Rin, Sango and Miroku had just finished getting things set up for the party. They had strung streamers from the center of Kagome's living room to the walls and hung good luck signs underneath. The table in the dining room had been covered by a cheerful yellow table cloth. On top of the tablecloth were some party hats and confetti.
They had helped Kagome's mom make some cupcakes and cookies. They had plenty of food to feed them throughout the night. There was here lunch meats, cheeses, chips, popcorn, sodas, ramen, salads, fruit and veggie trays, breads and plenty of candy to snack on.
Ms. Higurashi was going to take Kohaku out for some fun while the friends spent their last night all together. She wasn't worried about any antics that might go on in her house while she was out. She knew all the young adults in her daughter's group of friends, and trusted every single one of them.
Rin, Sango and Miroku were just sitting down in the living room to wait for the others when they walked in. The friends all greeted each other and sat down to decide what they wanted to do first. They spent the night playing their favorite board games, eating, talking, laughing and watching movies.
Kohaku and Ms. Higurashi walked in to see the seven friends asleep in various spots in the living room. Ms. Higurashi sent Kohaku up to a spare room to get some sleep. Then she turned off the tv, tucked blankets around the sleeping kids, and set to cleaning up from the party.
Kagome was woken up by her mom before anyone else had woken. She followed her mom into the kitchen and started helping get food ready for breakfast. As she started to slice fruits she asked her mom, "how did it go last night? Were we right?"
"Yes, we were right. Sango was planning on telling you after Ayame and Koga left today. She was waiting for them to leave so you wouldn't be burdened by too much all at once."
"I see. So, did you ask Kohaku what he thought of the idea?"
"Yes, I did. He was very excited with the idea. He even gave me a hug and told me he already thinks of me as his substitute mama. He really is such a sweet child."
"That's wonderful mom. I will wake her up soon so we can talk to her before the others wake up. I want her to be happy today too."
"Go wake her up now. I can finish helping make breakfast," Kohaku said as he walked in the kitchen.
Kagome nodded with a twinkle in her eye and went to go find her friend.
A/N
Hurray! The ideas are really starting to flow for this story. So, while I still have some time off from work, I will be working on getting more of my story written. I'm not sure how much exactly I will get done before I have to go back, and I'm positive I won't get the whole thing written, but I should get at LEAST one more chapter posted before I have to go back to work on Monday. (I know I shouldn't complain about my breaks seeing as how many people don't get breaks for the winter holidays, but it's been so nice to have some time off.)
Now on to some ranting:
Okay my wonderful readers, I just have to say this. I really HATE reading A/Ns that have more to do with the authors personal life than the story... I don't have a problem with authors writing about their life, because it IS kind of cool to know what's going on during someone's life... ANYWHO... because sometimes you just want to read the story and not hear all about someone's personal life this is how I will do my A/Ns: All A/Ns whether for the story or my personal life will be in bold. If you want to skip it, that is up to you. If I need to clarify something about my story or I have something important about the story itself (that really shouldn't be skipped) it will be at the BEGINING of the story. If I feel like giving you my life story, or ranting it will be at the END of the story. That way if you get annoyed like I do about the A/Ns that are just as long (if not longer) than the chapter itself you can feel free to skip my A/Ns. I promis I will not be offended.
Also, I choose to answer reviews in PMs more than in my chapters. It's not that I don't love reviews, because I ABSOLUTELY do. I just find it distracting to have replies to reviews in the chapters... especially since they are directed at ONE person and if you want to know what these people are talking about you have to sit there and read all the reviews... and when all you want to do is read the freaking chapter it gets really annoying. If you review my story, and I don't PM you I apologize. Send me a PM and tell me you are totally offended and I will reply.
Okay, if any one is still reading this, I applaud you and your dedication to read everything on the page. To everyone else... Well there's really nothing to put because all the other people stopped reading already. :) Love all my readers!