Loveroffanfics- I'm glad you find joy in Will causing the bad guys misery, I do too. I'll shed more light on to Keegan's past a bit later in the story, I promise. As for continuing after the trilogy, we'll see. More than likely I will, but I have to get some more ideas, and finish the Buffy story I'm currently working on.
Lizzie Lionheart- Normally I don't post this early but since you gave me such a compelling reason to, and since there was such a large gap of time between my last two post here you go. I hope this chapter cheers you up.
CHAPTER 35
BIRTHDAY
November 22, 2010
3:15pm
Blue Cove, Delaware
Jamieson Manor
"Ouch," Alex hissed as Greg stepped on her foot.
"Sorry Katie," Greg apologized whispering.
"Maddox pass me the streamers," Lissa commanded Maddie softly. The Black Files, Julia, Morgan, and Lex were decorating the livingroom and diningroom of the manor for a surprise birthday party for Keegan, Jason, and Jack.
While the others were decorating, Will, Alley, Jaime, Jeff, Sam and Jarod were all in the kitchen cooking a big feast for the boys. Ethan had left the night before, returning to the safe house to help his wife Sara with their younger children.
"Hey are you all almost done?" Alley asked entering the living room as she carried a large platter with three layered chocolate cake, with chocolate icing.
"Oh God that looks so good," Marc groaned as he tired to wipe away some icing with his finger.
"Touch it and you'll comeback missing a finger," Alley threatened. Marc quickly snatched his finger back.
"Tiger watch the cake for me I forgot the strawberries and chocolate shavings," Alley asked Peter.
"Kay," Pete said shrugging his shoulders.
"Thanks sweetie," Alley said pressing a quick kiss to Pete's forehead. Alley then headed back into the kitchen.
"Hey Pete let me have just a little taste," Marc begged. Pete shook his head. "Aww come on Tiger, Alley doesn't have to know, and what she doesn't know won't hurt her."
"Marc step away from the cake," Alley commanded from the door of the kitchen.
"Yes ma'am," Marc said weakly as Alley returned to the cake a bowl of strawberries and another bowl of chocolate shavings in either hand. She proceeded to decorate the cake placing the shavings of chocolate on the sides of the cake and strawberries around the edge of the cake and a few on top.
"So how many candles should I put on it?" Alley asked her mother.
"You could do eighteen. Six candles for each of the boys. Or you could just do six candles total," Morgan suggested.
"Do eighteen. Fire's pretty," Aaron suggested. Alex and Andros nodded their heads in agreement.
"You three are pyrokinetics not pyromaniacs," Morgan sighed.
"Close enough," Jake snickered.
"Don't make me hurt you," Alex threatened.
"You know Aunt Morgan your daughters are extremely violent. Maybe you should think of investing in anger management classes for them," Tobias suggested.
"Haha Toby," Alex and Alley said dryly.
"Are they almost finished with dinner? The boys will be up from their naps soon," Cassie said glancing at the grandfather clock in the hallway.
"Dinner is just about done," Sam said entering the dining room. "Jerry, Greg, Lissa grab a few platters and help Will with whatever he needs"
"Yes sir," Greg replied and he and his siblings went into the kitchen.
"Where are you going little brother?" Morgan asked Sam as he pulled on his leather jacket.
"I have one last gift that I need to pick up for the boys," Sam said grabbing his keys and wallet off of the table next to the door. "Don't worry I'll be back in a few minutes."
Morgan looked after he adoptive brother inquisitively, and shook her head as Sam walked out the front door.
"What is he up to now," Morgan muttered.
November 22, 2010
3:39pm
Blue Cove, Delaware
Blue Cove Airport
"Daddy," Squealed Amy as she leapt into her father's arms. Behind Amy was Jen carrying both her and Amy's luggage.
"Hey there Big Girl," Sam said twirling Amy in his arms. "You miss me?"
"Um, maybe," Amy said grinning.
"You hear this?" Sam asked his wife. "Maybe?"
"I missed you dear," Jen said placing a kiss on Sam's lips.
"Eww," Amy said wrinkling her tiny nose.
"That's right. Kissing is eww. Always keep that in mind," Sam said. Now why don't we get over to the manor. I bet Zane and Gabe will be psyched to see you."
"Momma said I get to meet my new cousin too," Amy said.
"That's right. You get to meet your cousin Keegan," Sam said as he buckled Amy into the back seat.
"Is he special like me?" Amy asked.
"Yes he is," Sam answered. 'And so much more,' Sam thought silently.
November 22, 2010
3:45pm
Blue Cove, Delaware
Jamieson Manor
"Hey I'm back," Sam said softly as he led Jen and Amy into the manor. "Are the boy's awake yet?"
"No," Morgan said as she set the table for the boys' party. "But Will is going to wake them in the next five minutes or so if they aren't awake yet. So Sammy where did you go?"
"Airport," Sam replied. Morgan looked up from the table and saw that Sam was holding Amy in the crook of his arm, beside Sam was Jen holding his hand.
"Hi Auntie Morgan," Amy said cheerily.
"Hi Amy," Morgan smiled. "I hear you got yourself a power."
"Yup. Jeremiah taught me how to control it a little, and Grampa Sydney showed me some too," Amy replied.
"I thought I heard a familiar voice," Greg said entering the diningroom.
"Greg," Amy said when she caught sight of her brother.
"Hey there Big Girl, Dad never mentioned you and Mom were coming down," Greg said taking Amy from Sam's arms as he gave his mother a quick hug.
"Momma nor Daddy told me either," Amy admitted.
"That's why it's called a surprise," Sam said dryly.
"Come on Ames, let's see what everyone's up too. Hey did you know our new cousin Keegan's a telekinetic just like you," Greg told his baby sister.
"Really?" Amy asked as Greg carried the little girl upstairs.
"Really," Greg replied.
"It's good you brought Amy," Morgan said watching Greg and Amy up the stairs.
"I thought so too," Sam agreed.
"Sam could you take my and Amy's things upstairs?" Jen asked her husband.
"Sure," Sam said and grabbed Amy and Jen's things and carried them upstairs.
"It's just us now, tell me how your feeling," Jen said placing a hand on Morgan's shoulder. Morgan took a deep breath and looked up at her sister-in-law.
"I'm fine," Morgan said meeting Jen's eyes.
"Really?" Jen asked.
"Well I have no intentions of having any of my children out of yelling distance for the rest of their lives," Morgan replied with a joking voice, but Jen could tell that Morgan was more than partly serious.
"I don't know how you're even able to keep them out of sight," Jen stated.
"I made Jarod go out and buy a baby monitor," Morgan confessed. "Someone is always in the room with the boys at all times. Usually Will, Alley, the triplets, Jarod, or myself, and surprisingly Jeremiah has also spent a while looking after the boys. At night Gabe and Zane sleep in the room with Jarod and me, Pete stays with the older kids, and Keegan with Lex and Julia. Will and Alley have obtained less than five hours of sleep in the past two days, not that they slept much anyway. And I know that last night Will came into my and Jarod's room to watch the twins sleep."
"We may have gotten the boys back Jen, but it's not over. Not by a long shot," Morgan said shaking her head.
"The nightmares?" Jen asked.
"The boys or mine?" Morgan asked her eyes filling with tears. Jen pulled her sister-in-law into her arms.
"I can tell you that everything is going to be okay," Jen offered. "But I'm not. We both know that this is all going to take a lot of time. We have sixteen kids who are still trying to deal with issues concerning the Centre, and we got them out seven years ago. Luckily the boys were only taken for less than a month but we still that their recovery is not going to be quick or easy."
"I never wanted this for my boys, for any of my children." Morgan said stepping out of Jen's embrace.
"None of us did. And the thing is it's not just Gabriel, Zane, Pete that have to deal with their abduction. Jeremiah told me that after Amy discovered that she was a telekinetic she said she didn't want to be a freak because she didn't want to be taken too," Jen told Morgan.
"They don't deserve this type of life. I wish for them that they could be normal," Morgan sighed.
"We don't," Alex spoke up as she and Jeremiah came down the steps.
"You don't?" Morgan questioned raising an eyebrow.
"Sure we spent the first seven years of our lives in hell," Alex shrugged.
"Endured more pain in the first few years of our childhood than the average gladiator did during Roman times," Jeremiah added.
"And have more psychological issues each, than the whole Delaware State Psychology Ward combined." Alex continued.
"But hey we enjoy having our powers," Jeremiah replied shrugging.
"And fire... pretty," Alex said nodding her head and smiling.
"God Jake is right my kids are pyros," Morgan sighed. "Are your brother's awake yet?"
"Nope," Alex replied.
"Then go wake them. If they sleep any longer they won't be able to sleep tonight," Morgan told the children.
"Yes ma'am," Alex and Jeremiah replied and the two climbed the steps to wake the boys.
"Jason, Jack, Keegan it's time to get up," Alex said gently shaking the boys awake. The three boys rubbed the sleep from their eyes. It amused Alex that Keegan's movements were becoming in sync with Jason and Jack's.
"You three hungry?" Jeremiah asked the boys. The three of them nodded their heads as they yawned. Alex made a mental note to tell Will just how much Keegan's movements were becoming like Jason and Jack's.
"Hey guess what, you three have a visitor," Alex told the boys as she and Jeremiah led them out of the room.
The boy's looked up at Alex and Jeremiah and each of the six year olds raised a questioning eyebrow.
"Follow us and you'll find out," Jeremiah replied. The five of them walked down the hall to the room in which the Black Files were sharing. There in the room sat the rest of the Black Files, Will, Alley, Jamie, Jeff, and much to Jason and Jack's delight Amy.
A grin crossed both Jason and Jack's face when they caught sight of Amy. Greg nudged Amy who was sitting in his lap. Amy looked up and saw her cousins, she leapt out of Greg's lap and ran over to Jason and Jack. The girl flung her arms' around the twin's shoulders. Jason and Jack momentarily flinched at her touch but just relaxed almost instantly.
"Hi," Amy whispered in the twin's ears.
"Hi," Jason and Jack whispered back. Will smiled Jason and Jack had not spoken since the previous day. He was glad that Amy was there and able to get the boys talking again.
"Missed you," Amy said.
"Missed you," The twins echoed.
"Don't leave me again," Amy demanded.
"Promise," Jason and Jack replied.
"Kay," Amy said and let the twins go.
"Hi," Keegan said not meeting Amy's eyes.
"Hi," Amy echoed. "Are you Keegan?" Keegan nodded his head. "You're a telekinetic like me and Alley." Keegan looked up at Amy and cocked his head to the side. He stared at her for a few moments and Amy stared back not blinking.
"You don't have to be afraid. We're safe. They won't let anything happen to us," Keegan told Amy.
"Promise," Amy asked.
"I wouldn't lie to you," Keegan replied.
"That's not a promise," Amy said crossing her arms over her chest.
"You're right," Keegan agreed. "I can promise you that they won't willingly allow for anything to happen to us."
"I can work with that," Amy stated. Jeremiah suppressed a grin, Amy had subconsciously imitated Lissa.
"Why don't we all head downstairs," Will suggested.
The group of children head down the stairs upon the sight of the decorated livingroom and diningroom Jason, Jack and Keegan's jaws dropped.
"Happy birthday," Will whispered to the boys. "Albeit it belated for two of you. But as for you Keegan we have the correct day."
"I don't understand?" Keegan stated.
"It's your birthday squirt and we're celebrating it," Mike explained.
"Why?" Keegan asked.
"Like he said little dude it's your birthday, the day you were born, thus reason for us to throw you a party that involves ice cream and cake," Marc replied.
"And you get presents," Amy added.
"What they said," Maddie said. "But it's also a day we celebrate you."
"Why?" Keegan asked again.
because they love you
Keegan heard his Uncle Andrew say in his head. 'Why,' Keegan thought silently.
"Because you're our family," Will said reading the little boy's mind.
Up next- Keegan ponders his family's love for him. Amy worries about Jace and Jack, finds herself a bit jealous of Keegan's bond with Jason and Jack. And the return of Sydney, as Morgan calls her father for a late night talk.
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