September 2041 to July 2042
For the first time in his fourteen years old of conscious life, he witnesses a separation.
Not a divorce, because it's not, Claire and Albus didn't- don't break their engagement, they will just live apart.
Loan is a mess.
Aiden already saw him cry and feel pain, but he's two at this moment. Now he's fifteen and he will feels at his turn what is it having a single parent family.
It's not right. It feels empty but mostly heartbreaking.
It's like a unity divided in hundred pieces.
And maybe it's what happening. Loan isn't Loan anymore, he's just fragments of Loan.
And that he wants nobody next to him isn't a good thing, but he doesn't think Cael climbing at him is a good idea either.
He just hopes that the event which invites all the British Next to come spend the year at Hogwarts can help (at least himself can enjoy the Six's presence again).
Apparently no.
Some dumbass who has crush on Albus Potter had the audacity to state that he could try his chance with the new status of single dad (not really) so Loan bursts in threats and almost slaughter this person. Thankfully, Adrian is here to stop the massacre and Cael brings the Metis to calm him. If it's even doable.
Aiden just glares at the dummy.
The next second, a blast comes across his face and the next think he sees is a lean man who's chatting seriously with Adrian.
"Here, I confiscated all his dangerous belongings, 'hope he won't came to revenge."
"Well, I won't let him. It's already incredible that he has that on him without being caught." Adrian sighs then sends all the stuff...somewhere.
"He has many skills," Alice comments then winces.
"Yeah, not the better qualification," the hurrican laughs.
"Alright, we're talking about this case any longer, just be careful."
"Sure we should, it's in our nature," the Flash says.
And Aiden can't hold himself anymore. He walks toward the man after everyone is gone and beams before he can even think about going anywhere else.
"Are you the Flash?"
"No, name is Alexy Hale, pleasure."
"Aiden Finnigan," he replies without missing a beat, "I mean you have the speed talent, right?" Alexy nods all smile. "I like your skill!"
"Yeah, I do too. It saved me more than once," the Hale laughs because this kid sure is funny.
"Can I have a ride?"
But also incredible. "What?"
"Can I have a ride on your back? I want to see what happen when you run as fast as you can."
"On my back?" Alexy keeps repeating.
"Yeah, unless you prefer next to next? It'll be awkward between two men, don't you think? Not that I'm homophobic but I don't want you think that I'm hitting on you neither, you know?"
"Yeah, okay, on my back is good. Maybe, I guess..." The man stammers.
He nearly loses his words when he sees the boys raises excitedly his arms to wrap around him. So he kneels hesitantly and stands up when he feels the boy climbing to him.
"Okay, I'm ready," he whispers at his ear.
Not hitting, really?
"Well, hold tight on me."
"Okay. You can go."
And he goes.
The tour takes only three minutes and when they end on the grass, Aiden is ecstatic and disheveled.
"It's awesome!"
"Glad to please."
"You're awesome! Thank you!"
Later, he writes a letter to tell the whole story to Julian Lambert (his ex that he keeps on touch), with who he shares the Flash passion.
He thought that there was only one Loan Potter problem, but it seems that the Next are more problematics. The Halloween night, after the dinner there is a party only for them at ten pm but lasts actually until two a-m. The whole student body is send to bed after the tenth bellring.
But he was just here to get to know the Next.
"So you know Chris?" He asks Alexis.
"Of course, he trained me to improve my talent!" Alexis slurs drunkenly.
"I bet! But he's mean, he didn't want to give me a ride!"
"Yeah, you know his demigod status and all."
"Indeed, I know. But he's still mean!"
"I don't think so," Louise Minden incrusts in the chat, a Next who's werewolf and has hypnosis talent "he's very helpful when he first come here."
"I agree," a guy next to them nods "I never met him but all I hear and feel about him is just in the good way and even better about the pretending real god."
Ah, it should be Jonathan Owstrod, the Next with empathy talent.
"Yeah, you see the group with one girl and three guys? He helped the Crier to measure her pre-feel and scream in the right place. He learns some stuff to the eavesdropper to not hear too much and allows Jack Frost to not be burn at each human touch." Alexis explains.
Aiden tries to follow what he learns about Annabelle Dorent (an actual Irish girl, that's why she has the Banshee derived talent), Yannis Ureine and Jake Sparts. Then he notices the single woman in the edge of their table and remembers she's must be Solange Andain, the last Next born in 2010.
"But we have to admit that he's not very sympathetic with everybody," Louise winces.
"Oh yeah, I mean, he throws a little girl in the chamber of secret," Hector Aurora laughs, the Next of quadrupeds animorph talent.
Aiden gapes at this anecdote.
"Well, actually he did with acknowledgement," Maxime Jefferson, Next with Thousands Miles Vision and Dhampir, intervenes.
"It's even worst," Alexis burst in laugh. "At least, Carine and Helene weren't that mad at him."
Knowing the name, he acknowledges the Sisters Souls (and Bodies).
"Well, it was less hectic when he came again. Of course, he's been called each time but he enjoys nonetheless. There is just the moment when he scared Florian Kunar the shit off and it was pretty funny but then he's just training the Six."
"But you aren't so upset, right? He teaches you some stuff about the goal you want to reach," Jonathan says.
The others adults just keep drinking while Aiden looks at the legilimens.
"Well, you're drunk."
Jon smiles at him knowingly, suddenly sober.
"Okay, the chat is over here I'll search more fun anywhere."
It make them laugh but he's serious. However, he barely steps two foot that he's held by the waist.
"Hey~Den~!" A raspy voice drawls.
"Wow, Jordan, you're drunk!"
"Not worst than Mickey," he giggles pointing the form across the table.
Yeah, well Jordan Payson and Myron Tolibar aren't really the best drinker or are just easily drunk.
"Come give me a hug!"
"No thanks, I prefer Whitney for that stuff." That's turn off the blonde who releases him with a pout and complains, Aiden looks around. "Where're the other?"
"It's not really Josh's thing so he went to sleep and Whit has to go outside for some fresh air to help her sober up a bit," Tom replies.
The ginger lets his gaze on the dark man and raises his brows.
"You're sober."
"I drink softly."
"Good," Aiden chuckles and sits next to him. "But you won't distract me. Where's the last one?"
Tom drinks a sip without a word then smiles when he sees that the boy doesn't break his gaze. "She has a good time."
Aiden arches an eyebrow then wides his eyes and eventually breathe out an 'oh'. They don't speak for awhile and the younger play with the rim of the bottle of fire whiskey whereof the elder confiscates him from drinking in.
"So what's going on?" He turns suddenly toward the other conscious- well was conscious and find him asleep on the table too. "Except being drunk." He laughs.
"Jo is pre agent of the Britain espionage department." Aiden hums with awe. "Myron works on television maybe emission. Whit and Tel are secretaries."
Aiden couldn't help but laughs.
"What? It's not their fault if they haven't any other option. And Joshua is trainer of reeducation for muggle."
"Get it. And you, mister new Director of Adventure Park?"
Tommy smiles again and it seems that he's drunk too because he's shyer and more flushed.
"Hey, you! Don't you think you should be in your bed?" Harley calls him.
"Oops, it's the cue for me to hide and flee!" The boy says and stands up, he waves quickly at the man and passes in front of his teacher (because this party needs professors to go along).
"Come on, don't be like that," Alice murmurs. "His father isn't here."
"Yeah, well he does have good time." Adrian drawls.
"I'm pretty sure he's not really conscious," Lucas Dixon comments.
Elise glances at them but doesn't comment, instead she talks to the underage.
"It's more about that an underage like you is at this drunk party."
"Sober," the underage adds.
"Whatever. The curfew is passed since long ago so you go upstairs and in your bed or I will remove point, understand?"
"Yes, I'm rushing. But you don't abuse the alcohol neither!"
And he returns to his dorm without thinking twice about his dad.
Because his dad does the mistake.
The same that gave them birth. Yeah, drunk sex again, with a Next this time. Could he be relieved that it's not one of the 30 Legends? Not really, because if it is it'd had been done a long time ago. So, all is the Next's fault.
The day of the wedding, because of course his father succeed to woe his lover (Well, it's pretty easy when the target already fell for him), there isn't many people. All the bride family and relatives, those from the groom and some of the 30 Legends, who are disposable of course.
"You do not seem happy."
Aiden doesn't even turn to look who is it. He knows who and maybe it's the person he need.
"Because I'm not."
There is beat of silence.
"You help them to get together."
"It's because I don't want the new born to be like us."
They're interrupted by cheers congratulating the newlywed and their kiss.
"And now I'll just disappear from his life."
Tom doesn't say anything because he couldn't find anything. So he just nods when the younger asks him quietly:
"Can I?"
Doesn't even need to know what because he could just give one thing to this lonely boy. A magic universe.
However, he will appreciate if the student informed him when he goes out.
"Can I please know where you were?"
Aiden looks at him with suspicious eyes, like he doesn't know.
"Don't act like nothing happens! You just sneak out of my guard as if there is nothing wrong? Do you know how worry I was?"
The ginger's eyes becomes ruder than anything and it's almost like there is a storm in those green sea.
"What's wrong with you? If you really care about me, you should have known the moment I quit your space! And don't act like my father, you're not!" He snaps back, all frustrated. "The one I had isn't here anymore!"
And Tom is just too stunned to answer back. Then the teenager grasps a random bottle in his anger and drinks all of it. Intoxicating himself, 'cause of course it's a bottle of wine. It must have alcohol in wedding party, even if it'll cause another problem. Like this one.
"And I don't have a mum either! I'm all alone!"
"No, you're not," Tom says warily, trying to take back the culprit bottle.
"Of course I am!" The drunk boy succeed to spin away and snarls almost sobbing in the same time. "Cael is too busy with his unrequired love with this frigid soldier and the stupid dad will just be all cooing with the new born and I'll just disapear in my loneliness! I'm so lonely!" He cracks, loosing his grip that Tom manages to catch before it crashes loudly.
He even achieves to lock him into a warm embrace. He rubs calmly the boy's back and hushing him for some time. "Shh, it'll be okay."
"No, it's not! I want my mum!"
Then he's hugged by a red hair woman who is kind enough to soothe him. He couldn't help but cry.
"Mummy!"
And Whitney just returns the embrace looking all crestfallen at her friend. Poor boy.
Later, when the baby, Castiel Finnigan, was born, Aiden just stay alone by himself. He isn't mad at Castiel, the poor boy didn't ask anything, but he sure doesn't appreciate the whole story behind his conception. He just....
"Aiden?" Speaking of the devil, Thelma calls him through the balcony door.
The ginger turns his head but doesn't move, he doesn't even repond.
"Need to take the air?"
"Yeah, Loan is always here to take of Castiel, even if he must need a rest. I think he takes his role of godfather too seriously."
"I know, I was little worried when Tobi told me to let him be the godfather. I mean they aren't that close and Loan Potter seems little excessive.
"It's the least we can say," he agrees.
There is beat of silence and the teenager returns his focus on the view.
"Can we talk?"
"Isn't what we're doing?"
"We did, but I mean, more serious stuff?"
"Sure. What do you want to talk?"
"Do you hate me?"
Aiden doesn't answer immediately. "Does it really matter?"
"Of course, you are his son."
"Well, then what didn't you ask us before you did that shit?"
He doesn't mean to swear, but he doesn't have any other word to qualify this. And Thelma doesn't have any answer, it seems.
The younger sighs. "Don't worry, I don't hate you, but I don't like what you did, because it just reminds me how we are abandoned by our mother. At least you're willing to raise your child with him."
And Castiel won't be a neglected child.
He can only think about that when he goes to the States and then has to spend one week there instead of some hours because of some stupid trick. And Cleisthenes is pretty helpful about his quest to discovers mug-, no, no-maj things. The first day, after he learns that he will stay here (in this new country) for awhile, Cleisthenes sure proposes him to stay at his place (well, the apartment he shares with a girl, a twenty years no-maj who is student of marketing) but he leads him to a movie theater first.
Because the squib thinks it should be a shame to not know and watch any movie. But he did, Julian shows him one of his favorite movie, beside the t.v. show and all those that had a thing with The flash. He doesn't complain, but then he doesn't know many about movie and television. But since Cleiss isn't the richest person he met, he just leads him to a very poor theater and they watch a very anciant one. It's deal with a mother who sent his daughter into a Institute because of poverty and works hard to have the chance to see her again. But then many years later, she learns that the said daughter isn't in the Institute anymore and that she's now a prostitute. They run into each other, but the mother didn't recognize her child and they talk nicely but the daughter is just too torned to see her mother so miserable while she sent her in the Institute to save her. At least, they are together.
And Aiden just cries at the end of the movie, it's just remembers him his own goal.
Cleiss didn't say anything if he notices, he just brings him to his apartment and introduces him to his flatmate, Felicity, when she comes home. They go along well with each other, because Feli thinks the ginger is cute and they act all domestically, like actual family with the two in their twenties in the parents role and the british boy being the child.
But what Aiden didn't thought is that they actually really act like a couple, in the bedroom. And it's pretty embarrassing when you're just a virgin. Especially when he blushes like crazy. It turns more crazy when they propose him to try some things.
And yeah, he does try.
If he's honest to himself, he's not mad at Wyatt to telling his dad, but he sure is pissed by his dad's behavior. How can he judge him like that while he doesn't even raise him and his brother properly? Frankly, they were neglected most of their childhood, and he doesn't even let them stay with the Potters (who aren't the best family ever, but still a family). Maybe he was abuse by his innocence, but Tobias doesn't even check if he's okay, he just scolds him because he's irresponsible. And he breaks down too.
Worst is it was at the 30 legends annual reunion. He bursts while the other are just the next door. He's so ashamed that he doesn't show in front of them the rest of the summer break. He uses this time to really look for his mum.
Sure, Alice and Adrian tell him to check muggle part, but he doesn't even know her name. But then, Chloe shows up like a flower and tell him everything and with Kylian's assistance, he learns most of what he needs. Like her name.
Sissy Brooks.
Leanna and Devon Brooks' daughter. So, he isn't in the wrong when he's fan of Leanna Devon's artwork. And thanks to Julian, he has some knowledges of her work when he visits them. With Chloe as guardian because he's still underage.
Obviously they didn't know his existance or his brother but they do remember having a daughter who ran away when her singer career isn't successful and they cut all contact when they learn that she's knocked up by a random guy that she doesn't know the last name. They just know that she flew to the States. So he comes to Wyatt and asks him for help.
How many actress with Sissy's name and who came to Hollywood industry there is?
Just one, Sissy Schmidt. A beautiful ginger actress, who can sing.
And he just wants to be with her.
(Initially posted : 9 Février 2017 à 18:48)
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