I've Got So Much to Tell You PV Simon Kincaid Finished

Scarlet · Scarlet's Father

By the time Scarlet had gotten to the door, her father had also made his way from his study into the hallway, she turned quickly to meet his gaze, "go on then," he said giving her a reassuring smile. She turned back to the door and hurriedly unlocked and swung open the heavy wooden door.

"Greetings, Salvatores!" came a lively voice as she opened the door. A beautiful vase of colourful flowers seemingly introducing themselves, before they were moved aside revealing Simon's beaming face.

"Simon! It's so good to see you," she said, stepping aside and gesturing for the boy to come into the house. She so excited, she didn't what she what she wanted the two of them to do first, of course there was the important news to share, but there was time for that later. She closed the door behind him, that was a good start, "hello Simon," her father's voice came from behind her, reaching out her took the vase of flowers from the boy, "these are amazing, I'm guessing this is your Aunt's doing, is she well?" he asked him.

Scarlet waited for her father and Simon to finish up their conversion before grabbing her friend by the arm and leading him into the living room, "Come on, you can say hi to Ashur," by this time she expected to him to have settled into his bed for one of many of the day's naps, "I think he looks a a bit older than when you last saw him," she said laughing. She remembered Simon having met the cat only once before a couple of years ago.

Just as she expected, the cat was curled up peacefully in his cream-coloured bed, his arm resting on top of his face in a way that covered his eyes. Scarlet began to gently stroke his head, the cat responding by raising his head and presenting his neck, "he loves to be scratched on his neck, here have a go," she said as she gave his neck a quick scratch. Scarlet let Simon greet the cat if he wanted to before suggesting a quick tour of the house, she loved giving tours to guests, whenever her parents had any friends came over she would quickly volunteer to lead a tour as soon as they had removed their coats.

"Right, what do you want to see first? Scarlet asked him, "we can go outside to the garden or upstairs, your choice," she said smiling, normally she wouldn't give the guests a choice, but Simon wasn't some random visitor. "We can go my treehouse last," she added, deciding then and there that this is where she would tell him about the events of the past year, she didn't want the possibility of her father interrupting them, she just needed to get everything out.

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Scarlet suggests a quick house tour to @Simon Kincaid

Great! Scarlet thought, showing people her room was always her favourite part of her tour. "Okay, come on then," she said to Simon, taking the lead she headed back out into the hallway and started towards the wide wooden staircase leading up towards the upper level of the house.

Normally, hung at regular intervals on the wall going up the stairs were a variety of family photos, however looking at them now, Scarlet realised her parents had replaced many of them for new photos. She remembered then that because Simon wasn't aware of magic, it was all the moving photos that had been replaced, by still, normal muggle type photographs. These photos, Scarlet hadn't seen before, one of which being a picture of herself at a much younger age with seaweed covering her head, "I can't believe I did that, I hate seaweed now," she said, laughing a little.

When they reached the top of the stairs, Scarlet debated which room to show him first, whilst her father's study was downstairs, her mother had her own room to work upstairs, in the room closest to the staircase, wanting a better view from the window as she worked. Scarlet assumed she would've put away all her drawings and books about whatever magical creature she was occupying her work at the moment, so didn't think there would be much of interest to see in there. "My mum's study is in there," she said as they walked past that first door, "there's only boring work stuff in there though," she said, knowing that if she were actually able to show Simon her mother's work he would think it was anything but.

She showed him her parents room, the bathroom and the guest room, the pair of them taking a quick peak into each, everything appeared quite ordinary, no magic to be seen. The rooms all followed the same rustic décor, with the bedrooms having large dark wood bedframes, plush rugs covering large portions of the wood panel floors and exposed wooden beams on the ceiling contrasting the light walls.

Finally they had reached her bedroom, the furthest room on the upper hallway. Inside followed a similar colour scheme to the other rooms, her bed was designed to look like a small house, with wooden walls and a roof surrounding the mattress. Scarlet led Simon to her window seat, with views looking out to the surrounding wood, and gesturing for him to do the same, sat down amongst the array of cushions. "So, what have you been up to?" she asked him, taking the chance to catch up with what her friend had been up to since they last saw each other.

Outfit | Scarlet's Bedroom
Exploring upstairs with @Simon Kincaid

Scarlet smiled at his compliment of the room, "the bed was my idea," she said enthusiastically, "my mum said I wouldn't like it in a couple of years, but I can't see myself ever not loving it!" Scarlet had refused to accept that she would ever want to have a 'boring' bed like her parents, she didn't care that hers wasn't as big, there was only her that needed to sleep in it after all.

Not jumping to answer her question about what he had been up to, Scarlet first assumed that he might have had a relatively uneventful few months, then came all the details. Scarlet had always been fascinated by Simon's musical talent, she knew he sang and played an instrument, "it's the guitar you play as well isn't it?" vaguely remembering him showing the instrument at some point.

Scarlet was aware of The Queen, and she knew who she was, kind of, "so that will be cool then!?" she said, she guessed the appearance of the Queen was of importance by how excited Simon clearly was. "I'm sure you'll be the best one there!" she said confidently, aware of the talent her friend had when it came to things like this, a far deal more than her anyway.

"Well, it sounds like you've been busy!" Scarlet said with a little laugh, she remembered him mentioning Amelia in letters a little while back, she sounded nice, and she was sure that Kaitlyn would have been nice too, "seems like you're having trouble making up your mind," she said jokingly. "Is she nice though, Isabelle?" she asked, curious about the newest entry in her friend's love life, she had something of a blank page herself.

"Me?" she said, considering the question, a lot had certainly happened, but the amount of which she could tell him, "I don't think I've done nowhere near enough as you," she confessed. "Ooooh but I have to tell you about my aunts barbecue!" she exclaimed, remembering back to the family gathering a couple of months prior. "So, she put on a barbecue for her birthday and invited the whole family, including my grandparents, now you know my parents, specifically my mum, don't get on well with my mum's parents," she had been fairly open about her family with her friend in the past. "Well, believe it or not, they actually spoke quite a lot throughout the day, for them at least, I mean I didn't see them laugh much, in all honesty they were quite serious the whole time, but surely that's better than silence, don't you think?"

"Right," she began, not wanting to get down by thinking about family troubles again, "let me show you the treehouse," she said, looking out of the window towards the direction of the treehouse, which from where they were sat wasn't easily visible. She stood up from the window seat and moved towards the door, she would then lead him back downstairs and out the front door, into the gardens surrounding the house.

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Scarlet catches up with @Simon Kincaid

Scarlet led her friend back down the stairs and out the back door of the house, into the garden. The sun had not long gone down, casting a gently evening glow in the sky, a select few stars already becoming visible. This was her favourite time of the day, one that only lasted for the maximum of an hour, when she was able to, Scarlet loved to watched the sunset from her treehouse, she would often bring Ashur along to keep her company, though had to carry him up the ladder which was sometimes difficult depending on his mood.

"Thanks!" she said, "you remember when we met, and played pirates for ages in that park, we moved not long after that, when I was six," she said, remembering all the details of the move. "There's stull I liked about the house before, there were always other kids about to play with, but I like the forest here, we didn't anything so close like this before." She considered Simon's question for a second, "no, I've never been ice skating so wouldn't know how," she replied, she thought it sounded cool, "we should definitely do that though!" Scarlet said excitedly.

By this time, Scarlet had come to a stop at the bottom of a large tree, it's wide trunk making the ground around it uneven from the growth of it's roots. If one were to look up towards the top of the tree, they would see, about seven metres above the ground, a collection of wooden planks arranged and fixed around the trunk to create a small room, and hanging from a square opening in it's floor, a rope ladder reaching the ground.

"The ladder's sturdier than it looks," she said reassuringly, "trust me, I've managed to carry the cat whilst climbing up," she added with a small laugh. She gestured for Simon to go on ahead, opting to hold the ladder still from the bottom as he made his way up, making it much easier to ascend. Once the ladder was clear, Scarlet would too make the climb, pulling herself into the wooden room once she reached the top.

Inside, there was a burgundy coloured rug that covered most of the floor, making it a bit more comfortable to sit, though it was a bit worn away in places. There were a couple of matching beanbags positioned randomly in the space, and along one wall of the room, a stack of five or so books next to a small wooden chest, which if opened would be seen to contain an assortment of toys and a blanket.

Taking a seat on one of the beanbags, Scarlet realised this would be the opportune time to tell Simon her news, but she couldn't, he'd think she was crazy, and her dad had reminded her before Simon had arrived that she couldn't tell him. Still, she knew she wanted to somehow get his opinion on the whole thing, even if she did so in a round-about way, "I started reading this really cool book recently, it was about a boy that transforms into a wolf every month, you know, like werewolves," she said randomly, "don't you think it would be so cool to be able to do that!" Like she promised her father, she hadn't said anything about her being a werewolf, but it was still important to hear her friend's opinion on the whole thing, even if it meant she had to get it like this.

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Scarlet catches up with @Simon Kincaid