Marie had all of Phineas' things packed and sitting on the curb an hour before he got home with Joaquin's help. Her and Joaquin put a deadbolt on every outside door in the house so that he couldn't get in. Every child was tucked into their bed and every window locked and every light on the first floor was off. Joaquin had pulled together all of Marie's friends and invited them over to support her while she suffered through this terrible time. Gwen, Katarina, Julian, and the newest to the group, Phoebe were all there. Gwen and Phoebe having brought along their own children. Lillian(Phoebe's toddler) and Sabien(Gwen's youngest girl) played with Calla Lumine, Ziron, and Neal while Destiny(Gwen's oldest)helped Phoebe and Katarina looked after the five babies. While Marie spent her time on the bathroom floor, paying penance to the porcelain god while Gwen rubbed her back and held her hair back, giving instructions to Julien to fetch water, to wet and rewet a wash cloth.
They all froze when they heard a car pull in the drive and the engine shut off. All were filled with dread except for Destiny who was busy playing with Calla Lumine and the babies who were all too little to understand what was going on.
The silence was broken by Marie vomiting in again, her body heaving, just about the time a fierce pounding started on the door and yelling started soon after. They could barely hear, but Gwen could make out some swear words. Giving Marie a pat on the back and pointing from Julien to Marie, a direction to take her place, she headed down stairs to get rid of Phineas.
Gwen rushed back up stairs an hour later to reassure Marie that the exchange was quick and smooth and Phineas was on his way. He wouldn't bother her anymore.
They all decided to spend a few days with Marie to help her out and offer their support, soon it became an indefinite stay when she discovered she was pregnant with Fawn Rose...
The months passed fast and soon Marie was waddling around, unable to see her feet, let alone take care of three toddlers, one soon to be three the others soon to be two. That was why she was so thankful to her friends and Julien who had been there for her from the get go, helping her get on her feet and raising her difficult children. She knew her feelings for Julien had grown, morphing into something more then friendship, but nothing she would pursue. He was too nice, too good. He deserved more then a woman with three children by another man, one that she didn't birth, and another on the way.
As her due date got closer and closer, the closer Julien and Marie got. Then one day it happened.
He kissed her in the middle of changing Ziron no less. He immediately pulled back, his cheeks turning pink, Ziron on the changing table screaming his head off, Calla Lumine and Neal on the floor, banging away on the blocks and their dolls they received from Phineas Great Aunt Bertha.
Marie's water broke and chaos ensued.
Hours later, in the early fall morning, Fawn Rose was born, barely weighing 4 pounds, pink and screaming, even though she was premature she was as healthy as could be.
Marie, despite her recent tragedies, was the happiest she had ever been. With her new born daughter, Julien at her side, and all her friends there for her and her babies. Neal included, whether of her blood or not, he was as much her son as Ziron was.
Soon Julien had moved in, Calla Lumine turned three and Ziron and Neal turned two, Fawn Rose's birthday was quickly approaching, her friends had all stayed by her side, Katarina remaining single despite all her friends efforts to the contrary and Phineas hadn't been heard from since the day of the divorce.
On the day of Fawn Rose's birthday, Julien proposed, getting down on one knee in front of all their friends and family and she of course said yes. The wedding ceremony was small and private, with only the kids, the Hexe family, the Hansel family, and Katarina.
The years quickly passed, Katarina remaining single and the children quickly growing up. Calla Lumine, Lillian, and Sabien becoming the best of friends. Ziron quickly took to the military and constantly talked about wanting to be a soldier and a world famous Karate champion, falling in love with China.
Fawn Rose though, she was introverted, she preferred being by herself; painting, reading, writing, and talking to Jace. The doll she'd received from Phineas' Great Aunt Bertha that she'd had since she was a baby and was now the name of her imaginary friend. Her sister and brother teased her, Neal on the other hand, enjoyed spending all his time playing with his own imaginary friend Wiggles, so he often didn't make fun of his sister, rather played with her actually.
Marie and Julien didn't mind, encouraging their creativity and independence.
Then one day, Marie found she was pregnant and things quickly began to change.
Ziron began to act out, pulling prank after prank, causing fight after fight until they were left with no other choice then to send him to boarding school: Fort Starch Military school. Calla Lumine fell in love with an art boarding school, LeFromage, so they sent her there, and Neal went to the School of Love and Peace. Fawn Rose, though, chose to stay and remain hidden, playing with Jace. It was almost as if he was truly real....
The birth quickly approached and Marie gave birth to another beautiful girl, Jocelyn.
Upon returning home from the hospital, Fawn Rose began to fawn over her new baby sister, introducing Jace to her and constantly hovering over Jocelyn in her crib. Another mysterious package, from a Nana Lulu appeared in the mail for Jocelyn. Another doll that Fawn Rose promptly deemed to be Jelly Bean.
Soon Jocelyn was crawling around and babbling, quickly learning to talk, and constantly carrying around Jelly Bean, and that was what Jocelyn called the doll too, was Jelly Bean. She quickly began to articulate words, her first one being Jelly Bean. The bond her children had with those dolls she would never understand.
Then Jocelyn was walking and getting into things, playing and soon she was even reading books to herself.
Fawn Rose and Jace always there right beside Jocelyn and Jelly Bean.
As Jocelyn got older, and able to go more places on her own, she began to follow Fawn Rose and Jace around, having fun and enjoying her freedom and independence.
Days quickly flew by, and Julien and Marie slowly grew apart until finally Julien moved out and they parted ways. Fawn Rose barely noticed, Jocelyn even more so. With Julien gone, Marie focused more on her children and more and more she noticed how Fawn Rose's doll Jace was rarely to be seen anywhere when Fawn Rose was playing with Jocelyn, Jelly Bean, and her imaginary friend Jace. One day while they were out playing in the gardens, she completely tore apart her daughters room looking for the doll, she searched the entire house, from top to bottom, every nook and cranny, but the doll was no where.
It was impossible....wasn't it?
Marie shook her head, tossing the thought aside. There was no way.
Days passed quickly, the children came home for the holidays and went back again. Fawn Rose and Jace continued to explore while Jocelyn grew bigger, following them, tugging Jelly Bean around by her arm.
Soon though, Jocelyn was no longer tugging Jelly Bean around, instead the doll had disappeared and she now had her own imaginary friend and the four had taken to playing on their own.
Then Jocelyn started school and she brought home Lilian Hexe one day, introducing her as her first friend, even though Lilian was much older then her.
Soon, the front door was more like a revolving door with all of Jocelyn's friends coming and going.
The Hexe's and the Likos' family once again became frequent visitors. Having grown apart despite living next door to each other over the years as each individual career and life took off.
One day, while Lilian was over playing with Jocelyn and Jelly Bean, Fawn Rose having gone off into her own world with Jace again once Jocelyn started to bring kids over. Phoebe had come over with her daughter and was upstairs helping Marie hang paintings. Phoebe tripped, toppling Marie, and landing on top of her friend. They both laughed, Phoebe raising herself up to get off her friend, accidently bumping noses. Then Phoebe looked into Marie's eyes and froze, they hovered there for a second then Phoebe kissed her.
That began a very tenacious love affair. One that remained hidden in the dark as one would love certain dark things. As all of Pheobe's attention focused on Marie, her marriage with Hansel quickly began to fall apart, and they were unable to keep it hidden from Gwen, although Gwen promised to keep it a secret.
Jocelyn remained oblivious while Fawn Rose caught on, although she never said a word. Her mother though, noticed as time wore on that Fawn Rose withdrew more and more.
Then one day something peculiar happened.
Marie came home from shopping and there was a boy with red hair dressed in a funny little outfit similar to what little doll Jace wore. She called for her daughter who came running down the stairs, when Marie asked who that was, Fawn Rose replied matter-of-factly "That's Jace mommy."
Marie could have had a heart attack.
Not much longer, and Marie witnessed first hand Jelly Bean coming to life and nearly had a heart attack. Although, to Marie's credit she quickly adjusted to having them in her home. In the meantime, Satrina Caro moved in next door with her adopted son, Stiles. They quickly took a liking to each other, both families. Fawn Rose enjoyed looking after Stiles, while Marie fought her attraction to Satrina, trying her hardest to remain faithful to Phoebe. But Satrina shared Marie's passion for art and despite her wariness of it, she accepted Satrina's offer to sketch her nude. So Marie did, and quickly it became more then a mere sketch.
Soon, Marie was attempting to balance an affair with Satrina while hiding her love affair with Phoebe, until one day Phoebe broke things off with Hansel to declare her love to the world for Marie and Marie was forced to break Phoebe's heart, telling her that she hadn't been faithful. Marie quickly became an inattentive mother, leaving Fawn Rose and Jocelyn home alone quite frequently to take care of themselves. She paid no mind to the little boy that suddenly appeared or the little girl that randomly showed up a few years later. Phoebe continued to try and win Marie back at the same time she was crying on Hansel's shoulder and slowly rebuilding a relationship with him. Katarina finally met someone and soon became distant. Gwen and Athos seemed to withdraw as well, becoming aloof and cold to all those around them, but their parties became legendary. Their behavior quickly rubbing off on their children.
As Ziron and Calla Lumine aged into teenagers, they returned home from boarding school, hoping to find their loving mother, but instead finding two bitter girls with two strangers and a mother frequently absent caught in a love triangle with Julien gone. They found Julien first, having moved out into a small shack and then in with Sarah Holden before they were soon married with twins on the way, Lee and Lilliana. They found their mother last, holed up next door with Satrina. In a house that smelled of nothing but sex. Disgusting the two teens.
They walked in on Marie with Satrina, she stared at them in horror, tried to say something, but they just turned and walked away to go home and take care of their younger siblings and the imaginary friends brought to life.
