Andrew Vincent's Story

Andrew/Ashley

Andrew was chewing on the sandwich as he watched Ashley twirling around in the living to a song that he had never heard of. He was being forced to watch. He attempted to move his feet, but the vines on his feet and legs got tighter. "Ash let me go." He complained taking another bite of his sandwich. "No." She said twirling some more. It was ballet routine that she had been working on since she started at the ballet academy. He has watched a different routine every week willingly, but the one time he doesn't want to watch she binds his legs to the chair when he is eating lunch.

Ashley bowed and Andrew clapped eagerly happy that he was being released. She ran up to him and sat on his lap. He finished his sandwich and he tried to move, but he was still stuck to the chair. "Ashley. Why am I still stuck to the chair?" He asked slowly pushing his little sister off his lap. "Because I am mad at you." She said grabbing an apple of the table and taking a giant bite out of it. Andrew rolled his eyes and felt the vines moving slowly off his legs. He got up and saw his phone blinking indicating messages. He grabbed it and saw it was from Slade. But he ignored it. Slade wasn't worth answering sometimes.

"No matter what you say Ashley you can't come to the party." He said leaving the living room and going to his room. His room was the master bedroom. He had a Queen Sized bed and his own bathroom. His room was fairly clean and very nice. His parents paid for the house they lived in since they could never visits. His mother Kristina was ruling over the dragon kingdom with uncle Cameron and their father Thomas. They were pretty rich. Ashley followed him. "Why not!" Ashley wanted to see the family at the party, but it was a teenage party that was serving alcohol and other crazy things she was not old enough to know about.

"Because I said so. But you are going to see mom and dad." He shut the door to the bathroom as Ashley sat outside of it pacing back and forth. Sometimes she would think that she is a teenager, but only because everyone is extremely nice to her. "But Lucy, Mike, Slade, and Sym would want to see me." She said in her innocent voice hoping he would cave. "Then you can see them tomorrow." He was in the shower and he heard a loud bang followed by tiny footsteps running out of the room.

After his shower he dried off and shook the water out of his hair. He put on the clothes that he had set out for the party. He glanced down at the bathroom door and there was dent where you could see where she punched the door in anger. Ashley was strong, but she couldn't control it like he could. He left his bathroom, picked up his phone and sent out a text.

From: Andrew
To: Everyone
What time are we meeting for the party.

He put his phone in his pocket and went to his sisters room to deal with the tiny dragon. She was siting in the corner of her room in a tiny tree cocoon she created for herself. "Hey Ash. Do you wanna play video game?" He asked hoping she would get over the fact that he was leaving her in the care of their parents for the night. She opened a hole in the cocoon to reveal a smile. She got out and raced him to the living room where they played video games.

Mike

"Mike, when we get in this store, CONTAIN yourself, got it?" Lucy said to him. "Scouts honor." He said saluting her before parking and getting out. "I feel like a mother." Lucy mumbled and he shoved her a little. "And you better not be until your a hundred." Mike joked. He wasn't super protective of his sister, but he was promised to look after her. They entered the store and Lucy immediately came up with a battle plan. "We need lots of plates, streamers, confetti, strobe lights, and a couple of ballons. Lets split up." Mike nodded and went a different direction than Lucy. "Where in the world am i going to find strobe lights- Ah, looky here." He said eying the girl that was on the other end of the hall looking at some lights.

Mike had a mini battle in his head. Should he follow his sister's rule or disobey. He looked up at the ceiling and cursed. "I feel like god is testing me." Mike looked at the girl again and shrugged. "Well, hell can't be that bad." He said and made his way over the girl who turned to him and eyed him up and down. "You like what you see?" He said leaning on the shelf. "As a matter of fact, yea." She said officially looking turning to him. "Me too." He said seductively in the girls ear, satisfied when she blushed. "Your cute when you blush." Mike said and she blushed a deeper red. "Thanks." She said. "i never caught your name, I'm Michael, but call me Mike." He held out his hand in a friendly gesture. To bad it was more than friendly. She shook it and then let go. "Im Maddison, but call me Maddi." Maddi said and Mike flashed her a flirtatious grin. "Alright Maddi, you should come to my sister's party. It's in one of the rich neighborhoods, just follow the flow of alcohol and drunk people." He joked, but was only half kidding. She laughed and nodded "Alight, see you their." Maddi walked off and Mike stood their for a second. "Yea, hell is totally worth it."

Mike grabbed his phone when he received the text. "Oh, Andrew deciding to talk now."

From: Andrew
To: Everyone
What time are we meeting for the party.

It didn't take long for Mike to respond.

To: Andrew
From: Mike
Sup dude, long time no see! We meet at 8! B)

Mike sent it and grabbed the orange, red, and yellow lights. He counted to make sure their was enough for the whole house. Inside and outside. He walked off and put in in the nearest basket on the floor and put them in. Mike walked down some more isle and grabbed 18 packs of confetti. And like his sister ordered, he grabbed a couple of regular looking balloons. Mike made his way to the cashier were his sister was with a basket of plate and streamers. Same color. 'Great minds think alike'He thought before putting everything on the conveyer belt and grabbed his credit card to pay the 200 dollars worth of stuff. Mike gave the man the credit card, who instantly swiped the card and gave it back. Once the man finished he grabbed the bags and walked back to the Hummer and putting everything in the back seat. "It's six now, we should just clear everything up and hide the valuables before the family gets here." HE said starting the car and getting back home to set up.

Andrew/Ashley

As usual Andrew was letting Ashley win in Mario Kart. He kept getting third while she got first. Ashley didn't care she liked winning. "I win!" She exclaimed loudly. She got off the couch and did her winner dance. She cabbage patched and then plopped back down on the couch. "I am going to beat you Ashley." He said knowing that he was going to allow her to win. "Yea right." Ashley said. Andrew laughed and started up another round.

Mid way through the game he paused it when he received two texts. One from Mike and the other from Sym. "Cheater!" Ashley shouted. Andrew rolled his eyes.

To: Andrew
From: Mike
Sup dude, long time no see! We meet at 8! B)

To:Mike
From: Andrew
I know. We don't hang out enough.

Andrew sent the message and glanced over to the empty spot next to him. "Ash?" Looking around she was in the kitchen grabbing a juice box. "What? I got thirsty." She said walking back to the couch. He opened the next message from Sym.

To: Andrew
From: Sym
It's a 9! Ohh Tell Ashley her favorite cuz sayz Hi. We are totally going shopping this weekend. On second thought, I'm gonna come over before the party. Poor things probably bummed she can't go. :(

Andrew rolled his eyes at the text. Sym was always babying Sym, but she was pretty much the older sister Ashley couldn't ever have. As many times Andrew played dress up he could only pretend for so long. So now Sym and Lucy play with her. He will stick to being the big brother.

To: Sym
From: Andrew
Mike said 8. Ashley loves going shopping with you. And hurry up and get over here.

He sent the message and put the phone back into her pocket. He looked as Ashley and smile. "Sym is coming." Ashley's eyes got wide and she ran up the stairs. "I have to change!" She screamed while going up the staircase. Ashley was in pajamas earlier since she didn't need to change, but she liked dressing up for Sym. "ANDY! Come and brush my hair please!" Andrew turned off the Wii and jogged up the stairs to braid his sisters hair.

Ashley's room was bright pink and a bit smaller than Andrew's room. She has her own private bathroom as well which she insisted be painted the same color as her room. She has pictures of her and her brother on the wall along with a few pictures of their parents. A lot of them had their cousins in it. They were all very close and Ashley loved all of them even though sometimes she was annoying.

Ashley came out of the bathroom with blue skinny jeans and a purple top that Sym bought for her the last time. She gave a twirl and Andrew nodded in approval. Ashley handed him the brush and sat down on the floor. "Gently. Last time I thought you were going to take my head off." She playfully complained. "Okay." He said and then he brushed her hair up until their cousin comes.

Lucy/Mike

Lucy and Mike grabbed the bags and mad their way into the house, "Move valuables, right." Lucy repeated before they set down the bags in the living room and got started. Lucy and Mike went to Lucy's room and into her closet. "Nice clothes sis." Mike mocked and Lucy rolled her eyes. "Yea yea, just help me lift the door." Lucy said and Mike nodded pushing the shoes out the way and both tugging on the handle to the underground cellar. It was for earthquake purposes, but earthquakes barely happen in Parkwood. The door creaked open and they were greeted with darkness. "Ladies first." Mike snickered pointing to the darkness. "Oh now you want to be a gentlemen." Lucy said making her way down the steep steps and turning on the nearest flashlight. "I hate how this is under my room." Lucy said before turning on the other lights. It wasn't your normal cellar. It had chairs and couches, and a refrigerator. Their was carpet and a closet. It was like an underground room, but larger.

"Everything would be set in the middle." Mike said and Lucy nodded. "Alright lets begin." Lucy said and they got to it. Lucy took care of the upstairs valuables, and Mike took care of the downstairs valuables. They were smart when it came to partying. Who would keep all their precious stuff out in the open for drunk idiots to go at it. That's just dumb. After an hour they both met up at the living room. "Finished?" Lucy asked and Mike nodded. "You?" Lucy nodded as well. "I'll close it and you get out the food." They split up once again. Lucy went back to her room and shut the clear and rearranging her shoes so it would cover it like the last time. Mike went to the kitchen and rummaged through the cabinets pulling out the 6 bags of tostitos chips and 10 jars of dip. He poured each in their own large bowl and threw them out. He sat there for awhile before snapping his fingers. Something he does when he remembers something. Mike went to the phone and dialed papajohns.

"Hi can i take your order? The lady said and Mike thought for a second before replying. "Uh yes, i would like 10 large pizzas. 5 of them cheese and the other 5 pepperoni." He said and the lady was quiet. "Are you throwing a party? The lady asked. Mike rolled his eyes. "Yes and i would like those by 8." Mike said before hanging up and turning to Lucy who was inspecting the living room. "What time is it?" Lucy said, still doing her inspections. "7:30." Mike said going over to his phone which was glowing from a text message.

To:Mike
From: Andrew
I know. We don't hang out enough.

Mike held his phone and grabbed the bags and handed them to Lucy. "Get started." He said simply before replying to Andy

To:Andy
From:Mike
Your right we don't. It because you found someone better than me haven't you? Nah jk, no one is better than moi

He sent the message and got started on the decorations. 'The crap we do for a party that only happens on the weekends.'

Andrew/Ashley

Andrew finished brushing her hair and Ashley she stood up and put the brush back inside the bathroom. "Andy are they here yet?" Andrew walked over to the window and looked outside. He knew they didn't see him, but he smiled. He rarely got company. Even though he knows they are only visiting for Ashley its nice to have people come over. "Go get them." Ashley jumped up and down with joy and ran out of her room and down the staircase. She loved her cousins. Especially Slade. She was Slade's favorite so she likes him the most. She loves Sym as well and loves doing sister things with her, but Slade seems to only be happy around Ashley.

Andrew walked down the stairs toward the living and cleaned up the mess they left in the living room. Ashley opened the door, ran out and hugged Slade tight. Andrew just sat on the couch. They weren't here to see him anyway. They would hang with Ashley and then they would go to the party. Checking the time he knew Lucy hated them right about now. They skipped set up and they are going to be late to the party, but she will quickly get over it.

"Hi Slade I missed you." She said into his shirt. She let go of him and saw Sym on the bike. She ran over to her and hugged her although she was still on the bike. "I missed you too Sym." She said into her shirt. She let go of her and walked toward the house. She stood right by the door she left wide open and waited for them to come up. She looked back at her brother who was sitting on the couch enjoying a can of soda. "Aren't you going to hug them Andy?" Andrew looked at her and laughed. "Too old to hug them Ash." He said honestly.

"You never set any perimeters, Simon." said Sym. Slade tensed, "don't call me that, Symone". He listened as she carried on being a smartass, without actually paying any real attention at all. He felt her pat his cheek, and Slade jokingly went to bite at her fingers. "Yeah, whatever, you still cheated".

Next thing he knew he'd had the wind knocked out of him by a little girl, crushing his stomache. "Hi Slade I missed you." said Ashley. Slade held in his breath so as not to look like he was in pain, and exhaled as deeply as he ever had when she let go and rushed over to Sym.

Slade trailed behind Ash as they walked towards the door to the house. He set his eyes on Andrew, one of the many cousins he wasn't so fond of.

"Aren't you going to hug them Andy?" Ashley asked.

"Yeah, Andrew, where's my hug?" Slade repeated jokingly.

"Too old to hug them Ash." replied Andrew.

"You're never too old for a hug." Sym said.

Sym then became picky about Ashley's hair, so he figured it was at this point that he should clear out the cupboards. He hadn't eaten yet and he was starving. He opened the cupboards and laid eyes upon all the choices, "one of the advantages about having rich family; free food".

Andrew/Ashley

"You're never too old for a hug." Sym said to him. Before Andrew could run away Sym grabbed hold of him. He hugged her back since she wasn't going to let go otherwise. "Yeah, Andrew, where's my hug?" Andrew raised an eyebrow at him and let go of Sym. He held his arms wide open towards him. "I always knew you loved me Slade." He walked over to Slade and hugged him before Slade could do anything about it. Once Andrew let go he ran towards Sym's side so that he would be safe. Ashley just smiled and stayed close to Slade.

With his eyes Andrew followed Slade into the kitchen. Obviously he was going to eat whatever pleased. "No. Help yourself Slade." Ashley skipped after Slade and hopped on the counter and sat on it. She heard Sym complain about Andrew brushing her hair. "What do you mean what did I do to it? I spent half and hour brushing." Andrew defended. He was used to Sym's jokes and pranks, but every time she complained it seemed real. It annoyed him.

He pulled out his phone when he felt it vibrate it was Mike. If it had been Lucy he knew that he would have been dead. He read the message and smiled. Just like Mike to say something like that. Andrew thought to himself.

To: Mike
From: Andrew
You're not all that Mike. btw I will be there soon.

He sent the message and slipped the phone back into his pocket. He didn't even bother checking the time knowing that is was past 9:30. They were all in trouble. "We are all in trouble when we get to Lucy's house." He said sitting down on the couch not even wanting to go since it would be a death sentence.

Ashley growled and bound everyone's legs to the floor with tree branches. She was more made at Andrew for wanting to leave still and she was made at her cousins for going with him. She looked at Slade who was the closet to her. "You aren't going to leave are you?" She didn't give them much of a choice at this point, but she would like to hear a no. Andrew leaned back on the couch and closed his eyes. He went through this. It was someone else's turn.

He was munching on some Oreos when suddenly he wasn't able to move. Looking down he saw roots and branches curling around his legs. He had to admitt that Ash was pretty good with her control over earth. She'd make a fine fighter one day. He felt her eyes on him, so he turned his head and stared back at her, his expression softer than it had been previously.

"You aren't going to leave are you?" asked Ash. Slade felt guilty now. He couldn't imagine what it was like for her to know such a large event was happening and she couldn't even go. After a moment of thought, Slade shook his head. "I'll stay here with you, if you'd like". His words were true, it really wasn't any trouble for him to stay and take care of Ash. He didn't even want to go to the party anyway. And as for protecting Sym he could easily text Dahvie to keep an eye on her. The two got a long well anyway.

"We could play games, just chill and stuff. Sounds fun, right?" he asked with an unusually large grin.

(Posted twice, my apologies).

Andrew/Ashley

"I'll stay here with you, if you'd like" Ashley nodded. She would rather be with Slade than her uncle Cameron any day. She hated being in the dragon realm. "We could play games, just chill and stuff. Sounds fun, right?" Ashley hopped off the counter and hugged Slade. "Yay. Thanks Slade." She exclaimed. "But Peanut can you please get theses vines off my feet?" Ashley let go of Slade and removed the vines from everyone's feet.

Andrew stood up and walked away from the couch just in case Ashley pulled anymore tricks. "Andy, Lucy is gonna really wanna kill us. We really oughta get going." Andrew checked the time himself and nodded. "Yea I would like to live." Andrew wrapped his arm around Sym's shoulder and walked towards the door. "I keep her out of trouble Slade. Take care of Ashley." Andrew said walking by the kitchen. Ashley ran out of the kitchen and hugged Andrew from behind. Andrew bent down and kissed the top of Ashley's head. "Call uncle Cameron and tell him not to come." Ashley nodded and ran back to Slade.

"Come on Slade. Let's play Mario Kart." She said turning on the Wii and setting up the game. Andrew pushed Sym out the door so that they could hurry up and Andrew shut the door behind him. "We are not carpooling just in case you go home with someone else." He said unlocking the Mercedes door.

Andrew

Andrew sometimes she was part fae. He was as well because of his father, but the car didn't bother him as much since he was also part dragon. He started the ignition and saw Sym rev her engine. He pulled out of the parking lot and took off towards Lucy's house. He made sure that she was still behind him, but her bike was faster than his car so most likely she would pass him. He picked up speed and could see Lucy's house in the distance.

The whole family lived pretty close to each other so it was never a problem to get to each other's houses. He pulled into the parked onto the side of the road. The party was already hyped and it was barely ten o'clock. He leaned against the side of his car and waited for Sym to pull up so that they could get their punishment together.

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Slade watched as Sym and Andrew left together, being partially distracted by Ashley's request to play Mario Kart. As the door shut, he heard Andrew's faint voice; "We are not carpooling just in case you go home with someone else". Slade's fingers curled into his palms and his face tensed. Like he was going to let that happen. "In a second, honey, I gotta go to the bathroom". He ruffled her long, brown hair and then exited into the hallway and up the stairs.

Finding the bathroom was no trouble at all, since he'd visited Ashley and Andrew many times in the past, seeing as their parents were close and often visited eachother. He closed the door behind him and locked it. "Right," he whispered in the quietest voice he could possible pull off, before sitting on the floor with his legs crossed. Coils of shadows curled around his body, then moved along the floor and stopping infront of him. Soon the shadows formed a figure, exactly the same as his own. Features like skin, eyes, hair, etc. all started to form.

He stood up, as did his clone. This was a little trick Alex had taught him during his early childhood, and it was something he had come to master over time. His clones were made to look, act, feel and have the same abilities as Slade. Their power was the same. It would take a real genius to figure out the differences between the two.

"Clone, you know what to do," he said, to which his replicate replied with a nod. "I sure do". The clone walked past Slade and left the bathroom, before taking a seat on the sofa downstairs. "Ready to play?" he asked Ashley.

The real Slade was already climbing out the bathroom window by this point, running along the rooftops in the direction of Lucy's party. It took him about 10-15 minutes to arrive at their door. He needn't knock, merely just walk in. He watched as drunk teenagers staggered around, holding cups of alcohol as they chatted with other drunk teenagers. There truely was nothing better than a weekend party...

He heard Andrew pull up in the car, and he figured that if he was to be seen then he'd have a hell of a lot of explaining to do, especially since it would appear that he'd simply just left a 9 year old alone in a large house. 'Should be fun,' he thought.

Andrew

Andrew saw Sym but was dragged in side. He didn't understand until he saw Slade. "Dammit Slade." He said knowing his sister was probably home alone right about now. But Sym did enough yelling for the both of them. "You pulled that Clone Shadow Trick, Didn't you? Ugh, You are impossible!" Andrew agreed but kept quiet. "You just couldn't leave me be for a few hours and give Ashley your undivided attention?" Andrew wanted to calm her down, but Sym didn't have the best temper. "You'll regret this." Sym walked away and Andrew just stood there. "I wasn't going to let anything happen to her." He said as he ran a hand through his hair. Slade yelled at Sym and then disappeared. Andrew wanted to leave at the moment. He was angry at the fact that Slade just left Ashley, but clearly he was going back to her.

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Ashley

"In a second, honey, I gotta go to the bathroom". Ashley watched him disappear and she sat on the couch playing a few rounds of the game by herself. Then her cousin came back down the stairs. "Ready to play?" Ashley paused the game and eyed the shadow version of Slade and through the wii remote right at it. It didn't yelp or sense any pain. Now Ashley was angry. This was not Slade. She ran up the stairs to the bathroom and it was empty. Slade had left her with a shadow form of him. She felt insulted since he thought she was that dumb to fall for the shadow. She ran to her room and shut the door. She sat in the corner trying to contain her anger. She didn't want to destroy anything.

Tanya

Tanya listened to Lucy comfort Sym. She didn't know what to say. She didn't exactly understand what was going on, but Lucy was asking for help. "Umm. I don't know what happened. But I believe you guys will work it out. You are guys are inseparable." She said hoping that would make her feel better. "'Ey, Sym, how's life? Said a guy that stood in the doorway. He was pretty cute, but clearly wasn't there to see her. She stepped closer to Lucy confused on what to do next. "Um who is that Lucy?" She whispered low enough for her to hear.

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Andrew

Andrew was upset and he didn't want to be. He walked around saying hi to people he knew until he spotted Mike and Marcus playing MW3 on the xbox. Brook was there watching them. He walked over to them and plopped on the couch next to Marcus. "What up guys?" He asked leaning back into the couch as they played. Those two were his close friends so hopefully they won't mention anything about the siblings. He looked at Brook and smiled politely. "Hi." He said before looking back at the tv.

Brook smiled at Andrew when he said "Hi". She was slightly awkward around him, but that was only because he was immune to her seduction powers, most, if not all, supernatural beings were. "Your screwed then." Mike said before putting in Modern Warfare 2. "Get ready to get your ass whipped." Brook started to giggle to herself. "He'd like that." She said, playfully punching Marcus on his shoulder. "And your just jealous, because he slept in the same bed as me more than you have." It was well known that if Marcus had a really bad argument with his dad he went to stay with Brooklyn. She grinned to herself as she took a sip of her drink.

Marcus gave Andrew the 'sup' nod when he said What up guys? He blinked when Brook made the joke about him liking being whipped, but he did laugh at the joke before shaking his head at her. He shrugged when she insulted Mike, "Sadly it's true, buddy." He said smiling. He took the controller and waited for Mike start the game, whilst he waited he turned to Andrew, "So what's up?" He then accidentally read Andrew's thoughts, Andrew was upset about his cousins and sister, Marcus thought he should ask more, see if he could help but decided against it and let Andrew answer his previous question.

Lucy

Lucy sighed. There was no way getting threw to Sym. "'Ey, Sym, how's life?" Lucy turned to Dahvie. They haven't really been introduced. She would hear about him and sometimes see him, but never introduced. "Um who is that Lucy?" Tanya said. "He's Dahvie, a close family friend." She said. That was when Dahvie turned his attention to Lucy and Tanya."the name's Dahvie, nice t'meet ya'" He said and Lucy smiled sweetly. "I'm Lucy and this is Tanya." She said. It wasn't long until he followed after Sym to go and dance. Lucy drank some more of her alcohol, still not getting buzzed. "Damn this alcohol." Lucy said refilling it and gulping it down again. It was a moment of silence before a voice, louder than anyone ringed throughout the house. Instantly she knew it was Slade "Fuck it." Lucy said slamming her cup down and getting in the midde of the living room. She stopped the music and everyone glared at her. "Everyone get out of my house!" Lucy yelled and everyone just started at her. "NOW!" It was the deathly tone that got everyone to start shifting and moving about, exiting the house. leaving the family and friends by themselves. "Wasn't going well anyways." Lucy muttered under her breath. Looking at Sym, who was yelling at a high Slade, she knew something bad was about to happen. Lucy turned on all the lights and the strobe lights automatically turned off.

Mike

"And your just jealous, because he slept in the same bed as me more than you have." Mike started choking on the drink he had recently started sipping. He turned to Marcus with worry in his eyes. "Dude, you gotta go check yourself for some STD''s." Mike said but then all hell broke lose when a high Slade tumbled through the door. "Oh. My. God." Mike said and quickly reached for his phone and video taped the scene before him. When he finished the whole house seemed to clear out, only leaving them. "How much do you want to bet Dahvie is going to punch Slade." Mike said to Andrew and Marcus. It was gonig to be boring if everyone kept yelling, so why not bet.

Brook stayed silent as Sym left with Dahvie, she dropped one arm and rubbed the forearm of it with her already crossed arm. She looked at Lucy and Tanya, smiling weakly, knowing Lucy would be upset about her party being ruined. She looked back at Mike, Marcus and Andrew, she gave them the same smile and shrugged "I'm gonna go too." She sighed and walked over to Lucy, she gave her a quick hug, "I'm sorry your party got ruined." She gave her a sympathetic smile. "Bye." She then left the house and started the long walk home. Along the way, she started to cry slightly, she hated it when people implied she was a slut with nothing but STDs, even if she didn't necessarily care for the person's opinion it still hit it right on the nail, that her race were instantly the sluts of the world she lived in. When she got into the apartment, she just dropped on the bed and just slept.

Marcus relaxed as Slade was thrown out and sat back down, he watched as Brook left, he was the only person, other than Brook herself, that knew about how she felt about being called a slut, something she didn't even tell him. He bit his tongue as he was left with Mike and Andrew, Mike didn't know and was only joking around and Brook would kill him if he said anything. He just ignored his urge to tell Mike what he did and offered his help, "My dad doesn't care, so I can help tidy up if you want?"

Ashley

“Sorry, Peanut.” Ashley let go Dahvie and faced Sym. She crossed her arms and nodded for her continue. “Slade can be a jerk sometimes but he loves okay, so don’t hate him.” Ashley shook her head. "No. I'm his favorite. He isn't suppose to be a jerk to me." She complained. She sat down on the floor right at Dahvie's feet. Ashley got her stubbornness from her father. Andrew was always easy going like his mother. But being stubborn and a little girl never mixed well together. She brought her knees up to her chest and put her chin on them. "I want Slade to apologize." She demanded. She wasn't mad at anyone else. She just wanted to hear an apology from Slade.

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Andrew

After Lucy kicked everyone out and the Mike got over the bet. Slade and Sym hashed it out except Dahvie was involved. It was getting to intense for his liking and his little sister was still in the house by herself. Finally Slade left bringing peace to the house. Sym and Dahvie went to go and see Ashley and Andrew decided to go to the store and get her apple pie as an apology. "Alright Mike and Marcus. I have an apology pie to buy. We can hang tomorrow." He walked around Brook and stood at the front door. "Bye Luc!" He shouted before leaving. He got into the his car and drove toward the grocery store to buy the pie. Hopefully Ashley would forgive. And from now on, Andrew wasn't allowing Slade to babysit.

Ashley

Ashley didn't ask why Slade owed her an apology, but she would probably force him to do that as well. She felt the kiss on top of her head and felt so much better. Sym always had a way of making Ashley feel better when she was angry. Then to make things better Sym was offering a make over. "Yes please!" She exclaimed. Ashley jumped up and grabbed Sym's hand. She dragged her cousin up the staircase to her bedroom where Ashley keeps all her beauty supplies, but she forgot that everything was destroyed. "Oh. Sym I forgot I messed up my room." Ashley said ashamed. Messed up was an understatement. Nothing in the room lasted in her rage.

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Andrew

Andrew bought the pie and he was on his way home. On the drive he didn't see Sym or Dahvie on the street which means that they are at the house already. "Please have the house be unbroken." He said to himself hoping that Ashley didn't mess anything up. His phone rang in his pocket and it was his mother. He didn't have time for her lecture about how Ashley didn't show up, but he picked it up anyway. "Hello?"

"Andrew! Where is Ashley?" His mother, Kristina yelled through the other end. She was angry.

"At home. I am buying pie for her. She is safe." Andrew reassured her.

"Like hell she is. She was left alone Andrew! How could you let that happen." She yelled.

"I didn't do it on purpose mom. Slade was supposed to watch her." Andrew retaliated. There was some muffling on then a new voice popped onto the other end.

"Andy. Is Ashley okay?" It was his father, Tommy.

"Yes. She is with Symone." It was weird using Sym's whole name, but they don't know her any other way.

"Good. I will convince your mother not to come to the house. Take care." The phone died before Andrew said goodbye. But it's not like he cared. There was a reason why he kept Ashley away from them. Andrew put the phone back into his pocket and pulled into his driveway.

He got out of the car and walked inside the house. Dahvie was in the living room while his cousin and baby sister were no where in sight. "Sym! Ashley! I bought pie!" That usually worked when he wanted Ashley to come down.

Andrew

Andrew dropped his keys on the counter and placed his phone next to it. "Hey Andy?” Sym had come down the staircase without Ashley. He was a bit concerned, but he didn't say anything. "Oo! Pie!" Andrew rolled his eyes. "You can't have any. It's an apology pie for Ashley." He pushed the pie farther away from her and leaned against the counter. He gazed down at his phone and back at Sym. "My mom called. She yelled at me for Ash being alone. I think they are coming." He said not making eye contact. Andrew was grateful to his parents, but he couldn't stand his mother. She was on her high horse and cared too much about the dragon council. She says she loves them, but she visits three times a year. Their birthdays and Christmas. His father was not much better. He followed mom around and kept her sane. That was about it. The last thing he needed was for them to come down. The slightest fault they find in Andrew they will take Ashley back to the dragon realm. "I don't want them to take Ashley." He said more to himself than Sym.