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Chapter 6:

The Meeting

Vivian washed the dishes in the sink and stared out the window in dismay. It was starting to drizzle outside and the weather matched her mood. She was sad that Gabriel had left her, but he did promise that he would be back later. He went home to think over what he was going to say at the meeting; to persuade everyone that moving was a good thing. She rinsed a plate and hummed an old song that Willem used to sing constantly.

She couldn't remember the name, but the tune was fresh in her mind. As she hummed, her work seemed to go much faster. She finished washing the dishes then moved on to drying and putting them away. Vivian hated putting dishes away. There was so much bending and stretching involved not mentioning the lifting of pots and pans.

Then she remembered when Gabriel had taken her to his meadow. He had said that there were so many people who had worse problems in their lives and that he was only being selfish, thinking of his own controversies. Vivian remembered how Gabriel felt bad for her and that made her feel horrible. She hated it when people pitied her and made her feel like everything was going to turn just fine and dandy when she felt things were fine already.

She knew things were going to be okay because she was the only one who could make it that way and she planed to. When people pitied her she felt she had to work extra hard to make things better because she felt as if everyone expected her to be peace maker. Vivian knew it wasn't her job, but if it wasn't her job, than who's? Without realizing it, she was done putting away the dishes. Things could go by fast if you didn't focus on the negative. That's what she had to do; focus on the positive.

Vivian stalked back off to her room, wondering what time it was. According to her clock it was two-thirty. She still had a lot of time on her hands before the meeting and Gabriel never said what time he would come back over. Thinking of something to do, Vivian picked up her painting and studied Gabriel's wolf form that she drew. She closed her eyes trying to commit it to memory.

When she thought of Gabriel as a wolf, she thought of her mural that she had never finished. She opened her eyes and turned to it. Looking at the unfinished mural she thought of the other painting she drawn for the school and Aiden's poem that he wrote to it. Thinking of the poem, she went back to her desk and removed a pen and pad from a drawer. Words flowed onto the paper and Vivian felt alive, just as she did when she painted.

She wrote a poem to her painting with the willow and Gabriel.

The change of fall is welcomed warmly

With brisk air and golden leaves

This change is remarked as a beauty

Loved by all who see

People are so foolish

To love what they can't see

To believe in fairy tales

And other mysteries

They think of them as wondrous

But if they saw them they would shun

The fairies and the ogres

And the elfish little ones

But why be so afraid?

When you teach your kin of these

Why doubt the power of magic?

You should practice what you preach

Vivian re-read her poem a couple of times and satisfied with her work she stapled it to the bottom of her canvas. Not long after did the meeting downstairs take place with warm welcomes for Rudy.

"Why don't we all sit down and hear what Rudy has to say," said Gabriel, trying to calm everyone down. Rudy walked to the front of the room and cleared his throat.

"Well, I know this hasn't been easy on anyone, but I think I found just the place for all of us. Now, it's in Canada." There was a murmur of exchanges and no one seemed too excited by the place.

"It's in Rosetown, Saskatchewan and I already bought the property for everyone." There was shouting in the room and everyone was outraged. None of them liked the idea that they didn't get to pick their own homes. After all they were going to have to live in them for a while. Suddenly, Gabriel whistled and the room was returned to its silence.

"Rudy spent time and effort doing this for the pack. The least we could do is let him finish what he was trying to say," then Rudy resumed talking.

"I really think that everyone will find the place to their liking. I split everything up so the property isn't all together, but it's more beneficial because all of the property has a lot of land that connects, one way or the other. I bought three houses over on Ridpath Road and another three on Valley Road."

"Why were there so many houses open?" asked Renata, who used to be Rafe's mom.

"I don't know, but luck was on our side. Anyways, I also bought two houses over on Little Flower Avenue. I thought…..that…..maybe…..Esme would share a house with Ulf and Gregory. Renata with Persia and Minerva would share another one, Flavia with Jean, Sybil with Magada and Odessa, Jenny with Willem and Finn, Raul and Rolf," Vivian waited with anticipation for Rudy to call out her name. She wasn't roomed with her mother and that made her nervous, "Maybe……Gabriel….and….Vivian and Bucky and myself. No one has to follow this. I just thought that this would help everyone out a little."

"It does very much. Thank you Rudy," said Gabriel walking to the center of the room.

"If it's okay with Esme I would like Ulf and Gregory to stay with you and Willem and Finn to stay with Jenny." Both women bobbed heads in agreement as the Four protested.

"That's not fair! We're old enough to take care of ourselves!" shouted Finn.

"That why don't you show everyone!" Gabriel didn't want to make things complicated. Finn, reluctantly, sat back down.

"I trust, Renata, Persia and Minerva, that you are all fine with living together," he looked at them each in turn.

"Of course," said Persia sweetly and the others smiled warmly.

"The same for Sybil, Odessa and Magada, are you all okay living with one another?"

"It's fine with me."

"Of course."

"That would be wonderful," the three also smiled warmly.

"Good, I trust that everyone else is fine with who they're living with then," he searched the room for any disagreements and stopped at Vivian. She didn't say anything or portray any emotion on her face. She just was a little unsure of what living with Gabriel would mean.

"Rudy," it was Esme, "were you able to find a school for the kids?"

"It's called Rosetown Central High School, but I haven't got the kids enrolled yet."

"We can arrange it in no time," it was Gabriel who spoke.

"When can we start looking at the houses?" Persia wanted to know.

"I would hope this coming week. I would like to start moving people in about a week. Depending on who goes to visit the homes this week will determine who leaves first. If you ladies would like to start looking then I'm sure Rudy wouldn't mind taking you down."

"I would love to take them down," prompted Rudy.

"Well, then, that settles it. Persia, Sybil, Odessa, Renata, Magada, and Minerva will go to Canada with Rudy first thing tomorrow to pick out their homes. With that said, they will be the first to move. Thank you everyone for meeting with me today." Everyone got up and starting chatting idly about the move. Gabriel moved over to Vivian who still sat transfixed on the couch.

"Vivian, are you okay?"

"Hmm, oh, yeah, never better."

"Are you sure you're comfortable moving in with me?"

"The question is, are you comfortable moving in with me?" She let a smile slide its way across her face and stared into Gabriel's soft blue eyes.

I actually did research about Canada and all that stuff. Rosetown and Ridpath and Valley and Little Flower are real places!! Pretty snazzy stuff! Btw, I'm not going to be updating for maybe a week cuz I'm going on VACATION!! Nowhere special tho, I'm going some place really cold! Grr, don't ask why. I will write in my notebook while I am away tho!! With that said, please review!!