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Quileute Potlatch Celebration 1
- Mar 19, 2010 at 5:01 PM
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**This is a post that is not only a celebration for our characters, but is also a celebration of the Quileute Tribe and much of it's historical, tribal legends and belief's, embellished, of course, by our imaginations. Party with us as we stretch this Potlatch into the party of this century...or at least the month. It's a gathering of friends, family, and community that we're stretching over a 3 day frame to give you the time to divulge yourself in the immensity and intensity of the Quileute culture.**
Sara POV
Bleep...Bleep...Bleep...
"Somebody shot me..." I whispered to the empty room as I attempted to pry my eye lids open at the constant sounding of the alarm. Managing to open one just far enough to see that the thing I was hitting was indeed the alarm, I mumbled in it's direction, "Just ten more minutes." burying my head beneath the blankets as it's screeching came to a halt. Quickly, I slid back into my dream state, half smiling as I slid into Jalil arms.
Bleep...Bleep...Bleep...
"Oh, come on," I half yelled, tossing the blanket off and sitting up, "OK, ok, I give, I'm up, I hate you." I laid into the blaring monster at my side, forgoing the snooze button and just flipping it to radio instead, reminding myself I was crawling out of bed before the crack of dawn for a really good reason. J.
Stumbling, nearly tumbling, I made my way to the shower, starting the spray and stepping beneath it, hoping the cold water would shock my body into alertness. Still groaning, but moving into a state of only half groggy, my partially opened eyes tried to pick out clothes for the day. The tremor of terror flowed through me at the reminder of what I was facing kicked up my adrenaline and finally pulled my eyes open wide. A family gathering. Not just any family, but J's family. And not just parents, Peni, Marcus and the kids. But grandmothers, aunts, uncles, cousins. People with relations that had the words 'once removed' tagged on. I didn't even know once removed from what exactly. It was going to be the whole pack. the whole Quileute magical community, all their family members. And me. "Oh Gawd," I brought my fingers to my face, eyeing my clothes through barely pryed digits. What do you wear to meet someones whole world?
Rather than torture myself trying to choose and ending up late, I bit the bullet, grabbing the 'What Would Scooby Doo' shirt off it's hanger with a comfy pair of jeans, telling myself the reminder of J would be enough to not make me run hiding behind the closet...I don't know, wall or bush depending on where we were.
Fully dressed, I ran the brush through my hair, pulling it into a quick ponytail before dabbing on some lip gloss with a glance at the clock. It was getting late. Grabbing my socks, I hopped my way into them as I headed down the stairs, wedging my feet into my vans before scurrying out the door. The closer I got to the porch, the slower my steps became, the more nerves began jumbling in the pit of my stomach. What if he thought me coming was stupid? What if I was taking to big of a step assuming my presence this morning would even be welcome? Oh Gawd, what if I was offending some tribal spirit or something by thinking I, merely the girlfriend, could even take part in this. With one foot on the steps, I was 2 seconds into talking myself into turning around when the door cracked open and Marcus, Peni, and J made an appearance. At a loss, I slid my hands into my back pockets, biting my lip and looking at them with a small smile as I began nervously, "Hey...I thought maybe I could help..."
Jalil POV
Even though the thought was great, family male bonding and all that, waking up this time of morning when God was not even awake yet, just seemed... I don't know, like sac-religious. Anyone who wasn't working, child tending, or making sweet love should be soundly in bed at this time of the morning. When I looked out the window, I noticed even the sun didn't even think this was a fit time of day to make an appearance. At least that's what I thought, till I opened the door seeing the brightest shining star in her Scooby shirt ready to light up my morning.
"She's the best, isn't she," I wrapped my arms around my Scrappy knowing getting up early this morning wasn't natural to her as well.
"Are you sure?" Peni asked as my Brother-in-law rolled his eyes at Scrappy and my vying for the best couple title. Watch out, Peni and Marcus, Scrappy and Scooby are taking the cake. Peni explained, "You can come back to bed with me till seven."
Scrappy sealed my lips with a kiss before she turned to address my Sister, "I get to sleep with you? So worth waking up for...".
Marcus laughed, shaking his head. I felt suddenly like I needed to lay some ground rules on my Sister. "Sleep, Peni. Not the bonus package."
Peni took a hole of Scrappy's hand pulling her into the house, "Don't you have fish to catch? Go..."
"How come Peni gets to sleep with her but I don't?" I asked Marcus. For the briefest moment, Peni backtracked to give Marcus a kiss. But she pushed Scrappy on the other side of her. Sibling rivalry. We may not have gotten to argue over who gets to play with the GI Joe's - me as action hero's or her as Barbie's boyfriends - but we get to argue over when gets dibs over my girl.
"I saw her first," Peni declared as John came in the yard asking if we were ready to go.
"She doesn't turn me down," Scrappy called over her shoulder. It's bad when your action figures choose Barbie over you. Bad, but sadly apart of life that makes it all a lot more fun for us all.
Marcus POV
Looking at my lovely wife, I jokingly handed out a warning, "Behave...remember the rules...I love you," knowing I only meant the last part. Her eyes were lit up, her mood already soaring at the thought of the day ahead. Peni lived for stuff like this. Being buried in the community, in the culture, being a vital part of the moments taken to celebrate it, made her glow.
Her teasing smile fell on my face as she replied, "Only when you're not home. I know the rules. I love you."
Taking a few steps in the direction of the rest of the guys, I stopped short in my tracks,bringing my hand up to lightly smack my forehead as I exclaimed, "Shit, I forget something."
I could almost see Em's eye roll from her perch on her own porch at my bad acting, and when I turned, Peni was already giggling, hand out, shaking her glorious head at me, "No, you have to go. Male bonding time and all that mess. We're going to have our own girl time here. We'll see you all later."
I continued my trek back to the porch, past J shaking his head, up to the stairs where I said with a grin. "But I really need what I forgot"
Standing in the door frame, her eyes raked me over from top to toe, "What did you forget?"
I could hear my Dad and Wayne exchanging greetings behind me, from the corner of my eye I could see J moving over to the window, but I was focusing on Peni, with her back pressed against the door, that one hand resting against the frame, one step at a time, bringing myself close enough to slip my fingers behind her neck, running them up into the soft hairs at the nape of her neck, "This," I brought her petal soft lips to mine, kissing her with a thoroughness that left us both breathless.
"Peni, go inside." Wayne began as soon as our lips broke, "Jalil stop licking the window. Let's go."
With a breathless giggle, Peni's fingers teased my chest, "I think you forgot something else upstairs."
Grabbing my arm, J pulled me away from my wife before I could take her upstairs to see if we could find what I was missing. Passing the window, he pressed a kiss against the glass, seeing Sara was standing behind it. Joker that she is, she pulled the window open, calling after me, "I'll take care of what you forgot upstairs Marcus, don't worry about it"
My own laughter bellowed out as I responded, "That's what I am afraid of."
Jalil POV
"Maybe we should stay home," Marcus laughed.
It's bad to say. It's really hard to admit. But, when it came to Scrappy, I had some Peni's envy. "I don't even want to think about it. I'm getting ready to take all my promises back. I may need to claim my territory soon for my Sister's sake." The I stopped, "Is that wrong that on a Rez with almost twenty hot blooded wolves the one I worry most about is my Sister."
"I will say it for you," John said as Jacob pulled up in his Durango. "That's just wrong."
Throwing our fishing gear in the back of the truck, I made a face at Jaki all clipped into his car seat into the Cab. Jacob slid out to make way for John and Dad to join Uncle Billy in the front. My Nephew made a face back at me, as Marcus hoped into the trunk bed where Seth and Embry were already waiting. Together, this was our fishing team for the tournament today.
"The only person I ever worry your Sister will cheat on me with is your girlfriend...," Marcus laughed as I hoped over the side of the truck. "And now you have her sleeping over. Thanks...really...".
"It's a beautiful thing," Jacob smiled at Marcus, playing off of his much used phrase.
"That's my girl," my Dad laughed handing me his fishing pole. Suddenly I saw Blaise's side of the "no Peni and Sara rule." It put a nasty taste in my mouth. Identifying with Blaise left me with half a mind to go back to willingly set up the video camera for them to play with.
Peni POV
"Have fun, guys. I know we will," I peeked around the edge. "I love you. I'll be good. I promise." Shutting the door, I turned to lean against it giggling before raising an eyebrow seductively saying, "Really, really good."
"Oh Peni...your the only Clearwater that does it like that," Sara threw out as I put an arm around her walking her into my Wolf Den upstairs.
"I know you've never had it like this before," I struck a sexy pose in my bedroom doorway. "Only I could bring it like this." Beckoning her with a single finger, I backed into my lair. With a wave of my arm, I revealed my bed of love. Waiting for us there was something no one else could ever offer her. Sprawled out in the middle of the bed were Marcus and my four Quadruplets sleeping peacefully together. With my wand I made a barrier on the side of the bed in Marcus's stead so none of them could fall out of the bed. Since I was used to lots of little elbows and feet while I slept, I snuggled up beside my babies as Sara snuggled up behind me. Then we drifted off into a very, very good innocent sleep together.
Two babbling, smiling faces woke me up. By the time Sara's eyes opened, all four of my babies were giggling as I bit tiny tummies while tickling others. Then we kicked into gear to get things moving. It was Quileute party time. I was a complete party girl.
Every July our Tribe hosts the Quileute Day's Celebration that consists of three days of feasting and events. In the Magical Community, we fully support the Muggle Quileute Day's. Like our Ancestor's, we in the Magical Community hosted our feast during Winter. This years feast was falling on a mild weekend on the cusp of when Winter melts into the rebirth of Spring. Like every year before, our Celebration was going to be so spectacular the Magical community of our neighboring Tribes were coming to party with us. Added into the feast, we were going to carve out time to celebrate Jaki's Birthday as well. There was a lot of work that was going into getting the party brought together. Sara and I were meeting some of the other Tribal women early this morning to work toward getting everything ready.
Where as this was the kind of stuff I thrived on, Sara looked a bit terrified. "Just stick with me," I told her. "You're going to have fun!"
It took a several apparation trips to get all of our stuff, with the Quad's, to the Community Center. Food, traditional clothing for later in the night, Tribal ware to put on display, and everything needed for the kids for the day eventually made it's way over. Considering Deni, Nevi, and Bliss were all with their Father's out of town, the twelve trips we made were actually us packing light.
Each of the Quad's looked adorable in their quilted traditional Tribal suits. We slide them into walkers so they could bounce around the Community Center Kitchen like Bumper Cars while I made my way around the room handing out hugs and kisses to my friends, Auntie's, and Cousin's there. I introduced everyone to Sara, and we got down to business. There were around a dozen of us working on food prep. Unlike my Mom, I prefered to get my hands dirty. My Mother worked with another dozen or so women working on decoration and organization. By after noon we Quileute were expecting around one hundred and eighty of our own Sorcerer and Shape Shifting Community along with their families. Add into that the visiting Tribes that would be attending, it boiled down to us having a lot to do.
"What do you want to do first?" I asked Sara as Emily Uley and I started prepairing the different meat to cook. "Shuck the corn or knead the pan bread?"
"Kneading sounds in my skill set, lets start there," Sara answered. With that, we got to it. Conversation flowed like water with gossip forming like the waves. As was our way, Sara was embraced more as family than an outsider.
Comments:
Love Scrappy showing up on the porch, nerves and all. She's so cute, great mix of sexy and sweet, a hands down crowd favorite LOL. J...sexy, dreamy, lickable J...I love him. The barbie versus the action figure...priceless! And wanting to go set up a video camera LOL...he's so funny. Marcus is the ideal sexy romantic with that return kiss to Peni. How she does not stay a constant puddle on the floor is beyond me. The image of Peni's infant covered bed made me laugh! Iseriously doubt that is what the guys are visualizing, huh? Great so far!
My alarm clock and I have the same fight LOL. Oh, Lordy, ok, I had to read this part twice
But, when it came to Scrappy, I had some Peni's envy.
The first time I read it as penis envy and I thought there was a surprise Peni needed to tell us LOL. I like the image of Peni and the 20 trips and can she and Marcus be more perfect LOL. I love them. Let's get the party started!
LMFAO @ Stargazer69!!!!! Peni has a bigger dong than J....nice.
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Peni Clearwater written by Amorentia. Marcus Flint written by shtteredprncess. Sara Black written by shtteredprncess. Jalil Clearwater written by Amorentia. Aberforth Dumbledore by shtteredprncess. Emily "Em" Roche written by shtteredprncess. John Ellis written by Amorentia. Wayne Clearwater written by Amorentia. Sam Uley by Amorentia.
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