Aegis 3.0

[Scripted Away]

"aww, that's so sweet of him", Bailey chuckled softly, cuddling into Cole's chest with a happy, calm sigh.
Man how she loved him. he was just perfect; so caring and sweet and loving and just- perfect.
"Hey baby? Would you be in for visiting your parents today? I still have Emma's Christmas gift as I was so excited because of hope that I didn't bring it along."
She smiled softly.
"And I just really wanna give it to her finally!"

"Ted, your parents, and basically everyone else who's dead and up there", Raven explained while she wasstill holding up the pendant.
"Thing is the path from here to heaven is very long for a dead person. They are allowed to relive their favorite moments. And depending on how many that person wants to see, it can take hours, days, even weeks or months. Might be that it will take some time until Ted arrives."
Smiling half sad, half loving, she gently stroked over his cheek for a moment.
"Did you know that my twin sister was a ghost? Mort brought her back to life."

Mio watched sorrowfully.
He was contemplating whether he should just let her go or try to cheer her up- since she would probably have another little breakdown if she went back to their class in that state.
"H-hey...wait-", he said silently. "-please."
Smiling shyly, he made a beautiful little flower grow on the palm of his hand, watching it for a moment before he looked at her again, biting his lip as he stretched out his hand as an offer for her to take the flower...for whatever reason.
"It's okay to be not okay... I don't mind it..."
Turning back to the lake, he just lifted his shoulders.
"I think I'll skip sports today..."
Instead, he took his viola out of its bag and started playing a soft Melody after he had sat down at the lake again.
"If you need help or so...just whisper it to the wind. I'll hear it."

 

[Wyosch]

((don't forget Mac xD))

"Oh yeah, sure!", Cole replied, nodding happily. "You know I'm always in for a visit."
His little sister was so sweet, and he loved to visit her.
It was amazing seeing his mother so peaceful and happy.
He knew she loved Hope differently than her other kids, and he was fine with it. He knew that his mom hadn't wanted any of the kids she had excepting for Hope, so of course she was treating Hope a little differently than from how she treated Cole and his siblings. Not meaning that she hated them all! She just was much more loving to Hope.
"When do you want to go?"

"So... Ted might not even be 'available' to visit in months?", Tyler asked silently, a sad frown on his face. He was glad that he could see Ted again, but it wouldn't be the same as if he'd see him... alive.
"Your twin sister was a ghost? She died?", he asked, raising an eyebrow at his girlfriend. "Angel or Rose?"

Heather watched and listened to Mio for a moment before taking a deep breath and making her way into the building.
She was scared.
What if nobody would like her?
What if that Victor-guy would come back to hurt her?
What is wrong with me that nobody wants to be my friend? Well... maybe excepting Mio or Kato, but what if they were just being nice?
She took a deep breath while walking down the hallway towards the toilet where she quickly wanted to freshen herself up before going to sports.
Little did she know that she had been awaited for.

 

[Scripted Away]

X'D

"Dunno, whenever we're ready here?", Bailey suggested with a soft smile.
It was so cute how much Cole loved his youngest sister.
He had been all over her on Christmas-Mann and yeah, she had imagined him with their own kid instead of hope several times when she had seen him like that.
Just So sweet!
The soft sparkling in his eyes, how careful he had picked her up when she had started crying and silently sung her to sleep...
He would be such an amazing daddy.
"Hope really is a little Ray of light, isn't she?", She chuckled lovingly. "Only a few days old and already wound everyone around her little finger."

"Most don't need that long", Raven explained with a soft smile as she took his hand and intertwined her fingers with his. Looking at the floor for a moment, she sighed silently.
"Rose. It happened before we were born- my ability went haywire or so, and almost got us all and mom killed. Luckily uncle Mac could save us. Well, excepting Rose. And because her time hadn't come yet, Mort brought Rose back to life. He's the reaper man."
Softly kissing his cheek, she sat down on Tyler's lap and cuddled against him.
"Hey Ty- I love you. Forever and always."

Mio frowned sorrowfully as he stopped playing for a moment.
The air was tense, as if something was about to happen- and not I the metronomical way.
Heather maybe?
Back when he had been all lost and helpless, Kato had been there for him. Okay, he had become a wallflower anyway, but at least he didn't get bullied anymore. All thanks to his best friend.
Now Heather needed someone like that, and what kind of person would he be if he wouldn't give back anything for what he had been given?
I can't believe I'm doing this...
He quickly put his viola away before he rushed into the building, Hasting where the few plants in here told him she had been going.
The toilets.
Damn.
That was the easiest place to bully someone, because there were no cameras near the restrooms.
Crap.
Maybe the wind could help.
"Heather, watch out, you're being targeted", he whispered, the air carrying and whispering his words through the hallways to Heather.
How could it be that it was so easy for him to talk when no one was directly listening?!
"Trust me, stay away from the restrooms..."

 

[Wyosch]

((you're just too lazy to reply xD))

"Yeah she does, doesn't she? Though we gotta be honest - who could resist a face like hers?", Cole asked, smiling softly at Bailey.
He had imagined himself quite a lot with their own baby when he was holding Hope.
The only things he had been thinking about for the past two weeks was Bailey's and his baby.
It was still hard to believe.
"I just can't stop thinking about what our little one will look like and I keep imagining you holding our baby and your pretty sparkling eyes sparkling even more...."

Tyler didn't really know what he should reply to Raven's talk about her sister, and just hugged her tightly.
He was happy for her that the reaper man had brought her sister back to life, knowing how hard it was to lose a sibling.
His tears had dried by now, and instead of sadness he more or less started feeling nothing at all, as if he were numb.
"I love you too.", he mumbled silently, tightly wrapping his arms around Raven, as if he wanted to make sure that she was indeed there in his arms.
"Forever."

Blood streaming down the shower's drain.
Tears were indistinguishable from the water that was pouring down on her.
Mio's warning had come too late.
The moment she had opened the door to the restrooms was the moment her biggest and most terrifying nightmare took form and came alive.
Heather was sitting in the corner of the shower, watching the blood drip down from her arms onto the floor.
How had it come this far?
She had only been a toddler... and now she was crying in the bathroom of the high school on her first day at school.
This was the exact opposite from what she had hoped would happen.
She wanted to have friends, and laugh and be happy -
but right now she felt as if she could sink through the floor and just disappear forever.
I want to die...

 

[Scripted Away]

((maybe X'D I'm just having a really busy week^^"))

"Yeah, that and our wedding", Bailey sighed happily, cuddling tightly against her fiance while a soft smile formed on her lips.
Everything would just be perfect.
Just the thought of him waiting for her in front of the altar, his eyes sparkling like they always did when he was watching her...
That was her personal Paradise.
"Can you believe it? Only a few more days! We'll soon be Mr. And Mrs. Anderson! Who would've guessed that when met at Dunkin donuts back then."
Sighing happily, she kissed him softly and leaned her head against his shoulder.
"I love you, baby."

Raven winced silently for just a split second as Tyler squeezed her in his tight hug, but then just softly kissed his shoulder and cuddled against him, holding one of his hands tightly as if she wanted to show him that she really was there.
"Baby, it's okay, I'm really here with you, and won't ever disppear. Promised. Okay?"

Mio groaned silently as he arrived in front of the girls room.
He could hear the shower and silent sobbing, so his warning apparently had come too late.
Luckily, since the PE lesson had already started, the were no girls anywhere, and he just carefully entered the room to make his way to where the crying sounds came from.
"Heather!", He gasped startled as he saw how bad she was doing. He hasn't expected her to be that destroyed.
He just quickly turned off the water, although her clothes were already soaked anyway, and, in a mix of adrenaline rush and caring, grabbed the first aid kit from the wall and carefully vetted her arms. Thank God he had passed attention in first aid classes.
She still seemed horrified though...
"It's okay, it's me", he whispered silently as he took a seat next to her and caringly wrapped a big, fluffy towel around her shoulders.
His deep brown eyes even bigger than they normally were, he looked straight into her eyes, making eye contact for the first time in years.
The look in them was vastly different from how most of the other people looked at eachother.
Shy, yet caring.
Scared, yet gentle and understanding.
"I-"
He just shook his head, sighing softly as he sat down beside her and just comfortingly stroked over her back. As long as he didn't have to speak, he sometimes almost was brave.
But he knew he had to say something sooner or later...
"I'm so-... So sorry this happened to you", he whispered silently. "Can I do anything-...?"

 

[Wyosch]

((haha alright then xD))

"I love you too.", Cole mumbled silently, a happy grin on his face as he leaned his head on Bailey's shoulder.
Only a couple more days before they'd finally marry.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson.
He couldn't stop thinking about what she would look like when she'd walk down the aisle.
In a beautiful white dress, her eyes sparkling like a sky full of stars, that wonderful smile on her face...
Yes, he knew that it would be the most perfect day.
And he knew that he would do anything to make it the best day ever for his fiancée.
"Can you imagine it already? My jaw dropping when you walk in, a happy tear rolling down my cheek because I know I'll be spending my entire life with the most amazing woman possible? Just... wow."

Tyler nodded slowly at Raven, wrapping some of the fluffy blanket around her as well, pulling her closer.
"Thanks for being here with me.", he mumbled silently, closing his eyes as he zoomed out for a moment, just enjoying Raven being so close.
"And I'm sorry if I... somehow ruined your day. I'll make it up to you. I promise."

Heather was just staring in front of her, her entire body shaking, tears still streaming down her face as she slightly leaned her head against Mio's shoulder for comfort.
"They just- I didn't even have time to react...", she whined, shaking her head in disbelief. Had this just really happened to her?
"Threw me against the marble wall-", she motioned to the sharp edge, blood smeared over it. She had ripped her arm open by being thrown against it with that much force.
"...and they called me names and kicked me and spat at me and pulled my hair and they touched me and laughed and yelled when I started crying-"
She pulled up her knees, burying her face into them, sobbing.
"What did I do for them to hurt me like that? I only defended your friend and myself from Victor but he didn't have to bring his friends and hurt me-"

 

[Scripted Away]

"can you already see us dancing the opening dance to our song?", Bailey sighed happily, leaning into Cole's hug with a loving smile.
"You will look so handsome in a suit! And I have a little surprise for you for our honeymoon. Well,actually,the whole honeymoon is one big surprise", she chuckled.
"Trust me, the place will blow you away. And, hah, I will, too."
Grinning softly, she poked her nosetip against his and ran her fingers through his hair.
"Man I really can't believe I'm about to marry the most amazing man on Earth. Dad prepared a special not-so-little something for us to celebrate that!"

"Hey, stop apologizing for things you really don't need to", Raven mumbled softly while she stroked through Tyler's hair.
"And of course I'm here for you. Hey, we both only wanted to sleep with the one we'd spend the rest of our lives with, right? So we basically future-married last week. And we all know it says 'im good times as in bad times', right?"
Smiling lovingly, she kissed Tyler's shoulder and cuddled against him.
"Ain't gonna get rid of me, sly fox."

When Mio saw Heather that broken down, he felt as if a switch had flipped inside him.
His gaze going from scared to caring, he sighed softly and stroked his messy fringe out of his face, traveling a bad scar on his forehead.
"I know it", he sighed silently. "My first day at this school. I had immediately tried to join the school band. Victor had been kicked out just the day before,and I got his place. They loved me, we really became friends, and we worked together awesomely, in just that one day. The day after, Victor and his friends waited for me in the restrooms, too."
He carefully stroked Heather's wet hair out of her face and, as gently as possible, ran his fingers through her hair a couple of times to untangle it and soothe her hurt head.
"You didn't deserve to be treated like that...", He sighed sadly.
Trying to at least cheer her up a tiny bit, he flashed a small, soft smile at her while he softly rubbed her hair dry and petted her tears away.
"...but hey, if it helps you in any way... I mean,you barely know me, but I'm that awkward kind of person who just can't talk to anyone. But here we are. Talking. You really must be someone special."

 

[Wyosch]

Cole raised an eyebrow at Bailey, wondering what that surprise of her father might be, and where she'd take him to their honeymoon.
"And I bet you're not gonna tell me any of that, right?", he shook his head, smirking softly as he kissed her forehead.
"You always blow me away, you know that. And I also know that you'll be the most beautiful bride in the entire world. Yep. No discussing there."
He chuckled, running his hand through his hair, just staring at Bailey for a moment, a happy smile on his face.
"I'm really the luckiest guy ever, aren't I? ...yeah. Yeah, I am."

Tyler nodded at what Raven said, his tensed muscles slowly relaxing. She really wasn't going anywhere. She would stay with him, through good and through bad.
"Thank you.", he whispered, grabbing her hand and just gently stroking over her soft skin.
He didn't really know what to say anymore.
He was just so caught up in his own thoughts, in his own sadness, trying to distract himself that much that he was hardly able to get any more words out.
"Any tips...?", he mumbled silently after a while, looking up at Raven with big, sad eyes. "Any tips on how to... stop thinking about that... lifeless body?"

Heather looked at Mio with big eyes, a sad frown on her face as she wiped another few tears away.
"I am... so sorry that happened to you.", she whispered, almost so silently that she herself couldn't hear it.
Come on... He's nice. He won't hurt me. He won't. He helped me.
Her eyes widened even more when Mio said she was special, and even though she blushed, she knew it wasn't true.
She was even less than what those boys had called her. She knew nobody would want to be her friend, nobody would want to care for her. She was weird, different, akward. People didn't like that. You had to have long, blonde hair and big blue eyes, thick lips, your make-up and eyebrows on fleek, a huge porn-like chest, fat ass and a tiny waist.
She was so different than from what people wanted.
She had pink hair, and she doubted dying it would help. Green eyes, definitely lips that needed loads of Botox to look like girls wanted it to. She only used Eyeliner and Mascara, just not wanting to smear her face full with chemicals, she didn't have these huge fake-boobs and definitely not a huge ass. Her waist was... normal, she'd say, but right now she felt as if it was far too wide.
She would have to change herself completely if she would want to have some girl friends.
Would that help, though?
"...you play an instrument, then?"

 

[Scripted Away]

"all I'mma tell you is- you won't need clothes for cold weather", Bailey said with a soft grin while she got up and changed into some normal jeans, boots and fluffy sweater.
"There, I'm ready to visit your parents."
Smiling happily, she sat down on Cole's lap again and kissed him softly.
"Fits, doesn't it? You are the luckiest guy, I'm the luckiest girl, and together we're the luckiest couple!"
Grinning happily, she cuddled against him for a moment, before she got up again and gently pulled him up with her.
"Ready, Handsome?"

"Well... When I saw my father almost killing himself and mom corpse-like laying in a coma... I-"
Raven broke off all of a sudden, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath as her heart had suddenly started racing for a moment.
"...n-no...", She whispered silently, a single, tiny tear glittering in her eyelashes, her fingers gripping the fabric of his shirt tighter.
"...I never got over it..."

"Viola", Mio Said nodding, while he gently wrapped his arms around her shoulders to support her as he carefully helped her to stand up.
"I don't want to pressure or so...but I'm a guy in the girl's room."
The faintest of smiles appeared on his face at that, and he just quickly teleported back to the lake where they had been after Heather had run off crying.
The towel was already soaked as well, but at least Heather was down to am uncomfortable dampness by now.
He took off his dark green hoodie jacket, still wearing a light blue t shirt under it, and gently put it around Heather's shoulders.
"Here, don't want you to get cold", he mumbled silently.
a beautiful little white flower grew on the palm of his hand, which he put in her hair, lastly tilting her chin up with one finger under it, smirking softly.
"Hmh, just an hour ago I thought I'd never get out of my shell, and now I'm sitting here with the prettiest girl I scho- I said that out loud, didn't i-?"
He blushed brightly, smiling softly as he lay down in the grass with a little smile, looking up at her. "It's true though. Now, come, don't look at me like I'm an alien. I might be socially awkward but I know how to cheer my friends up, even if I only have two, Kato and you..."

 

[Wyosch]

"So we're going somewhere warm. Spain?", Cole guessed, a soft smile on his face as he gently grabbed her hand and intertwined their fingers.
"I was born ready.", he chuckled, winking, almost teleporting away before he thought of the gift.
"You got the gift this time?", he asked, quickly making sure that he was wearing something acceptable too - thus no old shirt or joggings - and just smiled widely at Bailey.
His future wife.
He still couldn't believe it.
He'd become her husband! Her husband! His wife. She'd be his wife...

"It's okay, babe- take a deep breath.", Tyler mumbled silently, softly stroking over her back and cuddling against her tightly to comfort her.
"They're alive and well. You told me your parents are gods, immortal. They won't die. Okay? Don't think about that right now, I'm sorry I made you remember it-", he whispered silently, lifting her head up so she'd have to look at him and smiled weakly.
"Look into my eyes and concentrate on them, okay? You see how big my pupils are? That's because a pupil can widen up to 50% when looking at someone you love. Can you see the sparkling? It's because of you too. Okay and because I just cried a river but that doesn't matter now. I love you. Okay? Don't think about that. Try to focus on me."

"I'm... definitely not pretty, Mio. And perhaps only the prettiest girl in school in my dreams...", Heather mumbled sadly, wrapping his jacket a tad tighter around herself, playing around with a streak of her wet hair.
As Mio talked about only having two friends, she smiled faintly at him.
"You got more than me.", she replied, turning her head to look at him for a moment before she looked back at the lake.
Maybe Mio really was nice and didn't want to hurt her. He was really caring and helped her when nobody else did.
"Thank you, by the way.", she whispered silently, quickly pulling her hair up into a messy bun so it wouldn't wet her back too much anymore.
"You don't have to stay here with me if you don't want to. I don't want you to miss class just because I'm a crybaby."

 

[Scripted Away]

"nope",Bailey giggled at Cole's question if they'd go to Spain, grinning softly.
However her eyes widened when he asked her if she had the gift,and jumped up immediately.
After she had run into the bedroom and came back with a small pack in shimmering white gift wrap like a pearl, she grinned awkwardly as she kissed Cole's cheek.
"What would I just do without you?", She chuckled. "Probably lose my own head."
She sighed happily as she softly stroked over his cheek for a moment. "Alrighty, let's go, yeah?"

Raven sighed silently as she buried her face into Tyler's chest for a moment, before she locked her eyes to his,smiling weakly.
"I love you too, sweetie", she mumbled softly.
"...Can you already imagine our future?", Raven whispered after a while in an attempt to distract and cheer up both, herself and Tyler.
"You and me married, kids on our own..."
Smiling faintly, she softly stroked her thumb over his cheek and leaned her forehead against his.
"And nothing will ever hurt our family. Not as long as I am alive."

Smiling sadly, Mio shrugged at what Heather said about not being pretty.
"Well, I think you are", he mumbled silently, staring at the lake so he wouldn't blush too much.
"I mean, maybe I'm different from all the other guys, or just the odd one out, I don't know... but I hear all the guys talking about big butts and boobs and Kim Kardashian and I just don't get it..."
He shrugged.
"Maybe I'm weird, but the first thing I notice are the eyes. They tell a lot about who you are."
His smile turning a bit wider, he looked into Heather's eyes for a moment.
"You are scared and lonely. You doubt yourself. But you don't have to, really."
As Heather told him that he didn't have to stay with her if he didn't want to, he just smirked softly, subtly rolling his eyes and shaking his head before he wrapped one arm around her and gently squeezed her for a moment.
"I'm not going anywhere before I put some happiness into those pretty Jade green eyes", he explained. "Hey, would it sound stupid if I told you that you remind me of my favorite Sakura tree...?"

 

[Wyosch]

"Come ooooon tell me!", Cole asked her once again, now feeling like a child that had to wait another few hours until it could open up the christmas presents.
As Bailey returned with the present, he nodded, smiling softly at her.
"Alrighty, let's go."
Quickly teleporting them in front of his parents' house, he took Bailey's hand and rang the doorbell with his free one.
"I hope they're already awake. Though it's almost eleven now, so they should be. Especially with an early bird like Hope!"

Tyler stared deeply into Raven's eyes, a soft smile appearing on his face as he stroke a streak of hair out of Raven's face.
"Yeah, I can imagine it already.", he replied, nodding. "I can already see you walking towards me in a beautiful white dress - or any other color - and I can already see us sitting outside watching our children play..."

Heather tilted her head when Mio said he couldn't understand what the other guys liked about Kim Kardashian and everything that came with her, a sad, faint smile on her face.
Of course the other guys didn't like him.
He didn't think like them, he was different.
And different was never good.
"How did you know that?", she asked surprised when Mio guessed how she was feeling only by looking at her eyes, blushing when he pulled her into a half-hug and said that her eyes were pretty.
So he thought she didn't have 'ugly snake eyes' like Victor and his friends had said to her?
"I don't think that sounds stupid... will you tell me why I remind you of your favorite Sakura tree? Is it my hair?", she asked, carefully and softly leaning her head against his shoulder, closing her eyes for a moment.
Even though she was still scared, she knew that Mio wouldn't turn on her and hurt her like the others had done.
He was so much different than other guys. Kinda like her dad.
And it was only good that her dad had set such a good example on how real 'men' should behave.
Mio was really sweet... and very nice. And his voice was very soothing.
"...thanks for wanting to be my friend."

 

[Scripted Away]

"okay okay, I'll give you another tip", Bailey chuckled softly.
"It's near but not in Brazil."
When Cole had teleported to his parents home and rang the doorbell, she grinned excitedly.
By now, she felt more belonging to his family than to her own, and she was always happy to visit them.
As Sam opened the door with tired eyes but a soft smile on his face and Hope in his arms, she smirked softly.
"Well, if that ain't my son and daughter-in-law", he said happily, squeezing Cole in a quick hug, careful not to squeeze Hope.
"Come in, come in, you two."
Turning towards the living room, he called "honey, Cole and Bailey are here!"

"I can already see you explain them how to make tea", Raven mumbled, winking as she smiled a small smile at him.
"And imagine how cute they'll be..."
She gently pushed him back into the bed and cuddled her head onto his chest, softly stroking over his belly under his shirt.
"I love you endlessly, Ty."

At Heather's question how he knew about how she felt, Mio just shrugged.
"Well, I see it in your eyes..."
He sighed softly, gently stroking a streak of hair behind Heather's ear.
Maybe it would be wise to change topics...
Heather's question about his favorite Sakura tree was a welcome change of subject.
"It's, well, my dad's family originally came from China, many generations ago. And the family legend says that one of our ancestors was a Chinese prince, Miosako Myejong. Miosako was said to be different than anyone else. He didn't care about expensive robes, or a life in luxury. All he wanted, was freedom. Freedom was the restriction his heritage burdened the young prince with. The tradition however expected him to marry when he would be sixteen, and so all the girls from good families in China were invited to stay at the Royal palace, where they would undergo a row of tests to find the right one."
A soft, dreamy sparkling had appeared in Mio's eyes till now, who absolutely loved the old legend his mother had always told him when he was a little boy.
"Jun found the one: Yuna, a girl from a good yet not wealthy family. She was different. She was said to be strong-willed, yet a dreamer, as hard as a mountain, and soft as the summer breeze. She won Miosako's heart by treating him like everyone else. No bowing, no 'your majesty'. He fell for the way she wouldn't change for anyone, and for the way she changed him.
But not everyone shared The happiness that settled over the Royal palace. One of the other girls who was participating in the contest saw them meeting secretly in a hidden garden, and made a deal with an evil spirit to kill Yuna.
Forced to marry the winner of the competition, just the girl who had secretly killed his love, Miosako never smiled again, and even though he was a fair and good King, life in the kingdom never was the same again-
Till the day the ten-years-lasting curse of the spirit wore off, and Yuna awoke, however without any memory of her past. She came to the Royal palace as a cuttle maiden, under the name of Ming, but Miosako immediately recognized her.
While the spirit claimed the life of the queen as it's fee, Yuna got her memories back.
And when Miosako saw her recognizing him, and the old love flourished again, his heart came back to life, and the young king finally smiled again."
Smiling softly, Mio lifted his shoulders.
"Later, when Miosako and Yuna were much older, and their oldest son had taken over the throne, they moved to Korea to settle down, and planted a cherry blossom tree in their garden. It remained there for centuries, long enough to become the favorite place for a little boy named after the young king, who would rather dream of being as wise and loving as his namesake, instead of being a 'real boy' like his two older brothers...
And you... You remind me of it because- well, ever since we moved here, I've been missing this feeling this place gave me... The feeling that there's more to life than insecurity and loneliness. You-"
He hesitated for a moment, looking shyly at Heather from the corner of his eyes.
"You are a whole lot like Yuna. You changed everything by just appearing here."

 

[Wyosch]

((Mac!! xD))

Cole happily made his way in, hardly keeping his eyes off of his little half-sister. She was so cute and had these beautiful, big eyes!
As his mother walked into the living room, black circles under her eyes, he smiled widely and gave her a tight hug.
"It is so great to see you two!", Emma hugged Bailey as well, a soft smile on her face.
"You look great, Bailey. I love your fluffy sweater! I have one like that too, but we use it as a blanket for Hope now. She loves that thing."

Tyler closed his eyes for a moment as Raven stroke over his body, a happy smile on his face.
"I love you even more than I love tea!", he replied, winking. "I love you just so much that I could never put it in the correct words or show you how much it truly is because there just is no way I could show you all my love because it's eternal."
He frowned softly, raising his eyebrow with an akward smile on his face.
"Did that even make sense?"

Heather listened to Mio talking with big, curious eyes, smiling softly as she saw how fascinated he was.
She liked talking about legends and myths, but he really seemed to have a passion for it.
As he had finished his story, she just curled a streak of hair around her finger and played with it.
"Well... I just want to say that I don't think you're a 'real boy', but a real man.", she said, looking at Mio with a shy smile.
"Boys behave like little children, don't have respect for anybody, want to be cool and popular and only look at the outside when it comes down to girls, disrespecting them even more than they usually do and... honestly I could go on like that. You however aren't a 'real boy' like those assholes here at school. You're a man already. You are sweet, caring, you respect people and will even miss class to help them. You don't look at what a person's appearance is like, but you much rather judge a person on their behavior and personality."
Heather looked away, a slight blush on her face.
"Don't feel bad for people telling you you're not a real boy. You're much better than that. Be glad that you're not like Victor. It's so rare to find a guy who cares and just... all in all who is like you. Be proud of that."

 

[Scripted Away]

((though he can't be with Jim anymore rn, right? He has to be at work..^^"))

Bailey smiled happily as she hugged her future mother-in-law back before she watched Hope with a soft smirk.
She had the same cute smile as Cole and their mother and eyes that almost constantly showed a bright,sunny day at the beach.
Such a happy little girl.
Minding how Emily was around her family, she really was the exact opposite of her.
As Hope suddenly squealed happily,stretching her little arms out to Bailey, she grinned softly and took the little girl from Sam.
"Yeeaaah you need some cuddles from your sister-in-law, don't you?", She chuckled.
As she looked up at Emma again, Hope cuddling against her chest, she smiled lovingly.
"So I forgot to bring my Christmas gift for you when we came over last week because I was just, well, me."
Smirking softly, she turned to Cole, carefully laying Hope down in his arms.
"Honey would you take her for a moment? Can't give your mom her gift with little miss sunshine occupying my arms."
Smiling happily, she held out the gift to emma- inside the package, a beautiful little bracelet.

"Almost", Raven chuckled softly, tracing his abs with her finger.
"But I know what you mean. I feel the same."
Yeah,this guy.
This guy right here was the one, and she'd do everything to see him happy and smiling.
"Hey, what about we try and put that sweet smile back into your face,hm? What do you wanna do? Go somewhere? Cuddle? Lunch? Picnic on a scrapyard?"
She winked.
"Check out that creepy old abandoned factory a few miles outside the city?"

Mio smiled softly as he watched the lake for a while, rewinding what Heather had said.
Well, I'm certainly glad you think I'm a good person", he mumbled after a long while of silence.
"You'd like my brothers, though. They're nice. My oldest brother, Sung, actually studies medicine in your father's class, and my second older brother, Hao, works in that Korean restaurant corner Kennedy Alley. he once threw a customer out who complained about a family bringing their mentally disabled child into the restaurant."
Turning his head to look at Heather, his eyes sparkling softly, he just shifted into his true centaur form and carefully got up, watching out not to step on anything fragile with his hooves.
"Hey, it's lunch break in a few minutes anyway. I always go home for lunch, only living a few minutes walk from here.
Wanna come along? I doubt you wanna lunch in the crowded cafeteria, hm?"

 

[Wyosch]

((or he's free today?))

Cole was happily playing with Hope, poking his nosetip against hers and making strange animal sounds to make her laugh.
Emma watched her son with a soft smile before she took the box Bailey had just handed her.
"Oh you silly, you really didn't have to.", she mumbled softly, unpacking it - gasping when she saw the beautiful bracelet and the sweet text that was written next to it.
"Oh my god... Bailey-", Emma had tears in her eyes as she just hugged her tightly, a loving smile on her face.
"I love it so much... thank you. I don't know what to say... thank you."

"No, the scrapyard is for this evening.", Tyler replied, smirking. He was so excited for her reaction. He just hoped she'd like it, but she very probably would.
"Well... what if we go iceskating? Didn't you say you'd like to do that once?", he suggested, a soft smile on his face as he gently kissed her neck.
"But I really don't mind... you can choose. As long as it's something we'll do together, I'm in."

Heather smiled softly as Mio talked about his brothers, nodding.
"They sound like good guys.", she replied, slightly tilting her head when he invited her over to his house.
"Really? But won't that be too much of a fuss then? I could also just... wait here until the break is over and I have to go to the next class. You've already done so much for me, I don't want to be a burden."
She shyly turned away from him, running her fingertips over the water surface.
If her parents would ask how her first day at school went, she'd just lie. They were already so disappointed that she was a teenager now, she didn't want to disappoint them even more... though she wouldn't lie when saying she already had found a friend. That is, if Mio would still want to be her friend. What if he was only being nice to her because he pitied her?
She quickly shook her head, trying to get rid of those toxic 'what if'-thoughts, and just looked back up at Mio with her big eyes.
"Can I ask you something?"

 

[Scripted Away]

((then gimme a repost XD))

Bailey grinned happily as she hugged Emma back and then gently put the bracelet around her wrist.
"You're welcome, Emma. It's true though. You all took me in with open arms when Cole and I got closer. You call me a part of your family and I couldn't be happier about that.''
Smiling softly, she hugged Emma once more before she gently wrapped her arm around Cole's waist and rested her head on his shoulder, watching Hope.
"I love you", she whispered happily, looking up at him with a soft smile.
"I love you all."

"Ice skating sounds fantastic!", Raven said with a soft smile, already getting up to change into some warm clothes so she wouldn't freeze.
"I have to earn you though: I never ice skates ever in my life before, so I'll probably make a fool of myself and fall into you all the time", she chuckled.
Pulling up Tyler by his hands, she gave him a deep kiss before she pulled the white knitted beanie over her head and wrapped herself in a far too big scarf.
"I'm ready!", She chuckled, her voice muffled from the scarf that reached all the way up her nose.
"What? It's cold outside!"

"Psh, my parents would crucify me if I wouldn't invite you", Mio chuckled softly, taking Heather's hand to help her up as he stood up, and lastly just gently lifted her onto his back.
"It's hidden in the densest forest and can't be reached by anyone who isn't invited. We centaurs are kind of shy, heh."
Smiling softly, he gently pushed the little rose he had put in Heather's hair back into place and wiped the last remain of a tear off her cheek with his thumb.
"And of course. You can ask me any- and everything you want. I'll walk slow so we have some more time to talk, okay? Just hold on to my shoulders or waist or whatever, so you won't fall off."

 

[Wyosch]

((Here you go xD))

"Calm down, Macon!", Jim mumbled softly, taking deep breaths in the hope that his brother would copy.
He knew what was going through his head right now.
"Listen to me - it is not your fault. Okay? It's not your fault! Was it my fault when Ash suddenly grew up to 15? No. Was it my fault when Raven grew up to 22? Yes. I thought that Rachel would hate me because of it, and I do believe that you are thinking the same with Hunter now. But it's really not your fault. You couldn't have known about the insta-grow-stuff still being intact. You couldn't have known that she'd fall into it. You couldn't have changed anything."
Jim sighed silently, a sad frown on his face as he looked into Macon's eyes.
"She was your little girl... and she's now suddenly a teenager. I know how hard it is for you, Mac... there is nothing that will take the pain away. Even in years you'll still remember that she should be much younger than she is now... it'll hurt. A lot. But it doesn't change a thing about her still being your little girl, no matter how old she is... or how weird it feels for you not even being a decade older than her..."

"Sweetie, you just are a part of our family. And if Cole ever hurts you I'll disown him.", Emma replied to Bailey, winking at her son who just let out a groan.
"Seriously, mom? You know I'd never-"
"Honey, calm down - I was joking. I know you'd never hurt her.", Emma chuckled silently, gently swatting Sam's side as if she wanted to say 'See - I told you he'd react like that'.
Cole just shook his head at his mother, a soft smirk on his face as he gently kissed Bailey's cheek.
"I love you too.", he mumbled silently, leaning his head against hers with a happy sigh.
"Can you already see us with a baby like Hope?"

Tyler laughed softly at Raven, a happy sparkling in his eyes as he kissed her forehead and straightened her beanie.
"You look super cute.", he giggled silently, winking, quickly putting on his favorite dark blue beanie and warm denim-looking-like jacket.
"Don't worry, I'll teach you how to ice skate, it's not that hard... that reminds me - I was in the hockey team back when I was like 16 or so. So you don't have to worry, I'll catch you if you fall, without me falling too and bringing us both down.", he winked, a happy grin on his face as he offered Raven his hand, ready to teleport them to the ice rink in the city.
"And if it gets too cold for you I'll give you my jacket - or we go back home and warm ourselves up in front of the open fire."

Heather just stared at Mio - well, his back - with pure fascination and wonder in her eyes.
She had always had a huge passion for horses, probably as well because she was a Unicorn-shifter, and centaurs had always fascinated her. Now, here she was, her friend a centaur and she had the honor to meet his family, knowing how shy centaurs really are.
"It's an honor, Mio. I know you centaurs are rather shy and prefer not to socialize unless absolutely necessary, so it's really a great honor that you're bringing me to your house and your family. Thank you."
She slightly bit her lip as Mio told her she needed to hold onto him so she wouldn't fall of, and just slowly wrapped her arms around his waist, leaning her head against his back.
"So... about my question. It's, probably kinda weird but - what did you first think of me when you first saw me? That I was weird and ugly, like the others did - well do - or... something else?"

 

[Scripted Away]

((thx! ^^))

Mac just let out a long, hopeless sigh, leaning his forehead against his big brother's shoulder.
He knew Jim was trying to cheer him up, but honestly, his words didn't reach his heart.
If he had made sure Heather wouldn't run off into the forest on her own, this all wouldn't have happened.
It was his fault. And nothing would ever erase that from his memory.
Not that he could ever forget anyway.
"Thanks for trying to cheer me up...", he sighed silently, shaking his head.
"But it is my fault, Jimbo... If I had watched her better, if I hadn't been distracted, she wouldn't have run off into the forest, and all this wouldn't have happened."

While Bailey nodded happily at Cole, Sam just wrapped his arms around all of them and squeezed them in a tight hug for a moment.
"The Perfect wife, a fantastic son, a cute daughter and a great daughter-in-law. Man my family really is perfect", he sighed happily.
Bailey just grinned happily at everyone- until Hope made a weird face and sneezed silently- a little bit of snot landing on Cole's shirt.
When the little baby girl looked at the snot stain fascinatedly with big eyes like 'did that just really fly out of my nose?!' Bailey just laughed out loud, gently poking his side. "Are you ready for more of that from our own little one?", She chuckled softly.

"That was ten years ago!", Raven said with obviously faked fear in her eyes, laughing silently afterwards.
"Can you even remember how to put on your skates?"
Smirking, she looked up at Tyler with brightly sparkling eyes before she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a soft, loving hug.
He was just such a great person. So sweet and loving and caring...
He was everything she could have ever dreamed of.
And damn he looked cute with that beanie!
Just come here and kiss me", she whispered with a happy smile, gently pulling Tyler into a long, soft kiss, full of love.
"I just really wanna tell you how incredibly much I love you", she whispered softly. "And how happy you make me, sweetie."

"Yeah, we have a strong flight instinct... But regarding you, it's basically nonexistent."
Mio smiled softly at Heather, thinking for a moment how to put his words right to answer her question.
He didn't want to sound like he was just trying to compliment her until he'd get into her pants or so...
"I- well, I thought- don't think that I'm just saying this to flirt or whatever, okay? I thought you're really-... Really pretty?"
He ran his hand through his hair once, resting his free hand on hers that was wrapped around his waist.
"And then,she I saw how insecure and scared you were, and how Victor was trying to wrap you around his little finger just to get into your pants, I suddenly had this... Urge to protect you. I don't know how else to explain it. I mean, you see how different I am around you, compared to being around everyone else. Normally all I want is run and hide and not be seen by anyone, but right now, all I want is to see you happy, as weird as that sounds..."
He shrugged, focusing his gaze on everything in front of him, scared to see Heather's reaction right now.
However after a few minutes of walk, Mio stopped in front of two trees, their trunks shaping a gate that was impossible to pass because the branches were that dense.
"Please let us pass, she is a friend", he said with a gentle smile, and the branches immediately retreated, giving way for the sight of a beautiful, little village, built around the trees in perfect harmony with nature.
"It's not only my family", Mio explained. "We mostly live in herds."
About 30 centaurs of all ages were leisurely strolling through the small alleys of the hidden village, looking up from what they were doing all the same when Mio approached with Heather on her back.
"Miosako, who is your guest?", A huge centaur asked, approaching carefully but openly, followed by a younger one.
Both took a slight bow, just as Mio.
"Father", he said silently, avoiding to establish eye contact. "This is my friend Heather. She had a bad day, and I invited her to eat with us."
Turning to Heather, he smiled faintly.
"This is my father, Jun, and my oldest brother Sung. They are the leaders of our herd."
Jun just looked at Heather closely for a few seconds, his intense gaze burning into hers, before he turned towards the village.
"We have the pleasure to greet a visitor!", He announced, a couple of centaurs lifting their arms and waving or calling 'welcome' and 'it's a pleasure to meet you'.
Smiling softly, Mio looked back at Heather. "My other brothers and mom are probably already in our house. Do you wanna meet them now or check out the village at first?"

 

[Wyosch]

Jim frowned sadly at Macon, just taking a deep breath to try and think of any other ways to cheer his brother up.
"But... just-", he sighed, shaking his head. He knew that he couldn't get into his brother's head now. No matter what he'd say, Macon would stay stubborn and give himself the fault.
"Maybe it's a good idea to distract you a bit.", he mumbled thoughtfully, slightly disappointed in himself that he wasn't able to help his brother.
"...so how is your pregnant wife doing?"

Cole made a disgusted face for a second before he handed Hope over to his mother to take out a napkin and try to somehow get rid of that snot stain - on one of his favorite shirts.
"Remind me to not wear my favorite shirts around babies. Or just not any shirts at all.", he winked, Emma grinning happily.
"That was her first sneeze!", she proudly kissed Hope's forehead before she too grabbed a napkin and carefully cleaned her daughter's nose.

"Ice skating is something you'll remember forever, just like riding a bike!", Tyler replied, winking, a happy sparkling in his eyes when Raven kissed him deeply.
"I couldn't be happier to hear that I make you happy. Like, for real - your smile is the best thing to start off a day with.", he sighed dreamily, quickly kissing her once more before he grabbed her hand and intertwined their fingers.
"You mean the world and even more to me, baby. I love you."
Tyler just stared at Raven for a moment, his eyes sparkling lovingly before he gave her another quick kiss and smirked softly.
"Ready to go ice skating?"

Heather carefully jumped off of Mio's back, taking a deep bow in front of Jun and Sung, a modest smile on her face.
"It is an honor to meet you, and an even greater honor to be welcomed as your guest.", her voice was still silent, yet not as insecure and scared when she had talked to the people at school. Guess she probably felt more at ease here.
As the other centaurs waved and welcomed her, she shyly waved back with a soft smile on her face, her eyes big and sparkling, full of fascination and wonder.
Turning back to Mio with a smile that almost resembled a soft grin, she faintly lifted her shoulders at his question.
"Oh- I don't know. I would love to meet your mother and other sibling-...s? - and I believe it's only respectful if I'd first thank your mother as well for welcoming me here - if she will, but you know what I mean - and you could later show me the village if you'd like.", she suggested, looking at the other centaurs again. "They all look so peaceful and so nice. And they're all so pretty! -can I say that? Or is that disrespectful? I don't want to anger anyone..."

 

[Scripted Away]

"...fine, I guess. Crying a lot", Mac mumbled silently, lifting his shoulders.
Okay maybe he was stuck in a hole right now... A quite deep hole.
"I'm sorry I'm like this right now. I really wish I could just cheer up an stop being a depressed moodkiller, but I'm quite down ever since it happened and I just don't eat out of it. Slowly starting to worry, to be honest."
Scoffing silently, he pushed his hands into the pockets of his pants.
"What did you do when Raven suddenly grew up?"

Bailey laughed softly at Cole's disgusted face and gently ruffled his hair, after she had helped him clean up.
"No shirt at all sounds really good", she whispered grinning, silently enough so only he would hear her.
"Talking about that, we really need a cuddling evening again."
Turning to Emma, she smiled softly at her future mother-in-law, stroking over Hope's head for a moment.
"Hey, Emma- if we ever don't know what to do, like, I don't know, when we need some tips on how to teach a baby talking or walking or whatever... We can come to you, right?"

"Ready to go!", Raven said with an excited grin, holding on to Tyler's hand tightly.
She just hoped she wouldn't make a complete fool of herself.
"But don't you dare laughing at me when I look stupid trying to keep my balance!", she added laughing, softly cuddling against his chest and taking a deep breath to take in his familiar scent.
Kind of crazy, how they had only been together for about a week and already were so close, actually had always been.
"I love you like crazy", she sighed happily.
"My sly fox..."

Mio smiled softly as he gently rested one hand on Heather's shoulder, who only reached up to his waist in his centaur form. And he still was one of the smaller centaurs! His father was well three heads taller than him.
"Okay, then we'll say hi to Mom first", he said nodding, and walked on, his right arm loosely resting around her shoulders.
"And, don't worry. I mean, who wouldn't be happy to hear they're considered pretty?"
A soft smirk crept over his face as he winked at her, before he stopped at the entrance door of a beautiful little house, built around the trunks of a couple of trees,so they formed natural parts of the walls inside the house.
When he pushed the door open without having to unlock it, he smiled softly. "We don't need locks on our entrance doors, because our village is so hidden that it can't be found without one of us showing the way. And no one of us would ever break into the house of another one. We trust eachother deeply. Everyone here would give their life for everyone else."
As he had led Heather through a long hallway, into the kitchen, where a beautiful centaur was cooking lunch.
"Hey momma", Mio Said with a slightly awkward smirk, already guessing what would come next-
The beautiful centaur turned around, her eyes widened at the sight of Heather and she immediately started interrogating him.
"Mio, who is your beautiful friend here?"
"She's-"
"It's so nice to meet you."
"-Heather-"
"Heather. I'm Yuna, Mio's mom. Will you have lunch with us?"
"I invited her, if you don't mind, mom."
"Did you ask your father already? You know him."
"He said yes."
"Yay! Genshi, Hao, come and say hi to our guest!"
While the sound of two more centaurs was approaching, Mio lifted his shoulders with a soft smile.
"Might be the first time ever I've brought a friend- let alone a girl- home."
As a very friendly-looking centaur, a bit older than Mio, came into the room, his eyes widened.
"Mio, you are bringing a friend along? What happened to my little loner brother, hmm? Nice to meet you, young lady, I'm Mio's older brother, Hao. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Mio suddenly stumbled backwards when a little centaur boy crashed into his forelegs.
"Mio, you're home!! I played with- who are you?", He asked with big eyes, looking up at Heather.
"And this is Genshi, my little brother", Mio explained with a soft smile, still protectively resting his hand on Heather's shoulder.
"Boy, boys, behave!", Mio's mom said with a soft smile. "Don't rush at our guest like that. It's nice to have you here, Heather."
"She's right though", Mio Said, smiling warmly. "It's really nice to have you here. Oh and if you have any questions or need anything or so- just let me know, yeah?"

 

[Wyosch]

Jim sighed silently, thoughtfully running his hand through his hair. He know what Macon was feeling like, and he also knew that it was hard to get out of that hole.
"I understand, Mac. I've been through it twice. You really don't have to apologize to me."
He frowned softly, thinking about what he had felt like when the same had happened to Ash and Raven.
"What I did? I cried. Balled my eyes out. You're allowed to be sad about it. Hell I'm still sad about what happened to Ash... However, it's happened, and neither can I change something about it, neither do I want to. Just look at how happy Ash is with Emily and their kids. Look at how happy Raven is. I know how hard it is for you, Mac. Trust me. And you have to cry, and you will. And I can promise you that it'll still hurt in years, but what's important now is that you remember that she is still your daughter, and that she now needs you more than ever before."

Emma nodded happily at Bailey, a proud smile on her face.
"Of course you can, sweetie. But most of it will come on its own, you got your mom-instincts. Teaching your little one how to talk and walk is way easier than changing a diaper for the first time.", she replied, winking at her future daughter-in-law.
"Just know that both Sam and I are only one call away if you ever need us."

"I promise that I'll definitely laugh at you when you fall.", Tyler replied, winking at her and teleporting them in front of the iceskating-hall.
"And I love you too, my bunny.", he whispered, taking out his wallet so he could already get ready to pay.
"There's hardly any people in here.", he noticed as they made their way in, Tyler buying two tickets for him and Raven and leading her to the counter to rent iceskates.
"I took one size taller than your usual shoe size.", he explained, nodding his head as a 'thank you' to the woman who gave him the iceskates for both of them.
Sitting down on the bench, he started taking his shoes off and putting the skates on, tying them as hard as possible.
"Need any help?"

Heather happily greeted Mio's mother and other two brothers, a soft sparkling in her eyes as Mio told her that it was great to have her here.
"Thank you so much for having me here. It's a pleasure to meet you, and may I just say that you're really beautiful?", she shyly said to Yuna, quickly running her hand through her hair - almost throwing off the flower Mio had given her.
"And it's great meeting you two as well.", she had turned to Mio's brothers, shaking Hao's hand and waving at Genshi who seemed a little shy.
"You don't have to be scared of me, I don't bite. Do you want a handshake too? Or would you prefer a high-five?"
She smiled softly at him, her eyes sparkling fascinately. She could have never dreamed of ever having lunch with centaurs, who were so reserved and usually didn't like strangers.
"Thank you, Mio.", Heather mumbled silently, a gentle smile appearing on her face as she looked up at him.
"Don't ever forget what I told you about being you. You and your family are great."

 

[Scripted Away]

Mac sighed softly, nodding at what Jim told him before he just dropped down on the couch, looking up at the ceiling, his glasses hanging kinda lopsided on his nose.
"You know what? You're right. What about I renovate her room, so it's fitting for a teenager? You know, to show her that it's okay and that we are still there for her and care for her and everything?"

Bailey smiled happily as she nodded at Emma, carefully running her fingers over her belly for a moment.
It was still unbelievable that a little life was growing inside her. And dang she couldn't wait for the day Cole could start hearing its thoughts.
"Man I'm already so excited! Like, I'm scared too, but mostly just so, so happy."

Raven also thanked the woman with a soft smile before she sat down opposite of Tyler and put on her skates as well, tying them as tightly as she could.
Didn't want to get blisters, after all.
"I think I got it all tight and fitting", she mumbled, trying to stand up-
And immediately falling back onto the bench.
"Who that's a weird feeling!", She chuckled. "Let's try this again..."
Getting up once more, she used Tyler's shoulder to steady herself and tried to get used to standing on the thin metal blades of the skates.
"Okay... Okay okay, I got this. I'm standing. Heh!"

Mio grinned softly as Genshi high-fived Heather.
He was just about to say something to what she had told him about his family being great, when his mother spoke up with a soft smile.
"Oh but you are such a beautiful young lady, too. Boys, come on, help me put everything on the table. And one of go search a chair for Heather. And you mio- be a good friend and-"
Just then, his oldest brother Sung came in.
"Mom, dad won't eat with us today. The DunBroc clan is in trouble. He went to see their leader and discuss the next steps."
Mio slightly furrowed his eyebrows at that, but then just smiled softly as he looked at Heather again.
"Sooo... It will still take a few minutes until lunch is ready and I doubt we can help here right now. Wanna go to my room or so? Dunno, we could- no idea. I'm so awkward. Never had a visitor before, so excuse if I'm a bit-... Awkward. Yeah."
Smirking softly, he slightly bent down, so Heather didn't have to look up so much and gently took her hand. "You know, I've told you so much about me and my family already, but I'd really love to learn some more about you..."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim nodded, a soft smirk on his face.
"That's a pretty good idea. I bet she'll love it. And it's just a great way to show her that you still care. I think she's even more scared of her new self than you are.", he replied, sitting down next to his brother, leaning back in the couch. "And hey, don't show her that you think it's your fault - which it isn't but hey you don't wanna listen - because that'll only make it worse for her. Raven growing up was my fault, I admit that, but I know that Ash's wasn't my fault, no matter how hard I believed it. He had so many other things to think about, and I only made him feel worse by telling him it was my fault etc. It'll be hard for you. And Hunter. By the way, iss she taking it worse or better than you? Rachel took it far better than me when Raven was suddenly an adult."

Cole happily wrapped his arms around Bailey from behind, resting his chin on her head with a happy smile. He couldn't wait for their baby. They would still have to wait about nine months, and he really didn't know how he would do that. He was now already dying of excitement!
"Just wait until your belly starts growing, your fear will just fade away. The ultrasound pictures will take more and more of your fears away with every visit. Oh and of course the baby's first kicks.", Emma replied, a soft smile on her face as she watched her son and his fiancée for a second.
"And your fiancé will take even more fear away. Not only because he'll extra nice to you, but because of his panic. Just wait until you're on the toilet once and it's taking a little long - if I know my son he'll come running in full in panic mode because he thinks it's the baby. And don't even get me started on his reactions when you crave weird food.", Emma winked at her husband, giggling softly.
"It'll be great, Bailey. There's really nothing you have to fear."

Tyler watched Raven with a loving smirk on his face, grabbing her waist to steady her as he got up from the bench as well.
"Think you can walk on these or do you want me to carry you to the ice?", he asked, chuckling silently as he took one step forward, standing in front of his girlfriend so he could easily catch her if she'd trip or fall.
"It should be easy for you. Just the same as walking on heels... I think."
He smirked, carefully starting to walk backwards, slowly leading Raven to the open gate that lead onto the ice.
"Okay now as we get onto the ice-", Tyler mumbled, carefully stepping onto the ice, holding both of his hands to Raven to help her.
"Make small steps and hold onto my hands, I got you, okay? It'll be really weird for you at first, but that'll change after a while on the ice. We'll do it slowly, okay?"
They were lucky that there were only a handful of people on the ice - probably because it was a weekday and everybody had to work or go to school - so it'd be easier for Raven to learn how to skate without fearing embarrassing herself.

"Don't worry, I'm akward too.", Heather replied to Mio, winking - blushing to a deep red as he took her hand. She smiled akwardly, biting her lip for a moment while she thought about what she could start telling Mio about her and her family.
"Eh- well... my hair? It's naturally pink. No hair dye used. My mom's hair is naturally ice blue. Still don't really get why my hair is pink...but I actually quite like it. Eh... my parents are both professors at our school, and I have two brothers. Noah, who's about 5, and Misha, who's about 2. I- eh... this will sound really weird but...I should actually be 3 years old. Yet, here I am...being 15. How that happened? Well, last week I was playing outside and ran off and somehow fell into this weird thing that made me like this. That's probably not very interesting... eh-"
She ran her free hand through her hair, thinking of what else she could tell him. There wasn't a lot, she was boring.
"Probably as you have noticed, I can control water. And I can talk to animals. But I'm scared of spiders. Like really. Not as scared as my mom, but still. No spider-jokes please... eh- I can shift into a unicorn and a mermaid. Really girly, isn't it?"
Why the hell was she being so weird right now? This was so embarrassing right now. It sounded as if she was just... unable to form easy sentences that didn't sound as if she were mentally disabled. No that was evil of her to think like that. Though it was kinda true. Or was it that she sounded more like a nervous and akward wreck?
Possibly.
"I... play the piano. I eh- learned it this week of me being 15. So that's that... I don't know what I could tell you about me, I'm boring... sorry."

 

[Scripted Away]

"yeah, i-... I suppose you're right", Macon mumbled with the faintest of smiles on his face, leaning his head against his brother's shoulder.
Man he was glad to have Jim here.
Sure, he could be a jerk sometimes, and drive him nuts- but in the end he was the greatest big brother he could have ever imagined.
"Hey man, thanks for being there for me and helping me", he said silently, gently shoving Jim's shoulder with his own.
"Wouldn't know what I'd do without my favorite jerk of a big bro."
After he had taken out his phone and hesitated for a moment, he nodded at himself, tapping Heather's chat on WhatsApp.
"Okay, I'll text her...", He muttered, halfway to himself.
Hey sweetie, guess what? Got a surprise waiting for you at home when you come back. eue
Was school okay? Your class teacher texted me that you had some argument with Vincent Blake? That boy's an ass, constantly in trouble for harassing girls. Might be kicked soon- and if not i will kick him (;
(Btw, is it embarrassing if your father uses emojis? If so- scusi!)
See ya later sweetie, I love you.
~Dad
"...that should do it", he mumbled with a loving smile as he sent the message.

Bailey laughed softly as Emma told her what Cole would probably going to be like, and just softly stroked over his hands and kissed his cheek.
"Yeah, with someone like my crazy alien here, I really gotta fear nothing", she sighed softly, leaning back a bit to cuddle against him.
Man she would cuddle him to pieces when they'd be home again!
"Talking about craving food-", she said with a soft grin, looking up at Cole.
"Would you mind stopping by the supermarket on our way back and getting some chocolate ice cream and peanut butter? And vanilla sauce? ... Thinking twice that sounds like the perfect receipe for diabetes", she laughed. "But I'd kill for it right now-!"

Raven felt like a duck on a soapy floor.
Why was she moving all of a sudden?! And why in the wrong direction?!
"I- this- WHOA!"
Just in time, she landed in Tyler's arms and looked up at him with a deep frown.
"I swear this ice-!"
Scrambling to her feet again, she held on to the edge of the rink, trying to stand on her own.
Did this have to be so slippery?!
"I never walked on heels either!", She gasped, clinging to the metal edge.
This was a really really weird feeling.
Why the heck-
She felt like was skating on eggs.
"Is this really supposed to be so-"
Almost slipping out once more, she held on to Tyler's arm this time, clenching her teeth.
"Slippery?!"

"Wait, wait- pause- and rewind", Mio Said with his eyebrows raised, lying down on a cozy, really flat, giant bed made of loads of blankets and pillows, after he had led her into his room.
Pulling his legs closer to himself, so Heather would have enough space to sit down beside him, he leaned his human torso against the tree that was standing in the edge of the bed, watching Heather with big eyes.
"You are supposed to be three? You- eh. You really don't look like it. I mean, of course I believe you, why should you lie, it's just hard to wrap my mind around it with you looking like-"
He broke off, looking away with a bright blush on his face.
"-a friggin model-"
He smiled awkwardly as he turned his face back to her, and held out a bag with m&m's. His favorite candy.
"Hey, you know what? We really have to play a duet sometime! Piano and violin. Bet that would sound heavenly!"
He had regained his countenance by now and just smiled gently, the old nervousness entirely gone as he looked at her with nothing but care and friendliness in his eyes.
"Hey, if you want I could show you how to half shift. That way you would appear like a centaur. Wouldn't have to look up so much-"
Smirking shyly, he locked his eyes to the floor once more. "-and I could still take your hand-"