love with her? Why today? Not today.”

D.A Forever · 03-11-2008, 10:58 AM

This follows up on the last two ficlets

. Benjamin belongs to Steph, and Finn and Axel belong to Shannon.

Mind you, this Angelina Johnson is NOT in anyway, the gryffindor Angelina Johnson.

We decided on Angelina because its a very pretty name, and fit the character, and then Johnson is an EXTREMELY common last name. It's just coincidence.

It was Today

It was today. Today was the day; today was her and Benji's wedding. They had been together for two years, it wasn't exactily what you'd call long but this was a boy she had known since the age of five. How long they had been a couple for wasn't important, when they had such a long history of friendship. They loved eachother, and Emmylyne didn't care what anyone said. Yes, they were only eightteen years old, but she knew how she felt and so did Ben. It wasn't as if these decisions had come at random, not even close.

It was not too cool but not too warm day in spring, and everyone was gathering at Angelina Johnson's house for the outdoors wedding. Most of both Emmylyne Mae-Saunders (Soon to be Lawley) and Benjamin Lawley's families and friends had come from wherever they were to attend today. The house was not quiet, not that it had ever been in the past ninety years it had been within their family. The bride had insisted on it being just a warm event with the people they cared about, she didn't want anything to be fancy or proper, she wanted it to be fun; and Benji backed her up one hundred percent.

The ceremony was only about an hour away, and everyone was going mad; that was obvious even with the door shut to the room the girls were getting ready in.

Emmy sat, gazing around; the room they were in, was the room her grandmother Angelina had given especially to her, and Eli, to share during their summer visits when they were only children. So long ago. The room, no the house, held so many memories. More then her own home did, or even school.

Her attention turned, snapping out of thoughts as Elissa knelt on the edge of the bed, using one hand to move her face so she was looking forward, straight at her best friend, whom was also her maid of honor.

"How are you feeling?" Eli asked, a gracious smile playing upon her lips as she brushed over the young woman's cheeks with a blush brush, simply touching up from earlier. Emmylyne was still in her mint-green bathrobes, PJs still on under, but her make-up was finished and her hair only needed one more thing.

"I..I don't know" She admitted, hesitantely. Earth tone eyes following her friend's movement as she put the white rose hair piece in place above her left ear. Now all that was left, was for her to get changed.
Eyebrows raised, and a rather serious expression overcame the happy one that had been seen seconds before. "What do you mean, Ems?" Sorrow shown through amber eyes. "Your not re-thinking this, are you? is Axel apart of these thoughts?" It didn't take a genius to figure that out. She was one of two that knew Ax was inlove with Emmy, and he didn't know she knew; it was whether Emmy had stronger feelings for him, was what she was uncertain about. That was always an iffy thought, since they had hit that age where relationships had started coming into the picture.

The eighteen year old looked thoroughly shocked, and even confused. "NO!" She nearly skrieked. Of course she wasn't considering not going through with the wedding, she loved Benjamin with all her heart. And what did Axel have to do with it? And why did she have that funny feeling in her stomach at the thought? "Why would he be?" She questioned, eying the brunette.

How easy was it to tell a dear friend of thirteen years your suspicions of how she felt about another boy from their inner-circle? "Em..my dearest best friend, you've had a crush on Ax in the past..haven't you?" Elissa was naturally blunt; she also didn't fail to notice Emmy avoiding her gaze, instead she shook her head, no. "Are you sure?" Eli responded, carefully.

"No, I hadn't." Emmy lied. "Not that it matters, we were kids. We're not now, and this is my wedding day to the gentleman I love, El" She added sincerely. Part of her, deep down unvisible to herself, something wasn't right. She did love Ben, no doubt there. But she couldn't push Axel from her mind; Ems chose to believe this was because their group had been put into pairs: Herself and Benjamin, and Elissa and Finn; whom was also Axel's cousin. Which, admittedly, left the young man out, in someway.

Elissa stood, listening as she cleaned up abit, nodding slightly here and there. She wasn't convinced. "Look, Ems. If your not sure, please..don't hurt Ben; I know you care deeply for him, I do too, we've been our own little pack since we started having playdates at this very place..just make sure you follow your heart"

Emmylyne hadn't moved from her sitting spot against the wall, upon her bed. She stared after El, becoming more and more puzzled at what she was implying. "I am sure, Elissa, I'd never want to hurt him in any way, shape or form. I am following my heart, I've waited for this for a long time"

"Then I suggest you get into your dress" Eli said, simply, glancing briefly towards the wall clock as she went to leave the room. "It's almost time."

Elissa was careful not to step on the bottom of her pink, strapless, dress. Lifting it only high enough to see her elegant high heels; there was two problems with this, A) she didn't like how pink clothing looked on her. And, B) she didn't care to wear high heels either. The dress was purely annoying her though, the only reason Emmy had gotten her into it, was because they had already taken eight hours on finding the perfect wedding dress, she didn't want to add another five onto that for arguing about the bridesmaid dresses.

Thankfully downstairs wasn't very crowded, at all, most of the many guests and family members were outside, where the exchanging of vows would take place. Eli frowned, turning sharply at the end of the stairs towards voices. Not very happy voices.

Sure enough she was nearing a scene she didn't like. Finn was telling Axel he couldn't leave, questions would be asked and feelings would be hurt if he up and left; he was one of Ben's best men.

"Why don't you get it? I can't stay, Finn!" Axel responded, in a low tone and pulled his arm from his cousin's grip. It was extremely unnatural for them not to be getting along, but things were intense at the moment. As Ax took a step towards the door, El held tight to the oak, dragon-heart-string, wand that stayed hidden behind her arm.

Stepping towards the two young men, both of seventeen going on eighteen years old, anger rised within her. "Try leaving and I'll take my chances with there being muggles around" Elissa warned, quietly. Her voice held a serious tone, showing she wasn't kidding in the least. "Why are you trying to leave, Axel?"

Sea green eyes turned on the fierce brunette, giving her a look as if pleading for her to drop it and let him leave, like he needed to more then ever, but unfortunately there was no chance of either Finnegan or Elissa cooperating. "I can't stay and I need you both to understand that; I can't sit and watch the woman I love get married to my best friend" Finally, he had said it. There.

"O-Oh" She had known, or had her feelings, but Eli was at a loss of how to react or what to say. Inhailing deeply, she allowed her amber eyes to meet Finn's twilight blue ones, hoping he wouldn't try to stop what would happen next but let it go; it was done. "Go, before Emmy comes down or Benji comes in." She nodded towards the door, repeating herself after the slightly puzzled look "Ax, go,..we can't stop you" She sighed. It was Today, Today that their five-person friendship began to break.

MUSTANG SALLY · 03-22-2008, 04:52 AM

Credit for Whigalima, Phillip, and Christian goes to Whit (hermy_weasley)

Lorraine, Conner, Nik, Grandma Angelina=Gracie

Easter Sunday

The sun was shy today, as it hid behind fluffy, white clouds. Whenever it felt necessary, the sun would shine down onto the Edwards’ household. The day before, little sky blue house played host to the rain. The air was chilly, but nice enough to force two little girls into dresses.

Samantha Elise Edwards was in no way a girly girl. This particular four year old, would rather sport around in jeans or shorts. One thing she did not like was wearing dresses.

It had taken Silvia Edwards almost a full hour to get her daughter to put the dress on. She didn’t mind that Samantha never wore girly things or that she was going through a phase where she only wanted to be called Sam, (“A boys name, like Benny’s!” her daughter would say.) but today was special. For it was Easter Sunday.

The whole family was supposed to arrive to celebrate any minute. Her mother and both her sisters were going to be here and she wanted to show them how cute her children could be. Her eldest, Benny, was also going to be dressed for the occasion.

After of almost an hour of trying to persuade Samantha to put on the watery colored formal dress, in which she had to ask Benny to help her, she tackled the four year olds’ hair. It was a good thing she had started early because she barely had time for herself to get ready before her sister, Lorraine, and her children arrived.

It turned out that her youngest, Savina Nicole Mae, had given her trouble with having to wear her sunshine yellow dress.

“Same with me. At first I didn’t think Benny was going to do it.” Silvia laughed with her sister.

“Yes but they do look beautiful, don’t they?” Lorraine smiled. Both Samantha and Savina scowled at their mother’s before leaving the kitchen to go outside. Benny, Conner, and Nik followed the girls outside, with glum looks on their faces.

Even though the ground was still moist and mud puddles were seen all over, the five of them would much rather be outside.

“I don’t get why we have to dress up for Easter.” Benny said, loosening his tie slightly.

“Me either. Mum wouldn’t let us leave until both of us had our hair sticking all the way down. Conner had one hair sticking up in the back and it took her fifteen minutes to get it to go down.” Nik said, rolling his eyes to the sky.

“It didn’t go down. It popped back up on the car ride over.” Conner smiled wickedly.

“Mum made me take off my new hat.” Benny frowned. He had gotten a royal blue baseball cap from his grandfather (on his dad’s side). He loved that hat and never took it off.

“That mud puddle looks great for jumping in. Don’t you think?” Conner said, with a gleam in his eye.

Both, Samantha and Savina watched their older brothers with anticipation.

“If Sam and Vannah jump in it first, we can say we were just trying to get them out of the puddle. But we had to go in to get them out.” Benny said. He looked to the two eager looking little girls and smiled. “Do you want to jump in the mud?”

Samantha smiled widely and stepped to the edge of the puddle. Savina followed her younger cousin and smiled up at Conner. The three older boys all held the same mischievous look. Little did they know, they were being watched.

“Benny Michael Edwards! I know you are not thinking what I think you are thinking. All of you come inside. Your Aunt Grace should be here any minute.” Silvia called from the back door. Reluctantly, the five of them turned away from the mud puddle and trudged inside.

Just as the door closed, a voice was heard at the front door. “Hello! We are here.” Grace Whiggmeister said. She walked into the already crammed kitchen, carrying a very juicy looking ham. Behind her were, Phillip, Christian and Whigalima.

Whigalima was wearing a pale pink dress with a matching hat. It all clashed with the little girl’s fiery hair, which were in two pink tails. It seemed that Whigalima didn’t enjoy wearing her formal clothing either.

“Grace!” Silvia and Lorraine both said enthusiastically. They each gave their youngest sister a big hug and said hello to Phillip.

As the adults got reacquainted, Samantha and Savina made their way over to Whigalima.

“Whiggy!” Samantha cried cheerfully.
“Limmy!” Savina shouted with glee.
“Sammy! Vanny!” Whigalima giggled.

The older ones chuckled at the three’s greetings. Everybody turned to look, as somebody opened the backdoor.

“The Easter bunny has been here! Everybody outside. Come quick!” Grandma Angelina said. They all rushed outside and found baskets for every grandkid.

“When I say go, look for the hundred eggs that are placed all around the yard.” Grandma Angelina said. Anticipation crawled all over every child’s glowing face. The adults were all smiles. This was one of their favorite parts of Easter.

“Ready…GO!” As if planned, Benny grabbed Samantha’s little hand, Conner took Savina’s hand and Nik gripped Whigalima’s hand. Impish smiles still plastered on their faces, they ran straight into the huge mud puddle, and took one big jump.

The mother’s all masked the same look of horror but began to laugh as they looked at the six. Soaking wet, and muddy from head to foot, the six were having the time of their lives.

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