Juniper watched the pigeons, grinning.
Birdies were so cute! She wanted a birdy. She wanted a pigeon, but her daddy always said that they were dirty. They didn't look all too dirty. They looked nice. Maybe she could be friends with one of them! She would like that. She could be friends with all the birdies! She could even be the Queen of the Birdies!
"If you go up to it, it's just going to fly away." Holly noted dryly as Juniper went a little closer to the pigeon. Holly was the only one out of Rosie's kids that was a vampire, and she kind of liked it that way. She didn't like the sun though, nor the outside, but her aunt Alyssa was over, and her mom had told her to spend time with her cousin.
"Birdie!" Juniper chirped, and began to go towards the bird. She went slowly at first up to her first follower. She could almost picture it. She would have her own tiara and all the birdies would sing to her. It was perfect! She approached the pigeon cautiously.
Juniper went to the pigeon and leaped on to where it was to catch it. She didn't fully think it through, as she was now on the cold, hard ground with the pigeon long gone.
Holly shuffled over, sitting in the shade now. It still kept the horrible sun off of her, which she wanted. "I honestly can't say I didn't see that coming." She laughed a little. "What did you expect?"
Juniper didn't find it as funny. Her birdies were all gone, and her knees hurt and her hands and arms were all tingly from the landing. She started to cry, experiencing one of the worst times of her life. She couldn't be Queen of the Birdies now. She didn't have any birdies to be queen of.
"My arm's squiggly!" She cried out, not knowing the word for tingly. She didn't like the squiggly feeling at all. It kinda hurt.
Holly sighed, and went to look at Juniper's arm. It looked perfectly fine. "I'll get aunt Alyssa." She stood up, "She'll know what to do." She half smiled, then quickly went to find Alyssa.
"Squiggly." Juniper murmured as Holly left, shaking her arm. She really didn't like the feeling. She knew that her mommy would make it all better though. Mommy always made everything feel better, it was her job.
Something weird happened next though... Juniper saw something strange.
What she saw was a little fuzzy, and really bright, it hurt her eyes a little. It was a weird feeling Juniper got, it was as if the picture had overtook what it was she was looking at. The picture took over the grass and trees of outside.
What Juniper saw was her mommy, and she was upset. Juniper hated it when her mommy was upset. It made her feel not very nice inside. She wondered where her daddy was in that picture. Her daddy always made her mommy feel better, and he always made her smile again.
Meanwhile, inside, 'Alyssa' didn't really have much input on the conversation between thebit witch and her 'sister-in-law'. Surely, she should have had something to say, if she was going to keep up the lie, but it was easier to claim she was staying out of it.
"I'm just saying self-soothe is better for babies. It's tough love. They can't always be depending on you." Rosie pointed out, and 'Alyssa' could tell that she was trying to keep her cool. She grinned inwardly, finding it amusing as she got annoyed. Maybe she should agree with 'her' sister-in-law, just for the amusement,
"How is it better? It's better to look after them, and care for them. Daisy's only young, and I don't want her crying in the night because she misses me." She defended herself, frowning. Sabrina then turned to her. "What do you think Alyssa? Do you think you should look after and care for your child, or do you think you should be neglectful?" Sabrina shot a look at Rosie, who rolled her eyes.
"Its called teaching the child independence." She corrected. "But what do you think Alyssa?"
'Alyssa' had no actual view on this. She didn't really care all too much, it wasn't like she had kids. Sure, the real Alyssa did, but they were old enough to not fully needed her, The youngest two, maybe need her. She knew Tyler would just look after them two though, after all, that was the main reason she made him come here too. Juniper wanted to come here with her, and 'Alyssa' didn't want to deal with her on her own.
She half smiled at Sabrina. "I personally agree with you, Sabrina. I think it's better to attend to a baby when it's upset." And she ignored the look Rosie gave her as she smiled back at her like nothing in the world was wrong.
Sabrina grinned at Rosie. "See? Told you I was right. Maybe you could try the right way with the next baby."
Rosie scoffed. "I'm not doing that. Independence is a good thing, and the baby needs to know that." She sighed, but soon smiled when she saw Holly up at the table. "Is something wrong, Holls?"
Holly frowned, and looked at Alyssa. "Juniper's upset." She said basically, knowing that Alyssa would probably do something. Moms were always good at this sort of thing.
"Is she?" 'Alyssa' asked, humming a little. She knew that the little spawn would soon cheer herself up when she saw some butterflies or whatever. Juniper was like that, and it bugged her. Always optimistic and happy. Most children were the same anyway. Easy to upset and fun to mess with, which was exactly why 'Alyssa' wasn't taking all too much interest in Juniper being upset.
Juniper was really bothered by what she saw. She didn't understand, why was her mommy upset? And where was she? Wasn't her mommy inside? She didn't get it, and it really upset her more on top of her birdie followers flying away and her squiggly arms (which were partially fading by now). How could a day get any worse?!
She was slightly happier when she got cuddles from her daddy, but that still didn't mean she was fully happy. "Why mommy sad?" She asked, "Where's mommy?" She asked again, wanting to know. She didn't get it.
Tyler was rather confused by what Juniper was going on about. "She's inside, and she's not upset." He told her simply, figuring it was just more of kids having wild imaginations. Still, he would much rather be confused by Juniper than near Rosie's husband. Tyler knew that some vampires were alright (and Rosie being fine is a sign of that) but he still couldn't help but be at least a little uneasy.
Juniper shook her head. She knows what she saw. "Mommy's upset. Saw it." She frowned, looking up at him. "Where is she?" She asked, wondering where her mommy was.
Tyler frowned, curious about what Juniper meant. "What did it look like?" He asked her, and sat her down on the floor as he sat down opposite her, He had a sneaking suspicion about his daughter and her persistence on believing what she saw.
"Mommy was sad." Juniper frowned. "And she was on floor." She described, tilting her head. Why did it matter what she saw? She wanted him to know that he should make mommy happy again.
He sighed ever so slightly, remembering that she was only young and didn't understand. "Was it really bright?" He asked. He had an inkling that Juniper had developed clairvoyance powers from somewhere. He knew that there was magic in both his family (obviously with him being a mind reader) and he recalled Alyssa mentioning something about her mom being a teleporter. Neither of them stemmed clairvoyance though, which confused him.
She nodded. "Ouchy on eyes." She frowned, which was Juniper-ese for it hurt her eyes.
Tyler frowned, figuring his suspicion was right, "Right." He murmured. He knew someone who was a clairvoyant and well... Needless to say, he didn't want his daughter turning out that way, He sighed, before speaking. "You're going to have to do a favour for me, Juni. Can you do that?" He asked, putting on a smile as he did.
"Imma big girl. I can do it." She grinned, not taking in how serious her daddy was being.
"I know you are." He smiled at her, then continued with, "Whenever you see something, you can't tell anyone, okay? You have to keep it a secret. You can tell me, mommy, your teddies and your brothers and sisters, but no one else." He was stern but soft. He didn't want people to treat her differently because she could see into the future.
"Can I tell Maya?" She asked, tilting her head like how a dog would. "Maya's good with secrets." She whispered, smiling.
Tyler grinned, "Yes, you can tell Maya. But make sure she doesn't tell any of her puppy friends." He smiled at her.
Once Tyler was gone, Sabrina grinned. "What did I tell you, hmm?" She then started to mimic what the real Alyssa had said a while ago "There's nothing there. You're clutching at straws, me and him are purely platonic. Sure, there was something there once upon a time, but I doubt there's anything there now." And she laughed. Obviously, 'Alyssa' had no clue what was going on. "So, when exactly is the wedding?" She asked.
Before 'Alyssa' had time to talk, Rosie playfully hit her on the arm. "You and him are getting married? You tell your sister that first, and then your sister in law." She grinned.
Alyssa shook her head. "We're not engaged, Rosie. And I'm honestly I'm not sure what's going to happen." She shrugged.
"Are you being stupid on purpose?" Sabrina teased, grinning. "I mean, he loves you and you love him. What's going to happen that will get in the way of that?"
"I can answer that, nothing." Rosie grinned, then looked at her little sister. "And when you do get engaged for real, you tell me first. Echoing what Sabrina said, nothing will get in the way of you and him being happy." She smiled.
'Alyssa' grinned, all too knowingly. "I was being silly before. Nothing is going to get in the way of me being happy."
The real Alyssa had almost the opposite feeling that the fake one. She missed her family, she missed Tyler, she was even beginning to miss the washing machine that was always breaking on her (no matter how many times she kicks it). It was really making her upset being away from her family for so long.
She heard someone behind herself, and rolled her eyes. Another damn fairy. They were all like little pests, all of them are like mosquitoes. Unfortunately, she left her bug spray at home.
Alyssa moved her hair forwards slightly, not wanting the fairy to know she was crying. "I swear, those kids of ours." She heard the fairy laugh, and Alyssa gritted her teeth. "I mean, Juniper, God bless her, she isn't very smart, is she? She doesn't take after us." She grinned. Melancholia preferred being herself whenever she could be.
"Don't talk about my daughter that way." She was starting to get annoyed now. "She's my daughter, and they're my kids." She growled.
The fairy sighed, "You never know Alyssa. As it stands, I could be their new mommy. Your boyfriend certainly can't tell the difference between you and me. Maybe I'll get used to this, playing happy family." She mused.
"They've my kids. No matter what you do, they will always belong to me. Me. They're mine." She growled, and it was a good thing for the fairy that there was a fence, otherwise there would be fairy face confetti all over the floor.
"That's cute, you trying to intimidate me, when I'm the one on this side of the fence." She grinned. "You're not going to be able to go until I have what I want." She smiled dryly. "And thanks to the little pep talk your sister and sister in law gave me, I know nothing is going to stand in my way."
"You will never, ever get away with this. They'll realise you're not me." Her fingers curled around the fence, furious.
"I don't think so. Your kids will soon forget what you were like, I mean, lets face it, they have a two second memory. That, and your sister and sister in law think that your precious boyfriend wants to propose. Wouldn't it be funny if I got the ring and you didn't?" She laughed.
Alyssa frowned, going through a mix of fury and wanting to cry. Tyler was her boyfriend, not the fairy's. "He's mine, not yours. You can't just steal away my life!" She yelled.
The fairy simply laughed. "I already have, Alyssa. I already have." And Alyssa watched as the fairy walked off.
Once the fairy was gone, Alyssa sat down on the bed, and started to cry. She felt helpless as that fairy slowly tore apart her family life. She had worked so hard to make her life the way she wanted it to be, and now she finally had it, someone was just going to come and take it from her.
She would have been optimistic in thinking that she could somehow beat that fairy, and somehow get out of here and somehow get back home, what how could she? She felt utterly helpless.
Chapter 2.29 Fine, Just Fine
"If you go up to it, it's just going to fly away." Holly noted dryly as Juniper went a little closer to the pigeon. Holly was the only one out of Rosie's kids that was a vampire, and she kind of liked it that way. She didn't like the sun though, nor the outside, but her aunt Alyssa was over, and her mom had told her to spend time with her cousin.
"Birdie!" Juniper chirped, and began to go towards the bird. She went slowly at first up to her first follower. She could almost picture it. She would have her own tiara and all the birdies would sing to her. It was perfect! She approached the pigeon cautiously.
Juniper went to the pigeon and leaped on to where it was to catch it. She didn't fully think it through, as she was now on the cold, hard ground with the pigeon long gone.
Holly shuffled over, sitting in the shade now. It still kept the horrible sun off of her, which she wanted. "I honestly can't say I didn't see that coming." She laughed a little. "What did you expect?"
Juniper didn't find it as funny. Her birdies were all gone, and her knees hurt and her hands and arms were all tingly from the landing. She started to cry, experiencing one of the worst times of her life. She couldn't be Queen of the Birdies now. She didn't have any birdies to be queen of.
"My arm's squiggly!" She cried out, not knowing the word for tingly. She didn't like the squiggly feeling at all. It kinda hurt.
Holly sighed, and went to look at Juniper's arm. It looked perfectly fine. "I'll get aunt Alyssa." She stood up, "She'll know what to do." She half smiled, then quickly went to find Alyssa.
"Squiggly." Juniper murmured as Holly left, shaking her arm. She really didn't like the feeling. She knew that her mommy would make it all better though. Mommy always made everything feel better, it was her job.
Something weird happened next though... Juniper saw something strange.
What she saw was a little fuzzy, and really bright, it hurt her eyes a little. It was a weird feeling Juniper got, it was as if the picture had overtook what it was she was looking at. The picture took over the grass and trees of outside.
What Juniper saw was her mommy, and she was upset. Juniper hated it when her mommy was upset. It made her feel not very nice inside. She wondered where her daddy was in that picture. Her daddy always made her mommy feel better, and he always made her smile again.
Meanwhile, inside, 'Alyssa' didn't really have much input on the conversation between the
"I'm just saying self-soothe is better for babies. It's tough love. They can't always be depending on you." Rosie pointed out, and 'Alyssa' could tell that she was trying to keep her cool. She grinned inwardly, finding it amusing as she got annoyed. Maybe she should agree with 'her' sister-in-law, just for the amusement,
"How is it better? It's better to look after them, and care for them. Daisy's only young, and I don't want her crying in the night because she misses me." She defended herself, frowning. Sabrina then turned to her. "What do you think Alyssa? Do you think you should look after and care for your child, or do you think you should be neglectful?" Sabrina shot a look at Rosie, who rolled her eyes.
"Its called teaching the child independence." She corrected. "But what do you think Alyssa?"
'Alyssa' had no actual view on this. She didn't really care all too much, it wasn't like she had kids. Sure, the real Alyssa did, but they were old enough to not fully needed her, The youngest two, maybe need her. She knew Tyler would just look after them two though, after all, that was the main reason she made him come here too. Juniper wanted to come here with her, and 'Alyssa' didn't want to deal with her on her own.
She half smiled at Sabrina. "I personally agree with you, Sabrina. I think it's better to attend to a baby when it's upset." And she ignored the look Rosie gave her as she smiled back at her like nothing in the world was wrong.
Sabrina grinned at Rosie. "See? Told you I was right. Maybe you could try the right way with the next baby."
Rosie scoffed. "I'm not doing that. Independence is a good thing, and the baby needs to know that." She sighed, but soon smiled when she saw Holly up at the table. "Is something wrong, Holls?"
Holly frowned, and looked at Alyssa. "Juniper's upset." She said basically, knowing that Alyssa would probably do something. Moms were always good at this sort of thing.
"Is she?" 'Alyssa' asked, humming a little. She knew that the little spawn would soon cheer herself up when she saw some butterflies or whatever. Juniper was like that, and it bugged her. Always optimistic and happy. Most children were the same anyway. Easy to upset and fun to mess with, which was exactly why 'Alyssa' wasn't taking all too much interest in Juniper being upset.
Juniper was really bothered by what she saw. She didn't understand, why was her mommy upset? And where was she? Wasn't her mommy inside? She didn't get it, and it really upset her more on top of her birdie followers flying away and her squiggly arms (which were partially fading by now). How could a day get any worse?!
She was slightly happier when she got cuddles from her daddy, but that still didn't mean she was fully happy. "Why mommy sad?" She asked, "Where's mommy?" She asked again, wanting to know. She didn't get it.
Tyler was rather confused by what Juniper was going on about. "She's inside, and she's not upset." He told her simply, figuring it was just more of kids having wild imaginations. Still, he would much rather be confused by Juniper than near Rosie's husband. Tyler knew that some vampires were alright (and Rosie being fine is a sign of that) but he still couldn't help but be at least a little uneasy.
Juniper shook her head. She knows what she saw. "Mommy's upset. Saw it." She frowned, looking up at him. "Where is she?" She asked, wondering where her mommy was.
Tyler frowned, curious about what Juniper meant. "What did it look like?" He asked her, and sat her down on the floor as he sat down opposite her, He had a sneaking suspicion about his daughter and her persistence on believing what she saw.
"Mommy was sad." Juniper frowned. "And she was on floor." She described, tilting her head. Why did it matter what she saw? She wanted him to know that he should make mommy happy again.
He sighed ever so slightly, remembering that she was only young and didn't understand. "Was it really bright?" He asked. He had an inkling that Juniper had developed clairvoyance powers from somewhere. He knew that there was magic in both his family (obviously with him being a mind reader) and he recalled Alyssa mentioning something about her mom being a teleporter. Neither of them stemmed clairvoyance though, which confused him.
She nodded. "Ouchy on eyes." She frowned, which was Juniper-ese for it hurt her eyes.
Tyler frowned, figuring his suspicion was right, "Right." He murmured. He knew someone who was a clairvoyant and well... Needless to say, he didn't want his daughter turning out that way, He sighed, before speaking. "You're going to have to do a favour for me, Juni. Can you do that?" He asked, putting on a smile as he did.
"Imma big girl. I can do it." She grinned, not taking in how serious her daddy was being.
"I know you are." He smiled at her, then continued with, "Whenever you see something, you can't tell anyone, okay? You have to keep it a secret. You can tell me, mommy, your teddies and your brothers and sisters, but no one else." He was stern but soft. He didn't want people to treat her differently because she could see into the future.
"Can I tell Maya?" She asked, tilting her head like how a dog would. "Maya's good with secrets." She whispered, smiling.
Tyler grinned, "Yes, you can tell Maya. But make sure she doesn't tell any of her puppy friends." He smiled at her.
Once Tyler was gone, Sabrina grinned. "What did I tell you, hmm?" She then started to mimic what the real Alyssa had said a while ago "There's nothing there. You're clutching at straws, me and him are purely platonic. Sure, there was something there once upon a time, but I doubt there's anything there now." And she laughed. Obviously, 'Alyssa' had no clue what was going on. "So, when exactly is the wedding?" She asked.
Before 'Alyssa' had time to talk, Rosie playfully hit her on the arm. "You and him are getting married? You tell your sister that first, and then your sister in law." She grinned.
Alyssa shook her head. "We're not engaged, Rosie. And I'm honestly I'm not sure what's going to happen." She shrugged.
"Are you being stupid on purpose?" Sabrina teased, grinning. "I mean, he loves you and you love him. What's going to happen that will get in the way of that?"
"I can answer that, nothing." Rosie grinned, then looked at her little sister. "And when you do get engaged for real, you tell me first. Echoing what Sabrina said, nothing will get in the way of you and him being happy." She smiled.
'Alyssa' grinned, all too knowingly. "I was being silly before. Nothing is going to get in the way of me being happy."
The real Alyssa had almost the opposite feeling that the fake one. She missed her family, she missed Tyler, she was even beginning to miss the washing machine that was always breaking on her (no matter how many times she kicks it). It was really making her upset being away from her family for so long.
She heard someone behind herself, and rolled her eyes. Another damn fairy. They were all like little pests, all of them are like mosquitoes. Unfortunately, she left her bug spray at home.
Alyssa moved her hair forwards slightly, not wanting the fairy to know she was crying. "I swear, those kids of ours." She heard the fairy laugh, and Alyssa gritted her teeth. "I mean, Juniper, God bless her, she isn't very smart, is she? She doesn't take after us." She grinned. Melancholia preferred being herself whenever she could be.
"Don't talk about my daughter that way." She was starting to get annoyed now. "She's my daughter, and they're my kids." She growled.
The fairy sighed, "You never know Alyssa. As it stands, I could be their new mommy. Your boyfriend certainly can't tell the difference between you and me. Maybe I'll get used to this, playing happy family." She mused.
"They've my kids. No matter what you do, they will always belong to me. Me. They're mine." She growled, and it was a good thing for the fairy that there was a fence, otherwise there would be fairy face confetti all over the floor.
"That's cute, you trying to intimidate me, when I'm the one on this side of the fence." She grinned. "You're not going to be able to go until I have what I want." She smiled dryly. "And thanks to the little pep talk your sister and sister in law gave me, I know nothing is going to stand in my way."
"You will never, ever get away with this. They'll realise you're not me." Her fingers curled around the fence, furious.
"I don't think so. Your kids will soon forget what you were like, I mean, lets face it, they have a two second memory. That, and your sister and sister in law think that your precious boyfriend wants to propose. Wouldn't it be funny if I got the ring and you didn't?" She laughed.
Alyssa frowned, going through a mix of fury and wanting to cry. Tyler was her boyfriend, not the fairy's. "He's mine, not yours. You can't just steal away my life!" She yelled.
The fairy simply laughed. "I already have, Alyssa. I already have." And Alyssa watched as the fairy walked off.
Once the fairy was gone, Alyssa sat down on the bed, and started to cry. She felt helpless as that fairy slowly tore apart her family life. She had worked so hard to make her life the way she wanted it to be, and now she finally had it, someone was just going to come and take it from her.
She would have been optimistic in thinking that she could somehow beat that fairy, and somehow get out of here and somehow get back home, what how could she? She felt utterly helpless.
Chapter 2.29 Fine, Just Fine
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AN: :(
Poor Alyssa. And I mean real Alyssa there.
The conversation/argument that Rosie and Sabrina were having, I honestly have no opinion on it. I just heard that argument on Desperate Housewives (between Lynette and Susan over how to help baby Paige when she was crying) and that's where I got it from. I have no personal views.
As for Juniper, she's adorable to write for. I can't remember who it was, but they said that they used to say their arms felt squiggly when they meant that tingly feeling. Thinking about it, I think that person meant when they had pins and needles, but it can transfer :)
I also love the way Holly looks, she's the only vampire out of Rosie's kids and I think I have a thing of naming children after plants (Rosie, Juniper, Holly (was called something else, I renamed) and Connor and Sabrina had a daughter (she was originally called something weird) called Daisy)
And now I need to be off downloading outfits because there's birthdays next chapter!
Thank you for reading!
Juniper would be great as queen of birds, especially since she'd named after something they can nest in. Even if it gives off some Hitchcock vibes. But then Melancholia has wings.... oh I got it now. Clever ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's so sad that she knows what's going on with her mum, even if she doesn't know what's going on. But Taylor picked up on Junipers skills pretty quickly, maybe.... Nah, who am I kidding. You're not going to make it that easy for Alyssa.
Melancholia is taking it pretty easy with Alyssas life so far. Just annoying Rosie a bit, but I actually think Alyssa would have agreed with Sabrina anyway.
She would be, and she is (like you said) named after a tree so yeah, she would be. Yes, I fully meant the thing that was clever, I didn't just make that scene because I found a way of making pigeons... Hah hah... No, Carrie's clever and not at all pigeon obsessed <.< >.>
DeleteIt is rather sad, but on the bright side, if she does know that means she'll be of some help (albeit, not much based on she thought she could be a pigeon queen). Tyler did pick up on it quickly, and Juniper is going to be a little help when/if real Alyssa gets rescued.
Melancholia is having fun playing happy family life, she'll turn nasty soon, don't worry. ;)
I figured that real Alyssa would have agreed with Sabrina too, mostly because Alyssa loves babies (for reasons which her creator does not understand)
Aw. Queen of the birds. At least she hasn't discovered Queen Elsa yet or she'd just want to be Queen Elsa. lol Though how tough to see what's going on with her mom and not be able to say it as she sees it. At least it sounded like Tyler listened to her. Here's hoping he doesn't let that tidbit out of his mind, but thinks about it a little.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see Melancholia is still just playing along with what's going on. Then again, I'd almost rather she get a move on so Alyssa can get back to her family.
Ah, Juniper seems like the kind who would absolutely adore Elsa, hehe.
DeleteIt is tough for her, but part of her doesn't fully understand what it is she is seeing. All she sees is her mommy upset. Tyler was listening to her though, as best as he could at least.
Melancholia is playing happy family life at the moment, just enjoying it all. She will turn nasty soon though, I promise ;)
I found it hilarious that Melancholia agreed with Sabrina's argument, and then did nothing to help Juniper, her "child". Now it's obvious that you just want to disagree with Rosie.
ReplyDeleteI think Tyler can already sense that something is wrong. Hopefully it won't take him too long to figure it out, for Alyssa's sake.
Melancholia didn't give a flying fadoodle about what Sabrina and Rosie were on about. She just wanted to annoy Rosie because Melancholia really dislikes Rosie.
DeleteHe can sense that something is up, but he has no way of finding out. Alyssa Alyssa (not fake Alyssa) told him not to read her mind or anything for her own sake of privacy, so he can't use that to find out about 'Alyssa' taking over Alyssa's life.