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Post by Essence Newman on Feb 7, 2010 0:39:57 GMT -5
Essence had been longing to see Oliver since she woke up that morning. She couldn't explain it. She just missed his spontaneous bursts of affection, his slightly off pronunciation, his beaming smile, the fact that he called her Kitty... And maybe it was just her maternal instinct kicking in a little early. It was a lazy day. They had nothing planned, nothing to do, nothing on their to do list. So why not invite the little monster over? The house wasn't too far from the city. And it was probably time for Ryder to learn that he would always be second in her heart when it came to Oliver. Essence laughed softly at that. She wondered how Oliver would take it when she told him she was going to marry Ryder. She winced a little. What about when she told him she was going to have a baby? Essence had a distinct feeling that he wouldn't like that very much. Sighing, she shrugged a little to herself. Well, he would get over it eventually. She would tell him after they had some fun though. So he didn't hate her from the beginning of their time together. Slipping her phone from her jeans pocket, Essence scrolled to find the Lawrence's number. Calling it, she greeted Emma happily. "Hey, listen, are you guys busy today? 'Cause I totally miss my boyfriend and I was wondering if Ollie could hang with me for a little bit?" She chuckled softly at that, waiting for her reply.
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Post by Ryder on Feb 15, 2010 18:46:18 GMT -5
He bounced around the kitchen, dancing to the radio as he waited for the oven beeper to go off. " That's me in the corner. That's me in the spotlight, I'm losing my religion. Trying to keep up with you.." He sang along, dancing his way into the living room. "'Cause I totally miss my boyfriend and I was wondering if Ollie could hang with me for a little bit?"His brows raised as he stood behind her, hands on his hips. " What am I? Chopped suey?" He chuckled softly, wrapping one arm around her from behind and laying a kiss to her head. " I have some nachos cooking, if you want some that is. If not, more for me." He smirked, moving away before she tried to slap him. The beeper went off, and he started singing again, picking up right at the right moment. " I thought that I heard you laughing. I thought that I heard you sing. I think I thought I saw you try..." He shook his head, silently singing the rest of the time as he opened the oven and checked on them.
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Post by Oliver on Feb 15, 2010 19:18:43 GMT -5
And soon enough, her wish was granted. Oliver showed up with his mother at the door within the half hour, and needless to say, he was jumping out of his shoes. He had a new trick he had to show her. He could stop things from moving! He could do it with his hands! Like he'd stopped that stupid squeak-squeak from biting him that one time with Aunt Ammie. He had to show her. She would love it. "Mommy," he summoned her attention, looking up at her. "Kitty gonna yike mah treek! I knows dis, because I knows dis." He nodded curtly, waiting impatiently by the door as his mother knocked. Knowing how to go about these introductions, he joined in the knocking. "Open da door! Ees me! Kiiiiitty!" he sang. "Ees me!"
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Post by Essence Newman on Feb 15, 2010 19:28:18 GMT -5
"What am I? Chopped suey?"
Essence chuckled happily, nodding. "That's absolutely right; compared to Oliver." Emma assured Essence that Ollie would love to visit and Essence did a little dance before hanging up.
"I have some nachos cooking, if you want some that is. If not, more for me." Essence did in fact move to smack him but he was already gone. Shaking her head a little, she called, "Better save me some nachos, boy!" Mmm, nachos. Thank god she hadn't started on the weird cravings or morning sickness yet.
Soon enough, a knock sounded and Essence's eyes lit up. "That's them!" she told Ryder excitedly, skidding off to the door. She could hear Oliver calling to her and giggled. Opening the door, she immediately pulled Emma into a hug. "Hey there." She passed the woman a brief smile before dropping to her knees and opening her arms to Oliver for a hug. "Hey there, little man! I missed you!"
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Post by Ryder on Feb 15, 2010 19:32:23 GMT -5
"Better save me some nachos, boy!"
He laughed, dancing to U2's mysterious ways as he pulled the nachos out from the oven. Putting them on big plate was easy. He turned off the oven and then the radio, but still danced his way back towards the living room. He was hyper, that much he knew.
The doorbell rang just as he sat the nachos down. "That's them!" He gave a nod. "Comin'!" He took off in his bare socks against the hardwood floor, he almost got there, but fell backwards near the entryway.
He started laughing, trying to get back to his feet. "Hey little man."
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Post by Oliver on Feb 15, 2010 19:55:35 GMT -5
His face lit up like the city itself, and he reached out to jump into her lap, flinging his arms around her. "KITTY!" he screamed, resting his head on her before jumping up to watch Ryder fall onto the floor. After a brief moment of surprise, he continued to beam, rushing up to cling onto his legs. "Herrow, Rye Toast!" he laughed, knowing how much Ryder hated the nickname. It'd originated from some conversation with Daddy, somehow. He couldn't remember.
Oh boy oh boy oh boy. He couldn't wait to start playing. They'd do dinosaurs, and color pictures, and play hide and seek, and he could show her his trick!
That reminded him, and he scrambled to tug on Kitty's hand. "Look! Look!" he demanded. "Look! Come see what I do!"
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Post by Essence Newman on Feb 15, 2010 20:01:53 GMT -5
"KITTY!"
Essence laughed, happily taking the hug. Holding him close, she ruffled his hair. "You got big, dude! When'd that happen, huh?" And then Ryder made a crash entrance and Essence could only shake her head and sigh. What did she need an infant for; she already had a child to take care of with Ryder around..."Herrow, Rye Toast!" \Essence smirked at that. Rye toast. She was going to call him that from now on. Except she knew Oliver was probably the only one able to get away with it...Essence would try.
"Look! Look!" he demanded. "Look! Come see what I do!"
Essence chuckled as Oliver pulled at her. "Guess I'm going with him now," she said. Smiling, she waved to Emma, assuring her that she would call and everything. "All right, dude; what can you do, what can you do?"
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Post by Ryder on Feb 15, 2010 20:09:27 GMT -5
"Herrow, Rye Toast!"
His brows furrowed, a soft smile crossing his face as he shook his head. Finally climbing to his feet as Oliver drug Essence off somewhere. "Guess I'm going with him now," He leaughed gently, wiping himself off slightly as he gave Emma a smile and a nod.
Once the door was closed, he took off after them. Hell, he was curious too. "All right, dude; what can you do, what can you do?" He stood right behind her, peering over her shoulder slightly as he waited to see what Oliver was so anxious to show them.
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Post by Oliver on Feb 15, 2010 20:40:56 GMT -5
She was just as excited as he was! "Look, I can dos dis, watch, watch!" he cried breathlessly, scrambling around for something to grab. He whipped his head this way and that, searching, searching. There! He caught sight of a bright blue ball: one that he had kept over here in case he wanted to play with it with them. Grabbing it, he held it out to Kitty.
"Frow," he requested, backing up a good ten paces. "Frow! Frow at me!" he challenged, jumping up and down. This was a game he and his daddy loved!
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Post by Essence Newman on Feb 15, 2010 20:44:32 GMT -5
Casting an amused glance to Ryder, she took the offered ball. "All right, all right," she complied. Waiting until he halted a few feet away from her, she tossed the ball. Waited for something monumental to happen. She had a feeling this had something to do with his powers, but maybe not.
Essence was suddenly very glad that she had invited Oliver over. A ball of energy, he just burst through the whole house. Not that she and Ryder had been living drearily before he arrived, but his affability made everything go technicolor.
She couldn't wait for her own baby.
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Post by Ryder on Feb 16, 2010 0:36:46 GMT -5
Was anyone besides him getting more hyper just by standing next to this kid? Ryder had always been hyper, but put next to a kid like Oliver, he could only imagine how tired he'd be when night came rolling around.
"Frow," he requested, backing up a good ten paces. "Frow! Frow at me!"
He laughed softly, watching as the ball went up into the air. It was like slow motion, just waiting for something spectacular to happen. He had a feeling, but wasn't sure; that Oliver was showing something that had to do with his powers.
But he could be wrong, wouldn't be the first time.
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Post by Oliver on Feb 16, 2010 15:44:14 GMT -5
He waited. Finally she threw it, and he continued to wait. Oliver concentrated hard on the ball, watching it go up, up, up. It moved in slow-motion, as if he could calculate each of its proximities. Just as he came to about eye level, he held his arms out from him, fingers stretched and flexed.
Like magic, the ball stopped in midair.
He threw his fists triumphanly in the air, face awaiting their reaction with a beaming smile, eyes glowing. "TADA!"
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Post by Essence Newman on Feb 16, 2010 15:53:44 GMT -5
Essence watched as the ball froze mid-air and she let her mouth drop open. "Wow!" she called in response to his enthusiastic shout. "Oliver that's so neat!" Moving toward him, she stooped a little and poked at the ball, watching as it fell from its suspended state to bounce against the floor.
Laughing a little she scooped him up into a hug. "You got all growed-up when I wasn't looking, huh?" she teased, rubbing her nose against his affectionately. Settling the little boy close, she exchanged a grinning look with Ryder.
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Post by Ryder on Feb 16, 2010 15:59:13 GMT -5
"TADA!" "Wow!" she called in response to his enthusiastic shout. "Oliver that's so neat!"
Ryder's eyes grew wide as he starred at the suspended ball in mid air. "Nice job, bud!" He laughed, walking behind Essence and scooping the ball up as she poked at it before giving Oliver a hug. A second later and she was grinning back at him. He possible couldn't help himself when he smiled back.
"Watch this." He said, throwing the ball in the air. What he meant to do was clone it into three. One for each of them. But what happened next was a complete surprise.
It froze, just like it had with Oliver. His brows furrowed as he tried to clone it again, but again to no avail. "Well that's strange." He sighed, scratching at his chin. That had never happened to him before. Was something going on with his powers?
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Post by Oliver on Feb 16, 2010 16:21:40 GMT -5
Swept up in an enthusiastic embrace, Oliver let his arms hang over his head as they spun, clearly pleased with his performance. He loved making things do neat tricks! But he'd never freeze people. Mommy and Daddy said that was bad. 'Cause he was unsure how to unfreeze things, other than touching them. He was still working on it. But hey! He could do a trick! How 'bout that!
After recovering from his laughter, Oliver wrapped one arm securely around Kitty's neck before turning to watch Rye do his own trick. He eyed the ball, waiting for something to happen, but he wasn't as surprised.
Passing him a skeptical grin, he held out his hands matter-of-factly. "Rye Toast," he drawled. "I already dided dat, thilly goose."
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Post by Essence Newman on Feb 16, 2010 16:31:07 GMT -5
"Rye Toast," he drawled. "I already dided dat, thilly goose."
Essence couldn't help but grin to Oliver's response. Raising an eyebrow to Ryder, she mentally flipped through his powers. Temporal stasis was not one of them... Was it? "You get bit by some radioactive rat without telling me?" she quipped. That was odd, though. Hefting Oliver a little higher on her hip, she moved to the ball, tapping on it and watching as it fell to the ground. Just as it had with Oliver.
"It is Ollie's power then, huh? Temporal stasis..." She met his eyes again, not sure if he should be worried. Guess there was nothing wrong with having another power, right?
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Post by Ryder on Feb 16, 2010 16:37:41 GMT -5
"Rye Toast," he drawled. "I already dided dat, thilly goose."
His hand was already at the back of his head scratching as he stared at Oliver. Without saying a word he smiled, giving a soft shrug. "It wasn't suppose to do that." Why had it done that? He mentally flipped through his own powers as Essence gave him a smile.
"You get bit by some radioactive rat without telling me?"
He laughed gently at that, shaking his head. "Not to my knowledge." watching the ball fall back to the floor. He stared at it, waiting for it to clone like he wanted it too. Maybe his powers were just on a glitch? It happens, right?
"It is Ollie's power then, huh? Temporal stasis..."
"Yeah.." He said, a bit dazed as he tried to create an illusion. "Something is up with my powers. Cloning, even illusion, they're not working." He tried once again, creating a simple illusion of a beach. It began to work just fine, but fizzled out quickly. "What the heck." He sighed, giving a shrug.
Nothing a good nights sleep won't fix right?
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Post by Oliver on Feb 16, 2010 17:07:42 GMT -5
They conversed, discussing something very special, it seemed, because a look of worry crossed both of their faces, but they soon switched back to their regular selves. Meanwhile, Oliver went about having fun freezing things. He froze Kitty's finger but then touched it so it would unfreeze, giggling innocently afterwards.
What were they gonna do now? He'd already shown them his magic trick.
"Kitty," he suggested, his eyes lighting up when the idea came to him, "we has Rye Toast pay flinosawr wiff us now??"
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Post by Essence Newman on Feb 16, 2010 17:21:20 GMT -5
"Something is up with my powers. Cloning, even illusion, they're not working."
Essence's brow furrowed worriedly at that. She hadn't known that. "D'you think..." She trailed off though, not having any idea really of what could have caused the minor malfunction. She frowned a little before copying his shrug. If he wasn't worried than neither was she. Much.
"Kitty." She got distracted by Oliver then, looking down to meet his eyes. "We has Rye Toast pay flinosawr wiff us now?" Panic took her mind a second. She probably shouldn't shift, right? Would that be good for the baby? She passed a look to Ryder as if asking his opinion. "Ryder's a good dinosaur," she commented, mustering up a grin. "He likes to 'rawr.'"
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Post by Ryder on Feb 16, 2010 17:31:12 GMT -5
"We has Rye Toast pay flinosawr wiff us now?"
He caught the look. But knew it was up to her. "Love too. But it's up to Kitty if she wants to play." He smiled softly down at Oliver.
"Ryder's a good dinosaur," she commented, mustering up a grin. "He likes to 'rawr.'"
He laughed, shaking his head. "Yup, I sure do." He grinned. His eyes locked with Essence's. They had to tell him sooner or later. But it was up to her, whether she wanted to shift or not. Sure, there was the baby to think about, but they wouldn't know unless she tried.
That is, if she was willing.
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