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I woke up and my baby had turned two....I thought she got to one a little fast, two turned up even faster.

She's going to be taller than me way too soon.

Not that it's hard to do, but she's a big girl.

Joyeux anniversaire, ma petite bijou.



( Daisy Doodle Turns Two )

[Public]

Yankees or Mets?

[Private to Muerte]

Woouuuldd you like to go to a birthday party with me?

[Public]

I am not ready for this talk of kindergarten graduation. Not at all.

[Donovan Lock]

How are two of my favourite brothers doing?

[As Larkin W.]

Ah London, how I've almost missed you.

[Locked to Cris M]

Not to be a pest (and if I am, just say so), but I was wondering if you had found anything out.

Also.

How're you doing?

Anyone out there up for a grown-ups night out? I managed a sitter for Friday and Saturday, and I need to get out of the house and pub before I tear more of my hair out.

[Locked to Jules B (+ Ash D)]

Jules? I saw your hottie face on a poster. I didn't know you were here, baby. Ash is here too. She's on the lock.

[Locked to the Donovan clan]

[The photos come late Sunday morning after they get home. The little boy is six, fairer than Ash, and grinning from ear to ear with a basket of brightly colored eggs in his hands. There are a few more photos of him running around with other children on an Easter egg hunt somewhere that morning in the city. The last picture is of Ash and the little boy taken by someone else, Matthew sitting on her lap laughing.]

Just a few pictures from this morning.

Love you both.

Ash, I need a favor from you. It's a big one, and it's important, and I wouldn't be asking if I was able to take care of it myself, so I apologize in advance.

[Midday, after this.]

[Locked to Neil D]
You gotta place for Sam?

[Locked to Louis D]
How's removal of the plague powers going?

[Locked to Penny R]
Talk to the kid, chica?

[Locked to Ashleigh D]
Hi, I was Lou's partner and I'm Sam's friend, Cris. I heard you were here another time around. Welcome back, if there's any kinda thing like that.

[Locked to Sam A]

You've plans tomorrow, love?

Roll call.

I know there are some people here that I likely knew before. Just curious as to who still might be here that I haven't already talked to.

In other news, the little one has decided that sneaking up and scaring me is the funniest thing in the world. If it weren't for the new place, it wouldn't be so bad, but he's going to wind up giving me a heart attack before he tires of this!

[Locked to the Donovan Clan]

Hello, again.

[Public]

This place is like that ex-boyfriend who just won't go away, isn't it?

The lost girl has been found. I gather there will be a funeral procession on the morrow.

[Neil D]

You need to come meet me. I don't know which door and I'm not walking through like this.

[Donovan family]

Sound off: which doors are you all in?

[Public: post Woodbury]

Where the hell is everyone else?

[Locked to each individually.]

[There are a handful of pictures of a smiling toddler, dark hair and bright eyes. There's one with a familiar woman as well, a third birthday party with "Happy Birthday Matthew" scrawled on the cake.]

I thought you might like to hear the news.

[PUBLIC.]

Need a job. In Gotham.

[Group Lock to all Alexanders(+Iris) and (in a rare extension of caring) all Donovans too.]

We all in one piece?

Who: Ashleigh Donovan & Jack Roman
What: A little visit
Where: Jack's cabin
When: Recently
Warnings/Rating: TBD!

Telling her family had been one thing, but for some reason, Ashleigh was more nervous to tell Jack about what had happened. They were friends, of course, but she wasn't entirely sure about anything other than that. But considering it had been his place she had been on her way to when her world got tossed on its head, she felt he deserved a visit - in person - to explain things.

Matthew had been left with a friend back in Fabletown, someone who had watched over him time and time again since he was born, because even though she was eager to introduce her little boy to the people that she knew and loved, she was scared to do so as well. Her life had been something else for the three plus years since she had gotten locked out of the hotel, and she wasn't necessarily the same person as before. Tack on the addition of a squirrely little boy with more energy than he knew what to do with, and Ash was walking on pins and needles. She had gotten used to one way of things, and now it had gone back. Where did she fit into this world now?

So the Ashleigh Donovan that approached Jack's cabin was a little older than before, a little more mature. Her hair was loose around her shoulders, her arms bare in the sundress she wore, and just like she had attempted to do so so many years ago, there was a backpack over one shoulder with the fixings for a picnic within. A moment of hesitation and then she knocked, a step taken back to wait.

[Locked to the Donovan Family]

Are you all still here?