"Did you guys kiss yet?!"
"Leave them alone, Spark!"
Rickstardo -once again- dragged his sister up the stairs, half embarrassed at her walking in on their parents right then. As he led Sparkle to her room, he glanced over his shoulder at her. She looked deep in thought and a bit disturbed at something. Rick took this worriedly and when Sparkle sat on her bed, Rick entered and closed the door behind him.
"Rick? Why are you in my room?" she said with a quizzed look. "You hate my room. You said that it's too... something?"
"Lilac," he responded for her, quite used to Sparkle's constant forgetfulness.
"Yeah, that."
"Well, um... I just want to... talk with... you?" he said a bit nervously.
"...why?"
"I dunno," he shrugged. "I just thought you seemed a little confused." He pulled out a small chair and sat down on it to face his sister directly. "Do you want to me to explain something to you about what happened?"
"Like what?"
Rick shrugged again. He himself wasn't sure to what he was leading to. He gazed around the room with interest. His sister's room was the very last place in the entire house he'd find himself in. It was almost a whole new experience every time he peeked inside. Sparkle's creativity never ceased to amaze him.
Sparkle materialized Waffles onto her lap and squeezed him tightly. Wanda had taught her how to do that without the use of a wand and she was very proud of it. After quite a long silence, Sparkle somehow found herself back to the conversation.
"So... what were you saying?" she said.
"Huh? Uh-- ohh, yes. You seemed a little distant awhile ago. You wanna talk to me about that?"
Sparkle blushed at bit. "Should I?" she said barely above a whisper.
"Th-that is, if you want to. If not I'll just leave you alone..."
Sparkle ran her fingers through Waffles' mapley-golden yarn mane as she pondered some more. Another warm smile crept upon her face and she looked at Rick's eyes.
"Can you believe we actually helped out on ma and daddy's relationingship?"
"Relationship," he corrected. "But I do think we did something more... we showed them how much we cared about them, huh?"
"Yeah, sure..." she said with true sarcasm.
Rick's eyebrow creased at her comment. "You're... not buying it?"
"Sorry, I uh... I just feel kind of flustered about the conundrum and everything." She suddenly looked up. "Hey! Now, there's two words I never knew I knew! Boy, I'm good!"
"Heheh... so, what do you feel so 'flustered' about?"
"I guess I just started to put myself in mom's place or sumthin' like that. I put myself on her experiences, her highlights, her cliffhangers and conundrums-- hey, there's that word again!"
"Continue...?" Rick insisted.
"Right. But then I saw that all those great things Ma had-- best friends, adoration, boyfriend-- and she said those things sometimes felt so not important. And... I don't have any of those things!" No tears welled up in her eyes, but Sparkle could feel her voice breaking apart. "Could my life really be worse than 'not important'?"
Rick was absolutely shocked at this... he didn't know if he could find the right answer or he should search for an answer at all. He opened his mouth to console her, but he closed it again, getting the feeling that he was about to say something either completely corny or vague. Studying his feet for awhile, he found the nerve to look back at Spark.
"Listen, sis; that is not true at all. It feels like we have lived up to elderly... but we haven't! We have a huge, long life ahead of us... and you have to remember that almost everyone starts out as a complete and total loser. Even Mama. But we'll get to a point where--"
"--everything will be slowly getting better and better." Sparkle smiled slightly when seeing Rick's expression at her finishing the sentence. "Twin vibe. You'll get used to it."
"I see," he said amused. "Anyway, things WILL get better. And we start out little by little, too."
"Huh?"
"You at least have one friend so far."
"Who?" she asked as she scratched her head. Could she have possibly forgotten she had friends at all?
"Me!"
Sparkle shoulders drooped down in slight disappointment.
"You don't count."
"Whatever."
He got up to leave and to let Spark do some thinking alone, but before going through the door, he briefly hugged his twin sister, feeling somewhat very pompous to have her in his family. Pulling away from the embrace, Sparkle's all-too-familiar grin was back. With that, Rick felt satisfied and left.
Not four seconds passed and Sparkle emerged from her room and flew down the stairs. Rick tagged along and when they both got down, they felt all too pleased seeing their mom and dad asleep in each others' arms. Sparkle and Rick exchanged raised eyebrows and as if they were thinking the same thing, they both leaped onto the couch, forcefully awaking Cosmo and Wanda.
Wanda yelped in surprise and Cosmo had fallen right off the couch, causing the twins to laugh. Wanda gave them a fake frown and pulled them both into a warm hug. Cosmo got up and joined in. No words needed to be exchanged... they knew how much they loved each other. The silent embrace continued...
...until...
"Hey, Ma?"
"Yeah?"
"Rick called you a complete and total loser."
"What?"
"SPARKLE!! I'M GONNA SHRED YA TO PIECES!!"
Sparkle giggled insanely and flew back to her room, her enraged brother following. Right then, she did not regret her life for one second.
~*~ END ~*~
"Leave them alone, Spark!"
Rickstardo -once again- dragged his sister up the stairs, half embarrassed at her walking in on their parents right then. As he led Sparkle to her room, he glanced over his shoulder at her. She looked deep in thought and a bit disturbed at something. Rick took this worriedly and when Sparkle sat on her bed, Rick entered and closed the door behind him.
"Rick? Why are you in my room?" she said with a quizzed look. "You hate my room. You said that it's too... something?"
"Lilac," he responded for her, quite used to Sparkle's constant forgetfulness.
"Yeah, that."
"Well, um... I just want to... talk with... you?" he said a bit nervously.
"...why?"
"I dunno," he shrugged. "I just thought you seemed a little confused." He pulled out a small chair and sat down on it to face his sister directly. "Do you want to me to explain something to you about what happened?"
"Like what?"
Rick shrugged again. He himself wasn't sure to what he was leading to. He gazed around the room with interest. His sister's room was the very last place in the entire house he'd find himself in. It was almost a whole new experience every time he peeked inside. Sparkle's creativity never ceased to amaze him.
Sparkle materialized Waffles onto her lap and squeezed him tightly. Wanda had taught her how to do that without the use of a wand and she was very proud of it. After quite a long silence, Sparkle somehow found herself back to the conversation.
"So... what were you saying?" she said.
"Huh? Uh-- ohh, yes. You seemed a little distant awhile ago. You wanna talk to me about that?"
Sparkle blushed at bit. "Should I?" she said barely above a whisper.
"Th-that is, if you want to. If not I'll just leave you alone..."
Sparkle ran her fingers through Waffles' mapley-golden yarn mane as she pondered some more. Another warm smile crept upon her face and she looked at Rick's eyes.
"Can you believe we actually helped out on ma and daddy's relationingship?"
"Relationship," he corrected. "But I do think we did something more... we showed them how much we cared about them, huh?"
"Yeah, sure..." she said with true sarcasm.
Rick's eyebrow creased at her comment. "You're... not buying it?"
"Sorry, I uh... I just feel kind of flustered about the conundrum and everything." She suddenly looked up. "Hey! Now, there's two words I never knew I knew! Boy, I'm good!"
"Heheh... so, what do you feel so 'flustered' about?"
"I guess I just started to put myself in mom's place or sumthin' like that. I put myself on her experiences, her highlights, her cliffhangers and conundrums-- hey, there's that word again!"
"Continue...?" Rick insisted.
"Right. But then I saw that all those great things Ma had-- best friends, adoration, boyfriend-- and she said those things sometimes felt so not important. And... I don't have any of those things!" No tears welled up in her eyes, but Sparkle could feel her voice breaking apart. "Could my life really be worse than 'not important'?"
Rick was absolutely shocked at this... he didn't know if he could find the right answer or he should search for an answer at all. He opened his mouth to console her, but he closed it again, getting the feeling that he was about to say something either completely corny or vague. Studying his feet for awhile, he found the nerve to look back at Spark.
"Listen, sis; that is not true at all. It feels like we have lived up to elderly... but we haven't! We have a huge, long life ahead of us... and you have to remember that almost everyone starts out as a complete and total loser. Even Mama. But we'll get to a point where--"
"--everything will be slowly getting better and better." Sparkle smiled slightly when seeing Rick's expression at her finishing the sentence. "Twin vibe. You'll get used to it."
"I see," he said amused. "Anyway, things WILL get better. And we start out little by little, too."
"Huh?"
"You at least have one friend so far."
"Who?" she asked as she scratched her head. Could she have possibly forgotten she had friends at all?
"Me!"
Sparkle shoulders drooped down in slight disappointment.
"You don't count."
"Whatever."
He got up to leave and to let Spark do some thinking alone, but before going through the door, he briefly hugged his twin sister, feeling somewhat very pompous to have her in his family. Pulling away from the embrace, Sparkle's all-too-familiar grin was back. With that, Rick felt satisfied and left.
Not four seconds passed and Sparkle emerged from her room and flew down the stairs. Rick tagged along and when they both got down, they felt all too pleased seeing their mom and dad asleep in each others' arms. Sparkle and Rick exchanged raised eyebrows and as if they were thinking the same thing, they both leaped onto the couch, forcefully awaking Cosmo and Wanda.
Wanda yelped in surprise and Cosmo had fallen right off the couch, causing the twins to laugh. Wanda gave them a fake frown and pulled them both into a warm hug. Cosmo got up and joined in. No words needed to be exchanged... they knew how much they loved each other. The silent embrace continued...
...until...
"Hey, Ma?"
"Yeah?"
"Rick called you a complete and total loser."
"What?"
"SPARKLE!! I'M GONNA SHRED YA TO PIECES!!"
Sparkle giggled insanely and flew back to her room, her enraged brother following. Right then, she did not regret her life for one second.
~*~ END ~*~