Valentines Prep
Feb 14, 2017
Jada was pleased that she had managed to make her way back to Destiny City for this day, of all of them. There wasn't much on the schedule for Valentine's Day at Fashion Week, and even if there had been, the flight back and forth between the two was short enough that seeing the effervescent joy on the twins’ faces was worth the cost. Even if it hadn't been… it had been a long time since she was so long away from them, and she was missing them desperately. Once she went over to Europe in a couple days, however… hugs would be via Skype. It was probably going to be worse for her than for them, being alone in those same circles which had damned her, before, the parties and the old friends staring and circling like drug-and-booze-pushing sharks. But that was something the woman was going to have to face anyways.
Eagerly, Jada dropped to her knees as the twins rushed her (individually, because of all things they couldn't coordinate...), pressing kisses to ruddy cheeks, hugging them tight to her. “Have you been enjoying your vacation so far?” she asked, already fairly certain of their answers. She had dropped them off on the 8th, and it was known that once Elzo got their hands on his newly confirmed little siblings, he was going to spoil them rotten. Her suspicions were confirmed as both children started babbling at the same time, talking over and with each other, completing sentences even as they spun their little take in completely different directions. It had to be a twin thing- Zora and Kayley had been the same way when they were younger, before their interests had so sharply diverged and they had grown separate. But never apart.
She had come for a purpose, however; Jada began to unload her bag almost immediately, and the trio set to their most important tasks. The older woman had not brought an overnight bag full of clothes and toiletries from New York for this day trip, but had instead filled her carry-on with various additional treats that were custom made from a slightly more ‘exotic’ locale for them to give out to their friends and their families- bon bons from Bond Street, some truffles from La Maison, and even some small treats from Li-Lac; the trio had full valentine's day plans for everyone, and all of them had been working overtime on getting their parts of the packages ready. Jada’s was just the last little bit, for with her she brought the mason jars that they had prepared, which she had stopped by the mansion to pick up and bring to the ‘city house’.
The kitchen was full of giggles as the trio lay out their ingredients, creating an ‘assembly line’ for making the valentines boxes. The twins would be giving most of them out by themselves, of course, but there were (out of necessity) going to be a few that Jada would be involved in ensuring that they made it to their appropriate homes. The ingredients were spread out slowly, with much spinning around the kitchen, and the flailing of glitter. But at last (after about half an hour of cheek smooching and desperate attempts at parenting by the woefully unprepared Jada) they were ready to go.
Giulia felt like they had been waiting for Jada to get back from New York for like, a whole week. And she was going to be gone even longer next time! Not that she minded, all that much. Nanny was staying with them all the time when they weren’t in school, and then Jada’s friend Elzo was keeping an eye on them, too. Giulia had met him once, when she was really little, and then again when he started coming over for macaroni Tuesdays. He had star-hair.) She paced around the living room, waiting impatiently for the arrival of- there! Nanny called for her not to run outside without her shoes on, but Giulia ignored her, bouncing out of the door of the city-house happily, dancing down the sidewalk.
She and Aidan had been working on making their special Valentine Cards for everyone, and they were glittery and written out in childish cursive. Aidan’s were puppy-themed, and Giulia’s were princess-themed, of course. The blonde girl dragged her sister into the house, the wheels of Jada’s bag clickety-clacketing behind them. “AIDAN!” she shrieked, her voice reverberating through the much smaller house than she was used to, “MEET US IN THE KITCHEN! JADA IS HERE, IT IS VALENTINE TIME!” Her feet slapped against the hardwood floors, smashing their way to the stairs, and Giulia rushed to collect her art projects while Aidan shrieked and clung to mama.
When Giulia made it back downstairs, Aidan and Jada were giggling, staring at the puppy valentines he had picked up, and he had already given Jada their gift! OH! “Not fair!” she complained, “I wanted to- ack!” Kiss attack!
“I love it,” Jada promised her, and Giulia giggled with pleasure at the fact the gift had gone over well. They had picked out the shiniest charm to go on her bracelet at the little shop, and engraved it with “#1”. Nothing else, because Aidan said they had to call her mama, and Giulia said she was just Jada, and the squabble had been loud enough that they had gotten in trouble and Nanny had threatened to call, which would have ruined the surprise, and-
Ooo, the cookie mix was being put out! She eagerly assisted in lining up the jars and setting out the measuring spoons and cups that would go with it, and lining up the valentines for everyone. Some people were getting chocolate chip mix, or certain flavors of the candies that Jada had brought with her from New York, and Giulia was going to make sure the Valentines were put together perfectly. She had even color-cordidinated the boxes and the ribbons that would go with the jars they had made! Everything was going to be perfect.
Slowly, she helped mama pour in the ingredients for the cookie mix, measuring each of the main ingredients into the decorated mason jars with a furrowed brow, tongue in her teeth. Next to her, Aidan carefully sprinkled in some of the more unique ingredients- chocolate chips, salted caramel chips, pecans, m&m pieces, butterfinger chunks. Each person had a slightly different special ingredient, and he checked the list they had made carefully before pouring it in. And last, Jada double-checked the production and put the lids on, tying the directions and the bow with the colors Giulia had picked out.
At long last they were done, however, and the boxes were all made up. There was even one for their Christmas Seal. It was such a relief that Jada didn't think Giulia was crazy for calling him a Seal Prince. She just raised her brow and sighed. Maybe Jada had her own Prince once; but Giulia doubted that Jada's Prince had been able to become an elf! (But that was their secret.)
Feb 14, 2017
Jada was pleased that she had managed to make her way back to Destiny City for this day, of all of them. There wasn't much on the schedule for Valentine's Day at Fashion Week, and even if there had been, the flight back and forth between the two was short enough that seeing the effervescent joy on the twins’ faces was worth the cost. Even if it hadn't been… it had been a long time since she was so long away from them, and she was missing them desperately. Once she went over to Europe in a couple days, however… hugs would be via Skype. It was probably going to be worse for her than for them, being alone in those same circles which had damned her, before, the parties and the old friends staring and circling like drug-and-booze-pushing sharks. But that was something the woman was going to have to face anyways.
Eagerly, Jada dropped to her knees as the twins rushed her (individually, because of all things they couldn't coordinate...), pressing kisses to ruddy cheeks, hugging them tight to her. “Have you been enjoying your vacation so far?” she asked, already fairly certain of their answers. She had dropped them off on the 8th, and it was known that once Elzo got their hands on his newly confirmed little siblings, he was going to spoil them rotten. Her suspicions were confirmed as both children started babbling at the same time, talking over and with each other, completing sentences even as they spun their little take in completely different directions. It had to be a twin thing- Zora and Kayley had been the same way when they were younger, before their interests had so sharply diverged and they had grown separate. But never apart.
She had come for a purpose, however; Jada began to unload her bag almost immediately, and the trio set to their most important tasks. The older woman had not brought an overnight bag full of clothes and toiletries from New York for this day trip, but had instead filled her carry-on with various additional treats that were custom made from a slightly more ‘exotic’ locale for them to give out to their friends and their families- bon bons from Bond Street, some truffles from La Maison, and even some small treats from Li-Lac; the trio had full valentine's day plans for everyone, and all of them had been working overtime on getting their parts of the packages ready. Jada’s was just the last little bit, for with her she brought the mason jars that they had prepared, which she had stopped by the mansion to pick up and bring to the ‘city house’.
The kitchen was full of giggles as the trio lay out their ingredients, creating an ‘assembly line’ for making the valentines boxes. The twins would be giving most of them out by themselves, of course, but there were (out of necessity) going to be a few that Jada would be involved in ensuring that they made it to their appropriate homes. The ingredients were spread out slowly, with much spinning around the kitchen, and the flailing of glitter. But at last (after about half an hour of cheek smooching and desperate attempts at parenting by the woefully unprepared Jada) they were ready to go.
Giulia felt like they had been waiting for Jada to get back from New York for like, a whole week. And she was going to be gone even longer next time! Not that she minded, all that much. Nanny was staying with them all the time when they weren’t in school, and then Jada’s friend Elzo was keeping an eye on them, too. Giulia had met him once, when she was really little, and then again when he started coming over for macaroni Tuesdays. He had star-hair.) She paced around the living room, waiting impatiently for the arrival of- there! Nanny called for her not to run outside without her shoes on, but Giulia ignored her, bouncing out of the door of the city-house happily, dancing down the sidewalk.
She and Aidan had been working on making their special Valentine Cards for everyone, and they were glittery and written out in childish cursive. Aidan’s were puppy-themed, and Giulia’s were princess-themed, of course. The blonde girl dragged her sister into the house, the wheels of Jada’s bag clickety-clacketing behind them. “AIDAN!” she shrieked, her voice reverberating through the much smaller house than she was used to, “MEET US IN THE KITCHEN! JADA IS HERE, IT IS VALENTINE TIME!” Her feet slapped against the hardwood floors, smashing their way to the stairs, and Giulia rushed to collect her art projects while Aidan shrieked and clung to mama.
When Giulia made it back downstairs, Aidan and Jada were giggling, staring at the puppy valentines he had picked up, and he had already given Jada their gift! OH! “Not fair!” she complained, “I wanted to- ack!” Kiss attack!
“I love it,” Jada promised her, and Giulia giggled with pleasure at the fact the gift had gone over well. They had picked out the shiniest charm to go on her bracelet at the little shop, and engraved it with “#1”. Nothing else, because Aidan said they had to call her mama, and Giulia said she was just Jada, and the squabble had been loud enough that they had gotten in trouble and Nanny had threatened to call, which would have ruined the surprise, and-
Ooo, the cookie mix was being put out! She eagerly assisted in lining up the jars and setting out the measuring spoons and cups that would go with it, and lining up the valentines for everyone. Some people were getting chocolate chip mix, or certain flavors of the candies that Jada had brought with her from New York, and Giulia was going to make sure the Valentines were put together perfectly. She had even color-cordidinated the boxes and the ribbons that would go with the jars they had made! Everything was going to be perfect.
Slowly, she helped mama pour in the ingredients for the cookie mix, measuring each of the main ingredients into the decorated mason jars with a furrowed brow, tongue in her teeth. Next to her, Aidan carefully sprinkled in some of the more unique ingredients- chocolate chips, salted caramel chips, pecans, m&m pieces, butterfinger chunks. Each person had a slightly different special ingredient, and he checked the list they had made carefully before pouring it in. And last, Jada double-checked the production and put the lids on, tying the directions and the bow with the colors Giulia had picked out.
At long last they were done, however, and the boxes were all made up. There was even one for their Christmas Seal. It was such a relief that Jada didn't think Giulia was crazy for calling him a Seal Prince. She just raised her brow and sighed. Maybe Jada had her own Prince once; but Giulia doubted that Jada's Prince had been able to become an elf! (But that was their secret.)
