Chapter 2.34 The Diary

Juniper was looking around Belle's new room

It was confusing, that's for sure. Juniper was used to Belle's room only having a single bed, and all the butterflies on the walls. Now, there were no butterflies and no princess bed.
At least it wasn't like Melody's room though, Melody's room was all dark and scared Juniper.

Juniper had seen Belle cuddling a baby, and she assumed it was a boy as it was wrapped up in what looked like a blue blanket and Juniper could tell it was Belle because of her hair. The image was really bright, as always. Boys weren't as good as girls, but that wasn't the point.
Juniper had never, ever seen that baby before, and she knew that babies didn't just come out of nowhere, so she was looking around Belle's room to see where she had hid it.

Belle looked down at her sister who seemed to be looking around her room. "You're teddy isn't hiding in my room, June-bug." She pointed out, watching as the toddler looked around her room.
"I'm not looking for Squiggles, silly." Juniper giggled, then whispered. "Where'd you hide him?" She asked.

Belle frowned, and lifted Juniper up on to her bed. "Where did I hide who?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. She wondered what on earth her sister was on about.

"The baby, silly." Juniper looked up at Belle, who was very confused. "I saw you cuddling a baby, where did you put it?"

Belle was more than confused, wondering what her sister was on about. She sighed. "You're only a toddler, and you're already baby crazy." She murmured under her breath. "Junie, you're the only baby in this house. There's no other baby." She told her. "Now, I think we should stop saying the 'b' word, because my boyfriend is over." Belle smiled at her little sister. She thought it was probably best to ask her little sister to be quiet, so she wouldn't have to explain to Axel why her little sister was talking about babies. That would be a sure-fire way to scare off any teenage guy. 

Juniper frowned. "But I saw you cuddling him!" She protested, scowling, stomping her foot and folding her arms as she stood up on the bed. She didn't get why Belle didn't believe her. Juniper rolled her eyes. Sisters, huh?
"And who were you cuddling?" Belle's boyfriend raised an eyebrow, grinning. He knew that her little sister liked to come up with stories sometimes (or at least, that was what Belle had told him.)
"She's just making up stories again." Belle smiled, slightly uneasy. She did wonder what her sister meant, but it was probably best to talk about that later.

Belle picked up Juniper, and took her back into her room. "We'll talk about what you said another time, okay?" She whispered.

Juniper nodded, smiling slightly. "Can't it be a girl instead?" She asked, pouting.

"We'll see, maybe." Belle replied absently, not fully focusing on what her sister said and she went back into her own bedroom.

"You're little sister can be really creative, can't she?" Axel asked, sat on Belle's new double bed.

Belle half smiled, "Yeah, creative." She murmured, making sure her door was firmly closed. She didn't want anyone overhearing their conversation."Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about something, and what you think I should do." 

He narrowed his eyes, suspicious. "You've not robbed a bank or anything, have you? If you have, I expect you to buy me something pretty to keep my mouth shut." He smirked at her.

She sighed, grinning in return. "Dammit, you caught me. I'll buy you a pretty pair of earrings to keep you quiet, okay?" She laughed, joking. 

"Besides from my robbery, there's something else I need to talk to you about, and I need your opinion on something." She frowned, serious now.
He frowned. "You're kind of scaring me, Belle. What's going on?" He asked, and watched as Belle went into her drawer and pulled out a book.

"It's my mom's diary. I took it." She sat down on the bed, and placed it in between them. "I figured that if I wanted to know why she said what she said, and why she's been acting so weird, this is my best chance." She explained, frowning.
"Right... And you need my opinion on what?" He asked.

"On whether or not I should actually read it." Belle frowned. It was an invasion of privacy, a huge invasion of privacy. She needed to know though. She wanted to know why her mom acted the way she did.
He frowned, looking at the diary as he spoke. "I'm not so sure Belle. I guess that depends on what you want to do." He murmured, feeling rather awkward about this situation.

"I want to know why she's being so weird, and why she's being so mean all of a sudden." Belle frowned. "She's being horrible, and I don't know why but I want to know why."
Axel sighed, then shrugged slightly. "Then read it, but if I were you, I'd only read the relevant parts, so the more recent entries."
Belle nodded slightly, half smiling. "Yeah, I don't really want to know about who my mom had a crush on in high school." She murmured, opening the diary and flicking through it slightly.

Melody happened to like her new room. It was cool, and edgy. She didn't want a pretty room like what Belle has, she wanted one with more...

Personality.

However, something was slightly bothering Melody though.

She looked a lot different from the rest of her family, and even though there was absolutely nothing wrong with that (she liked being different, don't get her wrong) she couldn't help but feel not quite as pretty as her older sister.

Her older sister was part French, and everyone knows that French girls are prettier than other girls. That's just basic knowledge. French girls just scream sex appeal (not literally of course) but do female werewolves? 

Nope.

Melody frowned. It wasn't like she was jealous of Belle or anything, after all, her sister wasn't exactly the smartest nor the bravest. Even though Melody could be forgetful sometimes (and her imagination used to get the better of her often) but at least she was rather clever. Belle was as dumb as a bag of...

She stopped that train of thought, not wanting to be mean to Belle. It wasn't her fault she wasn't very clever. She left her bedroom, and saw her mom in the hallway. She wanted to ask her mom about something, but wasn't fully sure how to do it.
"Mom?" Melody asked, quietly. Her mom didn't hear her, so Melody just repeated louder. "Mom?"

'Alyssa' rolled her eyes. She was ignoring her on purpose, but now she couldn't. Stupid brat. "Yes?" She asked, pleasantly while smiling.

"I-I wanted t-to ask you something." The brat stuttered, looking at the floor. Was there something wrong with it? 'Alyssa' sighed, figuring it was probably nervous about something.

"Yes?" She repeated, a little more irritated. 

Melody looked down at the floor, regretting asking her mom now. She didn't seem like she was in a good mood. "D-Do you think I'm pretty?" She asked, finally looking up at her mom. She kind of figured that her mom would say yes.

But the situation of where her actual mother's  location was still unknown to Melody, as 'Alyssa' smiled. "Sweetie... Do you want me to be honest?" She asked.

Melody frowned, wondering what her mom was going to say, but she nodded anyway. "Of course."

'Alyssa' sighed. "Well, for a start, you never have your hair down and that fringe? What are you? Juniper's age?" She laughed, then carried on with "And your lips too, they really are quite small. Other than that, you just look plain, there's nothing that's specifically pretty about you." She shrugged, smiling simply "That, and you have nothing to you. You're as flat as an airplane runway." 'Alyssa' laughed, then smiled sympathetically. "At least you'd be able to get work done, maybe for your next birthday, you can get a nose job or a boob job or whatever you want." And then she walked off to her bedroom.

Melody went back into her bedroom, and stood back in front of her mirror. She wasn't so sure what to think. It wasn't like she was exactly fishing for compliments, but she didn't expect her mom to be so... Honest. She thought that her mom would have sugar coated it a little.

She couldn't help but look at what she looked like in the mirror. Was she really that unpretty?

Belle was idly flicking through the last couple of entries in her mom's diary. She did feel guilty doing this and looking through it, but then again, her mom was willing to keep one secret from her, how many more was she willing to keep?

Belle was more encouraged by that thought, and was even more concerned when she saw that one page was written all in funny letters, ones she didn't recognize.

She tore the page out of the diary, noticing nothing was behind it. The entry was dated a little bit after her mom's adult birthday, but a change of birthday doesn't mean you start writing in a different language with weird looking symbols! It looks like something they would study in history at school.

Maybe she should talk to her Aunt Sabrina about this. Her Aunt was really clever when it came to old things like this, almost as if she did in fact live in the past.

Juniper was thinking about what she saw, maybe it wasn't actually Belle's baby, maybe it could have been a future baby brother for her. She didn't like that thought. Juniper had to be the youngest sibling, that was the rule!

"I don't want a brother." Juniper told her Daddy, frowning. Her Daddy looked confused.

Tyler put the book away, looking at Juniper "There's not much that can be done about Nate or Ash, June. I know you prefer your sisters, but we can't trade them in or anything." He half smiled at her.

She shook her head. "No, they're okay for now." She half smiled, and then explained. "I don't want a baby brother. I'm the only baby." She huffed, folding her arms.

That just confused him even more. "Did your Mommy tell you a secret about that? Or did you see it?" He asked, picking her up and sitting her down next to him.

"Saw it." Juniper responded, and couldn't help but smile a little. She always felt special whenever she could see something. "I don't want a baby brother." She frowned, figuring that it might have been a little brother. She didn't want one, ever. Juniper was the youngest, and she wanted it to stay like that. She didn't want to share her room or her toys with an icky baby brother.

"I promise you won't have a baby brother, or a baby sister. Sometimes what you see might not come true, so that's one of the things that won't come true." He explained to her.

"No baby brother then." Juniper smiled, happier now. She didn't want to share her Mommy's and Daddy's attention with anyone new. They were all hers!

"No baby brother, or baby sister." He smiled at her. "You're enough of a handful as it is." He grinned at her.

Faye grinned, able to see that her plan was working. She was so close to being able to meet him. Not like she would ever tell her mother what her true intentions were, but she wanted to warn him about her mother.

He was so close. Just a little more magic would probably make the lure slightly stronger. It wasn't like she was purposely dragging him there, a lure was more just like a nagging feeling of needing to go somewhere. She wasn't trying to hurt him or anything, she wasn't her mother.

Her eyes widened when something went wrong, and when he collapsed. If Faye could talk, she would have cursed. She didn't intend on hurting him, and she knew it was her fault. If only she could have spoke to him normally, without needing magic, then she wouldn't have lost her voice and he wouldn't have collapsed.

She quickly went over to him, and tried her hardest to get him to wake up. She knew it wouldn't be a fatal thing or anything but she was still panicking because unlike her, he actually had a family to go home to. She stayed with him, waiting for him to wake up.

Chapter 2.33 Princesses and Fairytales

Chapter 2.35 Notes and Pages

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AN: Can I just point out how sassy Juniper looks in the sixth picture? She looks so sassy! It's so adorable! It kinda looks like she's with a bunch of people who aren't paying attention to her, and that she's going to diva out at any minute.

This would have actually been out a lot sooner if my laptop didn't keep crashing on me.

And I redid the teenager's rooms (Belle's, Melody's and Ashton's rooms). The butterflies and princess bed was too little kid-ish for Belle, so I gave her a new pretty room, and I gothed up Melody's room. Her's is my favourite.
I'm still in the process of doing Ashton's, hence why his room hasn't been seen yet.