Life After High School - Ten Years Later.
By Risty and Silver
Disclaimer: With Tolkien spinning in his grave as it is, I refuse to lie and say we owned them. I will say that we own our characters though.
Summary: Title says it all.
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About a week after Kane left, it was my twelfth birthday. Mum and Dad invited the whole family to celebrate. From Aunts Rhonda and Muriel and Uncle Bryce and their parents, to Aunt Julia, Uncle Mazza and my cousins. My sister, brothers and all my cousins, aunts, uncles and friends celebrated all day.
Finally, mum and I made it into the house to get my birthday cake, which I had helped to make, when we heard a knock at the door. Mum grinned and motioned for me to get it, so I ran to the door and opened it.
Kane stood there, and either side of him were . .
"Billee! Legolas!" I yelled pouncing on them. They began laughing. Mum came to the door, wiping her hands on a dish cloth. She saw our three visitors and smiled, if a little thinly.
"Hello Billee, Legolas. Hello Kane. Nice of you to come and visit."
"Hello Jamie, how are you?"
Mum smiled. "I think you should ask Ria, it is her who is turning twelve today."
All three stared and then began to grin like mad. In ursion they all said "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RIA!" and I began to laugh.
When mum and I brought the cake out, Billee, Legolas and Kane followed. My twin cousins, Ella and Elgiva saw them all right away and pounced. I think it took the two by shock because they were stunned and then began to laugh again.
All afternoon, all the kids, plus some of the adults (namely Billee and Legolas and a few others) played games like hide and seek, pin-the-tail-on- the-donkey, and blind man bluff. It was all pretty fun. But the most fun was the presents.
Everyone in my family had gotten me a present, and since my family is positively HUGE that's a lot of presents.
I started at the top with the smaller gifts. After about half and hour, I had managed to get them all, and some of the things I got were pretty cool.
I got a new set of soccer cleats, a basket ball and ring, baseball bat, and a whole lot of other neat sports stuff. I also got a couple of videos. Men In Black, Harry Potter and Bring It On. I got jewelry, which I don't wear often, except for a pendant which used to belong to mum's grandmother. Some new clothes, CD's and a back pack for school. Quite a spread.
"Right!" I yelled. "Seeing I am the birthday girl, I reckon we should play a game of . . Truth of Dare."
I swear I have never heard mum, dad, Billee or Legolas groan so loud. It made me giggle. The giggle turned into a laugh, the laugh became unstoppable and contagious. Soon everyone was laughing. When we finally calmed down, I closed my eyes and pointed my finger, turning around and around and around. finally I stopped and opened my eyes. My finger was pointed at Kane.
"Okay Kane. Truth or Dare?"
"Umm . . dare."
"Ok, I dare you to . . challenge me to one on one game of soccer."
Kane grinned. "You're on."
By Risty and Silver
Disclaimer: With Tolkien spinning in his grave as it is, I refuse to lie and say we owned them. I will say that we own our characters though.
Summary: Title says it all.
***
About a week after Kane left, it was my twelfth birthday. Mum and Dad invited the whole family to celebrate. From Aunts Rhonda and Muriel and Uncle Bryce and their parents, to Aunt Julia, Uncle Mazza and my cousins. My sister, brothers and all my cousins, aunts, uncles and friends celebrated all day.
Finally, mum and I made it into the house to get my birthday cake, which I had helped to make, when we heard a knock at the door. Mum grinned and motioned for me to get it, so I ran to the door and opened it.
Kane stood there, and either side of him were . .
"Billee! Legolas!" I yelled pouncing on them. They began laughing. Mum came to the door, wiping her hands on a dish cloth. She saw our three visitors and smiled, if a little thinly.
"Hello Billee, Legolas. Hello Kane. Nice of you to come and visit."
"Hello Jamie, how are you?"
Mum smiled. "I think you should ask Ria, it is her who is turning twelve today."
All three stared and then began to grin like mad. In ursion they all said "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RIA!" and I began to laugh.
When mum and I brought the cake out, Billee, Legolas and Kane followed. My twin cousins, Ella and Elgiva saw them all right away and pounced. I think it took the two by shock because they were stunned and then began to laugh again.
All afternoon, all the kids, plus some of the adults (namely Billee and Legolas and a few others) played games like hide and seek, pin-the-tail-on- the-donkey, and blind man bluff. It was all pretty fun. But the most fun was the presents.
Everyone in my family had gotten me a present, and since my family is positively HUGE that's a lot of presents.
I started at the top with the smaller gifts. After about half and hour, I had managed to get them all, and some of the things I got were pretty cool.
I got a new set of soccer cleats, a basket ball and ring, baseball bat, and a whole lot of other neat sports stuff. I also got a couple of videos. Men In Black, Harry Potter and Bring It On. I got jewelry, which I don't wear often, except for a pendant which used to belong to mum's grandmother. Some new clothes, CD's and a back pack for school. Quite a spread.
"Right!" I yelled. "Seeing I am the birthday girl, I reckon we should play a game of . . Truth of Dare."
I swear I have never heard mum, dad, Billee or Legolas groan so loud. It made me giggle. The giggle turned into a laugh, the laugh became unstoppable and contagious. Soon everyone was laughing. When we finally calmed down, I closed my eyes and pointed my finger, turning around and around and around. finally I stopped and opened my eyes. My finger was pointed at Kane.
"Okay Kane. Truth or Dare?"
"Umm . . dare."
"Ok, I dare you to . . challenge me to one on one game of soccer."
Kane grinned. "You're on."