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Chel and Em
Issy looked between the two of them, she held his hand gently as tightly, so nervous. When Daniella said she would do it without hesitation she tried to stop her "Ella please.. You can think about this." She said also she really wanted to go home, to be with Jamie. She knew Ella wasn't going to change her mind, it just caused her to cry a little from the emotion of it, she couldn't possibly go home, she could be with her family again, but that also meant she may not see her again. She quickly moved over to her side and hugged her gently, crying softly also "Daniella thank you, I'll miss you but I promise we'll come visit." She said "you'll still be our babies aunty." She said then looked at Jamie again. "Can I tell her?" She asked him
Daniella hugged Issy back when she moved to her side. "Don't cry Issy. You'll make me cry if you cry." She told her as she blinked away tears. She was going to miss seeing her best friend every day but she knew in the long run this was what was best for Issy and her baby. "Of course." She said and smiled when Issy said she would be an aunty. "Tell me what?" She asked curiously, glancing over at Jamie as he nodded in response to Issy's question.
Issy smiled again when she looked at Daniella, sipping herself from crying, she wiped her cheeks away then looked at her. "Well.. I obviously want you to be the aunty." She said "and." She looked at Jamie again then back at Daniella. "Well we found out the gender." She told her and smiled again. "Do you want to know?"
Daniella gasped in excitement and then nodded. "Yeah of course." She said and smiled at her best friend. She didn't know how she was going to get by without Issy. Most likely she would throw herself into her work but then she risked losing Zayne. None of that mattered just yet. She had to make sure Issy got home and that she was happy and safe. That was what was important. "Come on tell me." She hurried with a giggle. "The suspense is killing me."
((I just decided now, maybe this is when Jamie finds out too actually.))Issy giggled as she looked at her, loving her reaction. She looked at Jamie again then Daniella. "Well... I actually made cupcakes which are in the kitchen, do you want one?" she asked trying to stall them both.
((Yeah okay. ^.^))Daniella groaned. "Just tell meeee." She whined but stood up anyway, going along with what Issy had planned.
Jamie looked at Issy and chuckled. He stood up and offered out his hand to Issy to help her up. He had no idea that she had planned this. "You are amazing." He told her and kissed her head before going to the kitchen with her and Ella.
Issy giggled as she looked at Ella and then got up with Jamie's help, she walked ahead into the kitchen, looking at the two before she got out the cupcakes from her pantry. "Close you're eyes." She said, both of you." She told them. Se waited until they had be placing a colour icing cupcake in their hands each, she smiled again "ok? Open." She said, the icing was a cute shade of blue.
Both Jamie and Daniella stood with their hands out and their eyes closed as they waited for Issy to give them their cupcakes.Ella opened her eyes and squealed when she saw the cupcake. "Issy!!" She hugged her best friend tightly. Regardless of the colour cupcake she would have had the same reaction.
Jamie looked at the cupcake in his hand and smiled. It was obvious that he was shocked. He looked up at Issy once Daniella had let her go. "We're gonna have a son." He murmured and then smiled at his wife.
Issy looked between the two, she giggled and hugged Daniella back tightly when she hugged her. "Thank you so much." She said to her, smiling again then looked at Jamie, she nodded to him, so happy to see his reaction. "Yes, yes baby we are." She said to him, smiling again. She looked at the cupcakes and took one herself "these taste good too." She said
Jamie walked over and hugged Issy righty. He was so happy he couldn't put it into words. He pulled back and ate the cupcake. "Did you make these?" He asked curiously, keeping one arm around her. Daniella didn't want to interrupt but she knew if she didn't go soon she would either miss Zayne or end up sobbing in front of Issy over what she had agreed to do. Neither of which she was particularly keen on. She cleared her throat awkwardly. "Not to seem rude but I gotta go again." She said to Issy and smiled a little.
Issy giggled with a nod as she ate her cupcake with Jamie, she then looked at Daniella again and smiled. "Oh right. Sorry you probably had plans." She said then walked over and hugged her "Elle really thank you, so much. You don't understand how much this means to me." she told her "I'm so greatful... I promise we will have move time together before I go home.. And I promise we will help you with what to say." She said Zayne sent her a message finally -hey babe, I just got you're message. Inm at yours, waiting- he sent
Daniella smiled at Issy and hugged her back tightly. "It's nothing really." She murmured and held her friend close. "Yeah of course. Now I'm gonna go before you make me cry again." She teased and let her friend go. "Hey can I steal another cupcake? For Zayne." She added with a smile. Jamie watched Daniella and knew that something was bothering her. He figured she was probably just upset because Issy was leaving but he wasn't certain. He wouldn't say anything to Issy though. She didn't need any extra stress right now.
Issy looked at her again, smiling slightly as she hugged her "thank you." She said happily when she handed her another cupcake "sure, take one for him." she said then let her go out "we'll talk more about the high court thing." She said to her before she leftZayne waited getting a little impatient now as he tried to wait for her
Daniella nodded and smiled at Issy. She took the cupcake and then said goodbye before hurrying out to her car. She called Zayne as she drove to her apartment. She was on the verge of tears as she thought more about what she agreed to do. Before she could stop herself she had started crying and had to pull over. She put her head in her hands, still waiting on Zayne to answer his phone. Jamie watched Daniella go before giving his attention to Issy again. "Okay. No more talking of stressful things. It's all happy things now." He told her and brushed her hair from her eyes. "For example what are we going to name our son?" He asked with a wide smile.
Zayne looked at his phone when it buzzed, he smiled and answered it finally "Elle, hey babe. Where abouts are you?" He asked her, waiting out by her apartment while in his car Issy giggled as she looke at him then her belly "I'm not sure, I havnt thought of names yet." She said
Daniella wiped her eyes quickly and tried to sound like she wasn't crying. "I'm sorry. Jamie just got back and then Issy called me over to tell me what he had found out and how I needed to help." She explained quickly, babbling already. She leaned her head back and held back more tears. "I'm sorry Zayne." Jamie chuckled and led Issy back to the couch. He sat down and gently pulled her into his lap. "Well let's think of names." He said as he put his arms around her, resting one hand on her belly.
Zayne heard her but she was speaking so fast it didn't make sense "woah woah. Elle slow down. Jamie found out what? What do they need you're help with?" He asked getting curious and concerned "Elle please. Talk to me I might be able to help."Issy giggled as she fell carefully into his lap, she smiled some more "well... What names do you like like?" She asked
Daniella couldn't take much more. "I'll be back in a few minutes. There's a spare key under the mat outside the front door." She told him and then hung up. She put her head in her hands and sobbed again before she wiped her eyes and started driving again. Jamie shrugged and leaned his chin on her shoulder as he thought about it. "I like the name Andrew." He murmured softly. "But I'm not sure if I would call our son that."
Zayne was getting more concerned about her, something was wrong, she was upset about something, and he needed to help her. "Ok, hurry babe." He said and hung up, he grabbed his things and walked back to her door, getting the spare key and using it. Issy shook her head softly but instantly "no, I'm sorry." She said "I don't like it."
Daniella parked outside her apartment and shakily got out of her car. She kept her heels off and carried them along with handbag and coat as she walked up to her apartment. She had stopped crying and now just felt numb which was partially why she didn't care for walking outside in her bare feet. She struggled with her key as she tried to unlock the door. Jamie laughed softly. "I didn't think so." He agreed and kissed her cheek. "What names do you like?" He asked her curiously.
Zayne had dropped his bag into her took and was now passing the lounge room waiting for her, when he heard someone trying to open the door with keys he quickly rushed over and opened it instead, he looked at her and pulled her in, "Elle baby," he said holding he close to him. "Are you ok?"Issy giggled a little and thought some more, unsure of names "I don't know, I can't think."
Daniella clung to Zayne once he opened the door for her. She was never this weak in front of anyone but she couldn't hide it anymore. The thought of not only having to return to a place full of people who hated her but also to have to stand in front of the high court and speak was destroying her. "I'm an idiot. I'm such an idiot." She cried as she gripped Zayne's shirt so tightly her knuckles went white. Jamie laughed. "Okay. Do we want a relatively normal name or a more unusual one?" He asked her as he looked at her in his lap. He leaned over and kissed her cheek.
Zayne closed the door softly as he held her, he shook his head with a frown "no, Elle you are not. You are not an idiot. Tell me what happened?" He said "I can help." He added and tried to take her hands away, trying to calm her. Issy smiled as she thought about it "maybe a unique name would be nice."
Daniella looked up at Zayne and then slowly relaxed her hands. She took a few deeps breaths before nodding. She had to tell him everything. Being an angel, falling, struggling, hell she was even going to tell him about smoking. She was so sick of secrets and how they were ruining everything. "Let's sit down." She suggested before calmly walking through to the living room. Now she had a plan she was less of a wreck. "There's a lot that you need to know that I haven't told you. Let's start with something easy. I smoke when I feel anything but happy and calm. Which happens a lot." She told him as she sat on the couch and then dug around in her handbag for her cigarettes. Jamie nodded. "Okay. How unique?" He asked. "Something that sounds like we just made it up or something that isn't a common name but has been used before?" He asked so that they could try to narrow down their options.
Zayne looked at her nervously, he walked over and took a seat with her, listening to what she had to say. He nodded slightly kind of guessing already that she had smoked "I know. Iv seen the cigarettes." He said Issy smiled a little "hmm, well maybe something that's been used before."
((I can't rp too much cause I'm going to work.))
"Oh well. I guess all my being sneaky didn't really pay off." Daniella muttered as she finally found them in her handbag. She quickly lit one and took a long drag before speaking again. "You know how there's all that heaven and hell crap. Like hell is the devil and his demons while heaven is God and his angels?" She said and looked over at Zayne. She hated this version of herself. This person who was such a wreck that she couldn't even pretend that she was in any sense well put together mentally.Jamie nodded. "Okay. I'll keep thinking on that." He murmured and kissed her cheek.
((Okay no worries ^.^
Do you want to pause with Jamie and Issy just now? I can't think of what else to make them do right now without having Daniella but she's obviously busy. :3))
((Yeah we can do that for now. And I might have to do short posts for zayne atm sorry.))Zayne nodded as he watched her, he didn't exactly like smoking but he wasn't going to stop her. He listened intently and nodded "yeah. What's this bout?"
"I'm one of those Angels." Daniella said bluntly. She wasn't going to waste time with this and dance around the truth. She couldn't be bothered with that. "Or at least I was." She added with a bitter laugh. She wasn't acting right, and not even smoking would help. She might have considered moving on to alcohol but she figured getting drunk wasn't something Zayne was going to let her do. She waited to see how Zayne reacted to this piece of information before she continued on.
Zayne looked at her almost ready to laugh but he didn't, it wouldn't help the situation. He looked at her like he was the one going crazy. "Daniella, baby." He said "tell me the truth." He told her "what's really going on?@ he asked her kindly not meaning to be rude if anything to her. When she gave him a look he tried to think about it being serious "if you're serious, show me? I don't... How can it be true?"
"S-show you?!" Daniella exclaimed and her eyes widened. Her wings, or what was left of them, was the obvious answer but she hadn't looked at them in years herself. She had half hoped if she ignored them for long enough then they would just disappear. Of course that never happened. "Fine." She nodded and put out her cigarette before standing up. She was shaking more so now than she ever had before. She took off her shirt and showed him her back. "No scars because they didn't even have the decency to rip them damn things out when we fell." She explained, giving herself a few minutes longer before she did this.
Zayne looked at her again, he could tell he was putting her through pain but he needed to know, needed to see them himself. "Elle please." He said kindly "I'm sorry but.. I need to see them. I need to know they're real." He told her, he looked at her back and saw no signs of scars. He waited to see them unfurl.
"I'm not crazy Zayne. I may be a lot of things and it may not seem like it but I'm completely sane." Daniella said a little hurt that he couldn't trust her. She didn't blame him though because how could anyone believe this? It was ridiculous. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes as she opened her wings, finally letting him see them. She bit down on her lip as it hurt. The parts of them that were still there were hanging and limp, the few remaining feathers were the darkest black. She couldn't bring herself to open her eyes or to look at Zayne or her wings.
Zayne frowned to himself also "I'm not saying you are." He said to her, he hated how he made her think that but he had to see it, to believe it. He shook his head a little again when he looked at her, he waited the moment before she opened her wings up, his eyes widened and he stood up, stepping closer to her, shocked and amazed "d-dani." He said sadly. "I'm sorry.. Babe you're hurting, you can put then away." He said not wanting to see her in any more pain though he was amazed by it. She really was. She really had wings. "I'm sorry baby."
Daniella ignored the pain, finally opening her eyes and looking at Zayne. "You can touch them if you like." She said quietly. "You don't have to. I know they don't look very nice." She turned her face away again and took deep breaths. The pain was fine, she could deal with pain. What she couldn't deal with was how seeing those wings, even all these years later, still hurt her pride. Before she fell she had had magnificent wings. She loved them and made no secret of it. After she fell and found her wings destroyed it broke her. She had always thought that the high court had done that on purpose, just to make their banishment even more painful.
Zayne looked at her again, stepping forward some more, he gently took her hand
... Took her hand then turned her to face him. "You're beautiful with or without them." He said to her, his hand gently cupping her cheek. "I promise you." He said, he gently kissed her and pulled her close to him, trying to get her distracted from the thought of her wings, to him it was still so magical her wings though he knew her wings before would have been amazing and more magical
Daniella flinched when Zayne took her hand. She hadn't expected that. She looked up at him and then kissed him back. She leaned against him as she curled her wings up and took them out of sight again. She felt a lot more calm now, she was no longer the shaking maniac she had been when she first walked into her apartment. After a few moments she pulled out of the kiss and looked up at Zayne with wide eyes. "You don't hate me?" She asked quietly. "And you aren't mad at me for not telling you sooner?"
Zayne held her gently and kissed her softly, making sure she was ok, he didn't want to worry her anymore or see her hurt from it. When she pulled back and asked him he shook his head "no, of course not." He said, gently kissing her cheek. "I could never hate you. And I'm not mad at you, you didn't feel comfortable to tell me yet." He said again
Daniella sighed in relief and then hugged Zayne tightly. She breathed him in and focused on his breathing to keep hers steady. "I like your cologne." She murmured and then smiled up at him a little. She sat back down on the couch, pulling him with her. There was still a lot she had to tell him.
He chuckled a little as he looked at her again "you like that?" He asked her and smiled again, he sat on the couch beside her, his hand holding hers. "You feel a little but better now?@ he asked her
Daniella nodded. "A little bit." She confirmed softly. She turned so she was facing him and crossed her legs, she was still holding his hand and once she stopped moving about she absently started to play with her fingers. "Are you okay for me to tell you everything now?" She asked quietly.
Zayne looked at her, he watched as she moved around and faced him with his legs cross, he nodded slightly before moving just a little bit himself and faced her more front on. "Yes, I'm ready." He said "you're an angel, a magnificently gorgeous one at that." He said and smiled, holding her hands
"I was an angel. I'm not anymore." Daniella pointed out. She didn't want to be basked in that glory anymore. She was just Daniella and not an angel. "But thank you anyway." She added with a small smile. She cleared her throat. Then she told him about Kyle and everything she had done and what else had happened that night.
Zayne nodded slightly to her as she commented that she wasn't an angel anymore, but to him she always would be. He listened to what she had to say, it was all so strange, such a different world to him. Had she really done that? And issy? She was one too. And issy was here because of daniella. Because she got pulled into something. "It.. It wasn't you're idea though?" He asked "or you're fault." He commented
Daniella stayed quiet as Zayne thought over what she had told him. "It wasn't my idea. It was Kyle's and I couldn't say no." She murmured and looked down at their joined hands. "It's my fault that Issy's here." She pointed out on the verge of tears again. "During our trial - which admittedly wasn't fair - I was too scared to speak up. If I had said something then Issy wouldn't be here. We wouldn't have to deal with now."
Zayne gently rubbed the back of her hand as he thought about it more. "But it's really not you're fault, if that dick of guy didn't do what he did then you would both be in the clear." He said to her, looking at her again, smiling reassuringly "I'm sure issy understands and I'm sure she agreed with me." He said (which she does FYI.)
"Why are you so understanding and perfect?" Daniella asked and looked up at Zayne again with a small smile on her face. "Anyway it doesn't matter whose fault it is because regardless of that I still have to go and speak now so that Issy can go home." She told him, needing to get it out there. She was going to lose her best friend and she didn't know how to deal with that.
He looked at her again with a slight frown himself "but... she'll be able to come back right? To visit." He said to her, wondering if she could. "Y-you want to go home?" He asked
Daniella nodded. "It'll be like what Jamie does." She explained and pushed her hair out of her eyes. She them shook her head quickly at his neck question. "Oh no. I couldn't go back. Even if there was nothing for me here. Issy's completely innocent and once we prove that then she'll be accepted into the community again. Besides everyone loves Issy." She explained and then swallowed hard. "I was never much liked in the first place and my family isn't great. Besides I have a life here. I have a great house, a great job, a great boyfriend."
Daniella smiled at Issy and then sat down in the chair opposite Jamie and Issy. She could tell there was something really bad from how they were acting. She gave Jamie her attention, listening intently to all he said before nodding without hesitation. "I'll do it." She told them before Jamie could even think about telling her she didn't have to. Not doing this meant Issy didn't get to go home. Not doing this was sacrificing Issy's happiness for her own. There was no way that she could say no. She looked at Issy and smiled, skilfully hiding how scared she was at the idea of going home.