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ᴄᴏʀᴀ walked through the crowds with her family, keeping a careful eye on her children. She wouldn't put it past Toby and Jess to sneak off, or Eleazar to get lost somehow, or Thea to get distracted by something shiny. Really, Uriel and Vi were the only ones she could trust to stay by her and Garrett's sides. The sun was just sinking below, and in the distance she thought she could see the ocean. Bellamy had always loved the ocean. Grief pulled at her insides for a few moments, before she composed herself and smiled warmly at her family. "What should we do first?"

ɢᴀʀʀᴇᴛᴛ shrugged. "I don't know, but I think this one wants cotton sweets. Badly." he gestured to Thea, who was hanging on his leg with a pouting face and gleaming eyes. "I want cotton candy, Daddy! Please, Mummy?!" Her father gave her a wary look. "If we get ye some, yer gonna get all hyper."

"I won't, I promise!"

ᴜʀɪᴇʟ looked at his parents. "Mum, Da, don't," he complained. "We all know she's going to go crazy as soon as she eats all that sugar, and remember the last time she had cotton candy?" he said tiredly. He had missed his family, hadn't he? Yeah... Right now he was looking around to see if there was anyone he knew, so he would have an excuse to break off from them. It was embarrassing enough already.

ᴊᴇssᴀᴍɪɴᴇ gave her blonde brother a mock sad look. "Aw, Uri doesn't like us," she whined, adjusting her glasses. "I feel heartbroken. Don't you wanna hang out with us, big bro?" She flicked him on the forehead, and then ducked out of the way when he swatted at her.

"What was that for?!"

"Suck it up and stop being a jerk face, Huffle."

ᴛᴏʙɪᴀs snickered at his sister's antics and Uriel's frown. "Bet you can't wait for September 1st, right?" he mocked. "Oh wait, we'll be there too!" And though the brown haired boy was tall, Uriel was taller, having just started to get his growth spurt, and stronger. Toby promptly found himself in a headlock.

"Uriel, let your brother go! Toby, Jess, stop teasing him."

"Aw, what's the fun in that?"

ᴇʟᴇᴀᴢᴀʀ sidled over to the other side of his mother, avoiding his older brother's scuffling. He was small and thin for his age and generally found it better to just stay out the way when the two bigger boys started wrestling around. Crowds of people gave him a strange sort of comfort. He used to slip through these crowds like a ghost, occasionally reaching tentatively to see if he could snatch an exposed wallet or anything he could nick and use to feed hi and Thea. Of course, there was no need for that anymore, but he still knew how to get "lost" when he wanted to and how to make himself go unnoticed. But as of right now, he was content to just walk alongside his mother and people watch.

ᴠɪᴏʟᴀɴᴛᴇ clung to her aunt's hand obediently, staying silent. The blonde woman came to a sudden decision. "Thea, you can have cotton candy, but only if you split it with Vi." The five year old gave her a grateful smile. She always did like sweet things. "Thank you, Auntie." she whispered.

ᴀʟᴛʜᴇᴀ shrieked in delight and dragged Garrett towards the cotton candy stand, the rest of the family trailing after her. "I want the blue, Daddy!" Soon she was clutching a cone of cotton candy as bog as her head. She offered it to Vi, her grabbed a small handful and chewed it as delicately as possible. Meanwhile, Thea's hands and the corners of her mouth rapidly turned blue.

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Damien watched with a pained expression as the two boy's argument escalated into physical violence, wincing when Dom's blow missed and hit a passerby. Marina's conclusion that it was a bad time seemed like the understatement of the century. He snorted a bit and, at her tugging, rolled his eyes. "Alright, let's go. You don't have to whine," he teased, walking along with her. Every few steps, he would twitch somewhat, and rub his free hand against his leg... or rather, his pants. He glanced down at the dark jeans he wore, sighing somewhat. Marina had taken him shopping for, as she put it, 'normal' clothes before they'd come to the Circus, insisting that he didn't dress like it was some formal affair. So, he was dressed in clothes that were a far cry from what he was used to, and he still wasn't quite used to them. The t-shirt wasn't as crisp, the jeans weren't as smooth... and the sneakers... well, they were actually a lot more comfortable that his usual dress shoes. They were still rather strange, though. He offered her a small smile. "So, how have things been? I know that dinner was only a couple weeks ago, but... I mean, did anything interesting happen? Or boring. Or normal. I mean, I'd really just like to know how things are going..." He blushed a bit. "I've missed you," he told her, squeezing her hand.


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'It's natural for a thing like me...'

Darcy's head was swiveling left and right looking at the different attractions while trying not to continue staring at Jane who had yet to leave his side. Gods he was pathetic becoming so nervous and boneless when he was around her but he couldn't help it! Her smile, her way of talking, her hair, everything about her made him feel as if her was floating without a broomstick in the midst of a hurricane. He had no idea if what he was doing was right or wrong but he knew that everything he did came with exciting results. At her request Darcy's smile turned wistful as he imagined walking along the beach with her hand in hand, bare feet, watching the sunrise or sunset, collecting shells, ugh! He's been reading too many of his sister's romance novels. "That sounds like a great idea. Would you like anything to eat before we go? My treat." he asked her eyeing one of the candy stalls. Damn his sweet tooth.