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Post by Mr Spock on Jan 28, 2013 16:09:04 GMT
Ki frowned to herself, watching after Link before shaking her head and making her way into the house, closing the door behind her and inhaling the scent of home.
Jade's home was the most comforting thing Ki could imagine. Just being inside filled her with a calm warmth that spread through her and relaxed her.
She smiled gently to herself and followed the others into the rest of the house.
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Post by Taya on Jan 28, 2013 21:44:28 GMT
Link took Ian's coat off since he seemed to forget in the excitement of climbing on to the couch to play with Jade and Kaiya. Kiara just dumped her bag on the floor and Link sighed as she picked it up. She carried everything up the stairs to everyone's rooms as she heard Kiara say,
"Mom, Aunt Ki said they could stay for dinner." Link wondered what their father would have to say about that. It wasn't exactly a secret that they didn't like each other, but they had gotten through meals before and they would again. She elicited a groan opening Kiara's door. the entire room was in chaos. Clothing everywhere, dust on the bookshelf, sketches and paintings tacked to the walls and bed was completely unmade. Kiara was so much like her mother, full of creativity, but basically no focus. Link was the opposite. She poured her focus into being better and improving in everything she tried, even the cleanliness of her room.
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"Well that's good, since they don't have a choice." Jade said starting a hand game with Kaiya.
"Me too!" Ian said as Kaiya play with his mom. Kiara rolled her eyes and grabbed Ki's hand and pulled her towards the kitchen.
"Come on, we always get an afternoon snack and if i can beat Link to the kitchen I get to make it. And you're going to help me." She really got to be just a kid around Ki. At school, everyone expected her to be above everything or like only certain things. At home, Link always pressured her into cleaning, doing homework and getting along with the terror that was her brother. But Aunt Ki was special. She didn't expect anything from Kiara. she didn't tell her she was wrong. She seemed o understand being left out. It was just better with her here.
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Post by Mr Spock on Jan 30, 2013 2:02:12 GMT
Ki cast a long glance up the stairs after Link, sighing quietly, before brightening up and allowing Kiara to lead her into the kitchen, past the sofa where Kaiya seemed the most concentrated that Ki may have ever seen her.
"All right. I take no responsibility for how unhealthy this snack is going to be though," Ki said with a smile, winking at Kiara.
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Post by Taya on Feb 9, 2013 15:25:58 GMT
Ian looked around and saw that the others had left.
"The other game, Mom." he said pulling on the long skirt she wore. His mom smile and pulled Kaiya on to her lap with a conspiratorial smile.
"Okay, kids. Do what I do." she said and then made a symbol with her hand and raised it up. The book on the coffee table floated up into the air. Ian copied his mom and frowned as nothing happened.
"Ian, you have to focus on something. Pretend it's a feather." Ian looked at the pillow on the couch and squinted in his concentration. He tried making the symbol again. His mom fixed the curve of his fingers and he tried again. The pillow jumped slightly.
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"Let's make rice krispy treats!" Kiara said with a sneaky smile. "with M&Ms"
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Link sat down at her desk with a sigh. With her door open, Logan was able to come right in.
"I heard you all come home." he said leaning against the door jam. "I'm sorry about earlier."
"It's nothing new." she said not bothering to spare his feelings. Logan looked appropriately abashed. "She's getting worse, isn't she?" he sighed and looked at her with a look that would be unreadable to most, but Link could read her stepfather better than most.
"I don't know what to do anymore. She won't believe me or the facts." Logan said defeatedly sitting on Link's bed. He put his face in his hands with a sigh.
"You need to tell someone." Link said after some silence. "Uncle James, Aunt Phoebe, or Aunt Ki." Logan looked at her, his face dark.
"I don't need them to take care of your mother. We don't need them. It's our family."
"Dad, They're our family, too." she said. "They might know how to help her. Or she might listen to them."
"The answer is no." he said getting up. "No one knows your mother better than me."
"If this doesn't stop, I will tell them."
"No, you won't. I forbid it." then he was gone.
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Post by Mr Spock on Mar 3, 2013 1:03:29 GMT
Kaiya squealed in delight and copied Ian, her fingers less accurate than his but all her energy clearly going into the same book Jade had levitated.
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Ki grinned.
"Sounds good to me!"
She clicked her fingers, being unusually flagrant as music echoed around them, contained in the kitchen, and then they danced around, two Kis making rice krispie cakes and one hell of a mess, all at the same time.
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Post by Taya on Mar 19, 2013 20:29:57 GMT
"Try again, Ian." His mom told him as the book she had lifted, opened by itself and the pages began to flip. A special smile stole across her face as she looked at Kaiya. She laughed and said, "Very clever. Now let me help you." Ian turned his focus back to his pillow while Jade shaped Kaiya's hands in her own.
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Post by Mr Spock on Mar 25, 2013 18:58:52 GMT
Kaiya kept her almost furious focus as she glared at the book and as Jade corrected her fingers, it sped upwards almost too fast to see and slammed into the ceiling, making the light fixtures rattle. Kaiya screamed and the book fell down to the table with another loud clatter as she buried her face in her grandmother's chest.
Ki popped her head out of the kitchen, chocolate on the tip of her nose, rice crispies in her messy hair.
"Er... Are we under attack?"
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Post by Taya on Mar 25, 2013 19:52:20 GMT
"Not in here" Jade replied, looking dubiously at Ki. "You?" she grabbed Ian's hand and the pillow dropped. "everything is just peachy."
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Post by Mr Spock on Mar 25, 2013 19:56:56 GMT
Ki eyed the pillow, raising an eyebrow at Jade and saying nothing, before shaking her head and going back into the kitchen, looking at the younger Ki with a smile.
Kaiya peered at the book, almost wary of it, before looking up at Jade as if for an explanation.
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Post by Taya on May 6, 2013 2:20:08 GMT
Before Jade could give an explanation, Kiara appeared at the door holding a plate of their very sugary creation.
"Tada!" She said very pleased. "Link!" She shouted when she noticed her sister not around. Then she dragged Ki into the living room. Ian went straight for the treats very excited.
Link looked down at everyone enjoying the possibly deadly afternoon snack from the top of the stairs, but she could still see the distraction in her mother's eyes. It was clear that Link wasn't the only one who needed a pick me up. With a plan in mind, she smiled and got Kiara's attention. She gave her sister the signal and Kiara hurried over to the sound system.
Jade gave Kiara a questioning look as music filled the room. But it soon turned to a smile as Link began to sing along as she came down the stairs to the music, exaggerating her performance with every step.
"Way back before she hit the scene And she became the indie queen She was a girl with nothing big to say Her mouth was full of silver spoons Singing her dime a dozen tunes Til she came up with something new to play
A girl so scarred, a pain so real A life so hard, becomes a song you feel Her tracks were leaked And all the hipsters freaked She made herself a star."
As the chorus started, Kiara joined in with the song. The two of them danced around the living room using one of Kiara's dance class routines.
"She wants, she wants, she wants to be original She will, she will become something remarkable Who cares, who cares, who cares what stunt she has to pull She'll be remade as somebody original."
Kiara took over the song during the second verse. Her voice was better than Link's but no one seemed to care. Link grabbed Kiaya and started dancing with her. showing her what to do with her hands, tickling her tummy when she messed up and to make her laugh.
"Way back before the interviews Before her music made the news She was nothing no one talked about A mousy girl behind the mic One more vanilla look alike Til she decided to stand out
And now it's crazy clothes, a brand new name A fixed up nose, and monster fame Though she might say that she was born this way She made herself a star."
During the next chorus, Link set Kiaya in front of them as they started to dance again. Ian jumped down not to be left out. He sang and tried to copy the dance moves. Giving up, he started to do his own thing. As they reached the bridge, Link and Kiara each held out a hand to their mother. Jade smiled, took each hand and they pulled her to her feet as she sang.
"You can wipe away everything you are Wake up tomorrow as a star
There was a girl blended in That was the way her life had been Til she decided to be someone else"
Everyone joined in to sing the last chorus and Link pulled Ki to join in the dancing. As the music finished, the girls descended into laughter.
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Post by Mr Spock on May 12, 2013 4:50:13 GMT
Ki, though having been made to dance in a way that did not befit her with half of one of the squares she had created with Kiara, and smiled in spite of herself as they finished and laughed, dropping herself onto the sofa and grabbing Kaiya, pulling her into her lap before she could get a chocolate snack herself.
"Why do we never dance at home?" she demanded, turning in her mother's lap to face her. Ki smirked.
"Because your mother has no rhythm or soul, darling," she responded, an answer that was clearly unsatisfactory to the now pouting child.
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Post by Taya on May 20, 2013 13:21:39 GMT
Logan was about to go see what the commotion was about when he heard Link's cell phone go off in her room. He picked it up off of her desk to take it downstairs to her. Then he noticed the message on the screen and a name he didn't know. His scowl was so deep the Grand Canyon would be jealous.
He stormed downstairs and killing the happy mood in an instant. Logan's eyes went straight to his eldest.
"Who is this?" He asked holding up the phone.
"Dad that's my phone. What are you doing with it?" Link shot back.
"Who is Teddy?" He pressed.
"None of your business." She said trying to snatch the phone back. Apparently, even Link could get mad when she was pushed.
"He's outside now. Why don't you go get him so he can meet everybody."
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