Thread: A Tragedy Unfolds (Javorcek X ClearSight)

S-she's right. Even if she doesn't mean it she's right. Anna sniffled. She wasn't Chris' mom, not really, and it was a wonder that some of her real family hadn't taken her away from them yet. Usually she counted the days that Clara's mother didn't hound them to send Chris to a private school over there a blessing, but now she was worried that the girl might just jump on that standing offer and leave them. And what could she do about it? Nothing. Well something...maybe...they had legally adopted Chris, wanting the girl to feel like she was as much a part of their family as Caitlyn was. But if she didn't want to be here and kept feeling that way until she turned 18, there would be nothing they could do to keep her from running away to France for the rest of her days to live out a life as a pampered Chaumont. Anna didn't want that, she loved Chris, even if they weren't biologically related, she still thought of the young wolf was one of her babies and never wanted her to leave the nest. I shouldn't have hit her... Anna murmured into Clara's neck. She wasn't sorry that she had done so, she could never apologize for the punishments she gave even if sometimes the consequences were very severe because any sign of weakness would tarnish her image of authority. The only time she had hit her girls was when they had been very little and hadn't known any better. Once they were a bit older and she had been able to reason with them or talk them down, she stopped spanking their bottoms and slapping their hands. Anna had never hit the girls because she was angry but this time she had, she had struck Chris because her words had hurt her deeply...disappointment washed over her, she tried so hard to lead by example but it was just so difficult sometimes, especially now that their two daughters were tempermental teenagers. Even Caitlyn could be rebellious at times, though not to the same extent as her cousin. --- It must be sad, knowing your real parents and then having them suddenly taken away from you, then getting replacement parents instead. Caitlyn thought to herself as she peered out of her room to watch the fight, having paused her video game once she had heard the shouting. Of course Caitlyn had never known her real mother or father, no one did for that matter. She had been found by abuelo, abandoned in the woods...at least that's what everyone told her she was under the assumption that if everyone told her that story then it must be true. So she didn't feel the same anger and confusion that she assumed her sister felt cousin she supposed really whenever their caretakers had to enforce the rules Anna and Clara had always been mommy and mama to her, therefore she must obey the rules. The only time she ever put up a fight was when they made her do things which she thought were stupid like make her bed...but even then she would argue and usually end up doing what she was told anyways because Anna was better at thinking up reasons for why she should do things than she was at thinking up reasons why she shouldn't. Chris wasn't good at planning ahead and forming good arguments, not like she was, otherwise she would have given up on what was sure to be a losing argument before it had even started. Anna was very shaken by the whole ordeal so Clara had taken her away to go snuggle in the living room and watch some TV to take her mind off of things while they waited for Chris to cool down. Caitlyn took that time to go sneak into Chris' room, unafraid of her sister's temper because it was hardly ever directed at her. She gave a few soft taps to the door, her signature timid knock, and then slipped inside. Hey...moms are pretty mad you know... Well maybe not mad, just hurt. Caitlyn had caught her mother crying and while she didn't say that specifically, she wanted Chris to know that she had hurt Anna's feelings. It was hard to remember that moms had feelings like that sometimes, they both acted like indestructible super heroes. But even she was a little hurt by Chris' statement 'I hate it here!' Caitlyn was part of 'here' after all. Did you mean all that stuff? The younger wolf eyed her sister curiously because of she hadn't meant it then why on earth had she said it?