Everlasting Curse

Chapter Eight- Stuck with You

  Everyone lie near each other, resting in the living room. Hale was on the end of the couch with Juliette on his lap, her legs spread across to Hazel who was next to them. Next to Hazel, was Thea with a book tangled in her arms. Talking in his sleep was Leo beside Thea, his head lied on Wes' shoulder. Lastly, Harmony and Weslyn slept on the recliner next to the couch. The room was silent, it was the quietest it has ever been. Well, it was quiet until Weslyn woke up crying. Her cries woke everyone up, filling the whole room with anger.

  "Can't I ever get some sleep!" Juliette yells.

  "Wes, would you shut your child up?" Hale shouts.

  "You guys yelling isn't helping." Hazel comments.

  Wes rolls off the couch, and over to Weslyn. He picks her up, and starts rocking her. No luck. Then Hazel walks over with her arms held open.

  "Here, let me try." Hazel grabs Weslyn and starts making silly faces at her, but she wouldn't stop crying.

  "Is she hungry?" Harmony questions.

  "No, I just fed her an hour ago." Wes answers.

  "Leo, how about you try." Hazel says passing the screaming child to Leo.

  Leo's not sure what to do, so he just stares at her. Juliette's getting frustrated with the loud crying, and walks over to Leo.

  "Give me the damn thing." Juliette swipes Weslyn from him and starts yelling at the baby.

  "Oh my gosh Juliette, she's just a baby. Give her to someone else." Hazel demands.

  "Thea?"

  "Nope."

  Juliette brings the baby over to Hale.

  "Shut it up." Juliette says, handing him the child.

  "Not Hale." Wes mumbles.

  Hale holds Weslyn in one arm, and in the other was fire.

  "No!" Wes and Hazel yell.

  "Wait!" Hale yells back.

  With the fire, he makes a little horse. It ran in the air as if it were real. Weslyn stopped crying, and smiled at the horse. She put her hand up and made a smaller water pony to run after the fire one. Everyone was in shock over Hale's ability to make Weslyn stop crying. Hale brings her back over to Wes, whose jaw was almost touching the ground.

  "How?" Wes asks.

  "She just wanted her cool uncle Hale."

  Harmony runs up to Hale with amazement in her eyes.

  "Whoa! Daddy, can you show me how you did that with your fire?" Harmony almost sounded like a little kid.

  "Sure. I'll have to show you after the next scenario happens." Hale replies.

  "Can I come with you?" Harmony asks.

  Everyone looks down to the ground, knowing the answer to that question.

  "Harmony, you know why you can't come with us." Hale grins.

  "It's because I'm not real, and there's a chance that I won't be able to come back after the scenario." Harmony explains with a frown.

  She frowns and takes Weslyn to the bedroom, where they'll wait.

  "It's always heartbreaking to tell her that she can't come with us." Hazel announces.

  "At least you're not the one that has to tell her." Hale counters.

  Silence fills the room. "So... When is this scenario going to start?"