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Chapter 10- Apologies

Roslyn was feeling a bit down lately as none of her extended family had spoken to her other than in passing. It had been two days since they got back and she had no idea how yo fix things this time.

On the second day, while her dad was preparing dinner, Roslyn approached her mom since at least her parents forgave her. "Mom?" She asked in a quiet voice.

"Yes, Roslyn what is it?" She asked looking up from her book.

"Everyone but you and dad are still mad at me, I wanna try and make it up to them but I don't know how." Roslyn said sitting next to her. "I was hoping you'd have any ideas."

"Well that is a tough one," Felicity said thinking.

"First understand the adults are not mad at you. Second maybe you should try to speak with them each alone and try apologizing that way," She said

"Well, I guess that could work." Roslyn said though she didn't sound so sure.

"I think it will," Felicity said hugging her daughter

Roslyn hugged her back. "I really hope you're right, Mom."

"I do too," Felicity said

Roslyn let go of the hug, "Think I should go try and find someone?"

"Yes I would start with Eve or Slate," She said

"Do you know where either of them are?"

"Slate is with his mother," She said

"Alright, then where's Aunt Isabella?" She asked.

"The kitchen at the moment," Felicity said

"Alright, thank you so much, Mom, but, which kitchen?"

"Downstairs to the right," She said

"Alright, let's hope this works." Roslyn said before blurring off to said kitchen.

She found Slate and his mom cooking

She gulped. "Slate?"

"Oh hey Roslyn," He said

"You know I really am sorry, right?" Roslyn asked.

"Yeah I know," He said carefully.

"But you can't accept it?" Roslyn asked nervously.

"I can but I wan to know why," He said

She honestly didn't have a good reason, that she could think of at least.

"I honestly am not sure," She said

Slate sighed, "Then that's something you need to figure out."

"You won't forgive me until I do?" She asked

Slate sighed, "Well, it will be difficult, but eventually, I would."

"Not until I figure this out though?" She asked

"You're still family, even if you don't, I can't stay mad at you forever."

"So I'm forgiven?" She asked hopefully

Slate just looked at her for a while before sighing and saying, "Alright, you're forgiven."

She hugged him tightly, "Thank you Slate!" She said

Slate seemed to hesitate but returned the hug. "Good luck with the others though."

"How bad can they be other than Eve she is the stubborn one," She said.

"You have no idea how mad they are do you?" Slate asked.

"How mad?" She asked.

"They're furious, Lyn. You completely ditched us on a trip that was your idea without even a second thought for some boy you just met and the fact that you don't even have an actual reason just makes it worse."

"Well what am I supposed to do?" She asked.

Slate thought about it, "I have no idea, maybe I could try to talk to them instead."

"Would you please? Asked them to come talk to me?" She asked

Slate sighed and nodded, "Alright, I will."

"Thank you SLate I owe you so much!" She said

"Yes, you do." Slate said simply before leaving the kitchen.

"He's still mad too," She sighed

Isabella nodded, "It'll unfortunately be a while, Roslyn."

"Why?" She asked.

Isabella hesitated and looked back at her, "I don't ."

"Of course no one seems too," She sighed

"It'll work out." Isabella told her niece.

"How do you know?" She asked glumly.

"Let's just say we kind of have experience in that feild and leave it that, okay?" Isabella said.

"Okay," Roslyn shrugged.

"In the meantime, dinner won't be ready for a while, how about you go swim? That usually helps you feel better." Isabella suggested.

"I guess so," Roslyn said

"Thanks, Aunt Isabella." Roslyn said before blurring off to the pool.

She dove in and felt calm again.

"Slate, I love you, but have you lost your mind?!"

"No I have not, why?" He asked

"You can't possibly be suggesting we just forgive her." Eve told her boyfriend stubbornly.

"I can and I am? I mean really she didn't hurt anyone," He said

"Not physically but there many more kinds of harm then just physical."

"I know, but she didn't mean too," He said.

"She doesn't even have a reason that she left though, did she?" Eve asked accusingly.

"No, she doesn't, but come on everyone makes mistakes," He said

Eve gave an exasperated sigh, "Fine, you're right."

"Really I am?" Slate asked.

"Yeah, I guess we can't stay mad at her forever."

"Thank you, but we can make her do something for us," He said

"I'm listening."

"I was hoping you would have an idea," He said

Eve thought about it.

"Well what if we have her sit down and talk to us all you know clear the air," Eve said

"Well, I guess that could work." Slate said.

"She needs to do it," She said

He nodded, "I agree."

"Good so I'll go tell her you get the others," Slate said.

"Alright," She said and they headed off in separate decisions, Roslyn's easy to find, being a creature of habit after all (more like obsession).

"Roslyn?" He asked.

Roslyn bit her lip and got out of the pool. "Yes?"

"We want to talk to you," He said.

"What should I be prepared for?" She asked nervously.

"An awkward time,"He said.

"Of course." Roslyn said bitin her lip as she rung her hair out.

"Yeah, so we'll be in the library," He said.

"Anything else?" She asked.

"No, just be prepared for harsh words," He said.

"How harsh?" She asked nervously wanting to know what to expect.

"It varies," He said.

"Well, alright, let's just go." She said tryin to prepare for anything.

"Ready?" He asked.

Roslyn took a deep breath. "Yeah, I'm ready."

She picked Slate up and blurred to the library.

Once there, she sat him down in a standing position.

"That felt weird," He said.

"Well, you'll have to get use to it since on day you'll more than likely be able to do it yourself." Roslyn said still sounding worried.

"Really you think so?" He asked

"Of course, Aunt Isabella can so you should be able to when you're a little older." She said confidently.

"That would be fun," He said as the other kids came in

Roslyn tasted blood as she looked over at the others. "H-hey guys."

"Roslyn," Eve said somewhat coldly.

"I know you guys are mad." Roslyn stated the obvious. "And I can't blame you since I know I would be, too."

"You ditched us," Hayden said.

"I know I did, and I'm sorry! I wasn't really thinking when I did that."

"What do you mean?" Alesha asked

"I didn't really think through how my leaving you all in Britain would effect you guys. I should have but I didn't." Roslyn said guiltily.

"So then why leave us?" Hayden asked

"I don't know." Roslyn admitted honestly.

"How do you not know?" Eve asked.

"My mind was just so jumbled at the time. I can't seem to pinpoint what triggered that action."

"Really?" Hayden asked.

Roslyn nodded, "Really, if I knew, I would have simply answered."

"Then how can we forgive you?" She said.

"I don't know." Roslyn said looking down hopelessly.

"I still do not see how you do not know," Hayden said

"I'm sorry but I honestly don't know!"

"Really?" Alesha asked

"Really, it's just all so confusing."

"Do you have a crush?" Slate asked.

"Well… uh…" Roslyn stammered turning back into the American flag. "…probaby."

"You have a crush?" Eve asked.

"Why is that so hard to believe?" Roslyn asked looking up in slight exasperation.

"It's not, it's that you did not tell us," Eve said.

"Would that have changed things if I did?" Roslyn asked, she thought it had been obvious. Like, Slate and Eve obvious.

"Well, yeah actually," Alesha said.

"And now…?" She asked hopefully.

"We're okay," Eve said

"Really?" Roslyn asked with a small smile.

"Well yeah, that solves everything," Alesha said.

"No it does not!" Hayden said.

Roslyn raised in eyebrow at Hayden.

"It doesn't, to you girls maybe, but I mean really how does that explain anything?" Aaron asked.

"It sounds a little corny but even as a guy, once you find someone, you understand." Slate challenged.

"No, that makes absolutely no sense," Heydan and Aaron deadpanned

"Then what do you want from me?" Roslyn asked desperately.

"Something that makes sense," Aaron said heading for the door.

Roslyn's legs failed her as she dropped to the floor indian style and mutters soft as a morning breeze (an oxymoron where I live), "But nothing makes since anymore."

"No, this does not make sense, having a crush does not make it okay you ditched us," Heydon said following Aaron out.

Roslyn looked up at the remaining kids she did say a word but her ninja-star eyes almost begged, not for forgiveness as she had already gotten that from them. For answers, for clarity, for anything in her life to make sense again. What she said was true, she's as lost and Hayden and Aaron if not more.

Slate sat down beside her, "It'll be okay," He said.

"I'll go talk to them," Alesha said heading out the door herself.

'You don't even know the half of it though.' Roslyn thought but couldn't bring herself to say it out loud.

Out in the hall Alesha sprinted to catch up to Hayden, and Aaron reaching them one floor down in the other hall.

Aaron stopped and looked back as he heard her footsteps and stopped Hayden manually whe he saw her. "What is it, Alesha?"

"How could you two do that!" She asked

"What?" Hayden asked. "What I said was true, having a crush does not make it okay to ditch us like that."

"Yes it does!" She said

"How?" He asked his sister.

"A crush causes you to be blind and do things without really thinking them through you two do not get it because neither of you have ever had a crush," She said. She did not see Aaron blush and look away from her.

"Well, I guess you might be right, we were a little hard on her, weren't we?" Hayden asked.

"Yes you were," Alesha said to her brother.

"So, we should probably go apologize?" Aaron asked still blushing.

"Yes you should and are you okay? You look warm," She asked

"Oh, I guess it's a little hot in here." Aaron said almost exactly like Eve with Slate before they started dating.

"Yeah I guess it is," She said as they walked back.

Aaron let out a small sigh of relief as they reached the library.

"Roslyn?" Aaron said awkwardly.

Roslyn got up from the ground looking at them in surprise with a raised eyebrow. "Yes?"

"I.. we're sorry," He said looking at the ground.

Roslyn shook her head, still not really grasping anything. "You're not the one's who should be sorry."

"Yeah we are we overreacted," Hayden said

"No, you didn't." Roslyn said.

"We ech sort of made mistakes," Aaron said.

"No, you didn't, I did. I'm suppose to be sorry, not you."

"We overreacted to it though," Hayden said.

Roslyn sighed and decided to go along with it. "Alright, how did you overract?"

"We just yelled and got angry and though yeah we should have been angry, not for this long," He said.

"Well, apology accepted, I guess." Roslyn said kind of awkwardly still not seeing the need for one. "Does that mean you accept mine?"

"Yeah apology accepted," Aaron said.

"Hayden?" Roslyn asked turning to him.

"Apology accepted," Hayden said

"Thank you, you guys are the best." Roslyn said generally looking around at her friends.

They all hugged her, "No you rule," Eve said.

"You keep saying that." Roslyn said not really buying it.

"Well it's true, you made a mistake I'm sure we all will make a similar mistake at some point," Slate said.

"That doesn't mean I rule though." Roslyn pointed out.

"No, but you help all of us all the time, and this is the first time we have ever gotten mad at you," Eve said

"Well… I suppose you're right." Roslyn said awkwardly with a shrug.

"Of course we are," Aaron said.

Roslyn gulped, "Dinner should be ready soon though."

"Yeah, which dining room is it today?" Alesha asked

"The first one on the third floor." Roslyn answered.

"Right lets go!" Slate said

They headed over their Roslyn going at normal human speed to stay with them.

"Hey slate can I talk to you?" Aaron asked in a quiet voice

"Sure, what is it?" Slate asked in a whisper catching on that for whatever reason, he wants this to be private.

"Well I sort of have a crush?" Aaron said rubbing the back of his head and blushing as Slate told the others they would catch up.

Slate waited for them to get far enough. "Alesha, right?" He asked since he's good with recognizing crushes in anyone but himself.

"I...yeah..." He said awkwardly. "What do I do?"

"Maybe I could talk to her for you, like Lyn did for Eve with me." Slate offered.

"Would you really do that?" He asked hopefully

"Yeah, I'd be happy to." Slate said with a nod.

"Thank you!" He said gratefully.

"You're welcome, should we head back to the others?"

"Yeah we should," He said nodding.

They both head to said dinning room, they got there just as the adults did.

Felicity smiled when she got there immediately noticing the drop in tension towards her daughter from the other kids.

"How is everyone?" Adam asked

"Great, everything's okay now." Eve told him happily. "Lynie talked with us and we got everything worked out."

That's great you guys. I'm glad you all are getting along again," Adam said

"So are we." Slate said looking over at his cousin.

"Yeah," Roslyn said smiling.

"I'm definitely glad as well, I hated seeing Roslyn like that." Felicity commented smiling widely.

"Yeah sorry about that, Lyn" Slate said and they all blushed

"It's okay." Roslyn said seriously. "Really."

"Okay then, still we are sorry," Aaron said

"Please, just stop apologizing." Roslyn half-begged still feeling they had no reason to.

"Yes ma'am!" All the kids said

Roslyn was slightly taken back. "Um..."

"What?" Slate asked.

"Why do you guys always do what I say like that?"

"Why not?" Slate asked.

"Well, it always seems minionish." Roslyn pointed out.

"It does?" Eve asked

Roslyn nodded, "Besides, it's not like I'm the leader or something."

"Well.." Slate trailed off getting elbowed by Eve

"Okay, ow." Slate said non-discretely looking at his girlfriend.

"What?" Roslyn asked

Slate shook his head, "Nothing, never mind."

O..Kay.." Roslyn said like her father would

Adam smirked slightly at that.

"She is your daughter Felicity said.

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