BTW if anyone recognises a few little hints of Full Metal Alchemist in this then you may be right. I love FMA and was ever so slightly influenced by that particular anime for some of the stuff coming up. Oddly enough I've never written any stories for it.
Kai's mothers name changed from Anna to Ana because... well I forgot! I didn't realise my mistake until later and as no one brought it up didn't bother to change it. I was planning on editing it at a later date when I had time but now it had been brought up I thought I'd just explain it to you all!
I do not own Full Metal Alchemist or Beyblade, and I really wish the spell check would stop trying to correct the word beyblade into be blade!! I added it but it keeps forgetting!
Dedicated to Ari dark princess.
"Hilary?"
The worried voices around her sounded distant and vague. Hilary couldn't remember exactly what happened but she knew she ought to sit up. After all it didn't sound or feel like she was at home. Things were a bit blurry as Hilary tried to open her eyes.
"Is she ok?"
That was Kai. What was going on exactly?
"Perhaps I should check her blood pressure"
That voice she didn't know but she knew that those words were bad.
If someone took her blood pressure she had no idea what it would do to the machinery but she was pretty sure it wouldn't read normally. Groaning she pushed herself up trying to ignore her pounding head.
"Hilary!" Mariah bounded over to the bed as her friend sat up "Are you ok?"
"Yeah" Hilary opened her eyes and smiled at the four concerned faces staring at her "Sorry to freak you out!" she smiled at the three people she knew giving a polite nod to the nurse standing nearby.
"I'm just glad you're ok"
At that voice Hilary focussed her attention on Kai, his voice was low and concerned. Blushing a little at his worried gaze, Hilary looked down to find herself lying on a hospital bed still dressed in her ball gown. Now she remembered!
"Mariah said you fainted when seeing blood" Tala murmured his gaze fixed on his girlfriend. While it was entirely plausible that Hilary had collapsed seeing blood he personally didn't believe it. He was looking forward to questioning his girlfriend later.
"Oh yes" Hilary nodded raising her eyebrow at the pinkette who shrugged a little helplessly..
"Mr Hiwatari" someone entered the room getting Kai's attention
"Yes?"
"Your mother wants to see you, nurse Harper will you take Mr Hiwatari to his mothers room?"
"Of course" the nurse nodded smiling as she walked to the door.
"Oh! Right" Kai turned back to Hilary "look I'll be right back ok?"
"Ok, but really I'm fine"
"Tala you coming?" Kai asked as he headed out the door.
"Yeah" Tala nodded following his friend out, he turned to ask mockingly "Will you two manage to avoid fainting while we're gone?"
"Of course" Mariah blushed noting her boyfriends curious look. Them minute they were alone she turned to Hilary whispering "I think he suspects something."
"Why are we whispering?" Hilary hissed back
"Oh, no reason" Mariah grinned her voice returning to it's normal volume. "Are you ok?"
"Fine" Hilary shook her head trying to get it straight "she was pretty close to death back there, I had to really fight for her soul."
"Her soul?" Mariah asked curiously "so you did something to her soul?"
"No" Hilary paused "look when you make something, or change something in this world you need to be able to access the basic ingredients. If you were to ask me to make you something and it would need a non existent item to make it, I couldn't make it, do you understand? You can make a human body if you want but it's nothing without a soul, hers was leaving her body. If I had been any later I would've lost her."
"That's weird" Mariah stated as she walked around the room thinking to herself... "so…how many wishes does Kai have left?"
"It ought to be two but…" Hilary bit her lip "technically he made two wishes. One for someone to die, which of course I couldn't grant, and one for his mother. That kind of means one left."
"Only one?" Mariah stared at her "so… this is it?"
"I can't risk getting into anymore trouble. Mariah once I get back Homer will probably tell everyone I broke the rules."
"Homer?"
"The genie belonging to the necklace at the party tonight!" Hilary almost shouted exasperated "He saw me at the party?"
"Sorry I forgot, I mean... a lots happened since then."
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"I really don't understand it" the doctor told Kai and Tala as they stared at him expectantly "One second we were operating and the next…."
"The next I'm sitting up surrounded by doctors perfectly healthy" Ana spoken up from her bed "All my tests are showing up as normal, I feel better than I have done in years. But they still won't let me out of bed until they've run even more tests."
"Well I'm glad you're ok mum" Kai smiled at his mother as she sat impatiently on her hospital bed
"How could this happen?" Tala asked "don't think I'm not happy that it did Mrs H, but still… it's kind of odd."
"Well I didn't believe in miracles before now" the doctor spoke gently "but what happened here is definitely something I can't explain."
"Right" Tala nodded thinking back to his girlfriend and the girl they had left her with. Something had happened there, there was no mistake about that but what? Had Hilary and Mariah got something to do with Kai's mothers sudden awakening? Shaking his head he looked at Kai, "Come on, lets go tell the girls the good news."
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As soon as he got back to the room Tala dragged his girlfriend out under the guise of 'leaving Kai and Hilary alone together' and began to question her.
"Ok what aren't you telling me?" Tala asked after a long time of interrogating her got him nowhere. She stuck to her story of Hilary just fainting at the sight of blood, a story Tala was now almost sure was a lie.
Tala stared at his girlfriend in a way that made Mariah realise why the redhead was so feared when it came to business. When he was with her he was kind and gentle and she had never understood the stories people told of Tala practically terrifying people into improving.
"What do you mean? Mariah tired to feign ignorance but it was obvious form Tala's expression that he wasn't buying it.
"Come on Mariah!" Tala eye's hardened "something happened to Kai's mum, she's perfectly well and I mean perfectly! It's ridiculous!" he took Mariah's hands in his "Tell me!?!"
"Maybe it was just…." Mariah paused, she didn't want to lie to her boyfriend, she really didn't. "I can't tell, I promised…" suddenly both became aware of a strange humming sound and looking back into the room the could see an odd glow in between Kai and Hilary. Mariah stood stunned and silent before realising what must have happened.
"No!" Mariah yelled as she tore herself away from Tala and wrenched the door open. "Tell me you didn't make a wish."
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"I'm glad your mother is ok" Hilary told Kai a little embarrassed at being left alone with him "I was a little worried."
"Yeah the doctor says it's a miracle" Kai watched Hilary as she nodded, a part of him was suddenly understanding what Tala had felt with Mariah, this sudden determination that there was only one girl for him. The realisation that he didn't just want her but he needed her as well. He had been so worried when Mariah had told them Hilary had fainted, it was bad enough that his mother had been in trouble but having Hilary in danger as well had been really bad.
"Well that's… interesting" Hilary said with a small smile, she turned to climb off the bed, not an easy thing to do with her ;large dress. Kai seeing her struggle moved forward and helped her down "thank you"
"Any time" Kai told her gently. Hilary looked up at him and almost gasped, he looked so serious, and yet, so loving. He lifted one hand up and slowly cupped her cheek "Hilary…"
He didn't get any further. Hilary suddenly deciding that, if you're gonna break one rule, you may as well break them all, leaned up and kissed him.
It was a sweet and gentle kiss full of love and it made the two sharing it feel happier than they had ever been before. They parted staring at each other coyly, Hilary bit her lip nervously trying to think of something to say.
Kai seeing her anxiety took her hands in his and asked "Be with me forever? Please, I don't know what your reason for saying you can't be with me is, but I don't care. Please just stay with me?"
Hilary stood stunned, as she realised that he meant what he was saying her throat became tight and she felt choked. She couldn't say yes, she couldn't be a part of this world, the transformation of a genie to human was almost impossible, it was rumoured that millennia ago a genie had become human but it was considered to be a myth, so much so that they didn't even teach it when you studied to become a qualified genie.
She knew one thing though.
For a genie to become a human it needed a human anchor.
A human would have to be willing to be the person Hilary became attached to, of course the same rules applied. If either the genie or the anchor was destroyed then both would cease to exist. That meant that if Hilary became a human anchoring herself to Kai and then she got hit by a bus the next day dying as a result then Kai would die too.
She couldn't ask that of him.
"Well?" Kai was waiting for an answer.
"I'm sorry" her breath became ragged gasps as she told him "I can't"
"Why not?" he looked heartbroken.
"It's a long story" Hilary bit her lip and then smiling fearfully whispered "wish for something… something stupid like a slice of cake or a new pair of shoes"
"What"
"Wish for something, nothing big, just a small thing, like a new tie"
"Why"
"So I can explain something to you"
"Ok…" Kai gave her an odd look "I wish for… a slice of cake"
Satisfied Hilary stood back, making a small sign with her hands she concentrated, soon a small glow surrounded her making Kai move back. The glow became smaller concentrating on her hands and as the light faded into nothing Kai could see a small plate in her hands, on the plate was a large slice of cake covered with yellow frosting.
"Oh my God" he whispered staring at her "What the hell are you?"
"Make a wild guess" she replied with a grin placing the plate down on the table
"The only explanation I can think of is….well it's impossible"
"Say it" she told him gazing into his eyes
"Genie?" he asked watching for her response.
"Yes… and… I'm afraid that was your last wish"
"What?" Kai moved forward now grabbing her shoulders "What do you mean?"
At that moment Mariah burst into the room closely followed by Tala "Tell me you didn't make a wish." were the first words out of the pink haired girls mouth.
"Sorry Mariah" Hilary turned and grinned at her friend "you're too late for that"
The three friends watched as Hilary's form began to fade, she turned to gaze at Kai as the human world faded from her view.
"Goodbye"
And then she was gone.
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"Hilary of the Tatibana family please stand"
Shaking a little Hilary pulled herself to her feet and stood in front of the council. She had been wrong about one thing, it wasn't Homer who ratted her out, he actually spoke in her defence. An elder had been doing a routine check up on who was where, it was easy to locate genies in other worlds, all you needed was a simple viewing system much like a television and to know which genie's eyes you want to look through.
It had been quite a shock for the 58 century old man to access Hilary's vision just in time to see her moving in for the kiss.
"You know the charges for what you have done?"
"Yes" Hilary nodded, she was being charged with breaking the code of conduct between other worldly creatures and genie's. It wasn't the worst of crimes that she could think of but it was one of the worst that had been brought up before the council. Never before in anyone's memory had anyone done this. In fact no one had ever done anything to mean that council had to meet before.
It had been hilarious at the beginning… perhaps Hilary shouldn't have laughed… they had fumbled around trying to work out who was doing what. They had even had trouble knowing where to hold the meeting and where everyone should sit.
She really shouldn't have laughed when they spent seven minutes waiting for someone to start only to realise they had forgotten to invite the judge.
When the judge arrived and instantly tripped over the door in his hurry to get in he had dropped his books.
Really shouldn't have laughed there!!
Never before had any genie broken the rules.
It just wasn't done.
Her parents had been so ashamed.
She was stating with her sister these days.
"As punishment for your actions you're licence to act as a genie in foreign words is revoked. You will never again be allowed to travel to another world."
"Never?" Hilary couldn't stop the word coming out of her mouth
"You have a problem with that?"
"No, my apologies for speaking out of turn." Hilary bowed her head respectfully. Suddenly she didn't feel like laughing anymore
"You may leave"
Hilary walked out to find her sister waiting for her, glancing around she hissed "they don't know…"
"No" she shook her head "Are you OK?"
"Not really, I can never go back."
"Hilary, you wouldn't get back to his world in his lifetime, he wouldn't be there"
"I know" Hilary shrugged a little "but I would have been able to look him up, everyone's really into their family tree's at the moment, I could have found out about him. What he did, if he met someone…"
"Do you want him to have met someone?"
"I guess I should say yes right?" Hilary asked with a slight smile, Louisa gave her a knowing look making Hilary chuckle "but honestly… no"
"Come on" Louisa offered "Lets go home, where you belong."
"Yeah" Hilary nodded faking a smile 'but I don't really belong here anymore'
Well thanks for reading, I know that the ending was a bit too tragic for some people but I was feeling very depressed about my break up.
My thanks to all those who reviewed I really loved reading the reviews. Please don't hate me.
R&R
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Oh who am I kidding?
I may have given up on romance in my life but this isn't the real world!
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Sitting on his sofa Kai glared at his television, the images flashed across the screen but he didn't really see them. Sighing he allowed his head to droop down onto the sofa, closing his eyes he allowed his hand to loll to the side and wrap around one of the bottles that lay on the floor. Lifting it up he unscrewed the lid and eyes still closed took a swig.
Immediately he sat up coughing and spluttering.
"Damn" he cursed looking carefully at the bottle "Wasabi?"
"Yeah it's better for you than the junk you've been drinking recently" Tala smirked as his friend glared at him.
"When did you get in here?" Kai asked staring surprised at his visitor
"An hour ago, you've been drifting in and out for a while."
"Go away, get back to your girlfriend, go enjoy your fucking happy life." Kai threw the bottle he had been holding at his friend but it fell lamely to the floor.
"Nice aim" Tala told his friend smirking. "Look Kai you have to leave this place even if it's just for a short while."
"Why?"
"Because your mother, who has been running your business since you started acting like this, is busy going through her divorce, tomorrow she needs you to be there for the deposition."
There was a short silence before Kai finally rolled off his sofa insulting Tala as he went.
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After an exceedingly long and dull few hours with his parents and their solicitors Kai allowed himself to be talked into going back to Tala's for a meal.
He regretted it the minute he walked in the door.
"You" he hissed angrily glaring at Maria
"Look I know you're angry"
"Angry?" Kai glared at the girl "You knew what she was and you didn't tell me, do you really think I would have wasted my last wish like I did if I had known?"
"Kai, would you have believed her?" Tala asked "Without seeing Hilary grant that wish?"
There was a long silence as Kai had to admit that without seeing the evidence of what Hilary was right in front of him he would not have believed what he was told.
"Still her fault" he muttered childishly.
"Kai just come with me" Mariah told him with a moan, she then led him and Tala into the sitting room. Once inside she proudly pointed to her newest antique "Tala brought this for me the other day, took ages to track down the owner and cost us a lot of money. This necklace is a one of a kind, it's from the Victorian era."
"Fascinating" Kai muttered
"It is isn't it?" she said smilingly laying a hand on the necklace "And… though it be not in my power to wish it I ask for an audience"
At that moment a glowing light filled the room and after it faded a man had appeared in front of them,
"Hello" the man was attractive, raven haired and wore a suit that belonged in the Edwardian period. He was very suave as he smiled at Mariah "So you brought me, I don't usually have such a beautiful owner" he bowed respectfully in a way almost befitting the old fashioned style of clothes he wore.
"Ahem!" Tala got the mans attention giving him the obvious 'she's taken' look. "I brought you."
"Tala" Mariah groaned, she then turned to face the newcomer "You're Homer right?"
He blinked confusedly as his smile disappeared "Yes…how do you know that? I never gave my name?"
"Hilary"
"Ah the rebel" Homer nodded feeling amused and ever so slightly angry "I thought I recognised that young man" he indicated Kai
"You know Hilary?" Kai asked sounding desperate
"I do" Homer nodded taking in Kai's appearance, he looked as though he hadn't eaten properly in months, which of course was true. "I was her teacher long ago. She's well, now that she's back in the genie realm. Where she belongs."
"She…" Kai paused "She doesn't miss me?"
"It is not in my power to say" Homer said the words carefully, his eyes flashed with anger as he glared at Kai "and because of her actions with you she will never return to this world again, or any other."
"She's no longer a genie?" Mariah asked "why? Because she broke the rules?"
"Yes."
"She must be broken hearted" Mariah whispered "Can we get her back?"
"Get her back?" Kai asked his voice more hopeful than it had been for a long time "You mean by anchoring her to someone?"
"I think I understand." Homer spoke quietly "You want to wish her back?"
"And human" Mariah told him "Can you do it?"
"Well no… I mean it can be done but… the magic is… difficult to say the least"
"I know" Mariah nodded
"And we need an…"
"An anchor, like Kai said" Mariah said and she received a nod from the genie
"And you know the problems that come with that"
"Yes. I'll be the anchor" Kai told him, he stepped forward. "I'm the one that'll be taking the risk"
"I see" Homer nodded "you know the problems?"
"Yes" Kai nodded, the very day of Hilary's disappearance from his presence Mariah had told him everything. She had explained why Hilary had not told him everything, why Hilary had not wanted to burden him with the knowledge of what she was and… most importantly what he would have needed to do.
"I'm afraid it's not all that easy, there are complicated rules for this kind of thing." Homer sighed and paced across the floor "There is an ingredient needed for the spell, something that is thought doesn't even exist."
"Well that's stupid" Kai practically shouted "why base a spell around a non-existent ingredient?"
"Hey I never said it was clever, but it may not be impossible." Homer sighed pinching his nose and thinking hard. "First things first…. Hilary has to agree to it."
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Still staying in her sisters house Hilary sat on her bed staring down at her hands. She had lost the two most amazing things in her life and there was nothing she could do about it. It had been a long time since she had seen Kai, she wasn't sure of the actual time frame but she knew one thing. It had been too long.
Lying flat out she stared at the dress she had worn the last time she saw Kai, it hung on the door of her wardrobe almost taunting her with it's beauty. Her throat was feeling tight again, like there was a huge lump she couldn't swallow, normally she tired to ignore it, to ignore the pain, but today she just allowed her body to react. Before she knew what was happening great wrenching sobs spilt form her lips and hot tears fell down her cheeks. Rolling to bury her head her pillow and stifle the noise of her crying Hilary didn't even feel the presence in her room.
It wasn't until a hand was placed on her back, and a gentle voice whispered her name that she even noticed someone else was there.
"Hilary?"
"Homer-sensei?" rolling over Hilary looked up at her teacher and wiped the tears from her cheeks "what are you doing here?"
"Granting a wish" Homer told her gently "but it looks like most of the work has been done for me."
"What do you mean?" Hilary asked confused
"It's a long story…, Hilary have you ever cried before?"
"Cried?" Hilary asked confusedly, thinking about it she realised, no, she had never in her memory cried. "No. I can't remember a time when I have"
"What about your sister's baby?" Homer asked "Have you ever seen her cry?"
"No" Hilary shook her head again, truth be told she had never seen a genie cry, she had never thought about it before but it was true. "I guess I just never noticed…. Why is it so important?"
"No real reason" Homer chuckled as he brushed Hilary's tears away with his hands and looked down at them "But it's an ingredient needed for a spell, an ingredient that no one really believes exists. I have to go, I'll see you in a minute"
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Homer reappeared in front of the group of people he had left behind, they seemed surprised to see him again.
"That was quick" Tala said surprised "I thought you had a secret ingredient to go find. I was expecting a quest that lasted at least nine hours"
"You really hated Lord of the Rings didn't you" Mariah asked "I only made you watch it once."
"There were three bloody films!!!"
"It took less time than I thought" Homer spoke contemplatively totally ignoring the squabbling couple "Are you all still sure this is what you want?"
"Of course it is" Kai hissed throwing up his hands angrily at such a stupid question.
"Then your friend had better make the wish, careful how you word it young man"
"Alright" Tala nodded "I wish for Hilary to come back here and become human with Kai as her anchor"
"Perfect" the genie smiled and pressed his hands together in a prayer like pose.
To their left they saw a slight glow, it grew stronger and after a minute they could see a form within the glow, once the shape of Hilary was obvious the glow disappeared and all that was left was a petite brunette sitting with her knees drawn up to her chest and her forehead resting on her knees. She didn't even seem to notice her change in surroundings as her shoulders shook and she sniffed noisily.
With a perverse feeling of pleasure that she was missing him Kai grinned and he walked forward and knelt slowly beside her.
"Hilary?"
Tearstained she looked up shocked at the sound of his voice, her eyes widened even further when she looked around at the room "What the…?? Kai…? …Homer?"
"I decided that I needed a new necklace" Mariah said with a shrug
"I told you I was granting a wish" Homer laughed a little at Hilary's obvious confusion.
"But…" Hilary stared at Kai still not quite understanding "you don't know what this entails…"
"Actually Mariah explained it all" Kai told her cupping her cheek gently "I've just spent five months without you and it was hell. If you died I'd be quite happy to die with you"
"It's been five months here?" she asked standing and looking around as though expecting to see something to confirm the fact.
"Yeah how long has it been for you?"
"A little less time" she admitted, she stared up at him feeling an almost unbearable amount of happiness as she looked at him. "but it was awful. I missed you so much"
"I missed you too" Kai dipped his head and kissed her gently, Hilary immediately responded winding her arms around his neck and pulling him close.
"Um Hilary" Homer interrupted "we still need to anchor you to him. I know your pretty attached to him right now but it's not official"
"Sorry" breaking the kiss Hilary laughed as she pressed her forehead against Kai's staring into his eyes
"Ok" Homer walked forward "Kai you're fully aware of what this entails and you really want to do this?"
"I do" Kai nodded firmly
"And you really want this Hilary?"
"I do" she laughed realising how matrimonial all this sounded
"Ok" Homer took Kai's left hand and Hilary's right and joined them, he then placed a hand over their joined hands and a small glowing light surrounded the joined hands.
It looked like Kai felt nothing but it was obvious that Hilary was affected as her whole body began to shake and as soon as the process was over she slumped towards the ground only to be caught by Kai.
"What's wrong?" he asked worriedly staring down at her unconscious face, he was surprised at how still she was.
"It's nothing" Homer told him smiling "she's just lost a lot of power. It'll affect her for a few minutes that's all. She's going to have trouble adjusting though, she's never felt pain, she's never had to sleep in this world, or..."
"I'll be fine" Hilary muttered shifting a little in Kai's arms, he immediately cuddled her closer smiling down at her, after a while her eyes opened and she stared over at her old teacher "Thank you"
"I barely did anything" Homer told her "I am however beginning to understand why the spell I just did has that impossible to find ingredient. You need to really break a genie's heart to make them cry, yours was broken"
"Wait tears?" Tala asked surprised "all it needed was tears? Kai's cried enough of those recently"
"Hey" Kai punched his friend lightly on the shoulder "shut it!"
Mariah and Hilary laughed at the two of them before Hilary suddenly remembering something turned to her teacher "Hey Homer how many wishes you got left to give?"
"Just two now" he stretched a little,
"Well when you get back could you tell mum and dad what happened?"
"Of course"
"Oh no you didn't get to say goodbye to your parents" Mariah gasped "I should have thought of that"
"They'll be ok" Hilary gave a small shrug
"Your friend here could always wish them here for a few minutes" Homer suggested
"Um…" Hilary paused "oh no…, no that's not a good idea"
"Hilary they it would be a few minutes at the most, how much complaining can they get in, in two minutes?" Mariah asked surprised
Homer and Hilary shared a quick glance before saying together "A lot!"
"Maybe you could get Louisa here?" Hilary asked pleadingly. Homer looked at Tala who nodded and made the wish, the genie then disappeared. After a few moments he re-appeared holding a young woman by the arm.
"Hilary?" Louisa looked around confused until she saw her sister. Moving forward Louisa opened her arms and had soon wrapped her younger sister in her arms. "Oh Hils you always did have to do things differently"
"Yeah" Hilary agreed, "sorry about that" she pulled away from her sister to see that she was smiling brightly.
"You're sure this is what you want?" Louisa asked looking around at the three other humans in the room "You really think you can cope with this?"
"Louisa for once in my life I have no idea what's going to happen" Hilary turned to look at Kai "and I really couldn't be happier."
Louisa watched at the blue haired young man shared a smile with her sister, moving forward she stood in front of Kai "listen you, that's my little sister and if you ever do anything to hurt her I will find a way to get here and I will find a way to hurt you, got that?"
"Got it" Kai nodded a little fearfully knowing that with her powers if this woman broke the rules she could really hurt him. "but don't worry I love her, I'll never hurt her."
Louisa looked into the young mans eyes and realised just how much honesty there was in them. He was being honest, he did love Hilary and more importantly he meant it when he said he wouldn't hurt her. Maybe Hilary had a chance at happiness here.
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"Seriously there aren't enough hours in these dumb twenty four hour days." Hilary muttered as she styled carefully Mariah's hair. It was a warm day and they sat on a picnic blanket in the park resting in the sun. An untouched basket of food sat to their right awaiting lunchtime but both girls had a glass of juice at their sides.
"I remember you saying that when you first started being a human." Mariah laughed picking up her cup and taking a sip.
"Yeah well that was just adjusting to the eight hour sleep thing." Hilary replied with a shrug "I mean you humans need so much sleep."
"WE humans" Mariah corrected "and careful where you say that! You don't want the kids to pick it up"
"Mariah the kids are all the way over there" Hilary retorted turning her head to look over at where Kai was crawling around on all fours while their four year old son sat on his back. Tala was similarly positioned with his and Mariah's three year old boy holding on tight.
"I know but Ana is going to be here soon, you gotta be careful what you say, she'll think her sons married to an insane lady."
"Dating" Hilary corrected "Kai and I are only dating"
"You guys are practically married" Mariah complained "I still don't understand why you aren't."
"I have no birth certificate" Hilary reminded her friend "I can't get married if I was never born. Besides, Kai and I are linked in a way better than marriage… of course I do worry about Gou sometimes." sighing heavily Hilary turned her ruby eyes back to where her son sat giggling while his father pretended to be a horse. "If anything were to ever happen to Kai and I…" Hilary didn't say the words but Mariah knew what she was thinking, ever since Gou had been born she knew that Hilary had been weighed down with worry for her son.
"Tala and I would look after Gou" Mariah said with certainty "you know that. He and Lee are best friends, it would be easy."
"Yeah" Hilary nodded "of course now you've got another one on the way I'll have to be careful to help you out" Hilary reached forward and placed a hand on Mariah's rounded stomach "What are you hoping for this time?"
"I'd love a girl but I don't mind…"
"As long as it's healthy?" a new voice entered the conversation and Mariah and Hilary turned to see Kai's mother as she reached their picnic blanket and sit down. "That's what all parents say. Hello Mariah, Hilary"
"Hello Ana… drink?" Mariah handed over a cup and their bottle of water
"Thank you, how are you feeling Mariah"
"Pregnant" Mariah muttered unhappily "I swear it's worse the second time around."
"Don't say that!" Ana scolded "I'm still hoping for a couple more grandchildren from that one" smiling Ana indicated Hilary "Any chance of that happening?"
"Not yet" Hilary shook her head "but maybe one day."
Turning to look at the group of boys playing on the grass Hilary smiled gently, she had to admit that sometimes she missed her friends and family back at home, she also missed helping people as she had when she worked as a genie. She still helped people but now it was with charity events and organising fundraising. Still being a mother was one of the few things that she never regretted, she adored her son, he really was a product of her love for Kai. A bubbly and happy child who although he had everything, showed no signs of being spoiled. He and his father had an amazing connection and she had to admit that another child would be wonderful.
As she stared Kai suddenly looked up and caught her eye, they shared a smile and soon Kai had grabbed his son hoisting him up onto his shoulder. Gou's hand pummelled at his fathers back and his little legs kicked almost hitting Kai in the face as he jogged over to the picnic blanket.
"You haven't seen Gou have you?" Kai asked making Hilary laugh
"DADDY!!!" Gou was giggling loudly as he hit his fathers back again
"He's behind you" Hilary said pointing
"He is?" Kai asked surprised, spinning around to look behind him Kai announced "I don't see him!"
"He's behind you" Hilary said again and Kai spun around once more loving the way Gou laughed as his parents played his favourite game. It was Tala who stopped the game as he walked over with his and Mariah's son Lee announcing that he wanted to eat and that if Kai didn't stop messing around he and Lee would eat all the chocolate. That was enough to make Gou stop enjoying himself.
It was as they sat together like one big family and ate their picnic that Hilary made the decision.
She grinned..
"What are you smiling at?" Kai whispered draping his arm around Hilary's shoulders and hugging her close
"Nothing"
"It's something" Kai kept his mouth by her ear as he spoke making her wriggle as his breath tickled her ear. "Tell me"
"I was just thinking..., maybe Gou could do with a little brother or sister" Hilary admitted quietly keeping her voice low so no one else could hear. For a while he said nothing and Hilary worried that she had said the wrong thing, turning to face him she was surprised to see that Kai was actually grinning at her "what?" she asked nervously.
"Hey mum!" Kai addressed Ana casually
"Yes Kai?"
"Can you baby-sit tonight?"
Ok now it's over!!!
Hope you all enjoyed.