It was that time again, late november going towards early december. Same as all the rest of the past years around this time, certain places in Canada already had snow, while others were expecting it. Angelina decided since most of the younger children under the age of eleven did happen to go to muggle schools would be getting out for winter break around then, that it was perfect timing to have her grandchildren over (despite they weren't all her kids or grandkids, she treated them like family no less. Blood or marriage related, or not)

Everyone was told ahead of time it was a better idea to travel by magic, rather than by muggle transportation. There was probably a good ten minute drive just past wide, empty fields. Towards the end of the road theres one house, a large blue-trimmed, white house. The smooth road continues to go on, but stops at a dead end visibly seen if your standing outside the one house, closed woods take over from there.

In the backyard, the grassy green lawn is just as healthy as the fields around it also connected to the property. The old jungle gym was still up, towards the left of the back-porch. Still nice and sturdy after many years, obviously it had been worked on to stay that way.

Far in the distance but still in perfect eye-shot, there's a small barn like house one its own. A Horse barn, which held two gypsy horses; Esmerelda and Cinnamon. A rabbit hutch was also inside the barn, away from the horses stables and supplies, the tiny baby bunny rabbit that belonged to Angelina's granddaughter, Kaitlynnh, was nice and safe.

Inside the garage (along with the normal things you'd see in a garage, such as a muggle mini van) there was go-karts set towards the front, and other neat outdoor toys that had been pulled out and prepared for later.

The whole house had been set up for the visit. Cleaned, tidied, even re-decorated as far as the guest rooms went. That was normal though, they always went back to normal afterward. Truth be told, Angelina enjoyed changing things to benefit the comfort of the children.

The room the little girls would be sharing was the one the granddaughters normally did get, which even longer back, was originally her youngest daughers room; Grace. The bedspreads on the bunkbeds were in a red and silver color themed, matching most of everything around. Red hearts dangled shortly from the ceiling, their purpose to glow silver at night in the dark, working as dim nightlights.

The little boys guest room was right next door, on the closer-hand-side to the staircase. The room normally went to the grandsons, but was originally her second child, Silvia's bedroom, when she was young. It also had a color theme, of silver but with blue rather than red. Aside from gender-differenced toys (for example, dolls for girls and cars for boys) both rooms were very much alike, the boys room too had the dangling silver-glow-in-the-dark-thingies, but theirs were blue stars.

At the end of the stairs, downstairs, to the left is a door thats always left closed, which is the library. Down the hall, take a right and theres the livingroom. Keep going down the hall instead and you reach the hard-woodfloor; the diningroom table and chairs visible as you turn the corner just before the kitchen comes into view. The sliding-glass door that leads to the backyard is not at all blocked by the table; nothings too close, giving room for kids to run around just as the elder woman knew would happen eitherway.


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This RP revolves around a number of (to be perfectily correct, I believe eight..) future Hogwarts students (that will mostily be starting in the term of 2068), and family.

Gracie (Me)-
Angelina Brenin-Johnson; Age: Unknown XD
Elissa Molina-O'Callaghan; Age: 23 years old
Kaitlynnh Mae; Age: 8 years old
Lainie Lawley; Age: 3 years old

Gracie/Shan-
Ashton O'Callaghan; Age: 7 months old

Shan (Phoenix 8390)-
Finnegan O'Callaghan; Age: 22 years old
Jae Mcguire; Age: 8 years old
Leah Moon; Age: 8 years old


Dani (Hg_fan)-
Legend Chosen; Age: 8 years old
Kovu Cadieux; Age: 3 years old

Steph (Mustang Sally)-
Danny Edwards; Age: 7 years old
Obie Venezula; Age: 5 years old

Marie (Loki)-
Matias Sulos; Age: 8 years old
Dominic Sulos; Age: 1 1/2 years old

Nikki (Sweet.Nightmare)-
Mackayla Dawson; Age: 8 years old

Ari (Monkey Princess)-
William Cullack ; Age: 9 years old

Ernie (Con Man)-
Dalton Huxley; Age: 8 years old

Playing with the sleeve of her red turtleneck sweater, Kaitlynnh bounced from the stairs down the hall, and into the livingroom were she took a seat on the couch infront of the unlit fireplace. Brown orbs watched it with interest, waiting for green flames and a person to pop out.

As she waited, she fidgetted with the clips holding her dark curls from infront of her face. Katie had been here for a whole day and a half now, and today afew others would be arriving. Grandma Angelina was already in the kitchen, baking treats and whatnot.

With a silence-breaking 'POP' Elissa apparated sucessfully into Angelina's livingroom, one hand gripping the stroller that held a strapped in, peacefully sleeping baby boy, and the other holding tight to her best friends' daughters hand, whom clung tightly back.

"Heyloo, Katie; waiting for your friends?" Eli asked, cheerfully. Releasing Lainie's hand and steadied the three year old. After giving Kaitlynnh a warm hug, and let her carefully see the baby, Elissa strolled out of the room pushing Ashton infront of her, Emmylyne's daughter holding onto the stroller as well as they went towards the kitchen to say hello to Angelina.

Finnegan would be coming shortly, since he had gone to get Jae just like she had gone to get Lainie; Emmy was much too far along to be apparating around, and Axel prefered not leaving her home alone. Eli had no problems with picking her god-daughter up on the way.

Walking into the fireplace Legend swallowed. He wasn't that scared of fires anymore. He wasn't scared at all actually. But stepping into a fireplace to be taking up by green flames was madness! Trying to ignore Tyson's constant yells of don't worry and everything would be ok Legend shook his head and grabbed his bag. He was 8 for crying out loud, he wasn't even scared! Grabbing a hand full of floo powder he yelled out the address and was taken up by the green flames.

Coughing and brushing dust off of his blue sweater Legend eyed the new fireplace as he stepped out grumpily. "Stupid wizards can do all the magic in the world but still can't think of a less crazy way to travel." He muttered under his breath.

Smirking as he saw Katie sitting on the couch waiting for everyone to arrive Legend couldn't help but make a mean comment as he heard Elissa's question. "Sorry but Miss Elissa that isn't possible. Katie doesn't have any friends." He said dropping his bag and taking his oh so familiar pair of goggles out of his pocket and around his neck. "Hey Katie wanna give me a hug?" He asked, of course knowing the answer. After an arrival like that there was no way Katie would want to hug him. Good thing too; then he'd stay cootie free.

As strange as it might seems, Mat was already wide awake this morning. He knew that something was going to happens and he was actually looking toward this. For him, his summer vacation didn't last as long as he wanted and the occasion to go see his friends again was as good as any. The only down side is that he had to take Dom with him which was the kind of responsibility he wasn't looking. Then again he knew that adult or at least one was going to be there so he wouldn't have to look after his brother that much. As much as he loved his little brother, he wasn't very good when it was coming down with looking after someone. Anyhow this wasn't the case this time and he suddenly pushed that though aside.

Bouncing is way toward the kitchen, Mat had only one thing in his mind, no floo powder this time. He had travel trhought this way couple of times before and he hated it. The feeling that he was getting each time he had done it wasn't very pleasant. As he entered the kitchen, he noticed that his mother was already there with little Dom at her side. Rushing himself at the dinning table, he took a toast and as he was putting some peanut butter on it he galnced at his mother. "Mom?.. Did daddy manage to get his hand on granny's old car in order to get to Brenin-Johnson place?..."

Dom was looking at everything that was going around him still eating is cereal with one hand and holding bou-bou, his teddy bear, in the other. Trying to feed him from time to time, he did a little shrugg when he noticed that he couldn't do it. Still almost entirely covered with his favorite blancket, he look at his mommy. "Hugwy no mowe mummy..." As he said that, he pushed his bowl away from him and munches on bou-bou's ears.

Kissing both of her boys on the head, she chuckles when she heard Maty asking about the car. He should know that Devlin was rather busy lately and they were no way that either of them had to time to drive that car and to drop them there, they had to used the floo network. "I'm sorry baby but you are going there throught the floo network. I know you don't like." Taking up Dom in order to change him before they will leave, she turned back toward Maty. "As soon as you are ready, I will be waiting for you in the living room. I've packed everything you need." She walked out of the kitchen while singing a song to her little baby.

Mat was shrugging when he heard that, he didn't want to do it but then again he really wanted to go. Taking an angry bite in his toast, he decided to take his time. He knew he couldn't argue with his mother anyway. After almost half an hour, he walks out of the kitchen, did a little detour toward the washroom in order to clean himself and walks in the living room. There is mother was waiting for him with Dom.

As she put Dom in Mat's arms. "Now baby be sure that he wont eat any dairy. You know he doesn't like it. I've put everything that you need to check for him. Don't stay up too late..." She was going on and on about want she wanted to be sure that they would do and what they wont. After several minutes, she kissed them again. "Have a nice trip and please boys, behave!.."

Mat wasn't listening half the thing she was saying since he knew them by heart. Yeah, yeah, yeah Let's this be over with. As he pushed the bags in the fireplace, he took with his free hand some powder. It took him a minute before speaking up and as he did a flash appear and they suddenly were gone. At the same time in the Johnson house a loud sound could be hear coming from the fireplace. Coughing as he walks out, he puts Dom down he pull all the bags out. Looking around he was anxious to see everyone. He noticed that Legend was there and a huge grined appear on his face."Hey Dude!!! What's up!!" Brushing the ash from his clothes, he waited to see if someone would show up.

Crawling on the floor with his blancket in one hand and his bou-bou in the other, Dom was starting his inspection of the living room. This was a new place for him and he wanted to see every corner.

The eight year old huffed; her original answer would have been yes, now..not so much! Rather than responding to his comment, Kaitlynnh waved it off. "Hey Legend! Hey Matias!" She greeted bouncily, abruptly spotting the baby that she thought resembled Mat, in a brotherly way. "Aww, he's cute!" Katie giggled.

The boys bags began to float away, out of the room and down the hall, right then an aging witch strode in graciously, wand waving them out silently. Another high chair hovered past the door on its way to the diningroom.

"Welcome, my dears! Safe trip here, right?" Angelina asked, her warm voice was soft and soothing, much like a grandmother talking to her grandkids. She might as well have been, really.

"Be nice Kaitlynnh Gelilah," She added, her tone never changed, but it was indeed a warning after catching the quick look Kaitlynnh gave Lysander. Brushing the three boys off from the bit of soot that came with traveling by the floo network, Angelina waved for them to follow as she went back towards the entrance, planning to lead them to the kitchen/diningroom.

"Are you kids hungry? theres fresh muffins in the kitchen,"

Elissa moved the stroller into a vacant corner entirely out of the way, pulling out a seat from the table and sat, her seven month old son on her lap as she unbundled him from his winter travel suit. He wore dark forest green footies underneath, which was more than enough to keep him warm. The house itself was heated just to the perfect temperature.

The winter suit was put in the stroller, which she'd put away later on. The baby sat on his mothers lap, behind held in place by her secure arms. He held his own head up, and it bopped and bobbled as his gaze moved around the room, taking in his surroundings with curious eyes. "Careful in your seat Laih" Eli murmured, amber eyes watching the child as she moved positions on her chair, moving her legs from infront of her.

Lainie nodded intentively, munching on a piece of blue berry muffin. Her fingers becoming sticky as she tore off another piece and shifted around in her seat, swallowing. "Yeshh, Aunie Esa" She chirped, throwing another bite into her mouth. Her great grandma's fruity muffins were something Lainie couldn't resist, and she hadn't eatten yet this morning. It was only around nine, anyways.

After successfully saying goodbye to his aunt Cat and little cousins, and of course picking up Jae, Finnegan took the boy onto his shoulders and aparated just as easily as he had in the past. With a small 'pop', the two appeared in the living room in front of all the other little kids. "'Ello all!" Finn's voice boomed throughout the house as he spoke. He grabbed Jae around the middle and placed him down on the ground to greet his friends as he moved into the kitchen to find his wife and son.

"Hey guys!" Jae exclaimed as he said hello to each of his friends. He had definitely been looking forward to this for quite some time. Liam on the other hand was extremely upset to see him go. True, James loved to be with his little brothers and sisters, but Liam could quite possibly be the worst. Sophie told him to have a good time and gave him her small stuffed bear to take with him so he wouldn't forget her(which he thought to be quite funny). Liam on the other hand avoided him until today. Then the twins were barely old enough to know what was going on so he didn't worry. Oi Liam...

"Good mornin' all!" Finn said happily as he found Angelina, Elissa, Lainie, and Aston in the kitchen. He squatted down in front of his son and smiled, kissing him on the forehead. He then stood a bit more and gave his wife a pleasant kiss on the lips. "'Ello my darlin'," he said sweetly. He then moved to give Angelina a hug and kiss on the cheek. "How're you m'lady?" he asked, smiling brightly. It had been ages since he had been here and he was thoroughly pleased to be back.

Following everyone into the kitchen, Jae gave his cousin Ash a kiss and Lainie as well. After that, he said his hellos to Elissa and Angelina too and took a seat at the table as his white ferret, Juno, jumped onto his shoulder and gave him an affectionate nip of the ear. He grabbed a muffin off the table and smiled. These could quite possibly be the best muffins he ever tasted. "These are great Angie!" he complimented between bites. Oh yes, this was going to be a fun vacation. Let's just hope nothing bad happens again. Yes, Jae knew all about that, thanks to Dusty.

Danny walked into the living room, with his bags, to find his mom and dad arguing about something. He stood watching them unoticed.

"He is too fragile to go to my mother's house. He hasnt even said if he wanted to go or not."

"He will be fine Silvia. I know he wants to go. All his friends will be there. He will snap out of it there. I know he will."

"How can you be so sure Leo? Its been four months and I have still not heard a peep from him. I dont know about this."

Danny grew tired of them arguing because of him and he walked over to the pot of floo powder. Grabbing a handful he walked over to his dad and pulled on his pant leg. He showed him the hand full of floo powder.

"See Silv? He wants to go." Leo said gently, looking to his wife.

Silvia ignored her husband's comment and looked down at her toubled son. "Are you sure you want to go Danny? You dont have to if you dont want to." she said. Seeing her son nod furiously, she figured she had lost the battle. "Ok. You be good ok? And if you need me, owl me. If you want to come home, tell Grandma Angelina. She will owl us and we will come for you. I dont care if it is in the middle of the night." she said, her eyes begining to well up.

"Do you want to take Lizzie with you Danny?" he asked, holding up the medium sized iguana. She was very well trained and didnt have to go in a cage unless they were traveling.

Danny listened to his mother ramble on and on. He nodded his head every so often to show he was listening. He then gave her a warm hug, carefully. Turning to his father, he nodded again and walked over to take the 7 month old iguana. The sound of a baby crying, made his mother exit. She had given birth to two healthy baby twins. They were way to little to be going anywhere, so they were stay behind. Giving his dad a warm hug and a quick kiss on the cheek, Danny walked over to the fireplace.

Realizing he was going to have to talk to tell the fireplace where he was going, he gulped. He cleared his throat twice before saying in a low, clear voice, "Grandma Angelina's house." He then began to spin very quickly. Holding on tightly to Lizzie, he waited until the spinning stopped.

Luckily this time he did not fall onto the floor. He patted himself down and looked up to see Elissa and his grandmother in the room. Along with Katie, Mat, Legend and two babies he didnt recgonize. He didnt see Jae. He coughed a little to show that he had arrived.

"Obie Mathews, will you keep still for just a few seconds?" Jodie said a little impatiently to her son.

"But Mama! I want a tomatoe!" The five year old said with a wide grin. He loved the red piece of food. Especially ketchup. He put ketchup on everything.

"Well we are getting ready to leave. Hold onto my hand now." Jodie said. She made sure he was holding on tightyly before disapparating. She then found herself in the living room with at least five other kids.

"Hello Grandma Angelina. Thank you for letting Obie stay here." she said with a smile.

Obie escaped out of his mother's grip and ran away. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a familiar blond head. "Laih!" he said excitedly and ran toward her.

Legend grinned as his planned worked. Katie hadn't hugged him that was great! Picking up has bag he turned around as Mat and Dom came out out the fireplace. "Hey dude." He said slapping his hand then bent down next to Dominic and gave him a small pat on his head. "Hey mini dude." Standing back up his grin widened. "Nothing's really up. Except I just avoided a hug from the girl." He said pointing to Katie. "Ge good Gelilah." He sneered.

"Yup very safe trip, lady with the muffins." Legend said laughing. Miss. Muffin Grandma was always nice to him. Noticing someone else come out of the fire place Legend waved."Hey Danny." He said not really expecting an answer. Since Benny's accident the boy never talked; at all. It was really sad because Danny had always been shy but at least before he had talked.

With his bag in his hand still he wanted over into the kitchen and waved to everyone. "Hey Jae! Hi Mister Finnegan. Hi Obie" He said happily. "Got a present for you Laih." He said walking over to Lainie, Legend took out 7 oreo cookies in a paper bag, and gave them to the three year old.

Smiling at Kaitlynnh when she noticed him, he was trying to keep a good distance from her. He didn't like girls hugs but then again she didn't knew him well so perhaps he was safe. Always having a very relaxed attitude, he was glad to finally be here. "What's up Katie!" Looking to where the girl was looking, he shook his head. Girl seems to dig babies and his little bro was probably going to get all her attention which was something he didn't mind.

Mat grinned at Legend reaction, he had to agree with him. Girl huggies were the worst. "Yurk!! That would have been discusting otherwise."

Feeling as thought someone was watching him, Dom turned to look. An innocent smiled appear on his face as he was munching on one of his bou-bou's ear. Waving with one if his free hand, Dom went back on exploring and was now behind the couch. Crawling away from his big brother, Dom felt someone brushing the dirt off him and he giggles. He liked it when someone was near him and a huge smiled appear on his face when he look at the lady. "Hewo!"

Then it was Legend turn to patted him on the head. "Weggy!!" Trying to stand on his feet, he tumbles toward the boy trying to go hug him.

Keeping an eye on the bag that was flotting away, he was a bit intimitaded when she brushed him to take some of the soot of him. He thought that he was a big boy and could handle it but he didn't say anything against it. His mother have told him to behave so he would at least try to do it, even if it was just for one day. "I don't know if it as a safe trip but it wasn't fun."

Bouncing as he was following everyone, Mat had to stop mid-way since he was about to forgot about Dom. He knew that he couldn't be as fast as them and it would have take ages until he catch them. Grabbing him, he rushed in order to follow miss Johnson. Hopping that he would be able to find a muffin with chocolate chip in it, which wouldn't have been a good idea, he glances at the woman. "I would love one but I don't think it would be a good idea for Dom-Dom. He doesn't like la..... lact.... milk product."

His head covered in his blue blanckie and holding thight on his bou-bou, Dom was kicking his brother in order to be free. He wanted to be down so he could explore this new found room. After few minutes, he was finally free. One hand on a chair, he was stabilising himself on his two feets.

Noticing that more were already there than he first thought, he waved at everyone. "Yo all!!"

Ashton's gaze finally focused as his father came forward and layed a kiss on his head. Elissa bounced him gently on her lap as he began to fuss since Finn walked away to greet Grandma. "Hola love," She responded with a smile.

"Watch what your doing Lainie" She added, out of motherly reflexes as the toddler fidgetted in her seat more. Very restless, Emmy had warned her of that and it was no surprise after all that had happened lately.

Moving her barely eatten muffin abit further from her, Lainie pushed out of the chair without causing it to tip back, and climbed down. She ran into the kitchen, hearring everyone else coming, and took care when stepping onto the stool Nana's mum set out against the counter so she and the other little ones could reach the sink easier.

Jumping down, golden curls bounced at her shoulders as she skipped over to the dish towel and dried her hands, then went back to her seat; pulling herself up just on the edge, her little legs still dangled.

"Obieee!" Lainie called in return, excitedly kicking her legs before then bouncing down from her spot. She gave each Obie, Mat, Jae and Legend a hug. Legend last, "Uncwe Wegen!" She giggled, gladly taking the oreo cookies and placed them down on the table. Holding her arms up, "Up up up! Hug?" Laih asked with a tooth grin, earth tone eyes that matched her mothers perfectly gazing up at the boy. He wasn't that many years older than her, not compared to her teenage aunts and uncles, but he was still far more taller than her.

Kaitlynnh sighed, dragging her feet to follow the others. She didn't want to leave the livingroom..Mackayla wasn't here yet. But she was forced to, since they weren't positive on when Kayla would be arriving. It could even be days from now, so waiting in the livingroom wouldn't help.

"Grandma Angelina, Kay's not here yet" She informed the obvious, strolling into the kitchen and took a napkin by both sides, that had her half-eatten strawberry muffin in the middle. "Grandma Angelina, can we play outside soon?" Katie continued, after settling herself at the table.

Ushering Danny to follow into the kitchen with them, Angelina brushed soot off her quiet grandson, and gave him a warm hug. "Feel free to grab a muffin and take a seat dearling. Make yourself at home," She reminded him softly, giving him a gentle push in Jae's direction knowingly.

"Let him stay? I wanted the kids over!" Angelina insisted, honestly. Pulling the grown woman into a welcomed hug, "You and Santana deserve some alone time, just as much as I deserve some time with my grandkids!" She wagged a finger around teasingly, as if Jodie should already know this. Which was probably true.

Despite whatever had happened in the past, The Lawley's were no less family then they were in the begining; no matter what happened, they were family. They always had been, in her eyes. She was the family ring leader, being eldest of the clan, therefore she made the rules thats how it would stay.

"Go for it dear," Angelina urged Matias to have whatever he liked, her head nodded slightly, understandingly as he said Dominic couldn't have milk product. "Lactose intolerant. I'll remember that; but theres nothing to worry about. The only ones he needs to steer clear of is the chocolate flavored ones, the rest have no diary in them" She assured, smiling kindly down at Dom. He was such a cute little guy, she refrained from putting him in the highchair since it appeared he rather explore his surroundings.

As it dawned on her, that not all of the children knew the rules and whatnot of the house, Angelina pursed her lips together. "I've just remembered afew of you may not be use to this place,.." Angelina began, flicking brown, grey streaked strands over her shoulder. "For the few whom haven't been here before, and for those who have but may have forgotten..We have afew simple rules. 1) No real voilence, playing around is okay but there is a limit to horse-play, I don't want anyone getting hurt but I also don't want to take any fun away."

"2) Your all more than welcome to call, or owl, your parents or guardians whenever you like! I'll also be keeping intouch with them for you lot; I want you all to understand your more than welcome to come to me with absolutely whatever you need. 3) No purposely breaking things, but if anyone does have any kind of accident, an adult needs to be informed immediantly so we can fix it. And 4) Have FUN, loads and loads of it. Oh, and lastly, 5) Make yourselves at home! I want you kids to be just as comfortable here as you would at your own places."

After her little speech, Angelina nodded to her granddaughter. "Today may be your only chance to play with the go-karts, for afew days. We're expecting snow by morning; You all have to get coats on before going outside though" She added, responsibly. Lainie and Dom would not be allowed out front, where the older kids would be riding go-karts around, but she'd make sure they were enterained doing something else.

"Very well, actually. I've just met your son for the first time, He's beautiful." Angie half-smirked, willing her mind to come back from looking back on the past. It was just like yesterday Eli and Finn were kids; Eli completely ignoring Finn as she read under the oak tree, while he tried hopelessly to impress her with his soccor skills. She was a very, very proud woman to get to see generations in her family grow up.

"Bye mom, bye dad!" Mackayla called out, giving both of her parents one last hug before stepping into the fireplace.* "I'll see you soon." The eight year-old waved once more before taking a fistfull of Floo powder from the medium sized pot next to the fireplace. She closed her light brown eyes, counted to three, and threw the powder down, saying the adress of Katie's grandmother's home in the process.

Not too long later, Kay felt the spinning stop, and knew that she was at Grandma Angelina's. Brushing a bit of ash off of the light purple knit sweater that she had over a white long-sleved shirt, she stepped out of the fireplace and into the living room. Mackayla saw no one in there, but could hear the sound of voices, and set off towards them, her walk increasing slightly in speed.

The first thing the eight year-old's bright eyes seached for was the curly brown hair that had brown eyes to match- Bingo. "Hi everyone," she said excitedly, grinning and waving as she walked over towards Katie, and gave her best friend a hug. Kayla had spotted a few new faces in her short time in the room, but was glad to see that many of them she had met from any of the previous summers.

"Hey Ledge!" Jae greeted between mouthfuls of muffin as his friend walked into the kitchen. "Hey Mat, good to see ya," he said happily. He had only met Mat on a few occasions, but he could already tell they were going to have a great time. He seemed like a really cool kid.

Glancing back at the door as he heard Angelina speak, Jae's mouth curled into a small smile as Danny walked in. he knew the boy had gone through something major and he wasn't talking to anyone, but Jae was determined to have him speak. Danny was, after all, his best friend. He winked at Angelina then hopped down to give Dan a hug and lead him to the chair next to him. "Hey Danny!" he greeted, giving the boy a large, friendly hug. He loved the boy, he couldn't deny that, and it pained him to see him hurt.

Taking his hand, James led his friend over to two chairs and hopped up, making sure Danny was seated as well. "D'ya want a muffin Danny?" he asked, grabbing the basket and offering it to him. He then leaned back and listened to Angelina's speech as he munched on his own treat. After she was finished, Jae was sure he heard someone say something about go-karts. "Didja say go-karts Angie?" he asked, twilight blue eyes lighting up instantly. His father had taken him and Liam once to drive go-karts and he had had a blast. This was going to be fun.

"Hey Kayla!" Jae greeted as another friend of theirs walked in. He could already tell this was going to be a fun summer. The only mission he really had was to get Danny to talk and he was very confident.

Mister Finnegan? Finn chuckled at Legend's name for him the patted the boy on the head. "Nice to see ya Ledge," he chuckled. His attention the turned back to Angelina and he smiled as she spoke of his son. "Thank you. He gets his looks from his mum," he said sweetly, winking at Eli. "Angie, if ya'd like, I could take the kids outside. It's no problem really," he offered with a nod.

Glancing over at Jae, Finnegan couldn't help but smile. He knew James was worried about his best friend. He had practically talked Finn's ear off about it before they aparated. He knew Jae was determined to get Danny to talk and Finn knew he would succeed. Catching the little boy's eye, he winked and smiled then brought his attention back to Angie as he waited for her answer.

Giggling at the three year old he returned the hug. Lainie was probably the only girl (other than his sister) that he'd ever allow to hug him. He knew for sure that she didn't have cooties. Plus she called him uncle! "How about I give you a piggyback instead Laih?" Legend asked kneeing down so Lainie would be able to climb up on his back

"We got the rules Ms.Angie" Legend said giving a thumbs up to the lady. Eyes landing on Matias he smirked it seemed like they'd have to hold back the play fighting for now. At least until the adults weren't paying attention.

"Yeah go-karts!"Legend exclaimed his emerald green eyes lighting up. That would be so awesome. "Let's goo!!! I'll bring Lainie with me! Jae I bet i'm soo much more better than driving than you." He said of course challenging the other boy. "Hey Micky!!"

William stood hugging his aunt beside the large ornate fireplace. He looked around nervously, his blue/grey eyes misting over slightly as he nodded "I promise to write auntie Emmy, please don't send a howler if I don't." he said jokingly as he stepped up to the mantlepiece grabbng a small handful of the green powder. "See that you do. Remember, I have informants at the Ministry who can easily grab you if something happens." Emily replied in a nervous frenzy. William sighed and hugged her even tighter. "I promise." He whispered in her ear as she finally let go.

Ever since last June his life had changed, much for the better. He had a new life, new home and new friends. He missed his old life terribly, but knew better than to complain or whine. He had grown up too quickly, becoming a man before his time. He pulled his hood over his hair, making sure not to bother the small spikes which had taking hours to accomplish and nodded again. "Have a great time and don't mention anything about you know." Emily warned her blue eyes glancing at William as he stepped towards the fire.

"Of course I won't; I'm smarter than that." He replied throwing a quick grin at herand wondering what his cousin was doing at school. "Well, later Auntie Emmy." He called out before throwing the green powder into the fireplace, watching the flames turn green before stepping in and saying the adress to Katie's grandmothers. As he stepped in the flames whisked him away and he had to remember to close his eyes and wait to step out at the right minute.

Before he knew it he heard a familiar voice and took a step, falling flat on his face in front of people he knew and some he didn't. Coughing slightly he shook his blonde hair out of his eyes, the spikes now long gone and blinked rapidly. "Well I'm here, now the party cam begin." He called out to the crowd, opening his bag and taking out his sunglasses before placing them on his head. His whole out look changed, his demeanour more controlled, more focused. He flashed a quick smirk at the girls' and stood there, a spot of dust on his nose.

Kaitlynnh merely nodded, boredly, pretty much tuning her grandma out. She already knew all this, a thousand times over. Swallowing another bite of her muffin, Katie's eyes widened in excitement upon hearring her best friends voice.

"KAAAAAAYLAAAAAA!" She shouted, and practically tackled the girl. Technically she had, but in a hug. Unfortunately her actions did cause them to trip onto the wood floor, "Sorry KayKay!" Katie giggled, hugging her friend once more tightly before releasing her to allow air to get through the poor girls lungs.

Jumping back up, Kaitlynnh helped Mackayla up as well, and immediantly went to take off down the hall (of course planning to drag poor Kayla along side her) but halted as her Grandmother caught notice of this, and told them to have a muffin before going to play.

Heaving a sigh, Katie nodded, dark curls bouncing about. "Want one?" She asked, leading Mackayla over to the table and motioned to the variety of muffins to choose from as she took a seat, and made sure her best friend took the one beside her.

"Wiiilliiie!" Katie squealed, happily again, to see William had arrived. A hand covered her mouth, she nearly caused herself to choke from trying to swallow another bite of strawberry muffin too soon, but Angelina was quicker and had gotten out the variety of juices, a glass of dark dark pinkish-purple liquid being handed over to Kaitlynnh to help. "Yuumm, cranberry juice!" She giggled, beaming as her attention turned back to William. "Come sit, have a muffin!" She added, turning to pat the open seat on her otherside. "After..breakfast? we're going to go ride go-karts outside!"

Elissa nearly snorted with laughter at what Finn said, instead she kept a casual tone, nodding ever so slightly "Oh yes, because we all know I have black hair" gently stroking the pitch black strands on Ashtons head. She couldn't deny though, he did have her eyes.

Catching the hesitance in the elder woman's face, Eli followed her gaze to Lainie. Legend wanted to bring her go-karting. "Grandma Ang, I'll go outside with them, too. If anything happens to her, or Dominic, it'll be on my head, alright? the kids will be careful, and the double go-karts have the harness seat belts, there secure" Elissa said quickly, confident that nothing harmful would happen. She didn't like the idea of any of the kids being left out; even though Dominic was even younger than Lainie, he'd be strapped in tightly too. She and Finn would be right there, and the kids although not too old, would know better than playing around in any dangerous way. "I'll make sure Emmy and Mrs. Sulos know its my fault, if anything does happen. Which it won't, but if either have any complaints about letting them ride, then I'll take responsibility."

"And its entirely optional, as long as your alright with it, Matias, Dominic can ride in a double kart with someone. But since he is your brother, I'll let you decide if you want him to." The twenty three year old added, speaking to Mat, after she received an approvel nod from Angelina.

Angelina was hesitant, but allowed Elissa to talk her into it. Emmylyne would be irate if she knew, now, but she was also more on edge lately. If told, Lainie would keep it hushed, and she honestly had half a mind to keep that from the child's mother, atleast for afew months. She was Gran after all, she was old, and wise, and eldest of the family clan. There was nothing wrong with that, at all.

"I'm sure you remember by now, Legend" She chuckled; the love she felt towards all of them, was obvious through her actions towards them, and the warmth that always sparkled in her weary orbs.

Legend had been here before, multiple times. She also knew Mackayla had, as well. Jae and Danny were family, so they also did not count. Angelina couldn't help but space abit, unsure if William and Mat had been here before or not. There was always so many kids running around at once, it was a miracle she was able to keep up, being as old as she was.

Stiffling her amusement, Angelina patted Mackayla's shoulder as she walked past with Katie. "Welcome dear," She greeted, snatching up the dishtowel from the counter with the barstools, and wiped the dirt spot on William's nose; really by this point it was out of habit, to care for all of them so motherly. She was a mother of three, grandmother of over seventeen, great grandmother to two, plus more on the way. And great aunt or aunt, or whatever else you could name, to many. In the long run, again, she was the lead of the entire clan. It was in her nature, to behave this way.

"I'll take that for you; I think Kaitlynnh wants you to go sit with them" Angelina informed, softly. With a swish of her wand and a silent charm, both William and Mackayla's bags carefully removed themselves from the room, and floated themselves upstairs into their respected rooms.

"I've agreed to let you all go ride on the go-karts, including the youngest kids" She glanced thoughtly towards Laih, then Dom. "With the watchful eye of Finn and Elissa" And my own. "But I want you lot to wait abit longer. Have breakfast, relax for a moment, then we'll talk.." Angelina was holding them up abit, since Kovu would be arriving anytime now, and Dalton could arrive at any point. She wouldn't make them wait forever, but just another hour or so wouldn't hurt.

Lainie giggled, nodding. She was less jumpy, and more careful, when climbing onto the eight year old's back. Her little arms wrapping losely around his neck. "Otay," She agreed, smiling a pleased smile as her god-mother confinced Grandma that she was not too little, nor was Dom. Really, she agreed! Dom..on the other hand, might be. But he would be with the big boys, so he would be fine too. "I wanna wait for Vuuu!" Laih said, after the thought came to mind. Or maybe it had been there the whole time, who knew with the young one?

"Gran? Esa? Finn?" LaihLaih started, brushing a golden curl from near her left eye, as they quickly searched for the adults. "If the babies awe born, Mummy or A-Daddeh or B-Daddeh wi-will" She paused, pronouncing it right after her second try. "Ca-ell, or someting, wight?" The three year old was an expecting big sister, of twins. She was very excited, and it was written all over her face.

"We'll be first to find out, dearling" Angelina assured her great granddaughter. "But your mummy won't have them this early, we have another month or so to go."

"Speaking of children, have you two thought about how large of a family you want?" Angie asked, obviously talking to the two adults as the children conversed. Taking the stroller from the corner, she started strolling it away, planning to bring it to the hall then once in the clear, use abit of magic to move it into a better place. The diaper bag hovered back to Eli as she asked for it, going over everyones heads, and placed itself on floor beside her chair.

Danny turned toward Legend and gave him a small, shy wave. He then looked up to see his grandmother. She began dusting him off, and is eyes closed instinctivly so none of the dust flew in his eyes. Next thing he knew he was being ushered into the kitchen. He walked with her hand gently on his shoulder, and he could feel the warmth and love from the older woman. With a little nudge, she left him in the kitchen to go care for the other children who were begining to arrive.

Taking in a slow breath, he found himself being wrapped into big hug. He knew who it was right away. The familiar scent of grass and a small Irish musk told Danny that Jae had found him. When Jae let go, he found himself next being led to the table where the scent of muffins were making his stomach growl. As if Jae knew, he grabbed the basket of muffins and offered them to him. Danny gave him a grateful smile and grabbed a blue berry one.

Jodie gave a heartful laugh as Grandma Angelina pulled her into a warm hug. She should of known she would say something like that. With others she felt she was being a bother when she left her son at their house so she could go to work, but with Grandma Angelina she almost felt guilty that she hadnt brought him sooner.

"Thank you. Me and Santana are going out to the movies tonight. Im really excited. We havent gone out since Obie was born." she said. Jodie loved her son to death, but alone time with her husband is exactly what she needed.

With that, she gave another thank you and hug to Grandma Angelina. Then called her son to her side. "Now you listen to Grandma, ok? If she doesnt want to give you a tomatoe, then thats her choice. I love you my little Obie." she said and gave him a big hug. She almost didnt want to let go.

"Si mama! I will listen! I love you too!" the fidgety five year old squearmed in his mother's arms. Finally she let go of him. With one last kiss on the cheek, that resorted Obie to wipe his face, Jodie was gone.

Obie then walked into the kitchen and found an adult. It was a man with black hair. He pulled on his pant leg to get his attention. "Hola mister. Can I have a tomatoe?" he asked polietly.

Even though Danny knew the rules to the house only to well, he listened intently as Grandma Angelina spoke. He then sat quietly, eating his blue berry muffin. He had never been go-carting before. The whole idea made him nervous. He pulled a glass of apple juice toward him and took a drink. He then looked sheepishly over at Jae.

He wished he could be like the older boy. Jae was confident, athletic, and really outgoing. Danny was almost the complete opposite. Even before, when he did talk, he was shy and scared of people. But Jae had slowly changed that. He had gotten him to talk to people., laugh with them, and even make friends. But that was before...

Jae couldn't help but laugh at Legend's enthusiasm about the go-karts. "Oh yeah Ledge? It's on!" he exclaimed, punching the air. Since Jae had met him, Legend had always challenged him when it came to sport type things. And of course, Jae always took the challenge. "Hey Will!" he greeted, waving to the other boy who had just arrived.

He then turned to Danny and smiled. He knew the boy was a bit apprehensive about the go-karts. "Wanna ride with me Dan? Unless you wanna drive one ya'self, but my passenga' seat is open to ya," he said with a wink and a small hug.

Finn chuckled and winked at his wife. "I s'pose he does 'ave me hair. But his looks are all you my love," he said with a smile. Finnegan was one to lay it on thick, but that was just his personality. Alright, was it time to go outside? Finn definitely thought so. He wanted to see all of the little kids go crazy with the go-karts, under the watchful eyes of him and his wife though. That went without saying.

Looking down after he felt a small hand pull on his pants, Finn couldn't help but smile. Obie was quite possibly one of the funniest kids he had ever met. "Absolutely my dear gentleman!" he exclaimed, squatting down to Obie's level. "Now, would ya like it cut up or d'ya wanna eat it like an apple?" He had no idea how Jodie prepared such a food for the young lad, but he was determined to get it right.

"Of course they'll call Laih! You'll be the first to know when ya mummy has the twins!" he said happily. He couldn't be happier for his cousin Axel. He was finally with the girl of his dreams and he would be having twins with her in a month or so. Finally, he was peaceful.

As he went to get the fruit ready for the young boy, the twenty two year old chuckled lightly at Angie's question. How many children did he want exactly? Obviously it was more Elissa's decision since she was the one who had to carry them, but of course he came up with a smart answer. "A football team. Tha's 'ow many kids I want." He winked at his wife, knowing she'd have a cheeky reply as well. She did know he was quite passionate about his job though.

Looking directly into Danny's brown orbs, Jae frowned slightly. He could tell Danny was thinking about something, and James could have probably guessed what it was. This whole Benny thing was definitely getting to the little boy and it greatly upset Jae. His mother had sat him down and had a good talk about it and about what to say to the boy if he ever asked to talk. That was Jae's mission over this holiday: to get Danny to talk. It didn't seem like it was that big of a deal, but really it was. Danny was already shy to begin with.

"Danny, would it be alrigh' if I talked to ya tonight before bed? I jus' got a couple things I wanna say," he said sweetly, patting his friend on the shoulder. He really did want to get Dan to talk, but he knew it would be a challenge. If he could get Danny to talk then he had accomplished a lot.

Mat grinned when he got a hug from Lainie. She was such a sweetie but of course she was Ledge's favorite and he knew how possessif he was over her. Giving her the hug back, he messed a little bit her hair just for fun. As her head Miss Johnson telling him to grab one, he didn't wait once and rushed toward one that had chocolate chip in it. He knew the consequence of eating those but he wasn't thinking at this points. As he was licking his fingers from the trace of chocolate that he was getting from holding the muffin, he nodded at the woman. "Ookie dookie."

As he was told the rules of the place, he was thinking that it was almost like home, they should behave which means to hitting or trying to drive anyone nuts. That wasn't fun but as he noticed Legend look and he knew that if they could escape the adult eyes they could have fun, some real fun.

Dom was still explore the kitchen bumping on random peoples here and there. Not watching where he was going since his head was mostly covered with his blancket, he banged it on someone's chair (Elissa). Feeling a pain rushing in his head, tears was coming down his face. He didn't make any sound but his little body was shaking.

Not noticing that his little brother was in any sort of pain since he was too busy eating his muffin and looking at everyone that was there, Mat smiled when he spotted Jae. "What's up Jae!!" Not too long after that it was Will's time to show up. Nudging the boy one a friendly manner, he did remember him from the summer break. This was going to be a very interesting winter's break.

As Mat heard the word go-kart, his eyes sparkles. He loved the thought of driving one of those. Starting to bounces on place, it was clear that the chocolate was starting to get his hold on the boy.

Elissa giggled, amber eyes rolling towards the ceiling. They had been married for just about three years now, and Finn still acted like a lovestruck teenager. She didn't mind all that much though, it was sweet, not to mention amusing to think she'd made him wait for a number of years before even giving him the slightest chance.

At sudden question she should have expected, Eli opened her mouth, then closed it at her husbands response. Instead of an immediate blush like normal girls would get at things like that, her face fell. For a split moment, atleast. "If you want to build a personal family team, theres enough people in our extended family to make that possible, already" She stated, trying and failing to hide the hesitance from her voice. A football team? She wasn't even sure if she knew what she was doing with Ashton! She wasn't the motherly kind, she was never like that..Protecting Kassidy as kids was an entire worlds difference; this sort of thing came naturally to Emmylyne, it always had. But not to her, she did doubt her parental skills; Ash was only seven months, this was only the start.

One of the two highchairs slid closer, from Angelina's control. Moving itself next to Elissa's seat, making it easier for her to stand and get the seven month old child settled in, handing him a teething ring to chew on.

Hearring a small smack of a noise, the spanish woman turned abruptly to see what happened, it had sounded like someone smacked into the table or a chair. Seeing the blue car printed blanket over the babies face, she bent down to his size and took it gently from him. It was obvious to her now, what happened. "Aww, shhh. Its alright, your okay" Eli murmured soothingly, picking him up and stood. Running a careful hand over Dominic's blonde haired head, "No booboos," She announced softly, offering a cheerful smile, she bounced Dom in her arms abit.

Somethings will never change Angelina thought, noting Elissa's tone. It reminded her of the insecure moments the young woman had, so many times over, throughout childhood and her teenage years. Dark eyes moved onto Finn, smiling a soft, kind, apologetic smile. She knew he noticed as well.

A tropical screech owl tapping at the outside of the backdoor was brought to her attention, as the first talon hit the glass surface. "Excuse me for a moment," She dismissed herself, confident that both adults had everything under control atleast for this moment. Silently signalling the owl towards the otherside of the house, as it flew off, she left the room swiftly, yet gracefully.

Lainie nodded, satisfied with the answers she received. The toddler would much more prefer to have the babies come anyday, instead of in a month, but if it was better to wait she wouldn't complain.

Realizing her husky stuffed animal wasn't with her, but on the edge of the table, Lainie stretched an arm out to grab it but came a fingers length short. She tried harder to grab the plush dogs leg, and within the blink of an eye it moved towards her, sliding off the table and into her waiting hand.

Smiling pleasedly, Lainie wrapped her arm back around Legends neck, holding tight to Casa's tail, between her two hands.

Getting up early had not worked very well on her part. All it had done was kept her more behind. Picking up her son's bag Cornelia quietly walked downstairs. It had already been a disaster when Bailee had woken up. The girl had made such a big fuss; it was a surprise she hadn't woken up Blaze. In fact Blaze waking up would be much worse; he would not want his younger brother to leave.

"Come on Kovu." Nelia whispered to her younger son who was sitting on a chair eating a apple. Picking up the boy with one hand and holding his bag with the other Cornelia apparated into Angelina's living room. "Come on sweetie want to go see Lainie?" She asked putting her son down so he could stand on his own, but still holding his hand.

Looking around the new place Kovu didn't understand where his mommy had taken him. She had told him before that she had a surprise for him but he didn't like this surprise. "Bwasie, Lee?" He young boy asked in a small voice. He looked around for his bother and sister. They were not here. Staring back at his mother his eyes grew. "Waih! Umm...whew she ish? Kovu asked excited.

Deciding it was better not to mention that Blaze and Bailee weren't here (she did not want to get Kovu worked up; he was very attached to them) she held on to his hand tighter and looked around. "Probably in the kitchen." She said more to her self than her son. Walking into the kitchen she smiled. There was a bunch of kids, she knew most of them were Angelina's grandchildren. She didn't see the older woman however she did see two familiar faces."Awww, how cute Eli already has the parental reflexes, I see." She said with a small chuckle.

Walking into the kitchen with his mommy Kovu didn't know most of the kids here; mostly none. Trying to hide behind his mommy's leg he saw a small girl on someone's back who was trying to get a plush dog. "Casa! Waih!" He called running up to the boy who had Lainie on his back. "Waih I gots a doggie..wike..too! He called his sentence getting mushed up by his excitement.

Grabbing a blueberry muffin with Lainie still on his back he grinned at Jae. They wouldn't be able to go that fast with the little kids but he still knew that he could beat him. "Oh course it's on!" He said laughing. "And this time we have less competition, Katie will probably be to scared to ride right Cub?" Legend knew that what he had said would get him yelled at by Katie but that was the fun of it. Besides, if she yelled at him she might just get in trouble and that would be classic. "Hey Free Willy!" Legend called. Seeing a lady and a small boy walk in Legend looked over his shoulder to Lainie when the boy started to talk to her. "Im gonna let you down now Lainie." He said bending back down. This way, when he let her down it would be easier for her to talk to the little boy.

Danny bit another piece of his blue berry muffin, when he heard Jae speak again. On hearing that he could ride with Jae, a small, but noticible smile appeared on the seven year olds face. He gave Jae a slow nod and took another drink from his glass. He was glad he didnt have to worry about learning how to drive a go-cart.

He looked around as the kitchen began to grow full with more people. The more people began to talk and show excitment for the go-carts, the more nervous he began to be. He always went shy when new people fell into his life, but now, big groups of people just freaked him out. Maybe he should of just stayed home.

Looking around the kitchen, he saw that Grandma Angelina was gone. Where did she go? He turned around and saw that Kayla had arrived and another baby. Who was the baby? Where are these kids coming from? He looked back at Jae and was about to ask who were all these kids. His mouth opened, lips forming the question, but ten seconds before, lost his voice and the nerve. He fell silent once more and took another bite from his muffin.

Obie smiled widely as the man responded nicely to his question. "Mi mama makes them into big piece and little pieces. She wont let me do it porque she no quieres-I mean she doesnt want me to cut myself." he ended. He hoped the man understood that he wanted them sliced in wedges. He was only five after all and not very good with explainations. But he really did want a tomatoe.

William grinned as he nodded towards Katie. "I think I will. Auntie Emmy forgot my breakfast this morning." He repied, sitting down beside her and picking up a muffin and eating some of it slowly by picking pieces off and nibbling. He looked around at all the new faces and shook his head. "It's going to take weeks to remember everyone." He muttered before looking up t his name being called. "Hey Legend!" He called out waving before turning back to Katie. "Okay, so where can I leave my stuff?" He asked knowing if anyone knew she would. And besides he didn't feel like asking the adults right then, he was hungry.

"Good to see ya Mat!" Jae said happily, thumping the boy on the back. He had only met Mat a few times, but what he had found out about him he liked. He was very enthusiastic and that always worked well with him. "Finn! We gonna play football lata'?" he asked his older cousin. Of course, he was referring to Gaelic Football, which Finnegan was on Dublin's traveling team and he was MVP. He was sure that his cousin would not oppose his idea.

Finnegan nodded and chuckled at Eli, knowing he had totally freaked her out. "Ya sure? It migh' be nice to start our own league." He couldn't suppress his laughter anymore so he let it all out as he walked to the fridge to retrieve a tomato for young Obie. "Course Obs! I know exactly wha' to do!" he exclaimed, patting the young boy on the head. As he chopped the tomato into bite sized wedges, he heard Jae's young voice yelling to him. "Of course we're gonna play! I wanna see ya mad skills James!" he laughed.

He had recently gotten Jae into Gaelic Football and was eager to keep on the family tradition of sports, especially football. Walking over to Obie, he handed the little boy a paper plate with the red fruit upon it and smiled. "Good enough for ya?" he asked.

Jae smiled brightly as his cousin said they would be playing football later. He had gotten a new ball recently as a birthday present from his dad and he was eager to use it. He then laughed loudly at Legend and winked at Katie. "Looks like we gotta challenge!" Oh yes, he was having fun. "Time to go outside? Or are we still waitin' Angie?" he asked the old woman. Clearly, he was quite eager.

With a faint pop, Meredith and her young son Dalton apparated in front of a nice, secluded house. It was chilly outside, and she pulled her scarf a little tighter around her neck. It was pretty obvious that the two weren't the wealthiest, as a matter o' fact, for the past eight years, it has been pretty hard for them to get by. Looking down to her son, Meredith smiled and ruffled his hair, trying to calm his nerves a little bit; she could tell he was nervous. "You're going to have fun, I promise." she said, putting her hand on his shoulder while guiding him to the front door. Dalton knew that she was going to London, but he didn't know for what matters she was going which was probably for the best. Once they finally reached the door, Meredith looking down to Dalton and gave him a warming smile before knocking on the door twice.

One moment they were at their small house in Boston, and then with that sickening, squeezing feeling there were in the middle of nowhere. Dalton blinked his eye's a few times, getting used to his surroundings. He hated that apparation feeling, but by now he was finally getting used to it. He and his mom were constantly going places because she couldn't leave him alone at the house. Dalton looked up to her and gave her a scowl, he wanted to go with her to London, it sounded like a fun place to him. Plus, he didn't know a single person here. It wasn't exactly his decision, so here he was. As his mom told him he'd have a good some, Dalton simply sighed, without a word. He had his school backpack on, and it hardly looked large enough to fit all of the clothes needed for the long stay. Yet, his mother had charmed the bag so he could fit just about whatever he wanted in there. A menacing smile quickly came across his face, as he managed to pack some pranks and jokes without his mom seeing. When they finally reached the door, nerves flooding his stomach and the severity of them increased as his mom knocked on the door. He looked up into her comforting smile, but it didn't really seemed to help much. Once again, he just sighed and stared at the large door, waiting for someone to answer.

"VUUUUUU!" Lainie nodded excitedly, slipping down from Legends back and grabbed Kovu in a hug. "You do?!" She asked. Earth tone eyes shown with curiousity, she suddenly turned on her heels, spinning around till the stuffed dog at her feet, and snatched him up turning to face her best friend again.

"He was hurt.." Eli murmured, under warm cheeks. Leave it to Cornelia to silence her, she was probably the only one that was ever able to, while they attended school. "Hola Nelia" Elissa added, bouncing over to her old friend and gave her a one armed hug, while still carrying Dominic.

Upon hearring the door, she glanced around and went ahead to get it. "Not funny, Finnegan" She added over her shoulder, trying to make the jog to the door entertaining for the child she carried, Eli made car noises along the way. Knowing fully well how stupid she must have sounded; atleast she was escaping the family talk. "Hol-Hello!" She quickly switched words, door opening wide to let the two in. "Welcome, come in!"

Arriving at the end of the staircase, Angelina followed to the door and beamed at the last two to arrive. "Nice to see you again, Meredith! Dalton will be in good hands, here, you've nothing to worry about!" She assured, right off the bat, ushering them inside.

She was old, but her earing was still perfect. "Yes, go ahead and take them outside now, Finn." She called back after James asked, adding just as loudly, "Kaitlynnh dear, come here for a minute please!"

Kaitlynnh giggled amused with William's comment, "You'll get use to it" She nodded, sympathetically. At his question she pointed after the bags floating out of the room, both his and Mackayla's. "Grandma Angelina took care of it, already" Her eyes immediantly narrowed on Legend, "DO NOT CALL ME CUB LYSANDER!" She shrieked, temper rising with the pitch of her voice. Her tone dropped, as brown orbs moved onto the next voice; Jae. "Not much of a challenge, but I accept!"

Sighing at her Grandmothers request, the young girl pushed herself from the seat, and grabbed her muffin wrapper and napkin to throw away, and stood on the stool to wash her hands; she was atiny bit shorter than the others, and smaller in general, that she didn't like. "Excuse me for a moment," She added in an innocently sweet voice, passing Mackayla and William and skipped out of the room and down the hall towards the front door.

"Yes?" She asked, linking her fingers behind her back as she twisted from side to side as she stopped beside Eli and Mat's baby brother. "Oh, is this him?" Kaitlynnh continued, taking notice to the young boy about her age.