"Sparkles, Pixie Dust, and Fun!"

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April 20th
 
“Come on. We're going to be late,” Scarlett called to Logan.
 
“Coming, coming. I just need to finish up this last...little....bit....” Logan responded starting to trail off as he got caught up in his work.
 
“Logan, now,” Scarlett said looking at him from the door of his office.
 
He turned to look at her and smiled. “OK, now.”
 
The two of them took off to the park to go have a movie night. Disney liked to hold these special occasions for them and Scarlett wasn't a real big fan of going, but her friends always wanted to so she would tag along. But tonight would be great, Logan was actually joining her which was a rare occurrence. Although that meant that worry and fear tagged along too. Logan and her friends didn't necessarily get along with one another. She would be playing interference all night. She never knew which was better having Logan come with her and having to keep the peace, or not having him there and have to listen to the comments. She couldn't win either way.
 
They finally arrived and got directed towards the secret location of the movie. She still didn't know how there were that many secret locations to hold these things. They had movie nights a good deal and it was always in a new place.
 
Scarlett spotted Naomi and Jack right away and knew that the rest of the gang wouldn't be too far from them so she grabbed Logan's hand and steered him that way.
 
“Hey guys,” Scarlett said with a bright smile.
 
“Hey, you guys made it,” Naomi answered excitedly. “Hey Logan!”
 
“Hello?” Logan answered in a voice as if he didn't know who he was talking to.
 
Scarlett stiffened afraid of what the reaction would be to him once again not recognizing one of her good friends. But when they all turned to look at him he was facing away from them with his phone to his ear.
 
“No, I needed those papers signed today....Well you'll just have to hunt him down this evening then,” Logan was saying into his phone.
 
Scarlett let out a sigh of relief, but that void was filled with annoyance. He promised no phone calls tonight. She caught the look on Jack's face, it was almost pure hatred. Some people would say that his extreme dislike stemmed from a crush on Scarlett, but Scarlett knew better. She knew exactly where those feelings stemmed from, she had heard it directly from his mouth. Logan wasn't good enough for her. And as if Jack knew the direction of Scarlett's thoughts he looked at her with a face that said told you so. Scarlett couldn't maintain the eye contact. Jack didn't know Logan like she did. They were what they were. They were comfortable.
 
“Glad to see that Logan made it tonight,” Jack quipped. “Do you think that he will have time to socialize though? I know how attached he is to his phone.”
 
“Shut up Jack,” Scarlett told him. She was already annoyed with Logan, she didn't need Jack pointing out every flaw too.
 
“Let's go join the others,” Naomi interrupted. “They saved us all seats.”
 
Scarlett gestured to Logan pointing out where they would be sitting and then the three of them left him to join their friends.
 
The theater was siphoned off into sections as if they were each in their own personal boxes to watch the movie. It created some privacy while still having a whole togetherness feeling. In the first row of their box Scarlett spotted Evan, Ivy, Eva, and then some guy she didn't know who she figured must be Eva's date. How she managed to find so many guys to actually agree to a date, Scarlett didn't know. But she figured they never agreed to a second one since it was always a new guy that Eva brought.
 
The next row was filled with Blake, Caroline, Camille, Genevieve, and Alistair. And the last row was empty. Jack pushed right past them and went to sit in the far corner. Scarlett didn't know why he was being so out of sorts. She knew he didn't care for Logan, but it seemed to have gotten worse in the last few months. Naomi went next and then Scarlett sat beside her. That left one empty seat for Logan.
 
“Hey Scarlett!” Caroline said. “I'm so excited for this movie! Does anyone know what's playing?”
 
“Nope this is a surprise, just like the location,” Scarlett told her for the umpteenth time. She couldn't help but smile at Caroline's carefree and clueless attitude. Some would find it annoying, Scarlett simply found it refreshing.
 
Genevieve and Blake both greeted them enthusiastically, while Camille of course barely lifted her head. Scarlett still couldn't believe that she hadn't been able to form any sort of relationship with that girl.
 
Ivy and Evan greeted them and Eva of course ignored them, but that wasn't new. They weren't even introduced to new guy's name. Which Scarlett thought was a good thing, she was tired of trying to remember their names just to never see them again.
 
Scarlett looked around the box some more and realized that Theo was missing and not only that, there wouldn't be a seat for them. That was strange she thought since normally they would just get a bigger box and have a couple extra seats. Which must mean he had no intention of sitting with them. Scarlett didn't know whether she should be relieved or not. Things all seemed a little tense when Logan and Theo were in the same room together. Not for Logan, but definitely for Scarlett. At least that pressure would be off.
 
“Where's Theo?” Scarlett asked leaning up to Blake. She was still curious and had this feeling that Logan was the reason he wasn't here.
 
“I don't know. He said something about sitting with his own kind or something tonight?” Blake answered with a shrug.
 
“With the Emporium workers?” Scarlett asked skeptically. “Since when does he care that they think?”
 
“I don't know. He made it sound really important though. It sounded like it was a big deal. That someone wasn't happy with him always hanging around us or something like that.”
 
“He had other responsibilities,” Jack said coldly. “Ones that could effect his life and future.”
 
“Oh,” Scarlett answered sitting back in her seat. Jack was throwing out a lot of hostility. She thought it would be better to not engage anymore.
 
Finally Logan joined them in the box. He didn't greet anyone just sat down and continued texting on his phone.
 
“Hun, everyone wants to go get food after the movie,” Scarlett started to say to Logan when he held up his finger to silence her.
 
“Yeah? Did you get them? What do you mean that it's impossible? No just forget it, I'll do it myself,” Logan barked into his phone and then hung up.
 
“Sorry I have to go take care of this. I'll see you at home,” he told her getting up and not even looking at her.
 
Scarlett's mouth was still hanging open from being about to finish her previous sentence. She quickly recovered when she saw all eyes on her. “What?” she asked back to her controlled and edgy self.
 
“Nothing dear,” Naomi said putting her hand on top of Scarlett's. “Oh look, it's my favorite part. Clues as to what movie we will be watching! Let's try to figure it out. You are always the best at it Scarlett!” she finished smiling at Scarlett and trying to cheer her up.
 
Scarlett simply nodded her head, but was unable to focus. She was hurt and disappointed in Logan. And she was embarrassed. He left her in front of all of her friends and she just couldn't stop thinking about it.
 
Suddenly she felt a weight beside her in the chair. She looked over to see who it was, although she already had a feeling. She knew it wouldn't be Logan, nothing would make him come back when there was work to do. And there seemed to be only one person who managed to always be there when she was feeling down, so she wasn't surprised to see Theo now sitting beside her. The thought crossed her mind again that the only reason he wasn't sitting with them before was because of Logan. She knew Theo had some sort of crush on her, even though he pretended like he didn't. She also knew that she should stop letting him get away with his secret crush, but times like these was when she really appreciated him caring about her a little more than he cared about the rest of them. It wasn't fair, but there it was.
 
“I thought you had some important responsibilities effecting your future,” she said to him.
 
“I do,” Theo said looking at the screen. “But it's all about prioritizing. Sometimes one responsibility is more important than another. If you know what I mean,” he continued meeting her eyes finally.
 
She looked away then. She wasn't sure exactly what he was saying, and knew there were some unmentioned factors playing a part there, but she knew that she shouldn't allow him to say what he already had and she certainly wouldn't let him say anymore. They were nearing dangerous territories. She caught Jack looking at them with a smug grin on his face. There was definitely more going on then what she was catching, and she didn't feel like looking any further.
 
“Naomi, I'm stumped, have you figured out what movie we are seeing yet?” she said directing her attention away from the two boys, both with knowing smirks on their faces.
 
[comment with secret movie if you read ♥]

April 13th
 
Everyone was gathered in the common room waiting for their instructions. Apparently today was a special day for the fairies. Scarlett sat on the couch in between Jack and Naomi and flipped through one of her many magazines. This one happened to be a travel one and she was looking for a new destination to try out. Jack was a gabbing away in her ear about something or other, but Scarlett had learned to tune him out a long time ago. Naomi was chattering away in her other ear, and Scarlett was sure it was along the lines of being so excited about this announcement and not being able to wait to hear it.
 
Genevieve was sitting on the floor along with Caroline and Camille. They were discussing fashion or dance or something artsy. And that left Ivy and Eva who were sharing the chair in the corner. Scarlett didn't need to listen in on that conversation to know that Eva was talking about herself. It was her favorite subject. Scarlett still couldn't figure out how Ivy and managed to become close to her, but Scarlett couldn't really understand Ivy all that much either.
 
Finally their handlers all came into the room and were ready to make their announcement. Cara, Daisy, and Sonja all took the lead.
 
“I'm sure you are all wondering why we had you all meet up in here in full costume,” Cara started.
 
“This is something that you will all be doing as a group so we figured we would just tell you all together so you got all the same information,” Sonja went on.
 
“Today a little girl from the Make a Wish Foundation will be here and she wanted to spend her day with the fairies. So that is what you will be doing all day,” Daisy finished up.
 
“Now not that we don't think that you will be, but today it is especially important to be on your best behavior,” Cara warned them.
 
“That means stay in character all day long. No fights, no drama, unless it is all within character,” Sonja continued.
 
“We have absolute faith in you, but as you all know this is about more than just a family spending a day at Disney. This is creating a special memory for a dying little girl. She comes first,” Daisy cautioned them all.
 
This got all of them chattering. Disney had dealt with Make a Wish for a long time, and even some of them personally have had a child from there. But as a group, never. They were all excited. It was the one thing all of them could agree on. The Make a Wish kids were their favorites. How could you not love making a dream come true to a child with a terminal illness. To make them happy for one day was one of the best feelings in the world.
 
“I'm sure I will be the favorite,” Eva snarked. “Everyone loves a villain.”
 
Scarlett was going to come up with a witty remark, but in the spirit of no drama she refrained a rolled her eyes instead.
 
Eva gave her a look and before she could say something smart the handlers were ready to give out more information.
 
“Her name is Nina,” Cara informed them.
 
“And she is six years old,” Sonja said.
 
“She is from Georgia so that means Scarlett, Rosetta will probably be front and center most of the day. Even if you aren't her favorite fairy, she will relate to you and enjoy that reminder of home too,” Daisy told her.
 
Scarlett couldn't help but give Eva a look saying that she had won. And then turned her attention back to Daisy and gave her a nod of acknowledgment.
 
“OK, now start working on a strategy and then get out there!” Sonja instructed them.
 
They all broke off into their normal pairings, Tinkerbell and Terence, Rosetta and Fawn, Iridessa and Vidia, and Silvermist and Periwinkle. They each made their plans within their couplings as they would split off from time to time and then gathered together to make their plans as a group. Lunch would be spent as an entire group and then the rest of the afternoon. The morning was to be reserved for the individual pairings.
 
Fawn and Rosetta were the last pairing that Nina saw before lunch. So the two of them just hung around the pond they were normally stationed at and talked in character and laughed. Finally Nina showed up and they did their normal banter about getting dirty and finding animals. And then they all headed inside to lunch. Nina and her family went to go wash up and Fawn and Rosetta headed in to join the other fairies.
 
As soon as they entered Eva made a beeline towards them. “I'm her favorite. You should have seen her hanging all over me. So your Southern accent really doesn't have that much hold,” she said.
 
Scarlett rolled her eyes but refused to engage. Nina came back in then and ran towards the two of them. Eva elbowed Scarlett and gave her a look like see, told you.
 
“Are you going to sit beside me?” Nina asked.
 
“Of course I will,” Vidia said.
 
“Oh, no, I meant Rosetta. She talks just like me!” Nina answered smiling brightly.
 
“Oh right, of course,” and Vidia stalked off.
 
“Of course I will sugar. Nothing would give me greater pleasure,” Rosetta told her. Then she offered Nina her arm and led her over to the table.
 
The rest of the day went by smoothly. Everyone got along just fine and Nina loved spending time with all the fairies. She kept begging Scarlett to say more things to her especially silly sayings that she didn't quite understand.
 
Finally it was time to say goodbye and they all hugged her and headed back to the dressing rooms. Scarlett changed quickly and went to wait for her Naomi and Caroline. She was giving them a ride home. While Scarlett was flipping through her magazine Eva came out.
 
“You know if you hadn't sucked up to her so much then maybe she could have enjoyed some of the other fairies. I mean you monopolized all of her time.”
 
“Eva,” Scarlett started not even bothering to look at her. “You are one of the most selfish people. The only reason I was 'monopolizing' Nina's time was because she wanted me there. I don't care who her favorite fairy is or any of the kids for that matter. It's about them. Get over it.”
 
Eva made some scoffing noise and Scarlett heard her leave and then let out a sigh of relief. It was always such a chore to put up with her.
 
“Well that was one of the nicer ways that you have dealt with her,” Theo said.
 
“You seem to have a knack for witnessing a lot of my...”
 
“Confrontations?”
 
“Interactions,” she said giving him a shut up look.
 
“Coincidence,” Theo told her smiling.
 
“I don't believe in coincidence.”
 
“Then I don't know what to tell you. I'm just waiting for Jack.”
 
“Mmmhmm,” she said turning back to her magazine.
 
“OK we are ready to go, so keep your pants on,” Naomi said as her and Caroline came down the hall.
 
“Don't worry I have learned to occupy myself when waiting for you two,” Scarlett said smiling.
 
“Plus Theo is here to help occupy you,” Caroline said with a smile.
 
Theo's smile got bigger while Scarlett stopped smiling. “I wouldn't say occupy,” she told her.
 
“OK, OK, let's get going before this turns into...”
 
“A confrontation?” Theo asked still smiling.
 
“I was going to say a whole long thing,” Naomi said. “But whatever floats your boat.”
 
Scarlett rolled her eyes at her friends, but couldn't help smiling slightly.
 
[comment with make a wish if you read ♥]

The Past
 
Mendocino, CA - This is Jamie's hometown. It will always hold a special place in her heart, but it is no longer her home. She loves being in Anaheim and it is her present.
Jackson - Jackson is of course not in Jamie's past. He is her beloved big brother. He has always been the most important guy if not person in her life and that is now in the past. Eric has taken over that spot in her life and she is still adjusting to that.
Story - Jamie believes in stories. So she doesn't really believe that anything is just simply in the past. Your past makes up your story. Your present and your future.
 
The House
 
Her main place of residence is Be Our Guest at Disney. It's a big mansion with tons of rooms and great grounds.
When she isn't there she can basically be found anywhere else. She has gone back to her childhood home to stay, she's gone traveling, more recently she has been staying with Jackson and Ella on a more permanent basis. And she stays with Eric from time to time.
 
The Lover
 
Eric - He is her longterm boyfriend. They are engaged, but hardly anyone knows. They haven't found the perfect time to tell everyone yet. He is the love of her life and she can't wait to start their lives together and to be free of all the secrets.
 
The Job
 
Jamie works as Esmeralda at Disneyland. She absolutely adores it. It's her dream job and can't imagine doing anything else. When she's not there she works at Jackson and Ella's bookstore. Aside from that she gets help and support from her family and Eric.
 
The Family
 
Parents - Jake and Anna are great parents. She loves them dearly. They weren't always hands on, but they were always encouraging and loving.
Brother and Sister-in-law - Jackson and Ella. Jackson and Jamie have always been super close, best friends. And Ella just fit right into the family, loving Jamie just as if she was her actual sister.
Niece/Nephew - Ella is pregnant and they don't know what they are having. It's going to be surprise. Jamie can't wait to be an aunt. She is so excited and already loves that baby.
 
The Future
 
Disney - Jamie doesn't know for sure her entire future. But she hopes that Disney will be apart of it. She knows that she won't be able to be a face character forever, but she hopes to still work in the organization some how.
Home - She wants to have a simple house. A little cottage away from everything that she can raise her family in. She wants something right out of a story book.
Eric - This is the one thing in her future that she is sure on. Eric is her entire future. Nothing else matters as long as he is a part of it, and he will be.
Family - Jamie isn't there yet, but her future definitely includes children and a family. It's a little murky, she's not sure how many kids she wants and what pets they will have, but this is something that she is looking forward to in her future.

April 8th
 
“Do I have to?” Scarlett whined from behind the door.
 
“Yes,” Naomi said exasperated, as if she had said that fifty times already, which she probably had.
 
“I really don't want to,” Scarlett whined again with a big sigh. And she meant it, Scarlett didn't whine. It wasn't in her blood, so if she was whining she was serious.
 
“Too bad, suck it up,” came Jack's voice.
 
“When did you get here?” she asked throwing the door open to see his face.
 
“Just a couple minutes ago. O'Hara, whining doesn't suit you.”
 
Scarlett rolled her eyes at him, but took his advice and sucked it up. She gave one last glance at herself in the mirror and after determining that she was good to go joined the group in the living room.
 
“For someone who isn't too keen on going to this shindig, you sure do look nice,” Theo said leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed.
 
“It's even more important to look good when you are going somewhere you don't wish to go and be with people you don't wish to be with,” Scarlett explained her southern ways to him.
 
“I see. Superior, intimidation factor?” he asked raising one eyebrow.
 
Scarlett looked at him contemplating the way that he had phrased that. She hadn't thought it about it like that before, she certainly didn't want to have a superior attitude, she had always hated that about her way of life. “No,” she finally managed to say. “One just must always look good. It's more a defense rather than an offense. Don't allow a chink in the armor.”
 
Theo smiled and gave a slight nod of his head in deference.
 
“We ready to get this show on the road?” Jack asked.
 
“Yeah,” Scarlett said. “Just let me tell Logan bye.”
 
Jack gave her a look.
 
“What?” she asked getting annoyed. That look crossed his face too much.
 
“Nothing, it's just why isn't he coming with us?”
 
“He's busy Jack. He has work.”
 
“Yeah, it seems all...” but then he stopped as Naomi elbowed him in the side.
 
Scarlett just ignored him and walked down the hall calling for Logan.
 
“Hmm?” he mumbled.
 
“I'm leaving,” Scarlett told him reaching the door to his office.
 
“OK, that's nice, have fun,” he said not even looking up from his desk.
 
“Thanks,” she told him and headed back to join her friends. She ignored the smug look on Jack's face. She knew perfectly well what he was thinking and how he felt about Logan and her relationship with him. “Let's go,” she simply said. And the four of them all headed out and piled into the car to head to the party.
 
Blake called and said that Scarlett needed to come over to Caroline's now. He needed help with her. Scarlett figured it could mean a range of things and wasn't too worried. This happened more often than not. They reached Caroline's place quickly and Blake let them in.
 
“She says she's not going,” Blake bursted out as soon as they stepped in the door and looked to Scarlett pleading her to do something.
 
“I'll go talk to her,” Scarlett reassured him.
 
Blake let out a sigh of relief and greeted everyone else.
 
“Caroline,” Scarlett said knocking on her bedroom door. “Sugar, let me in.”
 
“No, I can't. And I can't go tonight,” she said sounding even younger than what she was.
 
“Sure you can,” Scarlett encouraged. “We'll all be there.”
 
“But she hates me and is so mean to me, what if she's mean to me tonight?”
 
“She won't be, it's her birthday, it'll be fine.”
 
“She doesn't want me there,” Caroline whined.
 
Scarlett gave a look to Naomi, that was one of the reasons that Scarlett had given to her earlier that day.
 
“Sugar, Eva wants everyone there. She loves to be the center of attention and wants everyone to celebrate her, she doesn't care if she likes them or not,” Scarlett told her repeating the words Naomi had said earlier.
 
“Do I have to?” Caroline whined again.
 
This time Scarlett didn't dare look to the group of people at the end of the hall. She knew that they would be laughing. “Yes, you have to. Now open this door and let's get going. The sooner we go the sooner we will be home.”
 
Caroline cracked open the door and peaked out at Scarlett.
 
“Well don't you look as sweet as a peach,” Scarlett told her smiling.
 
The six of them finally made it out and on their way to the Grand Floridian Hotel to celebrate Eva's birthday.
 
Eva was there to greet them at the door. “Hello all of you. So glad you could make it,” she said her voice dripping with sarcasm and control.
 
They each wished her a happy birthday as they strolled through. Some with no feeling, some with genuine feeling, and Caroline with pure terror. Scarlett simply met Eva's eyes and wished her a happy birthday without smiling. And then the group of them all headed further in to find the rest of their friends.
 
They met up with Ivy and Evan quickly and Genevieve joined them along with Alistair. And Caroline had managed to track down Camille and then the gang was all together. Except when Ivy would dash away to check on Eva or do something special for her. Scarlett still couldn't figure out how the two of them had become so close. Eva was really something, but she knew better than to say anything to stubborn Ivy.
 
Of course the party was a whole blown out affair. There were tons of decorations, a famous DJ, dancing, extravagant food, the whole nine yards. And Eva had done up these crazy gift bags as if it was fashion week or something that she needed to hand out the most expensive things she could get her hands on. It was all really something. A lot of people enjoyed it, but Scarlett found it to be trying to hard and pretentious. She was used to fancy parties, unlike most of the people surrounding her, so the novelty wasn't something that was going to effect her. Her parties though always had class, and this party definitely lacked that. Some things cannot be bought, they have to be ingrained. Class is one of them.
 
Everyone had split off into different ways to check out some new thing they had discovered with the party. It left Scarlett, Genevieve, and Theo at a table together.
 
“Is it just me or is this party just a little over the top?” Genevieve asked.
 
“It's not just you,” Scarlett said.
 
“She is trying quite hard here, isn't she?” Theo asked.
 
“Yeah, and I don't know it's, missing something. I can't put my finger on it,” Genevieve continued.
 
“Class?” Scarlett let slip. “That was rude wasn't it? I mean I was thinking it, but it's still rude to say it out loud.”
 
Theo and Genevieve laughed. “Well it may be rude, but it's true,' Genevieve said. “All of the parties I attended had a bit more sophistication to them.”
 
“Oh that's right, I forgot about the parties you would have attended,” Scarlett said remembering her budding ballet career. “And sophistication, yours sounds much better. Politer.”
 
“Yes, I big blow out isn't necessary. If she would have kept it simple and tasteful she would have had a much more successful party atmosphere,” Theo added.
 
Scarlett gave him a look.
 
“What?” he asked.
 
“And how many fancy parties have you attended to make you an authority?” she asked him.
 
“I've been to a few classy, sophisticated parties,” he said, not quite meeting her eyes.
 
“I didn't mean to offend you,” she softened. “I'm sure you have been to a few parties, you just said that like you had such experience.” She touched his arm and he looked up at her. For a few split seconds she could swear he was hiding something, but then his usual look was back in place and she figured she must have imagined it.
 
“Come on. You three stop being such bumps on a log. Come dance!” Naomi said joining them and pulling Scarlett away from the table leaving the others to follow.
 
Scarlett looked back over her shoulder and shrugged as if saying if you can't beat em, join em.
 
[comment with birthday party if you read ♥]

April 1st
 
Scarlett was in the process of changing into Rosetta when Naomi burst through her dressing room door.
 
“I have got the best idea for us to do today!” she announced bouncing up and down.
 
“Oh,” Scarlett answered noncommittally. “And what would that be?”
 
“Fawn can pull an April Fools prank on Rosetta! It can involve a trick with a frog and when Rosetta sees it she can scream and drop it and run, oh it's going to be great!”
 
“Is it April Fools?” Scarlett asked scrunching up her face.
 
“Sure is,” Naomi answered with a bright smile.
 
“This is one of the most ridiculous days of the year,” Scarlett harrumphed. “But fine, your prank sounds just as good as anything, and the kids will enjoy it.”
 
“Great!” Naomi said not allowing Scarlett's mood to damper her idea.
 
All the fairies headed out into Pixie Hollow together and took their stations. Naomi and Scarlett headed over to where a small pond was and Naomi went in search of a frog to use for later. Finally the big moment arrived. There were a bunch of children all around watching the two of them banter. They were having a bit of an argument over what they should do to surprise Tinkerbell with a special gift. Fawn insisted on catching butterflies and releasing them around Tink, while Rosetta thought picking a variety of flowers was the better option. When their argument reached a pinnacle moment Fawn had an a-ha look on her face.
 
“What?” Rosetta asked her.
 
“Oh I was just thinking that this is silly, you're right flowers are a much better option,” Fawn told her.
 
“Well good,” Rosetta said and went over to start picking some flowers. As soon as she turned her back though Fawn's face brightened up and she could hardly stop her giggling. She walked over to the pond and picked out a frog, holding it up for the children to see. She gestured for them to be quiet and keep it a secret. Then she proceeded to pick a few flowers and hide the frog amongst them.
 
“Rose,” Fawn called running over to her. “Look at these flowers. Aren't they just perfect?”
 
“Let me see,” Rosetta answered taking the flowers from Fawn. She looked at them and then leaned in to sniff them when her nose came in contact with something slimy. She scrunched her face up and looked at what was there and came face to face with the frog.
 
“Fawn,” she screamed, dropping the flowers and frog, gently of course, and running to hide behind a rock.
 
Fawn started laughing and managed to get out, “April Fools!”
 
“That was not funny, you know how I feel about frogs and dirty things,” Rosetta answered. But Fawn and all the kids just laughed.
 
Finally their shift was over and Naomi and Scarlett were able to head back to change after a day filled with pranks between the two of them and sometimes them ganging up on the guests. Everything was done in good fun and discussed between them before doing anything. Scarlett didn't mind these pranks as much especially with seeing the kids so happy.
 
They each split ways to head to the dressing rooms in order to get ready for the party that would be happening very shortly. More tricks and pranks were apparently in store and Scarlett hoped to avoid them all.
 
The whole gang headed over to the party with all of them talking about the pranks they had pulled today and who's was the best. They socialized a bit with other workers at Disney but managed to quickly find a corner of the room that ended up being where they spent most of their time. Scarlett had gone to get a drink when she heard a loud crash. Evan came running in yelling for Scarlett.
 
“SCARLETT! Come quick, it's Jack!” he said breathlessly.
 
“What?!” she yelled abandoning her drink and following Evan.
 
They reached the bottom of the stairs where Jack was sprawled out his limbs bent in uncomfortable positions.
 
“Gracious me! Jack are you alright?” Scarlett asked sitting on the ground beside him.
 
Jack made some sort of sound.
 
“No don't move,” Scarlett cautioned him. “Someone needs to call an ambulance. How far down did he fall? Did anyone witness him falling? Did he hit his head?” Scarlett was going into full mothering mode. She looked around and no one was moving or answering her. She looked to Evan, but he seemed to be overcome with some emotion, but Scarlett couldn't figure out if he was laughing or crying. She scanned the crowd again and spotted Theo leaning against the doorjamb. She read his face in an instant. She could see his look of disapproval and his nonchalance about the whole thing. Before all the pieces fit together though a belly laugh came from right beside her.
 
Jack sat up and started laughing even louder and harder. “You should have seen your face O'Hara,” Jack said in between laughs. Evan was now on the ground laughing so hard tears were rolling down his face.
 
“You just went into this straight away crazy, serious mode, it was so funny,” Evan said.
 
Scarlett stood up and straightened out her outfit. She gave looks to both Evan and Jack and then walked out of the room with her dignity in tact and without saying a word. She headed straight to the corner of the room that the group had designated as their own and sat down on the couch. Soon Jack joined her and plopped down beside her.
 
“Oh don't be that way,” he said. “It's April Fools. So April Fools,” he said with a grin.
 
Scarlett just pierced him with another look.
 
Theo came to join them. He handed Scarlett a drink and then sat down on the other side of her. “I told you she wouldn't appreciate it that joke,” he said to Jack.
 
“Aw, she just needs to lighten up more,” Jack said nudging Scarlett.
 
Scarlett stared at Jack and then finally said, “That was not funny, I thought you were seriously imjured. And on top of that I don't like April Fools or pranks. I don't see a point in them. So no amount of lightening up is going to do it.”
 
“You and Theo are no fun. He hates April Fools too. How can someone hate pranks? They are fun,” Jack said.
 
“They're fun for the one pulling the prank, not the one the prank is being pulled on,” Scarlett said. “I'm just not a fan, let's leave it at that.”
 
“Alright, alright,” Jack said. “I won't pull another prank on you and I officially apologize on behalf of myself and Evan. Happy?”
 
“Pier. Happier,” Scarlett said with a smile.
 
[comment with pranks if you read ♥]

“Any big plans for the night?” Jamie asked.
 
“No,” a voice came from the other end of the phone. “Preston and I agreed that Valentine’s Day this year had to be low key. No money will do that for you.”
 
“I'm sorry,” Jamie replied as she rifled through the dresses in her closet.
 
“Don't be. Life is full of ups and downs and this is just the down portion. We will be up again soon.”
 
“That's the way to look at it.”
 
“So what are your big plans for the night?” Natalia asked.
 
“No clue.”
 
“Another year of surprises?”
 
“Looks that way. Don't get me wrong I love surprises, but it gets exhausting when Eric does it all the time,” Jamie laughed.
 
“I'll let you go get ready,” Natalia answered with a laugh of her own. “Call me later and tell me all about it!”
 
“Promise,” and the two girls hung up the phone.
 
Jamie stood there looking into her closet having no clue what to wear. Her mind started drifting and thoughts from the last month came rolling through her head.
 
Aunt Addie and Uncle Arc had returned from their honeymoon. And it was one giant family reunion. Eric's family, the ones that were supportive, were over all the time. Everyone just got to know one another and everyone was getting along. It was nice and peaceful. It was only now that people were starting to return to their homes and things were settling down.
 
All of Jamie's spare time had been spent with Jackson. The two caught up as much as possible. And even if they weren't talking, Jamie liked to just be in the same room as her favorite big brother. Jackson slowly started to remember bits and pieces of his time while suffering amnesia.
 
Eric's family was still a pretty big mess, but Chris had agreed to start going to counseling with Scott. It was at least a step in some direction.
 
And as for her friends things were slowly getting to where they should be. Jamie and Eric put out feelers everywhere and finally managed to help Natalia get a job. After many phone calls and many brainstorm sessions they figured that working at some aspect of Disney was the best option. Jamie couldn't even remember who had finally suggested the obvious, but they each put in phone calls to all their contacts at Disney and Natalia was now working at Studio Disney 365 doing hair and make up for girls. It was a perfect fit. Preston was still at his job as a waiter and if it wasn't his dream job it was at least something that brought in the money. And Preston is always one to look on the bright side of things. Now all they needed to do was find some time to find them a place to call their own.
 
Heidi was still basically MIA. It was difficult for Jamie or the other girls to get a hold of her, but Jamie was in constant contact with Greg. So that gave her the important information, Heidi was alive and if not well at least being looked after.
 
And Veronica was busy with her own life and job at ESPN. Jamie didn't really ever get to see her or Lucas who was busy working two different jobs.
 
Jamie's mind drifted back to the present as she sorted through her closet. Her eyes scanned over the dresses in front of her until they rested on a new blue number that she had purchased recently. Her thoughts quickly turned to the event that inspired the purchase of the dress. Eric's birthday last week.
 
Jamie had been so excited, finally a time that she could take to surprise him. And that was exactly what she was going to do. To really play up the surprise for that night she downplayed the whole day. She went over to his apartment in the morning to share breakfast with him and told him that she had planned a pretty low key day. They spent the whole day together just hanging out and grabbing lunch and such. That evening they went out to dinner with the family. Jamie's family of course came, Jackson, Ella, Jake, and Anna. And then Chris was there along with Cassie, Andy, Katie, and Christian. They had a relaxing and nice dinner and then Jamie told Eric that they had one more stop to make. Their friends had gathered and wanted to wish him a happy birthday.
 
Jamie pulled up to this small club that she had managed to rent off of Disney. The two got out and walked up to the door and walked in. The room was dark, the light was a bit dim, but still bright enough to see clearly. There was a bar stocked up with all sorts of drinks. And a DJ was in the corner playing loud music. There was couches and chairs scattered around the outskirts of the room and a giant dance floor in the middle. But what was most noticeable was that the room full of people were dressed up like superheroes.
 
Eric looked at his friends and then at Jamie. “What is this?” he asked with a smile.
 
“It's your night to be a superhero and hang out with your superhero friends,” she told him while holding up a bag that contained their costumes. The two went to the bathroom to change and then returned to join their friends.
 
Everyone in the room was dressed as a different superhero, Jamie made sure of that. She had sent out an e-vite and it was a first come first serve sort of sign up. She of course let their closest friends have their first choices, but after that people were on their own.
 
Eric came out of the bathroom as Batman and joined up with his friends. He spotted Preston first and headed over towards him.
 
“Batman, I see you have finally made it,” Preston said.
 
“Green Arrow, long time no see.”
 
The two laughed and Preston clapped Eric on the back, “Happy Birthday man.”
 
“Thanks.”
 
Then Lucas and Greg headed over to join them throwing in their happy birthday wishes.
 
“Who would have thought Batman, Green Arrow, Captain America, and Spiderman would all be hanging out together?” Eric said. “Any specific reasons why you chose your characters?”
 
“Green Arrow is badass. Enough said,” Preston announced.
 
“Spiderman is my favorite,” Lucas stated.
 
“Captain America is the best looking superhero,” Greg said matter of factly.
 
The guys laughed and Eric finally asked, “Where are all the girls?”
 
“Helping Jamie get into her costume, why it takes four of them I have no idea,” Preston said.
 
And just then the four girls all came strutting towards the guys. It was almost like slow motion, at least if you ask the boys. The perfect song was on and the guys saw these hot girls coming towards them and it was like time had slowed down.
 
“Wow,” was all Eric could manage to get out.
 
“Seconded,” Lucas chimed in.
 
“I know we saw you other three before, but you girls had some sort of power coming out like that all together,” Greg said.
 
The girls laughed and joined their men. Once Jamie was safely in Eric's arms he felt that he could comment on the other girls' outfits.
 
“Wonder Woman really suits you Veronica.”
 
“She has always seemed the coolest to me. She is doing things on her own. She doesn't need men to help her be a superhero and she is under appreciated.”
 
“And Heidi why Storm?” Eric asked.
 
“Well she's cool super cool magic powers and comes from a line of priestesses. That all sounds pretty awesome to me.”
 
“And before you even ask, Black Widow is a spy, martial arts expert, and a sniper. I don't think I need anymore of a reason,” Natalia said.
 
Eric bowed to her. “And Catwoman?” he asked Jamie.
 
“I follow my man,” Jamie told him. He pulled her into a kiss.
 
The friends just all enjoyed this one night they were getting. It was such a rare occurrence that they were together anymore that they didn't want to worry about anything going on in their lives. They just spent the night remembering good times and making new memories.
 
Jamie was brought back to the present once again realizing that she was running out of time to get ready. She picked out her favorite red dress and hurried up to get ready and wait for Eric to pick her up.
 
“Hey babe,” he called as he came to stand in her bedroom door. “You look beautiful as always.”
 
She gave him a smile and walked over to take his hand and give him a quick kiss. “I love you,” she said.
 
“Right back at you.”
 
“Where are we going?”
 
“It's a surprise,” Eric answered with a twinkle in his eyes.
 
They got in the car and Eric started driving as Jamie tried to think of all the extravagant things that Eric could have planned. When they pulled up in front of Eric's apartment.
 
“Uh, what are we doing here?”
 
“Come on,” he said opening her door and taking her hand.
 
They walked into his apartment and there was a movie screen set up in the living room with just the couch and stands. The stands were filled with snack food and Chinese take out.
 
“I thought a nice evening in would be a change of pace,” Eric said shrugging his shoulders.
 
Jamie saw the beginning of Sleepless in Seattle on the screen.
 
“A Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks movie marathon,” Eric said noticing Jamie's gaze. “Are you ok with this?”
 
“Are you kidding me it's perfect!” Jamie said hugging him tightly.
 
“I thought maybe I should plan a low key event. I know I can go pretty big and it can get a bit much.”
 
“Anything you plan is perfect,” Jamie told him. “As long as you are with me, it's perfect.”
 
The two settled in for a nice, quiet evening at home. Just them, Meg, and Tom.
 
[comment with romance if you read ♥]

Scarlett Caraway - The Southern Belle
 
Love Life: It's Complicated
 
Logan Harris - The Boyfriend
Forrest Cunningham - The Flirt
Theo Carr - The Complication
 
From Savannah, Georgia to Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Walt Disney World.
 
Friends: The Disney Gang + A Few Extras
 
Naomi Winters - The Best Friend
Jack McHart - The Mischievous One
Ivy Slater – The Californian Hippie
Blake Bradford – The Dreamer
Genevieve Bryant – The Breakable One
Caroline Austin – The Naïve One
Evan White – The Jokester
Camille Addison - The Innocent One
Theo Carr - The Practical One
Alistair Rycroft – The Golden Boy
 
Daisy Price – Daisy is like a big sister to Scarlett and they hang out outside of work too. She adores spending time with her and taking some carefree lessons off of her.
Piper Lane – Scarlett is still in touch with Piper, the only former fairy that she misses, especially since Eva replaced her. Anytime that Piper comes into town Scarlett will drop everything to spend some time with her.
Grant Sutton – Grant is the only sibling that she really gets along with and knows anything about. She would definitely consider him a friend and loves to spend as much time with him as she can.
Greta Harris – Scarlett gets along really well with Logan's family. She enjoys the simplicity of their life and the warm and comforting environment that goes along with it. She doesn't get to visit his parents very often as he doesn't like to travel home, but she does get to see Greta now and again, especially when she goes to New York. They have definitely established a friendship.
Willow Roland – Willow is really the only cousin that Scarlett has a relationship with. She doesn't care for Sterling and the others are too young to be friends with. But she does enjoy spending a bit of time with Willow.
 
Style: Designer
 
Scarlett has always worn designer brands. She is very stylish and trendy. She keeps it very classy. Her favorite designers are Valentino and Oscar de la Renta.
 
Loves/Obsessions:
 
Magazines – Scarlett can always be found with a magazine. She adores reading them. She definitely gravitates towards the fashion ones, but will pick up another one every now and again.
Fashion – Fashion has always been important to Scarlett. Her mother always told her that the way you dress says a lot about you. So she has always had high standards about the way she looks and dresses.
Art – Scarlett loves art. She did get a degree in it. She loves looking at it, studying it, buying it, and occasionally dabbling in it.
Cooking – Being from the South means that food is extremely important. Living at home meant not cooking ever, but once she moved away she was finally able to partake in something she had always found fascinating. So now Scarlett loves to cook and create new dishes.
The Symphony – Scarlett is a big fan of music, particularly classical music. She loves going to see ballets and the opera, but her absolute favorite is the symphony.
Traveling – Scarlett loves traveling and has been all over the world. She keeps track of all the places she has gone and all the places she still wants to go.

“Give all to love.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
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"We loved with a love that was more than love."
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