KayBlackthorn: The twins will definatley be making more appearances in the story. In this chapter for example, they are taken on their first picnic and trip to the beach.

So, I'm basing the picnic food on what we have in England, because that's what I'm used to. I hope this is OK with people.

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When Milly and Caleb were two, it was decided that it time that they had their first picnic. This of course was done in true Blackthorn fashion with all the Blackthorns and their other halves coming along. Since the day they were born, Milly and Caleb had been impossible to separate. Where one was, it was a guarantee the other one was. They still had their mother's blonde hair and Fathers Sea coloured eyes, and were the centre of their parents lives. They also spent a lot of time with all of their Aunts and Uncles. Helen and Aline were the most trusted when it came to babysitting, partly because Helen had been the oldest of 7 siblings so had the most experience, and partly because they loved spending time with their niece and nephew, so didn't want to do anything that would make Emma and Jules stop them from doing that. Mark could only babysit under the supervision of Cristina.

The thing with Mark was that he loved both of them, and his heart was in the right place, but he hadn't got a clue. He'd spend hours playing with them, but Cristina was there to make sure he didn't do anything stupid. Kieran had been terrified for ages of these two small Nephilim children – he had no idea how to deal with small children and was scared he was going to hurt them, or they weren't going to like him. He was slowly (with Cristina's help) learning to interact with them more.

Kit and Ty made sure that the twins knew about their Aunt Livvy. They were always showing them photos of her and telling them stories of Livvy. Tavvy had donated a lot of his old toys to the twins – and they had spent hours playing with them with whatever family member was with them at the time, not that any of them minded. Dru hadn't minded looking after them as she was no longer the designated babysitter of the family. Jules did have to remind her not to show them anything scary ever so often. Although Diana was caught up with her teaching job and her relationship with Gwyn, she always made time to sit and have a cuddle with the twins when she had the time.

Because it would be the twins first picnic, a lot of effort had gone into preparing it. Jules had taken it upon himself to prepare most of the food whilst Emma entertained Caleb and Milly. She did occasionally walk into the kitchen, Caleb in one hand, Milly in the other to see how Jules was doing, not that he minded at all. If it had been anyone else, he would have asked them to "stop distracting him" but he was as sure as hell not going to say that to his wife and children. Finally Jules had enough food for thirteen hungry people, and with the help of Mark and Helen, they carried all the hampers to the beach to have the picnic.

There were a variety of sandwiches and crisps, as well as sausage rolls, pork pies and scotch eggs. He'd also packed some chocolate fingers and some mini rolls as well. In was one of the rare occasions in which there was silence amongst everyone as they were munching away on the food. Once there was nothing more than crumbs from the food, the group split. Most of the group decided that they wanted to paddle in the sea (Jules had banned them from actually swimming) but Emma, Cristiana and Ty stayed on the beach. Ty had started reading on of his Sherlock books, and Emma and Cristina were have just gossiping.

Jules had taken his children's hands and had taken them to the edge of the sea, so their ankles were in the water. Milly had wanted to go further, to explore more but Caleb had been more skeptical, wanting to stay where he was. Helen had finally picked up Milly and had taken her a bit further out, and Jules had stayed with his son to prove the water was safe. Caleb wasn't having any of it, so Kit had brought over some toys so he could still have fun without going further that he wanted. Milly on the other hand was more than happy splashing every single family member within firing distance.

Eventually it was time to pack up and go back to the Institute. Milly and Caleb it seemed had enjoyed themselves so much they had fallen asleep, so Emma had Milly in her arms and Jules had Caleb. Everyone else was talking in hushed voices, as to not wake them up. Overall the day had been a success, and everyone was in agreement that a picnic on the beach should be a regular occurance.