Eli: Ah! ouch! *muses adjust binds so that Eli can type* As you can see my
muses were not too happy with my choice not to write till testing was over.
Oh well. As long as they don't bring the hose out again. Ouch, sorry. I'll
write, I'll write! Here's the next chapter, Enjoy!
The kids were all gathered bright and early in the morning. They all sat in the Living room, waiting not so patiently for Chris and Nicky to get there.
Bethany was pacing the room. "Where are they?" They she asked. Dominic grabbed her shoulder and made her stop pacing.
"They will be here." He told her. He made her sit down on the couch next to Teresa. As soon as she sat down, the door bell rang. She jumped back up again and Bethany, Teresa, Dominic, Gracie, and Jamie all rushed to the door. Danny walked in, followed by Lee, Una, Luke, and then the twins.
After all the kids had greeted the adults, they turned to Nicky and Chris, scolding them for taking so long. Sara laughed at them and turned to Danny.
"What took you so long? I think my little one is ready to kill both of yours." She said. He sighed and removed his hat. Everyone who wasn't yelling at the twins stared at Danny.
"What the hell happened?" Vicky asked as she kept herself from dropping Andrew as she passed him to Lee. His hair was blond from the bottom up for about six inches on the left side of his head.
"The boys got bored this morning and decided to find out what happens when you put hair into bleach." Everyone burst out laughing. Gabriel fell off the edge of the couch he was laughing so hard. He was wiping tears from his eyes as he stood up.
After things had calmed down a bit, Bethany went over to the adults. "Who is hiding the eggs this year?"
Gabriel smirked. "Me and your dad are." He told her. All the kids groaned out loud.
"Oh man!" "Sucks!" "Nooooooo." Was heard loud and clear. Gabriel smirked even more.
"What?" He replied innocently. Gracie came up to him, her hands folded across her chest.
"Uncle Gabriel, last time you and Uncle Ian hid the eggs, I only found one!" She said, holding up one finger for emphasis. Gabriel pat her back.
"You were only four. Don't worry, you'll find more than one egg."
"Hopefully." Nicky muttered from the couch. Gabriel turned around and grabbed Nicky. He picked him up in a head lock. Nicky tried to say something but Gabriel covered his mouth.
"Huh? What? Did you say something? Did I hear an uncle?"
Nicky struggled till Gabriel her him mumble 'Uncle'. "Yeah, that's what I thought." Gabriel said as he placed him on the ground. Nicky scowled and turned to Chris. He nodded his head at Gabriel. Chris smirked and went "One, two, three!"
The two twins charged Gabriel and he flipped over the couch. Teresa and Bethany laughed and came over to see if he was okay. "Daddy, you alive?" Teresa asked.
He nodded. He got up off the couch and looked at the twins. "Just wait...." He grabbed the eggs off the table and got Ian's attention. The two of them then went outside to hide the eggs.
"So what do I do again?" Dominic asked Bethany as they sat around waiting.
"You just collect all the eggs you see. If Gracie or Jamie or going for an egg and are really close, just let them get it. They're still little. Alright?"
"Okay." Dominic twitched his shoulders again. He had to borrow clothes till they got him some of his own. Jamie was smaller than he was, and the shirt felt very restraining.
Dominic wouldn't complain, though. They had taken him in when he had no where to go. He felt safe there. And he was closer to Bethany, where he could protect her.
The door opened and Ian and Gabe came back inside. "It's ready."
The kids all started dashing outside. "Wait!" Lee called. "Wait, let me get the camera out!" The adults followed the kids outside as they began egg searching.
They started in the hall and then went on outside around the garden area. Any place else was off limits. Gracie was dragging her basket along the floor as she tried to get the eggs before the others. But everyone else was so fast!
Bethany sighed as she grabbed a egg that was hiding in the light fixture ten feet up. "Daddy." She mumbled out before she jumped down.
"Hey, no doing Spider-man's! That's not fair!" Jamie called up to her.
"Fine." She said when she landed. She went down the hall into the garden.
Chris smiled happily at his load. Almost all the eggs were gone, but he had gotten a good many. He licked his lips when he thought about all the candy he was getting.
He heard some whimpering and turned around. Gracie was sitting in the corner hiding her face, trying to hide. Chris came to her quietly. He sat down next to her.
"Hey Grace, don't cry." He said. She just turned away from him.
"Go away."
"Don't be like that, Gracie." He said. He put his arm around her and made her face him. She wouldn't look up. "What's wrong?"
"I... I... I didn't get any eggs." She blurted out, sobbing again. Chris sighed.
"Shhh. It's okay."
"Nu uh! Now I have no candy!" She said between sobs. Chris looked down at his collection and sighed again.
"Here." Chris put half his Easter eggs into her basket. "Now you have some." She looked up and hugged him.
"Thank you thank you thank you!" She told him.
"Yeah, yeah. Just stop hugging me."
Within fifteen minutes, the kids had cleared everything of eggs. Bethany and Dominic were about to sit down and count their findings when they both noticed something shiny out of the corner of their eyes. Someone had placed a gold egg way at the top of the building, dangling off a balcony.
Bethany and Dominic both turned their heads and faced each other. They both started to smirk. Then they both took off running.
"Chris! Hey! Sara, what the hell is your daughter doing?" Lee asked her.
Sara barely shrugged as she anxiously looked to the skies.
Bethany jumped up a balcony and started climbing the wall. Dominic flipped over a balcony and was jumping from one to another to get higher. Bethany increased her climbing speed and it looked as if she was flying up.
"Wow." Teresa said from the ground as she watched her best friend reach the golden egg first. Dominic was by her in a few seconds.
"That's my girl." Ian said proudly.
"You didn't let me win, right?" Beth asked him. He shook his head. "Good." Bethany looked at the egg and started getting back to the ground, jumping balcony to balcony. About half way she made a bad slip and started falling instead of jumping.
Dominic dove down from where he was. He positioned his body to move faster. when he caught up to Bethany, he grabbed her hand and grabbed a ledge.
As both of them stopped, the momentum from it caused a terrible pain in Dominic's shoulder. He was horrified to find her fingers slipping.
And even more when he wasn't holding her hand at all.
Luckily, Bethany had gotten her balance and landed safely on the ground. He let go and landed as well. Ian picked Bethany up off the ground. She thought he was squeezing the life out of her. Her mother tore her away from his grasp.
"My baby." She glared at Ian. "Ian, why do you have to challenge her like that?" She hissed at him. She turned back to Bethany. "Are you okay, Beth?" Bethany nodded.
"Sorry, Sara. Don't blame him, it was my idea." Gabe admitted. "After the swan dive off the top of Vicky's roof last year, I thought she could handle it."
Sara nodded. "Alright, but this is the last year you two hide the eggs."
The kids all gave out a happy cheer.
Coming Attractions:
Tell Me On a Sunday, Please
The kids were all gathered bright and early in the morning. They all sat in the Living room, waiting not so patiently for Chris and Nicky to get there.
Bethany was pacing the room. "Where are they?" They she asked. Dominic grabbed her shoulder and made her stop pacing.
"They will be here." He told her. He made her sit down on the couch next to Teresa. As soon as she sat down, the door bell rang. She jumped back up again and Bethany, Teresa, Dominic, Gracie, and Jamie all rushed to the door. Danny walked in, followed by Lee, Una, Luke, and then the twins.
After all the kids had greeted the adults, they turned to Nicky and Chris, scolding them for taking so long. Sara laughed at them and turned to Danny.
"What took you so long? I think my little one is ready to kill both of yours." She said. He sighed and removed his hat. Everyone who wasn't yelling at the twins stared at Danny.
"What the hell happened?" Vicky asked as she kept herself from dropping Andrew as she passed him to Lee. His hair was blond from the bottom up for about six inches on the left side of his head.
"The boys got bored this morning and decided to find out what happens when you put hair into bleach." Everyone burst out laughing. Gabriel fell off the edge of the couch he was laughing so hard. He was wiping tears from his eyes as he stood up.
After things had calmed down a bit, Bethany went over to the adults. "Who is hiding the eggs this year?"
Gabriel smirked. "Me and your dad are." He told her. All the kids groaned out loud.
"Oh man!" "Sucks!" "Nooooooo." Was heard loud and clear. Gabriel smirked even more.
"What?" He replied innocently. Gracie came up to him, her hands folded across her chest.
"Uncle Gabriel, last time you and Uncle Ian hid the eggs, I only found one!" She said, holding up one finger for emphasis. Gabriel pat her back.
"You were only four. Don't worry, you'll find more than one egg."
"Hopefully." Nicky muttered from the couch. Gabriel turned around and grabbed Nicky. He picked him up in a head lock. Nicky tried to say something but Gabriel covered his mouth.
"Huh? What? Did you say something? Did I hear an uncle?"
Nicky struggled till Gabriel her him mumble 'Uncle'. "Yeah, that's what I thought." Gabriel said as he placed him on the ground. Nicky scowled and turned to Chris. He nodded his head at Gabriel. Chris smirked and went "One, two, three!"
The two twins charged Gabriel and he flipped over the couch. Teresa and Bethany laughed and came over to see if he was okay. "Daddy, you alive?" Teresa asked.
He nodded. He got up off the couch and looked at the twins. "Just wait...." He grabbed the eggs off the table and got Ian's attention. The two of them then went outside to hide the eggs.
"So what do I do again?" Dominic asked Bethany as they sat around waiting.
"You just collect all the eggs you see. If Gracie or Jamie or going for an egg and are really close, just let them get it. They're still little. Alright?"
"Okay." Dominic twitched his shoulders again. He had to borrow clothes till they got him some of his own. Jamie was smaller than he was, and the shirt felt very restraining.
Dominic wouldn't complain, though. They had taken him in when he had no where to go. He felt safe there. And he was closer to Bethany, where he could protect her.
The door opened and Ian and Gabe came back inside. "It's ready."
The kids all started dashing outside. "Wait!" Lee called. "Wait, let me get the camera out!" The adults followed the kids outside as they began egg searching.
They started in the hall and then went on outside around the garden area. Any place else was off limits. Gracie was dragging her basket along the floor as she tried to get the eggs before the others. But everyone else was so fast!
Bethany sighed as she grabbed a egg that was hiding in the light fixture ten feet up. "Daddy." She mumbled out before she jumped down.
"Hey, no doing Spider-man's! That's not fair!" Jamie called up to her.
"Fine." She said when she landed. She went down the hall into the garden.
Chris smiled happily at his load. Almost all the eggs were gone, but he had gotten a good many. He licked his lips when he thought about all the candy he was getting.
He heard some whimpering and turned around. Gracie was sitting in the corner hiding her face, trying to hide. Chris came to her quietly. He sat down next to her.
"Hey Grace, don't cry." He said. She just turned away from him.
"Go away."
"Don't be like that, Gracie." He said. He put his arm around her and made her face him. She wouldn't look up. "What's wrong?"
"I... I... I didn't get any eggs." She blurted out, sobbing again. Chris sighed.
"Shhh. It's okay."
"Nu uh! Now I have no candy!" She said between sobs. Chris looked down at his collection and sighed again.
"Here." Chris put half his Easter eggs into her basket. "Now you have some." She looked up and hugged him.
"Thank you thank you thank you!" She told him.
"Yeah, yeah. Just stop hugging me."
Within fifteen minutes, the kids had cleared everything of eggs. Bethany and Dominic were about to sit down and count their findings when they both noticed something shiny out of the corner of their eyes. Someone had placed a gold egg way at the top of the building, dangling off a balcony.
Bethany and Dominic both turned their heads and faced each other. They both started to smirk. Then they both took off running.
"Chris! Hey! Sara, what the hell is your daughter doing?" Lee asked her.
Sara barely shrugged as she anxiously looked to the skies.
Bethany jumped up a balcony and started climbing the wall. Dominic flipped over a balcony and was jumping from one to another to get higher. Bethany increased her climbing speed and it looked as if she was flying up.
"Wow." Teresa said from the ground as she watched her best friend reach the golden egg first. Dominic was by her in a few seconds.
"That's my girl." Ian said proudly.
"You didn't let me win, right?" Beth asked him. He shook his head. "Good." Bethany looked at the egg and started getting back to the ground, jumping balcony to balcony. About half way she made a bad slip and started falling instead of jumping.
Dominic dove down from where he was. He positioned his body to move faster. when he caught up to Bethany, he grabbed her hand and grabbed a ledge.
As both of them stopped, the momentum from it caused a terrible pain in Dominic's shoulder. He was horrified to find her fingers slipping.
And even more when he wasn't holding her hand at all.
Luckily, Bethany had gotten her balance and landed safely on the ground. He let go and landed as well. Ian picked Bethany up off the ground. She thought he was squeezing the life out of her. Her mother tore her away from his grasp.
"My baby." She glared at Ian. "Ian, why do you have to challenge her like that?" She hissed at him. She turned back to Bethany. "Are you okay, Beth?" Bethany nodded.
"Sorry, Sara. Don't blame him, it was my idea." Gabe admitted. "After the swan dive off the top of Vicky's roof last year, I thought she could handle it."
Sara nodded. "Alright, but this is the last year you two hide the eggs."
The kids all gave out a happy cheer.
Coming Attractions:
Tell Me On a Sunday, Please