Everything had started going well now. Mom had finally realized that i was responsible enough to take care of a dog. Elle had started planning her wedding. She had even bought a wedding dress. and Terrance had gotten a job as a ghost hunter. We fade fun of him when he came home and told us, but after i went on a job with him and saw the ghosts, or spirits if you will, for myself, i didn't doubt him no more.
We found an orange spirit. Terrance said those were typically the most wrathful of them all. He started the Banshee Banisher he had gotten when he started out and pulled in the spirit.
Elle's Pov
"Bea! Have you seen my necklace?"
"Which one?" she called from the other room.
"You know damn well which one."
I was in a hurry. The guests could be arriving at any time now and i needed that necklace!
She walked into my bedroom, holding the said necklace. "Is it this one?" she said innocently.
"Yes! What were you doing with it?" Why did she always have to be in the way?
"You told me to look after it for you. Don't you remember?" she looked at me like i was being stupid.
"Don't be a smart ass with me, young lady. Go get ready." I said as i locked the necklace around my neck. There. It looked perfect. I was perfect. I couldn't wait to start my life with Javon Quick! Well, actually he was going to be Javon Holmberg in just a few hours. I had invited all our family except Aidan. That traitor could stay at home where he belonged with that girl of his and their offspring. I can't believe they had a baby. A little dog like themselves. Well as long as they stayed away from me, i was fine. Bea always talked about how they were misunderstood and we should all forgive and forget. But how are we supposed to do that when our brother is a werewolf? It didn't make any sense to me.
Rrrriing!
The doorbell! The guests are here!
I hurried gracefully down the stairs and opened the door.
"Hello Elle." It was my Uncle Hans. "Congratulations on your big day." He gave me a little kiss on the cheek and i showed him into the living room. The next thirty minutes all the guests arrived. Javon had insisted on wearing a god awful outfit. I had to teach him how to dress once we were married. Mom had baked the wedding cake that now stood proudly in the kitchen ready to be cut.
As I walked down the isle in our back yard, towards Javon i kept thinking about how i couldn't wait to start my life with him, having babies and growing old together. It was a wonderful thing really, finding that one person you want to spend your life with.
After we said our "I do" we kissed a very passionate but careful kiss.
I was playing chess downstairs when i suddenly felt nauseated. I hurried to the bathroom and threw up all my breakfast.
"Honey! Honey I'm pregnant!" I yelled, running into our bedroom.
"Huh? what?," he said sleepily as i had just woken him up. "Wait, what? Oh my god!"
"I know! Isn't it wonderful?" I was overjoyed.We had wanted this for so long and now my prayers had finally been heard. No, i wasn't religious or anything, but it just sounds good in this situation.
"Wow, that's amazing news!" He was almost speechless as he went over to touch my belly.
"It will be a while before you can feel anything honey," I smiled at my joyful husband. Now our life was really starting.
We began house searching immediately. We needed something big enough for a lot of kids, but still not too expensive. It was hard to find in a small town like this. The few houses that were for sale were too expensive.
We ended up falling in love with a rather small but nice cottage. It had everything we were looking for. It even had a fireplace!
Beatrice's Pov
On my first night at the park playing my guitar, i earned 20 simoleons. Well, it might also have helped that i had Lulu at my side. She looked so cute standing there howling along my songs. My little princess.
In just two years i would be eighteen years old and finished with High School. It was so weird thinking back at how i was so excited to start High School and now i was going to finish it. I hadn't exactly met any cute guys like i had wished for. There was one guy though, but i didn't dare tell him about my feelings as he was dating this other girl. He was also way out of my league. He was the captain of the football team and the best looking guy at my school. It was a no go. I knew it.
I tried to reason with him but it just angered him even more. In the end i decided i had to banish him, which saddened me because that way he would be truly lost forever.
Terrance's Pov
After countless promotions in the Ghost Hunter profession, i was now able to see the full form of the spirits roaming the city. I had been given a scanner of a sort, that allowed me to scan for spirits. It was very helpful in cases where they were hiding from sight. One night my uncle James called me to rid his house from ghosts. I hurried over there to find the air of the place cold and unsettling. I could feel the ghosts presents, but i couldn't see them. I took out my new ghost scanner and scanned the room. Suddenly a figure appeared. His name was Louis Petit.
He had died from a fire 42 years earlier where only his ten year old daughter and his wife had survived. His two sons and himself had perished in the flames. It was a horrific story he had to tell, and i listened with eager ears. I talked with him about how full his life had been and tried to put him at ease about his family. But to that he just screamed that he was not leaving and I would have to force him to go!
James congratulated me on my success and thanked me many times for helping him out. I went home in high spirit from my accomplishments and slept very well that night.
Bea had talked to me about how she was planning on moving to Starlight Shores as soon as she turned 18. I had promised her that i would follow her, but i would want to move out into my own place when we had moved there. She agreed, she was just happy that i would move with her so we could still see each other. She hoped that our mother would move with her as well, but i didn't believe she should get her hopes up too high. I knew my mother. She loved it here. Though she loved her children as well, so maybe there was a slight chance that she would move with us. We both hoped so. Ian was another issue. We hadn't asked him yet since we knew he thrived on being with his jock friends. They worked out together every night. We feared drugs were involved like steroids, since he could work out almost constantly and he got easily irritated at us for no apparent reason. It was a frightening thought. Sometimes we would try to just stay out of his way so we didn't anger him.
Ian's Pov
I ran, ran as fast as i could, though i wasn't moving one bit further. I put one foot in front of the other again and again while the music boomed away against my eardrums. I felt anger burn in my chest, spread into the rest of my body as i thought back to the conversation earlier today.
Beatrice had gathered us all in the living room to make an announcement. The last time someone had made an announcement in there was when Aidan decided to abandon his entire family. What a pathetic excuse of a brother. I might have thought he was cool at some point, but now he was just a sad man to look at. I didn't bother with visiting him anymore like Bea did. he wasn't worth it.
"So, i'm glad we could all meet up here today. I know we all have busy schedules but i have an important announcement to make. In a few days Ian and I will be turning eighteen and we will then be legally adults," she had then looked over at Terrance like she was looking for support of some sort. He had nodded in reply as to encourage her to keep talking.
"Yes well, i have decided to move to Starlight Shores on next Saturday. And Terrance is coming with me." At this point there were complete silence. You would have been able to hear a needle drop on the floor. "And I really wish you would all come with us," she had almost whispered. She had always been a gentle soul, i thought as i ran faster on the treadmill.
"And why would we uproot ourselves just to follow you?" Our mother had asked. It wasn't meant as demeaning, but somehow it sounded like it. Bea had frowned her eyebrows at this.
"Well, i just thought, you know... I want to pursue my dreams of becoming a singer and Starlight Shores offers the best possibilities for me. I want you all to come with me and support me. If you want you can live with me, and if you want your own place you can get that too. I have saved up a lot of money from playing guitar at the park. I have enough to move and with moms help," she had then looked at our mom, "I would be able to buy us a nice farmhouse at the outskirts of town. I've looked at pictures of houses and found one i like a lot. It's cute and cheap. It has all that we need at it accommodates our needs and my wish for a lot of animals. It is perfect." She showed us pictures of this house. I could tell our elderly mother was tempted. She wanted the quiet life now, without a fuss and stress. And maybe, just maybe she would get out of the loosing streak she had had with the football team lately. She would meet new teammates and get to see how they play. And when she was finally a Super Star Athlete, she could retire and live the rest of her life at a farm while her children did all the work.
"Alright," mom had finally said. "We will move with you."
"Mom!" I remembered painfully having said. "I don't want to move! I like living here. I want to get on the football team, the same team you have played with for years!"
"You will have plenty of opportunities with the team in Starlight Shores. Maybe they are even better than my team here." She had smiled up at Bea. Then it was settled. Even though i was officially an adult, one who was supposed to be able to do what he wanted and felt good about, I was now moving to a whole new town with my family, whom i had grown to despise, and there was nothing i could do about it. They were all stupid. Bea for thinking she could make it as a singer. Phff! Like that could ever happen. I had heard her sing and she was no Katy Perry, that's for sure. Maybe, just maybe she would have a chance if she took on some singing courses, but she has gotten it into her head that she is something great and new. Yeah, she would totally fail and i was not going to be around to pick her up when she did.
Terrance was a joke, with that Ghost Hunting "career" he worked so hard on. Who had ever really seen a ghost? Well Aidan had, but he was crazy. Personality disorder? It was more likely he was just doing it to get attention. I don't hate Aidan, but i just don't like him, at all. He's an attention seeking, moron. Becoming a werewolf was just another one of his stunts to get attention. He probably thought we would all cheer for him and wish him congratulations. Well everyone except for Bea thought he was crazy. Even Terrance thought he was off, even though he didn't say it. I could tell, though.
I slowed down now on the treadmill. The music was ending and i had to shower before going to bed. Even though i had gotten A's most of my time in High School and i had now made it on the honor roll, i didn't really need it to sign up for the football team. They were just seeking young, strong and determined boys, in whom they saw possibility.
I was not excited about moving. I didn't know where i would be getting my pills anymore. Yes, i was on steroids. I knew it was wrong, and possibly dangerous, but it helped me a great deal in working out. I wanted out of it though. Hm... maybe this was a way out, by moving to another town. Then i could finally put it on the shelf and not touch it anymore. It made me angry a lot of the time, i sneered at the others. They tried to avoid me a lot of the time, and it hurt me, but i can't say i blame them, i thought as i felt the cool water run through my hair, down my back to end at my feet where it ran down the drain. It felt good to be cooled down in the shower. I loved taking showers. It was where i best could think things over and get new ideas for paintings. In between my workouts and school i would paint. Either at the easel or at the drawing board. I liked drawing architectural drawings. It was a great passion of mine.
I took the towel off the wall with my name on top and dried my body with it. I had taken steroids for about six months now and i still hadn't gotten used to seeing my body so pumped up. I knew my mom and siblings were worried about me, they suspected drugs. I had seen how Bea and Terrance had been whispering together, and when i entered the room they would stop talking. I wasn't an idiot. I knew what was going on. They wanted me to move with them so i could stop taking drugs. I knew it. Did i really want to stop? Were they the reason for my success on the football team? Maybe it was time to try working out without them and see if it really made such a big difference. I guess i was ready. Ready to move, uproot my life here and get a new life in Starlight Shores with my family.
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