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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
morethanimaginary
Savannah releases Darren from hugs, and says in an angry but audibly wavering voice, "Don't you ever do that to me again. I was scared shitless."
morethanimaginary
Savannah nods and then releases Bella from the hug.
"... Damn waterworks," she mumbles, wiping away what may or may not be tears. "Darren! Is the thing - whatever it is, is it dead?"
"... Damn waterworks," she mumbles, wiping away what may or may not be tears. "Darren! Is the thing - whatever it is, is it dead?"
shesepankh
"He got it good," Bella says. "Under pressure. It was cool if you ignore the screaming terror."
castmyown
And the fact that he got himself caught in it, too. Not that he will tell his sister that.
shesepankh
Bella snorts.
"I need to call my dad to come get me. Savannah, we're going to the Avalon Saturday, do you want to come?"
"I need to call my dad to come get me. Savannah, we're going to the Avalon Saturday, do you want to come?"
morethanimaginary
She glances between all present and says definitively, "Yes. I am going to be Darren's lady-shaped shadow for the next month."
steppingup
Vernon retrieves a phone and offers it to Bella. "Mind if I get his number, too? I can get him in the loop faster that way."
shesepankh
"Yeah, sure." Bella adds Charlie as a contact and then calls him. Her pickup is arranged without further ado; she hangs up and sits down to wait.
morethanimaginary
"I will be baking. Chocolate chip, sugar, or what?"
She is dead serious about baking cookies. Her brother nearly died, she needs comfort food. Baking is a method to get aforementioned comfort food.
She is dead serious about baking cookies. Her brother nearly died, she needs comfort food. Baking is a method to get aforementioned comfort food.
shesepankh
"If you're going to bring leftovers to school tomorrow such that I might get any can I put in a vote for snickerdoodles?"
morethanimaginary
"Bella. Don't be ridiculous. Of course you're getting cookies. Snickerdoodles it is."
She goes to make those.
She goes to make those.
castmyown
"They're fine cookies," he says. "Besides, I'm pretty sure that baking cookies is for Savannah's sake, more than ours."