[KneelingAngel and Gilmore ] A Long Road Home

[KneelingAngel]

"I'm okay." Clay managed to say behind gritted teeth and stomped over to the car, strapping both Maxi and Adelaide in, before getting in the front seat, waiting for his wife to step in before driving them home as cal my as he could.


A nurse walked up to James and Bormir. "Sir, you can go see you're child if you want." She said with a small smile.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

James nods and gets up. He goes to see his baby girl."Hey princess daddy is here."He said.


Effie Sat in the car in silence. She had started to shake the shock value of it wearing off.when he got them home.Effie carried Adelaide to her play pen and placed her in it gently. She walked to the couch and put her head in her hands.She started to hyperventilating, she was trying not to cry.She rocked herself back and forth quietly as she messed with her hands on her eye's her hair. She even dug her nails into her palm.


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[KneelingAngel]

Clay put Maxi in his room where he could play and closed the door. He walked down to the stairs and hurried to Effie when he saw what she was doing to herself. "Effie, stop." He said and grabbed her hands so she couldn't dig her nails in the skin. "Keep breathing, calm down." He said, his anger towards James was pushed towards the back of his head and focused on Effie

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Effie couldn't stop. She had tears in her eye's. She wrapped her arms around his neck and clung to him with eye's closed. She burried her face into his neck. She wasn't mad or scared the adrenaline finally wore off.


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[KneelingAngel]

Clay held on to her until Effie was calmed down and carried her to their room. "You're gonna be alright darlin." He said and kissed her head. He was going to break James's back next time he saw him.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

She clung to her husband m"I know it just the initial. Shock she said and burried her face into his neck.


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It had been a 4 months since the incident. Effie and Clay had been seeing less if James and Justice. They hadn't told her what happened. Effie just said she and Clay were busy with errands when her sister asked about them coming over. James had done everything to say sorry. Effie forgave him. It was more so Clay didn't kill James. She knew he was still not happy, about what happened. She just didn't want to worry her sister.


Effie sat on the couch her legs over the back as she read upside down. She was waiting for Adelaide to wake from her nap.


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[KneelingAngel]

Justice was holding her four month old daughter, Lucy, feeding her a bottle as Maxi was sitting next to her, tiredly leaning into her as he was watching some cartoons. Justice didn't like the fact that she hadn't seen Effie in a while. They wouldn't come for visits and she wasn't even allow to visit them. It bothered her even more that they hadn't come to visit their newest little band member. Maybe if they all went on a trip together? Like to a bungalow park or something… Justice signed and send Effie another text, asking her if she could come by. How was it that she was the manager, but didn't know anything the other's did? Mac had said that he had taken over the schedules since she had had Lucy, but he wouldn't let her see.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Effie put her book down and looked at her phone as the Outlander theme song went off. She looked at it and groaned. "Yeah I can stop by for a bit."She says. She sighed and tunred so she was sitting back up Normally again. She sighed. She go later. She stood and took her clothes off and wwnt for there hot tub. She sunk under with a sigh. She resurfaced and leaned on the edge of the Coldwell she tapped her fingers on the cement like stuff and closed her eye's humming. She listened for the monitor to go off.


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[KneelingAngel]

Justice pouted when her text got ignored and didn't get a reaction back. She growled softly and sighed. This was not okay! She turned off the TV and Maxi looked up and whined. "No, no." Justice said. "Go put on your shoes and jacket, were going to go and visit Adelaide.


"Yey, Adelaide!" Maxi beamed and got off of the couch to get himself ready. Justice got Lucy her tiny jacket and pulled on her own. "Honey, I'm going for a walk with the kids!" She shouted up the stairs before walking out the door with Lucy in her arm and holding Maxi's hand.


Walking through the cold spring air, after fifteen minutes they reached Effie's house. Maxi ran up the stairs and pushed the button to the door bell, happy that he could play with Adelaide again.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

James sighed. "Okay darling. "He said from upstairs.


Effie had gotten her head phones and waa relaxing in the hot tub.She had her eye's closed, the butler opened the door."oh come in miss. Mrs. Danvers is in the hot tub, miss Adelaide is asleep and Mr. Danvers is around here somewhere. Please come inmates"the butler said. He lead Justice to where Effie was and points. There is Mrs. Danvers. Can I do anything else for you?"He asked.


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[KneelingAngel]

"No thank you." Justice smiled walked back with the butler to the living room where she would wait for her sister. Just as she sat down on the couch, Clay walked out of the small home studio. He stopped in his tracks when he saw his sister in law. "Hey Justice." He said.


"Hey." Justice said back, glaring at the man in front of her. Clay looked away and quickly walked over to his wife, knocking on the door. "Effie, you might want to walk down stairs." He said. He did not want to be put up with Justice

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Effie didn't hear him, she had her ear buds in. She was relaxing eye's closed. she was humming to her music. Effies eye's opened as she thought she hears something. She took her ear buds out. "Babe?"She asked.she got out and wrapping a towel around her. She opened the door and jumped. "Oh Love, what's going on?"She asks and let's her hair fall past her shoulders.


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[KneelingAngel]

Clay turned around when Effie asked him what was going on. "You're dear sweet sister is waiting down stairs for you." He said, between gritted teeth and a smile. He didn't have anything against Justice, he just wanted to keep a bit of distance from her mother sensors. They were worse then Effie's.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

"Well I am not dressed and taking a bath."She sighed she knew her husband didn't like dealing with her sister much.Effie sighed and dropped her towel, she went to dress in sweats and walked downstairs. "Hey Justice I texted back I said I see you later. What are you doing here?"She asks. Effie leaned on the wall. She amsaw maxi and picked him up when he ran to her."ugh your so big."Effie winks at her Nephew.


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[KneelingAngel]

(Reply again after work and my grandfather's party, have to work in a couple of minutes -.-") 
"You always say later and then blow me off." Justice said and stood up to face her sister, Lucy still in her arms. "Why have you been avoiding me?" She asked a bit hurt. "Is it something I did or what? If I did, I'm sorry." She said and bit her lip. It was like the band had had a break as well, they hadn't rehearsed or anything since the accident at the Alive Tour and for some reason she thought it was her fault. "Was it because I had another kid?" She asked, biting her lip as Lucy tugged a lock of her ed hair.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

( long day so just grrr )


"I got a lot going on right now.wirh Adelaide. She is miss behaving. Were not avoiding you. You didn't do anything wrong, you have nothing to apologize for. Life has just been getting in the way is all."She said and sighed running a hand through her hair. She hated lying to her sister, but what James did it was nothing to her. She forgave him. It was more Clay wanting to kill James. "No I love Lucy and Maxi both beautiful amazing kids. Life just kinda caught up to us."Effie said and leaned back on the wall. She sighed. "Can I see my beautiful niece."She asks. Effie changed the subject.


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[KneelingAngel]

Justice glared at her sister. "No." She said and held Lucy close. She walked up to her sister and grabbed Maxi's hand. "I don't care if life caught up to you. Do whatever you need to do, I won't get in your way." She said and walked towards the front door, feeling that she was suddenly left alone again. James started acting differently, her sister and Clay were avoiding her, and Bormir looked like he was keeping something from her, as if he knew something she didn't. "You know where to find me." Justice said and closed the front door behind her.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Effie nods and pursed her lips. She sighed and took her shirt off and pants she walked out back and went into the pool fir a swim.She went under the water and screamed. Effie finally a want to the surface and just layed on her back floating.


James and Bormir were playing a card game and laughing. They sighed. Bormir knew James had been upset and that it was an accident, but they couldn't tell James even Effie was keeping Clay away.James sighed ans texted Effie that he wanted to dinner. He waited for her reply


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[KneelingAngel]

Justice let go of Maxi's hand and texted her husband that she was on her way back. She wasn't hungry. She had lost her appetite by just seeing her sister. Effie was leaving her again, or that was what it felt like. It was history all over again. Justice and the kids reached the mansion again and Maxi ran up to greet his daddy. Justice couldn't help but smile and followed after her baby boy, it was so amazing how innocent he was, she wanted to be like that, separated from the world of pain around her. "Here." She said and handed Bormir Lucy. "I'm going to be, I don't feel well." She mumbled and headed towards her room.


Clay heard the baby phone go off and went to get Adelaide out of bed. "Hey, baby girl, did daddy's princess sleep well?" He asked with a smile and kissed Adelaide's cheek when she nodded a yes. Heading down the stairs, he went to look for his wife. He had heard Justice leave and knew it was safe to come out. It wasn't that he didn't like Justice, but she just reminded him of James, he still hadn't gotten over the fact that the other had hit and choked his head. Even though James had apologized, Clay didn't want to except it. He had seen these outburst before and he did not want Effie anywhere near James again. "Hey." He said when he saw Effie floating in the water.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

James sighed and said one minute he kissed both his children and went up after Justice. "Love can we talk? Though I want your promise you won't yell."James said. He got her to agree. "Okay so when Lucy was born you kinda almost passed and they made me get out and something snapped. I was afraid of loosing you. Bormir and Effie were trying to help. Now get I wasn't in my right mind. I kinda accidentally slapped and strangled your sister. I stopped and apologized. She forgave me right away. The reason she won't come over. Even so I did what I did Effie is protecting me from Clay."he said."eh you promised not to yell."he reminded her.


Effie opened her eye's and jumped. "Oh hey love" she said. She swam to the pool edge and put her arms out of the water on the cool deck.


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[KneelingAngel]

Justice agreed not to yell, not knowing what he was going to talk about, but when she heard what he had to say, she didn't know what to do. She was boiling up, he had done what?! Justice dug her nails in her palm, gritting her teeth, trying to keep calm. It was James's fault that her sister kept pushing her away?! His fault that the band was split in two?! Biting her tongue, keeping her promise, she stood up from the bed, walked out of the bedroom and slammed the door to their bedroom shut. The bang was so loud that it caused Lucy to start crying in the kitchen. Justice stomped towards her office and slammed that door shut as well, locking herself in without saying a word, just fury and rage radiating from her. This was not okay. This was NOT okay! Justice had forgiven James thousands of times, but for this? He had just crossed another line. 
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Clay smiled at his wife and sat down of the ground in front of her. "Sorry." He said, knowing very well that it was his fault for having Effie push Justice away.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

James new that was coming. He sighed and layed back. Bormir just quited the children and sighed."that went well"he said.


Effie shrugged. "Not your fault, plus its okay like a hail marry pass. It is all very miracle worker right now.babe you know it isn't James fault right."Effie still forgave James she knew where he was coming from.She didn't want clay to be mad any more."I don't want you to be mad any more love."She said


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[KneelingAngel]

Clay growled and clicked his tongue. "I won't be mad anymore when he learns to keep that temper under control. He went too far Effie and I've seen it before. I don't forgive as easily as you do. It like you don't even care what he did to you." He said, that was another thing that bothered him. Effie forgave him so quickly! James could have hurt her a lot worse and she acted like it was something that happened everyday.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Effie sighed"it was an accident and I care it wasn't okay of him to do that.but what is done is done I can't change people's actions love."She said. She had cared. She just didn't want to dwell on it ir she be as skittish a s when they found her."if I didn't forgive him I be as skittish as a deer and I don't want that to be me any more. "She said


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[KneelingAngel]

"You still should have punched him back." Clay grumbled and sighed. "I still won't forgive him." He said stubbornly and got up, walking back inside with Adelaide. He didn't want to talk about it anymore. He went to lay down on the couch and placed his daughter on his chest, turning on the TV for her so she could watch Dora the Explorer.