Thalia's Age: 8 Bianca's Age: 7 Jason's Age: 6 Nico's Age: 5 Hazel's Age: 4

(Yep, those ages were just random and they came out like that...oh well) Anyway, I thought it would be fun to write them as kids. :)

-Angela R.


Thalia

It was nice to have Bianca as a best friend and Thalia was thrilled that her family was moving next door. She was also excited to meet her new little sister, Hazel. It turned out that Bianca's dad had another kid from another marriage and Ms. Di Angelo happened to bump into her one day at the supermarket and became friends. It was even more awesome that Ms. Levesque and her daughter would be moving in with the Di Angelo's and help with the bills and stuff.

After their failed marriages with the same guy, they probably could relate to each other or something. Bianca's dad left when they were little so none of the children really knew how he looked. Thalia could relate to the whole thing. Her own dad divorced her mom and left with another woman.

"That's just how life works sometimes," Her mother had told her, "It just wasn't meant to be."

Well, it wasn't healthy to dwell on the past too long or else she got headaches. Anyway, the point being, their moms were all friends now and that meant that Thalia and Jason now wouldn't be so lonely (considering there weren't any kids their age in the neighborhood).


"We should do something," Bianca said. The girls were lying on a blanket on the patio floor, looking up at the clouds.

"Do you want to play dolls?" Hazel asked, raising her Barbie doll to the older friends.

"Na, we played that already," Thalia reminded them.

"How about tag?" Bianca suggested.

"Hazel gets mad when she's it and can't catch us."

"No I don't!" Hazel protested.

"Yeah, you do," Thalia repeated. She knew Hazel well enough by now. The little four year old couldn't handle running too much and hated to lose.

"Oh, I know!" Bianca sat up, "Why don't we play wedding?"

"Wedding? Hmm, we haven't played that yet," Thalia wasn't too aware on what happened in a wedding. She knew the basics and she'd watched one in a show once .They had nothing better to do.

"Fine. First we have to set it up to look all nice and stuff." She also remembered in the show that the woman that was getting married wanted the celebration to be very expensive and that meant prettier, right? The girls started planning what they thought would look the most like a wedding. Of course, they didn't have everything at their expense so they made do with what they had.

A white sheet was placed on the floor, under the maple tree that was in the back yard and they moved flowers from the inside of the house to decorate the place. Good thing that Thalia's mom liked to have a lot of plants in the house. They lined up the vases to make an aisle for the bride and groom. They got three chairs next to the "alter" for them to sit.

"Okay, now we need a peacher," Thalia announced.

"What's that?" Hazel titled her head slightly. "Is it a person who sells peaches?"

"No, it's the guy that stands in front of the couple and says "Do you take blah blah blah to be your wife" and so on." Thalia explained.

"Since you know what a peacher says," Bianca stated, "You do it, Thals."

"Okay," Thalia tried to remember what else they were missing, "We also need a flower girl. She throws flower petal in front of her on the aisle before the bride comes in."

"Oh, me!" Hazel raised her hand and started jumping up and down, " I want to be the flower girl! Please?"

"Calm down, Haze. You can be the flower girl. Get a little basket and fill it with flowers." Then she remembered a scene at the end of the wedding. "Oh, I almost forgot. There is at least one person who throws rice at the couple."

"Really? That sounds fun," Bianca noted, " I want to do that. I'll get some rice." With everyone being assigned a job, all of them started getting ready. Thalia had to dress like the peacher on TV. She didn't have a fancy cloak that the guy had so she settled for her mom's white bathroom robe. She also went to her room and got out a big book filled with short stories. The peacher looked like he was reading from a book but since he only said a few lines, Thalia wondered if the rest of the book he had was blank.

She walked back to their wedding area, Bianca and Hazel already there, waiting for her.

"Okay, now we can start the wedding," Thalia said as she stood at the alter, opening the book in her hand in the middle.

"Wait, we forgot something," Bianca observed.

"What is it?" Thalia was sure that she got everything from the show.

"We need a bride and groom!" Oh, right.

"But we don't have enough people," Hazel said, looking upset as she swung her Easter basket back and forth. "And I don't want to be the wife."

"Yeah, me neither." Bianca added.

"There can't be a wedding without a couple to marry," Thalia muttered. How were they going to play now. Besides, she wanted to be the peacher. Who else could they get to do the part then? Her question was answered when she saw Jason chasing after Nico with a toy sword.

"Come back here!" Jason shouted as he tried to reach for the younger boy.

"Aha!" Thalia burst out, "They can be the couple!"

" How does that work?" Hazel asked, confused at what Thalia was suggesting.

"Well, none of us want to be the bride, right?" both her friends nodded, "trastic times call for trastic measures, or I think that's how it went. Don't worry, I'll get them." Thalia wasn't about to give up on the idea. She was already excited about playing wedding and their brothers weren't going to spoil it for them.

"Hey, Jason," Thalia called as she made her way towards them.

"What?" the blonde asked.

"Can you and Nico do me a favor and play-?"

"No," They both responded before she could finish.

"I didn't even tell you what it was!" She complained.

"Yeah but we still don't want to," Nico declared as he poked Jason with his toy sword, "We're playing Pirates."

"Look, if you help us out, I'll sneak you extra brownies at dinner time," Thalia offered. At the mention of the baked goods, the boys perked up. They did love those fudge brownies that Ms. Di Angelo brought every once in a while when they ate together.

"Alright, we'll play, but no make up or girly clothes," Jason warned.

"Okay, but you agreed so you can't take it back, got it?" They nodded, "Good, now follow me."


By the way, I know how to spell preacher and drastic, it's just that kids will be kids so I can imagine them not being able to pronounce words right sometimes, 'kay?

-Angela R.