Sorry I haven't updated in a while... No inspiration and no time. School's winding down and there are a lot of banquets, and breakfasts, and ceremonies, and they're all just plain UGH! Enough about me, you're here to read. Here you go:

2 Years Old

Julius's POV

It was somewhere around 3 o'clock in the morning. I was up with Sadie, our newest addition to the family. She looked so small and fragile now, but I knew she was going to grow up to be a wonderful magician. More than a wonderful magician. A wonderful person. I was knew that just looking at her she would be just like her mother.

She was asleep in my arms, perfect. Neither she nor Carter knew about what they were destined to do, who they were destined to be. Ruby hadn't been sure herself, but she had seen enough to know that their children were going to face challenges that would be greater than anybody could ever imagine.

I became lost in my thoughts as I sat there holding Sadie. I looked at the clock and saw that it was 6 o'clock. "Carter will be waking up soon," I thought. A few minutes later, I heard a small thump and a door creak open. I put Sadie back in her crib and go get Carter before he goes and wakes up Ruby. She needs her sleep, especially with Sadie around now. I meet him in the hallway, going as fast as his small chubby legs can carry him. I pick him up from behind. He laughs loudly and yells, "Daddy!"

"Shh, Carter. Your mommy and sister are trying to sleep," I whisper quietly, but the damage had been done. I heard Ruby groan and roll out of bed. Then Sadie starts to cry. Well, it was time to start the day anyway.

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Once everybody was up Carter and I sat down to a war. Carter was in a mood today and decided that he didn't want to have breakfast. I kept trying to get him to eat his food and he kept trying to eat mine.

"Carter, you won't like coffee. You're too young to have it anyway," I said as Carter tried to stick his fingers in my coffee.

"Hot chocolate, no coffee." He was struggling in his high-chair, reaching as far as he could (which wasn't far) and succeeded in knocking over his bowl of vanilla yogurt. Sirius came bounding over and started cleaning up the mess. I sit in my chair and try and rub the sleep out of my eyes. Ruby walks into the dining room holding a squirming Sadie. She eyes the mess on the floor and says, "You want me to clean it up."

"Let's just let Sirius, he seems to be doing a good job."

Ruby sits down next to me and gently rocks Sadie, trying to get her to calm down. We sit there, listening to Carter's constant complaining and an occasional noise from Sadie. This is going to be a long day.

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It was a very long and uneventful day in the Kane household. The only exiting thing that happened was Carter knocking yet another plate of food to the floor. I don't know what's gotten in to that boy, but I'm hoping it'll stop soon because it's wearing Ruby and me out.

Somewhere around ten, I hear Ruby yell, "Oh gods!" I rush into the bedroom and quickly see that nothing is wrong. In fact, it's the quietest it's been all day.

"What..." I start to say.

Ruby's eyes are big. "It's Carter's birthday!"

"What? No it..." I drift off, realizing that 1) it is Carter's birthday, and 2) we completely forgot. Ruby looks on the verge of tears. I go over to her and wrap her in a hug. She starts sobbing and saying things like, "How could we forget our son's birthday?" and "I'm a horrible mother!" I gently stroke her hair, trying to think of something to say to cheer her up.

"That explains why he's been acting up lately." Ruby looks confused so I explain further. "Carter's going through his terrible twos."

Ruby laughs and hugs me back. "What should we do for him," she asks. "I feel so horrible. What kind of mother forgets her own child's birthday?"

I glance at the clock. Then I look at Ruby. She looks so worn down and tired, like she could collapse on the spot. "Something small. We can always make up for it next year. Besides, we're too tired to put any real effort into this. Give him a cookie or something. He'll probably knock it on the floor anyways."

She hesitates, but eventually gives in. "Fine," she says. "But we're doing something big next year. Throw a party and invite my parents and Amos. How does that sound?"

Inside I groan at the thought of having Ruby's parents over, but to her I say, "Sounds like a plan." She studies my face, trying to see if I mean it (she knows we don't get along), opens her mouth, then closes it. She puts her head on my chest, closing her eyes and letting out a sigh. We stand there for a minute, in each others arms until we near Sadie.

Ruby starts to pull away, saying "I'll get her," but I sweep her up and carry her to the bed.

"No, you are going to sleep," I tell her. "I'll go get Sadie."

"But what if she's hungry?"

"Then I'll know where to find you," I say as I'm closing the door behind me.

That ended different than I expected. Now that I think about it, it wasn't about Carter at all. I don't think I did a very good job of writing Julius. I don't know, you tell me. New rule: I need, let's say, two reviews before I post the next chapter, so I know people are actually reading this and I'm not just writing this for my benefit. Sorry I didn't update earlier, I had no idea what I was going to do. I winged this chapter. Review?