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Post by Jennifer Rose on Jan 1, 2015 18:20:48 GMT
Jennifer took Elena out to go play with the snow. Elena was too little to play in it last year. Jen took her out to a field and Elena just began playing in the snow she was quick to figure out snow angels. Jen had incited zeke to join them. Jen really had no idea if zeke would actually come though. Jen was just sat on a bench with hot chocolate and watching Elena play. She was bored and she just needed someone to talk to she hadn't really talked to anyone other than Elena in awhile.
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Post by Zeke Thorne on Jan 1, 2015 18:59:27 GMT
Zeke would be lying if he said that he wasn't somewhat nervous about going to meet Jennifer. If it wasn't for Elena being there, he probably would have chickened out, but he hadn't seen her lately due to hiding out in his apartment. Mainly away from Jennifer because he was too nervous to see her after the last time they'd seen each other. He could understand it from her point, he definitely could. Anyone would be shaken up if their fiance had been proclaimed dead and then had suddenly turned up without warning or real recollection of what had happened. It would be weird, and it would be equally terrifying. But anyway, Zeke finally thought it was about time that he sucked it up and showed his face. It was now or never.
He put on his coat and walked to the park, making fresh footprints in the newly fallen snow. He walked quite quickly, which was a surprise to himself, but it was mainly because if he didn't, he'd probably fall over. He'd never really liked snow, but that was probably due to clumsiness. As he approached the gates of the park, he saw her playing in the snow. Brown natural curls falling down over the hood of a little purple coat. And then he saw Jennifer sitting on the bench and his heart suddenly felt like it was going to explode out of his chest, his stomach doing so many back flips he'd lost count.
"Hi." Zeke tried to speak as calmly as possible, but he was anything but calm.
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Post by Jennifer Rose on Jan 1, 2015 19:06:43 GMT
Jennifer watched Elena jump up. She seemed to notice zeke before Elena did. "Zeke - I mean daddy!" Elena yelled. Elena wasn't used to calling zeke daddy. She was used to calling Damion that. She ran up to zeke and hugged his leg. She wasn't tall enough to actually hug him. Even though Elena just met zeke he was her favorite person in the whole world.
Jen turned around when zeke said hi but Elena was quicker. She soon noticed something was off with zeke. "Are you oksy?" Jen asked. He looked nervous. She was kind of nervous too. She just hid it her and zeke hadn't talked in a good two weeks.
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Post by Zeke Thorne on Jan 1, 2015 19:19:55 GMT
When Elena hugged his leg, Zeke put his hands under her arms and lifted her up onto his side. "You're getting heavy!" He teased, tickling her stomach as she erupted into a fit of giggles. He stood with her in his arms for a moment, just taking it in that he was actually with his daughter again. It was still strange to think that she was a part of him, and he honestly loved her more than anything in the world. "Why don't you build me a snowman while I talk to mommy and then we'll come and play, okay?" He ran a hand through her hair before kissing the top of her head and set her down on the ground.
Zeke sat down on the bench with Jennifer, a little distance between them, but not too much. "I'm fine." He said, raising an eyebrow as he addressed her earlier question. "How've you been?"
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Post by Jennifer Rose on Jan 1, 2015 19:31:50 GMT
"I've been...good," Jennifer had to think about how she's been. She hadn't been up to much. She hadn't talked to anyone since she broke up with Damion. "I broke things off with Damion, " Jen said. Even if zeke didn't want to be with her it wasn't right for her to be with Damion. Damion deserved someone who loved him no matter what. Jen loved him...she just loved someone else more.
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Post by Zeke Thorne on Jan 1, 2015 19:47:30 GMT
Zeke had wondered whether Jennifer would stay with Damion, in fact it had been the main thing on his mind. He wanted to be with Jennifer again, he honestly did, but it would feel weird. It would take time adjusting to a relationship with her again. At least for now anyway. Maybe if they waited a while, they could make it work, but not right at that moment. "Oh." He said, not really sure how to respond to that other than with sympathetic consolidations Jennifer probably didn't want to hear. "How did he take it?" He asked.
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Post by Jennifer Rose on Jan 1, 2015 19:59:52 GMT
"I don't know...I walked away before I could see," Jen said with a shrug. She looked over at Zeke. "He didn't deserve to be with someone who was in love with someone else," Jen said. She meant it too. She heard the cassia was back so at least Damion had someone. She felt bad for Elena considering Elena and Emmy would probably never see each other again. Elena and Emmy were really close to best friends.
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Post by Zeke Thorne on Jan 2, 2015 0:15:18 GMT
Zeke nodded, a small breath falling from his lips in the form of a sigh and turning itself to steam. It was obvious that Zeke loved her back, he just wasn't sure how to act on that with everything being so different. They had Elena to think about, and Jennifer had Ethan to think about. It was more complicated than it had been four years ago, he'd do anything to get that simplicity and naivety back.
"I still love you, too, you know. I always will." He said quietly, almost too quiet for Jen to hear, but at least it was out there.
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Post by Jennifer Rose on Jan 2, 2015 0:29:23 GMT
Jen looked over at Zeke. Her heart pounding and her stomach flipping. "Then why aren't we together...." Jen asked. She pursed her lips. Maybe she pushed it too far. It was clear that Zeke had stuff going on. Jen just looked back at Elena. She cursed herself for nearly crying. She didn't know why her emotions were out of wake. It wasn't like she was pregnant again.
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Post by Zeke Thorne on Jan 2, 2015 0:35:31 GMT
Zeke ran his hand through his hair, his hand lingering as a fist as he bought it back down to his side. He stole a glance at her, something he hadn't done since they sat down. She was beautiful, she really was. He looked away biting his lip, half of his mind in a complete debate with the other half. "I don't know, it's just..." Shaking his head, he couldn't even finish that sentence. Looking back at her, Zeke inched closer on the bench so he could speak with a lower volume. "Please don't cry."
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Post by Jennifer Rose on Jan 2, 2015 2:15:12 GMT
"I'm not," Jen said quietly. She bit her lip and watched Elena playing. She was building a snowman family. She was so full of joy it was almost shocking a tht anyone could be that happy. Jen certainly wasn't that happy.
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Post by Zeke Thorne on Jan 2, 2015 2:24:40 GMT
Zeke reached for her hand cautiously, squeezing it ever so slightly. He watched her watch Elena and he knew they were thinking the same thing. How anyone, even a little girl, could be so happy confused him, especially a child who had been through as much as Elena had. And he was responsible for half of it. "I wish I could make it go back to how it was before, but I can't. So we need to fix this as well as we possibly can in a time that makes us comfortable." He said softly, his voice more like a whisper. "I don't know how to do that though. I could really do with your input here."
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Post by Jennifer Rose on Jan 2, 2015 3:53:13 GMT
Jen just pushed some hair behind her ear. "We just try to make it go back to normal...do things we did before..minus the drinking," Jen said. She looked at Zeke. "But that's impossible isn't it, we can't go back to normal can we?" Jen asked.
Elena ran up to Jen and laid her head on Jen's shoulder. Jen picked her up and sat her on her lap.
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Post by Zeke Thorne on Jan 2, 2015 11:00:15 GMT
Zeke let go of her hand when he saw Elena running over, he didn't want to add to her confusion. "Maybe we can." He said quietly, shrugging his shoulders and leaning back into the back of the bench. "How are your snowmen?" He asked Elena, quickly changing the subject.
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Post by Jennifer Rose on Jan 2, 2015 13:52:42 GMT
" made mommy and daddy and ethan!" Elena exclaimed. "Have you ever met ethan, daddy? He's really small but mommy says that's because he has a heart thingie, " Elena said. Elena was referring to the heart condition ethan had. Which is also caused by Jen's drinking.
"They're lovely Elena," Jen said woth a smile. She loved her enthusiasm about everything. Elena was always so easily excited. Jade was the same way.
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