Aegis 3.0

[Scripted Away]

Austin just took a deep, exhausted and terrified breath, kind of shrinking into himself under Kai's father's gaze.
He didn't know why but he felt as if those eyes could stare right into his soul and make him blabber out ever tiny detail about himself and everything he had gone through until he had landed here.
then it dawned on him.
Kai had mentioned that his father was the devil.
but he had also mentioned that he basically was a great guy, who actually was fragile like a glass flower inside.
"T-today-...?", he mumbled blushing, but turned ghostly pale as he saw the scars on Jim's face. if one of them came from Howard?
"I'm new in class. Heh. Graduated four years ago, but went to school again because my mother wanted me to destrrr---"
damn, he really made him blabber out every tiny detail. or maybe that were just his wrecked nerves.
"...He helped me when I had lost my way. When I didn't know what to do, he came after me and was there, even though i had given him plenty of reason to be terrified of me. I still don't understand it...but I owe him so much... and now it's only my fault that this has happened to him! I shouldn't have let him walk home home alone. Not with those people behind my back..."
he looked up at Jim with big, sad puppy eyes, his expression completely helpless and guilty. "I'm so...so sorry..."

Bailey grinned softly at Cole, kissing his cheek.
"with a daddy like you it can't be anything else than beautiful", she whispered happily. "you think it will have your beautiful puppy eyes?"
she couldn't help but excited too, by now. Just thinking of how they'd watch their little one play in the garden already made her feel all fluffy inside. "is it weird to love someone who doesn't even really exist yet? because i do."

"And we can play outside every day there, without needing a thick jacket", Lilly explained with a happy smile to her little brother, gently taking his small hand.
she didn't mind him being a bit slow. whenever he needed help, she had always been there, and would always be.
smirking softly at her dad, she got up from the couch, grinning. "Without the constant discussion of 'dad, i'm not cold, i don't need a scarf!'" she quickly shifted into a doppelganger of Steve and crossed her arms. "Young lady, it's cold outside, so you gotta wear a scarf."
shifting back into herself, she rolled her eyes. "I'm old enough to decide that for myself!"
and shifting into Athena, she made her mother's typical 'i won't discuss this' face. "I'm cold outside, so you wear that scarf."
giggling, she shifted back into herself and grinned innocently at her parents.

Raven smirked mischievously as she sat down on Tyler's lap, facing him so she could kiss him softly.
"No, bloody hell is only in about two weeks", she chuckled while playing with his hair.
lastly, she just took his hands and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling him closer that way.
"by the way, cockney: you're really 'bloody hell', too. my sexy future husband."
Winking, she just pulled him into a deep kiss and softly ruffled his hair. "Hey, excited for Christmas already? I bet Rose and Billie will be super happy to celebrate together."

 

[Wyosch]

"Wait - you graduated four years ago? How old are you then?", Jim asked, raising an eyebrow. One supposedly graduates at 18, thus meaning Austin was 22 now. He surely didn't look like that.
Jim smiled softly as Austin talked about Kai helping him, nodding.
"Kai's really like his mother in that way. Always gives people second chances and will do anything to help. I'm glad he could help you."
Austin seemed to be scared of Jim. Maybe it was his posture? Or maybe Kai had mentioned him being the devil?
"Austin, what happened to Kai is not your fault, okay? It was either an agressive robbing, or a homphobic attack. Already got my people on it."
What the boy had said worried him. What people were behind him?
"Hey, Austin - I deeply care about my family, and I'll do anything for them. The same goes for the people they trust and love. So, just tell me if there's ever a problem I can help you with. 'Kay?"

"I hope he or she has your beautiful eyes! And your soft skin...", Cole mumbled, sighing dreamily. He already saw himself walking their kid to school, accompanying them to a parents' day, going to birthday parties of friends...
"I know exactly what you mean... I'm just so excited and I know I'll love our little one no matter what! Man... it's really just unbelievable, isn't it?"

Steve raised an eyebrow at his daughter, shaking his head with a soft laugh.
"Remember the last time you went outside without a scarf? You were sick for an entire week!", he winked, smiling. "But you're right. You'll wish you were back in Alaska when it's summer in Montana. Winters there are as cold as Summer here."
Harry had somehow managed to slide down Steve's leg and was now just crawling over to his mother for more cuddles. He really liked cuddles. And hugs always calmed him down when there was something bugging him - like too loud noises.
"Mama! Hug?"

"Everybody always makes fun of me saying bloody hell. What else am I supposed to say?", Tyler asked, chuckling. Sure, he knew that the American version of 'bloody hell' was 'fuck', which he himself used often enough as well - but if a Britain would hear that, he'd have to run. Yeah, Brits were still quite old-fashioned with their language, excepting the hardcore Cockneys. They were able to even make the elegant British language sound dirty and rude. Not that they all used foul words, it was just their different pronounciation.
"My future wife, you are hot as hell.", he mumbled, winking as he kissed her deeply.
As she asked him if he was excited for Christmas, he nodded.
"I haven't been able to celebrate Christmas with Bill in... ever! This'd be our first christmas, and I can't wait! Hey - fifty bucks that Billie and Rose will end up together?"

 

[Scripted Away]

"I'm turning eighteen in two weeks", Austin explained with a subtle shrug. "Been homeschooled for most of my life, and my mother was a very, eh... effective teacher, so i skipped two classes and graduated with fourteen. School started for me when i was four, instead of six as well, so that explains why i was weirdly young when I graduated", he said with a fain smile, until a small chuckle made it past his lips. "the robe was far too big for me back then."
Jim actually seemed like an a-okay guy. yeah okay, he was intimidating, but apart from that, he really seemed nice.
as he spoke about helping him, Austin just lowered his gaze to the floor for a moment, before he looked up at Jim again with a tortured smile. "You'd still be busy helping me in ten years if i'd start listing my issues", he said sighing. "And- I- eh-... look, I-... Kai said you are a great guy, and, I believe him on that one. But I'm scared what you'll think of me knowing that-... knowing that my father is Howard Norris..."
he locked his eyes to the floor once more. "Weird thing is, he was a great, loving father for me...I didn't know what he had done to the world until just this afternoon. I always thought my mother is the bad one, beating the crap out of me, but apparently I'm the descendant of not only one, but two monsters...And I'm just scared as hell that will fall back on me one day. Either someone will try to kill be because Howard was my father, or my mother's people will find me and- i don't even want to imagine what would happen then...Who knows if it wasn't already them who have attacked kai?! If it was them, they won't stop, ever, until they get what my mother wants: your entire family's death, and you crying over their graves. I don't want anyone of you getting hurt..."

"Before that though, you'll have nine months of pregnancy hormones turning me into an unbearable fury", Bailey laughed softly, cuddling against her fiance. "Are you ready for that, hot stuff?"
she closed her eyes for a moment, a soft smile on her lips as she imagined their baby. its' first words, first steps... they'd be by their side through every up and down, and never make them feel how his father and her mother had made them feel.
they would be better.
"I'm really really glad I changed my mind about aborting", she whispered silently. "I don't even understand anymore how my fear could drive me that far... by now I'm just happy."

Athena smiled softly as she picked her little boy up and gave him a tight, loving hug.
"You know I'm always up for hugs, my little wizard", she mumbled happily and gently ruffled his hair.
while Lilly listed a bunch of reasons why wearing no scarf hadn't been the reason for her being sick for a week back then, Athena just suppressed a laugh and winked at Steve. God she was so much like her when it came down to discussing!
she gave Harry a small kiss on his forehead and took his little hands. "guess how much I love you: To the moon and back, sweetie."

"Shit, fuck, crap, dang, drat, shoot, just to name a few", Raven chuckled winking. yeah, she was great at swearing. sure, around her younger siblings, she kept herself in, but amongst her colleagues or on the streets, she had a wide variety of creative cuss words up her sleeve.
including her favorite: 'H-E-double hockey sticks'. yeah maybe she had that one from Supernatural. maybe.
probably.
definitely.
"Oh or 'fudge' instead of 'fuck'", she suggested smirking.
as Tyler kissed her like that, she grinned softly, pulling him even closer by his neck.
however the comment about rose and billie made her smirk softly.
"What? only fifty? i'd even bet fifty thousand."

 

[Wyosch]

Upon hearing Howard's name, Jim's fist made its way through the table, leaving a big hole - he just groaning annoyedly.
"Not again!"
He immediately put both of his hands into the pockets of his pants, taking some deep breaths to calm down.
Think about what Rachel said. Think about what Mayrose said.
He was doing so great, he couldn't just fall back again!
After a while of silence, Jim looked back up from the floor deep into Austin's eyes, as if he were staring right at his soul.
"Your shadow is white, and my demon senses aren't alarming me. A monster would've left Kai to die..."
He sighed once more, shaking his head.
"Listen- Howard was a monster, and what he did will give you nightmares for the rest of your life. But just because he was a monster, doesn't mean you are one too. If it worked like that all of my kids would be monsters too."
Running his hand through his hair, a thoughtful frown on his face, he smiled sadly at the boy.
"And, hey - my wife and I are both immortal gods. I'll take anyone out who wants to hurt my family, take my word on that. I'm the devil. Nobody is stupid enough to take me on."
He carefully took his hand out of his pants, putting it on Austin's shoulder.
"I know what you are going through, kid. I've grown up without a mother and with an abusive father. I can get... rid of your mother, send her to hell or something like that. I can make her go to prison, lifelong... anything you'd want."

"You're already an unbearable fury now! How will I survive those nine months?!", Cole joked, winking. "Nah, I'm prepared for it. Don't worry."
He nodded hectically when Bailey mentioned being stupid that she had wanted to abort.
"You have no idea how I felt when you said you didn't want to keep the baby. I know it's not my decision on wether you wanted to keep it or not, but damn I'm glad you did!"

Steve was just telling Lilly that wearing a scarf was necessary in weather like this, just like it was necessary to wear gloves too.
Harry just looked at his mother with his big eyes, a big grin on his face when she said how much she loved him. Did she know how much he loved her too?
He had to show her!
"Love... you... lot.", he replied, stretching out his arms to show that he loved her sooooo much.
Did she know that she looked like a princess? She had so long hair and was so pretty and so nice! Maybe she was a princess?
"Mommy? You pwincess?"
Yeah, he didn't only have a small vocabulary, but he also wasn't able to pronounce some words correctly. He'd just have to take his time for all that.

"But I'm used to saying bloody hell!", Tyler replied, chuckling. "If my parents were still alive and would hear me say 'fuck' they'd give me house-arrest for weeks - even if I'm 26!", he winked, nodding at Raven's comment about Billie and Rose.
"We could bet our entire savings on it!"

 

[Scripted Away]

Austin looked up at Jim with big eyes, frozen in fear for a moment.
however when he said that a monster would have left Kai to die there, his eyes widened even more and he just shook his head hectically, grabbing Kai's hand gently. "I would have never-"
he just shook his head again, his gaze shy as he looked up at Jim, Kai's father, with just the faintest of smiles on his face.
"I could never leave him to die, no matter what my mother's people will do to me for that. If I could, I would have immediately taken his place. he is such an amazing person..."
turning his face away from Kai and back to Jim, he blushed slightly, and just lifted his shoulders. He wasn't used to talking about his feelings. And he for sure wasn't used to having such strong feelings for someone. yeah sure, he had had... romances before, not that they could have been called relationships, but that was that. barely about the fun, let alone the feelings.
"I'm probably acting really embarrassing right now, aren't I?", he mumbled awkwardly.
"Oh and eh- if you could just... send her somewhere where she can't hurt anyone of us... than would be really nice, sir..."

Bailey nodded relieved, stroking over her belly while she cuddled against Cole happily.
"But I should have at least asked you if it is really okay for you", she mumbled softly. "After all it's your baby, too. huh-"
her slightly guilty mood didn't last long as she already thought of their baby again.
their baby.
"Our baby...", she whispered, while all the plants in the room grew beautiful flowers. "Our cute, little, perfect baby..."

"oh no, I'm not a princess", Athena chuckled, smiling softly as she poked her nose tip against Harry's. "I'm just a pretty girl with the perfect family."
smiling softly, she took steve's hand and kissed Lilly's forehead, before looking at Harry again.
she still remembered how the nurse had told her that another kid like Harry had been born just a few days earlier, and its' parents had given it away because it would be a bit slower than the average child.
she couldn't imagine ever having to live without her little Harry.
Every new thing he learned made her so incredibly proud of him. She knew, no matter how rocky his way would be- he could do everything. And she would be with him through it all, just like Steve.
"Hey, Harry- would you like to bake Christmas cookies? you can decorate them however you want, hm?"

"I wonder if they would like me, though...", Raven mumbled softly as she thought of Tyler's parents. they had said that they would come again to meet her sometime...
"Do you think they'd want someone else for you? you know, because I tend to swear quite a lot and so on..."
smiling softly as she thought of rose and billie, she sighed happily.
"What do you think when they'll start falling in love, hm? thirteen? fourteen?"

 

[Wyosch]

"No, you're not acting embarrassing. You're just showing me with every word you say that you are completely different from your father.", Jim replied, smiling softly at Austin. That boy really seemed to somehow be intimidated by him.
"And please, no need to call me 'Sir'. I'm not that old yet.", he said, winking, nodding as Austin asked if Jim could send his mother somewhere where she couldn't hurt either of them.
"Hell it is then. Or would you prefer to send her to Purgatory?"

Cole looked around the room for a moment, smiling softly at all the beautiful flowers that had appeared because of Bailey.
"Yes... it's our little perfect baby...", he mumbled happily, tightly wrapping his arms around her to hug her.
"We're going to be parents! Our baby will call us 'mommy' and 'daddy'! Can you believe it...?"

Harry's big eyes widened even more when his mother asked if he wanted to bake cookies.
Could he eat cookies? Were they nice?
Weren't cookies those round things he loved to eat?
Yes, they were!
Yes, cookies!
Harry excitedly started clapping, nodding hectically.
"Yes yes!", he replied, immediately hugging his mother again.
His mother was very nice to hug. She was very comfortable and fluffy and he liked hugging her. He liked hugs. Hugs were nice. And fluffy. And comfortable. And nice.
"Hugs nice."

"Baby, no! Are you kidding me right now? My parents will love you! They can see how happy you make me and they'll feel that this is real and that you're the one.", Tyler replied, softly stroking over Raven's soft cheek. "Don't worry, babe. They'll love you. Come on, who wouldn't?"
He smiled softly as he thought of Billie and Rose.
"Nah, too young. In my opinion kids don't even learn what love really is when they're at least 18. So I'd say 18."

 

[Scripted Away]

Austin smiled softly at Jim, his eyes big and sparkling.
everything his mother had told him about this family, about Jim in particular- it had all been nothing but a lie.
this man wasn't the monster she had made him believe he was. he was a good man, and for sure a good father, too.
"Thank you, Jim", he said silently, biting his lip as he looked up at him with puppy eyes. "I would've ended up in a very dark place if I hadn't gotten to know Kai and you. I really owe you one."
as Jim asked him whether he wanted his mother in hell or purgatory, he just shrugged. "Honestly i don't care as long as she has no chance to get to this family again. As long as it means that you all are gonna be fine, I don't give a damn."
smiling gently, he leaned back in his chair, watching Jim curiously. "hey, Kai told me you like cars and that you have a mustang? Nice one, really! I'm driving an R8, and currently try to build a Survolt, but the front parts are a hell to shape."

"I know you'll be the best daddy ever", Bailey sighed happily, cuddling against Cole tightly while she started dreaming about their future.
Would it have her eyes? Or Cole's smile?
would it like to sing like him? or do sports like her?
"Just imagine waking up at night because our little one woke up and wants to cuddle", she chuckled softly. "or reading bedtime stories together or building a snowman in winter... and we will be good parents. i just know it."

Athena smiled softly at her little son and gently stroked some hair out of his face before she kissed him all over his face and tickled him, with a mischievous grin on her face.
"hehehe but tickles are nice, too!", she giggled evil. "I'm the biiiig baaaad tickle monsterrr!"

"Bullshit!", Raven laughed, rolling her eyes with a soft grin on her face.
"C'mon I'm two. and I definitely know what love is. my cousin is twelve and together with her boyfriend for three years already- and my brother and his fiancee fell in love when they were about eleven as well"
She smirked gently, tilting her head at Tyler.
"Or the best example: My parents. They're four years apart, came together when they were eighteen and fourteen, had to split up for four years, without any contact, and nothing changed about their feelings. all the distance and the years couldn't break their love, and mom was really young there. they married with nineteen and twenty-three."

 

[Wyosch]

"Hey, you really don't need to thank me. I'd do anything to get people out of places like that before they fall in too deep like I did. And like one very wise woman said to me a couple of hours ago 'I only pushed you into the right direction, the choice to change was all yours'.", Jim replied, honestly thinking he sounded a lot like Rex right now in the way he talked. After all that old man had already given Jim so many talks and pieces of advice.
"I know it'll come off as weird, but like I said - no matter what your problem is, I can help you with it."
Jim thought for a moment about Austin's mother, just coming to the conclusion that Purgatory would be nice.
"I'll send her to Purgatory for the first couple of years. She can have some nice times talking to the father of my sister-in-law. He had wanted to sell her as a sex slave when she was still a child. My brother may have ripped his limbs off. Our family just functions like that. Touch our loved ones and you'll have heaven and hell torturing you.", he chuckled, an akward smirk on his face before his expression softened when Austin asked about his car.
"Yeah, my beauty. Built her from scratch when I was 13, and have been upgrading her to the newest looks and tech ever since. Had to trade her away to get my son's eyesight in return, and my wife was somehow able to get me my baby- eh, my car - back. If you need help with your car, just drive by my garage in you're free time. I'll give your car a free go, whatever it needs or whatever you want to change about it, I'll do it for free. See it as a thanks for saving my son, and as a boost into the right direction, yeah?"

"And baking cookies together, and catching our little one drawing on the walls, and us going to Disneyland together and dressing up for Halloween and playing with stuffed animals and-", Cole let out a long, happy sigh, an excited grin on his face. "I'm really excited. Scared too, but mostly excited! Will it be more like you? Or more like me? Or maybe the perfect mix? What will it like to do? What will its voice sound like? And ahh so many questions and stuff and just everything! It's so exciting!"

Harry started yelling, laughing as hard as possible when his mother started tickling him.
"Noo! Not tickles!", he chuckled happily, being extra careful so he wouldn't accidentally kick his mother in her face with his foot, as he was moving hectically to escape her 'evil tickle hands'.

"Meh.", Tyler mumbled, smiling softly. "It's not all butterflies and rainbows. Sure, there are some exceptions, but most young relationships, if we can even call it like that, end up in regret and unwanted babies. Look at my parents. They fell in love when they were thirteen and married when they were eighteen. What did it bring them? Unsigned divorce papers, countless of money wasted on relationship therapy to try and make it work, cheating, shouting- it's always like that in relationships that start young. I mean, like I said - there are exceptions... but it doesn't really change my mind on how I see it. Having a relationship at 11 is nothing more than holding hands and writing each other stupid 'love' notes during class. It's not really love."
He just lifted his shoulders, crossing his arms behind his head to use them as a pillow.
"I'm not trying to fight, at all! And hey - you're not two. Else our last night would've been really fucking weird.", he winked, smirking softly, before he just slightly tilted his head with a frown on his face.
"Wait. There was something else than only Christmas this day. What was it...? Not work, nah. Billie? Nah... did I tell you something I needed to think of today? Don't think so, right?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Austin smiled softly as he watched Jim for a moment, all fear and suspicion having vanished by now.
Yeah okay, he knew that that man could make his life a living hell with just a snap of his fingers, but instead of still being scared, Austin realized that he actually enjoyed talking with Jim.
It felt a lot like he was an old friend and they had known eachother for many years already.
"I'll definitely get back on that", he said with a warm smirk as Jim told him that he'd help him with everything he needed help with. "and- it didn't come off as weird. It's actually... a big relief, to know that there is someone out there whom I can trust with my crap. I really appreciate it. It's been a long time since I've felt like there's someone I can trust."
with a soft, loving grin, he motioned his head towards kai for a moment. "Hah, I bet his reaction will be hilarious when he wakes up and sees us getting along just fine- and you knowing that he's together with one of your worst enemies' son!"

"I'm glad I'm not the only one who's already in love with that tiny little ball of cells", Bailey chuckled and softly stroked her thumb over Cole's cheek for a moment, looking deep into his eyes with a loving smile.
"Man...did ever tell you i could stare into your beautiful eyes forever? like, wow... "
she grinned happily as she took his hand and intertwined her fingers his.
there were two things that were crystal clear:
this guy right here would soon be her perfect, amazing husband.
And she was as happy as she had never expected to be possible.
"I love you so much, Cole", she whispered happily, pulling him into a soft kiss.

Athena just laughed softly as she finally stopped tickling Harry and leaned against Steve's shoulder with a happy smirk.
"When we're back in Montana we really have to visit the old chapel together sometime. And our spot in the forest."
she smiled happily as she gently took her husband's hand and closed her eyes for a moment, just reminiscing about the day they had come together. was there any weirder way to fall in love? probably not.
but hey, they were both a bit weird.
"Honey? can i ask you something about being an android or would you like to leave it in the past?"

"I guess we'll just have to agree that we don't agree", Raven mumbled with a soft smile, cuddling a bit tighter against Tyler while she gently stroked over his side.
looking up as he spoke about something he felt like he had forgotten, she just laughed softly and rolled her eyes.
"Cinema, dummy! remember now? the tickets you have bought? and the romantic dinner afterwards? i mean, i was surprised that you planned it on Christmas eve, but if you're still in, so am I. a romantic evening for two sound great."

 

[Wyosch]

"Yeah, I know what you mean. And I'm glad that I make you feel like that because I'm being nice to you.", Jim replied, a soft smirk on his face as he turned to his son. "Well, honestly I think my wife will be more surprised that I'm talking to you.", he winked, his eyes lighting up in a yellow color while the sky outside lit up as well, lightnings spelling 'He is home' so Rachel would know she could come home again.
"So, Austin. Would you tell me why you came to Montana? Did your mom want you to kill us all?"

Cole happily kissed Bailey back, pulling her as close as possible.
"Well isn't it good that I love you even more, hm?", he asked, a soft smile on his face as he just stared into her eyes for a long moment. She was absolutely beautiful, and man he loved her so much.
"And I too could stare into your eyes forever. They're so beautiful. Like you. You're really beautiful. And pretty. And hot. And sexy. And you look hella good too!", he winked, chuckling, softly stroking over her cheek.
"I love you so much."

"Of course you can ask me a question. What's it?", Steve asked, tilting his head at Athena. Her big eyes were so beautiful and cute.
He quickly looked at Harry for a moment, a soft smirk on his face when he saw how the little boy was already sleeping.
Yes, their kids really were perfect.
She was perfect.
Their family was perfect.

"Ohhh yes indeed!", Tyler replied, laughing akwardly. Yeah, he was able to remember stuff for years - but there was also stuff he sometimes forgot after a few minutes.
"If you want we can also ditch the cinema and get to the dinner right away.", he suggested, smiling softly. "You really have no idea how often I practiced asking you out on that date. I even practiced it on a fucking wall!"

 

[Scripted Away]

Austin looked away for a moment, before he sighed sadly and nodded slowly.
"Kind of, I guess", he mumbled ashamed. "I was supposed to make out your entire family and wipe them all out, excepting your brother. He should be the only one to be left alive, to suffer the loss of everyone he cares about."
An unbelieving expression slowly took over his face and he shook his head, his eyes going back to empty and hurt.
"she knew i wouldn't make it out of that alive and she just accepted it like that. great family..."
A sudden, soft voice from behind made him spin around with wide eyes, and he found himself face to face with a beautiful young woman. "Family is not defined by blood. It's the people who care."
"But...what if someone doesn't have such people?"
"Look around, Austin. We care."
"What-?" Austin looked at both, Jim and Rachel, as if he had just seen a wonder happening. and in a way, he had. "I- you- you're all just welcoming me with open arms like that?"

Bailey sighed happily as she just closed her eyes and melted into Cole's hug, enjoying his warmth and touch with every inch of her body and soul.
"Oh hey honey, by the way, will be celebrate Christmas on our own or with your family?"

"Well, I've always been wondering-", Athena mumbled thoughtfully, while gently stroking over Steve's arm.
"-How the whole free-will thing worked for you androids back then. I mean, you still knew what you were doing, and you did it even though you didn't want to- which would mean that either your willpower to fight back has been suppressed or that you have basically been controlled by your motherboard, so your were kind of... imprisoned in your own, remote-controlled body..."
she lifted her shoulders, looking up at Steve. "Though I understand if you don't wanna talk about it. I'm just curious."

"wall 2.0 approves your suggestion", Raven laughed softly, gently swatting Tyler's shoulder. "That would leave us some more time to celebrate with our family."
grinning softly, she rested her arms on his shoulders, and looked deep into his eyes for a moment, before she kissed him softly.
"you know, i would have gone everywhere on a date with you, even the scrapyard or so, and even if you had made a total fool of yourself while asking me out. as long as you're with me, the evening can't be anything but great."

 

[Wyosch]

((this reply will be kinda short sorry, I'm just too tired to think of a long reply but I still want to answer xD))

Jim nodded, a soft smile on his face as he wrapped his arm around Rachel's waist and pulled her down onto his lap.
"We'll always help people in need, and we both learned that family is more than only blood-relatives. It can be friends, animals, so much. Even my car counts as family here!", he winked at his wife, before he turned back to Austin.
"Welcome to the fam, kid."

"I was thinking about that just now. What about we celebrate it together, you and me - and then go visit both of our families in the evening, if you'd like to? We of course can spend the entire day with them too. Well, after I've shown you your gift, of course.", Cole replied, winking. He was so nervous and excited about what Bailey would think of his gift. It was something that had probably never be done before by anyone... and he didn't know if she'd like it, so yeah, he was really scared.

"Well, it's quite strange, actually. I don't really know how to explain, let me think... It was, you know- like, we androids didn't have a will of our own anymore. When we weren't on a mission or guarding anoms, we were able to think again - you know, think as us as not as the android - but that still was limited too. Androids were brilliant, extremely intelligent, yet none of them came to the idea to maybe just walk off? They surpressed some of our thoughts. And when we were ordered to... kill somebody off, it felt like watching a movie. I was there, seeing what was happening through my own eyes, yet not being able to change anything because my body wasn't being controlled by me. Quite freaky, hm?", Steve explained, sighing silently as he thought back of those years. He had done so much evil that he would've never done had he just been himself.

Tyler's eyes suddenly lit up as an idea camr to his mind, an evil smirk appearing on his face.
"Even a scrapyard you say? Alright then. Our next date will be a romantic dinner at a scapyard."
And damn it would be romantic.
"Hey, baby? 1 or 2?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Austin just sniffled silently, biting his lip for a moment as he looked at Jim and Rachel with big, sparkling puppy eyes.
"I... I don't know what to say", he mumbled, while a wide smile slowly formed on his face. when suddenly a loud, fearful howling was heard from the front door, Austin's eyes widened immediately.
He knew that howling.
"Oh no!", he groaned, hasting towards the front door.
just a moment later, he came back, followed by a huge ass dog.
"Sir, sit", he commanded silently, peeping through the windows carefully. the dog listened instantly.
after a while, Austin sighed nervously and turned back to Jim. "Sorry I just brought him in without asking. Sir belongs to some ass in my neighborhood who keeps him chained to his shelter in the backyard constantly. poor boy keeps running off. i bet that ass is already after him."
sighing softly, he squatted down in front of the massive irish wolfhound-scottish deerhound mix and gently ruffled his fur, looking up at him. "I know you don't want to stay with Mr.Wilson, big boy..." looking up at Jim once more, he smiled apologetically. "I swear, he's a good boy. he might be big as heck, but he's nothing but a big clumsy oaf in need of cuddles. Of course i'll bring him away if he disturbs you, though..."

"Sounds like a very good idea to me", Bailey said with a happy, loving smile and pulled the warm blanket around her shoulders a bit closer. she could swear she could feel the cold coming from outside even into their bedroom.
or maybe it was just her, freezing easily as always."i mean, we'll have to go to spain to celebrate with my family, but hey, no problem when we teleport. man I'm so nervous to tell them we're going to have a baby though! i hope Sarah and Elena won't make a too big drama of it."

Athena and Lilly both frowned the same, sad frown and just both gently hugged Steve.
But now you'll never have to be that way again, dad", Lilly mumbled with a loving smile. "now you can just forever be the best dad and husband and explain physics to me because I'd screw that up without your help."
she winked, while Athena just cuddled against his side and gently kissed his neck.
"hey, um, honey? i just- this might seem totally unrelated now, but anyway; i love you. so damn much. and i sure as hell would have never made it this far without you."

"two", Raven mumbled with a soft, dreamy smile, cuddling against Tylers side some tighter. "or even three, i don't know. and a pet. a dog or so."
winking, she took his hand and softly kissed his cheek.
"honeymoon? Italy or Austria?"

 

[Wyosch]

"Awwwh look at you-", Jim mumbled silently, probably surprising the shit out of Austin. Nobody would expect a guy like him to squeal when seeing a dog.
"Aren't you a pretty boy?", he asked, softly ruffling the dog's fur, a big smile on his face. "Yes, you're a good boy-"
Suddenly a mainly white-Pitbull-Mix's head lurked through the door, a somehow jealous expression on her face. Her human couldn't touch other dogs except for her!
With a silent howl, as if knowing she'd else wake the kids up, she crawled over to Jim and pushed her head under his hand so he'd stroke her.
"Is Echo jealous again? Hm?"
The dog just happily let her tongue out, her tail wagging his excitedly as Jim stroke behind her ear.
"Sorry. She's a rescue dog, was saved from being beaten up by six men, hanging up on the ceiling on her hind leg. Mankind really is cruel sometimes. But hey, don't worry about Sir. As you see I really don't mind dogs. Would be kinda weird too, me being a wolf-shifter and two of my kids being dogs... we got another dog too, Daisy. Loves being made pretty by our daughters, especially with flower crowns.", Jim explained, chuckling silently. "If that ass of an owner shows up here, you stay here with the dog, 'kay? If there's one thing I really fucking hate, it's people not treating animals right."

"Come on, why would they? It's not....that much of a big deal.", Cole replied, winking. "They always seem to act so strangely around me, as if they're jealous of you for being happy. They should blame themselves for not finding a partner if they only go to parties and get drunk, dressing in the shortest and tightest clothes they can find... sorry, didn't mean to eh- sound that rude."
Cole smirked akwardly, tilting his head as he saw Bailey pulling up the blanket even more.
"You cold?", he asked, softly rubbing her arms to help her get warm.

Steve softly ran his fingers through Lilly's hair, smiling softly.
"I love you, sweetie.", he mumbled, softly kissing her forehead before he turned his face to look at his beautiful wife.
"I love you too, really, so much. And don't worry, I'm really not just staying with you because your brother keeps sending me threatening texts that if I'd ever hurt you - he'd kill me off-", Steve shook his head, chuckling softly, his eyes sparkling happily as he looked back at his wife. "I'm staying here, with you and our two perfect kids, forever. If you want to or not.", he winked, smirking softly. "I love you all so much, you do know that?"

"I didn't mean one or two kids but good to know you want two or three.", Tyler replied, chuckling. "I had actually meant 'idea one' or 'idea two' for our next date, so idea two it is then.", he winked, cuddling against her tightly with a happy smile.
"So I'm only allowed to choose between Italy and Austria?", he asked, winking once more while he thought about it for a moment. "I'd say Italy. They just got these beautiful islands and the ocean is so beautiful there- yeah. You?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Austin grinned softly as suddenly the beautiful pitbull joined in, and carefully held out his hand so she could decide whether she did or didn't want to be touched by him.
"Sir isn't his actual name", he explained with a soft smile. "It's a nickname that kind of sticked. His actual name is Gelert, after the dog from the irish legend. Wilson just calls him 'mutt' though..."
When Gelert lowered his big, scrubby head with a curious silent yelp to have a closer look at Echo, who was absolutely tiny compared to him, Austin smirked sadly. "I really don't get how that man can't love him. He's such a sweet guy."
"Well probably because that mutt is useless", a man, sticking his head through a window with an angry frown, hissed as an answer. "What kind of a guard dog is that, when he doesn't even bark?!"
Austin just frowned angrily. "Everyone knows that Irish wolfhounds are no guard dogs. You stay away from my friend!"
"that's nothing but an animal, it doesn't feel, it doesn't think, and it sure as hell is no friend. it's a thing, nothing more."
Gelert's sad puppy eyes clearly showed that he understood every word. he whined silently as he pushed his big head into Austin's back, who clenched his fists as he turned his head in Jim's direction. "Would you like to clarify to my neighbor that he is a brainless asshole or shall i do that?", he growled silently, protectively resting his hand on the wolfhound's head.

"It's all Sabrina though", Bailey mumbled angrily. "She knows how insecure Elena is and that she would do everything to be like her because she thinks Sab is 'better'. And she just pulls her into all the shit with her. I've told her a dozen times to cut it off and stop pulling Elena down, but she just zones out as soon as i even mention her name."
shaking her head with a silent sigh, she just cuddled against Cole and looked up at him as he asked if she was cold.#
"You know I freeze quickly", she said with a soft smile, shrugging.

"Aaaaalright, I guess I'll have a hot bath. maybe that will help against those friggin cramps", Lilly said with a soft smirk as she got up from the couch and headed for the stairs.
"I love you too, dad."
Meanwhile, Athena had carefully lay Harry down on the other couch and covered him with a fluffy blanket before she went to sit on Steve's lap, smiling softly as she kissed his neck.
"I know you're here because you love us", she mumbled happily. "And I know you're gonna stay forever. you're really the best husband and dad ever. I mean just look at our perfect family! you really saved me. i don't think i'd still be here if i hadn't met you."

Raven blushed slightly and quickly hid her face at tyler's chest for a moment, before she looked up at him again with a soft, loving smile, and gently ran her fingers down his back.
"heh- not embarrassing at all or so", she chuckled softly, immediately hiding her face again.
"And of course you can choose any other place for our honeymoon, too. they are just my two favorite suggestions", she explained with a happy sigh, cuddling against Tyler tightly.
"Isn't it beautifully strange how we were just meant to be? i mean, what are the odds to find the one, out of so many people? whoa-"

 

[Wyosch]

Jim had angrily turned to the window as well, getting up from his heels as he saw Echo already cowering down behind him.
"Baby, can you comfort Echo please?", he asked Rachel, cracking his neck before he just quickly teleported next to the owner of the wolfhound, smirking upon noticing he was almost two feet taller than the man.
"So you believe a dog has no feelings, no nothing and is just a 'thing'?", he repeated the man's words, shaking his head for a second.
"Sorry to break it to ya, but you're an animal too. We actually all are. Dogs are mammals. Humans are mammals. That means that you, Sir, are an emotionless and brainless thing too."
Jim crossed his arms, his eyes lighting up in a fiery, blood-red color for a moment, an evil smirk on his face.
"Would you like to repeat those exact words you said about dogs to my dog, Rex?"
Just after Jim had finished his sentence, a drop of drool dripped down onto Austin's neighbor, an 8 feet tall dog behind him.
"Because I can assure you, Rex really doesn't like when people say he's stupid and a nothing, and I can also assure you that, unlike your dog, this one bites - and it'll rip you to shreds."

Cole shook his head, a sad frown on his face. "I don't understand why Sabrina would do something like that. Hey, I could ask my sister if she could have a talk with her once. Ems is really persuasive.", he suggested, lifting his shoulders. "Or maybe just tell your sister that she doesn't have to be like Sabrina because she's great just like she is."
He quickly made another blanket disappear and tightly wrapped it around his fiancée as if she were a burrito.
"This a bit better already?"

Steve looked at Athena with big eyes, a soft smile on his face as he wrapped his arms around her to pull her into a tight hug.
"You have no idea how happy that makes me.", he whispered, softly stroking over her soft cheek for a moment. She was so beautiful, so perfect. And she loved him with all of his strange habits and quirks.
"If you hadn't been there, I would be dead. Looks like we both saved each other, hm?"

"It's not embarrassing at all, baby! It's really cute.", Tyler replied, his eyes sparkling lovingly as Raven blushed. She was so sweet when she blushed. It wasn't just a light pink, but this really fiery red that made her eyes stand out even more than usually, and he thought that was just really cute and pretty.
"The odds are so fucking small. 8 billion people here on Earth, and I'm one of the lucky ones to find their soulmate."
He sighed happily, stroking over Raven's back as she cuddled even tighter against him.
Yes, this was what he had missed all his life. That feeling of just being home and feeling secure. She gave him those feelings, and so many more.
It was beautiful.
"I don't mind where our honeymoon'd end up being, as long as you're with me."

 

[Scripted Away]

"Now, let's all just calm down a bit, okay?", Austin mumbled as he stepped between Jim and his neighbor, while Rachel was busy cuddling Echo to comfort her.
turning to Jim, Austin slightly lifted his shoulders.
"Look, I don't agree with that asshole either, but killing him is kind of over the top, don't you think?"
turning to his neighbor, he frowned deeply while he carefully held his hand in front of the giant dog's nose to hold him back. hopefully that little gesture was enough...
"I will take Gelert in. And you won't ever get a pet again, savvy? I see you with any pet again- I'll call the police. I have plenty of evidence that you mistreated the big boy there. And I promise you my lawyer friend will make sure you won't only pay for that, but go to jail. comprender? now piss off before Rex gets hungry."
As the man rushed off, ashen pale in his face and apparently not only a bit in shock, Austin let out a relieved sigh, before he turned to Jim with one raised eyebrow. "Did you just really want to goulash that ass? Eh-..." he just blinked a couple of times, apparently kind of baffled, before he went back into the kitchen to look after Kai.

"Sabrina is so busy with having fun that she doesn't notice anything that lies beyond her parties", Bailey sighed frustratedly before she snuggled deeper into her fluffy cocoon of blankets and lifted her shoulders.
"Talking to her won't bring anything. the only thing that might work would be talking to Elena, when Sabrina is far far away..."
Smiling thankfully at Cole, she nodded at his last question and opened her blanket-burrito to pull him in as well, instantly wrapping the blankets around herself and her fiance again.
"much better!"

Athena nodded, smiling lovingly at her husband before she watched their sleeping son for a moment.
"it's kind of funny- when that nurse told me that Harry would be a bit slower and so on, and that there had been a man abandoning his family because of basically the same case just a weak earlier, all I thought was 'what an ass. Steve would never do that.' like, you're just great."
grinning happily, she hugged him tightly and softly kissed his neck with a loving smirk.
"My great, fluffy cuddle pillow!"

"I'll be with you till the end of time", Raven whispered with a loving and happy smile as she looked up into Tyler's eyes.
however he did that- when he was there, she felt complete, like all the missing pieces of her heart finally were restored and every little crack had healed.
only when he had moved into this house, she realized, it had really become her home.
"I know what you mean, honey... the chances for us to even meet were so incredibly small, but yet, here we are, knowing that we found something one of a kind here. it's almost like..."
she locked her sparkling eyes to his and gently stroked over his cheek, a loving smile on her face.
"...fate."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim had followed Austin inside again, chuckling.
"Of course not. Strategy, kid.", he replied, heeling down next to Rachel to stroke over Echo's head.
"Manipulation by fear. SEAL strategy. You use something people are definitely afraid of, and make them say, do or don't do what you want.", he winked, a soft grin on his face.
"And Rex was just a shadow I had quickly made appear, its drool another shadow. I would never let Rexy come up to Earth. That dog's fucking crazy."

Cole smiled softly at his fiancée, still stroking over her back to warm her up a tad more.
"Elena will have to make the experience that Sabrina is bad for her herself. Maybe that's the best way. Though we of course could also try to talk to her."
He cuddled his face into her neck, breathing in her wonderful scent.
"Ahhh you smell so good-", he mumbled, gently kissing her neck before he hugged her a little tighter.
"I love you, babe."

"I'm trying my best.", Steve replied, a soft smile on his face when he turned to watch Harry for a moment. That little boy was so special, and anyone who didn't see that was blind. Harry was so caring and loving, 'saving' fish from drowning when he'd see them in the lake - of course Steve threw them right in again - and watching where he walked so he wouldn't step on any insects. He might be slower than others, but that only made him more special in Steve's opinion.
"Our son is perfect, and I wouldn't want to swap him for someone else."
Steve grinned softly as Athena hugged him tightly, softly kissing her nosetip as he pulled her closer.
"Our family really is perfect, isn't it?"

Tyler just stared at his wonderful girlfriend for a moment, taking in all the little details of her face.
His eyes were sparkling softly as Raven mentioned once again how lucky they were, nodding as an answer.
"Yes, you're right. I just can't believe you... you chose me. You literally can have any guy, and yet you chose me.", he mumbled, still baffled by her, smiling.
"So it's really okay for you to quickly stop by the hospital and meet Ted?"

 

[Scripted Away]

"huh, cool", Austin mumbled with a smirk at Jim, looking up at Kai's father with a look as if they had been friends forever. they were getting along just so great. he would've never expected this to happen.
rather that Jim would try to chase him away- or kill him off right away.
The happier he was that everything was going so great.
"man I really misjudged you. i mean, before i got to know you all, you know? so weird- i've been taught that you are a dangerous monster, but now I see you're quite the contrary."
A happy, lopsided smile formed on his face.
"I'm really glad to be a part of your family now."

"I love you more", Bailey sighed happily, slightly stretching her neck as Cole kissed her there.
damn he knew how she loved that!
in a matter of seconds, she was covered in goosebumps.
"yeah, Elena is bad for Sab- i mean, Sab is bad for Elena!", she mumbled with closed eyes. how come she always felt as if she was high as soon as he did that neck thing?!
"you're driving me nuts again, you devil!", she giggled, cuddling against Cole tightly before her eyes suddenly widened.
"Oh my god, you know what?! we forgot to visit your mom and little sister upon our own little pregnancy-drama back in the hospital!"

"It is", Athena mumbled with a loving smile before she grinned softly and stood up to get her laptop.
"I almost forgot to show you this. Lilly's teacher called me a few days ago to tell me that young lady apparently hasn't finished a lot of her homework in the last couple of weeks. So I went to interview her about that and the fact that she spent a whole lot of time on her laptop lately, and she just blushes to a deep red and tells me that she had really forgotten them, because she had been so busy because she was busy writing. I of course asked what, and she said she'd email it to me."
Opening a large file that was attached to a mail from Lilly, she looked up at Steve with big eyes.
Kingdoms of Sol'eil
What if there's more than we see out there? More than we could ever imagine?
A question that has bugged generations of people, for millenia.
For a good reason-
Our world is just one of many, like bubbles in an endless stream of time and space, floating around freely.
bubbles emerge, grow, until they rise to the top, just to shrink again and disappear in the dephts.
Entire worlds, rising and falling with the kingdoms they belong to.
Portals, hidden in the smallest of sand grains or big as a whole country, are connecting them all, and as it was bound to happen, they were used for war.
emperors, driven by greed, have been fighting for hundreds of years, almost destroying everything.
From the ashes of the worlds, rose the Kingdom of Sol'eil, a union of worlds living in peace and harmony.
Everyone has their place.
Pan'onc, the capital world, and home of the royal family who rules the union and the military to protect every single one, no matter how small or poor, and the best farmers and crafters of all worlds.
Cael, the desert world, home of the tribes of Ilunde and Vicaan, wolf- and fox-like creatures- traders and musicians, known for their vast knowledge about healing.
Auren'vem, home of the furious Harpies and proud Phoenixes, striking rarely- but deadly.
But below the bright and peaceful union, another world is lingering in the dephts of the stream.
Da'moore, a world created by multiple worlds colliding into one, bigger than all worlds together, and home of Vampires, Werewolves, Demons and mysteries beyond every imagination. shapeless, wild, dark.
Never since the beginning of the peaceful millenium, a portal between Sol'eil and Da'moore has ever been used. Suspicion and jealousy tensed the situation between the two kingdoms.
The only solution seemed to be an all-embracing ignorance towards each other.
Too bad none of them had bothered to mind the tiny world floating in between.
"Girl has been writing a friggin book!", Athena mumbled, raising her eyebrows. "How the hell have we not noticed that?"

"Of course, I would love to meet Ted", Raven said with a soft smile, with a hint of sadness hidden below.
Poor Tyler... she could only imagine how he was feeling about that. knowing to lose his best friend rather sooner than later...
"When do you want to go to see him, baby?"

 

[Wyosch]

"What? You thought I was a merciless demon with no conscience whatsoever who hurts and kills when he wants?", Jim asked, smiling softly at Echo who was walking circles under and around the wolfhound, her tongue happily hanging out of her mouth.
"Happens a lot."
Sure, he knew he didn't look like the most approachable guy, but it did... bug him that people immediately judged him for what he looked like, in their words 'like a criminal'. Whenever he'd go to the playground with their youngest kids, the other parents told their kids not to walk his way, and started whispering. What Jim really liked about being a wolfshifter was really hurtful sometimes. Having ears that hear a 1000 times better than the ones of a regular human, he could just hear whatever the playground parents said to each other.
And the best part was when Rachel accompanied him and the kids.
'I bet he's abusive'
'She's probably too scared to leave him'
'Why would a woman like that be together with a junkie?'
It was always great fun...
And even though he tried not to think about it too much, he couldn't help but sometimes fear that it would affect his kids' future or how they or Rachel saw him.
"Can't blame ya. After all I bet your mom told you the best stories she had heard about me.", he replied, winking, getting up from his heels and just leaning against the wall.
"So you're going to take Big Boy in? Know how to take care of a dog? Rey and I'll gladly help you if you'd ever need help."

Cole's eyes widened fearfully as Bailey mentioned them having forgotten about his mother and little sister, gasping horrified.
"Oh my god- We totally forgot!", he mumbled, thoughtfully running his hand through his hair. "But we... we will see them when we go over to their place for Christmas this afternoon, right? Yeah? I bet they won't be mad. They'll understand. Yeah. I think."

((Not even a native speaker writes English like that when they're twelve, rather 15-16! xD))
Steve read what Athena showed him, just blinking at the screen for a moment before he turned his head to look at Athena.
"Why didn't she tell us?", he asked, raising an eyebrow - yet immediately getting rid of that thought and just staring at the screen again.
"That's quite surprising for a 12-year-old to want to write a book, don't you think?"
Even though Steve was baffled and proud at the same time, he did think about school too.
"However she can't just ignore her schoolwork like that. School's more important. Maybe we could suggest that she is allowed to use her laptop to write after she's done her homework - and shown it to us - so she can do what she likes with concentrating on school?"

"I'll let you decide. Was thinking we'd visit him before we video your family or do anything else? So it depends on when you were thinking of getting up and celebrating with your family.", Tyler replied, smiling softly at Raven.
His arms wrapped around her waist, he scooted over a little more to cuddle against her tighter, a loving expression on his face.
"You'll really like him. Bet he'll start talking about all the strange stuff we did when we were younger again! He always does that, anytime I visit him. And now he'll finally get to meet the woman I've been talking to him about for months already, hehe."

 

[Scripted Away]

"Yeah, I'll come clear. And thank you. I certainly will get back to your offer sometime." While a soft grin appeared on Austin's face as he watched Gelert lick Echo's ears in a gesture of friendship, Rachel furrowed her eyebrows barely noticeably.
no one else would have ever noticed it, but she could feel his thoughts turn dark for a moment.
apparently, she wasn't the only one with such fine senses for others' feelings, as she saw the same expression on William's face as he slowly came into the room with the blue dragon plushie Misha had given him when he was born tightly held in his arms.
As he noticed Austin, he half hid behind his father, holding his hand tightly as he peeked at the boy he had never seen before.
"Daddy, who is that?", he whispered half curious, half shy.
Austin just smiled softly, squatting down so the litlle boy wouldn't have to look up so much.
"Hi there. I'm Austin, Kai's boyfriend. And who are you?"
"...William..."
"William? Wow!" Austin made big, sparkling eyes. "My nanny always told me a story about a brave knight named William."
"Really?", Will whispered curiously.
Austin just nodded. "yeah, I swear! Sir William Thatcher. Unbeatable at jousting and swordfighting, and the bravest and nicest knight in whole England. maybe even in the whole world."
"Then he's like my daddy?!" William had come forwards by now, no longer hiding behind his dad, but excitedly looking up at Austin, who winked at Jim with a soft smirk.
"Yeah, I think he was a whole lot like your daddy."

"Heyyy, don't you worry too much that they'll be mad or so, I know they won't", Bailey said with a soft, loving smile as she leaned her head against Cole's shoulder.
"I wouldn't even have thought of it, hadn't my phone just rang the sound i set for messages from Sam."
she quickly took out her phone to have a look at what Cole's dad had sent, squealing a soft "awwww!!" just a few seconds later.
"Look at that, Sam sent me two photos of Hope!", she said happily. "Here, one, and two. god she's cute!"

((- she said to the one who has graduated in pedagogy and worked wit kids for years e_o))
"It's a hobby like every other", Athena said with one raised eyebrow, actually kind of confused that Steve found it so unusual. She knew at least four kids in Lilly's age who had started writing- amd she herself had done that, too. never finished it, though.
"i don't think writing is as unusual as you think, but I do agree with you- halfway. Maybe we should try what you said, but without her having to show us her homework.
come on, she has never lied to us before. if we remind her to do her homework and ask her if she did it all mindfully, that should be enough. I just don't want her to feel like we're trying to control her, you know?"

Raven smiled softly as she nodded at Tylers suggestion.
"Sounds good to me. I can't wait to get to him. from what you've told me, he's a really great person. and imagine I could heal him! He could live on, happily and healthy!"
She slightly furrowed her eyebrows for a moment. maybe it wasn't the smartest idea to make it sound as if Ted's healing would definitely happen... or Tyler would just get even more hurt when Ted wouldn't be healed...
"if he wants that, at least... And, I'm totally fine with whenever you wanna get up, baby. After all I'm the vampire who doesn't need rest, not you."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim watched his son and Austin with a soft smile, his expression softening as Austin told the little boy about Sir William.
William thought his dad was some sort of super brave and awesome hero, and Jim just couldn't understand why his son would think something like that of him.
There was really nothing heroic about him, but yet his son thinking like that was really sweet.
"You've been awake the entire time now since I had to come downstairs to open the door?", he asked the boy, picking him up and just booping their noses together.
Holding William in his right arm, he quickly checked his watch to see how late - or early - it was.
"It's almost six A.M. You're not too tired now?"
He quickly looked over at Rachel who had seemed to frown only a moment earlier, tilting his head and just looking at her with a facial expression that asked if she was okay.

Cole's eyes widened as he saw the pictures of his little half-sister, awing as well.
"Oh my god she's so tiny!", he gasped, a soft grin on his face as he stared at the pictures for a moment.
"Just look at those big eyes!"
Now he started wondering even more.
What would their baby look like?
Would it have his big, deep brown eyes? Or Bailey's sparkling blue ones?
Would it have his smile, or Bailey's?
There were so many questions he was asking himself about their baby. He just couldn't wait to meet to their little one - and it'd still take nine months!

((I have 16&17 and even an 18 year old in my class who all wouldn't be able to write an introduction to a book like that so yeah it's of course kinda unrealistic to me to imagine a 12-year-old writing in a proper and advanced English like that xD))
"We are her parents, honey. We're supposed to control her. And we can't just let her slip into bad grades at school because she wants to write.", Steve replied, a soft frown on his face as he thought of what would be better for their daughter. "What if we give her an hour for homework and then she can go on her Laptop? And if she has a classpaper laptop's not an option because she has to concentrate on school. I just don't want her to become addicted to her laptop, and I fear she's on her way already. You know how much time she spends on that thing."

Tyler's eyes widened as Raven said she could heal Ted. What if she indeed could?
Ted would be able to spend more time with him again, and he would meet Raven and they would have fun all together as friends and-
"You really think you can heal him?", he asked again, his eyes sparkling softly.
"And you'll really love him! He's an aussie and sometimes his accent comes through and he's always like 'matey!'"

 

[Scripted Away]

William shook his head hectically, his hair flying into his and Jim's face.
"I'm super awake!"
Chuckling softly, Rachel got up from her heels and carefully stroked his hair back into place, subtly nodding at Jim before she kissed his cheek.
"We should really find you a hairdresser to get a haircut", she mumbled with a soft smile to William, who just shook his head again, frowning deeply.
"No!", He almost shouted. "I like my hair, I don't want it as short as Jack and Kai and Ash! I want it even longer than Austin!"
Looking up at everyone, he frowned slightly sad. "Or can only girls have long hair?"
"Noo, you know what? I used to have hair as long as your mom until a couple of months ago. And it was perfectly fine", Austin said with a soft smile, Rachel just nodding. "He's right. If you want it longer, we'll let it grow." Smiling softly, Rachel just gently stroked over Jim's hand for a moment, watching Austin who was sorrowfully watching Kai again.
"Daddy?", William suddenly spoke up. "Can we run through the forest together? And hoooooowwwwwllll!"

Bailey smiled softly as she watched Cole, her Hazel brown and green eyes sparkling lovingly.
He was so cute when he was dreaming about their own baby again.
That smile was just about everything she needed to know they'd be fine.
"You will be such a great daddy", she sighed happily and softly kissed him, her hand on the back of his neck gently pulling him closer.
Man, she hoped it would have his beautiful eyes and cute smile. The one where he wrinkled his nose when laughing. That would be so cute.
"Hey I think I'm gonna make apple-cinnamon pancakes for breakfast! And yogurt, of course. Jeez. Anyone else starving here?"

((Well just because you don't know any three-year-old master violin players doesn't know they don't exist either, right? Look beyond your own nose- makes the whole world a lot bigger.))
"No no no, we are supposed to do what's necessary to help her become an independent, reliable and well-educated person. Controlling her isn't the right way, just now", Athena said with a slight frown on her face, shaking her head.
"Look, she hasn't noticed how her writing has affected her homeworks till now. Before we get as drastic as to force her to show us her homeworks- which would be totally embarrassing for me if I were her, by the way- we should at first give her the possibility to fix it herself, by just talking to her and making it clear that she has to find a way to remember doing them before she gets down to writing. We can still get more strict if that doesn't work, but going all 'controllettie' right away is just over the top- and unfair for Lilly."
Raising one eyebrow at what Steve said about Lilly getting too attached to her laptop, she just slightly shook her head.
"I'd think the same about it if she was playing games or chatting all day, but she's writing. Take away her laptop and she'll write on on a paper. I was worrying about that too, so I asked her to show me her browser history- and all she googled lately was how to insert automatic page numbers in word 2016. She for sure isn't addicted to that thing- is just her preferred medium to write, guessing because you can easily change and fix things that way. What I'm more worried about is that ever since Oscari's brother left to join the military... She's gone very silent. Haven't you noticed?"

"By turning him into a vampire, yeah", Raven said silently.
With a soundless sigh, she softly stroked over Tyler's cheek and looked deep into his eyes. "Honey just keep in mind that maybe Ted won't want that. There are a lot of prejudices about vampires, and the taste of blood isn't that nice either.
Just- try not to get your hopes too high, in case he won't want it. Okay?"
She smiled sadly at what he told her about Ted.
No, he definitely hadn't settled with his best friends death yet- which probably would be sooner than later.
"I bet he is a great guy", she mumbled softly.

 

[Wyosch]

Jim softly ruffled William's hair, a soft smirk on his face.
"Of course we can. Whenever you want, little one.", he replied - his eyes widening as he heard a noise coming from behind him.
"Kai-", he mumbled, turning around and seeing the teenager slowly opening his eyes, pressing his hand against his head.
"Where am I?", he mumbled silently, Jim softly putting William down on the floor and making his way over to Kai, stroking over his head with a relieved smile.
"How are you feeling?"
"My head hurts. What happened?"
"Your boyfriend brought you here, you were bruised and wounded and had a stabwound. He actually saved you, almost killing himself. Good thing I remembered that your little brother has healing powers too."
Kai's eyes widened, hectically sitting up and smiling as he saw Austin.
"I'm so glad you're okay-", he mumbled silently, stretching out his arm to invite Austin to hug him. "But why did your put your life at stake to save me?"

Cole grinned happily as Bailey mentioned breakfast, nodding at her suggestion for what to make.
"I love your apple-cinnamon pancakes!"
He gently kissed her cheek, just staring at her with big eyes for a moment before he un-wrapped himself from the blankets and got up from the bed.
"What can I help you with?"

((that really sounded as if you're saying that I'm self-centered, so I'm just not going to reply to that))
"Yeah, I know that too.", Steve replied as Athena explained why their daughter probably preferred writing on her laptop. "Looking at a screen for hours makes you incredibly tired and harms your eyes. I don't want Lilly to have problems sleeping and seeing because of her hobby."
He just raised an eyebrow as Athena mentioned Lilly having gone silent.
"Well it's her best friend's older brother that joined the military, and she knows he'll maybe even have to fight at the front - after he completed his training - so I just think she's worried about Oskari handling it. Why, what do you think?"

"I'm being realistic.", Tyler replied, understanding that Raven didn't want to disappoint him. But who wouldn't want to be a vampire? Of course Ted would accept the offer!
"It was always me, Rick and Ted. Just the three of us. Been friends for ages already! We joined the military together, and hadn't we helped Ted that guy would've been thrown out at day one. Man he really didn't like authorities. He was always talking back and causing trouble, we really had to keep him on a leash sometimes.", Tyler chuckled, smiling softly as he thought back of those times.
"Rick was killed on a rescue mission... Ted and I grew even closer after it. He even stopped me from trying to re-join when I got out of the hospital after my knee-surgery. He always told me what was good for me and what not, and even when I fucked something up he'd warned me for he was always there for me. And when I told him that I was in love for the first time in my life he kept giving me tips on how to tell you."

 

[Scripted Away]

"Kai!", Austin gasped relieved as he darted forwards and wrapped his arms around the smaller boy, sighing softly as he rested his cheek on his head.
"You scared the hell out of me... You do know that I won't ever let you walk home alone again, do you?"
Smiling, he looked deep into his eyes and gently stroked over his cheek for a moment, sighing softly as he leaned his forehead against Kai's and closed his eyes for a moment to take a deep breath.
As he opened them again, his gaze was full of love, but also confusion and fear.
"Why I risked my life for you?", He mumbled silently.
"I... I thought I was about to lose you. When I saw you lying there, I just... I knew that I don't want to live in a world where you aren't anymore. Damn- I love you."
His eyes widened at his own words and he just looked away, biting his lip.
"I know it sounds stupid after just a day of knowing eachother..."

Bailey smirked softly as she stood up on her tiptoes and kissed Cole softly, before she made her way towards the kitchen, gently pulling her fiance along by his hand.
"Would you already peel and cut the apples, baby? Then I can make the dough in the meantime."

((No- but a horrible pighead who just won't stop discussing! X'D))
"That was with the old screens but the new ones don't have that effect anymore", Athena said with one raised eyebrow, resting her hands on her hips.
"And the no-sleep effect only applies when you look at that screen a short moment before you should be sleeping, because the cold light of the screen has a waking effect. Doesn't affect you in any other way though. Studied that shit, remember?"
She winked at her husband, sighing softly as she took his hands to wrap his arms around her so she could rest her forehead against his chest.
"I don't know, it just worries me how silent she has gone because of it. You know she wouldn't shut up a minute for all the money in the world, but now she seems Solistin thoughts sometimes... And her school blocks are full of drawings of guns and tanks and graves. I just- that worries me so much more than her homework..."

Raven slightly bit her lip as she listened to Tyler's stories about Ted.
He so wasn't being realistic.
On the one hand, she didn't want him to get his Hope's high just to be disappointed in the end, but on the other hand she didn't want to destroy his hope and happiness either...
After getting up and changing into her favorite black ripped jeans and light blue shirt, adding her pretty goth-y spiked boots and leather jacket, she sat down on the bed beside Tyler again and softly kissed his cheek.
"In which hospital is he, honey?"