Rebuilding Worlds Vol. 2
Welcome one and all to volume 2 of the Rebuilding Worlds Challenge! This challenge has gone through a few different renditions and has been going on in one way or another since 2010! With V...
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Alek stayed the night one night and it was nice for him to have a proper bed to sleep in. Ashton had taken the couch so Alek could have his room. Come breakfast time Ashton was not so much tired as he was sad. The time for him to leave the home was fast approaching. His little sister was growing up so fast. And with Alek there to help her...His thoughts were melancholy at best as he got ready for work.
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Mariam took a little while to knit before school while Alek ate a second helping of fruit salad. School always made her stressful. Knitting sometimes helped.
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With Ashton gone to work and Mariam at school, Alek cleaned up a bit and then headed out. He wanted to care for this family that had come to mean so much to him. Ashton was the coolest big brother and becoming a good friend to him. Mariam...oh what could be said about Mariam. She was his everything.
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Coming home from school for the very last time, as stressed as usual despite it being over, she decided to put what school and her big brother had taught her about finances. She organized the books and paid the bills for the first time. It was a real eye opener.
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Then she did some laundry. (...which I forgot to put into the dryer. Its still sitting there. :o :D )
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When Ashton came home from work to find everything had been done in his absence he knew it was time. But there was one thing more he needed to do on Mariam's behalf. Two days previously Alek had stopped by when Ashton was home and Mariam had just headed out to jog off some stress. There was an important question that he wanted to ask Ashton's sister and he asked for Ashton's blessing. Unbeknown to him he'd also gotten to know Mariam's parents and had gotten their blessing the day before. Alek wanted to do things right. Having received Ashton's knowing smile, handshake and then bro-hug and blessing the worry in Alek's features melted away. Now all he had to do was ask Mariam. He left before she came home.
On Mariam's last day of school when she'd become a young adult (and so would he) he came again later in the evening to ask one last person this very special request. "Be my everything forever?" Her response was immediate and Alek's heart soared with joy and relief and love.
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Ashton with a knowing smile on his face came to congratulate his baby sister first with a handshake...
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And then with a big hug when the lump in his throat prevented him from expressing himself in that moment.
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She jogged to her parent's house to tell them the big news while Alek chatted with Ashton. They were delighted to hear the news and promised to help with all of the wedding expenses. Her parent's had gotten wealthy and could readily afford it which was a great relief to Mariam who now knew all too well how finances worked and how tight Ashton and her's was getting. Mariam jogged home in good spirits.
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The next day Alek came over again and both shared a cake that Mariam had baked. (sorry no pics) Here you can see Mariam and Alek's makeovers in CAS.
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The day of the wedding finally came and what should have been a sunny day turned into a sopping mess. (I forgot to check the weather on the calendar. oops) Her parent's spared no expense, even when Mariam asked to have the wedding in her own backyard.
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Here comes the wedding picture spam...
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They left a LOT of stuff in Mariam and Alek's household inventory. Enough to go well over 100k when most were sold. The rest was used.
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Now that Ashton's last quest to help his sister through the stresses of preparing for her wedding were over and Alek now moving in, it was time for Ashton to pack his things and make his quiet goodbyes with promises to visit and call. With Mariam's heart so full of happiness and love and very distracted with Alek, he felt this was the best way to depart. Giving his parent's both a hug, he kept his promise to them to keep Mariam safe and well. They were very proud of what he'd done for their youngest. For Mariam.
Thus exits Ashton and now enters Alek into Mariam's life.
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