Storybook [AU]

[Luna]

[Gabriel] "Mikey," I said softly, shaking his shoulder with one hand - which, of course, was never nearly enough to wake up my rock of a brother... not that he was boring when he was awake, but asleep, awaking him was a mere impossible feat. He made a very good impersonation of a rock. Or the dead - though we were that already, weren't we? Although we did grow... breathed, too. It was all too complicated for me.
"Mike," I said, and flicked him on the nose - hard. Nothing. Same for turning on the lights, and yanking the blankets from him.
Somehow, his persistence never ceased to amaze me.
"Yo," I said, snapping my fingers in front of my face. "Little brother. The house is on fire. Burning to a crisp. Right now." Not as if I really expected that to work. "Also, there are blueberry waffles."
His eyes flickered open at once. "Blueberry waffles?" he demanded, in a voice slurred with sleep.
I shook my head. "Unbelievable. Were you faking?"
"Faking what?" he asked, way too innocently - but too innocent, I realized, was just natural Mikey, because when I studied his eyes I knew he wasn't lying. I could always tell, with him. He was a terrible liar, even for a five-year-old.
I, on the other hand...
"I don't smell waffles," he announced.
"There aren't any." I smirked. "Get dressed," I added, and padded calmly down the stairs, running my hands through my tousled hair - which, of course, only made it twice as tousled.

[jlcgurl]

{Isabella}
I grabbed my adorable son and lifted him into my arms. He was eight now but he was still my baby boy. I kissed his cheek. "Is your brother up and getting dressed?" I asked him softly, giving him a glowing smile. He always made me smile, both of my sons did. He nodded softly and I set him in his chair. "Thank you my big helper," I said and handed him his bowl of cereal and a glass of orange juice. I smiled as Alex came in, already dressed and ready. "Will you go get Michael?" I asked him softly. He nodded and kissed my cheek before heading up the stairs.

{Alex}
I walked into my son's room. He was struggling with his shoes. I chuckled softly and went over to him. "You need some help?" I asked and he nodded softly. I tied his shoes and picked him up and took him downstairs. We all quickly ate and got the boys into the car. We drove up to Crystal's house and walked inside. "Hey!" Crystal said and quickly went up to us. She hugged both Izzy and I tightly. She stepped back to smile at us. Her daughter, who was hiding behind her mother's legs, had an exact resemblance of her mother. She was looking at my eldest son with a sparkle in her eyes. "Say hi," her mother said and pushed her forward. She walked slowly up to Gabriel and said softly, "H-Hi."

[Luna]

[Gabriel] I chuckled softly and stepped forward. "I don't bite, I promise. Well, unless you look at the technical sense... anyway, I'm Gabriel," I said, and took her hand gently to lift it to my lips.

[jlcgurl]

I giggled softly. "You have the name of an angel," I said softly. "My name is Venus. I'm five. How old are you?" I asked softly. I took his hand and led him over to our play room.

[Luna]

I grinned. "I'm eight, though I'm told I sound older. Anyway, what do you want to do?"

[jlcgurl]

I shrugged softly. "We could play a game," I suggested softly.

[Luna]

I raised an eyebrow and grinned. "What kind of game?"

[jlcgurl]

I shrugged. "Anything you'd like," I said softly.

[Luna]

I shrugged as well. "Hide and seek?"

[jlcgurl]

I giggled. "Okay, do you want to hide first?" I asked softly.

[Luna]

I shrugged and grinned. "Whatever you want."

[jlcgurl]

I giggled. "Okay," I said softly. "I will count to ten."

[Luna]

I nodded. "I'm ready."

[jlcgurl]

I giggled and turned to close my eyes. "One...Two..."

[Luna]

I darted off into what I assumed was her parent's room and crawled under the bed, drawing my knees up to my chin. I let my breathing stop - as a vampire, it was really only because of habit that I even did - and stayed motionless, waiting.