Won't You Be Mine, Sunshine?

[Keyne Baros]

Keyne Baros realized that it had been, literally, months since his wife was brutally murdered on his house. After he had found that, Keyne was definitely regretting ever screaming at her, but she had to know the truth. He wanted the divorce, and he just did not love her. He had to leave the house that night when she had accused him and his ex-wife of so many things, even though he had cheated on Suzanne with Leilani several times. Suzanne never knew. She also never knew that Keyne was perhaps falling in love with Leilani again. Or maybe, the love that he had always had for her since they were in school, never left but it was buried. That could easily be it. Keyne also recalled setting up the funeral, and while he was dealing with Suzanne's gruesome death, he and Leilani made love during the ceremony, though not in front of everyone. Perhaps it was a disgrace to her memory, but it still made him feel better. Keyne had sold the house that was in Washington, and moved into the beach house with Leilani. The beach house was nice, but Keyne wanted something bigger. So he was looking for another house. However Keyne had no intention of giving up this house either. Sometimes it was good to have two so that he could take his family on some vacations that he believed that they needed from time to time. Keyne adored his family even though all three of his children were almost adults, and it made him really emotional about it. Sometimes, one would say that he was more emotional than the mother of his children. Even now, it was hard to say that she was his ex-wife and not his actual wife. There were times when other people had questioned him about his feelings on Leilani, but he always answered them with the same thing, on how that he could never hate her and he would do anything for her. But that was the only time he would really talk to the press. Everything else, he just brushed away because he just did not like talking to them too much. Keyne had no reason to tell the press anything, unless it was about Leilani which did not happen often.

Today was going to be different though. Keyne had plans for today, which may result in plans later on in the evening. It had been quite a few months since the death of Suzanne, which did not grieve him as much as it just freaked him out on how brutal people could be. Keyne wanted to go on a date with Leilani, and the thing was, he had reservations already, but if she rejected, then he would be canceling them. He hoped that she would actually say yes. She was divorced now, and he was a widower. They had ever right to get back together, if she was interested that is. In a way he was somewhat scared to, but that was only because that the last time that they were together, and married, she divorced him. It was somewhat obvious that he was a changed man, though he could still be silly if he wanted to. The point was, he just didn't want things to repeat themselves. It was basically his fault last time, and he was wanting to prove himself worthy. Finding Leilani on the couch, Keyne sat down next to her, but gave her enough space so that he was not too close for comfort. Keyne gave her a charming smile, although one side of his smile, could be a smirk. She might recognize that when he did this, he was up to something. Keyne averted his brown eyes, and he inquired in a very, casual voice, almost too casual, "So, what do you have planned around eight o'clock this evening, Miss Thoreau?" Keyne stared ahead, and that look never vanished from his facial features. It had been too long since he had asked anyone out on a date. In fact, the last time he had been on a date was with Suzanne and he did not even ask for that one. She did. And now he was the one that was trying to pick out something for the two of them. At least the place that he had picked out was somewhat quiet, so they could actually treat it specially. Keyne waited quietly for his answer, because his heart was beating, almost too fast like from one of those old cartoons that was on TV of when a man or creature saw a sexy female.​

 

[Leilani Thoreau]

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<COLOR color="#000">Leilani was having a nice day relaxing so far. Even though she missed it when her kids went off to school for the year, minus her eldest Amycus, she loved having a break where she could just have time to herself. Raising kids was a hard job. Leilani had a rough time with just her two daughters, and now there was also Zayne to care for. But she loved her kids. Perhaps that was why it was hard sometimes. Leilani wanted to do the best she could for kids. She wanted them to be happy. They were all getting so much older. Amycus was on her last year of homeschooling. After this year she would technically be a Graduate. But that wasn’t all that was changing about their eldest. Leilani didn’t want to mention this to Keyne just yet, but she was pretty sure that Amycus might have a boyfriend. Or a guy she liked at least. Leilani didn’t have solid proof yet but all the signs were adding up in her head. It was similar to the way Leilani had been in school when she was just becoming interested in boys. Same with Mylie. Her letters often referred to a boy named Hades or something. Leilani didn’t know what the story behind him was. Just that it seemed that they were pretty close. So perhaps Mylie liked him. Leilani thought it was cute that her little girls were finally growing up and finding people that they were interested in. Leilani wasn’t as worried as she knew Keyne would be. He was a little bit protective at times so Leilani worried that if she told him he would just get upset and try to ruin things between them. They girls needed to grow up. Even if that meant they would be interested in boys. Hopefully Keyne would realize that when it came time for him to find out. Zayne on the other hand, was much harder for Leilani. As much as she wanted to connect with him, it was a lot harder than she hoped. He didn’t mention anything about a girl he might be interested in. Or someone he thought was cute. Leilani was tempted to ask him about the whole girl situation. But she worried that he would think she was being nosey. But Leilani did want to know more about his personal life. Especially since he was the one child she had little time with. He was already growing up to quickly.

Leilani was interrupted from her thoughts when Keyne sat down next to her. He had this look on his face that immediately made Leilani suspicious. What was that man up to? ”What’s with the look?” Leilani knew that man and his facial expressions well. Right now he was up to something? That made her nervous as well. Because she worried that it was going to be something strange. Then again she couldn’t think of much that they hadn’t done that would be considered bad. They had both cheated on their formers spouses. They had children. They had their party years when they were younger. Leilani couldn’t think of anything else that the two of them could do that wasn’t already done. When he asked what she had planned for eight o’clock this evening. She wasn’t sure why he would ask that but she would amuse him. Perhaps he was trying to get her in bed again. Even though they hadn’t done anything since the funeral. Just because it was getting hard to say nothing was going on between them when at the moment there honestly wasn’t. Leilani knew Keyne was lonely since the death of his wife. What she didn’t realize was that he still seemed to have feelings for her. She had feelings for him too. But it was hard to convince herself that they should get back into their relationship with one another. Especially since it didn’t work out the first time. ”Probably cooking dinner. Why?” Actually dinner would probably be done around that time if she decided to cook it later. But she was used to eating late thanks to all the work she did at the Restaurant. Keyne knew she would probably be cooking too because she often cooked for him too. After all she wasn’t sure if he even knew how to cook. One day she would have to check and see if she could.
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[Keyne Baros]

Leilani was perhaps a temple of goodness for him to thoroughly enjoy. She was this amazing woman, and nothing could change his mind about that. Tonight, they had freedom from the three children. He could settle in nicely with Leilani and spend some quality time with her. Sometimes raising children was difficult work. He was used to Zayne, but now he had Mylie and Amycus to look out after. He was scared for his daughters though. They were just so young, almost innocent to him. Nothing would ever change that. Keyne right now was oblivious to Amycus sneaking off at night, and also didn't know that she might have a boyfriend. Same with his other children. He just didn't realize it. Whens he asked him what was up with the look, Keyne merely pretended to look innocent, and he shrugged because he knew that there was no point in lying to Leilani. She was smarter than that, and she knew more about him than many others. He looked out the window, before he waited for her to answer the other question that he had proposed to her. The only thing that he would want her to know was that he was really serious about this. And he wanted her to say yes. Keyne decided to go on ahead and say it since she had plans for cooking. "Well, how about you ditch those plans," he paused for a moment, wanting to grab her attention completely, "and come with me to a nice, quiet little restaurant to have dinner. On me, and on a date." There it was. He had done so. It was not too hard, just nearly caused him a heart attack, but he was all right. Keyne gave her a smile, since he thought that she might be able to cave in under his charm. Would she even want to? She was divorced. He was widowed, and both cheated on their spouses with each other. So he wanted to actually start over from scratch and wanted to tell her that he probably still loved her. Well, he did, but she didn't need to know that as a definite just yet. But maybe she would cave in and let him take her out on a date. It was the least he could do.

Finally, Keyne decided to add in a reasoning, "Okay, so I still have feelings for you. I just want us to be able to start over, with clear minds. We're adults now. We're mature. So, how about it? Our first date? With a candle, champagne, a slow walk on the beach... We can try it out, and go from there?" Keyne gave her hopeful eyes with his brown eyes. Perhaps she would fall for that too. He did love her after all, and it sort of revealed itself in his eyes even if he didn't want to. Plus Zayne had been poking him about asking Leilani out on a date, and getting back together with her. He could only take his son's pleas for so long before he himself caved. Plus he kind of gave Zayne everything else in the world too. Zayne loved his mother, that much he knew. Apparently enough to where he wanted his dad to marry her again. That would take a lot of time, and he knew that things were not going to magically repair themselves. He would have to prove to the one that got away that he was mature enough to handle everything, and to handle a committed relationship. He knew that he had changed, and Leilani was still as perfect as she ever was. He couldn't believe what an idiot he had been, but he must have gotten her to hate him a lot since the girls' last names were now Thoreau and not Baros. Keyne was somewhat affected by that, but he couldn't really blame Leilani at all. She meant more to him than anyone else that was not his children. Though he was worried about Viviana, and wondered where she went off to. Then again, who knew? Keyne just thought that he should be with Leilani tonight, and hoped that she would say yes to him. They didn't really have anything else to lose. If things didn't work out, then he would just keep to himself and keep his feelings buried. He let her out of his life once, he was not going to make that mistake again.​

 

[Leilani Thoreau]

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<COLOR color="#000">Leilani paused. Ditch her plans to stay in and cook dinner for herself tonight? Well, she would give these plans up in a heartbeat. But for what? Hopefully it was something good or exciting because Keyne looked like he was up to something. "Dinner? A-a date?" Leilani questioned. Her cocoa brown eyes widened in shock. Even though the entire concept of it sounded like a lot of fun to her, the actual idea of it being a date was a lot for her to handle. Especially with everything that has happened between her and Keyne in the past couple of years. When Leilani went through with the divorce her full intention was to never see him again. Back then he had deserved it. He was never home. He'd be away for what seemed like weeks to months at a time with his team. Leilani was happy that he had a job that he was happy with and everything, but back then she had wanted to see her husband. The kids needed their dad just as much as Leilani needed her husband as well. The fact that he was never there when he should have been with his family, was what made Leilani decide to leave him. But now they were living together again. Not as husband and wife, but more or less as, perhaps friends? Friends with benefits? Leilani tried to avoid mentioning that she and Keyne had slept together a couple of times. Especially around the children. They weren't together. Leilani didn't want anyone to assume they were either. Even if she still cared for him, it wasn't going to be something she would share until she was sure that she and Keyne were going to actually be okay with one another. So far neither of them had come to the conclusion that they needed to get back together.

"Keyne...." Leilani warned. Him bringing up that he still had feelings for her wasn't the thing she wanted to be hearing right now. Keyne was making her reconsider them being together. Leilani wasn't sure if she and Keyne were grown up enough to make it work the way she envisioned them too. Especially if they still had problems keeping their hands off of one another. They were like hormonal teenagers! Leilani's face softened a moment later. She felt bad. Keyne was right. They were adults who should be able to start over and rekindle whatever feelings they had left. But Leilani was nervous. Very nervous. What if she fell in love with Keyne again, only to have her heart broken like it had been when they were younger. Leilani didn't know if she could handle that sort of stress. Leilani sighed as her right hand quickly rose up to run through her hair. She might as well give him a chance. "Fine. We can go on a date and see what becomes of it. No alcohol though. I don't want to risk either of us getting drunk and making fools of ourselves tonight." Leilani agreed. He looked like he did really care for her. He had this look in his eyes. It was almost romantic. But Leilani was careful. "So, lover boy.....where are you taking me tonight?" Leilani smirked. She wanted to see just how much effort that man had put into this. It clearly was something he had been planning for some time. It was nice too. Leilani hadn't been out on a date in a really long time. Especially not with Keyne.​

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[Keyne Baros]

Keyne was absolutely delighted when she answered, well she didn't really answer so much as stutter and question. He could only nod to ensure that she understood him right, like a date. He wanted to go out on a date with Leilani, and he wanted to have her back in his arms, perhaps even make her a Baros again. There was so much he wanted when it came to Leilani and giving her things, but this was something for the both of them. After all, they were living together, sometimes doing things like a husband and wife ought to be doing, but he wanted a little more than just friends. He wanted to start back over, be a family again, perhaps have some more kids. He never wanted kids with Suzanne, but with Leilani, wow, they could produce some beautiful babies. Zayne was one of them, then there was Mylie and Amycus. He just hoped that none of them was seeing anyone right now because he thought that they were just too young to be seeing anyone. When she said his name as a warning, he merely smirked and he reached out to put a finger right on the tip of her nose before he murmured, "You know it is true too. Come on, Zayne has been bugging me for months to ask you out cause that kid knows how I feel, and I want to just as bad as he wants us to." He really wanted her to reconsider. Dating him again, seeing things the way that they should be. He was an idiot before, and he knew it, but he wanted to make up for lost time, many years lost time. They were pretty good at being in each other's company. So, he did not see the harm in it at all, and he had the perfect restaurant to go to as well.

Placing his hands onto his lap, he waited for her answer. He almost jumped off of the couch in celebration when she said yes. Holy crap, she said yes! He beamed and managed to hold his excitement inside for the time being. When he commented, his voice at first seemed a little high pitched before resuming back to the normal pitch at the third word, "Oh yeah, definitely no alcohol. Well, maybe a glass of wine for me, but nothing else and no more. I am glad you agreed." Keyne could not be happier, and thought that this would be a grand opportunity for him. He hopped out of the chair, and he took her hand to get her up from the couch too. "I have this perfect place by the beach. It is reserved for two, so let's get ready. I'll tell Amycus to lock up the house when we leave. Oh Leilani, you will be impressed."

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So when it soon came eight, he gathered up his date which was his ex-wife, and they soon arrived to none other than the most romantic place within a mile of their house, a beach side restaurant that would make any woman think that she was going to get proposed to. Of course, Keyne was sure that Leilani was not ready for that. Hell, he didn't even have a ring or anything. Not that he was thinking about it. Well, he was for a little bit, but his mind often got carried away when he started to plan something. Keyne was just happy that she had agreed to come here. He led her by the hand over to the table where he pulled the seat out for her like a gentleman, and then seated himself. He looked at her and he smiled charmingly, glad no one recognized him as a coach from a team since he did not want anyone to see him and Leilani out. He was not ashamed of her, but he hated the press, and the last thing he wanted was them to ruin this potential evening for him and Leilani. It really meant a lot to him, and he hoped that it would go well. There was so much he wanted for the two of them, he wanted also to make sure that everything tonight was perfect. Keyne smiled at her and he said, "I think this is one romantic first date. Order whatever you want, because it is on me, like it should be." He clasped his hands together and set them on the table, ready for her to be impressed by everything that he did tonight. He went through a lot, pulled some strings and everything in order to get a reservation here. This place was high class, but he mostly wanted the reservation because there was a beach next to the table, overlooking the beautiful scenery. What more could a guy and a girl ask for?

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[Leilani Thoreau]

Leilani didn’t want to complain, because the whole idea of it was truly beautiful. The idea that he wanted to take her on a date, and spend all this money on her, when he was no longer really required to. But at the same time, she was curious as to why her ex-husband was doing this. Did he still have feelings for her? Or was he just trying to make the kids happy. They were all pushing for their parents to get back together, especially Zayne. It could easily be the fact that he was tired of being bothered, and the one way he could get them to leave the subject alone, was to at least prove to them that he was at least trying. Leilani couldn’t be too sure. The idea of her and Keyne getting back together was sort of bittersweet. Although he was a changed man, Leilani worried that some parts of his old self would come back to the surface. Leilani didn’t miss the old Keyne’s ways. As she took the menu in her hand, she scanned it carefully. Everything sounded amazing. In the end she decided on a tropical berry smoothie, and a peach glazed chicken breast with pasta. The idea of fruit and chicken together excited Leilani’s taste buds. As soon as the waiter took the menu and scurried off, Leilani knew it was her time to get some answers from Keyne. "Please don’t think I’m trying to be mean, but why are you doing this? Are you trying to make the kids happy, or get back together, or even just make it a cease fire between us?” Leilani questioned, her voice trying to remain sounding as pleasant as possible. But she wasn’t sure how well she was succeeding with that. The last thing she wanted was for Keyne to think she was being rude about his attempts. All she was trying to do was make sense of how he was feeling.

Out of the corner of her eye, Leilani saw some people pointing to her and Keyne’s table. That must have realized who Keyne was. Inwardly she groaned. Hopefully the press didn’t decide to show up and start taking pictures of them. Those celebrity magazines with those poor unsuspecting people having their picture taken every time they went out into public, did not sound like a pleasant life to live. Keyne mentioned something about this being a romantic first date, and Leilani looked out at the ocean. It made her think about her younger days. Back when she and Keyne were so young and silly. Every night she prayed that her children wouldn’t make the same mistakes she did. Love was wonderful, and so was having another certain someone to share your life with, but rushing into being together was not the way to go. Having a spouse and a child early ultimately took a lot of things away from Leilani and Keyne. Ultimately, she even believed that it robbed them of a happy marriage. "I remember the first ‘date’ we had as kids too. We went to one of the restaurants in Hogsmeade. We ended up getting covered in butterbeer thanks to our clumsy server. But I never recalled us actually having a bad time at all that night.” It was probably one of the simplest dates a person could ask for. But back then, it was enough to keep any young girl happy. Leilani loved it, even if it wasn’t what she had expected to happen on her first date. After that date, they were inseparable, despite them coming from separate houses. Leilani heard the flash of a camera and turned around. Ah, there they were. The paparazzi never missed a chance to get a good shot of anyone. Leilani rolled her eyes. Now they were going to be featured on some news stand, and people would start to get the wrong assumption once again.
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[Keyne Baros]

Keyne was more than ready to eat and get his belly full of good, delicious food that probably did not hold a candle to his ex-wife's dinner. Hers were always amazing, and he believed that she did very well on everything she did in her life. She was amazing, incredible, and everything else in between. She should know he had feelings for her. Didn't he tell her once? He did! He still loved her, but he told her that he still liked her. He had feelings for her, and he was not about to let her get away now that she was available. Keyne looked at the menu and debated on what he was going to order. Something good. Perhaps a steak sirloin. He always loved them, he hoped that he would get it medium rare. He loved it medium rare. As soon as the waiter arrived, he heard Leilani's orders and he voiced his, which was the steak and a baked potato with sour cream on it. It was a simple dish, but he was sure that they would make it look rather fancy. He looked at Leilani and she asked why he was doing this, and threw around some suggestions as to why. Wasn't she listening before? Keyne took a sip of his drink and he said simply, "Like I said before, I want to start over between us. Try dating, then if we get past the third date, we can go steady, go from there. But only if you are interested. I can't force you to fall for me. Though I do love a challenge." He winked at her, but his voice showed just how serious he was. He was wanting nothing more but to get back with her. He was never happy without her in his life, so he was willing to break out the romance and come home early when he was at his job. Keyne was willing to do whatever it took to get her back to him. Just not kill.

When Keyne mentioned their first date, he noticed that she looked over to the ocean, like she was remembering something. Oh he remembered that date. They were covered in butterbeer. It was incredible, but he loved it too. He took another sip of his wine, while he waited on the food to arrive. He did not even notice that some people were pointing and staring. If he did, then he would have conjured up a cover or something to block them from everyone's view. Keyne sighed and he was reminded of every moment of that date, and he looked over at Leilani. How she was beautiful still, how she seemed so serious. He needed to make her laugh some. "Oh those were the days. The start of them anyway. Before I became a prick, but I assure you, this first date will be one to remember for all your days. Granted if none of the press come to ruin it." He hoped for anyway. Maybe after this date, they would be together for a long time. Like they were back then but full of experience and wisdom from the ages. It did not need to repeat, but the good times and the great feelings did need to repeat. As soon as a camera went off, Keyne turned his head and he was angry. Why would they take pictures? Of course, after years of avoiding them, he gets his guard down and he gets a picture with his ex-wife. Keyne coughed a verbal, wandless spell and the camera's film melted, causing it to smoke. He smirked at his ex-wife and he leaned forward and whispered, "Maybe we should get this to go, I conjure up a blanket and we enjoy it by the beach. To make sure I don't flip off the cameras." Keyne tended to let his anger with the press wash over, especially when he was trying to make a good date with his ex-wife.​

 

[Leilani Thoreau]

Leilani smiled softly when she heard Keyne order a steak with a baked potato and sour cream. Even after all these years she could still predict what he would order. Keyne loved steak when they first started to date, and even now, he still seemed to like them It was good to see that some f the things she used to love about him were still the same. Keyne had matured so much since their divorce, which Leilani was pretty happy about, but at the same time she worried that she knew nothing about him now. They had been staying in Keyne's vacation house together for a couple of months now, but Leilani was sure that they hadn't told each other everything that had gone on during their separation. Leilani had a million and one questions she wanted to ask Keyne about his life during the past couple of years, but she was so scared of his reaction. Her biggest question was whether or not he had thought of her while he was with his late-wife. Even once, did Leilani's image cross his mind all those years ago? Leilani thought of Keyne many times. If he had been around and proved that he was read t have a family, she never would have left him. Leilani's cheeks flushed a dark red when Keyne talked about going steady. "I know we've been talking about it, I just wanted to make sure it was what you really wanted. I still care for you Keyne, I always have. I'm ready to start over but only if you're really sure that you're ready to start over." Leilani would give it a try, but she wanted to be one hundred percent sure that he was ready to be around and to treat her like she deserved to be treated. Their kids were older now, so he didn't need to worry about helping her raise the kids, she just wanted someone to grow old with.

Leilani was really enjoying the date so far. The food smelled delicious, Keyne was as charming as ever, and Leilani was able to have the chance the chance to get out of the house for once and not have to cook dinner for the family. Maybe she and Keyne would even be able to be intimate tonight. Not that Leilani was going to send hints to Keyne, but she felt like maybe it would help her relieve some stress and break some more ice between her and Keyne. "You weren't a prick. Just.....irresponsible and too young to be father and a husband. But look at you now, you're twice the father you used to be. I'm sure you're an eve better husband too." Leilani attempted to reassure Keyne that things had gotten better. Leilani felt a lot safer being involved with the Keyne now rather than with the Keyne she had been with in the past. Hell, he had barely left her side except to coach since the had moved in together. If that didn't show commitment to her, than she had no idea what did. "I hope they leave us be." Leilani took a large gulp of her smoothie and leaned back into her seat. Leilani thought this restaurant was really nice, and that was saying something. Leilani was pretty picky about other restaurants because she owned one of her own. Another flash erupted and Leilani sighed. Keyne was sneaky enough to melt one of the camera's, but the flashing kept on. "Oh can we please?" Leilani liked the idea of eating on the beach and getting away from the press. Then she and Keyne could get back to their date. Leilani asked for a couple of boxes so they could have their dinner to go, and handed one to Keyne when she receive one. Hopefully he knew of a good spot on the beach for them to go eat at. ​

 

[Keyne Baros]

Keyne really wanted to have Leilani head over hills for him again. He remembered the times spent together, and how they could really get along. He blocked out all of the fights. He had to or else he would just sink into depression. He knew that their divorce was his fault, and this was one of the ways he can make up for it. Keyne had to keep himself from jumping up and screaming that he was getting his true love back, so he just beamed, showing off where he would have had his wisdom teeth if they were not removed already. He was just so happy, he never knew that she would be ready to start over either. Sure they were talking about it, but seeing it as a real possibility made him even happier. "So I think I am definitely ready to start over. I have been ready for a long time now. A really, really long time. I don't know how to really live a happy life without you so, yeah, definitely ready to start over." He really wanted more to do with Leilani and his kids as a family more than anything. Soon the food arrived, and he dug into his steak. He covered it in steak sauce too, but made sure not to get a drop on his clothing or anything else around him. This was one of the best dates he had ever had with Leilani so it was definitely a good start for them. It was like they were seeing each other again. Well, getting close to it. Could he tell her that he still loved her? That he dreamed of being with her day in and day out? Would that just drive her away? It might so he kept his mouth shut on that topic. He was just happy that she was going to be dating him again. Keyne winked, "But I am not a husband to anyone, yet. Being a dad is the best thing I have ever done with my life. I have to be good at it."

Although to him, he was still a prick back then. That was just what he thought of himself anyway. It was definitely not something that Leilani could change about his thinking. He looked over to see the press still, and the cameras were really getting on his nerves. They were not going to let them be. Sighing, he did the same thing to another camera, and the film melted, but he could not do it too many times without drawing attention. "Okay, let's just go finish this on the beach." Keyne ushered for a waiter to bring them a box, and then packed up their food and away they went. Off to go finish out their dinner on the beach, alone and talking. After they had finished, Keyne held Leilani's hand on the walk home. Their beach house was not very far, but it was still a nice walk from where they finished their dinner. They were going to be home a little earlier than what he told Amycus. He looked to the side of the house and saw that the window was open. Why did Amycus leave her window open? Keyne pointed it out to Leilani, before he walked up to the door of the house, and he unlocked it. Then he held the door open for Leilani. Keyne was already a little suspicious that Amycus had snuck out, so he held one of his fingers to his lips to keep Leilani from saying anything. He closed the door ever so quietly behind him, before he approached the bedroom that belonged to his daughter. He looked to Leilani before he put his hand on the doorknob, twisted it and opened it. Inside, was his daughter thankfully, but what he did not want to see was her with some guy, making out on the bed.​

 

[Leilani Thoreau]

Leilani brushed some of her hair out of her face and stared at Keyne. It was really sweet to see how much he liked being a dad. "Sadly, I wish we had fixed our problems earlier, so that the kids could have been around this kind of life when they were younger. Our youngest is creeping up on Graduation himself, which means that pretty soon the house will be quiet. I don't think I'm used to not having them around." Leilani confessed. Not that she was directly saying that she wanted more kids or anything, she just wished she had made up with Keyne sooner so they could have lived like a little family for a bit longer. Now all three of their kids were older and starting to date, and want to be away from home. Even Amycus, who was the one that used to cling close to home and whatnot, spent a lot of time outside of the house these days. Was leaving Leilani and Keyne alone really all that good of an idea? Leilani enjoyed her little dinner on the beach with Keyne, even if it started out a little bad with the press coming in on them. It had been a long time since Leilani had laughed as much as she had tonight. Keyne could be a real funny guy when he wanted to be. Of course, sometimes Leilani wondered how on earth anyone on his team took him seriously, sometimes Leilani fell for his little tricks, but there were times when she also knew better. Overall it was a nice date, and Leilani was grateful that Keyne had taken her out. Perhaps at home they could hang out some more too. On the way home though, Keyne pointed out that Amycus' window was wide open.

"Keyne I don't thin-" He ignored her. Leilani did admit that it was strange, but she was pretty sure that Amycus had a right to do whatever she wanted. No longer was she a child, and it would seem like Keyne had forgotten that. Leilani hurried in after him, hoping to stop him before he did something that was going to embarrass both of them. When Keyne opened the door and revealed Amycus kissing some guy, Leilani knew she had been right. Of course she had suspected that her daughter was into some guy, but she didn't mention it to Keyne because she knew he would freak out. However, the fact that she was half clothed did bother her a little bit. "Keyne this is why we don't barge into their rooms without knocking." Leilani scolded Keyne, but then turned to Amycus to make sure that she understood that this wasn't all that appropriate either. "However, sneaking boys into the house while we're gone....not the best idea either sweetheart. But-since he's here anyways, what's his name, and does he want to stay for something to eat?" Leilani didn't like the idea of her daughter dating and all that stuff, but if she tried to keep her from doing it, it would only fuel the fire. Plus Leilani had a tendency to try and take care of kids that weren't hers either, all she could hope for was that Keyne behaved himself too. He could decide to be the complete opposite of her with handling this. ​

 

[Amycus Zhefarovich]

Once Amycus thought her parents were gone for the night, she opened her window as wide as she possibly could, and waited for Ozias to come. Most of the time she went out to go see him, but on the rare occasion that both parents were gone or in bed before Amycus was, she had a habit of sneaking Ozias in so they could hang out. It wasn't always an intimate thing where they groped all over one another and stuff, sometimes it was as simple as just sitting and talking. Ozias was like the best friend she had never had, on top of that he was a good kisser too. They had yet to officially dub themselves as a couple, but that didn't stop Amycus from adoring him to death. "I was worried you weren't going to show up." Amycus muttered softly as she extended her hand and helped Ozias into her bedroom. Amycus felt like she was probably sounding like some clingy floozy, but Ozias showing up was subjective sometimes and she knew that. Amycus didn't expect him to talk, or visit her every day. Ozias did his own thing and managed to fit her into it whenever he could. Amycus popped her head out of the window and looked around quickly to make sure that no one had seen Ozias climb through her window before she pulled her body back inside and turned towards him. I have a present for you. But you can't have it for awhile. I want to give it to you when you head back home tonight." Mostly because she didn't want to have her heart broken if he didn't like the gift she had bought for him. After a moment passed Amycus found herself sitting on her bed, Ozias directly next to her.

"So have you-mmph!" Amycus was cut off in the middle of her sentence when Ozias' lips were smashes against her own, which was pretty much his way of telling her to be quiet for a moment. Amycus blinked and smiled softly. He wasn't much of a talker so there were times when even she could talk to much for him. "Sorry." Amycus leaned in and kissed him against, only a bit more intensely this time. Apologizing in the best way that she thought she could. The kiss continued on for a few minutes before she felt her back rest against the sheets and Ozias was hovering over her. Amycus knew that her parents would be gone for a little while, so she was going to enjoy the time she had with Ozias. Just as things were getting a little hot and heavy, Amycus heard a sound in the living room. Though her first instinct was to go and check on the noise, she found herself dead focused on the fact that Ozias was now peeling off her shirt. Suddenly Amycus forgot all about the noise. That was until her mom and dad barged into her bedroom all of a sudden. "Crap." Amycus sighed from underneath Ozias. This was embarrassing. As quickly as she could, she located her shirt and pulled it back on. Her mother asked what Ozias name was, but Amycus didn't say anything. She had no idea what Ozias wanted, and she also wanted to wait and see how angry her father was going to be by catching her like this. ​

 

[Keyne Baros]

Keyne really wanted to have fixed the issue before the children aged so much. For some time, Zayne was not even aware of his sisters until he told the young boy. And then he was informed that one went to school with him. "I am thinking the same thing. I wish they could have grown up around each other, and Zayne did not have to face the treatment of my ex. I wish we could have gotten back together much sooner. Maybe if we did we could have had several more kids running around to make the house not so quiet, you know?" Then again, once everything was set up and they were comfortable, they could make the house noisy with some more kids. The idea was really open to him, but he doubted that Leilani would want to talk about that so soon. Although one day, he was going to get her to talk about it, and Keyne looked forward to that. He loved messing around with her, so without protection would be even more exciting. However right now, he wanted to have his time with Leilani, without the interruption of infants and children. So Keyne would have his babies soon, but he would not have them anytime soon. At least he had made Leilani have a good time on the date, and he felt really happy about it too. It was a good start to their new found relationship. There was nothing going to spoil this night between them. Keyne was simply too excited to have Leilani with him. No words could describe how he was feeling at that moment in time. Though the feeling that there was something wrong in his house made him feel a little uneasy.

That was something that Keyne never did, and that was ignore Leilani. She didn't think but she had stopped. She always thought so that was not the case. He needed to see what was going on. Keyne sighed and he wondered what was going on. Keyne immediately turned his head away from the scene since he did not want to see his daughter with anything less than pants and a shirt, at least. Keyne looked to Leilani as Amycus was getting on her clothing. "We are the parents, we do whatever we want while they are living in our house!" His voice was stressed, and a slightly bit higher pitched than before. He turned to face them once they were dressed and Keyne approached the younger man while saying, "Young man, you better get out of this house before I-" He stopped when he saw the man's full height, and knew that force was out of the question. And he did not have his wand on him right now. Leilani wanted him to stay for dinner too, and Keyne shook his head. He was against it, and his facial expression said so. "He can't stay for dinner. We don't know who the hell he is, and what he is doing with our baby girl!" Keyne was freaking out, his face was getting a bit red, but he was not about to try to assault the guy. He thought that he had recognized him from one of the Europe Quidditch teams. But he just could not recall where from, and who he was. The name was not coming to him.​

 

[Ozias Zhefarovich]

Ozias Zhefarovich had made this a habit. Since he was backing off from Taralynn, he often had his thrills with Amycus. During his time where he was not doing other things and Quidditch, he would come by to visit with Amycus during the night while she was alone. Sometimes he came when her parents were asleep. There were times when he thought that it would be best if she were just living with him. Therefore they did not have to worry about her parents at all, or getting caught. Ozias was normally really sly, and counted on the shadows to hide him. Once he apparated to the side of her house, he climbed through her window with help of Amycus. She spoke and said that she was worried that he was not going to show up. He shrugged his bold shoulders before smirking a bit, "I keep my word." When it came to seeing Amycus, he always kept his word. He looked around the very familiar bedroom and he rested his eyes upon Amycus once more. He often did not talk, and used his actions rather than words. It just made his words mean much more if he did not use them as often. He watched her look out the window and see if anyone had seen. What could they do though if they did see him come in? She was of age, and he was a Zhefarovich to boot. She spoke of a present that she had for him as well. It peaked his interest and he wondered what it was. "Oh, then I will have to wait." He was fine with that. He walked over and sat down on the bed, which Amycus soon joined him. Somehow it always led right to the bed, his visits with her. One way or another, they were on a bed.

Amycus tried to talk but Ozias did not feel like talking, thus he silenced her with a tender, lingering kiss of his own. Sometimes she was a talker, and this was one of the least rude ways of telling her to be quiet. He did not want to be rude at all. Once he pulled away for a moment, she said one word which only made his lips girl into a smirk. He welcomed the more intense kiss of course. With that kiss, she leaned back until she was on the sheets and he was over her. Ozias did not even hear the noise as he was focused on Amycus. Ozias took off his own shirt before returning to Amycus and worked on getting her shirt off. He tossed it to the middle of the floor, and then the door opened. It was her parents. Things were just getting good too. Ozias put his own shirt back on, and then heard the father's outrage, and the mother's kindness. The father was being threatening until Ozias was at his full height, and a subtle smirk rested on his lips as her father seemed intimidated. Both parties asked who he was, however his eyes were upon Keyne as he spoke, "Ozias Zhefarovich. I'm your daughter's boyfriend. Have been for some time." He looked over to Leilani and he bowed his head slightly in respect, "I appreciate the offer but I must decline. I'm not accustomed to American dinners. Although with your blessing, I would like to cease the sneaking around, and have her come live with me. Once she is ready." Ozias was purposely speaking to Leilani with a fair bit more respect. He didn't appreciate Keyne's tone with him, thus Ozias was a fair bit colder to him than Leilani.​

 

[Leilani Thoreau]

Leilani immediately wanted to hit Keyne upside the head for suggesting the idea of more babies right now. Was he freaking nuts?! As soon as the suggestion came out of his mouth, Leilani gave him a look. "Don't you think we're a little too old to be having more babies anyways? I mean, I know you've always had a soft side for kids, but having children is a difficult process. For one of us at least." Leilani quickly walked away after that, not wanting to listen to Keyne try to argue about this. Especially because he had a tendency to talk her into things when he pleaded with her. Leilani did not want to let him talk to her into having more kids. They were too old and they needed a break. Didn't he want to spend time with just her? They never really had a chance to be alone and spend time together as a married couple before they had Amycus. Didn't Keyne want to make up for lost time? Or was he just so used to having kids around? Leilani didn't want to mention this, but soon enough they'd have grandkids to worry about as well. Leilani wished that her daughter would have been smarter about sneaking a boy in. Why sneak him in? Why couldn't she have just told everyone that she was going to have him over? At least then they could have avoided having Keyne explode. Leilani was already worried that he was going to give himself a heart attack or something over this. Softly Leilani placed a hand on his broad shoulder, trying to get his attention so she could calm him down. The boy Amycus was with, was not only intimidating, but he looked like he could really do some damage of Keyne got him too upset.

"Keyne, calm down. Amycus isn't a little kid anymore, she's free to have a boyfriend and do what she pleases." Keyne was being so rude. It was sweet to see that he was protective of his kids, but she didn't want him to scare away someone that clearly made Amycus quite happy. Leilani wasn't surprised to hear him announce himself as Amycus' boyfriend. Leilani hadn't known that her daughter was seeing someone, especially a Zhefarovich. Leilani's younger sister had recently had a baby that was supposed to be betrothed to a Zhefarovich, or so she had heard. "Well as sad as it would be to have Amycus leave, I don't mind. She's an adult and she can do what she pleases. You don't have to sneak around on my part either, I don't mind if Amycus has you over." If Amycus wasn't ready to leave but wanted to have Ozias over that was fine, if she wanted to move out and be with Ozias, also fine. "It's a pleasure to meet you though, Ozias." Leilani nudged Keyne, as if she wanted him to agree to do the same and greet him. Leilani wasn't sure why he was so mad, though he did catch them in an indecent situation, Leilani saw no reason for him to become enraged about it. Maybe it was one of those dad things! Leilani hoped Ozias didn't feel discouraged being with Amycus because of this though, in her opinion they were quite precious. She wished her other children would get on the move with dating. Leilani would love to see them all married off and living their lives. Perhaps even some grandchildren every once and awhile for them to spoil. It might be the ticket to getting Keyne to forget about having more kids. ​

 

[Amycus Zhefarovich]

If there was an award for being nosy, Amycus was sure that her parents would have won it. First of all, they didn't even attempt to knock before entering, second they weren't even giving poor Ozias a chance to explain himself. Particularly her dad. "Daddy! Amycus didn't want her dad to ruin things between her and Ozias just because he was being protective, trying to throw Ozias out was definitely not going to make him want to come back to visit. However, Amycus must have heavily underestimated how intimidating Ozias could be. Not even seconds after her father began saying that he needed to leave, Ozias stood up to his full height and her father immediately stopped talking. Not that Amycus blamed him for doing so, though. Ozias was pretty tall and built, more so than most men appeared to be. If Amycus didn't like him so much she would probably feel the same way. Ozias probably seemed like some big scary monster to most with his height and intimidating state, but Amycus didn't think that was fully true. To her he seemed like he could be really sweet when he wanted to be. He was just quiet and preferred to be left alone for the most part. Aside from her, Amycus had never really seen him connect with another person. Despite his lack of people skills, he was really good to her. He took the time to go and see her whenever he could, he took her out, he respected her, and he never once raised his voice at her. Amycus might have been biased with this, but she also felt like he gave the best hugs. Amycus knew that her father didn't know that yet, but if he would just give Ozias a chance then he could see that he was a really good guy.

When he stated that he was her boyfriend, Amycus had to keep from screaming like a five year old with a brand new toy. Though Amycus had suspicions that they were dating, Ozias had yet to give them a label. Finally he expressed that he considered the two of them a couple, and that meant that they were official. "Awh!" Amycus stepped forward and linked her hand with Ozias' larger hand. To her relief, her mother was actually being fairly civilized with Ozias. Probably because she knew that Ozias meant a lot to Amycus. "W-wow you want me to what? L-live with you?!" Amycus was just as surprised as her parents were when he said this too. Did he really want her to come live with him? Amycus didn't know if she was quite ready for that, but he did state that he want her to do it when she thought she was ready. Maybe one day it would be something she was ready to do. Especially if she stayed with Ozias. Eventually she would be in the phase of her life where she wanted to be away from her parents and just wanted to be with Ozias and maybe have a career. "Are you sure you don't want to stay for dinner, Oz? My mom is seriously one of the best cooks ever!" Amycus really wanted Ozias to stay with her for the night and maybe have the chance to woo her parents. No matter what they thought, she was still going to be seeing him. It would just be easier if her parents left her alone and just let her enjoy the time she had with her boyfriend. Otherwise she would need to leave home and stay with him, Amycus cared about him too much to let him go that easily! ​

 

[Ozias Zhefarovich]

Ozias simply shook his head at the father and wondered if the man just had issues seeing his daughters grow up or something. He felt Amycus link her hand with his, and he looked over at Leilani and Keyne once more. Keyne seemed like he wanted to just leave, but Leilani was keeping him on a short leash. At least things were official now. He was seeing Amycus, and he was sure that Azerail was seeing Taralynn by now as well. Keyne managed to actually greet him and that was somewhat shocking. Ozias merely nodded, falling into a familiar silence that he always seemed to carry. However he figured that he needed to be polite and at least say something. "It is a pleasure to finally meet the two of you." His eyes loomed over both the parents as he said this, as he said it as honestly as he could. Amycus seemed to be a little surprised when he said that he wanted her to come live with him. All three of them were surprised, but he was not expecting an answer right away. Just when she was ready, he would open the doors, no matter what Azerail and Taralynn. However Amycus asked him if he was sure that he did not want to stay over for dinner, and he nodded, basically saying that he was sure. He then told her that she could come with him for the night if she wanted more time with him. He wasn't really ready for any sort of talks with parents just yet, but he would be one of those days. He gave a slight grin to the parents that looked like it did not fit on his face as he apparated off with their daughter, to return her the next morning.​

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