Why?
By Mariye
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Disclaimer: All I own is the story idea. I got this from real life
actually o^-^o. My b-day was Nov 2nd, but my locker partner and best
friend thought it would be funny 2 buy me 3 balloons the day after
my birthday. Well, 2 make a semi-long story short, a guy I know, but
am not really friends with thought it was my birthday 2day and
bought 5 extra balloons, including a huge ladybug 1, for me and
attached it 2 the 1s I left hanging out of my locker. Isn't that
sweet? Even tho we're in different high school groups (he's kinda
a jock and in all the sports and I'm with the whatever/artsy people)
he still got me balloons o^-^o. Something like that makes your day
sometimes. Plus the day before 3 of my friends got me roses! 12
normal big pretty ones, and 28 cute little mini roses.
BTW: This is a Jen fic (kinda a sequel to Swarm) because people seem
to want to know more about the character and Zell. And also, just so
you know, reviews make me smile as much as cute jock guys giving me
balloons, so if you want me to be happy, review!
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Jen skipped happily to her dorm room. She had just been to two
parties, one thrown by her friends and another that was a special
Disciplinary Committee only members birthday party. As she stopped at
the door, she pulled a glittery pink gift wrap bow off her head,
rearranged the 2 bags of presents and 3 dozen roses she had received,
and attempted to turn the knob. As she did, one of her bags ripped.
"Shoot! Darn, why'd it have to be the silver holographic one..." Jen
opened her room and dropped her things on her bed. She walked back
out to see her brother, Nida, walking toward her.
"Hey, happy birthday sis."
"Same to you." Jen tried to give him a happy birthday hug, but he
backed up. She accepted her brother's inability to accept affection
from any family member except for Gramgram and backed up. "Hold up
a second, I wanna get you your gift." She ran in and out, holding a
small box in her hands. Nida took it hesitantly.
"Well, um, Jen, the thing is I didn't have time to make you a gift
this year, with all the SeeD tests and studying."
"So you cheated and bought one instead." Jen smiled. "Its okay. I
know how busy you've been. I just had to make you this though." Nida
opened the box. Inside was a metal ring covered with black leather.
White string had been used to make a web inside, and silver beads
were threaded through. A lone phoenix pinion hung from a leather
cord at the bottom. Jen smiled. "Its a dream-catcher. Something
I learned to make from a Centra Plains shaman when I was on a mission
in the area. Its kind of a good luck charm." Nida looked down.
"Jen. I didn't get you anything."
"That's still okay. You're my twin, I gotta let you get away with
stuff sometimes." Jen smiled. Nida looked down again.
"Well, I do have something to give you. But you won't want it. Its...
papers... that Felan and Ramea left when they died two years ago and
Capei sent." Nida held out an envelope. Jen took it.
"Felan, Ramea, Capei? Why are you calling Dad, Mom, and Gramgram by
their names?" Jen opened the envelope and looked inside. She pulled
out the main letter and skimmed it, then dropped the envelope with
her official birth certificate and adoption papers.
"'Gramgram' decided that now since we're 18 we should know the truth.
We're not even twins. We're not even truely related. Yeah, we do have
the same birthday, but all the rest are lies. I took out my papers,
so you can keep the envelope." Nida turned and started to walk off.
"How long have you known?" Jen asked, reaching down to pick up what
she dropped.
"Since I became a SeeD. I found the papers early. Now she sent them,
because she didn't know I knew."
"We're still family though Nida, all of us. Just because there's no
true blood, doesn't mean we don't have ties that bind us together."
"They lied to us."
"Mom and Dad were the only parents I knew, and Gramgram is the only
family I have left. They are my real family. I don't need this
birth certificate with an 'official name.' Jentiana Gendon is my
official name. And you are my real brother as far as I'm concerned."
"Fine. Be that way." Nida walked off. Jen sat down on the floor.
This explained his hostility towards her ever since he'd been
studying for the SeeD tests. WHy he was great to everyone except her.
~Maybe I remind him of the lies. Still, he has no reason to act like
this.~ Jen sat on her knees and began picking up everything that
had fallen. As she started to stand up, she saw a blond-haired boy
walking towards her.
"Hey! Selphie told me it was your birthday." Zell walked up to her
and handed her the balloons.
"Thanks." Jen blushed. "But why? I mean, you don't even know me. We
never talk. All we have is a fifteen minute homeroom together." Zell
shrugged.
"Well, you're Nida's sister, and I know Nida, so I figured since I
got him something, I should get you something too. You know, You look
really familiar. Did we fight together in a battle or something?" Jen
blushed a little.
~I can't have him only remembering me as the library girl!~ She
thought. "Nope."
"Must be my imagination. Oh well, night!" Jen waved then walked back
into her dorm.
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Selphie met Zell outside his room.
"So did you give her the balloons like I told you?"
"Yeah, but what's the big deal? Why didn't you go. I don't even
really know her. She's your friend." Zell looked down at his feet.
"I told you I was busy. Thanks though! Bye!" Selphie ran off. ~I
bet she loved that! Zell giving her balloons! Probably her best gift!
Should I tell her? Na. Let her think he thought of it.~
[The End]
By Mariye
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Disclaimer: All I own is the story idea. I got this from real life
actually o^-^o. My b-day was Nov 2nd, but my locker partner and best
friend thought it would be funny 2 buy me 3 balloons the day after
my birthday. Well, 2 make a semi-long story short, a guy I know, but
am not really friends with thought it was my birthday 2day and
bought 5 extra balloons, including a huge ladybug 1, for me and
attached it 2 the 1s I left hanging out of my locker. Isn't that
sweet? Even tho we're in different high school groups (he's kinda
a jock and in all the sports and I'm with the whatever/artsy people)
he still got me balloons o^-^o. Something like that makes your day
sometimes. Plus the day before 3 of my friends got me roses! 12
normal big pretty ones, and 28 cute little mini roses.
BTW: This is a Jen fic (kinda a sequel to Swarm) because people seem
to want to know more about the character and Zell. And also, just so
you know, reviews make me smile as much as cute jock guys giving me
balloons, so if you want me to be happy, review!
-------------
Jen skipped happily to her dorm room. She had just been to two
parties, one thrown by her friends and another that was a special
Disciplinary Committee only members birthday party. As she stopped at
the door, she pulled a glittery pink gift wrap bow off her head,
rearranged the 2 bags of presents and 3 dozen roses she had received,
and attempted to turn the knob. As she did, one of her bags ripped.
"Shoot! Darn, why'd it have to be the silver holographic one..." Jen
opened her room and dropped her things on her bed. She walked back
out to see her brother, Nida, walking toward her.
"Hey, happy birthday sis."
"Same to you." Jen tried to give him a happy birthday hug, but he
backed up. She accepted her brother's inability to accept affection
from any family member except for Gramgram and backed up. "Hold up
a second, I wanna get you your gift." She ran in and out, holding a
small box in her hands. Nida took it hesitantly.
"Well, um, Jen, the thing is I didn't have time to make you a gift
this year, with all the SeeD tests and studying."
"So you cheated and bought one instead." Jen smiled. "Its okay. I
know how busy you've been. I just had to make you this though." Nida
opened the box. Inside was a metal ring covered with black leather.
White string had been used to make a web inside, and silver beads
were threaded through. A lone phoenix pinion hung from a leather
cord at the bottom. Jen smiled. "Its a dream-catcher. Something
I learned to make from a Centra Plains shaman when I was on a mission
in the area. Its kind of a good luck charm." Nida looked down.
"Jen. I didn't get you anything."
"That's still okay. You're my twin, I gotta let you get away with
stuff sometimes." Jen smiled. Nida looked down again.
"Well, I do have something to give you. But you won't want it. Its...
papers... that Felan and Ramea left when they died two years ago and
Capei sent." Nida held out an envelope. Jen took it.
"Felan, Ramea, Capei? Why are you calling Dad, Mom, and Gramgram by
their names?" Jen opened the envelope and looked inside. She pulled
out the main letter and skimmed it, then dropped the envelope with
her official birth certificate and adoption papers.
"'Gramgram' decided that now since we're 18 we should know the truth.
We're not even twins. We're not even truely related. Yeah, we do have
the same birthday, but all the rest are lies. I took out my papers,
so you can keep the envelope." Nida turned and started to walk off.
"How long have you known?" Jen asked, reaching down to pick up what
she dropped.
"Since I became a SeeD. I found the papers early. Now she sent them,
because she didn't know I knew."
"We're still family though Nida, all of us. Just because there's no
true blood, doesn't mean we don't have ties that bind us together."
"They lied to us."
"Mom and Dad were the only parents I knew, and Gramgram is the only
family I have left. They are my real family. I don't need this
birth certificate with an 'official name.' Jentiana Gendon is my
official name. And you are my real brother as far as I'm concerned."
"Fine. Be that way." Nida walked off. Jen sat down on the floor.
This explained his hostility towards her ever since he'd been
studying for the SeeD tests. WHy he was great to everyone except her.
~Maybe I remind him of the lies. Still, he has no reason to act like
this.~ Jen sat on her knees and began picking up everything that
had fallen. As she started to stand up, she saw a blond-haired boy
walking towards her.
"Hey! Selphie told me it was your birthday." Zell walked up to her
and handed her the balloons.
"Thanks." Jen blushed. "But why? I mean, you don't even know me. We
never talk. All we have is a fifteen minute homeroom together." Zell
shrugged.
"Well, you're Nida's sister, and I know Nida, so I figured since I
got him something, I should get you something too. You know, You look
really familiar. Did we fight together in a battle or something?" Jen
blushed a little.
~I can't have him only remembering me as the library girl!~ She
thought. "Nope."
"Must be my imagination. Oh well, night!" Jen waved then walked back
into her dorm.
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Selphie met Zell outside his room.
"So did you give her the balloons like I told you?"
"Yeah, but what's the big deal? Why didn't you go. I don't even
really know her. She's your friend." Zell looked down at his feet.
"I told you I was busy. Thanks though! Bye!" Selphie ran off. ~I
bet she loved that! Zell giving her balloons! Probably her best gift!
Should I tell her? Na. Let her think he thought of it.~
[The End]