"That's not fair, ganging up on me." Nate whined. "Heya kiddo." Ben chuckled. "Well, you're hardly a kid anymore but meh."
OOC- Might as well then. Casey smiled slightly. "I guess. I didn't really think there was any other options at the time though." "You sure?" She pressed on, pushing against him slightly in an adorable way of expressing concern.
Casey chuckled once again, "Come on then." He said, bounding out the front door. "It always astounds me how a man his age can be so energetic." Came a deep voice from a little way down the hallway as a tallish dark-haired man whom was about ten years Casey's junior wandered into sight. He was rather heavily scarred and he was wearing a dark suit with an emerald green tie. It was Casey's younger brother, Ben. Lake laughed too, but after a moment she said in a deadly serious tone: "You do realise if you actually crash this car I'll eat you." followed by a small giggle. "You eat me and you'll have to explain my disappearance to my mum." Nate chuckled as he back the car out of the drive and onto the main road.
OOC- Up to you. "You sounded it though..." Elle said as she looked up at him. The worry very present in her freshly young eyes. "Yeah I know, I'm such a Mummy's boy." Casey chuckled weakly. "I just worry about her a lot, I was the one that had to look after her the most when she had moments and went through depression stages. Dad never really seemed to listen to her, and someone had to..."
"Unfortunately he is." Dee replied in an ashamed voice. "If he knew I was talking to people outside of Slytherin..." She continued slightly before snapping out of her daze, she looked up at the new arrival and grinned cheerfully as she picked up her rucksack, that appeared to contain all her worldly possessions that consisted of her school clothes, a couple of scruffy looking dresses and her books. "I'm Dee by the way."
I'm good, I've finished school and I have prom on Friday. And I spent today at my new school for next year. So I'm brillient X3 You?
"Now come on, or we'll be late. Don't want to keep your lover-ly bride waiting now, do we?" "Good." Lake nodded firmly. Nate closed the door on the two of the young women in the back seat and wandered around to the drivers side. "This is you're captain speaking." He said jokingly. "I'm afraid the scheduled driver for this ride has called in sick, so I'll be your driver for this afternoon. Remember to hold on tight and scream loudly when I hit a pedestrian as this is my first drive since I earned my license."
"Yes you do, you wouldn't sound so upset if you didn't..." Elle said quietly. "So yeah... It'd be nice to see my mum as a teen I guess, if only because she'd be able to have some fun for a while without having to worry too much."
"Yeah... I don't think I seem like a typical Slytherin either." Dee sighed. "And yeah, that'd be a good idea. We need to change into out uniforms." She nodded.
"My Dad was a Slytherin..." Dee replied. "So was my Mum as far as I know."
"I came at the worst possible time, when neither of my parents could get jobs and they were struggling to make ends meet. Elle was an accident that just made the situation worse. And the twins arrived just as she got a little more freedom because me and Elle had left for school." Casey replied. "And she got killer post-natal depression after all of us... Not to mention the fact she nearly died having the twins." "But you are her Dad whether she likes it or not," Elle said, putting her hand on his arm. "And she's been calling you it for years now. Nearly fifteen years really..."
"Lyra loves me just the way I am." Casey grinned, putting on a rather kid-sy voice. "I hope so, I've never really been in front of a big crowd before. The idea is quite daunting..."
omg, hai 8D
"Yeah... I'm sure she just did it to.. to..." Elle replied, searching for some words of comfort or a way to rationalise the choice of word. After finding no real reason she gave up. "I have no idea why she did it..." She sighed. "I some how doubt that." Casey sighed.
"A little." Lake replied. "Just the idea of people actually being there just to watch me is a little strange..." "I shall, so meh!" Casey replied childishly, jumping off the bottom stair and turning to face them. On the word 'meh' he folded his hand and stuck out his tongue, blowing a raspberry at the two following.
"Can you imagine if our parents got shrunk back down to their teenage years too? That'd be so weird. Though, I'd be interested to see that to be honest..." Casey said pensively, it was hard for him to imagine his mother as a young girl. She'd always seemed so sad, like she'd seen far too much of the dark side of the world. He always wondered if she'd always been that way, or if his father had forced her into being that way because he liked her 'needing' him. "You're telling me..." Elle sighed. "You okay?" She asked, worried that maybe Jamei's name-calling had upset him, even just slightly.
"I don't think that's such a good name, it's a bit too weird..." Dee mumbled under her breath. But after all it was his owl, and therefore his choice. She just disliked the idea of such a complex name for such a simple creature. "And if you keep sticking your fingers in it's cage of course it's gonna bite. Owls are territorial."
"I is plenty grown up!" Casey whined. "I can count to ten, I has a job and I uses proper grammar." He said in a smug sounding voice. Lake giggled slightly and moved her dress out of Maddie's way.
"Hmph..." Jamei grunted irritably. "Just so you know, Alex." She muttered, using a name she hadn't used for him since she had been four years old and unaware that he was really her father. "I think it's rather disgusting you had a one night stand with a fifteen year old when you were in your early-twenties." Then on that note she stormed off into her bedroom, which she was unfortunately sharing with her younger sister and cousin Immy. "Lyra's a nutter, Lyra's a nutter!" Casey taunted, poking her in the ribs.
"Yes, Mickey's getting all grown up." Casey cooed mockingly as he headed down the stairs. Lake delicately perched on the edge of the seat in the car and slid across the soft leather, making extra sure to get her skirts inside the vehicle.
