2 Chotto Modoshis
Chapter 3
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AN-Yes,
Chapter 3 already. Normally I
can’t write this many chapters in a short amount of time because:
1. I get bored with
writing the ‘filler’ chapters before the real drama starts
2. I get hooked on a
video game and can’t stop
3. I’m too tired from
school and work to write anything
4. I have no time
5. I get another idea for
a new fanfiction and I start writing some of that instead of writing on one of
my previous stories.
Anyway, here’s chapter 3.
~
Time seemed to fly by for
Narcissa with no major incidents after Taya’s magical ability display. It was
another two months before
levitated during one of the rare moments he was sleeping. Taya had given him a
condemning look, as if to say, ‘Well, it took you long enough.’ Lucius seemed
pleased, Narcissa had noted, but also slightly bothered by the fact that it had
taken him this long. He seemed to agree with Taya’s “comment”. ‘Like father,
like daughter.’ Narcissa told herself.
After that, however, life
became rather boring since nothing new seemed to happen. The twins were
babbling nonsense to each other, not that they understood each other, and
sometimes it got on Narcissa’s nerves. Taya has spoken for real for at eight months
during a cold winter’s night in November. It was a rather bland night: Lucius
and Narcissa both sitting in the study, Lucius buried in paperwork from the
Ministry and Narcissa shifting through the mail, while Taya and
with toys. Taya was playing with one of the little wooden trains with movable
wheels when
from his sister, but Taya held on fast. They started to have a mini tug-o-war
over the toy.
with her right hand.
Narcissa looked up from
her letters to watch the scene. It appeared as if
picked up the plastic fan on the floor and smacked her brother on the head with
it, causing him to let go of the toy, which landed next to Taya with a ‘
caught Lucius’ attention, and he looked up from the papers. He turned towards
Narcissa, obviously about to tell her to get
open his mouth, Taya smacked her brother’s head with the plastic fan again and
simply told him, while giving a death glare, “Quiet STUPID!”
Narcissa’s mouth dropped
open in surprise and Lucius dropped the quill in his hand.
tears and a pathetic ‘Why are you so nasty?’ look upon his face. Taya sneered
at him for a second, then scoffed and turned back to the toys without another
word.
wouldn’t work on his tough sister. He looked at her for a second more, and then
went back to the plush rabbit in his lap.
Narcissa and Lucius shot
each other questionable looks, wondering if something should be done about what
just happened, but in the end, they decided against it, since
was a blessing. Lucius went back to his work, acting as if the incident hadn’t
affected his judgment of Taya at all, but Narcissa was sure that that she has
seen a smile before he went back to writing. Perhaps he’d learn to love her
after all.
By the next month, Taya
had added the words ‘idiot’, ‘food’, ‘no’, and even her own name, ‘Taya’ to her
vocabulary along with many others. She had learned to call Narcissa ‘mother’
and Lucius ‘father’. She had also learned to say ‘
was still ‘quiet stupid’. Some other times, she used ‘quiet idiot’ or ‘stupid
brother’, but almost just ‘brother’. Towards the end of the month, she started
speaking in sentences and saying things like ‘Brother is stupid’ constantly.
Near Christmas time, Narcissa persuaded Lucius into donning a Santa costume for
the children. By the scrutinizing look on Taya’s face, she knew it was her
father, but nevertheless, said nothing.
‘Santa’ held
a long while said “Food!” Narcissa laughed at this. It figured that her son’s
first wood would be ‘food’. ‘Santa’ shook his head sighing, and then smiled
when
and took a photo. Then, ‘Santa’ picked Taya up and asked her what she wanted for
Christmas. Taya smiled and asked “Annie-thin?” Lucius assumed she had meant to
say ‘anything’, so he smiled and told her yes. Taya’s eyes lit up and she said
“Taya wants anuther, non-idiot brother.”
Narcissa choked at the
comment and Lucius simply blinked, both obviously stunned.
together, started to whimper. “SISTER MEAN!” he shouted. Taya turned to face
him and stuck out her tongue at him. Narcissa shook her head at Taya “Don’t do
that, Taya, it’s rude.” Taya shrugged, and Narcissa sighed. What did she ever
do to deserve such a rude and troublesome, but nevertheless brilliant,
daughter? In the background,
with ‘Santa’, and then picked her off his lap so ‘Santa’ could get out of his
suit.
When Lucius returned, and
down in identical chairs and handed one of the house-elves a camera,
instructing it to take the family picture. Standing next to Lucius, behind the
twins, Narcissa smiled. Neither her nor Lucius noticed
the plastic ornament from the tree that Taya was holding or the mischievous
grin that played on her face. As the house elf raised the camera to take the
picture, Taya threw the ball, which hit her brother’s head, causing him to cry.
The developed photo that
was hung over the mantle days later showed two smiling blissfully unaware
parents, a mischievous smiling Taya, and
AN-Taya’s a handful, huh?
Oh and appropriately, the title for this chapter ‘Chotto
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Older Sister’