Danielle walked into the room and took her seat beside Brook. She looked at Gabe and Apollo as she took a sip of her juice before picking up her toast. "Thank you for letting us stay again", she said. "We will have to go again not long after dinner. Brook has told us of our parents arriving home tonight and we wouldn't want to get you into any trouble for looking after us", she continued. Strictly speaking they where supposed to stay in there home and call on the mermen to help them if they need anyone. Brook was under their care but they hated being in the underwater castle all alone when there parents and older brother had gone wondering.

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Gabe took a bite of his pizza figuring it had cooled enough to actually eat without burning his mouth in the process. "I suppose its alright", he replied to Apollo's question, with a cheeky grin at his husband. He smiled at Dakota, "Of course you can have more", he replied, standing to go cut the pizza's Apollo had not long taken out of the oven. As he was cutting them up he heard Danielle's question and turned to look at Apollo. he would let his husband explain things as it was Apollo how had been wanting to take the kids in the most but Gabe had been worried about offending the older gods.

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tags: Apollo, Gale, @pastfuture, Danielle, Dakota

"I have something to ask you, all four of you. Gabriel and I discussed it and if you would like to invite, Brooklyn, Danielle and Dakota to live with us all the time, if you would like to live here that is." He tells them all looking at them seriously hoping that they took them up on the offer, he hated sending them back to the empty house till Amphy and Po came home for a few days before leaving again, it always left the kids in a morose mood after they left it would be better if they staid here most of the time and visited their parent's when they wanted to not because they had no other choice.

Gale had been staring at his pizza and it took a moment for his fathers words to actually register in his head and a grin crossed his face, "Really? They can stay?", he replied, excitement all over his face which faded when he realized they may not want to. That they may decided to still go back to their own parents or even that Uncle Po and Aunt Amphi may not let them stay here forever and he turned back to his pizza again as he waited to see what they would say. He wanted them to say yes but he knew he couldn't make them.

Brooklyn giggled and clapped her hands happily. "Of course we would love to move in and stay here." She tells them with a happy grin, it was going exactly like she had seen in her vision, her mind was already racing ahead showing her how the future was going to go and she could not help another giggle as she saw what Gale and 'Kota would get up to when they were older. She thought that they were perfect for each other. "I'm already all pack up at home, so we just have to bring it over." She says giving them a cheeky grin, even though she could not see them through her eyes she could see what the looked like now, in the past and in the future.

Danielle her pizza down on her plate, she wanted more then anything to think this was possible, but she couldn't be sure who there parents would react and she didn't want to start a fight between them and Apollo. "We really would love to take you up on the offer Apollo, but I don't think mum and dad would really accept it and I wouldn't want to cause any problems between you and them", she replied, looking around at everyone at the table. She wanted this for Brooke but at least one of them had to be realistic about this.

Dakota scowled at her words he understood why she said them but it was still frustrating for him, their parents didn't even want them but he knew that they would probably put up a fuss if they left. "I also thank you for the offer, but mother and father wouldn't like if very much if we left and would cause problems for you and we do not wish for anything to happen between you and our parents. I'm sorry but the answer has to be no." He says slowly, he wants to scream and shout, he wanted to stay but they couldn't.

Gabe looked at Apollo before meeting the eyes of Dakota and Danielle, "we thank you for your concern for our friendship with your parents, but this is something we have already discussed between us. We just want to make sure the three of you are happy and well looked after and we know that isn't the case when you are with them. This decision is all yours but if want to stay here we will make sure that happens and we don't care what your parents think", Gabe replied. He knew what Posiedon had given up in the last war, but his kids didn't need to be on the receiving end of the deal and in a home with out love. He knew Amphi did her best and that sometimes that was getting Posiedon away from them for a while so their kids didn't fully know the extent of what had happened.

"What Gabe said, you are welcome to stay here and let us worry about your parents. Too much for too long has been placed on your shoulders so I would prefer that you staid here with us where we feel you belong but it of course it totally up too you three we don't wish to pressure you into anything that you don't want. If you want to stay here because you don't like it or don't want to then don't but if you feel that it would be better for us if you went to not cause us trouble then don't." He tells them giving them an encouraging smile.

"If it comes down to it, I'll go to Zeus and beg for him to step in because I know that you love your family but if they aren't going to be there constantly for you I can't help but feel that you'd be better off staying here with people who love you like you were our own children. But don't let me sway you it's totally up to you three, just let us know what you decide okay?" He asked them with a smile, hoping that the words he spoke got through to them.

Gabe looked between them all as he ate his pizza and waited for a response. He hated being here alone when his parents where busy and really hoped they stayed. Brooke's quick answer made him think they would but he didn't want them to lose their true family because of it. They where his friends and he knew they loved their parents. He focused on Dakota, his eyes pleading with him to say yes. For them to stay here were they where loved. He didn't want them to go again but he would keep his thoughts to himself. He returned his attention to his plate but made no move to pick up the pizza.