Grace sighed in relaxation as she continued to chop vegetables, she had been asked (*cough* saved *cough*) to make dinner a bit early by Sensei Wu. "Would you like help dear sister?" Grace jumped at the voice, yet smiled when she saw Zane behind her. "No thank you brother, but thank you for the offer...I'd...I'd like to be alone for a little while, if that is okay." Grace told Zane, who frowned at this before walking over to Grace and placed a hand on her shoulder. "If there is something troubling you Grace, then please, let us know...All of us want to help you." Zane told Grace, who nodded her head before going back to cutting the vegetables. Zane slowly dropped his hand from Grace's shoulder before walking away, looking back once he was at the door frame, before leaving Grace to be by herself.
The silence was nice to Grace, giving her some comfort to the jealousy she was feeling...Yes, it was true, she was jealous...Why was she jealous you ask? Why, it was quiet simple really. She had always been jealous of close families, though she tried to deny it and just walk away from said family, but it was different this time...Grace couldn't walk away this time. "Grace! So there you are! Why I've been looking all over for you!" Grace jumped and turned around frightened, before sighing in relief when she only saw it was Edna.
"Miss Walker, please, don't scare me like that." Grace said in a harsh whisper, which Edna just shrugged off as she walked over to Grace's side. "I'm sorry sweetie, and please, just call me Edna!" Edna chimed happily, Grace sighed a bit in annoyance before going back to cutting the vegetables. "Jay tells me you like carnivals." Edna stated, making Grace glance at her to suggest that Edna continued on with the statement. "You know when Jay was 5 me and Ed took him to a carnival, but we had to leave later on because he got scared of the clowns! And later that night he ended up wetting his bed and tried to hide it from me and Ed by throwing away his bed sheets." Edna said with a giggle, before noticing Grace's saddened look.
"Poor Jay." Grace whispered, at this Edna blinked a bit. She had told the same story to the other ninja, and they all laughed happily about it (even that nice Bunny girl)... "Jay also told me that you like to ride your Dragon Silvermist." Edna commented, and at that moment the 2 looked out the window to see the group outside, introducing Ed to the dragons...Right before Silvermist placed Ed on her seat on her back, and took off flying. "YAAAHOOOOOOO!" Ed yelled happily as he rode the Water Dragon, Edna and Grace both laughed at this along with the ninja outside.
"Jay had begged us to find you a pair of goggles *Grace looks surprised at this*...He really cares about you." Edna said, before noticing the slightly happy look on Grace's face as she touched said goggles. "...I-I'm sure he cares about the others." Grace bashfully said, a blush forming on her cheeks as she tried to go back to the vegetables. "Aaaand do you care about him?" Edna asked Grace, who blushed a bit more at this but did something a bit unexpected. Grace dropped the knife she was using and turned to Edna, look her straight in the eyes. "I would give up my life for anyone on this ship...Yet other then that, I do care about Jay...I constantly tell him to go to sleep if he is up late at night, I make him something when he doesn't feel like eating, and I basically wake up in hopes I can hear his voice and see his smile...So yes, I care about him." Grace summed up her small rant, before acting as if the rant never happened and went back to cutting vegetables, before putting the chopped remains in a pot of broth.
"Why do you do that?" Edna asked Grace, who didn't look up from the pot. "Do what?" Grace questioned before she felt Edna's hand on her shoulder. "Act as if I have done something wrong...I-I didn't do anything wrong...Did I? I mean, if I offended you in any way I am sorry about that, really I am!" Edna added in quickly, Grace sighed a bit before putting the pot onto low temperature and turning to Edna. "Okay...You didn't do anything wrong or offended me in any way...I...This is my way to cope with jealousy, okay?" Grace told Edna, who blinked at this. "That's how you deal with Jealousy? Well, it's better then Jay's way I'll tell you that! In fact this one time he got jealous at his classmate in school, that he ended tried to prank the boy! But it all went wrong when Jay accidentally pulled the prank and-" Edna stopped when she realized that she was getting off topic, and instead she shook her head before smiling politely at Grace.
"But aside from that...Why are you jealous?" Edna finally asked Grace, who blinked before looking sadly down as she sat on the floor...Before pulling out a photo from her pocket, which Edna looked at once she sat down on the floor beside Grace. In the photo was a older woman who looked a lot like Grace, but with bleach blonde hair. This woman was hugging what looked like a 5 year old that held a good resemblance to Grace. "Who are they?" Edna whispered to Grace, who glanced at her before staring at the picture.
"The little girl is me...The older woman is my mother." Grace stated, Edna smiled brightly at this. "Why that's nice! Jay hasn't mentioned your mom or dad before, but I bet they're both proud of you." Edna exclaimed, Grace blinked at her before sadly looking at the picture. "That's what people tell me...You see, my mom isn't really here anymore." Grace said, Edna giggled at this. "Well of course she isn't here anymore! Or else I would have met her and I could tell you both all these stories about Jay! Like when he was a baby he always loved to eat tomatoes, and actually he ate them so much that he would have this red line around his lips and-" "No Miss Edna, I don't think you get it...My mom isn't here anymore." Grace said, quickly cutting off Edna, who blinked at this...Before her eyes went wide.
"You mean she's...Gone...?" Edna asked, almost unsure if she should be asking. "She died when I was young, when my little brother was still a lil' baby...She died trying to protect me...I blame myself for her death." Grace stated, before putting the photo away into her pockets, before Edna once again placed a hand on her shoulder. "What every happened to your brother and your dad?" Edna asked, before Grace frowned at the ground. "My father gave me up for adoption not long after my mom's death...I don't know where my brother or father are right now..." Grace said, feeling tears well up in her eyes, before she was suddenly pulled into a soft hug by Edna before she hummed a small melody.
"I'm sorry, but when Jay was little and whenever he was sad I'd always give him a hug and either hum to him or tell him stories...It always calmed him down." Edna apologized to Grace, who didn't respond to this and instead just nuzzled closer to Edna and returning the hug. It had been a long time since she felt a warmth of a mother, her adoptive one being so fragile that Grace felt awkward while hugging her. "When Jay was little he'd always get himself into trouble at the Junk Yard, in fact he accidentally tripped into the metal pile and that's actually how he has that little nitch in his eyebrow...And this one time." Grace listened as Edna rambled on about Jay, which was a popular subject to both females.
Apparently Jay had kissed his pillow before, tried to strike super model posses in a broken mirror once of twice, danced on a dented car hood...Only for the car hood to have a spring underneath it, to where Jay was launched up into the air and landed in a pile of old mattresses, leaving him with the pleasure of having 5 baths to get the smell off of him.
After Edna finished a story about the time when Jay had accidentally ripped his pants in the Junk Yard and walked through a town with a tear in his pants, the 2 suddenly stopped when they heard the group coming down the hall. "Well, we better wrap up." Grace said as she slowly got off the ground, helping Edna up, before she went back to making dinner. "Actually sweet heart, I have something to offer you." Edna stated, Grace blinked in confusion at this.
Jay looked a bit panicked as his dad told the others about his first potty, he wasn't worried about that though, he was scared since his mom had left and hadn't came back to the group...And Grace wasn't with them either. Suddenly the group all looked forward to see Edna and Grace coming out of the kitchen, both happily smiling at the group. "Grace! You missed the most...Interesting...Stories about Jay!" Kim-Ly told Grace, who giggled a bit. "Ooooh, I'm pretty sure I heard a few more stories than you guys." Grace said, before she was suddenly asked to tell the stories by Cole and Kai. Grace smiled a bit at Edna, who giggled, before Grace turned to the others and did the zip-the-lip thing.
"Sorry, family secret." Grace stated, causing all the ninja to blink in surprise while Edna laughed as she hugged Grace. "Hey! Ma! Cut it out!" Grace said through her laughter, okay now the group was really confused. "Uh...Edna..? What is Grace talking about?" Ed asked in confusion, the 2 laughing females stopped their laughter and Edna looked at Grace as the 2 stopped hugging. "Uh...Grace, sweetie, can you go and get me my camera? I think I left it in mine and Ed's car." Edna asked Grace, who smiled brightly at this. "Sure thing Ma, be back in a few!" Grace chimed happily before running off somewhere, Edna turned to the confused group.
"Edna, what was that abou-" Ed was stopped once Edna hugged him, a sad look on her face. "Ed, if you heard everything that girl's been through, you would've done the same." Edna whispered to Ed, before Sensei Wu suddenly stepped towards the 2. "Miss Edna, may I please speak to you in private?" Sensei Wu asked Edna, who let go of Ed and followed Sensei Wu down the hall...
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"Did I ever tell you kids about the time Jay blew up a toaster oven?" Ed suddenly asked the group, Jay groaned in annoyance.
Once outside Edna and Sensei Wu both watched as Grace searched the car for Edna's camera. "Thank you." Sensei Wu finally said to Edna, who blinked at him. "It has been a long time since I've seen that sparkle in Grace's eyes...That sparkle hasn't seen the light of day ever since Grace's mother died." Sensei Wu stated, Edna looked a bit mesmerized by the words of the old man's words. "You knew her mom?" Edna finally asked after a strained silence, Sensei Wu smiled a bit at Edna, a smile of remembrance. "Her mother and I were best friends, *frowns* and it was a sad day for everyone that knew her when they heard of her death." Sensei Wu told Edna, who continued to stare at him. "What did happen to her?" Edna asked, and before Sensei Wu could even open his mouth, Grace came back with a camera in her hands. "Here ya go Ma!" Grace happily chimed, giving the camera to Edna, who smiled at her happily before the 3 people (Sensei Wu, Grace, and Edna) all went back inside to rejoin the tour.