Going on an Adventure [Ariel]

The young woman seemed content with him accepting her offer to help him with his studies. He figured she would be since, well, people generally tended to get offended when you refused their help, regardless of who they were. It was just the way that things were so he wasn’t about to tell someone that he didn’t want their help. Grant it, Vincent wouldn’t mind any sort of help. Generally he was quite willing to accept help from people. His mother had always told him that should anyone offer him help that he should take it. Not everyone was kind enough to offer people help so he needed to take advantage of it when it happened so he did his best to do as she suggested or as she was told. It was just the way that he knew to do things, plus, his mother was definitely someone he didn’t want to disobey, even if it was just a piece of advice. He would hate it if she found out and got angry with him because help could easily help him in the future put his foot in the door with whatever he wanted to do.

Vincent loved talking about his family, especially his younger brother. Being only three years old, Benjamin was a precious little angel from above. He was a gift to the Henderson family and loved by both parents and his older brother. Benjamin was a ray of sunshine to the Henderson family and they loved to spoil him with not only affection and such things, but also toys and other items that he didn’t need. He loved all the toys and other such things, which was nice since he quite enjoyed all of them. What they had yet to get was the boy a pet. He wasn’t old enough for a pet yet, but he did like petting Vincent’s mother when she was in full hyena mode and she enjoyed being around her little cub as well.

So, after Vincent pulled out his phone and showed Ariel a picture of his mother and his younger brother. The girl smiled and told him that his brother was cute before she said that his mother was gorgeous. She then asked what his name was, making Vincent smile. “Benjamin, or little Benji,” he told her with a shy smile. “He’s the best brother on the planet and he’s only three years old, so he’s going to be amazing when he’s older,” he said, making sure to tell her all that he could about his younger brother. She seemed friendly enough and going after him would be a foolish choice given how protective the entire family was of not only each other, but especially young Benjamin.

Tag; Ariel Knight
Words; 458
Notes; N/A

Ariel seemed to not mind in the slightest as Vincent gushed about his younger brother. It was a lot of fun, talking about his brother, gloating about him. After all, who wouldn’t be? Vincent loved gloating about his family, but he tended to not mention parents and more so siblings. He had learned that there were quite a few people in the world who had lost their parents, but there were also people who lost their siblings so really there was no winning in some cases, but, with Benjamin being so cute, it was difficult to be angry with Vincent when he gloated. Plus, it was a good way for those who had lost siblings to talk about it, to talk about the positive memories and experiences they had with their siblings. Things tended to end better that way.

The blonde asked her if she had any more siblings. He smiled over at her and shook his head. “No, sadly. Just Benjamin, not that I mind. It means I only have one little guy to look after,” he said with a chuckle before she asked if he minded walking and talking. “No, of course not. But really, it’s for the best I don’t have any younger sisters. I’m protective enough over Benji. Lord knows how protective I’d be over her,” he said with a grin as he thought about having a baby sister, moving through the forest and towards the exit where he entered the forest. He noted the sky color and how it was changing so it would probably be time to head home soon.

Tag; Ariel Knight
Words; 268
Notes; You're fine, darlin!

Ariel was quick to remind Vincent that he may have a younger sister in the future. He nodded his head a little. “Well you certainly aren’t wrong. I’m sure mom wouldn’t mind another girl in the family,” he joked with a small smile. He, of course, would be knocked down another peg on the hierarchy but he didn’t mind. Where he was now was pretty much the same place he would be without a sister. One rank above his brother and one rank below his father with mother being the top rank in the clan. He didn’t mind, of course. His mother was wonderful as their leader and he wouldn’t want to take orders from anyone else, although the woman did rarely give any orders. Still, if she ever did, he would be sure to follow with ease and was more than a little willing to defend his mother in any way that he thought was necessary.

Vincent sighed a little. “I often like to hope for another sibling. The larger the family the better it is, or so I assume. My family is small so I long for a larger family,” he told her, confession that he wanted something much larger. He wanted cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces, nephews, and everything else, but alas, he had his mother, father, and baby brother. It was unfortunate, but he knew that it was something that he needed to deal with. Hopefully in the future, he would be able to have a larger family with him getting married and his wife’s family and his younger brother getting married. Both would have children and their family would grow larger and larger, but for now, it was just the four of them.

Tag; Ariel Knight
Words; 290
Notes; N/A

The blonde made sure to remind Vincent that his mother probably just wanted another girl around. He had no doubt about that. It had to be insane raising two sons and a husband. It was no doubt stressful for her and that meant that there was a lot of testosterone in the house. Still, Vincent tried his best to make things easier on his mother by minding whatever she said and trying to help raise and take care of his younger brother. He was the most important thing to Vincent, well, other than his mother of course. His mother was the most important, followed by his younger brother, despite how his hyena half told him that it should have been his father, he was protective over his younger brother more than anything. It was the way that it was with being a big brother, he assumed. If he had a little sister, his mother and little sister would be the most important while his brother was next and his father was last. He wasn’t sure why, but it was the way that it was, at least with him.

Vincent had heard Ariel kick the rock across the way, despite it being light against the dirt and leaf covered forest floor. He looked over at her a moment as she seemed to agree with him after he mentioned wanting a larger family. She told him that she heard him before saying that she guessed that he just had to make the most with what he got. Vincent nodded his head. “Well of course. Just because I want a larger family doesn’t mean I’ll rush to get married or try and pester my mother into having more children. Lord knows she’d have my head on a platter for both of those things,” he said, a light chuckle escaping his lips before he shook his head and sighed, looking ahead as he found that there was still nothing but trees, brush, and other such things before them. They hadn’t made it to the edge of the forest just yet, but with the sun continuing to sink towards the horizon, then moving towards the exit was a good idea. His mother would be happy if he made it home before dark, and hopefully before dinner was finish. He pulled out his phone and looked at it, just to be sure before he tucked it away once he found he hadn’t bee contacted by his mother.

Tag; Ariel Knight
Words; 412
Notes; N/A

Vincent didn’t realize how surprised Ariel had been when he mentioned marriage. It was, of course, random and not something that all teenagers thought about. Still, he knew that some did think about it and most of the time it was related to women, whether or not it was because they wanted to get married was another story. Marriage was not for everyone and Vincent knew that. Still, he figured mentioning it in casual conversation would sort of normalize it. Of course, he hadn’t realized the surprise and the shock that was on Ariel’s face or he would have made a mental note to avoid the word or topic ever again. Still, since he hadn’t, he would no doubt bring it up again in the future, but probably not to her about the two of them. After all, it wasn’t like the two were together, and even if they ever were in the future, he doubted that they would ever get serious. They were only teenagers.

Ariel was halfway through asking Vincent about his mother when he pulled out his phone to check if his mother had contacted him. She asked if he was in a hurry and Vincent looked at her and shook his head. He smiled a little. “Thinking about the time, I was wondering if my mother had texted or called. She hasn’t,” he stated simply as they walked along. “Speaking of my mother, what was your question going to be?” He asked her curiously. He wondered what she would ask. Not that he cared, he loved talking about his mother. She was the only woman in his life and if she had it her way, it would stay that way until he found a mate that was suitable for him and that earned her approval. Most of the girls he brought around, whether it be for studying or something innocent, she immediately sent him a look that told him she was not the one.

Tag; Ariel Knight
Words; 330
Notes; N/A

Jamie Henderson was a very intelligent woman. She was very strong willed and it was only amplified after she had been transformed into a werehyena. Unlike with other werecreatures, for hyenas, at least in Africa, they had to be changed magically by a witch doctor or a shaman or something of that nature. Grant it, none of the Hendersons had ever bitten anyone so it was possible that the gift could be transferred via a bite, but Vincent wasn’t about to find out, especially if he didn’t have his mother’s approval. The woman would have tried to kill him, but for the moment, he was within her good graces, which was all he could really care about for now.

Ariel pulled Vincent from his thoughts as she continued her question, saying that she wanted to know what his mother did for a living. She then added that she wanted to know what she did besides raising two boys. “Technically three if you include my old man,” he joked before he puffed his chest out in pride. “My mother is a professor of archeology at the community college,” he told her, extremely proud of his mother’s accomplishments. Grant it, he would prefer her out in the field doing what she loved, but with the birth of Benjamin, there was no way she was about to leave her cubs, not for any reason. After all, she was a mother, a hyena mother and as such, they took care of their cubs until they reached a point where they could take care of themselves so she wouldn’t be able to do anything until Benjamin got older.

Tag; Ariel Knight
Words; 275
Notes; No he can't! They aren't even dating XD

The two walked along in the forest heading towards the exit area where they had been. The forest was quiet now, save for a few different birds that were chirping to each other, no doubt nocturnal ones. Vincent, of course, ignored those as he and Ariel walked through the forest, heading to where they would eventually part ways so that they could both head home and go towards their respective families. It was, of course, something that would inevitably happen, but Vincent didn’t mind a bit of company before he had to head home to his mother, father, and brother. Well, assuming his father was home, of course. The library didn’t always close all that early so he may be a little late for home if they weren’t lucky.

Ariel told Vincent that what his mother did was interesting. She then said that she bet that she didn’t have much trouble transferring schools. Vincent sent her a look in response before she asked him what his dad did when his mother’s teaching and he’s babysitting. He chuckled. “My dad works as a library historian at the public library,” he explained as they walked along. “What about your guardian?” He asked her curiously, knowing that a lot of people, especially in Beacon Hills, didn’t always have both parents or any parents at all. Plus, he knew from his previous school that not everyone liked their parents or liked living with their parents so they lived with other relatives, or perhaps there was some other history that didn’t need to be explained.

Tag; Ariel Knight
Words; 262
Notes; N/A