Winter in the East (Closed: Nuridia and Tomia)

[Nuridia]

Salma landed pretty well and Marie was in Raphael's arms. She looked up at her husband and smiled. "Nice hands Shaq." she grinned. Raphael was maybe even taller than the famous basketball player. Raphael smiled and kissed his wife. "Well I couldn't let such precious cargo get hurt could I?" "Aw, Raphy." Marie smiled, kissing his cheek. Aurelia flew down with Asteria in her arms, Salma landed in some bushes so she landed softly and ran to Eric. "Honey, are you okay?" she asked. "Do you need healing?" Salma looked at Eric worriedly.

[Tomia]

Eric saw Salma running over to him looking worried. He was embarrassed that everyone else seemed to land carefully expect him. He pushed himself to his feet. His had were cut up a little and he felt like he had a bruise on his back but other than that he was okay. "I'm fine sweetie, thank you for asking. I'll be okay, just got a few scrapes and bruises is all." He told Salma, trying to hide his embarrassment. John turned back to his human form and walked along side Aurelia and Asteria towards Kira's house.

[Nuridia]

Salma looked Eric over. "Okay then, but you fell pretty hard." "You should ask Aurelia to heal you, I don't want you getting too hurt." "It'll be the best thing." Salma said, just like Eric wanted her to rest she wanted him to not be injured.

[Tomia]

Eric listened to Salma say that she wanted him to ask Aurelia to heal him. He didn't really think it was necessary and he wanted to pretend it didn't happen. He was about to tell her he was fine but remembered what they had argued about before. He realized Salma was just worrying about him like he had worried about her. He knew it wouldn't be a good idea to argue with her on this one, he didn't want to upset her. "Alright Salma, since you rested for me, I'll ask Aurelia to heal me when we get back to Kira's house." He kissed Salma's cheek as they kept walking back to the house.

[Nuridia]

OOC: Bedlam Boys is a real song and I don't own it.

IC: Salma smiled and nodded. "Good, thank you." They all finally made it back to Kira's house, where she grinned and hugged Azrael. "It's so good to see you my son." Azrael hugged his mother back. "I missed you too Mama." "Hey guys, it's been a long time since we all played together huh?" Uriel said. "Remember when we would write songs and play them for Kira and our friends?" The other angels nodded. "Yeah, I remember." "Raph was always the best at music though, he wrote most of the songs and sang them." Gabriel said. "Oh come on guys, you're great with music too." Raphael told his brothers. "Well, how about we play now?" "Sounds great." Kira smiled. Everybody went to the parlor where the musical instruments were kept. They flipped through the book of songs and the angels pulled out the appropriate instruments. Celtic stringed instruments, a guitar and an Irish drum. "Raphael wrote this song when he was ten, it was actually pretty good." "He calls it Bedlam Boys, after the insane asylum in England when we went on a field trip there one day." Michael said. "We had a contest to see who could write the creepiest, scariest song for Halloween and Raph ended coming in second behind Azrael, but we still liked his song so we kept it." Raphael smiled and blushed a little. "Well, it was written for a woman's voice." "And I'll warn everyone, I was actually pretending to be a crazy person at the time so that the song would sound like an inmate from the hospital wrote it, so it has some creepy lyrics because it was supposed to be written by a crazy person." "Mimi, would you do the honors?" "You have a very lovely voice." he asked his wife. Marie smiled, a little nervous but stood up. "Okay Raphy, I'll do it for you." "And also because it's fun." Marie took the lyric's sheet from Raphael and the angels played the instruments while she sang.

For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam
Ten thousand miles I traveled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
For to save her shoes from gravel

Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money.

I went down to Satan's kitchen
For to get me food one morning
And there I got souls piping hot
All on a spit a-turning.

Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money.

From the hag and hungry goblin
That into rags would rend ye
All the sprites that stand by the naked man
In the book of moons, defend ye

Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money.

My staff has murdered giants
And me bag a long knife carries
For to cut mince pies from children's thighs
And feed them to the faeries.

Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money.

The spirits white as lightning
Would on my travels guide me
The stars would shake and the moon would quake
Whenever they espied me

Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money.

And when that Ill be murderin'
The Man in the Moon to a powder
His staff I'll break and his dog I'll shake
And there'll howl no demon louder

Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money.

For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam
Ten thousand years I traveled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
For to save her shoes from gravel

Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money.

[Tomia]

Eric nodded and gave a small smile. "You're welcome." He told Salma as they walked toward Kira's house. When they got there Eric, John, and Sam watched as Azrael greeted his mother. They were surprised to hear that the angel brothers used to write music and play together. They listened as Raphael and his brothers played their instruments and Marie sang for them. Leigh definitely saw what Raphael was talking about the song being creepy, but it was still really good. They listened intently as they played and when they finished John spoke up. "Wow guys that was awesome. You really wrote that Raphael? It was really great." After the song was finished Eric went up to Aurelia. "Hey Aurelia, you think you could help me out?" He asked the half angel. "I fell kind of roughly when left Sheol and Salma wants to make sure I'm not too hurt."

[Nuridia]

"Thanks John." "Took me about three weeks to finish." Raphael smiled at his comment. "Gabe wrote one about pirates, it's really good." Gabriel smiled at his brother's compliment." "And thank you too guys." he said to his brothers, whom he group hugged. "And I haven't forgotten you, my love." "Your voice is lovely as always." Raphael said, walking up to Marie and kissing her, she smiled and kissed her husband back. It was a loving kiss between them just like all the others but they didn't make it too long because of the others in the room. "Thanks love." Marie smiled back at Raphael. "You're quite the talented songwriter, maybe you can write a song for the new babies' lullaby." the pregnant redhead told her husband. Aurelia turned to Eric when she heard his question and looked at him. He looked like he was in pain. "Okay Eric, this shouldn't take long." she touched his back and hand where he was hurt and healed him.

[Tomia]

John smiled and nodded to Raphael. "You're welcome. I'm sure Gabriel's song is good too. You guys certainly are talented musicians. You did a great job too Marie." John smiled when Marie and Raphael kissed, grateful they didn't take it too far. Eric nodded to Aurelia as she healed him. "Thanks, I don't think I need it but Salma was worried. I guess the shoe's on the other foot." John tuners and saw Aurelia and Eric, and figured she was healing him. "Hey, what's up?" He asked. "You hurt Eric?" Eric shook his head. "It's nothing, I just kind of... fell." Eric said embarrassed. John smiled. "Well you've always been the clumsy one. I guess werewolves weren't born to be dancers." He said with a grin. Eric frowned and grumbled, "Shut up John."

[Nuridia]

Aurelia suppressed a laugh at Eric and John's conversation because she didn't want to upset anybody. "Thanks for healing Eric Aurelia, I really appreciate it." Salma said. "Don't mention it, I always help my friends out." Aurelia answered. Alex was just sitting down, taking in everyone and everything. It was so long since he had seen light, and color, and his family. And even eaten. "God, I'm starving." Alex said. "Grandma, you got any leftovers?" "You bet champ."' Kira smiled and went back to the kitchen. "It's so good to have our boy back Raph." Marie smiled to her husband. "I know, we'll finally be able to spend Christmas together again." Raphael answered. Marie spoke up. "Speaking of Christmas, we still need to plan for the Christmas party." "I still haven't picked out the outfit I'm going to wear." "Did you pick out the lingerie yet?" Raphael asked. "That's a surprise love, after the party." Marie smiled, smacking him playfully with a mistletoe sprig. "Where did you get that?" Aurelia's father asked. "Kira has it growing on vines around the house remember?" she said. "Oh yeah, my brothers and I used to prank each other all the time with that stuff." Raphael laughed.

[Tomia]

John saw Aurelia suppressing a laugh and kissed her cheek, smiling. "Hey I was just joking bro. Don't be so serious all the time." He told his brother. Eric nodded, still a little embarrassed. John heard Alex's comment and smiled. "Ya I'm sure you're hungry. When was the last time you've eaten anyway?" He asked Aurelia's brother. He turned to Raphael and Marie, "Ya, I'm sure you guys are really glad to be spending Christmas with your son. Axe ale gave you guys a pretty great Christmas present huh? We have to make masks for the party right?" John grinned sheepishly at Marie's comment, not that he was too surprised.

[Nuridia]

"The last time I ate was three years ago before I died." Alex told John. Kira came with his food and Alex thanked his grandmother before eating. Raphael turned to John. "Of course, Azrael gave us the best Christmas present ever." "Our little boy." "Dad, technically I'm 19 now." Alex corrected with a smile. Alex turned to Marie and spoke to his mother. "Mom, when are the babies supposed to be due?" "Well I got pregnant in October, possibly at Salma's party." "And so it's December and I'm two months along." "That means five or six more months, so the babies will be due in about May or June." Aurelia smiled. "Summer babies are supposed to be lucky in Hebrew culture." she told her parents. "Me and Alex's birthday is in July, so they're right behind us." "You guys have names yet?" Aurelia asked. Raphael shook his head. 'We're still deliberating, and the names won't be revealed until the birth anyway." he said.

[Tomia]

John nodded to Alex. "Wow, that's a long time. No wonder you're hungry. You're in look though. Your mom, grandmother, and sister are all great cooks." He said with a smile. He listened to Aurelia talk about the baby. "I was born in the summer too, in August. Summer children are lucky? I never knew that." Eric shifted a little at the talk of birthdays. Eric never actually knew his birthday. Since his parents abandoned him he never actually knew when he was born, or what his real name was for that matter. John listened as they talked about baby names. "You know I kind of wish one of the babies was a boy. Because John's a great name for a kid." He joked.

[Nuridia]

"Yeah, they sure are." "I mean I missed Mom's desserts." Alex smiled. Marie smiled at her son's comment. Salma saw Eric shift and looked at her boyfriend with concern. "Well, your birthday's a little after mine, that's a good sign then." Aurelia told John, kissing her boyfriend's cheek. Marie and Raphael smiled at John's comment about his name. "We're happy with our girls." Raphael said. "And what's wrong with Joanna as a name?" "It's the girl version of John." he joked.

[Tomia]

Eric saw Salma looking at him with concern and took her hand. "It's nothing sweetie, don't worry. It's just... well, I don't really have a birthday." He confessed to her. "Well I do, I just don't know what it is. I don't know anything about my old life. I don't even know what my birth name was. I always used to just celebrate my birthday on John's but once I was old enough to learn the truth I just stopped. It seemed fake you know?"
John smiled when Aurelia kissed his cheek. "I guess it is. It means you're older than me too." He smiled at Raphael's comment. "I'm happy for you guys too. The twin girls will be great." He chuckled at Raphael's idea. "Ya that's not bad. I actually like that name a lot."

[Nuridia]

Salma felt sad for her boyfriend and threw her arms around him to comfort him. "It's okay love, I don't know what it feels like to not know your name or birthday but we're all right here for you." "I'm sorry you have to go through this." "And I know this may sound a little silly, but how about you pick your own birthday?" "Just pick a day you like, a day that has importance to you." "Any day at all, and use it as your birthday." "You can even have the Supreme Court legally change your birthday to that day if you want." Salma told Eric.

[Tomia]

Eric was a little surprised when Salma wrapped her arms around him, but hugged her back. "It's alright Salma, it's not that bad. I mean I have a new family and friends that care about me, and I have you. I guess sometimes I just wonder is all." He listened to her idea about picking his own birthday. It did seem a little weird but Salma was trying to cheer him up and he appreciated that. "It's not silly, it's sweet." He told her. He thought about what day he might want to pick. He tried to think of something that was special to him like Salma said. Then a thought came to his mind. "Well, there is one day I could think of. September 15, the day we met. I mean that's the happiest day of my life. I guess I might as well make it my birthday too." He told his girlfriend.

[Nuridia]

Salma smiled at Eric's suggestion. "Our anniversary and your new birthday all in one day." "We can call it a birthaversary." Salma said, making up a word. "See, I'm making up new words just like that." Everybody else smiled at her. "We think it's cute Salma, maybe you can help me and Raphy come up with baby names." Marie smiled.

[Tomia]

Eric smiled at Salma and kissed her. He chuckled at her naming of their new holiday. "I love it sweetie. I can't wait to celebrate it with you." He said smiling. "Thanks for cheering me up Salma, I really appreciate it. You're an amazing girlfriend." John smiled at the two of them and chuckled at Salma's made up word. "Ya that's pretty good Salma. I'm sure you could come up with some pretty great names."

[Nuridia]

Salma smiled at everyone. "I'm glad you say so." she said. "Mummy, so much has happened since I've...been away." Alex told Marie. "We have so much catching up to do." "That we do son." Marie said, going over to her son and hugging him. "And you too Dad." Alex hugged Raphael next. "Mummy?" Uriel snickered a little jokingly. Alex glared at his uncle. Honestly Uncle, grow up!" "Hey, I haven't been able to hug my mother or talk to her in three years, I can call her Mummy if I want to." the half angel boy said exasperated. Marie kissed her son on the cheek to comfort him.

[Tomia]

Eric smiled at Salma and kissed her cheek. He was so glad to be dating her. John listened to Alex and Uriel and was a little surprised when the half angel seemed to get angry. He didn't want Alex to be upset. Uriel seemed to be joking. "Hey man, don't get upset." He said to Alex calmly. "Uriel didn't mean anything by it. He was just joking is all. We know you missed your parents a lot, we're not judging you." He said to Aurelia's brother.

[Nuridia]

Alex calmed down. "I know he was joking, I really just don't like people laughing at me." he told John. "I'm not really actually mad at anything, I'm just so grateful to be alive and here with my family again."

[Tomia]

John nodded to Alex. "I understand that. I've never liked people laughing at me either. I got into a lot of fights in high school over that. But Uriel didn't mean any harm. Sometimes family just likes to joke around with each other. I know you're grateful to be alive again. We're grateful too. I know how much Aurelia and your parents missed you. You wouldn't believe how fast they ran when the were going to see you. It was like they were on fire." He told Alex with a smile.

[Nuridia]

Alex chuckled at John's statement. "I can imagine, if I could run at the time I would've been running right along with them." "I wonder if mom and dad would have more kids, it probably wouldn't be wise but with how active they are it's likely Mom will fall pregnant again." Alex said. "Not if they use Uncle Mike's Christmas present." Aurelia joked to her twin.

[Tomia]

John smiled. Ya "I'm sure you would have been. I can't imagine how excited you all must have been to see each other again." He grinned at his comment about his parents. "Ya that's true. They certainly can't seem to get enough of each other. I think though they may decide they've had enough after raising another set of twins. When he heard Aurelia's joke John chuckled. "Ya that was a pretty useful gift. Maybe that will stop them from getting anymore surprises."

[Nuridia]

John smiled. Ya "I'm sure you would have been. I can't imagine how excited you all must have been to see each other again." He grinned at his comment about his parents. "Ya that's true. They certainly can't seem to get enough of each other. I think though they may decide they've had enough after raising another set of twins. When he heard Aurelia's joke John chuckled. "Ya that was a pretty useful gift. Maybe that will stop them from getting anymore surprises."

"Who knows, maybe the condoms won't work for some reason." Alex laughed. "Now in all seriousness, I'm a bit worried for Mom." "I'm sure Aurelia and Dad have told you this a million times, angelic births, especially with twins are very high risk." "When mom had us, she almost died." "Mainly because she held us inside than she was supposed to so the hunters wouldn't kill us." "But it's extremely dangerous, what if something goes wrong?" Aurelia's brother mused to John worriedly. Raphael looked worried and held his wife's hand. Aurelia's face took on a worried look too.