Reuniting Tornedalians

"Tell them tomorrow."

"No. I don't see the point in them knowing."

"Alright babe."

"It would just make their happiness lesser..." Ella whispered, before looking over at Jeni. "Please keep it a secret."

Jeni nodded. "I will not you two need to sleep."

He nodded subtly.

She smiled softly.

Ella looked back to Oliver then.

Oliver looked to her. "Come and sleep babe."

(( New day? ))

((yeah sure))

The next day..

Elijah was making his way through the main area of the pack, searching for Oliver - having already spoken to Ella a few hours previous.

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Ella was sat in her parents den, on the sofa, hugging her knees to her chest as she watched the television quietly.

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Madoc was pacing in the kitchen, waiting for Harrison and Fauj to arrive so they could all discuss the previous night.

Oliver was watching some wolvs training after Abi was waiting at home for her parents.
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Abi was pacing in the living room, she had saw Malika on the soda with Madoc.
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Faun looked to Harrison as they got ready to head to Abi's place. "I don't get how Mal could get out."
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Aly was sitting on the sofa. "Ella, are you alright?"

"Hey," Elijah whispered as he came up beside Oliver, his hands in his pockets. Nudging his shoulder with his own so that he knew he was there, "How are you feeling?"

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"How are we going to tackle this conversation with them?" Madoc asked from the kitchen doorway, "They didn't even notice she was gone until we knocked on their door last night, Abi, it isn't on."

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"She's crafty, what I want to know is why she felt the need to sneak out if something had happened to scare her rather than just coming to us for help." Harrison sighed.

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"Yeah," Ella whispered, "I- I'm just tired, that's all."

"Pretty good." Oliver told him.
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"I know....I have no idea." Abi told him as she paced. "Mum and dad are usually really alert, I don't get how they didn't notice."
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"Ella, you know that you can talk to me about anything don't you?"
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"I don't know." Faun sighed.

"You weren't looking good as I lifted you up out of the mud last night," Elijah mused quietly, "So, are you sure?"

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"I don't want to fall out with them but if we have to, then, I will. She nearly died - if we had been minutes or even seconds later then we were, if we hadn't of heard that scream over the thunder."

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Ella nodded, "Yeah, yeah I do. It's okay, I'm fine."

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"I'm sure Madoc will have plenty to say about it."

He nodded.
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She nodded. "I know."
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"I'm sure h will."
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Aly raised an eyebrow.

"Good," Madoc whispered, crossing his arms over his chest and exhaling slowly when there was a knock on the front door of the den. "Show time."

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"Right," Elijah grimaced. "You know I am here for you, yeah?"

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"What?" Ella answered defensively. "I am."

She nodded. "Come in."
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"Yeah I do." He told him. "Have you thought about what you're going to do now that you're staying here?"
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Aly looked to her. "Ella, you look miserable darling."

"I didn't get any sleep last night, worried about Oliver." Ella whispered, "Plus my stomach hurts, and that little cut behind my head isn't wanting to heal. I'm fine, just sore and tired mum, honest."

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Elijah snorted softly and shook his head in the negative, "Honestly, I'm still feeling lost. I don't know where I belong, Oli, I'm jealous that you know. Jealous you have your life sorted."

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Harrison hesitantly stepped inside, "We aren't going to have our heads ripped off are we?"

"You deserve it." Madoc growled.

"Alright darling."
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"You can get yours sorted too Elijah, I could help you."
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Abi looked to Madoc and then her father. "That depends on where this goes."

"Mm, and what ideas do you have to help with that?"

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"Well lets begin with; we obviously didn't just allow her to walk out in the middle of the night, did we? That would be irresponsible."

"Oh and not checking on her once is a totally responsible thing to do?"

"We d-"

"Didn't even notice, you didn't even notice that a child left in the middle of a storm."

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Ella was quiet for a few seconds then before asking, "What about you - are you ok?"

"Right now not sure, but I'll think of something."
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"She was asleep when we checked on her last, she was peaceful, we had no reason to think that she would get up and leave." Faun told him.
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"Just worried about you sweetheart." She told her.

"It isn't good enough, she nearly died - she did die, she stopped breathing, her heart stopped. Abi had to give her CPR! Your excuses aren't good enough."

"So then why are we here? If nothing we could say is good enough, why are we here?" Harrison growled, turning his gaze onto his daughter then. "What about you - what do you think?"

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"I'm okay... What names have you thought of? For the baby.."

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Elijah snorted softly at that. "Maybe I'm not supposed to belong anywhere. Be one of those nomads, y'know?"

"Well we haven't really thought of any yet." Aly admitted. "What about you?"
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"You won't know until you actually try."
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Abi had pulled Malika onto her lap at this point. "I nearly. Lost my baby, thays what I think. I want to know what happened to cause her to escape both you and mum, mum especially."