the mission (ella)

[italia]

Ella stopped walking, and then held her arms out, a gesture signaling that she wanted another hug. There was something to be said about the relationship that she shared with her sister. Not many children that were obviously the "favourite" in the family maintained healthy relationships with their siblings. Ella was eternally grateful to Cici, she couldn't have asked for a better sister in the entire world.

[* JAQI]

Cici wrapped her arms around her younger sister in a tender hug. The poor girl, she knew that Ella had never been sure of herself, but in the fact that she was exposing her vulnerability instead of keeping it inside. Perhaps it was a good thing that Liam had brought her here for a visit before heading off after the dementors, the last thing that they needed was for her to have a mental breakdown in that sort of company.

[italia]

Ella took in deep breaths to calm herself, she was half scared out of her mind in spite of the fact that they were millions of kilometers away from the dementors in the south pole that they were going after. A part of her wondered why they weren't going to the ones in the north first, but a dementor was a dementor, regardless of where it was. "You make it seem so easy," said Ella quietly, "how do you do it?"

[* JAQI]

Cici gave her sister a gentle squeeze before releasing her. "I just conduct myself in a different way," Cici responded. Truth be told, she wasn't entirely sure how she handled all the things that life threw at her, especially then. Maybe it was only because the second she began to worry about anything she shoved the thoughts from her head. A calm, collected mind made the situation better. This was why Cici had made herself the leader of the Order of the Phoenix.

[italia]

Ella sighed lightly, unsure if there was even anything to say in response. Now it seemed as if she were reaching the end of her rope, it was almost as if the world were collapsing in on itself, something in which could very well become a reality if Isabelle was not stopped before it was too late. Ella tried not to think on it too much. "Is the morning sickness really as bad as they say it is?" asked Ella, changing the subject after a moment of silence.

[* JAQI]

Cici chuckled meagerly, just like Ella, always skirting around topics in which she felt exposed discussing. "Oh, it's worse," said she. "And it's not just in the morning either, it kind of lingers around me all day. Not that that should put you off of having children if you and Devon decide to have any, just knowing that you have life within your womb is the best feeling in the world, to know that something you and your husband created is quite alive... It's hard to explain, you just have to experience it."

[italia]

"Hmm," said Ella, pausing for a bit, she then resumed speaking, "I'm not sure if Devon and I are going to have kids, we've talked about it, sure. It's just with our careers, I would think it might get in the way." Ella presumed that her sister understood, what with her husband being a young Auror, and then herself now becoming a professor. When ever would she see him? Even if Cici and Liam were always busy, at least they still called the same place home. Ella decided she would have to cross that bridge when they came to it.

[* JAQI]

"Well, if you decide to, we will be able to find a way around it." said Cici, she felt that anyone that wanted to have children ought to be able to, something which had made it all the more frustrating during hers and Liam's struggle to get her pregnant. "But as for now, we've a bit more important matters to deal with. Come, I'm loading you down with chocolate before you leave, if anything it'll make things a bit more tolerable." Cici said, altering the path of their walk to go back to the house, where she had been making homemade chocolates for the past few days.

[italia]

Ella stayed in pace with her sister as she changed their route, going up to a cute little cottage. She could imagine an adorable old couple sitting out on the front porch in rocking chairs, the woman knitting and the man reading his paper whilst he smoked his pipe. A small smile came to her lips at the mention of Cici loading her down with chocolates before leaving. Ella knew all too well that it was the quickest remedy to the horrid feeling after being around dementors for any length of time.

[* JAQI]

Cici led the way to the back door, the one that opened into the kitchen. She felt a bit guilty about her project, as it was taking up quite a lot of space in the kitchen, but Mrs. O'Malley had insisted that she did not mind it in the slightest, that anything to help out her son would be more than fine with her. Cici made a mental note that she needed to do something extraordinarily kind for her mother and father in-laws, they were being so very accommodating. Cici opened the door and stepped in, giving a smile to...

[calcetines]

Angel smiled up at Cici, and her younger sister, Ella. She had met and spoken with her briefly during Order meetings, but she would describe their relationship as being acquaintances at best. She was attacking her second bowl of homemade ice cream that morning. Mrs. O'Malley's recipe for strawberry ice cream was to die for, Angel had had to refill the container twice with a spell, so she wouldn't hog it all to herself. "Hello," said Angel. She was a bit surprised that Ella was there, Liam had told her that he was keeping this location a complete secret, even from Order members.

Outfit

[italia]

"Oh, hello Angel," said Ella with a warm smile, "how are you?" She took a seat across the table from the young woman, without being invited to do so. She figured that she was more than welcome to seat herself anyways. The aspect of tomorrow still loomed over her, like something terribly dark. Ella supposed that going to be around a bunch of dementors wasn't exactly something to be cheery about.

[calcetines]

Angel adjusted her position on the chair as she swallowed a mouthful of strawberry goodness. It was quite uncomfortable for her to be sitting in an upright position for any length of time, it was much easier for her to lie down on her left side. The healer had even said that was probably the best position for her to be in the majority of the day. "Just a bit uncomfortable," Angel responded, resting her hand on her protruding stomach. Even with as far out from the table as she was, her stomach still touched it.

[* JAQI]

Cici, in the meantime whilst Angel and Ella held a conversation, began to look for the chocolates she had made. She had set them out on the counter that morning, but now they weren't anywhere in sight. That was certainly odd, she had known that Mr. and Mrs. O'Malley wouldn't touch them, Mr. O'Malley was diabetic, and Mrs. O'Malley only had the occasional sweet, she wouldn't gorge on four batches of candies. Cici frowned.

[calcetines]

"Oh, I put the chocolates that you made away, they're all in that bag over there," said Angel, tilting her head toward a sandwich-sized Ziploc bag. She had bewitched it, of course, to hold all the candy, it otherwise would not have fit into the plastic bag. Angel polished of what was left of her ice cream, then rubbed her stomach gently. As she was nearing the end of her pregnancy, Isaiah and Morgayne couldn't move much, they were running out of room in her packed uterus.