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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
"Does that mean 'a little' or 'not at all, but occasionally she goes so far as to acknowledge the existence of the faces'?"
castmyown
Indeed it is! Darren turns out to not have as much fun, being taught by not-a-bugbear Mr. Phillips. For other reasons, it's kind of a pity Mrs. Adams isn't teaching. He would have given her cookies.
Oh well! More for them at lunch.
Oh well! More for them at lunch.
shesepankh
Eventually it is lunchtime!
"Cookies," is Bella's greeting when she plops down next to Darren. Her lunch is three cold blueberry pancakes, a little container of tuna, and a salad, which she puts the tuna on top of.
"Cookies," is Bella's greeting when she plops down next to Darren. Her lunch is three cold blueberry pancakes, a little container of tuna, and a salad, which she puts the tuna on top of.
shesepankh
Bella giggles, makes sure her cookies and her father's cookies are separated so she won't dip into his portion, and tucks in.
Angela sits with them but has no reason to expect a portion of cookies, so she doesn't ask.
Angela sits with them but has no reason to expect a portion of cookies, so she doesn't ask.
castmyown
Darren gives Angela cookies, anyway. She is his friend. Just because she is out of the loop for why they were baked doesn't mean that she should be excluded from the delicious results. That would be pointless and mean.
"I feel like you have a one-track mind," he tells Savannah, as she devours her portion of cookies before lunch.
"I feel like you have a one-track mind," he tells Savannah, as she devours her portion of cookies before lunch.
shesepankh
"Thank you," Angela says to Darren.
"Savannah actually made them, Darren's just carrying them around," Bella supplies.
"Oh! Thank you, Savannah," says Angela.
"Savannah actually made them, Darren's just carrying them around," Bella supplies.
"Oh! Thank you, Savannah," says Angela.
castmyown
"I was deemed the trustworthy twin. Savannah didn't want to eat them all before lunch," he explains. "But I will carry my holder of cookies title with pride."
shesepankh
"You are a very good cookie vehicle," agrees Bella. "I am pretty sure you didn't even lick the cinnamon sugar off any of them."
castmyown
Darren snorts. "Thanks. They're for other people, too. If I did that I could get people sick."
morethanimaginary
Savannah snorts around her cookies, and ends up in a mild coughing fit.
"Pfff- ow, cinnamon in my nooose."
"Pfff- ow, cinnamon in my nooose."
shesepankh
"Ow!" exclaims Angela in sympathy.
"A cautionary tale," says Bella solemnly. "This is your nose on careless consumption of confectionery."
"A cautionary tale," says Bella solemnly. "This is your nose on careless consumption of confectionery."