Princess_Lucky1731 wrote:

I asked Jarrod if he noticed the tension between my sister and mother. It was rather uncomfortable as I watched my mother glower at my sister and hee girlfriend from across the room. At one point I saw tears streaming down Hannah's face. How could my mother be so heartless.

It waa still a rather nice time dispute the slight bit of tension. It was nice Jackson got to meet all his relatives.

Camilla asks me if I noticed the tension between her mother and Sadie. I gently drop my hand on her thigh, feeling her still soft muscles jiggle through her long dress and, looking into her eyes I answer: "I did, and, even though I understand, I feel sad for Sadie, I think we all have to respect her preferences, even if we don't share it."

I add: "Do you think we can help her understand and respect?"

Jarrod explains that although he did notice the tension and felt rather sad for my sister whether we share her preferences or not we should respect her choices.  Completely agreeing with him I went to my sister to talk to her to ease the tension between her and our mom.

"I really think you should try to clear the air with mom. I mean it's got to be hard spending time with family with all her unneeded tention." I began hoping Sadie would at least hear me out. "Well please give it some thought. I'd love to have you around more." I said after a long awkward silence.

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A few days later after Jarrod had come home from work and Jackson was sleeping after dinner I got a phone call from my sister.

"It's Sadie." I said to Jarrod before I answered. "I sure hope she thought about what I suggested." I whispered as I answered.

"Although I want to be part of Jackson's life and be the best auntie I can, I have no interest in clearing the air with our mom while she is still following her religious beliefs." Sadie blurted out before I could even say hello.

With that statement I just stayed on the line silent as I felt tears beginning to sting the backs of my eyes. I wasn't sure if they were from anger, frustration or pure sadness so I just tried to gather my thoughts as the tears stinging the backs of my eyes finally began to push their way forward and blur my vision.

Last edited by Princess_Lucky1731 (May 19, 2023 3:04 am)

Kate's POV

I jumped for joy as I opened my letter and saw that I had passed my audition for drama school.

I immediately rang Beth to tell her the good news, tears running down my cheeks.

She and Liam had been such a help with my auditions, advising which monologues would be best and directing me so I could deliver the best performance

'That's amazing, well done' Beth congratulated when I came on the phone. 'I'll tell Liam' She seemed a little down when we talked and unfortunately I knew why. Evie and Liam had slowly drifted apart since her mum's death and Beth was worried her best friend would lose his girlfriend

I also did feel for Evie. Having to go through her parents divorce and then had her mum die in a car accident would be difficult for anybody to deal with. Plus having to reconnect with another parent who hadn't spoken to her for 11 years, it was hardly surprising she was in emotional turmoil

I decided to visit Rachel and she greeted me with a hug and a kiss. She was very pleased for me, tears streaming down her face when I gave her the good news

She got me a can of cider to drink so I could celebrate and the two of us put our boots on the sofa so we could run our hands over them and play with our boot zips.

We discussed her trip next week to Nagoya where she was doing her latest challenge

'I'm looking forward to it, I've missed Japan' Rachel explained, a fresh batch of tears running down her cheeks

'I'm glad' I replied. I wiped her tears away and stroked her ponytail

Tristan's POV:

As I wait for Enid to arrive, I have a flashback of Melissa's graduation, my beautiful sister was extremely happy, I remember her huge smile as I cupped her cheeks when I congratulated her, her girlfriend Lisa close to her but sadly unable to show too much emotion.

When Enid arrives from the christening of Jackson I ask her if she cried at the christening as I wonder it was quite an emotional event.

A few days later, I come home and see Camilla on the phone, she says: "It's Sadie. I sure hope she thought about what I suggested." I don't know what Sadie tells her but I notice Camilla looks in shock, she stays silent as her beautiful eyes slowly fill with tears. I quickly go towards her, guide her to sit in a chair and cup her cheeks, caressing from under her eyes at the inner corner to the outer corner as well as the middle of her cheeks, softly giving comforting pats on her thighs every now and then. My hands remain mostly on her cheeks.