Marathon!

[mitochondriaaya]

Aya had trained faithfully, just like she promised (and despite her period starting a few months after that promise. Really? She didn't need that!). The weights had been added by about the second month of training and she was really, really proud of her stamina!

And the marathon they'd chosen as their first was coming up this weekend, with fund raising as done by Elcy...and yeah. "Don't tell me you have to cancel!" she said into the phone, pulling one foot up to stretch out her thighs. "Don't! I can't go and do this alone!"

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[mitochondriaaya]

"Alright!" She snagged her cell phone from her dresser after sliding her shoes on and drifted toward the door, dialing. Yes, she fully expected the boys to get the doors for her while she concentrated on holding her hem carefully in one hand and dialing with the other.

The boys did that when they were dressed up! "Elcy? Mom? Yes, yes, I know! We're getting in the car now! We'll even pass high dress inspection I promise! If anyone gets impatient you can tell them my legs cramped up!" It wouldn't even be a lie!

[sliceitwithwind]

They got the door without even thinking about it, the one to the car, too, with Dilan folding into the front seat as Braig held it and closed it behind her.

Then Braig got into the car and began the "please lights stay green" chant.

[mitochondriaaya]

"Yes, they did. Not right now, no, but earlier and they were bad and I'm probably going to spend a lot of tonight sitting just in case okay?" Yeah, she got the 'reassure Elcy' bit while the lights (so far) remained green. "No, no, prolly just, sorry, I probably just pushed too hard today. I'll let you know if I keep getting leg cramps after I've rested. Yes. We're at Cherry and Main now..." Saaaaaaaave her?

[sliceitwithwind]

Braig was doing the best he could! Finally they got to the parkinglot and Braig let loose a big sigh of relief.

[mitochondriaaya]

"No, that was a good noise, we made it, we're here, I'm going to hang up now and get out of the car!" Click. "So doomed." Getting out of the car anyway!

[sliceitwithwind]

"At least we'll go down together." Dilan said, holding an arm out for Aya. Braig slid up to her other side and did the same, then the three of them went in.

"You're not as late as I feared." Elcy said, looking them over.

[mitochondriaaya]

"Yep, we will. And suffer a lack of cookies together." Because they worked like that! When they got in Aya posed artlessly between the boys, smiled, and blinked guileless blue eyes up at Elcy. "We didn't know. We're sorry."

Elcy just chuckled and shook her head. "I raised Braig, Aya, that stopped working on me when he was six."

[sliceitwithwind]

"To be fair, Aya's cuter than I was." Braig said, loyally.

"Also," Dilan said, "Braig was able to use two year old me against them, then."

[mitochondriaaya]

"And he was told then to stop using the toddler to get out of trouble," Elcy said, unperturbed. "Now, you are late. Make your apologies then enjoy yourselves." And thank people! "Braig, keep an eye on them both, marathons take a lot out of people and this is their first."

"Mommmmm," Aya drawled softly. "We won't fall down until after we get home okay?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Will do." Braig promised before dragging the others off to mingle.

Dilan said, "I kind of wish I remembered being used."

[mitochondriaaya]

"Why?" Aya asked curiously after exchanging hugs with one of the ladies who had donated. "If you were two it couldn't have been too terrible right?" In theory?

"And Braig can fill you in if you want to know anyway!" Right?

[sliceitwithwind]

"'Cause I'm betting it was funny?" Dilan said, "And because he talks about how cute I was, a lot."

"Dude."

"It's true!"

[mitochondriaaya]

Aya glanced between the boys and shrugged. 'I bet you were?" She wasn't there though! Oh, idea! "Elcy tried video taping before she decided she liked scrapbooking right? Where did those end up?"

[sliceitwithwind]

The boys looked at each other, "Might be in the attic? We can look?"

[mitochondriaaya]

"I bet they have both of you bitty," that was a yes to looking! And probably a lot of Braig doing something off camera because he'd set Dilan up as camera bait but...

[sliceitwithwind]

"Probably." Dilan agreed, "It'll be cool to look at us."

Braig nodded, "I'll look tomorrow."

[mitochondriaaya]

"If you don't find them before I finish homework I'll help1' Aya offered with a grin. She liked crawling around in the attic? There were always interesting things to see up there! "But that'll be late because I'm sleeping in."

[sliceitwithwind]

"Sounds good." Braig said, "I'm also sleeping in, you know." Because he could.

"I'll look." Dilan said with amusement.

[mitochondriaaya]

"Start late so there's at least the chance we can help?" Aya laughed and squeezed both their arms before the mayor's son claimed her for a dance. It was a slow, sedate waltz playing now and he probably just wanted to show off the fact he could waltz.

Luckily the kimono worked well for waltzing!

[sliceitwithwind]

Dilan was about to say something, but then Aya was swept away.

And soon enough the boys were, too.

It took less than an hour for Dilan to be tired of "You're so big!"

[mitochondriaaya]

To be fair to Dilan he'd been hearing it on and off again for something like six months now? Still, society gossip being what it was they knew who Dilan was dating now, but the tall fact hadn't filtered through. Aya came to rescue him with a murmured "No, we're just all so short. It's a shame really." and a smile.

"The widow Raelle wants to speak with us for a moment ladies. Thank you!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Have I mentioned that I love you?" Dilan asked Aya as she pulled him away, "Because I really love you. A lot."

[mitochondriaaya]

"It never hurts to hear it more!" Aya laughed, threading her arm through Dilan's. "And she really does want to see us, but just to talk about the marathon I think. Then I'll dance with you until the ten year olds want to dance again?" She was the right height to dance with the younger kids!

[sliceitwithwind]

"Okay, that sounds good." Dilan smiled at the widow when they got to her, "It's good to see you again."

[mitochondriaaya]

"And you," the widow greeted cheerfully. "I didn't make it out to watch the running so please sit and tell me how it went?" Aya took a chair gratefully and swung her feet to stretch her legs a little.