FEGG - G9 - Edmund - Chapter 7

 "You know what.." Lukas said to me one day, sitting in the couch watching TV.

 "No? What now?" I looked at Lukas.

We were the only one at home. The girls were out shopping and Estella was at the library.

 "I'm going to propose to your sister." he said.

"You are?" my lips broke into a big smile. "When?"

He shook his head. "I don't know. I wanted to check with you if it was okay I take your sister. Since you don't have a father who can give me your blessing..."

 "So you came to me?" I laughed. "Of course you have my blessing, Luke!"

Lukas smiled big at me. "Thank you."

 "But when are you going to?"

"I don't know..." Lukas frowned. "I was thinking about taking her out on a picnic or something..."

I grinned. "That sound's like a great idea, as long as you're not thinking about fishing. She hates to fish."

"Exactly what I planned." Lukas grinned back at me.

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Lukas

 It had been a week since I told Edmund about my plans. Today's the day.

 "Sheila, you aren't doing anything special today, are you?" I asked at the dining table.

I saw Edmund glance at me. 

 "No, I don't think so," Sheila said. "Why?"

 "Can you please get dressed and we'll go for a ride around the city." I said.

I felt her gaze in my neck but I heard her rose up and walking upstairs.

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Sheila

 I had no idea what Lukas planned. We usually didn't drive around the city. There wasn't much to do.

But now he took me right by the waterfalls. To a little park.

 "I planned that we could eat some lunch here." Lukas said as we walked over to the tables.

 We sat down and ate hot dog in silence. I wore one of my favourite dresses, and Lukas wore a shirt with a tie.

"What are we really doing here?" I asked. "And why are we dressed like this? Is this going to be an early surprise birthday party or something?"

 "Can't I just take my wonderful girl to a beautiful place without getting any suspicious questions?" Lukas complained with a smile on his lips.

I smiled back, but I wanted answers.

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 It was so boring. So, so, so boring. After lunch, Lukas picked up some fishing rods from the car.

 I hated fishing. And I thought I had told Lukas that. I didn't even know he liked to fish.

 "This sure is really fun!" Lukas said with a big smile. 

Nothing had happened and God knows how long we'd been fishing.

 I felt disappointed. I had actually been hoping for a surprise party. But now...

I didn't know anymore. This was so boring, and I just couldn't wait to get home again.

 We didn't even get any fish!

 But we sure had a beautiful view.

 You could see the whole city from here!

Not that we were much higher than the city, there just weren't any trees or forests. The landscape was flat.

We could even see our little purple house! Behind the white big house with green roof.

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 Then finally, Lukas put away his fishing rod. He came up to me.

"Did you have a great time fishing?" I asked.

 "Honestly?" I said. "I hated it. Please never take me fishing again. Even though the view is beautiful."

 He laughed. "I knew you hated fishing."

"Then why did you take me here?" I frowned. I felt confused. 

 "I love you Sheila." Lukas said.

"Yeah, I love you too, but that's no reason taking me out fishing!" I complained.

 "I think that's a really good reason."

 Suddenly he went down on his knees.

 "I love you Sheila.." he said again.

 "And I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you be my wife?"

I stared at the shining little ring inside that dark blue silk box.

"Oh my.. YES!"

 "YES YES YES YES YES!" I jumped up and down, I was so excited!

 I picked up the ring and put it on my finger.

 It was so beautiful! I had never seen a more beautiful ring in my whole, whole life!

 "YES Lukas! I love you and I'll be your wife and you'll never get rid off me after this moment!" I screamed as I jumped into his arms, literally. 

"I'm glad to hear that, that ring was expensive!" Lukas gasped as he received me.

FEGG - G9 - Edmund - Chapter 6

 "I love you Kristin.."

 Kristin looked at me. "I love you too." She closed her eyes and leaned closer.

 I pulled her closer and kissed her on her forehead.

 I kissed her more and more.

"What are you planning?" she asked, with excitement in her voice.

 "You'll see.." I mumbled and kissed her lightly on her soft lips.

She kissed me back with a smile hidden in her face.

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Estella

 My best friend, Sophia, had also been living in the house.

We had been friends since we were young and she was like a sister to me.

 That was why this night broke my heart.

I was about to go to bed, and Sophia slept when I got in our room.

Suddenly, she rose from the bed and started coughing.

"Sophia?" I had said. "Are you awake? I thought you were asleep."

But she didn't answer me. She just coughed and coughed.

 It was when she started to sparkle, and became transparent, I found out what was about to happen.

 The next second, a ghost stood there in my room. Where once Sophia stood.

 Tears started to roll down my cheeks and I just stared at her.

First when the kids came running, to see what was happening, I dried my tears.

I didn't want to look weak in front of my son, Lukas.

 Sophia came closer to me. She smiled sadly and put her transparent hand on my shoulder.

"I'll always remember you. I'll see you in heaven." she said and her voice sounded hollow.

 Then she was gone and I started to cry even more and louder.

 Everyone in the room left. They walked out, slow and shaken. Before they left, they all gave me a pity glance.

But Lukas stayed.

I shoke my head, I wanted him to leave. But no words came out.

 "Mom.." he murmured and pulled me into a long hug.

I cried and hugged him tight.

After a few minutes, he said, "Mom, I think you should go to bed."

I just nodded and did what he said.

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Sheila

 I waited on the outside. I wanted them both to know I was there for them. 

Estella probably didn't want me in there, watching her cry, so I just waited outside.

 Lukas came out after a few minutes.

"Hi.." he said when he saw me.

 "How's your mother?" I asked and hugged Lukas.

"She'll be fine. Sophia is in a good place now." he mumbled.

I smiled and kissed him on his cheek.

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Edmund

 We putted Sophia's grave next to a tree in our backyard.

Estella wanted to have it that way. They had been living there for so long and had so much memories.

 But Estella kept on crying. Time went by, and she cried and cried.

It hurt to see her like this. I had seen my mother like this before too. Before she left.

I didn't want Estella to leave like my mom had.

 But I knew she wouldn't.

"Estella." I said and she fell silent.

 "Please don't be sad. She's on a great place now. And I promise you she want you to be happy while you can." I said and tried to smile a little.

 "I know.." she sobbed.

 "But I miss her so much!" tears started to roll down her cheeks again and I gave her a hug.

"I know that..." I said silent.

"You know," she sobbed and dried her eyes. "I can always tell you about our greatest memories. I'll go get the photo albums, wait here Edmund." then she walked away to the bookshelf and started picking among the books.

I smiled and went to the couch to sit down, ready to listen to all the stories she had to tell.

FEGG - G9 - Edmund - Chapter 5

 Lukas, Sheila, Kristin and I were the best of friends.

 We were like a family. Made pranks on eachothers, joked and laughed every day and we could tell eachother everything.

 It wasn't weird at all that I dated Kristin and Sheila dated Lukas.

Actually, it made everything more cozy and exciting.

 Today we went to the beach, next to the waterfall in Aurora Skies.

 But the water was cold, so we spent the most of our time in the pool.

 And the girls sunbathed.

 I made us lunch and trained up my cooking skills at the grill.

 I was done eating way before everyone else, so I became bored sitting at that table. 

I decided to take a dip in the pool.

 "Ed, no, no, no, no!" Lukas exclaimed. "Never swim after eating! You can get cramps!"

 I grinned. "Trust me, Lukas. I won't."

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 After lunch, we drove to the movies. There we found someone familiar.

 "Mom!" I exclaimed. "How are you!?"

Her face broke into a big smile. "My Edmund, you've grown so much!" I could almost see tears in her eyes. "I'm all right. I'm still living at the hospital. But I'll soon move into a little house not far away from there."

 "I'm so happy you're better. But can't you move into our house? I'm sure Estella won't bother."

Mom shoke her head. "I'm sorry Edmund. But I will visit you more often. Now when I'm free from the hospital soon."

We chatted for a few minutes until the movie was about to start, then I ran inside to the others.

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 When we got home we found a sprinkler in the backyard.

The first thing we did was to try it out. Estella had bought it to water the lawn, but hopefully she didn't mind that we played a little with it.

 It was very fun, and Sheila soaked down the most of us.

 Next was Lukas. But he wore his usual hoodie and jeans, instead of changing to swimming trunks.

 "Don't jump into the water, Lukas!" Sheila exclaimed. "You'll get all wet! I don't want to hug and kiss a soaked boy. That's gross!"

 Kristin just laughed.

 And so did I.

 "Don't be ridiculous, sweetie!" Lukas said and jumped over the sprinkler to get to the other side. "I can always change!"

 "But I know you, you won't until your mom gets home and the whole house is wetted."

 "She's already home, HIDE!" Kristin shouted.

 We turned around and saw a smiling Estella at the backdoor.

"Hi mom!" Lukas said and waved.