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It was on a frost-bitten November day our story starts on a day like any before and yet none that would follow. You could hear the cries of babies being born and the bright white light of the Hospital celling illuminating every aspect of the room. In a hospital bed fast asleep and heavily pregnant was a woman called Charlotte Lash and her Husband who had just walked in called Henry Lash are excited for their baby boy to be born.
As they were waiting and Charlotte was waking up, they began to talk about what our character would be called when he was born. Charlotte wanted him to be called Jaden, however, Henry wanted to name him Allen after his father so after hours of discussing they decided to call him Jaden Allen Lash. As they had nothing better to do then, they started discussing where their first holiday as a family would be. "I think that we should go to Spain as he has relatives, they're that he could meet while we are there." Said Henry "I know2 / 9Henry, but you know that I don't get on with your sister now let's see how about Italy," Charlotte responded, "Okay we will go to Italy as long as we can go to Spain at some point as well," Henry said "of course" Replied Charlotte.
"I'm so excited for Jaden to be born it's like I can't sit still for more than 3 seconds," Stated Henry Charlotte looked at him, smiled, and said, "You really cannot stay still Can you calm down Henry or you will exhaust yourself out and we need as much energy as possible for the next few months." Henry nodded in agreement and started to stare off into space and seemed deep in thought. Henry was currently thinking about an old friend of his who had recently said that he and his wife just had their twin boy and girl about a month ago and thought if we raised them with Jaden then he may have friends for his entire life and good ones at that.
"What are you thinking about?" asked Charlotte to no avail as Henry was too far into his thought wondering and wondering. SNAP Henry almost instantly looked a Charlotte who was looking annoyed and said, "What is wrong Charlotte?" "What is wrong is that I said I wanted to know what you were thinking about, but you completely ignored me," Charlotte replied still looking annoyed with Henry. "Well, Charlotte I was thinking of what if we raised Jaden with Lloyd and Victoria's kids of Lyra and Freya as then Jaden would have some friends from birth essentially." Charlotte considered this for a moment and decided "I suppose we could try it and see how it goes." Henry then said, "I'll be right back I just need to grab a drink do you want anything?" Charlotte shook her head and just lay there waiting for Jaden to be born. 2 minutes later Henry walked in looking happy and calm with a bottle of coke waiting for Charlotte to go into labour so he could meet his son very impatiently waiting. Wanting to meet3 / 9him more and more as the seconds turned to minutes the minutes turned to hours and then it happened.
Charlotte had gone into labour Jaden was ready and he wanted out, Henry rushed off to get a doctor to help and returned less than a minute later. "Let's get you into the delivery room." The doctor said as he wheeled Charlotte into the closest delivery room to them that had room. 4 long, Loud, and painfully stressful hours later Henry was holding his newborn son and noticed something in his eyes. It looked a lot like lightning in his eyes as he said my boy and kissed his forehead. After a minute or two Charlotte came to and wanted to hold Jaden and as Henry passed over Jaden, he seemed to have something in his eye. It seemed to be a little twinkle.
Charlotte seemed to be very tired and rightly so, the doctor came round with the birth certificate for the parents to sign and passed it to Henry who looked it over and signed before setting it down for Charlotte to sign. Henry then said "Let me take him so you can look at and sign his birth certificate" with Charlotte nodding in agreement and giving him Jaden. As the day moved on Jaden seemed only interested in being close to his mother and father deafening anyone who tried to take him away from them eventually this turned into Henry going with Jaden when someone wanted to take him away.
In the early stages, it was clear that Jaden had already formed a strong bond with his mother and father but the odder part is that it seemed his relationship with his father was so much stronger than his mother's that the comparison could be deemed as Mount Everest to mount Kangchenjunga (the third tallest mountain in the world, the distance between their two peaks is 77.25 miles which is a lot). As the next couple of days flew by and suddenly, they could go home4 / 9with Jaden they got ready then Henry, Charlotte, and Jaden headed to their house in the east of England.
Once they had arrived home Henry got Charlotte onto the sofa and got his phone out then called his mate Lloyd Hawk who picked up after about 2 minutes of calling. "Hey, Lloyd how are you… are you free we just got back from the hospital and thought you would want to meet Jaden… alright see you then". About 30 minutes later Lloyd knocked on the door and was let in by Charlotte who also greeted Victoria (Lloyd's wife) as well as Freya and Lyra (Lloyd and Victoria's twin Girls). As they all came in Henry came along with Jaden so Lloyd and his family could meet him.
"Aww Jaden and Freya are so cute together" said Victoria, "Does seem that they have already become good friends doesn't it." Charlotte said to which Lloyd said Charlotte have you told your sister about Jaden as I thought you said that they wanted to be apart of your son's life." "I did say that but then she got pregnant with twins who are both boys apparently, and we just never caught each other at a good time, so I guess I should let them know that Jaden is now born and at home." Lloyd looked at Henry for some advice on how to proceed with the conversation who was just looking at Jaden and Freya play with each other while Lyra stayed with her mother.
Jaden and Freya acted as though they had known each other for years even though they had only met 10 minutes ago they seemed incredibly close with each other like they could understand each other's thoughts and feelings. Charlotte then walked off on the phone and you couldn't hear what she said but she came back in with a big smile and said, "great news my sister is coming over to visit in two weeks". Henry in a sort of sarcastic manner respond with "that's great" to be truthful Henry and Evelyn (Charlotte's sister)5 / 9never really got along Evelyn saw Henry as more of a servant to her than anything else.
Lloyd who had known this after meeting her a few years before Henry and Charlotte got married couldn't help but laugh at this to which Henry shot him a look of don't. Lloyd followed the instruction and was glad as Charlotte had been getting more and more frustrated with Lloyd laughing about Her sister and her husband's relationship. This prompted Henry to get onto other matters as he said, "Lloyd and Veronica we (Glimpses at charlotte who nodded showing she agrees with everything) would like to ask if you would be willing to be Jaden's God parents." They both looked stunned and then Lloyed opened his mouth and said, "we would be honoured to be Jaden's Godparents."
As that conversation came to an end they then started talking for a few hours before Charlotte said, "alright dinner time you two go get it." Henry said, "okay come on Lloyd," and they left to go and get food While they were gone, Charlotte and Veronica discussed how their kids would learn due to both of their husbands saying that they were going to home school them. While Lloyd and Henry were discussing something different. "so do they know Jaden has been born then?" asked Lloyd "any showing of Elemental power and they know he is born so yes I think so." Replied Henry as they were discussing something in the car.
As they got to the restaurant, they looked at each other and went "who ordered," as they realised, they hadn't ordered any food and knew it was going to take a while to get any food now.
6 / 9As Henry and Lloyd were talking about Celestia and how they hoped their kids got in, a thought crept into Henry's mind: If Jaden didn't get into Celestia, what would he do then? How would he teach him after that? But then those thoughts cleared out sooner than they arrived. He realised that it was still just under 11 years until he found out if Jaden does make it into Celestia. He decided that he was going to be proud either way as there was no way of knowing the future at all. Thirty-eight long minutes later their food was now ready, so they got ready and off they went back to Henry's house where Jaden, Charlotte, Freya, Lyra, and Veronica were.
Once they had finally arrived home they went in and was greeted by a very hangry Charlotte and Veronica who exchanged looks of finally what the hell could have taken them that long. Henry then made his way for the living room to start dishing out food as he could tell that everyone wanted some food. "Who wanted the double pepperoni large Pizza?" Henry asked as Veronica went for it as soon as she could. "Who wanted the Cheese Pizza?" Henry then asked, "that would be me." Responded Charlotte "Now since we now have Pizza out the way onto Chinese." Henry then stated while Lloyd looked on excitedly.
Henry then handed Lloyd his Chicken Chow mane while he had a prawn chow mane. After dinner Henry, Victoria, and their kids left and went home after dinner. While Henry put Jaden to bed, Charlotte was downstairs getting a bottle of wine and a couple of glasses for the two of them in celebration of being home after Jaden's birth. Henry went downstairs and said, "wine out already Charlotte?" Which she replied with, "Yes think so shall we" as she gestured a glass for Henry to have. Heny then picked up the glass and had a couple of sips before placing the glass back down.
7 / 9Thinking Henry went upstairs to watch over Jaden as he was sleeping, Henry just stood in the doorway thinking to himself you are the best thing that ever happened to me. It will be the end of my life if I let you go, Henry kept thinking things like this when Charlotte came upstairs to see what Henry was doing as she saw him in the doorway to Jaden's room she whispered jokingly "Only creeps look at babies sleeping," she quietly laughed. "Or parents looking over their kid," replied Henry. Just as they were about to go, they heard Jaden start to cry, so Henry swiftly went and picked him up and started to calm him down.
Once Jaden had fallen back asleep Henry and Charlotte swiftly but silently made it for the stairs to go back down and finish the wine. As they got into the Living room, hey turned the news on to find out what has happened in the world over the last couple of days. To their amazement nothing happened that was very surprising they don't really know why but that is the case. As they got deeper into the night Charlotte went up to bed while Henry sat and watched the TV as he couldn't stop wondering if his son would make it to Celestia or not.
The very early hours of the next morning Henry woke up in a cold sweat and breathing heavily. As he looked round, he got out of bed, went off to Jaden's room and saw him fast asleep. He then whispered to himself "it was just a bad dream everyone is okay it isn't anything to worry about." So, he went back to bed and tried to get some sleep before getting up properly. This though was a failure as he got no more sleep whatsoever and got up 4 hours later at 6:30 am to start cooking breakfast.
8 / 9Once he had made breakfast he took a tray upstairs to his and Charlotte's room laid it down and woke Charlotte up to a nice breakfast in bed. After breakfast was eaten Jaden had woken up and wanted to play, so as they got downstairs Henry started to play with Jaden to keep him happy. As the day went on Charlotte kept wondering what Henry was going to do with the homeschooling in a few years but didn't really think twice of it as she trusted Henry to give Jaden a good education. When the time for a walk came around Jaden was already taking his nap so they carefully put him in the stroller and made their way for the door.
On their walk they saw a lot of things most notably a few dogs on walks or a few cats exploring the neighbourhood. Over the walk they went to a shop to get a drink for Henry and a drink for Charlotte and a snack for them both as well. As they got back home Charlotte couldn't hold it back any longer, "So what ae you going to teach Jaden if you're going to home school him?" Charlotte asked. "Well, I believe I am still working it all out but I'm nearly there." Replied Henry in a somewhat surprised tone probably wondering what took her this long to ask him.
As they went in Henry took Jaden out of the stroller and upstairs to his crib where he was laid down for a bit. Henry went off to take a nap himself after the mass lack of sleep he had the night before. Over the rest of the day, it was just talking and watching Tv while keeping Jaden entertained when he was awake. The next morning Charlotte got up and went straight to Jaden's room to check on him and found him not there, so she rushed back to her room to find Henry on the chair with Jaden asleep on him.
9 / 9As Henry looked up that morning, he looked down at Jaden with a smile on his face staring at his wife's pure shock. "You were just over there how?" she said pointing at the bed "Well I guess I'm very fast and unnoticeable," Henry replied while chuckling. As he got up, he started to calm Jaden down though he was not crying. He then walked downstairs made himself some breakfast then once he had finished, he played for a couple of hours with Jaden where to his surprise Jaden was playing with lightning from his fingers. Henry took Jaden up to bed a few hours later and whispered, "Goodnight little Lightning Legend."