The Dragon Emporium, Book 5: Seven Years Later

"Nwoo! Up! Up up up!" he whined, pulling the blanket down.

Seth still kissed her back. It'd been awhile since he could have kissed her like this, and he was enjoying it while the time lasted.

"Nwoooo!" Raine whined in the same tone, except more girlish, of course, pulling the blanket back up. "Me tiiireeed!"

Alissa pulled away for a few moments, "I need to breathe," She giggled, out of breath. She took a few intakes of air, and then returned to kissing him.

~*~

Hailey turned beet red, the color quickly fading at will back to its pale complexion. She looked up at her father, smiling crookedly up at him. "Thanks," She said in the delicate, chime bell voice that she and her mother shared.

"Welcome," he kissed the top of his daughter's head and glanced to the book she was reading, "Whatcha reading?" he asked curiously

For once, Heather pushed him away. "Noah, quit it, I'm fine," she said, her voice raising in pitch. She prayed that Taylor would coming bursting through the door and distract him or something.


Holly smiled brightly back at him; then she laughed and nodded, "I've been great, too," she responded, though this wasn't completely true. For a while she'd been horribly ill, but finally, she was better. Then she giggled and looked down at her baby, "Yep. Her name is Isabella--Bella." She looked up at him, wondering if he remembered she was married to Hunter or not.

Bella's glazed eyes fluttered open and she glanced around, making a soft sort of 'aaaah' sound and shifting about inside of her blanket.


Warren chuckled, "That's cool," he said, grinning at him largely. "Hey, you seen your sister at all today?"


A girl was walking down the hall, her steps light. She was banging her head to the hard rock she was listening to. Her curls flopped about wildly in time with the music; every other girl was dyed black. The curl at the front, however, was the same color as her eyes. Ice burg blue. She wore denim short shots, a black tank (her nails were black to match), a denim jacket, and old black converse. She was lip syncing to the song, her eyes shut tight as she went along. She was pretty short, about the size of an eleven, ten year old girl, but she could probably pass for a short sixteen year old girl if she wanted to.
Wait, is this seriously our sweet little Julie, you ask?
The answer is; yes.

For once, Heather pushed him away. "Noah, quit it, I'm fine," she said, her voice raising in pitch. She prayed that Taylor would coming bursting through the door and distract him or something.

(Be this an invitation? xD)

(Wait how old is little miss Julie?)

{Almost fifteen. xD}

{IDK, depends on what snakey's reply is. xD}

Hailey glanced at the book, which she had dropped when she had almost fallen, and bent down, picking it up. She handed it to her father. The book was pretty big-- huge, actually, for an eight year old. "Inkheart." She replied. She would read anything, other than Twilight.

"Mwommy. Said. Gwet. Up!" He whined, getting up and pulling on her pretty hard.

Seth smiled, pulling away finally "So, what do you plan on doing today?"

"Can I hold her?" he asked, looking at her hopefully. In some ways, he still acted like a nervous teenager, even though he was 21. Yes, he remembered she was married to Hunter, but he never really met met him. Only briefly.

"No you arn't Heather" He whispered, slightly hurt that she pushed him away.

"Uhm...the answer would be no...'sides I'd probably had done sometin' to her if I did and you would have known by now" He said, grinning slightly. Alan looked just like his dad, but his personality was a slightly sweeter version of his Uncle Jami.

{Hey, WL, what do you think of the "new Julie"? }

Holly smiled and nodded and handed him the baby carefully, "Of course," she giggled. She smiled down at him and her baby, "She just turned eight months last Saturday at midnight," she said after a few moments. "She's blind, but she's a reals sweetheart and doesn't cry that much."

Bella wiggled around in the strangers arms, confused. Who was this person?


Heather pursed her lips. "Yes I am, and don't play that card," she snapped.

Warren snorted. "That's Jami's nephew...." he grumbled, rolling his eyes.

John flipped through it and smiled then paused on the back cover to read it over. "Sounds interesting," he smiled when he finished and handed it back over to her.

The eighteen year old twin placed a finger to his lip and crept up behind Jules. "Jumper cales!" he shouted, pressing her sides in and laughing a bit. Gently he leapt out of her hitting range and waited for her to react.

Derrick smiled, holding the baby and smiling at her. "Hey there" he whispered "She's a cutie" he grinned

Noah sighed, sitting on the bed "Can't you tell me whats wrong?"

(Yeah, Taylor can jump in xD)

"I know...but he got your looks..besides his expresions" Hope laughed

Alan gave a wide, Jami like grin "Ohh! do you know where Uncle Jami is?" He asked, hoping up and down excitedly

"Nope! Cause if she did that would make life easy wouldn't it?" came a good-natured laugh from the door. A very tall pale skinned girl stood there. Her hair fell around her shoulders in bright red locks. Her eyes were now dark green; many people said she could have passed for Lily Potter.

Hailey's face brightened up a bit at what her father said. All she ever really wanted was for her parents to be proud of her, that's why she did the gymnastics, and tried her hardest in school, and read a lot.

~*~

And that's what did it. Raine's face contorted into that of pain, and she opened her mouth, beginning to cry.

Alissa was about to reply, when she heard her daughter's familiar crying. She looked over at Seth, sighing, before she got up, and walked into the room, "What happened?" She asked.

{How's he eighteen?! I thought they were only like...sixteen!?}

Julie didn't react in the way you would expect her to. Yes, she jumped. But then she just turned around and kicked him hard. "Hi Terry." Her eyes fluttered open. "Hi Tommy."


Holly smiled and giggled, "Thanks," she said quietly.

Bella whimpered and frowned, wondering who the cookies was this guy?

"That's Derrick, honey," Holly said softly, reaching out and stroking the baby's cheek. "It's okay, Bella, it's okay."

The child relaxed and stared up at him, now a curious expression on her face.


{Yea!}

"No." Heather shook her head. "You'll be mad and you'll hate me." She sighed deeply and looked up. "Hello, Taylor."


Warren chuckled and shook his head "Yeah, I know." He then rolled his eyes. "I dunno where Uncle Jami is," he lied.

"So what else are you up to besides reading?" he asked curiously, looking down at his lovely little daughter.

"I dwidn't do it!" Tyler squealed imidiantly, running from his twin towards the door, but he'd probably be blocked by his mom or dad or something

Seth sighed, getting up and walking next door to the twin's room.

(They are twins, right WL? xD)

(they were nine and then... wait... *laughs* They were nine before then nine plus seven is sixteen!! xD)

Terry doubled over a bit, muttered a few things under his breath as he laughed at the same time. He was used to this and considered putting a sheild there or something, "Hey twerp..."

"Hey Jules," Tommy said calmly, resting an elbow on his brother's back who was still doubled over now.

Derrick smiled, holding the tiny baby in his arms. This was to cool to him, and new. He had never really held a baby before.

"Will not" Noah frowned then looked over "Ello Taylor"

"Yeah you do" Alan frowned, crossing his arms "Oh well" He said, slipping on his favorite shirt that had a shark on it (Alan loved sharks) and ran around screaming "UNCLE JAMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"He's a handful" Hope said, sighing a happy but stressed sigh.

"Hey Mr. and Mrs. Prongs," she smiled at the two of them, stepping into the room. "What'd I miss this time?" she asked two of her three best friends.

[Yep. xD]

Raine continued to cry, resting her head on her mother's shoulder when she picked her up. "Sh..." She whispered, gently stroking her daughter's back. She walked over to her son, "Alright," She sighed. "Sh..." She repeated, her daughter's crying quieting.

~*~

[She's coolio. xD]

~*~

Hailey took her father's hand, and skipped over to her room, pointing at the bookshelf. "The ones on the top are the ones that I read," She replied.

(And...Crap. now I must go...*sigh* Night dudes. See you later tomarrow, sometime around....7:30 probably xP)

John followed after her laughing; she was strong for her age but what would one really expect? "Wow!" he ran his fingers over the binds as he looked them over.

{Thank you, Math Wizard. xD}

Julie smiled sweetly. "Twerp? Oh, that's a new one, Terry." She snorted. "Wazzup, Tommy?" she smiled brightly, a real, sweet and a tad bit of a flirty smile at him.

~!~

Heather blinked and shook her head. "Nothing whatsoever," she said, shrugging her shoulders slightly.

~!~

Bella's little hands found there way out of the blanket and reached up, her fingers curling. She made the soft cooing sound again, this time it was curious.

Holly giggled and watched, her expression happy.

~!~

Jami was sleeping (big surprise there).

Warren sighed. "Tell me about it..."

"Good, bout you?" he said with a casual, non-flirty, just happy kind of smile. He felt absolutely no attraction towards Julie owing to the fact 1) his twin was crushing on her and 2) she was too different for him.


"You sure?" asked Taylor casually.

[Aw, byes snakey!]

Hailey stood beside her father, her hands folded behind her back. She had a bright and happy grin on her face as she curiously watched him. Her hair was picked up in a low ponytail, and she wore a pair of shorts, low-top converse, and a white T-shirt.