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D.A Forever · 01-03-2008, 10:42 AM

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It's the year 2065,
Of course, Emmylyne still had an agreement set with her mother over having part-guardianship of one of her many younger sister's. This one, being her teenage sister: Savannah Mae. There was nothing wrong with their family in the least, the younger girl merely didn't want live in Paris and move from the school she had started at; That, and Emmy's little sister seemed to be quite similar to her, in afew ways. The main, being she and their mother butted-heads too much. That, was another story in it's own though.

And Axel, had full-guardianship of both Valencia, and Dustin Phoenix. His teenage brother, and nearly of-age sister. That, was also an even longer story, but shortly put; Axel's father and grandfather, and maybe even further back had been sucessful auror's (Which there was no doubt, he was following in their footsteps). Of course, along with the job came the chance of dangers to yourself and your family. Some year's prior an attack had been made on the Phoenix family. Most unfortunately taking both Missus and Mister Phoenix's lives, Axel kidnapped and severely hurt, and both children in the care of the Ministry until they had been able to find a relative to hand them over to.

They had all had their fair share of hard times, and of good too. Since then, everything seemed to be going their way (for the most part); it was all actually really lovely. Emmylyne and Axel, had met many, many, many year's ago. As kids, only afew years older then toddler's even. Along with three others: Elissa, Benjamin and Finnegan.
Since her grandmother had introduced them at the age of five, for a playdate, each had become unbelieveably close unbelieveably fast. Spending each day of summer together if possible, and whenever they could during the rest of the year. It had gotten harder as they started different wizarding academy's. The two girl's going to Beauxbatons, and the three boy's to Durmstrang. But still the five managed this.

Now, to the present, Emmylyne had a gorgeous daughter; a toddler. Very intelligent for her age, and knew on her own that Axel, her Mommy's husband, was not her 'real' Daddy. Although much too little to remember anything from those times she did spend with Benjamin before his heroic death (By putting a colleague before himself) Lainie loved both men, alot. Both, she felt were her Fathers and that's all that mattered to her.

Back to Axel and Emmy..They had married, exactily nine months from this day. December 8th had been the day, in her favorite season. Thankfully..There had been very few mentions or awkwardness about 'them' from Family and Friends. Emmy had been more so concerned over Benji's side of the family..and his friends, but really all that mattered was Faith Lawley; Lainie's Grandmother, was absolutely fine with it. Knowing her son would have been too, as if it had been arranged incase of his death - Ax had been family, in Faith's eyes. She had one son, and two daughter's, one more son wasn't anything to her and it gave her that comfort knowing her past daughter-in-law and mother to her first and only grandbaby was in good hands. Even better, Jodie; Ben's sister, was completely understanding as well. Both Lawley women were very involved in the toddlers life, and Ems.

She, Emmy, was greatful. Over all of it. Everything had always been incredibly complicated, it always had and she was still uncertain if that would go away. But that was okay. She- No, they, had a growing family. She had Axel, the love of her live. And her little angel, Lainie..plus, three wonderful teenager siblings, that the women couldn't help but treat as her and Axel's own. But that was a given, really.

The past was behind them, of course never forgotten..but also never mourned. Only celebrated, to the fullest it had been whether it be a lost-loved one or a bittersweet memory. Whatever it be, they tried keeping thing's positive. And around the house..everything was nothing more then cheerful, and happy. Though, with their only being the couple at home at the moment, one could say that didn't mean much. They; Ax and Ems, would disagree though.

It was rather early in the morning, on August 8th in Valencia, Spain. Today, each of the four 'children' were- As far as Emmylyne knew- suppose to be on their way home from visiting others on break.
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Sorry..We aren't taking enrollments. <3
Literally speaking, It's doubtful Axel and Emmy could handle more then their teenager's ~~Especially with Vee just turned of-age! XD~~ and toddler. Family bonding time right now.

Characters:
Emmylyne Mae-Saunders-Phoenix [D.A Forever]
Elissa Molina-O’Callaghan [D.A Forever]
Savannah Mae [D.A Forever]
Lainie Mae-Lawley [D.A Forever]

Ashton O’Callaghan [Phoenix 8390 / D.A Forever]

Axel Phoenix [Phoenix 8390]
Finnegan O’Callaghan [Phoenix 8390]
Valencia Phoenix [Phoenix 8390]
Dusty Phoenix [Phoenix 8390]

Jodie Lawley [MUSTANG SALLY]
Benjamin Lawley [MUSTANG SALLY]
Jenny Lawley [MUSTANG SALLY]

Blair McClane [Hg_fan]
Remington McClane [Hg_fan]

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D.A Forever · 01-23-2008, 03:25 AM

Nearly gasping, Lainie's earth toned eyes widened slightly. Turning swiftly from the bush to face her mommy's husband, her frown lifted but it wasn't quite real.. "No one..just my fwien," She went no further to elaborate.

"Oy vey!" Laih exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air and heaved a large sigh. "Awight..D-" The toddler paused. Remmy said it's disresectful to Ben-Daddy to call Axel that.. LaihLaih reminded herself, frowning subconsciously again. "-Axew. I ish just change wewange bedoom pwans again to fit vem bofh, It ish wowk.."

Leading the girls from their room, down the hall and hooked a right into the master bedroom; Emmylyne smiled, brownish green orbs making contact with sunlight seeping through the large window to the side of the fair-sized mahogany dresser.

"I know you'd be, of course they would. Your a girl, girl's are normally coddled more then boys are in a family." The grown woman giggled, finding amusement in Valencia's remark.

Strolling over to their walk in closet, Emmy slid open the pure white doors and turned on the light before continuing inside. "I'm sure you'll find something..some wouldn't believe it, your brother being one of them, but I do have a number of dresses..both from my teenage years and more recent ones." It was true, as a young girl there were few times her friends (other then Eli) would see her in a dress unless it was on a special occasion. But, admittedly, there had been alot of those.

Phoenix 8390 · 01-23-2008, 04:10 AM

"Oh..oh alright," Axel said a bit hesitantly. It was definitely possible that it was an imaginary friend, but he couldn't be too sure. His sea green eyes scanned the bushes, but no sign of life was to be found. He shrugged, allowing himself to sit upon the grass a bit away from his step-daughter. why had she hesitated when she was going to call him dad? Instead, she had called him by his name. That wasn't normal of her.

"That sounds like a great idea. I'm sure the babies would love to be taken care of by their big sister," he said with a nod and a smile. Lainie was adorable and he was so proud to call her his step-daughter. He began to pick small pieces of grass as he breathed in the warm summer day. He was just glad that Lainie was taking this so well. At least she hadn't almost fainted like he had.

Vee followed quickly behind her sister while dragging Savannah along with her as she giggled uncontrollably. She was so glad to be living with girls. Even their Aunt Cat's house had too many boys in it. Especially hyper boys, just like Dusty!

"And boy am I. Those two won't give it a rest. I swear, Dusty's worse than Axel," she chuckled as she ran her fingers through her hair. That was actually quite true. Dusty seemed to be more overprotective than her butch older brother.

"Goodness!" she exclaimed as she walked into the large walk-in closet. There was a whole section completely dedicated to dresses. She looked back at her two sisters and placed her hands on her hips. "What are you two waiting for? I need help!" She had to look her absolute best for Cisco. He was, after all, her prince charming. And she wanted all the help she could get. Not only with her outfit, but with breaking down her two loving brothers.

D.A Forever · 01-24-2008, 10:33 AM

About a month or so, maybe even less, had past. Emmylyne and Axel were away for afew hours, dropping the girl's off at the hogwart's express and Dustin off, at his destination that would then take him to Durmstrang.

Eli had given birth to a goregous baby boy, at 4:28AM the following morning after the night they had left for St. Sebastians. And now, back in Finnegan's cousins house they were. Lainie was here with them, too. Playing up in her room, she had told Elissa while the young woman put a kettle filled with water on the stove; preparing tea, and biscuits (Laih's suggestion) were already inside the oven.

Re-entering the living room, family room, whichever you would prefer to call it; Eli pulled her hands from the inside of her white zip-up sweatshirt, that had the deep sky blue stripe down both sides, she also wore matching pants. The random number '53' in the same blue color was printed on both the upper-left side of jacket, and on the right on her bottoms; as if a number for a team or supporting a team player by that number.

With amber eyes gazing lovingly down at the bundle, the new mother ran a gentle hand across the dark brown fabric of the stroller carriage, moving next to fix the sleeping newborn's blanket and brush her lips lightly across his head.

Leaving Little Ashton Chase O’Callaghan to his peaceful rest, She plopped gently onto the couch beside the baby-comfortable stroller. Adjusting a pillow or two behind her and slipped her feet from the 'ballet flats' as they were called, her legs coming to rest against her, Elissa leanned into the corner of the cushions and yawned softly, smiling as she stole another glance towards the baby.

"Finn?"

Emmylyne had drove the rather stylish, ruby red minivan back, nearing their neighborhood just now. No, they hadn't drove to the train stations, that would have taken more then a day to drive from Valencia to London. They had driven to the local ministry of magic though, for they needed to pay the place a visit and since they were there already, a kind worker offered the kid's to use a fireplace or two to make sure they stayed on time.

Pulling into the drive way, Ems parked the vehicle and unbuckled her seatbelt, gathering whatever she had brought or had been left and locked the door before proceeding to the house. Axel had told her he needed another moment with the Head of the department he worked in, and that she could go, he had magical transpertation and would meet her home. Knowing their dear friends would be awaiting them, and she was slightly tired, Emmy had agreed.

Being four months along with twins, Emmylyne and Elissa were probably very similar in weight, considering Eli hadn't slimmed down too much then what was normal in the past three weeks, and she had gained, obviously.

Running her fingers through some strands of golden brownish blonde, straight down hair Ems quietly entered, door automatically being pushed closed behind her. "Hello?" She called, softly, just incase there was a chance someone was catching a nap. "I'm home.."

A small smile appeared and played at her lips, coming to stand next to the endtable she gazed down at the infant and nodded, non-verbally meaning to say she heard when informed that her best friend assumed her three year old had fallen asleep, upstairs.

MUSTANG SALLY · 01-24-2008, 09:34 PM

A worn foot stepped down on the grass. The owner of the foot, was none other than Benjman Lawley. His cruly brown hair, was longer than ever and had stray leaves in it. The after math of sleeping in the forest. The shirt on his back was so dirty, that the color of the shirt was undistinguishable. His jeans were torn in so many places, that it was hard to tell what was keeping them on, which happened to be an old rope. He held his arm close to his stomach, not wanting to move it much. He had a small limp in his left leg, but he continued on.

He couldnt believe he had made it. After three weeks of escaping that awful place, he was finally at a place he could call home. Benji was a little disoriented from the long trip. He couldnt even figure out what year it was. All he could remember was being on an important Auror misson in Puerto Rico. The next thing he that happened was being kiddnapped by a mad man by the name of Remmy.

He didnt know how long Remmy had him captured. Just that he had finally gotten away and that he was going to be able to see the people he loved again. They probably all thought he was dead. Having been gone for so long, and disappearing on his mission. But he knew Emmy would never think he was dead. She would keep looking until she found him. But luckily she wont have to look anymore, because he had found her.

The only thing that kept Ben going was the fact that he was going to be able to see everybody. His sister, whom he couldnt get enough of. Especially Jenny, who he watched over with all his heart. Axel and Finn and all his other mates. He hoped they didnt worry about him to much. Laine, his daughter. The baby was probably not so tiny anymore. She had to have grown. He knew she would probably not remember him. It hurt him a lot to know this fact, but he is going to be there for her no matter what now. But the person who he missed most of all, was his Emmylyne. The girl he loved no matter what.

When the house was visible, a small smile was seen behind a dirty and beaten face. One of his eyes was swollen shut, but he could still see the house clearly. He made his was across the lawn and limped to the door. This was it. He was finally home. He knocked and waited for somebody to open the door.

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D.A Forever · 01-24-2008, 10:29 PM

"I've got it," The young woman stated, after hearing a firm knock at the door and headed out of the room to get it.

Emmylyne couldn't keep from wondering who it could be, since they were expecting no more quests that she knew of. Subconsciously she smoothed out the long, forrest green sweater she wore that hid her normally rather petite frame very well. "Coming.." She called, to tell the person behind the door not to leave as she reached out and turned the knob the small smile that was once on her lips faded quicker then seventy six year old pictures from their original color.

That wasn't Benjamin..it wasn't. Benji had died almost three years ago. This sick joke was crossing the line..it had crossed the line.

Stepping out of the house, Emmylyne was careful to close the door behind her, not wanting Elissa or Finn to know what was going on in the least. Quickly her earth toned eyes turned swiftly onto the imposter, or so she thought he was. "I don't know who you are, or what you find so amusing about trying to scare me with those letters but this far beyond crossing the line!" She said, her voice going harshly low and she had to force it not to break under emotions.

Tears started to sting her eyes, furiously. Emmy couldn't help put partly hope maybe it really was Benji? Her first love..her best friend..someone who still and always would a big place in her heart.

Not it's not possible..this is what those creep's want, they want you to believe it Emmylyne. Their playing with your head by using things important to you..don't let them, think about your families safety. It's not real..

"This is far past a line..this is past a country. I don't care what the twisted purpose of this is, you don't disturb Ben's grave! You have no right to touch him, let alone disguise yourself as him!" It was clear, She was dead set on someone had disturbed Benjamin's resting spot to get his curly hair for a poly juice potion. And Emmylyne planned to handle this herself, or atleast first.

Again, she stared at him for what felt like hours but was actually only seconds. Feelings of guilt, anger, sadness and even longing rushed through her, at that time. It couldn't be Benji..in some way, she wanted it to honestly be him but she also knew that would make things ten times more complicated. She was with Axel now..it had been almost three years since Benjamin had been stated as dead..and unnoticeably with her knee length sweater wrapped around her loosely, due in five months.

"Now, I don't need my wand to do harm. I suggest you start talking, and tell me what this is all about: Toying with me, and using my family as the bait, or you won't only be sent to Azkaban for impersonating a deceased auror, you might not make it that far." Emmylyne composed herself as much as possible from doing the actions that threat would follow if someone didn't talk and quickly. Clentching her jaw in an irritated manner, Ems looked away; gazing over towards the trees, anywhere but at him. It hurt, to see Benjamin and it made it harder to force herself into believing he was gone.

MUSTANG SALLY · 01-25-2008, 12:30 AM

Benjamin closed his eyes as the pain in his arm made him a little nauseas. But when he heard a voice calling to him, saying they were coming, he got chills down his back. He knew that voice. He knew that voice anywhere. Sure enough, the owner of that voice was Emmylyne.

Taking a deep breath as his emotions ran wild, he looked into her eyes. He could of stood there looking at her forever, before her harsh voice brought him back to his sences. She didnt think he was the real Benjamin? What letters? Somebody was trying to scare his wife?

"Emmy," he croaked. He in fact had not used his voice in some time, so it was a bit raspy. "Its me. Benji." He looked at her with his chocolate brown eyes, almost begging with her to believe him.

Even in her worried state, Ben couldnt help but think she was the gorgeous person on the earth. He had missed her so much. His heart was aching just being in her presence. Not knowing how long he had been gone, he hoped it wasnt to late to tell her that he loved her dearly. She was the only thing that made him survive during those beating. She was the only person who kept him going when he felt like giving up those awful nights. She was the only woman in his life who kept him alive while he nearly froze to death in the mountains and died of starvation.

As Emmy began mentioning his grave, he stepped closer to her. He didnt want to hear her saying anything about him having a grave. "Emmy, there is no grave. I am alive. I am here." he said, holding on to his arm. His arm throbbed with the sudden move but he didnt care. He needed to be close to her.

His eyes (well eye, his other eye to closed off to show anything) were coated with deep passion, as he looked at her. How was he suppose to make her believe that he was real, whole and living. How could she think he was dead? She had to have known that he would come back to her, some how, some way, someday. A small dark brown curl of hair fell down into his sight of vision, as he began to shake.

When she said she was going to hurt him and put him in Azkaban, he wrapped his arm around her. The other arm fell limply to his side. "Emmy. I have no idea how Im suppose to get you to believe me. But it is me. I love you." he whispered into her hair. He was raised to never cry. But now as he stood on the porch, his eyes grew misty. A ball formed in the back of his throat that he couldnt seem to get out of.

D.A Forever · 01-25-2008, 05:13 AM

Emmylyne shook her head, refusing the words that he tried to feed her. "That's not possible.." She denied, a level of uncertainty hit her softened voice by rush. Her head and heart were arguing, or battling more aless. Part of her wanted to believe this was all apart of some sick joke, and the other part, her heart, told her it really truly was him.

The protective mental guard she had up, shattered for she was now convinced it was Benjamin. There were few who would tempt her rare but fiery temper, and an imposter wouldn't have dared. Benji would have though..it was him. The proof was in his voice and touch, when he pulled her closer in a one-armed embrace.

Tears flowed freely now, silently down her pinkened cheeks as her arms found their way around his neck, hugging him warmly yet she made sure to keep from hugging him too closely or tightly like instinctively she wanted to, for fear that he would be gone again if she turned away; but there was also great fear in her, that he'd take notice to the changements before she was ready for that. She didn't want to jump into explanation mode, not after him being alive to her knowledge for eight minutes at the most.

Emmy cursed herself; all she could think of was pain and guilt..and that she should be feeling that, because this was her fault. Her heart was torn inhalf between two men she loved, more then life itself. Both she had known her whole life and both had been through an unbelieveable amount mental and physical drama; not just the kind they use to get into from kids to teenagers, but things that would and did happened on auror missions, things that threatened lives on a daily basis. She didn't want to be the cause of more pain that would come.

Life was starting to feel like some kind of game, a cruel game that had no winners. In the end she would be breaking someone's heart, something she never ever in her wildest dreams intended to do. Part of her heart would shatter, along with what was to happen..she was unsure what would happen. She feared it, greatly. Emmylyne wasn't uncertain if she would be able to get through this, either, but truthfully there was no choice in the matter.

This was never suppose to happen. Everything got rougher in their seventh year. She and Ben had gotten together and that summer even engaged, about two years later they were married and her little angel was born, three months later things got weird; letters, for example, from an unnone person. Creepy letters. Then Benjamin went on another mission..and never came back, only so many months later she had been given a letter saying he was dead, he had died on a mission saving a colleague from death. After two years everything else pretty much explained itself. Never, did she think this would happen. Hope of Ben still being alive, yes. Always. She couldn't hide that, Axel knew she loved him and Ben both, he knew that she always would have that spot in her heart for him but she also loved Ax, and they had a family now..but Lainie was Benjamin's child, too. Everything was far too complicated, that was the reality of this all. Too complicated.

Speaking of reality, Emmylyne came back to her sense and lowered herself from her tippy toes, taking a step back. "It's really you..isn't it Benji?" She asked, faintly, brushing her hand across his dirty and scratched cheek. It took her till then to realize he was a complete mess. He had been through a complete mess, which only made her guilt worse. "Your hurt.." Emmy added, biting down on her lip. A concerned expression washing over her flushed cheeks, "We'll fix you up," She promised, nodding lightly. Her first worry was to get Ben back to normal, without the rush of questions and people..that would follow next and then the bomb would drop. But she wanted him to be atleast semi-comfortable at first; she needed abit of time..him leaving wasn't an option, Laih needed him..and Ems wanted to help, they would all have to figure this out, civilly.

MUSTANG SALLY · 01-25-2008, 07:02 AM

Benjamin held onto her as tight as his arm would let him. Scared that she would push him away. What if she didnt realize he was really alive? And that he was a fruad? He was not going to be seprated from her again. No matter what it took, he wasnt going to leave her without a fight. And if a fight was what it took to keep him in her arms, a fight was what they were going to get.

As he could pracitcally hear her mind working, he closed his eyes. When she wrapped her arms around his neck, he let out a deep sigh. She believed him. She wasnt going to get him taken away. He pulled her closer and never wanted to let go. He burrowed his face into her neck and took a deep breath. He couldnt remember being this happy. To be alive. To be here. To have the one person he cared about the most in his arms.

Benji then lifted his head up to look at her. Seeing tears in her eyes made him swell up. But after living with a father who would hear nothing of his son crying, he held his tears in. He instead used his good hand to wipe Emmylyne's away. "Dont cry Love. Im here for you now." he smiled. He couldnt remember the last time he had smiled. It felt good to be able to do it again.

After everything he had been through, all the pain and all the scarring, he thought he would never see the say when he would be able to look into Emmy's earth tone eyes. They were always able to soothe him. Even when he was more angry than a Blasted-Ended Skwert. He remember one time, when Jenny was little and his no good father was yelling at her. He had actually raised a hand to her. He didnt hit her, but Ben was so mad, that he stormed out of the house. Jenny had gone to a friends house and he had gone to the Mae family's house. Emmy didnt have to say anything but look into his eyes. He had calmed down instantly.

As she took a step back, he raised his arm back up for his other arm to hold. "Of course its me!" he could've chuckled. He then closed his eyes again as she ran her hand over his face. Her hand was so smooth, it sent goose bumps down his arms. When she got close to his closed up eyes, he cringed. He knew she didnt mean to hurt him, but was just making sure he was real.

When she muttered something about him being hurt, he looked down at his ruined astate. He was a little messed up, but he couldnt concentrate on how bad it was. If he did, it made the pain in his arm hurt worse. But he didnt want Emmylyne to know how bad he was injured. In some ways, he was protecting her. "I'm fine, Em. I think I just have a broken arm. But its not like I havent broken it before." he let out a lame chuckle.

He didnt shake his head no, when she said she would fix him. "You always have fixed my Emmy. You always will." he said slowly. He gave her a loving smile, then opened the door to go inside.

Kaos.Doodles · 01-25-2008, 08:56 PM

As his head rested against the cold hard wall in the darkness he smiled. Not a warm comforting smile; but a cruel, cold hearted one. His blue eyes scanned the letter that he was writing. Dropping the quill he folded the letter up in an envelop, picked the quill back up and clearly wrote Miss Saunders.

Grabbing his wand out from his back pocket he began to spin it around in his other hand occasionally tapping it against the letter.

Living in this place wasn’t fun. There was no light, very little space, and not much to do to entertain yourself.

Muttering a light spell he looked around for the mirror that he had asked the young one to get for him. As his hand grasped the object he smiled again and looked into it.

Staring back at him was a man with a wild appearance. Remington McClane looked nothing like how he had a few months ago. Before everything had went down hill - again. Remmy’s brown hair had once looked good with the highlights. Now he looked like a monster. The pale skin and facial hair was a sign that he had not been outside in the light for ages. He basically looked dead. The only thing that stood out was his electric blue eyes. However they made him look worse if you could believe that. He was wearing a long black hooded sweater, black cargo pants and black running shoes that he hadn’t changed in almost a week; and even if he did he would still be wearing black. What better color for hiding in bushes.

As he put the mirror back down, he closed his eyes. So close but yet so far. He was right there. Right where he wanted to be and yet he could do nothing. Remmy’s eyes shot open as if something was wrong. Yes something was wrong. Something was not right.

Standing up Remington tucked the letter into his back pocket with his wand. Being very careful not to hit his head on the low ceiling he began to pace.

Why did he have this feeling? Did the young one tell the others about him? No she wouldn’t have he was the family’s protector she trusted him. He had told her not to tell so she wouldn’t. So what was it? Was there something he was forgetting?

As if someone lit a light bulb in his head he gasped. “Benjamin.” He couldn’t have escaped. No way. That was impossible…but perhaps he did?

"I need to talk to the young one. I will not let him ruin my plan." Remmy croaked. He had to put up for years with other men around his Emmylyne. There was no way Benjamin was going to ruin this. He needed to get them both out of the picture. Benjamin and Axel. Then and only then Emmylyne would be his. Yes because then she would have no one else. No one else but him. He would make sure of that.

Making sure that he still had his wand and the letter he ran off one way down the tunnel and disappeared into the darkness. In less than no time he was in another room hiding behind the shadows. A library. "Come on Laih" He whispered.

Phoenix 8390 · 01-25-2008, 10:38 PM

As Finnegan sat on his cousin's couch, he watched his wife busy herself with making sure their baby was as comfortable as can be. A large smile graced his face as she sat beside him and curled up. He moved slightly, leaning forward so he could gaze at the sleeping child. Ashton Chase was his. He had a son. He was a father, finally. It all seemed so surreal to him, like it hadn't happened.

It felt like everything had happened yesterday. That he had finally broken down Elissa, his dear wife. It felt like all was well and everything would be well forever. Little did he know what Emmylyne was facing just outside.

And something even better was that his sister would be coming in that day to be with them for about a week. She was supposed to be bringing her fiancee, but he had been held up on a job in Romania. Finn was actually looking forward to meeting him, but he was glad to have time with his older sister alone.

He slid over on the couch and placed his arm around his wife, taking in the smell of her hair as he buried his face in it. This was all he ever wanted: to be with Elissa forever and to raise children together.

"Yes?"

After meeting with the head of his department in the Ministry, Axel moved quickly out of the office, an utterly dissatisfied look on his face. Of course, his boss had again ticked him off, but he would address that later. For now, he wanted to go home and be with his wife, cousin, and friend. They had sent the children back to school and now it was 'adult time', along with Lainie and Ashton. And not much later, Chloe would be joining them as well. She always made anywhere they went fun.

Silently making his way through the gigantic crowds, he came to the main room of the Ministry. He said his goodbyes to everyone he had come in contact with that day then aparated back to his residence. He appeared in the woods, taking care that no muggles would catch him, and walked, head down, to the mail box. After sifting through the mail, the young man began to walk up the drive. He then heard voices and looked up.

Benjamin Lawley was standing before him, embracing his wife and looking like he had just come from a lion pit. No, no, this can't be happening. He's not real! It's a sick joke, a sick joke! He dropped the mail and clutched his chest. Was this really happening? Was his best friend really standing before him? Was he really in the flesh?

He could hardly speak, hardly move. His legs felt like concrete. He stood as still as a statue, minus the heaving of his chest. Benji was supposed to be dead. He died three years ago after going on a job and never coming back. That's what happened. No if's, and's, or but's about it. This was clearly not happening. He was only aggravated with his job so his mind was playing tricks on him...right?

Finally regaining some of his composure, Axel walked shakily towards the two. "B-Ben?" he croaked. Yes, it was him. He was there. Placing a sweating hand on the young man he had grown so close to, only to have him ripped away from him just as easily, he grabbed onto his shoulders and embraced him. Not only did he embrace him, he kissed his forehead. "Where the hell have you been?!" he demanded. It was not meant to come off mean, but he was so angry with the way he looked. Someone had done something to him, something that he himself had gone through as well.

The one thing that wasn't going through his mind that probably should have been was what they were going to do about their situation. Axel was now married to Emmylyne; Benji's wife. This could definitely cause some complications. He was worried, worried that he would be parted from Emmy yet again. His stomach dropped as this thought crossed his mind and it made him want to vomit. He didn't show it though. He didn't want anyone to think he was going crazy. What he had to focus on was the situation at hand. Benjamin.

D.A Forever · 01-26-2008, 07:38 AM

For a moment Elissa's amber eyes traveled over towards one of the few windows the family room held, staring out at the rather pretty backyard she took in how quiet it was. Oddly quiet. But then again, Emmy had gone to answer the door, the kids were on their way to school, Lainie was taking a nap and Ashton followed suit. Why wouldn't it be quiet?

Slowly turning her attention back to her loving husband, Elissa shifted to rest lightly in his warm arms rather then the couches. "Ironic how he couldn't kick enough when he wasn't even born yet, and now he barely moves. Huh?" She asked at random, glancing up into Finn's face, her cheeky expression didn't change.

Holding Casa tightly to her chest, Lainie krept down the hall. Placing a small hand along the banister to prevent any tripping while she went down the stairs and continued quietly in her mission to get to the home library unnoticed. Her god-mother and father were left incharge, while Mommy and A-Daddy went to drop her aunties and uncle off. Surely with a baby in the house it would make sneaking easier, or so she thought.

LaihLaih didn't like keeping things from people, but Remmy said they wouldn't understand and that only she was suppose to know. She trusted her families protector, he watched over them and was very nice so she listened.

Atlast Lainie had gotten to the room, earth toned eyes that matched her mothers perfectly scanned the hall before reaching up to grab the door knob after knowing the coast was clear Laih silently went inside, waiting to turn on the light until the door was closed without a snap.

"I ish sowwy fow no visit eawwiew, misew Wemmy." The toddler apologized, sincerely. Turning from the door she strolled forward, passing shelves of books on her way to sit at the desk. Although the desk seat was much bigger then her, the toddler still managed to climb up; putting her mini backpack down on the desk infront of her and Casa, the stuffed husky, to her side.

Unzipping the bag, Laih reached inside and pulled out a nice red apple; saying, "Hewe, ish good." and tossed it to the man she could see standing in the shadows.

Emmylyne wasn't a very emotional girl, unless under certain circumstances, like this for example. Blinking back the tears that threatened to keep falling, she gave a faint nod; unable to say anything for her head was still spinning at all of the little but huge information, from Benjamin being alive. Standing right infront of her. Hurt.

Realizing quickly that the dizziness she suddenly felt was almost definitely from the lack of oxygen going to her brain, Emmy exhaled a shallow breath she had been holding for merlin knew how long. "No that's not all. I'm a nurse, and healer in training. I know what I see and it's not to be taken so lightly," She spoke with confidence, or atleast as much as she could muster at this point. At the comment, the young witches cheeks warmed, but she returned the smile halfheartedly. I wish that were true..

She felt amazingly horrible. Awful, completely awful. Here they had been living a nice life, ten months ago married, and Benji had been alive fighting for his life, to come home. Thinking of that literally killed her insides, slowly tearing her heart more with unbelieveable amounts of guilt, sadness and anger for herself rushing through her veins. This was her fault, it was. She could feel it, and believed it was. It was her fault, and although Emmylyne would never be able to make up for it she would make sure whoever did this to him, paid, big time. If that truthfully meant blood on her hands, so be it. It was her fault, but if whoever did this to Ben, whoever hurt him hadn't done that, none of this would have happened to begin with.

If she regretted any of the past...Emmy wasn't certain. There was one thing she would take back, one thing she would be willing to and one thing alone: Meeting them, the group. She loved them all, madly. It wasn't even funny. Being away from her best friends honestly hurt, but if it meant saving both Benjamin and Axel from this..she would have.

The 'smack' sound of mail hitting concrete jolted Emmylyne out of her little trance and caused her to jump startledly. She was relieved at Axel's reaction, though his tone made her subconsciously take a step or two back. Fear over everything else, was winning. Fear of everything at the moment, and she couldn't fight it, for the first time in all twenty-two, almost twenty-three years of living.

Running a hand through her brownish blonde wavy locks, Emmy pushed strands that had fallen into her face back. "That can wait, or atleast be explained on the way. Let's get inside please, we don't want any unwanted attention and Benji needs to be fixed up." She said, firmly and lead the way back inside; holding the door open for the two. "Lainie's taking a nap and there's a sleeping baby down the hall in the livingroom, let's keep our voices to a minimum, please." Thinking quickly after this, to make sure there were no slip ups in that sentance, Ems found Lainie being here too to be normal as she was with her mother but the baby part.. "Elissa's baby." She added, almost immediantly but no less calmly. Just shut up already!

MUSTANG SALLY · 01-26-2008, 08:49 AM

Benjamin smiled at her as she took the matter of his injuries seriously. Of course she would say something like that. Emmylyne was also the person who took things seriously. He looked down at his stiff arm, then back up at Emmy and nodded silently. He was grateful that she was in training to become a healer. She will have him fixed up faster than saying healed. "Thank you Emmy." he muttered.

As he stood looking into her earth tones eyes, he could see something that wasnt right. Was his eyes playing with him? He could barely lift open one of them, but it almost seemed like that Emmy was fighting a battle with herself. He was always able to read her as kids and for most of their adult life. But now, he was unsure what she was feeling. It scared him a little. What was it that was that was she was feeling right now? Was she perhaps hiding something from him? No. Not his Emmy. He was just exhausted.

At the sound of the mail hitting the ground, he jumped. Loud noises would generally frighten anybody who was recently kiddnapped. He turned sharply to find the source of the noise. Who he saw made him sigh with relief. It also made his heart ache. Axel. His oldest and his best guy friend. Axel was way more than a friend though, he was family. Always has, always will.

He smiled at Axel as he slowly said his name. "Axel." his voice shook. Benji then felt himself be pulled into a tight embrace. He held onto Axel just as tight, even though his arm was screaming for him to let go. He let out a soft chuckle as Axel kissed his forehead. Axel was always the kind of guy to show how he feeled.

When he asked him where he had been, he sighed. He knew he was going to have to explain everything, but he didnt want to ruin the moment with his three best friends. But before he could even say anything, Emmy said it could wait. He silently thanked her as he turned to the door. At the words of another baby asleep, he raised an eyebrow. Another baby? Emmylyne had another baby? His heart dropped down into his stomach.

He then let out a big sigh of relief as she said it was Elissa's baby. He could almost laugh at what he had previously thought. Ems with a new baby. He really was tired!

Then after thinking about it, he stopped. "Wait. Elissa had a baby? With who? How does Finn feel about that?" Ben asked, questions about everything skating through his head. He wanted to know what had happened between them two. The last time he had seen them, Elissa was in the middle of her journalist job and Finn was going through training for Gailec Football. He also wanted to know what was going on with Axel. And how Emmylyne and Laine had done without him. It must of been tough for Laih to be without a father for god knows how long. He wanted to know everything.

Phoenix 8390 · 01-26-2008, 06:33 PM

Kissing his wife's forehead, Finn chuckled lightly at her comment. "Very true. Jus' wait until I'm done with him. He'll be kickin' all the time. My lil' football star," he assurred her. Of course, there was no doubt about it, he would be teaching his son the tricks and the trades of Gaelic Football. If Ashton was going to be at all like his father, he would obviously be able to at least kick a ball.

Glancing at the hallway where Emmy had vacated a few minutes ago, Finnegan scowled. "I wonda' where she went," he mused. He squeezed Eli's shoulders a little, out of love of course, and kissed her cheek. His life was absolutely perfect. How could it get any better? And there was no possible way it was going to get worse. Or was there?

As the young man stood with his arms around his best friend, Axel couldn't believe what was happening. He was alive. Not so well, but that could be fixed. He was here...and probably wanting his wife back. At this point in time, Ax felt absolutely terrible. He had taken his best friend's wife after he had supposedly died. He had finally fulfilled his own happiness, yet ever since he layed eyes on Benji he could slowly feel it slipping away.

This was, after all, Emmylyne's first husband. Of course, Axel was now questioning their love. Did she only marry him out of loneliness? Would she easily go back to him even though she was carrying his twins? All of these questions made his stomach drop even more. He was literally close to vomiting. He had never felt this way before and he really wished it would go away.

"I'm so glad you're alright," he choked out as he finally let go of Ben. A few tears had fallen down Axel's face. The scars he had gotten long ago were still visible, yet they were nothing compared to what Benji looked like. It reminded him of his own journey back home. Maybe it had been the same person who had kept him hostage. Running shaky fingers over the stubble on his chin, Axel let out a long, broken up sigh. "Let's head inside," he agreed. There were some things they needed to talk out, no matter how much everyone would hate it.

What he was about to break to Benji was going to absolutely break his heart. The thing he was worried about the most was Ben's reaction and how Emmy would take the situation. He hoped to god that Ben wouldn't get mad, but that was a long shot. There was no doubt that he would be upset, very upset.

After closing the door behind the three of them, Axel smiled a strained smile and nodded. "Yeah, she had a baby boy; Ashton Chase...O'Callaghan." He made sure to emphasize his cousin's last name to get the point across. Dear Finn, he was as happy as can be with a wife and child, yet Axel felt like he was slowly falling into a black hole.

Walking past the living room, Ben and Emmy in front of him, Axel gave Finn a fleeting glance as he disappeared into the kitchen.

On hearing the door open and more than one voice, Finn absently looked to the doorway of the living room. The three figures that passed walked quickly so he couldn't really see their faces, but he just happened to catch the look his cousin gave him. "Somethin's wrong," he breathed. Standing up quickly, he turned to Eli. "Grab Ash, we're goin' into the kitchen." He didn't need to give her any explanations, he just knew that Axel needed him.

Walking quickly in behind the three, Finn gasped and stumbled back into the wall to catch himself from falling. He couldn't speak. All he could do was stare at the form of one of his best friends. "W-wha'? B-Ben? You're...not d-dead," he managed to say. His legs were shaking, yet he grabbed onto Axel's shoulder to regain his balance.

Righting himself, Finnegan threw his arms around Benji and squeezed tightly. "Where the hell 'ave ya been?!" he demanded. Of course, it was the exact same reaction Axel gave which only made Ax chuckle lightly from behind them. All Finn could do was hug him, while two small tears ran down his face.

Then, looking to his cousin, he saw the worry that covered his face. He knew what he was thinking and he knew how scared he must be. Ben must not have noticed the small bump on Emmy's stomach. Oh Ax...I'm so sorry.

Having only just aparated into the woods near her cousin's house, Chloe walked quickly and quietly up to the door. Fixing her skinny jeans and baby doll top, the young woman knocked lightly on the door. She was a woman of twenty four years of age, yet she looked to be a teenager with her vibrant red hair and honey colored eyes.

She heard loud voices from inside, more sounding shocked than angry. Pursing her lightly pink lips, Chloe listened more carefully as she waited for her presence to be known. All she really wanted was to see her nephew and give him her present. She just couldn't resist getting the baby boy something, especially because it was her brother's child and he had waited for so long to be happy.

D.A Forever · 01-26-2008, 08:26 PM

Slipping unnoticedly away from the two men, Emmylyne took every step carefully, up the wide, white carpetted, staircase. By the time she had reached the master bedroom her hands were trembling, and that was the least of her worries.

Although she would have loved to just collapse on the bed, curl up and go into hibernation like a bear, till this was all done and over with, Emmy didn't take a second look around the room but instead proceeded into the bathroom. Seeing the reflection, of her tear stained face, tired puffy red eyes and colored cheeks; the young woman turned the fosit, turning on the hot water and grabbed a wash cloth from within the cabinet to her left side.

Wetting it slightly, as she took in a deep breath, her body shook violently; upsetly. From the crying, that she had done and all the crying she was doing on the inside. I will not throw up.. She thought, cursing herself silently. I command myself not to throw up! Childish thoughts, for such a serious time.

Steading herself just enough, she let go of the countertop she held for support just incase her legs really did give away, and tilted her head upwards; the wet cloth laying against her forehead for afew moments as she took that time to try to calm down, before she truly got sick.

"Everything will be just fine.." She whispered to herself, tearfully. Emmylyne wished to take it all back, everything, so she wouldn't have everyone in this situation. She couldn't take the past back though, and she didn't know how to fix what was already done. There was nothing she could do, physically or mentally, to better any of this. The truth, was a start. But the truth, was the most painful thing.

Turning back, she turned the water off that she had briefly forgot about in the mix of things, and placed the washcloth next to the sink and continued what she was originally suppose to be doing: Getting the medical things.

It took no more then several minutes before she rejoined everyone downstairs, few potion vails in her arms along with an arm brace, wash cloth, and other certain objects she'd need.

She said nothing, until placing everything down on the barstool counter, "Finn..I'm going to need you to hold that hug, I need Benjamin to sit.." Emmy said, softly gesturing to the kitchen table.

Nodding lightly, much less alarmed by whatever was going on compared to Finnegan, Elissa stood. Releasing a small, rather tired sigh Eli pulled at the bottom of her tanktop, straightening it from under her sweater then went to the baby.

Rather then unbuckling the newborn from his carseat and the carseat from the stroller it naturally snapped onto, Elissa moved the red lock near the front right wheel upwards. Unlocking it from the still position. "I'll be there in a moment," She called, amber eyes traveling after Finn as a knock at the door alerted her Chloe had to be here; just as planned.

"Alright my little love bug, your first visit with your sweetly spazzy Aunty Chlo. You ready for this?" She cooed, glancing down at the bundle she pushed along and paused before the door, leaving Ashton's side to open the door. And as she did, Eli smiled. Sure enough, it was Chloe, Finnegan's older sister, whom admittedly looked just as young if not younger.

Opening the door wider, welcoming the redhead inside, Elissa greeted her warmly. "Hey you, how's life? Come in, come in. Your brother's in the kitchen, somethings up."

MUSTANG SALLY · 01-26-2008, 10:35 PM

Benji smiled at Axel and nodded his head. "Yes. I'm fine. Thanks Ax." he said. As he looked into his oldest friend's sea green eyes, he noticed the rest of his face. "Axel, what happened to your face?" he asked curiously. What had happened to him. He looked like he had occupied a few scars of his own since he has been gone.

On hearing that the baby was named O'Callaghan, he let out a bark of a laugh. "O'Callaghan? Finn and Elissa got married! I cant believe it! I knew he would be the one to break her." A grin was spread across his lips at the sound of his other two best friends getting together. Finn has been in love with Elissa forever. Ever since they were kids, he was trying to get Elissa out of her shell. Looks like he finally did it.

Benjamin walked right past the living room, having being barely able to see where he was going in the first place, and stepped into the kitchen. It was so quiet and peaceful in the house. It was diffrent to how it usually was. There was always like a million kids in the house. Emmylyne had so many siblings it was hard to keep a house silent. Even in his house, he had two sisters. His sisters! "I need to write a letter to my sisters. I want them to know I am ok." he said thinking about them both. He missed them both so much. Especially his youngest. Jenny. He would never admit this outloud, but she had a softer spot than Jodie.

On the entrance of Finn he moved a bit toward him. He looked like he had just seen a ghost. "Finn. Its me. Im alive." he nodded. Then before he knew what hit him, Finn had his arms around his neck. His arm was on fire, but he glued his other arm to Finn's back. He had missed Finn and his talk about sports. He then moved back and chuckled as he had the same reaction as his cousin. "Damn I missed you guys."

Hearing that Emmy had returned, he moved away from Finn and tried to walk without a limp. He took a seat on one of the bar stools and looked up at Emmy. "Work your magic Em." he smiled. He knew she would fix him up way better than he looked now. He knew his arm was going to be soar still but at least it wont be killing him anymore.

He moved his head to the side when he heard the door again. But the wall was in his way and he couldnt see who it was. Hoping that it wasnt another suprise like he was, he waited for Emmy to fix him up. But then again who else could be here that would suprise them all more than him. But then again he didnt know what was going on in the libary...

Phoenix 8390 · 01-27-2008, 05:25 PM

Axel couldn't help but chuckle at his friend's observation. Running his fingers over his faded scars, he looked directly at Ben. "Probably the same thing that happened to you. Went on a job, got ambushed, got tortured. This of course was after my family was attacked and I was gone for...months," he told him quietly. He and Ben were more alike than he knew. Both of them were aurors and both of them had gone through something traumatic.

Although he didn't know what exactly had happened to Ben, Ax knew what had happened to himself. He had gone on a job in Ireland early in the morning, but his team was ambushed. He was tortured, almost to death, but someone intervened. It was the same people who had abducted him before. But this time, they had meant to kill him.

Smiling widely at the mention of Finn, the young man nodded. "Yeah, he managed to break her down. They got married and had a baby pretty quickly. Finn's ecstatic. He keeps calling Ash his 'lil football star'," he chuckled. Ben had still been around when Finn was recruited by the Dublin Gaelic Football team, so of course there was no need to explain.

Thanking the lord for his cousin's wit, Axel stepped back to allow Finn to have the exact same reaction as to when he himself first saw Benji. This gave him more time to think. How was Ben going to react when he figured out that Emmylyne was now his wife. Obviously it didn't sound good to him. Axel knew that Emmy would want to go back to her former husband. There was no doubt about that. Or was there? She had pledged her love to him months ago, but would that change now that Ben was back from the dead? It all made him sick, sick to his stomach.

"Wha' the hell are ya scarin' us like this for?!" Finn laughed as he released Ben, then helped him to sit down. "Ya look terrible by the way," he chuckled. As if that wasn't obvious. Yes, he was extremely glad that Ben was alive, but he couldn't help but think about what was going through his cousin's mind. He stole a glance at him, only to see the worry on his face.

"An' we didn't miss you? Are ya kiddin' me?" Then hearing the doorbell, Finnegan looked through the doorway of the kitchen. "Tha's me sista'. I wonda' 'ow she's gonna react," he chuckled. "Oh Ben, you've gotta see me son," he said proudly. He was so happy to be a father. He was showing the baby off to anyone who would listen. His name might as well be in lights. "I'll 'ave him on the field in no time." Ah yes, a line that Eli heard probably everyday.

"Eli!" Chloe squealed, throwing her arms around her sister-in-law. "It's so good to see ya!" Looking down at the stroller, she let out a whoop of delight as she rushed over and bent down by the little boy. "Oh he's gorgeous." She gave him a little kiss on the head then held his small hand in her own. "I couldn't resist Eli. I bought him somethin'." Handing a small blue bag to the young woman, Chloe waited patiently until she opened it. Inside was a replica of his father's Gaelic Football jersey, green and all with 'O'Callaghan' printed on the back. "Adorable isn't it?" she giggled. "Oh me? I'm just engaged, tha's all," she said nonchalantly, a mischievous grin on her face.

"Somethin's up?" she repeated. Nodding, Chloe walked silently into the kitchen. Smiling widely as she saw everyone, her honey colored eyes landed on a figure, a figure she thought to be dead. Letting out a shrill scream, she stumbled backwards and hid behind her brother. "I already went to your funeral!" Yeah, that's exactly what everyone thought she would say. Not. "H-how is it tha' you're alive?" she asked hesitantly as she slowly moved from behind Finn.

This wasn't possible. She knew him to be dead. She went to his funeral, she saw how hurt everyone was, she saw the way her brother looked. Shaking her head, she walked over to him and sat across from him while taking his hand. "You're really alive, aren't you?" she whispered.

Letting out a light laugh, Finn moved to his sister's side. "We were all just as...scared...as you were. Maybe not as loud though," he chuckled. He of course had been waiting for Chloe's reaction, but he had no idea she'd almost break the windows. He was just happy that Ashton's..crazy, yes crazy, aunt was here.

Axel chuckled a bit from behind everyone as he leaned against the wall and watched his wife to go work. Wow, I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to call her that. This thought made his stomach lurch. Why? Why must you do this to yourself? This could be a good thing. You don't know. He rolled his sea green eyes to the ceiling then back down again. Yeah right, this is gonna be hell.

D.A Forever · 01-27-2008, 09:53 PM

"I'd watch what you say," Emmy warned two of the boys, smiling halfheartedly. "No need to get Finn introuble with Eli, for those comments. Again," She emphasized on the last word, bringing a reminder back from teenage years.

Elissa's temper had died down quite abit over the years, within their group atleast. Especially through these past few months, but there was no reason to open more old wounds when they had some to take care of already.

Moving around the counter, Emmylyne went into her 'Professional' mode, as a friend from work called it. Nodding slightly in agreement when Finn said it was Chloe, the young woman busied herself; not daring to meet anyone's gaze and practically tuned everyone out while searching through her bag, thoughts were begining to be impossible to push away.

Carefully she took Benjamin's broken arm in her hand, slipping it into the arm sling firstly. Treating him alot like a delicate tea cup, that could shatter with one wrong move; not that he was so far off from it, she doubted. From what Emmy could see, his arm was actually broke in two places and she had just started.

At the extremely sudden and awfully loud shriek of fright, Emmylyne jumped startledly, accidentally moving the young man's arm with her. "I'm really, really sorry." She murmured, sincerely. Her cheeks heated, turning a bright shade of burning red that clashed terribly with her skintone, but made her eyes seem brighter.

"You can..but you'll have to wait till I'm done," Emmy added, knowing it was necessary for his sisters to know too, but in her eyes it was even more necessary she cleaned him up before hand. "I was already planning on owling Jodie today, Lainie seys she can't find her butterfly sandals and she had brought them over to your sister's house this summer." She said, in a soft tone.

Jenny was not mentioned, she and Jenny did not talk for obvious reasons. Lainie was free to visit any relatives that wanted to see her and visaversa, on her father's side. Emmy would never disapprove of that, whether she got along with some of them or not, Laih was their flesh and blood too, Benjamin's. If there was one thing Ems made sure of, it was that Lainie knew all sides of her family.

"Here, take this first.." Emmy instructed, handing over an uncorked, sunny yellow almost neon orange potion that would mend any breaks in less then afew hours. "Do not spit it out.." She added cautiously.

Moving from her position, the twenty two year old went into the kitchen and took a bowl from a cabinet over the counter, nearest the fridge; filling it with hot water, not too hot to where it would scortch a person but just right, and proceeded back to Ben. The bowl being set down on the bar counter; Em soaked the wash cloth and rung it out, gently holding one hand underneath Benji's chin to prevent him from moving while she used her other hand to ran the wet cloth over his face; taking care to the scratches, cuts and bruises. "Ax'll have to give you something to wear, for after you take a shower..but I think it be wise to wait an ahour or so." In explanation to waiting, She nodded to his arm sling.

Elissa laughed, hugging her sister-in-law back though she was unsure if she could match the girl's enthusiasm, her level was probably twice as high as everyone elses. Chloe was..definitely unique, but that's why they loved her so. And cause, well, she was family after all!

"Aw, you shouldn't have." The young mother protested, opening the little gift bag and let out afew giggles; putting the blue bag onto the stroller tray near the handles and examined the T-shirt, or jersey rather. "Chloe, that is too cute. Thankyou," Moving around to face her beautiful baby boy, Eli paused.

Did her ears fail to catch that correctly? "That's wonderful! And when did this happen? I was never told!" Watching her son's aunt walk down the hall, turning into the kitchen, Elissa just shook her head with amusement and unbuckled the carseat; shifting the babies arms gently to remove him from the contraption and built in blanket, she was sure to grab a thinner baby blanket and a binky before picking the sleeping child up.

"Ohh there's mama's big boy," Eli cooed affectionately, rubbing his tiny back through the white onesie he wore. Ashton continued to sleep, as his mummy went to join everyone else in the kitchen.

At the entrance, she stopped short. Confusion filled her bright amber eyes, looking around everyone. "Benjamin?" Elissa questioned, puzzledly, in a manner that said '......HUH!?....' Shifting the baby up more, so his head was resting against he shoulder almost, Eli's motherly instincts kicked in more for Ash started to fuss. Bouncing him gently, the young woman rested her lips on his black-haired head.

Hearring Eli, Emmy turned slightly, only then meeting someones gaze. "When did LaihLaih fall asleep, you think?" She asked, wondering how long till her daughter would be awake and wanting to see the baby; but would see awhole lot more. The little girl knew everything, Emmy was afraid.

Glancing swiftly towards the wall clock,that now read 3:00PM, Elissa responded slowly. "Probably around One, which speaking of the time..I think I'll get dinner going soon here." the young woman had said much earlier that day, she planned to cook for everyone; something her mum had loved making, actually. But the situation at hand, was far too distracting. Was it really Ben? It couldn't be an imposter, she wasn't even that thick. Why would any idiot, even a criminal, use a poly juice potion to diguise themselves as someone else yet hurt themselves to quite some extreme, just to play it out this way? It wouldn't effect the real person, it would injure the user of the potion's body.

So, whats this mean? Trouble. Always, there was no doubt. Drama followed each of them, that was just how it worked. Of course, drama was everywhere in the world, and some would say there was an even amount of happiness too. But Eli did believe the people in their group had the most amount of serious happenings at a time.

MUSTANG SALLY · 01-28-2008, 02:33 AM

Benjamin sighed as he heard Axel had to go through what he went through. Nobody should have to go through that. Especially his friends. He hoped whoever gave his best mate these scars were rotting in Azkaban"Never thought being an auror would be so tough." he chuckled.

Chuckling at Axel's words about Elissa, he nodded. He then looked over at Emmy, who said they should watch what they say. They use to always joke about Elissa's shell when they were younger, and every time Emmy would tell them to watch what they said. Elissa had a bit of a temper when they were young, and he could only imagine what she would of done to them.

"He is already calling him his 'lil football star'? How old is little Ashton?" he asked. Knowing Finn, he had the baby playing soccer while still in Elissa's stomach. He knew Finn was going to make his son a big soccer nut. He could already see him following in his foot steps. Jae was already looking to be like Finn. That little boy was just as obsessed with Gaelic football as his cousin.

As Finn let go of if him and made a comment about his appearance, he let out another heartful laugh. "Really? I could of swore I dressed to impress today." he said. If he could of winked he would've. But with one of his eyes already glued shut, it would only look like he was blinking. "Do I really look that bad?" he wondered outloud looking down at his torn shirt and dirt jeans. His arm was still holding his injured arm, and he could only imagine what his face looked like.

On hearing Finn speak about his son, Benji smiled. He remembered when he had been just like that with his baby. Laine. His little girl. He couldnt wait to hold her in his arms again. "I cant wait to see him Finn." Ben smiled.

Letting Emmy carefully place his arm in the sling, he tried not to flinch. He held in his breath as his arm slid all the way in. Keeping still he let her go to work. He then groaned as Emmylye jumped at somebody screaming. His eyes shut in pain. When it subdued, he looked at the person who screamed. The fury red hair could only be one person. Chole. "Hey Chol. Long time no hear." he chuckled.

When she said she had been at his funeral, he cringed. Benji wasnt really enjoying how people were talking about his death. He was alive! He planned to not die for a while. "Yes. Im alive. Im not dead. Im here." he told her clearly. He loved her reaction none-the-less.

Turning back to Em, he smiled at her. "Thanks Ems. Im glad Jodie is still coming around. Hows Jenny?" he asked. He hoped she was ok. Him and her were really close, so he hoped she didnt take his "death" to hard.

Hearing his name in yet another shocked voice, he turned again. "Theres the new mommy! How are you Eli?" he asked her. He could see in her arms a little bundle of blankets. That had to be the baby. He was so happy for Finn and Elissa, he couldnt stop smiling. Even with all his injuries, he was happier than ever.

On hearing his daughters name, he looked back at Emmy. "She is still asleep? I really want to see my baby girl." he said with love in his eyes. Laine was something that brought joy to him where ever he was. He couldnt wait to see her angelic face, and just hold her.

Phoenix 8390 · 01-28-2008, 05:02 AM

"Very true Ems," Axel said quietly. True, he did not want to stir anything more in their pot of emotional soup. He was already going through an emotional roller coaster as it was. He then nodded at Ben. "I never knew it'd be this hard. I mean, I knew my dad went through hell, but I never thought about how hard it was until I experienced it," he mused. He loved his job, but he hated that he had to risk his life every single day. Vee made it a point to let him know how much she hated it.

"Heh, only about a month. Maybe less. But I'm sure Ash'll be out on the field as soon as he starts walking." Finn was truly insane. And to think if he had a girl. She would wrap him around her finger. He was a softie when it came to his wife, she he could only imagine how he would be if he had a little girl.

His stomach was churning and he could hardly look at Emmylyne or Ben. It was literally making him sick. He felt terrible. He had finally found his soul mate and he felt she was about to be taken away, again. He felt like he was slowly dying inside and no one could hear his cries for help. His hand instinctively found his hairline, pulling roughly as he grabbed a large patch of the shaggy brown mess.

Yes, he was glad that Ben was alive and somewhat well, but he felt he would be pushed back into the hole he had come out of. Stealing a glance at Finn, he saw that his cousin had been looking at him with worried eyes. If anyone could read him better than anyone else, it was Finn. And Axel knew he'd have to talk to him later, and possibly Chloe as well.

"Oh yeah Ben, ya look great," Finn said sarcastically. Their group was finally back together. Maybe not whole, but they were back together. And hey, he even had his sister. Walking over to the redhead, he bent down and gave her a kiss on the cheek as he placed both hands on either one of her shoulders. Her reaction to seeing Benji had been...priceless. Then again, that's who she was: unique. And Hannah was following closely in her footsteps.

"Speak of the devil!" he exclaimed as his wife walked in with their beautiful child. He led her over to Ben so he could see his beautiful baby boy. "Ashton Chase, meet Ben. He's not dead, no matter 'ow much ya migh' think he is," he chuckled. "Hey wha's this?" He picked up the green jersey Chloe had bought for his little boy. "Only one person would go to this much trouble to get this. CJ, ya shouldn't 'ave!" He embraced his eldest sister and chuckled as he placed the jersey back in the blue bag.

Chloe shook her head in amazement as she stared at Benji. Was he really here? She was so happy that everyone was back together. But then another thought crossed her mind. Axel had married Emmy. Did Benji have any idea? Oh poor Ax. Wha's gonna 'appen now? All of these thoughts passed through her mind as she looked from Axel, to Ben, and to her own brother.

"Oh 'ello Finn," she giggled. "I couldn't resist mate. It was too adorable to pass up. Saw it at a sport shop in Romania. You're known worldwide lil bro," she praised, wrapping her arms around his waist. "Oh, an' I was jus' tellin' Eli, I'm engaged!" she squealed, holding up her left hand which held a ring with a pear shaped diamond on her third finger. She was absolutely glowing with delight.

Finn was dumbfounded. Both hands went into his jet black hair as he tried to comprehend what Chloe had said. "You're...engaged?" Wow. "Congrats!" He wrapped his arms around his sister and picked her up, spinning her around. "When do I get to meet him?" Placing her down on the ground, his twilight blue eyes met her honey ones. "He betta' be treatin' ya righ'," he warned.

Axel smiled and gave Chloe a kiss on the cheek after she announced her great news. At least someone in the family is happy, he thought. This only made his spirits dive deeper. Yes, he was happy for his cousin, but it only made him go into a deeper state of depression. Oh yes, speaking of Lainie, where was she?

Chloe gave Finn a smirk as he placed her back down on the ground. "His name is Gavin Watkins. He's Welsh an' is workin' with me an' Nikolas in Romania. If ya wanna know more then talk to Nik. He'll give ya the lowdown," she said with a wink. Even though she was the oldest in their family, her brothers were always overprotective of her. "Thanks Ax," she smiled as he congratulated her, even though she knew he was hurting inside.

"Good, good," Finnegan said, still sounding a bit skeptical. "Ems, does Nik plan on...droppin' by anytime soon?" he asked, not very nonchalantly. It was obvious he wanted to know how well this man was treating his sister. Yes, she was two years older than him, but he still acted as if she was Hannah's age.

Axel sat down at the kitchen table and watched as everyone reconciled their relationships with one another. All he could think of was his situation. Everyone seemed to be in a blur as his sea green eyes scanned all of the happy faces: all but one was happy. Emmy seemed to be going through the same thing as he was, but he had no idea how much pain she was actually going through. She had to choose, while all Axel had to do was wait. Even though that sounded like an easy thing, it was the worst possible position he wanted to be in. He felt like the other man, the man that split up a family.

D.A Forever · 01-28-2008, 09:31 AM

Emmylyne's face screwed up in puzzlement, finding it rather odd Lainie's napping was going on three hours. She could never keep her asleep during the afternoon for more then two hours, if not just one. And to her knowledge, Laih hadn't stayed up with the older kids because they had sent Dustin, Valencia and Savina off to bed earlier then normal since that following morning, today, they had things to do early.

Once the young man's handsome face was cleared of mud, and blood, and whatever else that she cared not to mention, Emmylyne left the wash cloth in the bowl, off to the side. Twisting the lid off the small circular container she held in one hand, Emmy subconsciously wrinkled her nose at the thick yellow paste. Bruise-healing goop, didn't look pretty. Nonetheless, she dipped two fingers in, and rubbed it upon few bruises visible on Benjamin's face, the cuts were cleaned moments before, and his swollen eye looked normal again, courtsey of magical medicine.

Busying herself like she would at work, with a patient, helped ignore the problems at hand and battle inside herself. Now standing before the sink, she washed off the yellow paste from her hands before it had a chance to absorb into her skin like it had on Benjamin's face. Pausing at the question, Her earth toned orbs met his chocolate brown ones momentarily before dropping her gaze; turning the water off and turned to grab the dish towel. "Jenny and I don't speak often, Benji. But Jodie tells me she's fine,"

"It seems so. And I know you do, you'll get to but lets allow her to sleep abit longer..once she comes downstairs and finds out everything, I reassure you Laih won't go back to sleep till she drops from exhaustion." Emmy said, knowing fully well that was their daughter. Yes, she was concerned about Lainie discussing the present things but this wasn't a cover. She wanted the little one to know her father, she wanted everything to be okay again too, and they had to start somewere.

Pulling herself from a train of thoughts, Emmylyne used a nonverbal spell to clean up what she'd taken out. Rolling up her sweater sleeves, she used her left hand to fan herself, feeling more and more sick. "Nik?..Oh, yeah..he's suppose to be coming by on his way through town, today.." Her voice trailed off, an uncertain look played upon her face.

Bending down in a sitting position on the carpet, knees tucked under her, Elissa spread the blanket out while listening to the conversations around her; setting and swaddling Ashton down in the zoo print thin blanket (perfect for a summer evening), Eli smiled and cuddled him close in her arms, standing again after the newborn accepted his pacifier. "We'll have to save that jersey for Finnie's next game, I don't think it'll survive if we put it on now." She had changed Ashton's outfit three times so far, the reasons ranged widely.

"I'm well. It's been alot more comfortable walking..and moving, everyday things, compared to afew months ago." She responded with a lopsided smile, a real one though her confusion hadn't drifted..not in the least. "I'd ask how you are, but it looks like you were bulldozed by an army tank. Am I wrong to assume it was something close and along those lines?"

MUSTANG SALLY · 01-29-2008, 03:27 AM

Ben chuckled at Finn. "Thanks mate." he said. He could see the glow in his eyes as Elissa walked in with his child. The baby was a beauty. "He does look like his father." he said with a smile as the little hair that Ashton had was pitch black hair.

On hearing that his wife and Jenny wernt talking he frowned. He wondered what was going on there. Opening his mouth to ask her about it, he closed it back up pretty quickly. He could ask her later. Maybe Jenny had taken it hard. He would make sure to owl her first, after Emmylyne had him all fixed up that is.

He then heard Chole was engaged. "Congrats!" he said. His head was then moved back as Emmy pulled a yellow paste. He screwed his face up in disgust. "Ahh your going to put that on my face? I already let you make me drink that tasteless potion. And I didnt spit it out." he asked her giving her puppy dog eyes, trying not to break out in a grin. He let her put it on his face anyways, but realized he had control over both eyes again. He blinked a couple of times, just to make sure. It felt good able to be able to see again with both eyes. Glad that Emmy was a healer in training, he let her go back to work.

Benji smiled as he listened to Emmy talk about Laine. From the sound of it Laine was doing pretty well growing up without him all this time. He was glad in a way. Happy that she was strong enough to be herself without her father. But she wouldnt have to be without him anymore. He was here to be in her life. He was tired of risking his life everyday. Maybe it was time to retire...

"Oh Nik is stopping by? I felt like I havent seen him in the longest time." he chuckled. He hadnt seen anybody in a long time, obviously, but he hadnt seen Nik even longer. Nik had been on a trip in Romania right before he went on his mission. So it was months before he had seen him before he disappeared.

He nodded as Elissa said she felt way better. He was glad that she made a perfect recovery. "Im glad to hear that you are ok Eli. And for me, well, something like that." he said. It had been a little worse than a bulldozer, but he was great now. And happy than ever.

Kaos.Doodles · 01-29-2008, 04:27 AM

Hearing someone open the library door Remmy moved back against the wall. He could not get caught not now, he refused to. Moving his hand to his back pocket he grabbed his wand; just in case. As a small blond hair girl came into view he let out a breath that he didn’t know he was holding. Putting the wand back he forced a smile; which was hard to do as every bone in his body just wanted to hurry up and tell her what to do.

However he could never do that. No. Lainie was the only person that could help him. Without her his plan would fall apart. Stupid really; trusting a three year old, but she wasn’t stupid. Well maybe just stupid enough to believe his lies.

“It’s alright. I knew you were going to be here soon.” Remmy said with another forced smile. Walking out of the shadows he pulled a chair out and sat right beside Lainie. As she passed the apple to him he gave her a sincere look of gratitude. He was starved. The only food he had brought with him to eat finished a long time ago, and he couldn't use too much maigc because that could draw attention. He now had to rely on Laih bringing him food or stealing some from the trees outside.

“Listen Lainie I have some very important things to tell you today.” Remington said putting the apple in his pocket for later. He was hungry but anything that had to do with Emmy was much more important than his hunger. “Now; from my sources I see that something VERY bad is going to happen to your family. I know we both don’t want that to happen right?” He asked seriously laying his blue eyes on the three year old.

Without waiting for the girl to answer he continued. “Well this bad thing? Is a good thing in disguise. The adults won’t know it. But there’s someone coming, maybe he’s already here. He’s been brought to do some terrible things to your family. The adults think he’s good though. You can’t fall for it ok Laih?”

Finishing his “serious” conversation with the girl he cleared his throat. Remmy reached into his pocket again and muttered a spell. Instantly two walkie-talkies appeared. He reached out and slowly took the toy dog from the girl. Then muttered another spell and one of the talkies disappeared. “Whenever you want to talk to me, talk to Casa ok? The walkie-talkie is in there. You’ll hear my reply but I’ll be in you’re head alright kiddo?” He said with a smile. This was good this was working out good. He would get Emmy. No doubt about it. She was his. Ben couldn’t stop him now.

D.A Forever · 01-29-2008, 08:46 PM

Once settled in the large chair, Lainie gave an intentive nod of her curly haired head. A frown formed upon the little ones face, at the news of something bad..why something bad? It was always, wasn't it?..though they had Remmy to help now, he told her when to watch out, that gave the little three year old some comfort.

Shaking her head slightly, Laih simply stayed quiet and let him continue. Bad thing in disuise, a 'he', family won't know any better; got it. "Otay Wemmy," Her hazel earth toned eyes followed his movements after taking her husky stuffed dog. He'd never done anything mean to her before, so Laih had no reason to worry about what he was doing.

"Otay Wemmy." Lainie repeated, accepting Casa back into her arms. "Shouwd I go out tewe now?" She asked, adding slowly after a thought, "And do I pway awong and pweten to bewieve vem?"

Phoenix 8390 · 01-30-2008, 03:37 AM

"Why thank you," Finn said proudly as he gazed at his son. Ashton did have his father's pitch black hair, but he had his mother's beautiful amber eyes. His skin was a mixture of the two; not quite as milky white as Finn's, but not as dark as Elissa's. Still, Finn said that they had made "one good-lookin' kid".

He walked over to his baby boy and sat on the ground next to him, rubbing his stomach occasionally as he listened to the conversations going on between his family and friends. As his gaze landed on his cousin, he couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He was waiting, waiting to know if he would really be able to stay with the love of his life.

"Thanks a million Benji!" Chloe squealed as she admired her diamond ring. Well, it wasn't exactly a diamond. Gavin had thought it a good idea to get a ring to match the color of her hair, which was a vibrant red color. The ring described her perfectly so it was no shock to anyone when they saw it. She absolutely adored her fiancee and she couldn't wait for her family to meet him, especially her brothers. To tell the truth, she just wanted to see how they'd react around him. That was always fun, right?

Still sitting at the kitchen table, Axel felt isolated. He could barely control his emotions, let alone his stomach. This whole situation had been dumped on him, and so suddenly too. One minute he was miffed with his boss like any other day and the next his supposedly deceased best friend was back from the dead.

Running his fingers through his already disheveled brown hair, the young man leaned back on the chair and attempted to crack his lower back. Again, I'm unsuccessful. Is nothing working for me today? His life felt like it was going back to the dumps, and in a matter of minutes, perhaps even seconds. Any minute Ben would realize that Emmy was pregnant, but he wondered how long it would take for him to know that it was Axel's child.

"Oh good!" Chloe would get to spend some time with her friend and colleague, Nik, outside of the work place. He was like family to her and Finn and Seamus thoroughly appreciated that. If they couldn't watch their older sister then it was good they had someone to watch over her, right?

The young woman sat down next to her brother and looked down at the small baby he was touching. "He's perfect," she cooed quietly as she held his small hand in hers. Of course, she saw children in her future. Her and Gavin even talked about their plans once they were married. She was utterly excited and completely in love.

Looking around the kitchen, Axel happened to notice that Lainie was still not with them. This was clearly a strange thing for her. She never slept this long. If she didn't come downstairs in a few more minutes he was going to go find her. Then again, did he really want her to see her father and totally forget about him? Don't think like that! That's his flesh and blood you idiot! Sighing, he rubbed his sea green eyes and rested his elbows on his knees, his face in his hands.

Finnegan looked at his wife lovingly then grabbed her hand and rubbed the back of it with his thumb. He was happy, extremely happy. He only wished he could say the same thing about Axel. As he watched his cousin throw his head into his hands all he wanted to do was make everything better, but he could do nothing without telling Ben something. Were Emmy and Axel ready to tell him their situation yet?

D.A Forever · 01-30-2008, 04:36 AM

Emmy now stood off to the side, in the kitchen. Purposely further from the 'excitment' but she was being observant nonetheless. She didn't know what to do or where to go from here, and it killed her that Benjamin was so happy but..so clueless and she would have to be the one to shatter that. His joyfulness was bringing the faintest smile Emmy could muster to her face. As if her hand had a mind of its own, the young womans arm crossed over her stomach; protectively almost.

It wasn't just herself, Benji and Ax she was hurting without even meaning to, it was three little ones too: Lainie Alona Lawley and unborn twins. Which admittedly, made things even harder.

Hearring the door bell snapped these thoughts away, momentarily atleast. "I've got it.." She murmured, strolling from the kitchen. Emmylyne paused though, hugging Benjamin from behind, "I've missed you, by the way. You should go get cleaned up, Me and Eli will be starting dinner in a moment." She spoke in a soft tone, releasing him as her voice trailed off and went to get the front door.

"Well, it's brilliant to have you back Benj. That's what counts, right?" Elissa asked, hopefully. There was no tention in the air and she prayed it stayed that way. And, for Emmy not to become physically ill would be another prayer on her list, though that one looked very slim.

Truthfully, Eli was both amazed and ecstatic to see Benjamin (Even if it wasn't written on her face, that was nothing knew, that was the childhood Molina everyone knew her as). It would be tough, getting everything out in the open and keeping awkwardness from their aged circle but she believed they could all work it out; the had all been through SO much together, always together, and Eli would be furious if things like this..things out of their hands, broke their sacred life long bonds of friendship. Even in history, there was absolutely no one that came to mind that could say they had a group of friends since the age of five that had gone through every little thing with each other..which was exactily what they did. It wasn't just a circle of dear friends, when she was a child; they were her family, and still were no matter what. All three boys, and one girl.

"Emmzie's right, must get dinner on the stove!" Eli chirped, happily. Amber eyes turning on Finnegan, feeling his hand with hers. "I'd say this feels like old times..but it's abit off, I would have slapped your hand by now." Her expression shown her amusement at the thought, the young woman leanned forward and rested a tender kiss on his cheek before getting to her feet once more. "Watch Ash, please?"

Curiously Elissa peeked down the hall after Emmy and then went to start preparing the food; she was making chicken paella, much like her mum had made them so very long ago that teenage summer. "Could I wake the Short One?" The now rather hyper barely grown woman asked, refuring to Lainie. She had told the little girl she could help make dinner, after being asked.

Placing the tomatoes that needed cutting, down onto the counter after rinsing them, Elissa glanced towards the kitchen entrance for a split second. "LaaaaihLaaaaaih," She called, loudly but sweetly. "You never know..she might already be awake, the girl likes to read her 'big girl' books." Eli added, quietly innocent as if she hadn't been meaning to wake the child. Well! For now they should be celebrating! And how could she leave her god-daughter out of it?

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