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 Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:08 pm
  At some point after the boys had grown a note appeared near Niki. It read as follows.Yo Niki, Um.........Rouge's computer started blinking and beeping a bit ago while we were playing poker and according to the red blinking boxy thing on the screen, the boys just grew. Or are about to. I can't tell, it was red and blinking and that hurts my eyes. Anyway Rouge said to tell you that the boys have to be educated here on the ship and she needs you to call her. I think they have to take classes here and you have to come to the ship to register for them. All I know is that means you don't have to watch them as much! We can take the pets here too if you need. Anyway, give Rouge a ring. Thanks! biggrin Steve
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:42 pm
Flowers?
The doorbell rang throughout the Ledell home. Niki raced to the door, hoping to answer it before whoever was at it rang the bell again. The twins had just gone down for their nap and Niki really didn't want to have to fight with them again. Luckily, she made it and opened the door just as the delivery boy was about to buzz again.
"Ms. Ledell?" The young man asked, glancing at his clipboard.
"Yes, that would be me."
"Sign here, please." He pointed to a place on the form his clipboard held, then handed over a large bouquet of flowers upon her signature. "Have a nice day, ma'am."
Niki blinked, wondering who on Gaia would be sending her flowers. And they were addressed to her, from the little envelope that was stuck in with the white carnations. The woman shut the door and carried the vase over to the kitchen table. They'd look pretty there, as long as no one destroyed them. She pulled out the little envelope and opened it, reading the note inside. Nikiana smiled and tucked the note and envelope into her pocket.
Later that day, as the family was getting ready to sit down for dinner, the bouquet brought forth several questions.
"Mom?" Reign asked, eyeing the flowers in the middle of the table.
"Yes?" Niki asked, innocently.
Ala caught onto the fact that her mom was trying to hide something. "Who sent them?"
"Who said they were sent?"
Reign's eyes lit up. "Someone has a crush on Mom!!" Which caused the boys at the table to gag.
Ala shrugged. "Probably some scary wierdo..." she muttered.
Niki glared at the koala girl. "What? You don't think a decent guy would like me?"
Reign giggled and danced about. "You like him back!! Oh, who is it, Mom? Is he cute? Rich? Tall? Dark? Handsome?"
Aiden rolled his eyes at the conversation and Shito decided to ignore his silly sister. "I'm hungry." The blond boy complained. Reign was causing dinner to be delayed.
Niki took the opportunity that her son gave her. "Reign, set the table."
Reign frowned. "But it's Ala's night."
"Set the table, Reign."
Ala grinned, happy to have gotten out of her chore. Until her mother ordered her to help the boys wash their hands, that was. She sighed and hauled Aiden off to the sink. Shito was already heading that way. Niki smiled, happy to have kept her little secret to herself. It was none of their business anyways.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:59 pm
And then there were three....
It was a rather typical, eventful Saturday at the Ledell household. The five minidragons and imps were outside bothering Ala and Bob as they enjoyed the cooler weather, Ala lounging in her favorite tree. Reign was off to the mall, probably looking at the frilliest dresses she could find. And Niki was trying to sit at her computer and work while the twins ran wild around the house.
The phone rang and Niki yelled at the boys to quiet down as she reached for the cordless and pressed the talk button. "Hello?" She listened as the person on the other end spoke for a long time, her mouth moving into a frown that deepened as the conversation went on. As the phone then went dead in her hands, the house went silent.
"That was quick..." She muttered, slowly putting the phone down and processing what had just happened. The phone call had been from Rouge, who'd explained that the twins were needed to return to the ship for some reason or another and she was thanked for her help in caring for them... The woman slowly stood and walked down the hallway, tears brimming in her eyes as she saw the two bedrooms empty. Aiden's was as messy as ever and Shito's was very organized, other than the two cars in the middle of the floor that the boy had probably been playing with right before he'd been beamed up to the ship.
A little later on, Ala trudged back into the house to hear the sound of someone sobbing. The girl frowned and slowly padded down the hallway to find her mother in Shito's room, crying. "Mom...?" The girl asked, worried.
Niki swept her first daughter into her arms, still upset. "The twins had to go back... they were needed for something... I didn't really understand what they were saying... but the boys are gone!" The woman broke down and leaned on the koala girl heavily.
Ala awkwardly patted her mother's back, wishing Reign was here to help. She helped her mother get to her own bedroom and set Niki onto the bed. "I'm going to call Reign, okay Mom?" The girl was still in shock some and was trying not to break down crying like her mother.
A quick phone call and Reign was rushing home as fast as the public transit system would take her. Finally, the chimp girl got back to find her sister and mother crying. Between the two, they managed to tell Reign what had happened and she joined the two.
"They could've given us a bit more warning..." Reign muttered later as the three tried to pull themselves together and make dinner.
"They sounded rather panicked..." Niki said as she and the girls made a salad. "I guess something went wrong and they had to pull the twins out, but... it doesn't seem all that fair, really."
"Yeah..." the girls muttered and the three sat down and tried to become a family once again like they had been before the twins' arrival. But it was going to be hard for all three.
((And thus it ends.... Niki has lost inspiration for these two and thus has made them poof....))
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