Time Warp: We Made It

[Adaryn Breslin]

June 2015

Graduation. She had finally made it to the end of her years at Hammel, and while she may have been saddened that her parents didn't even give her a 'congrats', she had others to come support her. Adaryn had sat beside her best friend, and they shared the excitement that came with finally being able to say they had accomplished something in their short 18 years of life. Adaryn didn't even need to come back to Hammel for powers training.


For once in her life, she was completely and totally happy. 

After graduation had ended, many families mixed, and she was introduced to Aj's parents, saying polite greetings and giving genuine smiles to the Lane's. They were kind people, but after a few minutes she excused herself to find the person who had been on her mind all night: Monroe.

It didn't take her long, to be honest, since it was hard to miss a guy in wearing all black and combat boots. "Monroe!" She called out when he was in view. "Hey!" 

[Thomas "Monroe" Montgomery]

Monroe stood a few feet away, arms outstretched the moment Adaryn looked over at him. "Hey!" he called back. "I thought I'd never get you away from that girl! Looks like you have a twin as well." He was grinning at her, finally able to feel at peace with their relationship. Eloise was his twin sister. That embrace by the pond had been nothing more than a grateful gesture that they were siblings and not destined to be together. It was a relief. And here he was, Adaryn had just graduated and Monroe was finally done with powers training, even if he was sure he still had permanant insomnia as a result of his power.

"Come here!"

[Adaryn Breslin]

Adaryn was very much at peace with everything in her life. After all, the love that was supposed to occur between Eloise and Monroe was because they turned out to be siblings, of all things! Honestly, the idea of them simply being close friends had always been possible, but the idea of them being twin siblings had not occurred for any of them.

Addie finally felt okay, and even just completely happy; her anxiety had almost ceased completely, and she rarely felt depressed as of late. She supposed it was because of her feeling of... belonging that all of the people around her had provided her, and she was so grateful for. But in this moment, everyone's excitement was high, and despite her shields being up it seemed to affect her.

The Empath wasn't even upset that her parents weren't even there. Adaryn didn't consider them family, or anybody who mattered, because they really didn't. What mattered were the people who are in her life now, like Monroe and Eloise and AJ and Oliver. All those great people. Addie slipped her arms around Monroe, laughing with her head tilted up to look at the taller man, "Graduated. I graduated!"