i am sad (Taylor and Madison)

When your kids are little you were their hero, you put band aids on their cuts and it was all better and when they cried you wiped their tears and it was better but the closer he got to that pier he had to face the fact that while this was his daughter, this was not the baby Star that was running on the island. This was a much more grown up version of Star that either understood what she felt or did not understand at all what she felt and that he was still her father and had to help her through it either way.

"Hi Star," he said. It did feel good knowing that she still did seem to cut her sandwiches up into stars. Her face though, he could see the pain and he knew without even asking that this was because she was either conflicted about Hunter or she had made a tough decision and was having to deal with it. Either way he was going to listen and then hopefully advise her the best he could. This was not like dealing with his harem. They could go on and deal with the consequences on their own. This was a whole level of telling someone they could not love and be with someone because not only was it wrong but they had a purpose much much bigger than love.

"I am glad you are here even if it hurts right now. You have to trust the process."

Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Star Quinzell Carter

Though she wanted to scream and jump off the pier, unlike her mother Star had learned to decompress her feelings around the age of five. Maybe it helped having a twin, she was not sure. "It is so pretty here, so calm," she said between bites of her sandwich. "So still too," she said as she looked back at the both of them and thought about it. The only thing that mattered was helming this mission to make sure her siblings stayed in check enough for them to get to the end so that they could leave and go back.

"I think I only am just now understanding why it had to be here, why it had to be now, why we are months early and all I had to do was break my own heart." She took a sigh in and let it out. "Anyway we are not here for that we are here to fish because it calms me and this water calls to me."

"Tayla comes through and she fucked up my life Dad," she still remained calm. "I am losing everything and all for them. I did not agree to that, so why is the universe trying to fuck me over?" She took another sigh in. "Sorry about the language Madi," she said. "I need answers though."

Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Madison Nottingham-Quinzell

Perhaps the star shaped sandwiches where something that developed later on in life. It did seem to be the safe issue that Taylor had alluded too as well and Star looked so sad. Firstly her father had something to say and his view was that this wasn't going to happen. The solution might well be painful for Star.

"No need to apologise Star" she softly replied "and if you catch anything we have dinner with it. I went fishing in a boat with your father and we caught plenty that evening". So it seemed Star was taking after her father in this matter.

"Sometimes love dosen't work out. I know because I had a girlfriend in college and that love didn't work out; and just like my brother I found love here" she softly suggested.

Star Quinzell Carter
Dr. Taylor Quinzell

"Do not get smart with me," he said. "I am also aware of you trying to express your emotions but Star you are so caught up in a boy that you have no idea what it truly means to express your emotions. I get it, everything is new, you are in a new place but what you will not do is let it make you scared and make bad decisions."

Why was this so difficult. He honestly just wanted to tell her to go be with Hunter and keep it secret though he knew that was wrong so he had to do the right thing for her which was extremely difficult when he could tell she was hurting. "Look Madison is right, I know you think you know what you want but it is not what you want."

He walked over and sat down on the opposite side of her and gave her a hug. "Listen to me Star," he said as the magic began to float around him, but around so Star could not see. If he did not do this now he knew she would take him on an emotional roller coaster and she would break him down and he did not need that at all. "Look, the next time you see Hunter it will be like."

He paused. He did not want her to hurt too much but he was going to have to make her hurt enough that in the end it would be better. "Well it will be like broccoli to you, you don't like that too much right?" He felt bad but this magic could be used for good too. "You will see him and find it is just a rush of a wave that scares you to be near it. It will almost be like you fear him more than you ever thought you could love him."

He let go of the hug and watched the magic surround her and he sighed. "Love you, Star. I know it's not fair but I need to be able to make sure you listen to me." He tapped her on her forehead and turned that crescent moon on her forehead about halfway. "It's only going to hurt for about two minutes," he said as he grabbed his reel and traded with her. "Here you can use my reel to keep calm."

It wasn't so bad when the magic was used for good. "Need to study anyway," he said as he pulled the medical books out of his bag. "You guys would not believe what the pancreas can go through, but I am about fifty percent done with all this medical knowledge at least."

Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Star Quinzell Carter

Listen to me Star

She tried to fight it but it was laced with evil as she looked at him. "Hated it my whole life," she said. Her tears came and sparkled as she felt him turn the moon her forehead as she tried to shake her head but could not.

She literally tried to swing on Taylor, as her hands were filled with his fishing reel

"Take this off of me!!" she said as she stood up and dropped that fishing reel. "Take this off of ME!" She was about to rebel against him. "Daddy take this off of me or I will hate you. I will hate you with every fiber in me and every star up in the sky. TAKE THIS OFF OF ME NOW!

Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Madison Nottingham-Quinzell

Madison found this hard to watch but this was necessary. Star might hate her father for a while but she could contribute a better suggestion. “Taylor, Star needs to remember her brother. You could affect the future taking her memories of him” she called out. Time travel brought a whole set of problems that would give scientists headaches and this wasn’t just her taking Star’s corner.

Star Quinzell Carter
Dr. Taylor Quinzell

"We do not give you a good life and turn around and should have to deal with you being such a defiance Star. That is not what parents do," he said. He was upset and he had never liked being upset. Life was not fair but that was something they needed to learn and adjust too aas much as they could.

"I only took half your memories of Hunter," he said. "Also I really am sorry for your pain but you need to learn and now that it seems that you have once you get seen, everything else will be okay." This was not something he wanted to do, he had to. "I do love you but just because you are here as an adult does not mean you know what it takes and what sacrifice is."

Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Star Quinzell Carter