RP: First Impressions
Date: August 22, 2011
Characters: Jasper Woods, Demi Turner, Abby Walker (NPC)
Location: Jasper's apartment
Status: Private
Summary: Jasper has Abby for the day and thinks it's time she met Demi.
Completion: Complete
( Please get along! )
Characters: Jasper Woods, Demi Turner, Abby Walker (NPC)
Location: Jasper's apartment
Status: Private
Summary: Jasper has Abby for the day and thinks it's time she met Demi.
Completion: Complete
( Please get along! )
Taking a small breath, she dropped his hand and turned slightly so that she was facing Abby. "Hi, Abby. I'm Demi," her voice was near a whisper, and she knelt down until she was eye level with the child. "I'm really glad to meet you, sweetie." God, Abby looked so much like Jasper and Demi felt a tug from low in her gut as she glanced back up at him. He had a child now, would he even want more? She blinked rapidly, refusing to cry. It was one thing for Abby to exist, it was another to have her right in front of her, and oh, Demi wanted that family.
She won the war on her emotions in a matter of moments and she hoped to God that neither had noticed her momentary lapse of control. "May I hug you?" she asked Abby softly, not wanting to overstep any invisible boundary.
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Jasper's heart was pounding so loud in his chest, he thought it was a miracle the girls couldn't hear it. He smiled reassuringly as Demi glanced back up at him. He wished he knew what she was thinking, wished there was something he could say or do to reassure her.
Abby chewed on her lip as Demi knelt down, though that was kind of nice. She didn't mind having to look up to talk to grown ups so much, but it was always nice when they would come down to her level. Abby nodded at Demi's question, taking a step forward and giving her a hug without waiting for Demi to do it herself. Her little hands felt the braid, and she pulled back. "Mommy used to braid my hair, and Gamma does sometimes, too. Did your Mommy braid your hair?" she asked, rocking back on her heels and up on the balls of her feet.
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God, Abby was beautiful and Demi hoped that this was going okay. She thought it was. It wasn't that she didn't like kids - loved them actually, it was just so much more nerve-wracking when it was your boyfriend's previously unknown daughter. She stood back up, starting to reach for Jasper's hand and then stopping herself halfway as she reminded herself that Abby probably wouldn't want to see them being demonstrative. She really didn't want to offend Abby in any way.
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Abby grabbed the hand that Demi had started reaching out toward Jasper and started tugging her further into the apartment. "Gamma bought me a new purse, and I have a brush and a mirror and my lip gloss and sparkly blue nail polish, but Gamma says I have to make sure it's always closed real tight, and you could maybe use the brush, right?" Mommy always brushed her hair first, but maybe Demi did it different. She plucked her purse from the little table on the way and took her brush out of it ad holding it out to Demi.
Jasper followed the girls into the living room, that tightness in his chest loosening just a little. He really shouldn't have been so worried - Abby was an incredibly friendly kid. Leanne had told him as much, and he'd even seen it first hand when he'd gone down to meet her the first time. And Demi... Well, Demi was incredible, and he was struck again with the fact that she was going to be an incredible Mom.
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She took the brush from Abby, smiling slightly at the babble. "Of course I can use the brush, Abs. And your Gamma's right, make sure it's closed tight, or else it's gonna ruin your very pretty purse." She sat down on the couch, perching Abby on her knee like her own mother had done so many years ago. Running the brush through Abby's hair after taking down her ponytail, Demi kept up their light chatter. "Do you like staying with Gamma?"
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Abby nodded seriously when Demi echoed the reminder to keep the nail polish closed tight. "I will," she said solemnly. It was a very big responsibility, having her very own purse, and she wasn't going to mess it up! She nodded at Demi's question, but stopped abruptly when she remembered that she wasn't supposed to move her head when someone was doing her hair. She tried to sit very still then, not even whining when her hair tugged from Demi getting the knots out of it. "Yeah, Gamma is awesome, but..." Abby paused and chewed on her lower lip for a second before continuing. "She says I might get to stay with Daddy." Her tone was hopeful.
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She smiled again at the hopeful voice, eyes glancing up and locking with Jasper's across the room. "Would you like that?" she prompted. "I'm sure your Daddy would love to have you stay with him." She knew it actually, he'd told her as much. And Abby... even from just these few minutes together, Demi could tell that she would fall head over heels for child.
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Abby nodded, bouncing just a little when Demi said she thought Daddy would want her to stay. She hoped he would. "I always wanted to know Daddy, but Mommy always said I had to wait, but after Mommy died, Gamma said I don't have to wait anymore, and we live here now so I get to see Daddy all the time," she rambled.
Jasper had no words for what he was feeling at that moment, watching Demi and Abby together like this. It truly was everything he'd hoped for and more, and he could see their life, their future - more days, more moments like this, and he wanted it, wanted it more than anything else.
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She laughed at the bouncing and then sobered as Abby talked about her mother. "You do get to see Daddy whenever you want now," she finally decided to say, choosing not to touch on the subject of Jessica. As delightful as Abby was, a part of her would always resent Jessica for keeping the secret from Jasper.
Wrapping the band around the end of Abby's hair, she smiled and gave it a small tug. "There you go, all done!" she announced, glancing over at Jasper again. God, she wanted this, this family. This moment, she wanted to frame it and remember it forever.
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