Collection of One-Shots
Genre: Varied
Rating: K+
Summary: Jazz reflects on a childhood memory while browsing through some photographs
Inspiration: Twilight-Deviant's artwork: DP: Childhood memories (remove brackets)
http: / /twilight-deviant. deviantart. com /art/ DP-Childhood-Memories- 91704605

One-Shot

Childhood Memories

Jasmine Fenton gave a crooked little smile as she flipped through the pages of the photograph album that was spread open across her lap. Memories haunted her mind as each photograph flashed from the pages. The young woman sighed before her eyes fell upon a certain photograph that was plastered behind the thin protective plastic while her lips curved into a wide smile.

That photograph brought back a memory that made her want to laugh and cry at the same time. Her slender finger traced the outline of the two figures forever trapped in the picture as the memory raced through her mind, going back to that single day in time when the picture was taken.

"I'm bored!" Seven-year-old Jasmine 'Jazz' Fenton looked up from her book to see her younger brother Daniel 'Danny' Fenton cross his arms across his chest with an adorable pout playing on his lips. His best friend Tucker Foley would usually be around in the Fenton household but the African American boy had caught the flu and was quarantined at home. Danny and Jazz were left to their own devices while their parents worked in the basement of their home.

Danny scowled at the puzzle pieces in front of him, unfolding his arms to prod and poke the pieces. Tucker would have made piecing the puzzle much more fun; talking with him, pretending to mix the pieces by mistake… but his best friend wasn't there and the five-year-old stealthily grew more bored as the minutes ticked by. Jazz giggled at the pout that adorned her brother's lips and decided to play with him. All she usually did was keep a watchful eye over her brother and Tucker whenever they had their play dates; never really playing anything herself and opting to read a book instead. It was the perfect chance for her to give something a shot. Something she had always wanted to do if she ever had a sister…

"Hey Danny, do you want to play with me?" Danny's baby blue eyes grew wide before his mouth split into a wide grin. Playing with Jazz sure beats playing with puzzle pieces alone.

"Ok! What are we gonna play?" Jazz's mouth split into a smile and ushered the younger Fenton over to her, motioning for him to sit and stay while she dashed upstairs to grab the necessary items from her room.

"Jazz, I don't wanna play anymore." Jazz couldn't help but giggle helplessly at her younger brother who had gone back to crossing his arms across his chest with that same adorable pout on his lips. Jazz had wanted to try dressing her younger sibling up but he hadn't turned out to be the younger sister she thought she was going to get back then. But after she had dressed Danny up, all those thoughts evaporated and she was secretly glad that she had this adorable younger brother instead of a sister.

She had managed to persuade Danny into a frilly pink dress, decorated with fluffy pink bows and sweet little black shoes to match. Jazz didn't go as far as to applying make-up on Danny's face, the smaller boy had almost screamed at the sight of the pink dress itself. However, she did manage to gently pull his messy flop of black hair into a cute top ponytail, tying it with another pink bow to match the dress. Her younger brother was now whining to take the items off him and wanted to return to poking his puzzle pieces. This was not what he had in mind when he agreed to playing with his sister. Their parents finally trooped up the stairs and to the living room, intent on making dinner for the family.

"Alright kids, what would you like for…" Madeline Fenton's sentence trailed off when her two children came into her line of vision from the stairs. Her rose red lips dropped open in slight shock at the sight before her while her husband lumbering on from behind her.

"Maddie? What's wrong? Have the kids…" Jack Fenton's sentence halted as his large figure appeared from the stairway and drank in the sight before him. His mouth opened and closed like a gaping goldfish before he rested his chin on the top of his wife's head and whispered hurriedly.

"I'll get the camera Maddie." In an instant, the man swooshed past his children and into the corridor in a shockingly fast and silent speed for a man of his stature. Maddie's eyes started to twinkle in much amusement as Danny's lips twisted from a pout to a scowl while tugging at the bows on his head.

"I wanna take these off! Their uncomfy Jazz!" His red-head sister simply giggled and continued to brush his messy hair with the hairbrush in her hands. Just as that was said, Jack reappeared in the living room with a camera in his hands. He rushed to their front and snapped three photographs of his scowling son and giggling daughter.

"Now these will be excellent for a photo album, don't you agree Maddie?" Jack's eyes gleamed with glee as his wife chuckled merrily and nodded.

"Definitely sweetheart. Alright you two, time to clean up for dinner…"

Jazz giggled as the memory faded from her mind. Tears spilled from her eyes as her fingers continued to trace the photo once again.

"I never realized I actually looked that good in that dress back then. Come to think of it, it was actually pretty funny."

Jazz's giggles became choked as his voice echoed through her ears, her tears overflowing from her eyes and dripping from her chin. Her free hand clamped down at her mouth to muffle the choking sobs that was wrecking through her body as she felt a gentle pressure being applied onto her shoulders with his voice soothing her as much as he could.

"It's ok Jazz. It's ok."

"No." She whispered hoarsely, "It's not ok. You're dead, fully dead. You're never coming back as a living person anymore…"

"I'm still here. I'll always be alive as long as YOU keep my memory alive in you. I love you Jazz, don't forget that. Even if you did stuff me into a horrifyingly frilly pink dress when I was five."

Jazz wept harder as his voice started to echo further away from her, that gentle assuring pressure on her shoulders was long gone.

"I miss you Danny… and I love you too."

Authoress' End Notes

1) This is a little corner where I post some one-shots from stuff that inspire me at random.
2) Artwork + Music are my best inspirations (That and I've got one more one-shot to work on)
3) Ahaha, yes I am still working on my Alternate Timeline fics :D Sometimes I just need a break off it to grab other sources of inspiration to continue writing.
4) I'd love some comments/critiques on these pieces, if you are free that is. Flames that do not help me in anyway will just be eaten :3
5) Thanks for reading!

Cheeri!
Kenzy-Chan/ K.C