First Day of School
It was a beautiful September autumn day in Bruhl. The kids that would be typically playing in the fields and Lion's Paw Meadow, were now prepared for the first day of elementary school with their parents walking them there. Kids were being hugged by their parents before parting ways as the kids walked into the school building.
Alicia took a deep breath as she and Welkin walked towards the school with Isara who was carrying a small red backpack. The day had finally arrived, it was Isara's first day of school. Alicia was feeling very nervous and anxious about all this, she hoped Isara would make a least one friend after the day was over.
Welkin was hoping for the best for Isara as well. He made sure he and Alicia would be able to pick up Isara as soon as school let out for the day. Welkin and Alicia also both took the day off from work today to prepare for this. In addition to all this, they had made an appointment with a doctor for Alicia who was already starting to have certain symptoms such as nausea.
"Alright, Isara, here we are. This is where school is." Welkin said gently. "Make sure you learn a lot, Don't worry if you don't make friends initially. It takes a while to get used to all of this." Welkin explained to Isara.
"I will Daddy." Isara replied. She seemed slightly nervous and unsure about all this as well.
"Be sure you're a good girl at school okay? Mommy loves you very much." Alicia said as she hugged her daughter tightly.
"I love you too Mommy, I'll be alright." Isara said trying to comfort her mother. She seemed sort of aware of how much Alicia agonized over this.
And like that, Isara walked into the school buildings front door among the other kids.
"Please do well, Isara." Alicia said to herself.
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Soon after seeing Isara off to school, Welkin and Alicia visited the doctor's office. As Welkin and Alicia waited in the waiting room Welkin couldn't help but notice Alicia's worried face.
"She's going to be alright Alicia, I know she will. Don't worry, I'm still a little worried as well." Welkin said to Alicia trying to comfort her.
"I hope so." Alicia replied she was still rather concerned for her daughter.
"The doctor will see you now." a nurse soon said to Alicia and Welkin as she walked into the waiting room.
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Isara took a good look around. She was in a classroom with 8 other kids. According to the headmaster, this first class was going to be about english.
"Hi! Is this your first day too?" a young girl with darkish looking hair soon asked Isara.
"Y-yes." Isara replied nervously.
The girl could only giggle happily. She seemed excited about all of this.
"My name's Laura! What's yours?" the girl soon asked, introducing herself.
"Isara." Isara replied she was starting to feel better about all of this.
"Isara? That's a pretty name! I hope we can be best friends! Wanna play at recess?" Laura soon asked with a lot of energy.
"Sure!" Isara soon replied with excitement she was starting to feel good about herself.
Soon afterwards a lady with blonde short hair came though the door.
"Alright! Alright! Calm down kids, I'm here now!" the lady soon said.
"Now on with introductions! My name is Mrs. Irene Ellet and in addition to being a part time reporter for the Gallian radio news, I'm your english teacher for you're first class. I hope you'll learn to get along. I also was a reporter during the Gallian war with the Imperial Empire in case anyone was curious. I even wrote a book about it!" Mrs. Ellet explained with a hyper pure energy but warmness to her voice.
Some of the kids quickly gasped with a few wows and awesomes included and were soon asking their teacher all sorts of questions.
"Now, now, you can ask me all sorts of questions after class. But, first, it's time for our first lesson." Mrs Ellet quickly replied.
"Isn't that cool Isara? She's also a news reporter!" Laura said to Isara, the two girls were sitting next to each other.
"Yeah! It is!" Isara replied. The two girls were quickly becoming good friends.
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Meanwhile at the doctor's office, Welkin and Alicia were quietly waiting for the doctor. Alicia had managed to calm herself down about Isara. The doctor soon came in with some surprising results.
"Alright Mrs. Gunther, We've got the results back. The symptoms are checked out completely and it's official." the doctor stated to the Gunther's.
"You mean…?" Alicia said already knowing the answer.
"Yes. You're pregnant. Actually, you're already 4 weeks in to be precise." the doctor announced gently and calmly.
Alicia felt a strong string of emotions all at once. Even though she been through this before it didn't really matter, it was still a wonderful thing to her. She got teary eyed and hugged Welkin tightly.
"We did it. Welkin, Isara's going to be a big sister…" Alicia said with pure joy.
"I can't wait to tell her the big news." Welkin said with joy as well.
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Isara and Laura were having a great time playing together at recess. They had officially become great friends.
Isara couldn't wait to tell her parents all about it but something seemed to bother Isara, some of the kids were refusing to play with Laura. She seem to didn't understand but the kids had said something about Darcsen or something like that. Laura told her not to worry but it still bothered Isara for some reason.
"My parents told me it was to be expected with some of the kids." Laura explained to Isara with a little bit of sadness.
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Welkin and Alicia got to the school as soon as the doors opened with kids coming out. Alicia looked on with a little bit of an anxious feeling. She didn't know what to expect when Isara came out. Welkin soon saw Isara come out and his heart practically felt as warm it could be when he saw what he saw.
Isara was talking with a young Darcsen girl, the two seemed happy and were talking amongst each other.
Isara and the girl quickly walked towards Welkin and Alicia.
"Mommy! Daddy! This is my new friend Laura!" Isara said squealing in joy introducing her new friend.
"Pleased to meet you, Laura." Alicia said gently, inside she was overjoyed that Isara had managed to make a friend.
Welkin seemed a little surprised. The girl Laura, actually looked a lot like his younger adopted sister, Isara.
"Are you okay Isara's daddy?" Laura soon asked Welkin noticing his facial expression.
"Nothing's wrong Laura. You remind me of my younger sister. That's all." Welkin explained.
"Really? That's funny!" Laura said giggling.
"I'm glad you and my Isara are friends. You can come over and play anytime you want." Welkin then said gently and warmly to Laura.
"Really? I can!?" Laura said with pure excitement.
"Yes! Anytime you and Isara wish to!" Welkin said with confidence reassuring Laura.
"This is wonderful isn't it Isara? I can't wait to tell my family a Darcsen like me is welcome at someone's home!" Laura said with pure overjoy and soon held both of Isara hands.
"I've got to go home now. See you tomorrow Isara! I hope we can play more! It was great meeting your family!" Laura said to Isara.
"Okay! See you tomorrow as well Laura!" Isara said with joy as Laura walked off to home.
The girls waved goodbye to each other as Isara walked home with her parents.
Welkin and Alicia couldn't help but feel relieved and happy about this day.
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"The teachers are really nice! My first teacher was really interesting, she's also a news reporter!" Isara said explaining to her first school day to her parents during dinner.
"Really? What's her name?" Alicia asked Isara with a little bit of curiousity.
"Irene Ellet. She's really goofy and nice!" Isara quickly replied.
Welkin and Alicia were stunned. They didn't even know that Irene, the reporter who hung around Squad 7 during the war, was also a teacher. Life was just full of surprises apparently.
"Is that so? You'll have to introduce us sometime." Welkin said trying to hide his shock.
"Isara that reminds me! We have great news to tell you after dinner!" Alicia said.
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"Mommy, Daddy, what's the big news?" Isara asked her parents. She was sitting on the rug in the family room while Welkin and Alicia sat on the couch together.
Alicia then took a deep breath. "Isara, You're going to be a big sister." Alicia announced gently to her daughter.
"It's going to take 9 months for it to happen. But it's officially going to happen. You're going to have a younger sibling" Welkin further explained.
Isara soon became overjoyed and quickly embraced her parents.
"Really? I am!" Isara said with happiness.
"Yes. Isara. You are. Congratulations." Alicia said hugging her daughter.
The family soon embraced each other. Partaking in the news as a family.
But Isara soon asked a rather unprepared question.
"Wait, why 9 months Daddy? Why not sooner? Why does it take 9 months?" Isara asked innocently.
Welkin and Alicia knew what this meant and both quickly became nervous. They were going to have explain a little bit to Isara where babies come from. Fortunately, Welkin managed to look at the time at that point.
"Hey Isara, we'll explain it all tomorrow. Okay? It's almost time for bed." Welkin said gently to Isara.
"Okay, Daddy." Isara complied hugging her father.
Alicia breathed a sigh of relief. She hoped that the night should give her and Welkin time to think how to explain all of this to Isara in the morning.
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"That was a long beautiful day wasn't it?" Welkin said to Alicia later that night.
"Yeah, so much great things happened today. It was wonderful." Alicia replied warmly.
Alicia soon lightly placed her hands on her stomach.
"I can't wait for this child to be born. I know Isara will love him or her dearly." Alicia said gently.
Welkin soon hugged and embraced Alicia.
"Our family is growing so fast." Welkin said gently with joy.
"It really is." Alicia said warmly.
"Alicia, I love you." Welkin said warmly.
I love you too Welkin." Alicia replied.
Alicia and Welkin then shared a deep passionate kiss.
It was a great day full of surprises. Isara managed to make a friend on her first day of school, Alicia was now pregnant with a second child. Alicia and Welkin Gunther, despite having all these wonderful times together and raising a family, couldn't help but feel that this was just the beginning.