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Holden smiled, "It's ok, umm stay right here." He said as he teleported to the closest Asda {The U.K. equivalent of Wal-Mart.}. He quickly bought a medium sized TV, a DVD player, and a movie. After he paid for it all he quickly teleported back to his house. "Ok, Alicia will you set this stuff up for me?" He asked.
Alicia nodded. "Ok, I hope Solomon doesn't get mad that I'm gonna show you a movie, and not just any movie. My favorite movie." He said with a smile. You can go sit on the couch, just be careful of Amanda." Holden said as he helped Alicia finish setting up the TV and DVD player. |
Hayden tilted her head, "Is it because they're bad? Is that why he'd get mad?" She stood as he came back, swiping the DVD case while Holden and Alicia set up the TV and DVD player. She twisted and turned the case, being careful not to break it. Eventually she read the title, "..Peter..Pan?" She pulled her head back slightly, tilting it again "I don't understand any of this.." She set the strange plastic object down with a frown, "Why would Solomon keep such things form me if they're not bad?" After a moment, she answered her own question, "Cause he hates me.." She sat back down on the floor, holding the pillow tightly again.
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"No they aren't bad, I just don't know what Solomon wants you to know." Holden said as he turned around, to look at Hayden. "No sweety I'm sure he doesn't hate you, to tell you the truth I don't know if he knows what a movie is." He said trying to reassure her. He grabbed the DVD case and handed it to Alicia, "Are you sure you don't wanna sit on the couch? Its more comfortable, well more so then the floor." He said with a smile. He walked over to Amanda and gently shook her. "Hey kiddo, wake up. We are gonna watch a movie." He said still holding a smile.
Amanda rolled over so she was looking at Holden, "What movie?" She asked still half asleep. "Peter Pan." He said. "Really?" She asked springing up. "Yes really, and we have a guest, this is Solomon's sister Hayden." Holden said looking to Hayden. "I remember you, you helped me outside when Holden went meanie head." She said glaring at Holden. |
Hayden tilted her head once more, "Really?" It did make her feel a bit better. She lept to her feet as Amanda woke up, "Hiya!' She skittered over and flopped on the couch next to her. She clung onto Amanda's arm, smiling as she leaned against her, "Holden wasn't the only meanie-butt. Solo's being quite the butt-face right now." She smiled brightly, looking to the TV, pointing, "What's that thing? How does this whole..movie thing work. I don't get it..." She hurried over to Alicia, watching her, "Explain..this..thing...please?" She pointed to the DVD player, the TV and the DVD itself.
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Alicia smiled, "Ok, well that's kind of hard to explain. This disk," She said pointing the the DVD. "Is the movie, it goes in here the DVD Player. It reads the disk and the sends it to the TV, and then the movie shows up on the screen." She said pointing to everything. She put the DVD into the DVD Player.
When Hayden left she scooted to the center of the couch. "Holden sit next to me on this side please." She said patting on the couch. Holden smiled and sat down next to Amanda. "Hayden come sit here please, your really gonna like this movie. Its really good." She said with a smile as she patted the other empty spot next to her. Alicia stood up and walked over to Holden and sat down next to his legs. She turned the TV on, and started the movie. |
Hayden tilted her head, "Witchery? I..still don't understand..but..sometimes it's just better to go with it." She turned as Amanda addressed her and smiled. She hurried over, climbing up on the couch and stealing her pillow and holding on to it. Her eyes were glues to the screen as the images played across it. She was simply baffled...what sort of magic was this?
After a moment, she couldn't help but get up and move to the TV. Her tiny fingers touched the screen, trying to understand the whole thing. She jumped back when she felt a shock, tempted to smash the thing, but she knew she couldn't; not with Amanda watching. She may look and act 6, but she wasn't. She looked to her hand, the touched it again as the images continued to play out. "I dont..." She sat down right in front of the TV, watching intently. |
Holden smiled as the credits started to roll, he looked to Amanda who was asleep on his lap. "So Hayden, what did you think about your first movie?" He asked as he looked to Hayden who was still in front of the TV. "Later today after the furniture people come I'm gonna go out and buy some more movies. So after that you can come over anytime you want to watch a movie with us. I'm also gonna get a bigger TV." Holden said with a smile.
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Hayden was locked in her spot as the words rolled by, "Oh my god! I..I must explore the magic behind this!" She stood up, feeling the TV up once more. When Holden mentioned she could watch more, she smiled, looking back at him, "I wish I could..but..I have to leave..." Her expression became slightly saddened, but she still held her smile, "I'll see if I can come visit a few times though! I like these..movie things..they're cool!" She skipped over, giving Holden a hug, "That's one thing Solo lo--"
At that moment, Solomon appeared with his arms crossed, a slight scowl on his face. His eyes were shut a moment before he opened them; they were a light gray. "Did you enjoy the movie?" his tone implied he was not particularly happy, but he wasn't angry either. Hayden winced, looking over, "Yeah...I'm sorry..I shouldn't have...it just sounded so..fun.." She let go of Holden's legs, twiddling her fingers as she went over to Solomon, "Are you angry?" Solomon smiled slightly, picking her up, "Not at all," although, his straight expression sort of implied otherwise. He looked over to Holden, "By the way, Marsha called, Amanda starts on Tuesday; when they get back from their break. I'm sorry if Hayden was a burden to you...I didn't think it would hurt for her to get out a bit." No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't look Holden in the eyes; always looking just slightly to the side. |
Holden smiled as he wrapped his free arm around Hayden, "Ok." He said as he felt Solomon appear. "Ok, thanks Solomon." He said not looking at Solomon's face. "She was fine Solomon, it was nice seeing a fresh face to movies." He said with a smile as he finally looked at Solomon's face. But he quickly looked away. He looked at Hayden, "Next time you come and visit you will have a whole bunch of movies to choose from." He said as his eyes drifted to Solomon.
"Tension party of two." Alicia said as she stood up. She went over to grab Hayden, "Solomon, Holden go talk in the other room. Please." She said giving Solomon a slight glare. Holden didn't move, because Amanda was laying on him, and he didn't want to talk to Solomon right now. |
Solomon shook his head, "I can't Alicia. I have to get Hayden back..again, I'm sorry if she was at all a bother." He glanced at Holden one last time before disappearing.
"Ow! God dammit Hayden!" He dropped her, holding his cheek as she had slapped him. "What the hell was that for? Last I checked, slapping your brother was not behaving." Hayden landed quietly on her feet, her hands on her hips and her expression a stubborn pout, "You stubborn ass!" She narrowed her eyes as Solomon became surprised at her cursing, "You need to just drop your damn pride and apologize! Holden is a wonderful kid, and I know you still deeply care for him. You get your ass back in that house and apologize!" She came forward, looking up at him with red eyes. Solomon sighed, rubbing his cheek, "Well you don't have to fucking slap me! I don't need to apologize for anything. He's been nothing but trouble to me since I met him. First his damn mother was driving me nuts; then Jaclynn and every other fucking vampire was after us--no..they still are; and not to mention I now have to tolerate his stupid presence for the rest of my life--until someone puts me out of my misery. Oh! OH! And the best part of all, here you are, causing me more grief on top of it! Why can't you just stay out of my life!? I didn't send you to there because I care about you!" This was harder on him that it was for Hayden. He could not stand seeing her cry, especially by his fault. He had to stop her from breaking out all the time. He knew this wasn't the route to take, but right now, he didn't care. He was just so angry with everything right now, he didn't care if he hurt her. He narrowed his red eyes at her, watching her with fury written all over his face. Hayden's mouth dropped her eyes tearing up as he continued to yell, "Y-you take that back! I-I'm being good! I haven't done anything bad. I even saved you from that horrible lady!" She tensed, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Why do you hate me Solomon? Why -no matter what I do- you continue to hate me? I only do what I do so you'll love me again." She fell to her knees, her head in her hands as she sobbed. |
"She was fine." Holden said as Solomon disappeared.
Alicia stomped her foot, "He is just as stubborn as you are." She said as she plopped down on the floor with her arms crossed. "Ow." He said as he grabbed his cheek. "What?" She asked a little concerned. "I think Hayden just slapped Solomon." He said rubbing his cheek. "Finally, he deserves a good slapping." She said. "Alicia, stop." He said closing his eyes. Trying to connect with Solomon. "What he deserves it, and so do you actually." She said with an evil smirk. He threw up his hand, as he made a connection with Solomon. He heard Solomon say, "Now have to tolerate his stupid presence for the rest of my life--until someone puts me out of my misery." Holden quickly opened his eyes, he wasn't in Solomon's brain he was in Hayden's. He looked at Alicia and teleported to Hayden, "So I'm just a piece of shit to you Solomon? You never really cared about me did you? You just wanted me to be your bitch. If you don't want to feel my presence, then just fucking kill me right now." Holden said standing next to Hayden. |
Solomon looked up as Holden appeared, "Hayden Marie!" He rounded back on her, but paused. She had not teleported him. He clenched his fists, not looking at Holden, "If you're going to eavesdrop, do it properly." Other than that, he didn't address Holden further, far to furious at Hayden right now. "Don't you fucking guilt me Hayden! I will not tolerate your childish antics any longer! If you're going to act like you're a child, then God dammit you'll be treated like one; as you always have."
Hayden made herself appear as small as possible, curling up in a tight ball as she cried. She had never seen Solomon so mad; not even when she did the bad thing. She barely noted that Holden was there until he spoke. She quickly skittered to her feet, trying to calm him, "H-Holden! He..he d-didn't mean it! I-it's my fault he's not...th..thinking right." Solomon pinched the bridge of his nose, closing his eyes tightly, "Please leave Holden.." He appeared on the other side of Hayden, grabbing her wrist and forcing her to look at him as he crouched down. He knew he should wait until Holden left, but that was not likely to happen. Holden was stubborn like that. He looked Hayden directly in the eyes, his own narrowed to tiny slits, "When will you get it through your thick skull?" Hayden squealed, trying to pull away, but with her being so weak, she could not. "No..please don't.." She shut her eyes tightly, looking away as she finally twisted her wrist away from Solomon. She grabbed onto Holden, hiding behind him. |
Holden was going to leave, when all of a sudden Hayden was holding onto his legs. "Solomon! You don't need to be so mean to her, she clearly loves you to death. I don't care what she did and neither should you. Did you sever your connection that much? Or don't you pay attention to it because that's a hell of a lot easier to do? Hell I've only been around her for less then twenty-four hours, and I already have a connection with her. Probably because she is your twin sister." He said feeling guilty that he just said that. He opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it. He knew Solomon was gonna kill him, he sighed. He quickly teleported to his room with Hayden still clinging to his legs. "Hayden, I know you are upset but I think I deserve to know what you did." Holden said trying to think of a solution.
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Solomon stood as they left, "Bout damn time.." He ran his hands through his hair, still furious. He wanted nothing more than to go after Hayden and make her do as he wanted, but he also wanted nothing else to do with her at the moment. He simply let his legs collapse beneath him, falling to the floor. He closed his eyes, tempted to start ripping his hair out.
Hayden let go of Holden and began to sob heavily, "Nooo..you've only..made him..madder.." She curled up in a tight ball, keeping her eyes shut tightly. After a few minutes, she stopped, looking over to Holden, shaking her head, "I-I can't..I promised Solo I wouldn't tell anyone.." She shook slightly, debating on whether or not she would go back to Solomon and try to make him happy. She shut her eyes again, "I..I know he still loves me..deep, deep down.." She opened her eyes after a moment, looking back up to Holden, "I..I..hurt mommy and daddy...and.." She curled up tighter, clenching her eyes tightly. "And...that lady and..that girl.." Her hand trailed up to her face, touching her cheek gently, her voice a bit stronger now, "He was so mad...I..don't know why...I..was just sooo hungry...Mom and Dad got in my way..and..I stopped them.." Her eyes shot open, "And Solomon..I hurt Solo..so bad..I almost lost him...I just..couldn't control..myself." She dragged her nails along her cheek, cutting into the skin deeply, letting out a whine as she did so. "I deserve his hate...I hurt his heart so much.." Solomon's eyes widened, "She didn't!" He bolted upright, teleporting in the process. By the time he had realized this though, she had already finished. He appeared behind her, looking down at her, his fists clenched. As mad as he was, he couldn't yell at her anymore. Holden was right. He looked at Holden, still aggravated. He opened his mouth to say something, but sighed and looked down to Hayden as she cried. |
Holden was about to say something as Solomon appeared, he stared at Hayden for a few minutes, and then Solomon. He started to get a pain in his head, but he shook it off. He looked at Hayden again but he got pulled across the room. He grabbed his head, and screamed out in pain. He was getting pictures in his head, he was seeing bodies, Solomon, and Hayden. He was feeling the sadness and the anger. "No don't!" He yelled as he saw Hayden kill a young girl. He saw Hayden kill her mom, dad, a woman, and a little girl. Holden laid there after the pictures stopped. Holden was holding his head, and sobbing quietly.
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Hayden squealed when she noticed Solomon. She put her hands to her head, as if protecting it, "I'm sorry! I..I" She couldn't help but play the scene out in her mind. She wasn't aware of the fact that Holden and Solomon was seeing it too, due to her distress.
Solomon was about to pick her up when he suddenly saw it all again. He froze mid reach; tightly closing his eyes. "Please stop Hayden," he whispered, but to no avail; the images kept coming. In one night; just one little night, he could not believe what had happened. A tall, black haired woman with cold icy blue eyes had come by in the middle of Thanksgiving diner. Solomon was unaware that he was going to have anyone stop over, other than his parents of course. He sighed, excusing himself from the table and answering the door. He regretted it the moment he sensed who it was. He glanced back to his family, noticing his mother and father tense as well. "You lied to me." He had said in low tones. His father, almost an exact replica of Solomon cringed, "It was what we honestly believed to be true Solomon. Please, try to understand." The woman peered inside, her eyes flashing red as she saw the two humans, "Oh~ Solomon, you never told me you had a family~" She pushed past Solomon, pausing as their parents moved to project the two humans. "Oh~~~ And they're human? You spoil me~" Solomon had grabbed onto her shoulder, clenching his hand tightly, "Don't you dare." She whined, looking back to him, "B-but Solo, I'm hungry! I haven't had a meal in years. Not to mention, they look so..yummy~" The woman and child began to get nervous as this strange woman spoke, "Honey..w-who is that? What's she talking about?" Solomon raised his hand, moving the woman back out the door, "Nothing...she's not well, mentally." He dearly wanted her to go away. He turned, noticing that the woman was no longer in his grip. Suddenly, he smelled something. Blood. He whirled around as the woman's fangs pierced his wife's neck; horrified. "Hayden! Stop!" He hurried over to help her father pull her off while his mother took the girl and hid. Before Solomon could reach Hayden he felt immense pressure on his heart and brain. He was brought to his knees, then suddenly unconscious as the two organs imploded on themselves. Solomon's father had already met his fate as well; his entire head exploding while his body was set on fire spontaneously. The black haired woman drained the human of her blood, her eyes a bright red as she dropped the body. She licked her lips deviously as she looked around for the girl. "More..." She glanced over to her father's burning body with a malicious giggle, "You don't ever interrupt a woman with her prey." Then she turned to Solomon with another laugh before disappearing. Isabella clung to her granddaughter, forcing the girl into unconsciousness just as Hayden appeared before them. "Hayden! Please stop. This is not like you; what's wrong?" Hayden crouched down to eye level of the two, a bit of blood still on her lips, "You guys brought this onto yourselves...." Suddenly, Isabella had caught fire, forcing her to let the human child go. Hayden grabbed the girl, allowing her to wake up as she stood and moved away from her mother's burning body. "Well, good morning~" The girl tensed and started to cry, being no older than 6. Hayden smiled darkly, gently moving the black hair from the young girl's blue eyes, "You know..you look just like your father...those eyes..those blue eyes are a dead giveaway." She became angrier as she spoke, finally biting the girl's neck and quickly draining her of her blood before she had vanished. Solomon was still frozen, even as he managed to force the memories back in both their minds. He shook slightly, tears running down his face as he whispered 'Maria...' He fell back to his butt, glaring down at Hayden, but refusing to move. A sudden heave from Hayden as she continued to cry made him jump slightly. {53.60 Au bitch ;D} |
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"Holden, Holden, what's wrong?" Alicia asked as she rushed over to him. "She killed them." Holden said still sobbing. Alicia brushed the hair away from his eyes, so she could see them. As soon as she touched Holden she got flashes in her head of what he was seeing. She quickly removed her hand, she opened her mouth to say something but she didn't know what to say. Holden looked past Alicia to look at Solomon in the pitch black room. "He was married? He had a daughter?" He thought to himself. "How could Hayden do that? How could she?" He asked himself. |
Solomon was frozen, turning slightly as he looked to Holden as he spoke. He couldn't believe it..They know.. He rounded back on Hayden, his hand clenching the air as the temperature suddenly began to drop to dangerously low temperatures, even for vampires. "Why? Why do you always ruin my life? Why is it every time I find happiness, you show up and shatter it? Why do you continue to hurt me?"
Hayden squealed, feeling the anger rolling off Solomon as it affect the air, "I-I'm sorry! I..h-haven't done anything wrong yet! I'm being a good girl. Solo! Please, I'm sorry! Please, plllleeeaaasseeee forgive me, I'm so ssooorrryyy!" She quickly got him, clinging to him, crying. Solomon stood as he pushed her away, "Yes you have! You're doing it right now. If you would've just stayed away Jaclynn would've left me and Holden alone! You're lucky to even be alive, Hayden. I should've just...killed you..after what you've done. Now look! You've done it again, but this time you couldn't just spare me the pain by killing him..." Solomon growled low, pulling at Hayden's hair, "And you have the audacity to look like her!" He threw her hair out of his hand, "Just go. Get out of my life!" He could hardly believe himself right now. He never lost his temper like this, but after hundreds of years, he has had enough. Hayden yelped as he grabbed her, looking away with her eyes shut tight, "Noo! I am myself! She stole my face! I-I me-.." She clutched at her kimono, "Soly, I didn't mean to...a-and..it's your fault! Y-you always have to starve me! I...I..." |
"Solomon, stop." Holden said in a low tone. He weakly got up off of the floor. He started over to Solomon, but fell to his knees halfway to him. "I understand that you are angry, but you don't need to be so harsh." He said as he tried to stand up, but he couldn't. "I saw the whole thing. Solomon the real reason you are so angry with Hayden is because she looks and acts like a six year old child. Hayden the real reason you look and act like a six year old is to make Solomon happy, because you killed his daughter." He said as he looked at Solomon with blue eyes. "Don't you see you two are the perfect siblings. You complete each other." He let out a laugh.
"Solomon I know that you are still hurting over your daughters death, I am with mine as well. Abby was not my biological daughter, but she..." He laughed again. "It's like they say Solomon, 'You don't know what you have until its gone.'" He said looking at Hayden now with purple eyes. "You always told me that as the years go by, you have to cope with death. Is this how you cope? Keep it bottled up and then unleash it let's say 400 years later." He said looking to Solomon. |
Solomon flinched as Holden spoke. As furious as he was, Holden had a point...sort of. "You live with her once..then tell me to drop it." He sighed, falling to his butt, running a hand through his hair, "You're wrong Holden...she...nevermind, it's not important." He hated how Holden could always settle him. It drove him nuts. "She's right...Maria looks like Hayden, not the other way around."
He let himself fall onto his back, looking up at the ceiling as his eyes returned to their traditional icy blue. "Hayden..come here." He held out his hand, moving it slightly to motion for her to come over. Hayden squeaked, unsure if she should. After a moment of debating, she crawled over, whipping her face on her sleeve. She was mildly surprised when he wrapped his arms around her. She curled up on his chest, crying softly. He gently ran his hand through Hayden's hair, "Ssshh, it's alright." He closed his eyes with a sigh, "I'm sorry..both of you..." He held Hayden close, wishing Holden was there as well. "It's not your fault Hayden...you can't help it.." He ran his hand through her hair again, "You're just...special." He sighed deeply, his breath shaking slightly as he tried to not cry. Hayden shut her eyes tight, laying on top of him silently for a moment. "Don't..don't be sad Solo. L-like you said...I can't co-control myself sometimes." She sighed, scooting up by Solomon's chin, giving his cheek a quick kiss. |
Holden smiled as he slowly crawled over to Solomon. When he reached Solomon he placed a gentle kiss on his forehead. He looked at Alicia his eyes were their normal brown. He looked at his watch, and saw that it was broken, "Alicia what time is it?" He asked.
"It's almost 6 a.m. why?" She asked as she tilted her head. He sighed "The furniture people will be here in an hour." He said looking down at Solomon. He just wanted to hug Solomon. "Alicia help me up please." He said looking around for something to help him stand up. Alicia nodded and quickly went over to Holden to help him stand. "Thanks Alicia, Solomon feel free to stay up here as long as you want. I will have them put my stuff in the hallway." He said with a smile as he nodded to the door. They reached the door, he turned his head and quietly said "I sorry Solomon, and I still love you." He quickly had Alicia walk him out the door. |
Solomon stood, bringing Hayden up with him, "I'm sorry, but I have to get Hayden back to the ho..hospital." He sighed feeling Hayden push into him, "I'm sorry Hayden...but you have to go back." "She's been mentally unstable since we turned 18...she may be 'cute and innocent' now, but she goes in an out of personalities." Solomon held her tightly and was about to teleport when Hayden forced him to stop.
"P-please..let me show you I'm all better. Plleeaaseee? A-and I wanna be friends w-with Amanda..and..A-Alicia.." She gently pulled Solomon's tie up from under his vest, playing with it while she looked at him, "T-this time I won't be bad." |
"You have to do what you have to do." Holden said as he reached the bottom of the stairs. "You didn't drink that last bottle did you?" He asked as he grabbed onto the wall.
"No, I was saving it for you. I think we should get you on the bottled stuff." Alicia said as she helped him to the kitchen. "Ya. He said as he felt something off, but he shook it off. He quickly grabbed the bottle of blood and chugged it down. Moments after he drank it he felt his power and strength come back. He felt that same presence again, "Do you feel that?" He asked as he looked around. "Noo, why?" She asked confused. "I feel something off." He said as he went to the living room. He looked around and felt it at his door. He quietly went to the door and looked out the peephole. He saw no one, he quickly opened the door to find a little boy laying there on his step. He quietly sighed, "Hey kid." He said as he knelt down. "Young man?" He said shaking the boy even more. The boy jumped awake and fell down the steps. He quickly stood up looking at the man who just woke him up with purple eyes. "I...I' m sorry sir." The boy said grabbing his tattered jacket. "What are you sorry about?" Holden asked still kneeled down. "That I bo-..bothered you." The boy said ready to run. "Your not bothering me young man, what's your name?" He asked as he sat down on the step. "M-..My name is J-..Jason. The boy said looking down, still clutching his jacket. "Well Jason, are you hungry? I just have leftover pizza right now, I haven't gone to the store yet." Holden asked with a smile. "I... I should probably g-..go before they come f-..for me." The boy said looking behind himself. "Jason, who is coming for you?" He asked scanning around for someone bad. "The pe-..people in uniforms." He said looking back to Holden with pleading eyes. "The police? Why are they looking for you?" Holden asked confused. "I ran away fr-..from the orp-..orphanage." The boy said grabbing his jacket harder. "So you are an orphan? That explains the clothes. Listen come in and eat and I will talk to the police." He said with a smile as he extended his hand. The boy nodded, and reluctantly grabbed Holden's hand. Holden stood up, "My name is Holden." Holden said with a smile as he led Jason into the house. |
Solomon sighed, setting Hayden down, "We should get going...we've bothered Holden enough." He looked downstairs, "Strange.." He shrugged it off, teleporting back to his house with Hayden. He let go of her hand with a sigh, "Hayden..listen.." He knelt down, holding her face gingerly, looking at her with dull eyes, "I will always love you, no matter what you do...but I'm still furious with you. You were not to tell anyone about that...and.."
He sighed, pulling her into his arms, "Right now, I know you're being very good, but I just..don't know when you'll change again. Please understand Hayden, this is just as hard on me. Don't make it any harder." Hayden held him tightly, "No..no please. Soly, I will behave. I just want to...be..normal.." She smiled slightly, "I'm better now. I promise...a-and the doctor guy said I was doing good. Please? I want to m-make friends..and..and watch movies with Amanda..a-and..." Solomon sighed heavily, resting his head on her shoulder, "Hayden, I would love nothing more than to have you here, but...I..." He went limp, his entire torso weight leaning on Hayden. "You need...to go..." After a moment of silence he broke, "But...perhaps...some time with your brother..will be good for you. R-right? I mean...social interaction is..important." Hayden brightened, squealing rather loudly, "Y-you mean it! I-I won't break my promise! I-I mean it! Just watch! I'll show you." She grabbed onto him tightly. |
Holden led Jason to the kitchen, "Jason this is my friend Alicia." He said with a smile.
"Hi Jason." She said looking up to Holden. "What is going on?" She asked slightly pissed. "Stop Alicia, I don't know he was sleeping on my doorstep, he ran away from an orphanage. I offered him the last few pieces of pizza." He said feeling bad. "Holden Michael Evans, don't you dare go into that mindset. You can barely handle Amanda." She said as she handed a piece of pizza to the boy. "I know Alicia, but there is something different about him. I can feel it. The police are after him for running away. I have to help him." He said giving Alicia a slight pout. "I hate you." She said rubbing her temples. "Thank you." He said as he knelt down to Jason. "Ok, I will be back shortly I'm gonna go and get you a few clothes." He said with a smile. He went to the door and teleported to Solomon. "Solomon, I'm sorry to interrupt, but did you feel that presence when you were at my house?" Holden asked with a slight smile. |
Hayden jumped as Holden appeared, "H-Holden! G-.." She waited, seeing he was talking to Solomon. She stood slightly behind Solomon as he stood.
Solomon nodded a bit, "I did for awhile. What about it?" He put his hands in his pockets, looking away slightly. He sighed a bit, looking at Holden, "I think Hayden wants to talk to you..she won't stop punching the backs of my knees." He looked down with a slight glare. Hayden smiled slightly, looking up at Solomon, clinging to his pant legs. "I wasn't doing anything..no no..you guys talk. I'll wait." She looked to Holden, "I've got news~ But I'll tell you after you and Solo talk." |
"I-..it was a little boy. He seems special, but I don't know what it is." Holden said with a confused look on his face. He kneeled down, "So what is your news Hayden?" He asked with a smile.
"So Jason, do you have a last name?" Alicia asked with a smile. The boy jumped a bit when Alicia spoke, "Um, n-..no I don't, my middle name is Aaron. Ev-...every one says that is m-..my last name." He said as he finished the piece of pizza. "I see, if I can ask why did you run away from the orphanage?" She asked sweetly. "I... Um, I didn't li-..like the people that took care of m-..me. They were me-..mean." The boy said looking to the floor. |
Solomon nodded slightly, "I wonder why..." He sighed, picking Hayden up, "You better not be bothering him every day then either."
Hayden smiled brightly, leaning over to Holden, "Solo says I can stay here with him! A-and I can watch more of those..movie thinggers." She wiggled a bit, then clutched onto Solomon's vest, pushing herself into him with a purr, "Oh Holden!" She looked back over to him, "I sense something about you..oh! You can shape shift too~?" She squeaked, being swatted by Solomon. "Whhaattt?" Solomon rolled his eyes, "Don't go analyzing him like that. It's rude...but, you're right. Anyway, did you catch his name Holden?" He looked back to Holden, desperately wanted to grab him and give him a kiss, but he knew he couldn't; Holden was still thinking about his decision. |
"That's great Hayden." He said with a smile. Holden laughed, "Ya he said his name was Jason, and he just said that he doesn't have a last name but his middle name is Aaron. He is an... Orphan... Those bastards." He said clenching his fists. He looked at Solomon, "No wonder why I am drawn to him. His handlers yell at him." He said as he looked around. "I ah have to go. I need to get him some clothes, and talk to the police. I will talk to you later lo-.. Solomon." He just broke his heart even more almost calling Solomon love. He gave a pained smile to Hayden and disappeared.
Holden arrived back at his house twenty minutes later with a sweater, shirt, pants, shoes, socks, underwear, and some towels. He walked into the kitchen, "Here you go Jason, all brand new." Holden said with a smile. "And they will fit I am pretty good at picking out sizes." He said handing the clothes to Jason. Jason jumped when he saw Holden, "Th-..thank you." He said looking at the clothes. He grabbed them from Holden, "I... I've never had brand new clothes before." He said with a little smile. "Well I am glad I could help." Holden said with a smile. "Now there is a bathroom down the hall. You can take a nice warm shower, ok?" He asked looking up at Alicia. "O-..ok." Jason said as he slowly walked to the bathroom. "Watch him, I am gonna go talk to the orphanage." Holden said as he watched Jason walk down the hall. "Don't worry I will, and don't do anything stupid." Alicia said putting her hands on her hips. |
Solomon flinched a bit, "Just don't go interferring with him Holden..." He frowned as Holden disappeared. He set Hayden down, "I know I should try and stop him but I also know he won't let me...he cannot handle two children..N-not that I doubt his compitence but...he's still just a kid hinmself...kind of."
Hayden frowned, "Want me to go? I-I can maybe...watch him for you? Illl be good brother. I promise." Solomon shook his head , "No...it's fine Hayden..he'll do what he thinks is right no matter what either of us say and do." |
"Holden?" Amanda asked as she sat up on the couch.
"Damn it! I almost forgot about Amanda." Holden said in a whisper. "I'm in the kitchen kiddo." He said as he turned around. She got up off of the couch and ran to the kitchen, she clutched onto his legs. "Did you sleep ok?" He asked as he wrapped one of his arms around Amanda. "Yes I did." She said with a smile as she looked up. "That's good. Now I have a few errands to run, the furniture people will be here in about a half hour. So when they get here I want you to stay out of their way. Oh I almost forgot, we have a guest, his name is Jason. I want you to be nice to him, and no making out with him." He said scolding Amanda. "I wont, I promise." Amanda said letting go of Holden and started twiddling with her dress. "Ok, now I'm gonna go. Be good." Holden said as he went to the BMW. |
"B-but..I want to help you."
"Just don't worry about it." He patted her head, "But, if you want to go there as a guest, go ahead. Just make sure Amanda doesn't see you teleporting, or anyone for that matter. I've got to tend to the horses..." Hayden gasped, kicking his shin lightly, playfully, "You didn't tell me you had horsies! I wanna help you!" She tugged on the edge of his vest, "Please? I;m good with animals, remember?" She smiled brightly, wiggling her toes in excitement. Solomon sighed, "I always have horses Hayden, you know that. Don't you want to play with Amanda? I know you do...I've got two new horses that are still adjusting to the presence of vampires, so I suggest you go play with Amanda..she seems a bit sad right now." Hayden pouted, "Fine, but I want to see them as soon as I get back, okay?" She smiled as he nodded, "Love you Soly!" She jumped up to give him a hug then disappeared, appearing in Holden's back yard in a tree. She glanced around, not seeing anyone, then jumped down, skittering up to the front door and ringing the doorbell. |
"Can I get the door?" Amanda asked Alicia.
"Sure." Alicia said with a smile. Amanda ran to the door. She opened it, "Hayden!" She said as she gave Hayden a hug. Alicia followed Amanda to the door. She smiled when she saw that it was Hayden, she waved at Hayden as she went to check on Jason. She reached the bathroom door, she gently knocked on the door. "Jason are you ok?" She could hear him jump. "Poor kid." She thought to herself. "Y-..ya I'm fine." Jason said. "Ok, if you need anything I will be in the living room." She said as she walked to the living room. She sat down on the couch, "Man I wish we had cable." She said with a sigh as she turned on the TV, and the DVD Player. "The satellite guy is coming tomorrow." Holden said as he pulled up to the orphanage. |
Hayden giggled, hugging Amanda tightly, "Solomon dropped me off while he went on some errands so we can play!" She hurried inside tilting her head at Alicia, "Cable?" She jumped, sensing someone else in the house, "O-ohh! H-Solo mentioned you had another guest.." She peered back at Amanda, she had to be careful.
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"Ya I have some toys up in my room. Unless you wanna watch Peter Pan again." Amanda said with a smile as she shut the door.
"It's like movies but different, if you wanna come over later tomorrow you will be able to see." Alicia said with a smile. "Ya his name is Jason. But be careful he is kind of jumpy." She said with a sad expression on her face. Holden was sitting in the dark, damp, dirty, depressing waiting room, waiting for his name to be called. "Mr. Evans?" The lady said in a low husky tone. "Miss Sanders is waiting for you." She said pointing to the door of the office. "Thank you." He said slightly scared. "No wonder he ran away." He thought to himself as he knocked on the door. "Come in!" The woman yelled. Holden entered the room, and was taken aback by a powerful disgusting smell. "Hello ma'am I am Holden Evans." He said not wanting to get closer to the woman. "I know who you are, now take a seat!" She said slightly yelling as she pointed to the empty chair. He nodded and quickly made his way to the chair, he held back gagging as the smell got worse. He sat down even though he didn't want to. "Mr. Evans, I see you have come across one of our runaways." She said quickly closing the folder. "There's more then one?" He thought to himself. "Yes Jason Aaron and he said that he doesn't have a last name." He said as he folded his hand on his lap, not wanting to touch anything more then he already has. "Huh, that is interesting that boy never tells anyone his name. What did you do to him?" The woman asked glaring at Holden. "I didn't do anything to him ma'am, I was just nice to him as all." Holden said taken aback. "Huh, so what are you doing here? Want to claim some sort of reward? Well sorry to tell you but we don't have that kind of money." She said slightly upset. "No ma'am, I actually wanted to know if I could foster him with the possibility to adopt." He said with a smile. |
Solomon dropped the bucket of feed as Holden began to speak to the woman, "Dammit.." He ran his hands through his hair, grabbing the now empty bucket and heading back for more. "Holden..I do not think that that is such a good idea..and I'm sorry for eavesdropping..." He filled the bucket back up and went back to pour it in the feed buckets in the horses' stalls. Tomorrow he'd have a lot more mouths to feed. Almost all 25 of his stalls would be full..he thought a moment Was it 20 or 22?
Hayden nodded, "No no! I want to see these..'toys' things. I've only ever had a kitty to keep my company..this is all new to me." She dragged Amanda upstairs and through the hallways until she found the girl's room, her jaw opening in amazement, "This is your room!? I've never seen one..so..so big!" She stepped inside, looking it over. Her 'room' could easily fit inside this one, or even the closet. In reality, it wasn't that big; but to Hayden it was massive. |
"Okayyy" Amanda said as Hayden pulled her to her room. "It bigger then my one in America." She said with a smile. Oh ya teddy! This is my favorite teddy, Holden got him for me after daddy went to heaven." She said showing it to Hayden.
"I know Solomon, but I can't in my right mind return him to this disgusting place." Holden said looking to the woman. "Ha! What are like 17? You wouldn't be able to take care of a child." The woman said with a little chuckle. "I'm 21 thank you, and I take care of my sister, because our parents died last month." He said slightly pissed. "Well, sorry. It take a lot of money to foster / adopt a child. Do you have the money to do that young man?" She asked with a intrigued look on her face. Holden grabbed a envelope out of his pocket and threw it on her desk. "Open it." He said with a smirk. The woman jumped as the envelope landed on her desk. She grabbed it and opened it. Her mouth dropped, "Th-..this is a lot of money." She said stammering. "It is ₤1,000,000. And that is just the paperwork rush money. Afterwords I am willing to give you another ₤1 million, so you can fix up this mess." He said looking around. The woman was still shocked. "I... I..." She didn't know what to say. "Just do it. Ok you will have a lot of money left over~" Holden said in a singsong tone. "I... I will get on it right away Mr. Evans." The lady said as she started grabbing papers. "Good, now my number is in there. So give me a call when you have it filed." He said with a smile as he stood up. "Now have a nice day." He said as he left the office and went to his BMW. "God I am gonna need a shower after this." Holden said with a shiver as he got into the car. |
"Something is very off about that boy Holden..you just be careful. Oh! I almost forgot, you should stop by and see Kali, she really misses you. Not to mention she won't shut up." His eye twitched as he looked to the copper horse, "Yea! I know! Now knock it off!" He ran his hand through his hair, putting the bucket back in the feed room.
Hayden looked back to Amanda and the teddy, "Teddy? What's that?" She gingerly poked the bear jumping back and watching it cautiously, "It that a..'toy'? What are these toy things? I don't understand any of this." She let herself fall to her butt, looking down at the floor and hiding her hands in her kimono. "This is so confusing..." She wished she could confide in Amanda about her...lack of knowledge, but Amanda was human, and could not know. Her expression became slightly distressed as she continued to try and figure things out. "First magical picture boxes..now..these..things.." She pointed to the teddy, "I..don't...get it.." Solomon sighed, going over to Rilov, "I suppose it's time for me to finish up your leg, hm?" He stepped inside as the horse nickered. Solomon took a moment to calculate his power. He fed quite a bit soon after Holden arrived; he should be fine. It had been awhile since he had had so much power stored up. He placed his hands on the horse's knee, careful to not put too much pressure on it. He began to heal the horse's leg, much like he had with Holden's arm. He also repaired the cartilage on his other knee and twisting it a bit to realign it. Rilov squealed a bit as he did so, but he knew better than to move. After a few minutes, he stepped back, leaning on the now empty food bucket with a smile, "How does that feel?" The horse nickered, nudging Solomon with his velvety nose. Solomon smiled, petting his face, "You're welcome boy.." |
"I'll stop by in a few minutes. But I can't stay long because I need to get to the store and buy food, and everything else." Holden said as he sped out of the parking lot.
Jason walked out of the bathroom and walked to the living room, "I-..is Holden b-..back yet?" He asked Alicia, looking down at the floor. "Um no he isn't sweety. I'm watching Peter Pan, do you wanna join me?" Alicia asked as she turned to Jason. "Holden are you gonna be back soon?" She asked. "Um... Su-..sure." He said as he walked over to the couch. He sat as far away as he could from Alicia. "A bout a half hour yet. I'm going to check on Kali." Holden said as he turned onto Solomon's road. "Have the furniture guy's come yet?" He asked as he saw Solomon's house. "Well hurry up, Jason asked about you." She said. The doorbell rang. "That must be them." Alicia said as she got up. She reached the stairs. "Amanda, Hayden the furniture people are here so stay out of their way please." Alicia said as she walked to the door. Jason jumped when he heard the doorbell. He covered his ears when Alicia yelled. "Hello ma'am, we are here to deliver furniture." The man said. "Yep, if you need any help with where to put stuff just ask." Alicia aid as she went back to the couch. "He is a stuffed animal. He is a toy, you play with toy's. You have fun, one of my old friends said that you can be someone other then yourself." Amanda said with a smile. She heard Alicia, "We will." She yelled back. Holden pulled into Solomon's driveway, he shut the car off and teleported close to the barn. |
Solomon lifted his head hearing Holden's car, "I'll have Rita come by to check your leg out before I let you out of your stall..she needs to be sure everything's alright. Kay?" He patted the horse and exited the stall, latching it shut. He went over to Holden, desperately wanting to kiss him. He restrained himself though, giving him a slight smile instead, "She's been kicking the damn door all day...but it's a bit refreshing to have some chaos around here I suppose.." He shrugged, walking with Holden to Kali's stall.
Hayden tilted her head, "You mean like...copying someone?" She was so tempted to change herself again, but she couldn't in front of Amanda. Suddenly anger was written all over her face as she pounded a fist into the wall, nearly denting it, "This isn't fair! I..I can't...because you'd..get scared." She closed her eyes tightly, wishing she could understand this whole toys and play thing for one, and that she could be honest with Amanda for another. She gingerly took the bear from Amanda, tilting her head as she looked at it. |
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