HEY EVERYONE TODAY THE 3rd OF FEBURARY IS MY BIRTHDAY AND I'M FINALLY FIFTEEN.

Any who school started two days ago and I have sport every single day, maths is easy and everything else is ok. Sorry for the long update which might happen a lot more now.

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Chapter eleven: thunder

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Everyone sat in the dining hall waiting for the announcement the teachers had to say. The dining hall was big fit with small tables that seated up to four, the brick walls gave it the warm feeling which was needed in the cold weather, a fire place was crackling with warm flames and a buffet table was along the other wall and a dance floor next to the carpeted floor.

Mirage sat with her friends Dash holding Joe as Kai had left her to go to his friends. Mirage had woken up in the arms of her tormentor or more like the friend of the tormentor; Tala. She was then teased and constantly reminded by Tyrone who had it on film and Crystal had it in her sketch book, 'memo to self, get that sketch book' she thought glaring at the book sticking out of the blonde's bag.

The twins were becoming hard to control and Mirage knew why, they needed their nappies changed and they needed to be fed and to be played with, all of them she could do if they hurried up with the announcements. Jo squirmed in the hold from her older sister as did Joe but Dash already knew how to take care of kids having two younger brothers himself.

"Okay on with the rules," Mr Phillips said into the microphone, "under no circumstances are you to spend the night in another cabin, the babies you get go with you everywhere as they are just like real babies, your 'husband/wife' will always go where you go and that is not like you have to follow them in the bathroom," the greying man said exasperatedly, "it just means if they go into town you go with them, you are allowed to go into town whenever you fell like it. This is not like year nine camp where you have activities like archery or the giant swing, here you are free to do whatever you like and whenever, you must be back in your cabin before eleven and you must be present at breakfast and dinner which is at 8:00 and 7:00 sharp. Teachers will come check on you every day and will make sure the batteries are still in the fake babies and to see if they are still alive, you may leave," they all stared at Mr Phillips with their mouths hanging open.

'I have to be everywhere where Kai is,' Mirage thought slowly blinking her eyes, 'shit' she said blankly still computing all the data she had received.

Kai walked up to the black haired girl who he saw was still blinking and had on a blank look, raising an eyebrow he stood in front of her, so far he didn't think she realized he was there as she kept staring at his body, "you know when you think you look utterly stupid," he stated making her jump and the baby bounce on her knee.

"Say what?" she asked looking wildly around the slowly emptying room, "oh it's you," she stated uninterestedly picking up her bags and putting the babies in the pram.

"What were you thinking about?" the blue haired boy asked curiously.

"Just the fact that I have to be everywhere with you and I was planning on going to the mall or something," replied Mirage wheeling the pram around towards the door and moving her shoulders around to make it more comfortable to carry the baby bag, "can you help with the bags please?" she nodded to the two duffel bags on the ground.

Kai bent down and effortlessly picked up the bags also carrying his, "so you were thinking about me," he concluded smirking.

Mirage thought about it for a minute, "guess I was, but nothing that would please you, most of it was about how dumb you are and that you wouldn't follow the rules, then that lead to me believing that you wouldn't look after Jo and Joe," she paused at the jam up in front of the door, "but I was already expecting that," she added.

"I'm not like that you know? I'm not like Tala, I'll help you as much as possible but you just have to remember that I haven't had experience with kids before," Kai walked through the door after Mirage, "and if I must and obviously it is a must I'll come with you to the mall just with the exception that I don't do the whole shopping thing."

"Me either," Mirage replied waiting for Kai to open the door to their wooden cabin.

Kai struggled with unlocking the door and the sixteen-year-old girl groaned in annoyance, Mirage was always cranky after a long trip and sometimes she could be feeling sick but she was lucky she wasn't, "finally," Kai grumbled moving aside and holding the door open for Mirage.

"Oh what the perfect gentleman," she said sarcastically smiling sweetly at him as she pushed the pram inside. Kai grimaced and closed the door after him, "are you going to help me change Joe and Jo? Cause you need to learn," Mirage said as she peeked through one of the doors, "you can put the bags down but bring the green one," she instructed picking up the babies and bring them into the room.

Kai entered a yellow room that had a change table, cot, toy box and other necessities for babies. It was roomy and had a window covered by white curtains, "nice, I wonder how our room would be?" he asked putting the bag on the floor. A white door on the left wall probably lead to their room and the bathroom was the other door he had passed to get to this room.

"Okay come here and watch, what I do to Joe you do to Jo, boys are slightly are hard to predict when it comes to changing diapers," she informed starting to open the nappy, soon the whole room was filled with the smell, they both coughed and looked disgustingly at the white item.

"That's nasty," Kai said shuddering, "and you do this everyday," Kai shuddered again and continued to watch as she changed the nappy.

"Your shot," she said throwing the diaper in the bin and picking the baby of the change table and putting her in the play cot (I don't know what their called, the things that you put babies in with the toys and they can't get out cause the high wall things).

Kai frowned and looked at Jo who was still in the pram, he picked her up scrunching his nose as he pulled the diaper off, again they pulled back and coughed, he could feel Mirage leaning against his back as she watched him over his shoulder.

There was the smell of apples that always surrounded her, she smelled good he noticed and tried to concentrate on the job but his mind kept drifting to the kiss he had with her at his grandmothers house, he wanted to know if she tasted the same as she did back at the small town and it was frustrating him because of his reputation, "great now try not to suffocate her when you put the tabs on," she instructed her breath right near his ear.

'I wonder if she is doing this to annoy me or is she just doing it because she doesn't know?' he thought as he put the pants back on the ten month old that smiled happily at him.

Mirage was watching over his shoulder finding it a perfect accuse to get close to him, he smelled of sandalwood and she had to smile to herself as she felt Kai tense beneath her, she admitted that he was still the hot boy she met in the forest, image wise not personality. She was confused as to why he wanted to have nothing to do with her and figured it had everything to do with Tala. She frowned and went back to job Kai was doing and reminded him not to put the tabs tight, she smiled as she stood back and admired Kai who was cradling the baby a look of confusion as to what to do next and worry probably wondering if he was holding her properly.

"You may be lacking some stuff with how to care for a baby but I reckon you'll make a wonderful father one day, now how about we go unpack or something, not like we need to unpack but how about we just get settled in before we go to the mall?" Mirage smiled picked up the forgotten bags that were put on the floor, "I'll just need to put the twins stuff away," she said crossing to the small wardrobe to put the baby clothes away, the change table would soon be filled with the rest of the baby stuff.

Kai shrugged and left the room, sighing he leaned against the wall closing his eyes and letting his head fall forward, 'this is going to be a hard week' he thought opening his eyes and finding grey eyes staring back into his, he jolted surprised, "fuck, where'd you come from?" he swore blinking his eyes.

Mirage smirked then shrugged, "well when my mummy and daddy went on a holiday day, they did a little something – something and that little something – something turned into a whole big something and then I was born coming out of the-"

"Okay I get the point," Kai said shaking his hands around and widening his eyes, "do you tell your siblings this kind of stuff?" he asked suddenly looking worried.

"Well my parents do get the usual question 'Where do babies come from?' and then they panic and leave it up to Keith and I to answer, Keith does it straight forward while I use to many scientific terms they just end up turning out," Mirage replied picking up her duffel bag and entering the bedroom.

The bedroom was the same as the twins room but slightly bigger with two single beds and a mirror and end tables, nothing special. She sat on the bed throwing the bag on the ground in front of the bed, the white door opposite her bed. Kai walked in and sat on the other bed; "so when are we going to the mall?" he asked putting his bag next to his bed.

Mirage looked at him, "it's around eleven now and we'll need lunch, we could go now," Mirage thought opening her bag and pulling out her wallet and shoving it in her pocket along with her phone and keys. Kai stood up also and grabbed all his stuff and watching as the young girl went in to retrieve the little infants.

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"So Kai," Mirage started trying to break the silence that enveloped them as they walked to the mall.

"Yeah what?" he asked looking her through the corner of his eyes, his hand shoved deeply into his black jacket.

"Nothing really just wanted to know if you were alive, or course you're walking but really I just wanted you to talk," she said pushing the pram with difficulty up a small slope.

Kai rolled his eyes and grabbed the pram and began pushing up, "you know you should stop talking cause every time you do, you make me sound smart," Kai said blankly.

"That is so old," she said in awe just blinking her eyes at him, "I would have thought you had insults and stuff," Mirage looked at him tilting her head to the side.

"I do I just don't choose to use them on you," Kai replied smirking.

Mirage wonder if he was joking with her or if he actually meant what he was saying and that was calling her dumb, "hey how'd this conversation start?" she asked wincing in the cold weather as a strong cold wind blew at her.

"I think it started with 'so Kai'," Kai said frowning in thought, "you should have brought a warmer jacket," he recommended seeing her shiver and hug her self in the thin black jacket.

"I'll buy one then," she shrugged rubbing her watering eyes, "we better hurry into the mall," she nodded that the building coming closer.

"Why spend the money?" Kai asked pulling her body closer to his and putting an arm around her shoulders so he could push the pram, 'stuff you Tala,' Kai thought smiling slightly.

Mirage flushed and hid her head her long bangs hiding her face, she suddenly warmed up and it was because Kai put an arm around her. She didn't exactly want to pull away but she felt slightly uncomfortable, but to hell with how she felt, she was warm.

"I sort of wanted to ask, do you remember anything that happen at my grandmothers?" Kai asked uncertain, it had bothered him for weeks and he just needed to know.

Mirage tensed and stared at the ground as she walked with Kai pressed up against her back, "um…yeh," she replied nervously, "why?"

Kai took a deep breath, "just wondering, I also wonder if you like me," he thought out loud, he then widened his eyes and stopped the pram suddenly causing Mirage to crash into it.

Mirage's eyes widened as well and then the air was knocked out of her as she crashed into the pram, "ow," she moaned, "what did you say?" she asked groaning.

"Ah don't worry," Kai said hurriedly pushing the pram again from behind Mirage.

"Well I just wanted to answer anyway and I guess as much as I didn't want to be your partner with this project," Kai's eyes saddened but Mirage didn't see, "I guess I still like you as much I liked you back at your grandmothers, maybe more that I'm now at your school," she said softly and turning to stare at him, his face was confused for a second just thinking about what she had just said.

"So you still liked me," he said slowly looking down at her grey eyes and admiring the strength and emotion in them, Mirage nodded her head slowly and he smiled seeing that the way she looked now reminded him of a five year old that was getting told off by their mother, "you know you're cute when you do that," he smirked.

Mirage glared suddenly, "I'm not cute, just childish sometimes," she then pouted and turned around steering the pram into the food court, Kai chuckled and followed after her. (I'm just wicked aren't I?)

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Mirage slept in her bed and groaned, she hated thunder and lighting and s did the twins, she wasn't scared like them she just found the loud noise annoying, getting up from the bed she entered the twins room and turned on the light, Kai was groaning and had the blanket covering his head, "you're scared aren't you?" Mirage whispered soothingly stroking their cheeks, "you want to sleep with me tonight? That's what you did at home with mum and dad," she asked softly watching as the crying subsided and they were just hiccuping.

Joe and Jo nodded their heads and Mirage sighed, her bed was too small the only other bed was the one in the lounge, which would mean getting it set up. Sighing she turned around and gasped as Kai stood almost an inch away from her, "it's to much hard work setting up the couch at night," he said softly, "just put our beds together and how exactly are you going to look after two babies if there is only you?"

Mirage sighed again and rubbed her eyes, "me and you sleep in the same bed?" she quirked a brow up staring from under her bangs.

"Do you really think I'd try something?" Kai asked matching the look she had on, he tried to keep her gaze on her face but with the small nightgown she had on it was quite difficult.

Mirage studied his half naked form, "aren't you cold?" she asked looking back at his face.

"Are you checking me out?"

Mirage smirked, "you were checking me out first, and I trust you but I'm not sure," Mirage looked down at the babies who screamed from the loud noise of the thunder, she then looked back at Kai, "fine," she mumbled picking up the babies. Kai went back into the room and pushed the two beds together, Mirage walked in with Jo and Joe wrapped in their favourite blankets, "you take Jo and I'll take the other one," she passed over the girl that was now sleeping soundly in her arms.

Kai sat in the bed and cradled the baby her small head resting on his shoulder, Mirage done the same thing with Joe, "night Hallucination," Kai yawned closing his eyes trying not to think of the sudden weight next to him.

"Night," the girl mumbled falling into the dream state of sleeping.

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How was that chapter, pretty useless and fluffy sort of. Sorry for the long update but school just started and it's year ten and I have advanced classes like VCE Biology and I have PE every single day so at least I have something to look forward to during the day. Anyway review please.