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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 28, 2012 1:12:10 GMT
Music started in the basement, covered well by the sound proofing, Leaf and Forrest were rusty but getting abck into it easily, Teagan decided not to go to dance that night
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 28, 2012 1:19:17 GMT
A few hours later, things were almost back to normal. Brooklyn put her clothes back on and glanced over at Ryder. Their hands and bodies had been entangled with one another for quite some time. "I think I was supposed to make dinner." She walked over to the bed and kissed his cheek softly before turning to walk out of the bedroom.
Once downstairs, she went into the kitchen that was stocked full of every type of food imaginable. She got out his favorite and began to cook everything, putting a dessert in the oven to cook while everyone ate. She was making a dish that Ryder used to love. Macaroni and cheese with ham on the side.
When it was done, she put the big bowls on the kitchen table and set all of the plates out, including one for teagan in case she was still here. "Ryder! Kids! Dinner is ready!" It was easy to tell that Brooke was happy now, as the sadness in her eyes and voice was gone.
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 28, 2012 1:23:32 GMT
Forrest stopped dancing as her brother turned the music off, Teagan was panting, she grabbed a bottle of water and drank some, passing it to forrest who did the same, then leaf who followed suit, once they were calm, they quickly stuck on their clothes and went upstiars "dinner" Forrest said "what we having?" she climbed onto a chair an cross her legs, Teagan sat next to her, Leaf across teh table
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 28, 2012 2:05:33 GMT
Brooklyn waited for Ryder to come downstairs before she said what they were having. "Ham and macaroni and cheese." She smiled as she looked over at Ryder. "Your dads favorite meal when he would come home from weekends away with the military." She sat down in her seat, and Ryder sat at the other end of the table. It was like a happy family. Brooke didn't mind Teagan, she thought that she was a nice girl, even though she hadn't figured out what exactly she was yet.
Ryder sat down and started piling food on his plate. By the end of it, he had four slices of ham and half a plate full of mac n cheese. Thankfully, Brooke was used to other people being in the house so she knew how to cook for a lot of people.
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 28, 2012 2:10:45 GMT
Forrest leaf anf teagan got drinks for everyone, sitting again, then adding to their own plates, smiles on there faces, Teagan and Forrest chatted away together about dance and such, Leaf split his attention between his mom and dad, talking to them about the house and forrests idea for the flower beds outside, Forrest ate happily, her legs swinging a little, Teagan chated about school to Forrest, then about home, how her aunt was always working "maybe we can have a sleep over" Forrest said softly "i can ask mom" she grinned a little and teagan giggled
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 28, 2012 2:15:54 GMT
Brooklyn's hair was still messy from earlier but she tried to pat it down. It had been the same as it had been many years prior, only better as it had been so long. "I like the flower bed idea, and the painting of the house. The concrete is a really ugly color." She laughed softly and ate some of her food. It had been something that she was craving pretty badly. "Maybe Forrest and I... and Teagan, can go shop for some flowers to put around the house while you and Ryder paint?" She was trying to give them bonding time as Leaf had sounded a little upset when he mentioned that he didn't get to spend much time with his father.
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 28, 2012 2:22:17 GMT
"sure" Leaf said, a smile coming to his face "hows that sound dad?" he looked a thim, hope in his eyes, Forrest smiled "yay flower shopping, can we get pretty ones mom?" Teagan smiled watching the happy family, a pain in her heart at the loss of her own family but happy that she was in a happy enviroment "mom can Teagan stay tonight?" forrest asked hopefully
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 28, 2012 2:27:32 GMT
Ryder looked at Leaf and smiled with a piece of ham in his mouth. "Yeah, that sounds good. It'll be nice." He finished chewing his piece of ham before speaking again. "Do you guys still have paint left over from when you did the house? I noticed some rooms had white but not a lot." The whole house was painted some color or another, excluding white. The only things that was in white were the accents.
"Of course! Pretty ones are the best kind. We'll go to a big flower nursery and let you two choose from whichever ones you want." Brooke glanced across the table at Ryder when Forrest asked. "Ask your dad, sweetie."
Ry perked his head up and glanced over at his daughter and Forrest. They had been giggling with one another the whole time. He shrugged and nodded. "Sure, I don't see why not. But don't tire yourselves out downstairs." He finished up the rest of his dinner and leaned back, stretching.
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 28, 2012 2:31:58 GMT
Leaf finished his food and smiled at his dad then sat and drank his juice, happy knowing his dad wanted to spend time with him, he chuckled at forrest then laughed out loud at the squeals of delgiht from his sister adn her friend "just try not to set anything on fire if you get too excited... both of you" Teagans eyes brightened to neon blue and flashed, he smiled "i'm kidding Teag, calm yourself" Forrest looked at her friends hands that were balled up then as they relaxed "he was playing teag" forrest said softly.
Leaf turned to his mom "Teagans an exustio half demon, she can incinerate things at a touch" he explained, looking between her and his dd.
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 28, 2012 2:40:47 GMT
Brooklyn raised her eyebrows. "Okay, well this house is brand new, so there won't be any of that business going on here. I didn't bust my ass for three weeks for it to be burned down." She was being serious. Teagan was allowed to stay so long as she kept the fire under control. She finished up and began to clean off the table for those of them that were done. When the kitchen was clean she looked out the back window. It was starting to get dark and cloudy out as a few raindrops started to come down. "Looks like we got a storm coming in."
Ry glanced over and bit his lip. He had always been afraid of thunderstorms because of the big booms. All it did was remind him of when he was still in and had to see everything first hand. He looked over at Leaf. "The basement is divided right? Half a dance studio half a man's cave?" He wasn't sure if that was true, but he was really hoping it was.
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 28, 2012 2:46:14 GMT
Leaf shook his head "the attics the man cave, its not got much in it yet" he looked at his dad "if thats ok?" Forrest watched Teagan "i'll be good" teagan said "promise." she looked at the window as brooke walked over "a storm?" Forrests lip trembled, she didn't like storms, a fear she picked up from her dad, no reason for it, just she saw how scared he got, and she had started getting scared too "mama i don't like storms" she chewed her bottom lip, Teagan watched her, Leaf stood slowly "but you'll be in the basement, with music on, you won't hear the storm, or see it, there's no windows down there" Leaf watched her movements get jerky and glanced at mom, he spoke low "mom..." Teagan watched the chaos unfolding, bit her lip and stood, moving away to the window to look.
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 28, 2012 2:55:15 GMT
Ryder shivered. "Uh well... unless the attic is soundproof, the attic is sort of louder to storms but maybe we could sit in the living room and play some games or something. That way I can't hear it." He smiled softly at his son, he knew that Forrest had Brooke now, so he would be able to get closer with Leaf.
Without hesitation, Brooklyn moved over to Forrest. She kneeled down next to her, thankful that the storm hadn't really started yet. "Hey, hey, Forrest, calm down. Okay? The storm isn't here yet, it may just be rain." Her hands went to Forrest's as she held them closely. Since they had been living together, there had been a couple fits but they had been calming down recently. "I'll go downstairs with you and Teagan and watch you guys dance, okay?" Brooke stayed eye level with her, pressing her lips against her cheek to try and calm her down.
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 28, 2012 3:01:25 GMT
LEaf smiled "i'm working on the sound proofing up there, but theres games int eh living room, maybe we oculd work ont he soundproofing together when its not storming?" Leaf grinned like a little boy at christmas, his eyes watched his sister as brooke moved to her. "hey Teag, you want to get a bag of candy for you mom and leaf to take downstairs? refill the bottles of water and take them on down? im sure they won't be long"
Teagan nodded, got to it without a word, forrest looked at her mom, shaking suddenly violently, she chewed her lip until it bled but slowly started to calm down, the kiss to the cheek was helping, "y...you will watch me dance?" that was something Forrest had always wanted but never thought she'd get, her face relaxed, the shaking started to ease as she looked at her mom, keeping her focus completely on her
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 28, 2012 3:05:14 GMT
Ryder watched the scene unfold before him before he was able to pay attention to Leaf. He was looking forward to spending time with him, but right now he needed to make sure that their house wouldn't burn down. He rubbed his legs under the table as he waited to see what happened. When she started to calm down, he turned back to Leaf. "That sounds good. Then we can scream at the top of our lungs and make sure no one hears us." Ry laughed, something he hadn't done for real in a long time.
A small smile creeped onto Brookes face as Forrest began to calm down. "Of course I'll watch you dance, baby." She moved her hand up to push back a fallen lock of hair behind Forrest's ear. "Why don't we get on down there and turn some music on so I can watch you?"
Ry watched, his heart beating a little faster as he watched Brooklyn with her. It was a heart felt moment and he was really glad that they were able to spend this time together now that she was back. Forty years didn't seem so awful.
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 28, 2012 3:09:11 GMT
"thats awesome dad" leaf watched his sister quietly, teagan went downstairs and leaf got a cookie from the jar "well lets go then dad yeah?" he said, wanting Forrest to go dance.
Forrest managed to smile "ok" she said softly "i'd like that" she nodded then held her hand out to her mom, standing slowly, her eyes moved to the window, staring at the falling rain as it got heavier "can we go now?" she asked.
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