Colm came over late, and apologized for freaking out on Natalya the day before. "I've got good news my mom and baby Felishia are home from the mainland. Mom has asked after you and said that you can come over after school if you'd like." Natalya gladly stopped by to see Fern. Fern gave her a hug and suggested they talk outside, as Felishia was napping. After a brief chat about a lack of entertainment in the hospital, Natalya hugged Fern goodbye and headed to work happy to see her friend was back in good health. Natalya learned the hard way that the new city council had established noise ordinance rules. She apologized to her neighbors, and promised to restrict her mining to daytime in the future. Natalya felt as if she might never come down off of cloud nine. The dance had been a smashing success. Once again she was crowned queen, but that was peanuts compared to Colm pulling her off to the side and asking her to go steady. After she said yes he kissed her, and not on the cheek. They'd spent the rest of the dance slow dancing under the watchful eyes of the chaperones. Natalya had suggested that Colm could come live with her, and he whispered that he didn't think his parents would go for it. Natalya was happy to have Fern help her with her homework again. Sark was at home with the younger children so Fern could have some time away from the house. Fern loved her new gem cutter. She'd found it on sale in the paper. Now she could cut gems whenever she wanted without having to worry about curfew. Sixteen and her last court date had given her the news she wanted. Natalya was now a fully emancipated minor. To celebrate she invited over the Stones and a few other close friends. She still had two years before she would be old enough to vote, but she could live with that. After the party Natalya had a long talk with Sark and Fern, while Colm decided to try out his spooky day costume. Natalya sighed to herself as she hugged everyone good bye. Fern and Sark were more than happy to have her as a future daughter in law, but both were adamant about not rushing into anything and finishing their education before living together. "Natayla, we love you and no matter what you'll always be like a daughter to us, but ..." Natalya cringed inwardly when she heard Fern say but "Sark and I jumped into our marriage, and at first it failed because we hadn't understood what we wanted yet from life. It wasn't until after we ended up here on the island that we reconnected and grew as friends, but it wasn't easy. Sark and I love both of you very much and we don't want to see the two of you go through what we went through in our younger years." "But ..." Natalya started to say. Fern cut her off, taking Natalya's hands in hers. "But neither you or Colm are interested in college, and your both already best friends. Trust me, you can handle waiting two years, you'll see it will fly by in no time at all." Fern hugged Natalya goodbye. Colm gave Natalya a "I told you so" look and shrug behind his parents back. He had, when she had first asked at the dance, but to her it had still been worth asking, even though her idea had been rejected. Natalya starred at the diagrams in the book, but her thoughts were elsewhere. The last of the furniture was getting delivered this week, she'd ordered enough to set up each bedroom, and a new canopied four poster bed for herself. She also reflected on the sold sign that had gone on the abandoned house next door. Winter had settled in, and Natalya now had a perfect map of the island and no longer struggled to find collectables in the snow. She donated a days worth of finds to the museum as she had promised Fern she would. Natalya couldn't decide if she was scared or interested in learning how to build a tractor beam of her own. The one thing she was sure of, this wasn't what she'd had in mind for her Saturday night. Grateful that even aliens had rules about teens, Natalya said goodbye to the one who'd dropped her off. Staring at the sky she knew she had precious few hours to get some sleep in before the new week started and everything would change. Exhausted Natalya reflected on all the changes that were going to happen over the next year 'n a half. Siobhan was entering high school as a freshman on Monday, which meant that Tara would probably graduate soon. Colm was leaving his volunteer position at the graveyard because the council had finally hired someone to do the job. According to Colm the guy was named Euan McPhail. Natalya wondered if this Euan McPhail was the same person who had bought the crumbling house next door to her home. Closing her eyes, Natalya drifted off to sleep and dreamt of time machines and robots. Here Ends the Danilova Renovation House finally. Besides the gem cutter, there were no additional changes to the basement or first floor. The only change to the attic was rotating the bed that had belonged to Natalya's Great Grandmother. Second floor changes:
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April Wilson
5/4/2018 09:49:16 pm
Things turned out well for Natalya! LOVE your idea of intermingling the various reno families and transitioning from one to the next.
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Lisabeesims
5/5/2018 01:18:18 am
<3 congrats on the finish!
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Mama Dragon
5/10/2018 03:06:38 pm
Thank you both.
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