Riven walked down to the kitchen; he had over slept but he was in no hurry to get to Chris's lesson. He thought it was a little odd that no one had work him up, since he was sleeping in the living room. There was quiet in the house normally you could hear kids playing inside the house and people talking, but there wasn't a sound to hear. When he got down to the kitchen Layla was sitting at the table.
"Good morning. " Layla said not taking her eyes of the papers; she had in front of her.
"Good morning… where are all of the others."Riven asked and looked around in the kitchen.
"Stella is out shopping with Brandon, Tecna is doing something up in her room and Bloom and Flora is out with the kids."Layla said and looked up from her papers.
"And where is Musa?"Riven asked, when Layla didn't mention her.
"She is down in the basemant. " Musa had gone down to the basemant to see if there was anything they could use for Ophir's birthday party. Layla was in the meanwhile where looking for where clues Andrew and his father might be, they hadn't heard from Lena(1) since that day they were reunited with the kids.
"Baseman, what basemant?" Riven asked confused, what baseman?
"This house Basemant."
"The house has a basemant; you learn something new every day." He had lived in it over a month and he didn't know there was a basemant, maybe he should have paid more attention When Timmy talked.
"Shouldn't you have left with Helia over an hour ago?"Layla asked since he didn't look in a hurry, to get out of the door.
"Chris isn't going to miss me beside I'm sleeping most of the time."Riven had never liked school the only reason he had liked Redfountain were because most of their classes were, classes where you need to be physical.
"Why do you even have to take a history course?" Layla didn't understand why they had to take a history course, what did they need it for?
"I don't know ask Saladin, maybe he wants us to teach history."Riven said and Layla started laughing.
"I don't think that's why."Layla said still laughing.
"What you don't think that that I can teach. "
"Well I can't really imagine you teaching." Layla said and looked down in the papers again.
"My job happens to be teaching at Redfountain."Riven said insulted, that Layla didn't think he could teach.
"You are kidding me right?"
"No I teach combat with Timmy and Brandon."
"How does Brandon have time for that while he is Sky's squire?" Layla herself was royalty so she knew that a king's squire didn't have much free time. Her dad squire had almost no free time because her dad was so unreasonable. She often wondered how it was going with Andros.
"He is not Sky's squire anymore."
"What, why haven't anyone told me that before."Layla said feeling a little left out, why was she always the last to know.
"You haven't really talked to anyone beside the other girls."
"There is nothing down there! "Musa yelled from the hallway so Layla could hear her.
"I'm in the kitchen with Riven."Layla yelled back.
"Good he is up." Musa said and walked into the kitchen and picked up a piece of paper from the table."Here is a list of all of the things you need to get."
"I need to get?"Musa had made sure Riven slept over so he could go buy the things they needed, for Ophir's birthday party. Of course Stella would had been more than happy to do it but she was going shopping for a dress and could take they need the thing before Ophir comes home, so he won't see them.
"Yeah it is all of the things we need you to get for Ophir's birthday party since I can't go and get it." Musa told and handed him the list.
"Couldn't Stella and Brandon get it, they are out shopping?"
"Do you honestly think that they carry that, plus all of the things Stella is buying?"Layla said.
"She got a point there." Musa pointed out." since you are not going to that course you have the time to do it."
"I need to get his presents too."Riven when he saw it was on the list.
"Well you buying all of the other things you might as well, buy the present too. Remember you are Ophir's guardian and his is your children's best friend, so get him something good."Musa said while she led him to the door and open it.
"Fine." Riven said not to happy about it and walked out the door.
"See you later."Musa said and smacked the door and went over to the table and sat down by it. Layla started thinking about what she had heard last night, her window had been opened so she had heard Bloom and Sky's conversation.
"Okay why are you upset?"Musa asked when she saw Layla's expression.
"I'm not upset."
"Layla I have known you for a long time I can see that you are upset."Musa said laid her hand down on the table for Layla to take.
"I heard Bloom and Sky talking last night they are back together again but they are nevus tell us about it, because they were worried how I was going to take it. Can you believe that they are worried about me when I was the one who split them up?"Layla said and took Musa hand. She felt so guilty it was all her faulted she should had listened to what everyone had said to her, she should had stayed home.
"What are you talking about, you didn't split anybody up."Musa said not understanding what Layla were talking about, when did she split anybody up?
"Yes I did i split all of you up, if I haven't insisted on coming with you guys my water wouldn't have broken and you guys wouldn't have been inside the cave."
"No you didn't, did you know that there was going to be an earthquake? Did you force us to stay with you? "She used the same line as Tristan used when she told him that she felt like it was her fault that the kids didn't know Riven. If she for once had listened to Riven (2) she would had been home with him, and the children would have had their dad in their life sooner. She knew how it felt feeling guilty about it she still felt little guilty but she wasn't her fault.
"No."
"There you have it, it is not your fault you can't go blaming yourself for what happened."
"But I feel so guilty I feel like it my fault all of you guys aren't together. If we haven't been stuck in the cave all of you would probably still be together." She had always felt like it was her fault that they had ended up in the cave and every time she so the boys she got reminded of it.
"You have nothing to feel guilty about and I don't think all of us would still be together, I'm sure that Riven and I would have broken up after having triplets."Musa said it had been really hard on her having the triplets and she had been really bossy to the people who helped her with them and she was sure Riven wouldn't have handle it. She still wasn't he could handle things now but it looks like it was going fine for now.
"You really think so?"Layla was a little shocked that Musa would say that.
"Yeah you know having a kid change everything and it is hard, having three is even harder and with mine and Riven's relationship. I just don't think we would have stayed together for more than a month. I don't know with all of the others but let stop talking about things that doesn't matter and get back to try finding Andrew."
"Are we going to do this or what?" Gabriell said to Ophir who was looking nevus, Bloom and Flora were done training them, so now they were playing. Gabriell and Ophir had been talking about a fairytale her mom had read to her yesterday where a girl kissed a frog and it turns into a prince, now Gabriell wanted to see what would happened if she kissed Ophir. She wanted to see if Ophir would turn in to a frog if she kissed him since he was a prince.
"Okay."Ophir said and leaned in and kissed Gabriell on the mouth, not long from them Dominic and Lucas were playing.
"Stop kissing my sister." Dominic yelled when he saw what Gabriell and Ophir were doing.
"No you didn't turn into a frog, you were right. "Gabriell said a bit disappointed that he didn't turned into a frog.
"I told you." Ophir said when an angry Dominic came up to them, with Lucas right behind him.
"You have to marry her now."Dominic said and crossed his arms.
"Why?"Ophir asked.
"Because you kissed her and in the Gabriell's fairytales they get marry and then kiss. But you have already kissed her, so now you have to marry her." Dominic explained to them, he was pretty mad at Ophir. "Right Lucas?"
"Right."Lucas said, laughing at Dominic."Don't worry he is not serious. "
"Yes I'm."
"But I'm only four."Ophir said.
"If you can kiss her, you can also marry her."Dominic said there were nothing there was going to change his mind about it.
"Alexander, Dominic is marrying me away." Gabriell yelled to Alexander, since he was the oldest Dominic and Gabriell always let Alexander decide who was right.
"What?" Alexander stopped talking to Tammy and ran over to the other kids with her.
"Ophir kissed Gabriell and in Gabriell's fairytales they get marry and then kiss but he has already kissed her, so now he has to marry her." Dominic explained to Alexander.
"That sounds right but we have to know if he can get marry, since he is going to be a king. "Alexander said to Dominic." Bloom, can kings get marry?"
"Sure they can." Bloom yelled, who was sitting not long from them.
"Okay you are getting married to Gabriell." Alexander said and turned to Ophir.
"But I'm only four, you can't get marry when you are four." Gabriell said, she didn't won't to get marry now.
"Yes you can."Dominic said.
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"Stop we'll ask Flora. Flora can Ophir get married to Gabriell?" Flora said and got up and walked over to them.
"Yes when they get older why, are you thinking about marriage already?" Flora said thinking it was sweet that the two four years old wanted to get married.
"No Dominic says we have to because we kissed."Ophir told her.
"No you don't."Flora said and looked over at Dominic
"Yes he do he kissed my sister."
"Dominic is right."Tammy said, what he said made sense.
"You can't just marry your sister away like that."Flora said to Dominic.
"Yes I can I'm the oldest." Alexander said, he like Dominic wasn't changing his mind.
"No you can't-" Flora didn't get any longer before it started raining.
"It is starting to rain, we better get home fast."Bloom said and got up to them.
"Do you really think all of that stuff is necessary?" Stella asked Brandon, they were sitting in a small café getting a cup of coffee. Brandon had bought three bags of stuff to childproof the house. Stella didn't think it all of the stuff were necessary she had lived with Lucas for years without that stuff and Lucas never got serious hurt.
"You heard what the man said better safe than sorry." Brandon said and took a sip of his coffee
"He only said that to sell that stuff to you." Stella said and looked at herself in the window; it had taken some time for her to chose a new hair and eye colure. But she had ended up with black hair and blue eyes, she looked like a witch. She didn't like it but no one would recognize her looking like this, they still wasn't back a full power so they couldn't take Andrew on.
"And the lady that told you that you look good in everything you tried on wasn't?"
"Maybe but she was right I look good in everything."
"Well that is true-"Brandon looked over at the door and there he spotted her Molly."Shit."
"What's wrong?" Stella asked when Brandon took the menu and tried to hide behind it.
"I don't want the girl over at the door to see me." Brandon didn't want Stella to meet Molly
"To late."Stella said when she saw the girl started walking over to them.
"Brandon is that you?" Molly asked and seemed really nice at first.
"Molly hey, what are you doing here?"Brandon could see that she wasn't happy with seeing Stella with him.
"Who is that?"Molly hissed
"I'm Luna."Stella Said; she so this was Brandon's ex, she didn't look anything like the girls Brandon normally would date.
"I'm Molly, Brandon's girlfriend."She said hoping Stella might think this was too awkward and get up and leave, so she could have Brandon to herself.
"Ex girlfriend Molly we brook up and I moved out of the apartment, remember?" Brandon reminded her, all he could think about was getting Molly away from Stella. The day until now had been good; it had been like the good old days but now Molly had come and was going to ruined everything, he wished he never had met her.
"Oh you will be back; we both know you will never find anybody like me."Molly seriously believed that Brandon was coming back to her; he was just a little confused that were all, because who would in their right mind end it with her?
"That's a relief." Stella mumbled, so Molly turned around and started talking to her.
"He has some seriously problems his ex dead five year and she was….a little crazy" Had Brandon told her she was crazy, no Brandon wouldn't do that. Stella was getting seriously pissed at Molly.
"Molly you need to go now." Brandon said.
"He doesn't mean that."Molly said and ignored what Brandon said."He doesn't like talking about it."
"Yes I do mean that, leave now."Brandon said, he didn't want Molly to make a scene.
"Fine but you are going to regret this for the rest of your life."Molly said angry and before Brandon could do anything Molly pulled a scissor out of her bag and cut a lock of his hair, and ran for it. Brandon looked at himself in the window to see how much she had gotten, it wasn't much you could barely see it but he was in shock.
"Wow you weren't kidding when you say she was crazy."Stella said shocked that anyone would do something like that.
"No I wasn't, hey I never told you about Molly."Brandon said remembering that he had never talked to Stella about any of the girls he had dated after her "death".
"Bloom told me." Stella admitted and Brandon smiled, she had been asking around about him. "like you haven't tried finding out whom I have been dating."
"Well who have you been dating?"
"A couple of guys but nothing serious they have never met Lucas. Well except for Chris but that were only because he lived next-door, Lucas don't know we have dated. But where didn't you meet that Molly, she looked like a witch." She didn't really want to talk about the guys she had dated.
"At a party Riven dragged me to, and she is a witch."
"Riven dragged you to a party? That doesn't sound like Riven."
"He only went for the free drinks."
"That made more sense."
"It is getting late, we should heard home."
"Okay listen up I have something I have to tell you." Sky said they were all together to eat dinner but since there only were eight chairs and eighteen people the kids were sitting on the adults' laps and some of the adults were eating over at the kitchen counter.
"Ophir is getting married to Gabriell as soon as they can." Dominic said, who was sitting on Musa's lap.
"What!" Everyone yelled and looked at Dominic, Riven almost choked on his food.
"Ophir Kissed Gabriell so he needs to marry her now." Alexander said making everyone laugh, he was sitting on Helia's lap beside Tammy who was sitting on Flora.
"I don't want to get married."Ophir said to his mom
"Me neither." Gabriell said to Riven relief, Gabriell was the only one of the kids that called him dad at first he thought it was weird but now he loved it when she called him dad. Gabriell was his little girl and a just the thought that she maybe one day would grow up and date somebody like him, was killing him.
"Then you shouldn't have kissed."Dominic told his sister.
"No they are not getting married; just because you kiss somebody doesn't mean you have to marry them." Tecna said trying to reason with the children but there was no reasoning with them.
"Yes it does in Gabriell's fairytales they get marry and then kiss but he has already kissed her, so now he has to marry her." Tammy said what she had heard Dominic say.
"Yeah beside he can't just kiss his sister."Lucas said helping Tammy.
"Listened boys this isn't a fairytale so nobody is getting married." Musa said to end it."Gabriell is going to chose for herself who she is going to marry when she gets older that is not something you, her brothers are going chose."
"And when she said older she meant about sixth four years old and only if I like the guy."Riven said to Gabriell who was sitting on his lap, Gabriell just laughed while Musa rolled her eyes.
"So what you are saying is that it is okay for your sons to date before they are sixth four, but not your daughter."Layla said and Ophir looked up at her.
"Well the boys are going date girls Gabriell is going to date Boys and they only think about one thing."Riven said and Musa elbowed him in his ribs, what if the kids asked what the one thing was?
"I'm never going to date girls, they are disgusting."Lucas said.
"You won't think that when you are older."Brandon said to him.
"Not if you are anything like your dad."Sky said who was standing beside him and Bloom.
"Why were you kissing anyway?"Stella asked Ophir.
"Because in fairytales when you kiss a frog it turns into a prince, so I wanted to see if a kissed Ophir he would turn into a frog." Gabriell explained to Stella.
"But I didn't just like I told you, I wouldn't." Ophir reminded her again
"Maybe you should stop reading fairytales to them."Tecna said to Musa.
"Maybe."Musa said.
"Well good chose Gabriell, a prince."Stella told her.
"Okay Bloom and I have something to say."Sky said for the second time.
"We are back together, so we are dating again." Bloom said nervous, silence fall over them nobody said anything they all just looked at Sky and Bloom.
"Congratulations I'm happy for you two."Layla finally spoke up as the first one.
"Yeah congratulations." Everyone started saying and Sky put an arm around Bloom.
"Let's raise our glass for Bloom and Sky."Brandon said and looked over at his friend.
"To Bloom and Sky."Everyone said and raised their glasses while Bloom and Sky kissed instead of raising their glass.
"Disgusting. Tammy said, making everyone laugh.
(1)from chapter six and seven
(2)the first chapter.
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