Fine
When she was 17, Rory Deveaux came to England to live a normal life. She was going to go to a normal school, make normal friends, take normal exams and be normal. But then she choked at dinner and nothing was normal again. She developed the sight. She met the Shades. She was nearly killed by the ghost Ripper. She was turned into a human terminus. She was kidnapped by a cult hell bent on defeating death. She watched the man she loved die to protect her. She tried to make him a ghost though she knew she could never touch him again but anything was better than losing him. She accidentally kept him from dying completely. She performed a ceremony and resurrected him. She had went head to head with crazy twins. To say her life was far from normal would be an understatement. But, strange as it was, this life was hers and she was happy. She had just turned 20, was an official member of the squad and would very shortly be marrying Stephen and embarking on yet another new life with him. And she had to admit that she was fine.
When he was 14, Stephen Dene was shipped off to Eton while he was still struggling with the death of his older sister. Oh, he tried to be normal but he could never quite manage it. He was always too quiet, too serious. And one night, when he was 17, he tried to end it all. But he was stopped and now he had the sight. He went to a mental hospital for a while until he was recruited to the Shades. He would be their leader. He would restart it. Now he had a life he could live. When he was 19, a copycat Jack the Ripper struck London and it was soon established that he was a ghost. Only one girl, a girl called Rory Deveaux, had seen him and she went into the protection of the Shades. And she never really left. He would do anything for her. He would die for her. And one day, he did. But she brought him back. She brought him home. And now he was nearly 22 and, in just a few weeks, Rory would be his wife. He never expected his life to turn out this way but it was his and he was happy. And he had to admit that he was fine.
When she was 19, Boo Chodhari had a normal life. She was a party girl who could make friends with anyone. One night she had gotten into her friends car although she knew her friend was too drunk to drive. She was too drunk to stop her. The car crashed and she developed the sight. She was helped from the wreck by a strange woman in a World War Two uniform. She was called Jo and she was a ghost. She became her best friend. The Shades found her and she started her training. When she was 20, she was given her first assignment. She was to go undercover and protect Rory Deveaux, the only witness in the Ripper case. When Rory learned the truth, it was Boo who helped her accept it and they became fast friends. She had watched as Rory recovered from her attack. She had watched as two of her dearest friends grew closer. She had watched as one of them died and the other fought to bring him back. Now she was 23 and soon she would watch as they married each other. Perhaps it wasn't the life she was ever expecting to lead but she had to admit that she was fine.
When he was 15, Callum Mitchell had been on his way to becoming a professional footballer. But that changed one day on his way to school. It was December and it was cold and raining, and he had decided to take a shortcut through an estate. It was abandoned and about to be knocked down and he shouldn't have been in there. He stepped into a puddle when it happened. He saw a live wire fly up and land in the water. He felt the currents run through his body and developed the sight. He saw the boy that did it. He was laughing. Callum begged. The ghost put the wire back in the water. From that day onwards, Callum hated ghosts and when the Shades found him and gave him a terminus, he realised his true calling. When he was 20, Rory Deveaux was brought to the flat to have the sight explained to her. And then she was practically a member. He found her and Stephen kissing. He watched her try to turn Stephen into a ghost. He watched as she searched for him devotedly. Now he was 23 and he would watch them marry. And he had to admit that he was fine.
When she was a teenager, Freddie Sellars had been normal. She had been looking forward to the holiday she was about to go on. Her father was doing research in Turkey and her mother and herself were going with him. She had done the normal thing that you do on holidays and went for a swim in the sea. But she got stung by a jellyfish and developed the sight and nothing was normal again. She immersed himself in history trying to understand her abilities. One day she came across Jane Quaint but she made her uncomfortable so she left. She had stumbled across the Shades by accident and had helped locate Rory when everyone thought she was missing. And things got even weirder from that point onwards. She had helped Rory when she was trying to find Stephen. She helped find a magic stone that could hold back the energy of the dead. She helped replace said stone when it was removed. She received official training and joined the squad. And now here she was, soon to be a bridesmaid at Rory and Stephens wedding. And she had to admit that she was fine.
A few years ago, Thorpe had a normal life. Well, as normal as can be expected when you work for MI5. But he had no reason to complain. But things stopped being normal when he heard the history of the Shades. Were they serious? Really? Ghost police? This must be some kind of joke. But no, it wasn't. And it was when he met 17 year old Stephen Dene that he realised just how serious everyone had been. He liked Stephen. He helped him understand things he thought he never could. Things would never be normal again, at least not in the traditional sense. But while everyone sniggered at the Shades, Thorpe defended them. They were his team and his friends. Rory was an unexpected addition to the group. Thorpe could see how Stephen felt about her from the start. And after he died, it was clear that she felt the same about him. She had went beyond the call of duty to bring him back. And now it was only a few weeks until their wedding. He had, despite Rory and her parents telling him he needn't, bought her wedding dress and was excited for them. And he had to admit that he was fine.