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On Monday, Bella arrives at school completely and stably human shaped, with everything she has learned about critters (except for her own species, which she isn't liable to forget) written down as margin notes on a page reminding her to ask Darren about D&D and filler decoy notes about that. She's probably going to have invent an actual cipher alphabet or something eventually but for the time being she thinks this will probably do for casual inspection.
She sits next to Darren in English.
shesepankh
shesepankh
"Yeah. 'Bella, Bella, did you know that dragons have this characteristic?'" she exclaims in a terrible Darren impression. "'I didn't know, Darren. Did I say something that sounded like 'tell me about dragons, again?'" she replies to herself in the most bored of tones.
castmyown
The snickers become full-fledged giggles. "'No, but no one will talk to be about dragons and you happen to be present! Can I tell you about unicorns, too? Some people think they existed once, centuries ago, did you know?'"
shesepankh
"'I suppose I will not literally claw you for subjecting me to this appallingly nerdy interest you have picked up,'" replies Bella in the guise of Hypothetical Bella.
castmyown
"'Bwuahahahaha!'" laughs Hypothetical Darren. "'Excellent, now let me tell you some more about dragons!'"
shesepankh
"Are we convincing?" Bella inquires of Vernon, who is presumably hearing this entire thing since he's driving.
steppingup
That is indeed what he has been doing, staying politely out of the conversation. He snorts, when addressed. "Yes."
shesepankh
"But what will happen to my promising career in soccer if I am branded with that reputation-destroying label? Oh no!"
steppingup
"You will have to take up knitting, or maybe underwater basket weaving. Not as a hobby, but as a career."
shesepankh
Bella giggles.
She's still sort of leaned on Darren from the hugging. Well, if Darren's not going to point it out then neither is she.
She's still sort of leaned on Darren from the hugging. Well, if Darren's not going to point it out then neither is she.
castmyown
Darren's not going to point it out, no. But he's certainly going to enjoy it.
"I'm sorry that you can't be a soccer superstar, Bella. Your dreams are no doubt crushed."
"I'm sorry that you can't be a soccer superstar, Bella. Your dreams are no doubt crushed."
shesepankh
"I wanted to... heroically... kick things..." says Bella. "In uniform? What exactly do people who want to be soccer stars dream about?"
castmyown
Darren snorts with laughter. "Maybe. Don't tell Savannah you said that, though, she's been thinking about playing tennis."
castmyown
"Thank you. It would be annoying. Rejoice that you can get out of the horror of playing sports with my sister."