Chapter 4:
The funeral came and went.
Both family and friends shed their tears as they paid their respects. And shared a few laughs when those close to Gale told some interesting stories. Now, with the funeral over, the Robertson's are back home having a get together with those close to the family and a few other guest in honor of Gale Robertson. But for four teenagers, they are doing something special in honor of Gale. In the backyard of the Robertson home sits a table with five chairs. On the table is a tea set without the tea pot for the tea pot is in the Kitchen heating up with water in it. Sitting at the table are Selece, Micheal, Will, and Angelo. The fifth chair is empty for it was where Gale Robertson sat.
"This brings back some memories.", Will said with a smile. "I miss having these tea parties with your grandmother.", she said to Selece.
"Grandma always had them with us.", Micheal replied. "She always had a story to tell us."
"Some were fun while others were exciting.", Angelo said. "She was a lively one."
"And then some!", Selece said with a grin. "You know something? We should continue this! One tea party a week."
"Why not?", Will said. "It'll be fun to keep it going in Heatherfield."
"But where can we have it next week?", Micheal questioned. "We'll be moving into our new home just like Angelo and his family."
"I know a place.", Angelo said. "Grandma Yan has a restaurant called the Silver Dragon. We can have our tea party there next week."
"I know the place!", Will said. "I go there with my friends a lot! One of them is Ms. Lin's grand-daughter."
"And my future cousin.", Angelo replied. "I wonder what she's like?"
"Well..."
"No, no!", Angelo sad cutting Will off. "I'd rather find out for myself."
"Fair enough.", Will said as they heard the whistling sound from the teapot in the Kitchen through the window. "I'll go get the tea.", she said as she got up and headed into te Robertson home to get the teapot.
Once in the Kitchen, Will had put some tea bags in the teapot and was about to head back outside when Cassidy walked into the Kitchen. At first, there was silence between the two of them as Cassidy went to the sink to clean her hands. But then...
"I didn't know that you and the other former Guardians knew Grandma Gale.", Will said not looking at Cassidy.
"Yeah. We all go way back.", Cassidy said. "She even found out about me and the girls being Guardians."
"Really?", Will questioned.
"Yeah.", Cassidy said. "She was one of the few people who knew about us."
"Does Grandpa Joe know about you all?", Will asked.
"She's married to Kaddie!", Cassidy said with a grin. "What do you think?", she asked earning a slight scowl from Will. "You really need to lighten up, Will."
"And you need to be a more serious!", Will said. "Especially around Cornelia!"
"Again with the Cornelia thing!", Cassidy said while rolling her eyes. "You, Caleb, and Irma know the truth and you still see the girl as your enemy."
"You don't know how she was when she first became a Guardian!", Will said. "And who's to say that she won't go and attack any of us because of what Nerissa did to her?"
"If the Oracle sensed that, he wouldn't have made her a Guardian again.", Cassidy replied.
"Very true.", Yan Lin said as she walked into the Kitchen. "Cornelia deserves a second chance, Will. This is something that you as well as Caleb and Irma must see. But right now, I believe you have a tea party to go back to."
Will quickly grabbed the teapot and headed for the backdoor to go outside but stopped just as she grabbed the door handle.
"I'm... I'm sorry.", Will said getting Cassidy and Yan Lin's attention. "But I don't think I'll ever be friends with Cornelia again.", she said before she headed outside.
"I know she's still hurting, but she has to see that Cornelia was as much of a victim as she was.", Cassidy replied.
"Give her time.", Yan Lin said. "She will come around."
"I hope so.", Cassidy said. "If it's not her along with Caleb, and Irma giving Cornelia a hard time with their glares, it's Cornelia making herself feel guilty about what happened."
"Both need to come to terms with what happened try to move on.", Yan Lin replied as they headed back to the party. "Only then will you all be ready to fight the threat that's coming."
"I hope you're right, Yannie.", Cassidy said as they went to mingle with the other guest.
As for Will, she had just poured tea for everyone and drinking tea with them.
"You okay, Will?", Angelo asked. "You look a bit upset."
"Yeah.", Selece said in agreement. "Something happened inside?"
"Don't worry about it.", Will said.
"Come on, Will.", Micheal said. "You can tell us.", he said as Angelo and Selece nodded.
"It's nothing major.", Will said after taking a deep breath and sighing. "It's just that remember that fight I had that I told you guys about?", she asked getting nods from her friends. "Well... Cassidy is friends with the girl I fought."
"You're kidding me?", Selece questioned as Will nodded.
"Does Cassidy mess with you?", Micheal asked.
"No. No.", Will said. "She's nice and all, but it's just that she along with some other people want me and Cornelia to make up and try to be friends again."
"Well maybe they don't want to be torn between you and this Cornelia girl.", Micheal replied. "Remember how bad it was for me and Angelo when you and Selece got into that argument and didn't talk to each other for two weeks."
"Aw, man!", Angelo said with a grin. "I remember that! If I sat with Selece, then you sat with Will.", he said to Micheal."
"And you guys would switch the next day!", Selece said with a giggle getting a giggle out of Will.
"And after two weeks, you two got us to make up by faking an argument of your own!", Will said with a laugh getting a laugh out of the others.
"Good times.", Micheal said.
"So, how bad is this Cornelia?", Selece asked.
"She's not bad, per say.", Will said. "It's just that after the fight we had, I don't feel that I can be friends with her again. I get so ticked when I see her! I just want to..."
"Kick her butt?", Angelo finished for her.
"Well... Yeah!", Will answered.
"Wow!", Selece said. "That's not a good thing. You really need to find a way to get over this, Will."
"I know. I know.", Will said as she hung her head down. "I try to find a way to get over it, but I just can't!"
"You'll find a way.", Micheal said. "But until you do, may I suggest that you try to keep your distance from her."
"Believe me, I do.", Will said.
"Good.", Selece said. "Now let's get back to our tea party!"
"Here! Here!", they all said as they went back to enjoying their tea party.
As they were doing this, they were also being watched by Halinor, Yan Lin, Kadma, Joe, and Cassidy from the Kitchen window.
"I remember doing that with Gale back when we were younger.", Halinor said with a smile thinking back to those days.
"She always found a way for us to get together for a tea party.", Yan Lin replied with a smile.
"You know, we should go back to having tea parties again.", Kadma replied.
"And what brought that up?", Cassidy asked.
"Honestly, I just miss us spending time together like we used to.", Kadma said.
"I do miss those days.", Yan Lin said.
"So what's stopping you ladies from spending time with each other now?", Joe questioned.
"He has a point there.", Cassidy said.
"So we're going to do this?", Halinor questioned with a smile.
"Why not?", Yan Lin questioned with a smile of her own. "We can have our tea parties at the Silver Dragon."
"Works for me.", Cassidy said smiling. "This could be fun!"
"You all have fun with that.", Joe said. "As for me, I'll be passing the time fishing, whenever I can."
"Aaaawww! You don't want to have a tea party with us, Joe-Joe?", Cassidy questioned pretending to sound hurt. "That hurts! That just hurts!"
"Sure it does.", Joe said with a smirk getting a laugh out of the women.
For the rest of the day, everyone enjoyed their time paying their respects to Gale Robertson. For the next day would be when both the Robertson's and Vanders move to Heatherfield. Later that evening, in the Vanders' home, Angelo was once again in Cassidy's room to talk about what happened between Will and Cornelia.
"Will and Cornelia, huh?", Cassidy questioned after Angelo asked her about the subject.
"Yeah.", Angelo said. "All I know is that Will and this Cornelia girl got into a fight over some guy."
"His name is Caleb.", Cassidy replied. "And he ended up getting with Will in the end."
"That I know.", Angelo replied. "I just need to know who this Cornelia girl is."
"Cornelia was one of the original Guardians of this generation.", Cassidy began to explained. "She had her faults and still has some, but she is a good person. She's been through some things that have changed her a bit."
"And Will wants nothing to do with her.", Angelo added.
"Bingo.", Cassidy said. "She really making an effort at changing her ways, but Rome wasn't built in a day, you know."
"I hear you there.", Angelo said. "Maybe in time things will change."
"I sure hope so.", Cassidy said.
'Cause if not, we're in big trouble!', she thought to herself as she looked at the clock and saw that it was past ten.
"10:22 already?", she said before yawning.
"And with that yawn I'm heading to bed.", Angelo said before yawning himself. "And I'm yawning now."
"They do say it can be catching.", Cassidy said with a grin.
"You got that right.", Angelo said as he opened the door to the bedroom. "See ya in the morning."
"Later.", Cassidy said as Angelo left the room and closed the door behind him.
Cassidy then got in her bed and turned off the lamp. Before she knew it, she slowly began to fall asleep hoping that thing would work out between Will and Cornelia.
"Maybe the two new Guardians can help.", she said as she fell asleep.
Soon it was Monday and both the Vanders and Robertson's had finally moved to Heatherfield. Of course Will met up with Angelo and then went to go meet up with Selece and Micheal so they could all go to Sheffield together. To bad they all decided to walk there.
"How far is it to the school?", Michael asked as they rounded the corner. "I got all the info on my classes except where they are."
"If I'm right, we're about twenty minutes away from school.", Will said. "Give or take a few minutes."
"We could have asked my uncle to take us to school.", Angelo said.
"I was hoping that we'd run into Taranee on the way to school.", Will replied. "But it seems that she got a ride to school."
"She's one of your friends here.", Selece figured. "Right?"
"Yeah.", Will said with a smile. "One of the first ones I made here. Then there's Hay Lin and Irma."
"Hay Lin. She's Jun Lin's niece.", Angelo said remembering what Yan Lin told him about her son and his family.
"So how does it feel to meet your future cousin?", Micheal asked.
"Interesting.", Angelo said. "How does it feel to meet your online girlfriend?"
"Interesting.", Micheal said with a smile.
"Online girlfriend?", Will questioned.
"Oh yeah!", Selece said with a small laugh. "It seems that my brother has been talking to a girl for the last few months."
"Really now?", Will questioned with a smirk.
"Uh-huh.", Selece said with a smirk of her own. "Turns out that she live here in Heatherfield."
"And goes to Sheffield.", Angelo added.
"Wow! You better hope she isn't a 'he'!", Will said with a laugh followed by Selece.
"That's just cold!", Micheal said.
"Don't sweat it man.", Angelo said as he placed an arm around his friend's shoulder. "The picture says it all."
"Oh! So there's a pic!", Will said. "Mind if I see it?"
"Oh no!", Micheal said. "I show you the pic and it may be of someone you don't like! Not going to risk it!"
"He's really serious about this.", Will said to Selece.
"You have no idea.", Selece said with a grin. "But you know, I do hope she's an okay girl. I'd hate to see him get disappointed."
"Well, we'll just have to wait and see.", Will said as they walked down the sidewalk to school.
"Heeeeeeey! Wait up, Will!", came a familiar voice causing the red-head to stop.
"What the...?", Will questioned as she and the other turned around to see a Chinese girl with two long pigtails running at them. "Hay Lin?"
"That's Hay Lin?", Angelo questioned as Hay Lin ran at them.
Hay Lin was dressed in a purple skirt that went down to her knees with purple short heel boots and a yellow shirt with a purple vest with her yellow back pack. She was almost close to Will and the others when she tripped over a crack on the sidewalk.
"Whoa!", Hay Lin cried out as she began to fall to the concrete.
But before she hit the sidewalk, she felt a set of arms catch her under her arms.
"Easy there!", a male voice said with a grin. "Can't have my future cousin hurt herself during the first time we're meeting."
"Huh?", Hay Lin questioned as she looked up to see that she was being held by a teenage African-American boy who was smiling at her.
She blinked a few times as she looked up at him.
"Hello.", he said as he helped her stand up straight.
"Ummm... Hi.", Hay Lin said as she blushed a bit feeling a bit embarrassed for almost falling on her face in front of not only her friend but her future cousin and two other people she didn't know. "I'm, Hay Lin."
"And I'm, Angelo Vanders.", Angelo said as they shook hands.
"So, what's up, Hay Lin?", Will asked getting her friend's attention.
"Oh! Hey, Will!", Hay Lin said with a smile.
"Yeah. Hey.", Will said. "Now, what are you doing here? You live way across town."
"Well, when Grandma told me that my future cousin was starting at Sheffield today, I wanted to walk with him to school!", Hay Lin explained. "So, i had my mom drive me to his house. But, you had already gotten there to walk with him to school. So I decided to try and catch up."
"Well, it looks like you did.", Angelo said as he gave Hay Lin a smile that she returned. "Oh! Hay Lin, may I introduce you to Micheal and Selece Robertson."
"Hi!", Hay Lin said with a smile and a wave.
"Hi!", Selece and Micheal said with a smile and a wave.
"I like your outfit!", Selece said to Hay Lin making the young Air Guardians smile.
"I like yours too!", Hay Lin said as she looked at the white pants and blue shirt with a white vest and blue and white sneakers Selece was wearing along with her grandmother's necklace. "And I like your necklace!"
"Thanks.", Selece said with a smile as she held the string of the necklace with her right index finger and thumb. "It was my grandmothers."
"Oh! I'm sorry.", Hay Lin said as she saw the sadden look on Selece's face.
"It's okay.", Selece said. "I miss her a lot. But I know that she's watching over me and my family.", she said as Micheal placed a comforting hand on her shoulder which made her look at him and smile which he returned.
"Not to be rude, but we do have to get to school.", Will said with a smile.
"Then we better hurry.", Angelo said as they continued their way to Sheffield. "Don't want to be late on our first day of school."
"Ain't that the truth.", Micheal said as they crossed the street.
Meanwhile, at Sheffield, Cassidy had met up with Cornelia and Alchemy. And of course, Cornelia was looking around for her online friend who, from what he emailed her, had moved the Heatherfield and is attending Sheffield.
"Would you relax, Cornelia!", Alchemy said with a grin. "If he's here, you find the guy."
"And if you don't find him today, there's always tomorrow.", Cassidy added.
"I guess you're right.", Cornelia said as they headed inside. "It's just I was hoping to see him this morning."
"There are some things that you just don't rush, girl.",. Cassidy said as she placed an arm around the blonde's shoulder. "Go with the flow of things."
"You sound like Irma, you know.", Cornelia said with a smirk.
"Should I take that as a compliment?", Cassidy asked with a smirk causing both girls to giggle a bit just as the sound of the school's loudspeakers came on.
"This is Irma Lair, on the air, with a bit of morning jams for you all!", came Irma's voice. "Here's a little something to go with that school breakfast some of you are eating!", she said as some music began to play.
"Speaking of which.", Cassidy said with a roll of her eyes as Alchemy stopped at a bulletin board that hung on the wall.
"No way!", Alchemy said as she read one of the flyers on the bulletin board. "They're having gymnastics tryouts later this week!"
"Yeah. So?", Cassidy questioned as she and Cornelia stood behind Alchemy.
"So, I've been doing gymnastics for a long time.", Alchemy replied as she turned around to face them with a beaming smile.
"But aren't you part of a gymnastics team?", Cornelia asked.
"Yeah.", Cassidy said. "Me, Cornelia, and Elyon went to one of your competitions last month."
"Yeah. The last one for my old team.", Alchemy replied with a frown. "My team's coaches got better offers to coach some team in Europe."
"One that paid well, I'm guessing.", Cornelia figured getting a nod from Alchemy.
"Well, now you can try out for the school's gymnastics team.", Cassidy said making Alchemy smile.
"You'll be a shoe in!", Cornelia said.
"But... Won't it interfere with my Guardian duties?", Alchemy questioned as they walked down the hall to their Homeroom.
"Not at all.", Cassidy replied. "Back when me and the girls were the Guardians, I had my swimming. Just like now. Yannie and Kaddie were in tennis while Rissa had softball. And here's one for you. Halinor was in gymnastics!"
"Wow!", Alchemy said. "You all were active!"
"It was one of the way for us to stay in shape.", Cassidy replied with a smile.
"You have a point there.", Cornelia said. "Even I have my ice skating to past the time. So, I say go for the gymnastics team."
"I'll do it!", Alchemy said with a smile. "This is going to be great!", she said as they headed into their Homeroom.
Outside of the school Caleb was waiting for Will to show up.
"What's taking her so long?", Caleb questioned. "She should be here by now!"
Just then, Caleb spotted Will walking through the entrance with Hay Lin and three other teenagers. All of them looked like they were having a great time together.
"Who are they?", Caleb asked himself as he looked at the three African-American teens. "Could they be the ones Will said were moving here from her old home?"
It didn't take Will long to spot Caleb as she ran up to him and gave him a quick kiss.
"Hey!", Will said with a smile.
"Hey.", Caleb said returning the smile. "What took you so long?"
"Sorry, but I decided to walk with my friends from Fadden Hills to school.", Will explained as said friends came walking up to them with Hay Lin. "Caleb. These are my old friends Angelo, Selece, and Micheal. Guys. This is my boyfriend, Caleb."
"Hello!", Micheal said as he and Caleb shook hands.
"Good to meet ya!", Angelo said as he and Caleb shook hands.
"Hi!", Selece said as they shook hands. "So you're the guy Will fought some other girl over to get with?", she questioned before turning to Will. "So worth it, girl."
"Selece!", Will said with a slight blush as she playfully pushed her friend.
Just then the bell rang signaling that classes were about to begin.
"Uh-oh! We better get to Homeroom!", Hay Lin said as they headed towards the school. "Last thing we need is for Knickerbocker to catch us roaming the halls."
"Actually, we need to go to the principle's office.", Angelo said as they walked into the school. "Something about meeting the principal to get a few things before we head to our Homerooms.", he explained as he saw the door of the principal's office. "And here it is."
"Right at the front doors of the school!", Micheal replied. "They're making dang sure no one sneaks into school!"
"Catch you guys later!", Will said as she, Caleb, and Hay Lin headed to their Homerooms.
"See ya!", Micheal, Selece, and Angelo said before heading into the principal's office.
Once in the waiting area of the office, the trio saw that they weren't alone. Also in there were, Elyon, Drake, and a glamoured Aldern who looked like an African-American teenage boy.
"Hey, guy.", Angelo said to them seeing as they were living with him and his family along with Cassidy.
"Hey, Angelo.", Elyon said with a smile and a wave.
"You know them?", Micheal asked.
"Yeah!", Angelo said as they sat in the extra seats. "Elyon, Drake, and Aldern are living with me and my family."
"Oh!", Selece replied just as Principal Knickerbocker came walking up to them.
"Hello, Ms. Brown and new students. I am Principal Knickerbocker.", she said with a kind smile. "And welcome to Sheffield."
A/N: And so the first day of school for Angelo, Selece, Micheal, Drake, and Aldern begins. How will it turn out? Will they run into trouble? Will Angelo, Selece, and Micheal get along with the others? When will Micheal and Cornelia find each other? And when they do, how will the others react? And how will it affect Will? You all know how to find out!
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