"Well that was easy! Yay! Darren, she has not freaked out!"

"Told you she wouldn't."

"Yes but it's still nice!"

"Do people usually freak out on you?"

"No, but I had some people that didn't react well. Lots, actually, they make a face."

"That sucks."

"Yup. I mean, I really don't care, honestly. It's not a huge secret or anything. Dad and Darren just don't want me to get into fights, so I tend to just avoid the subject."

"Makes sense."

Brotherly hug. This is what brothers are for. That and fetching things.

Savannah accepts the hug, hugging back, then laughs and says, "Thanks, dork. I'm good, get off of me."

"Mhm," says Darren, who stops hugging.

"You have taken it almost as well as Darren had!" Savannah informs Bella. "You get a gold star. When we can get gold stars."

"Almost as well? Did he throw confetti?"

"No, he was like, 'Yeah, I kind of already know, I am glad you have trusted me enough to tell me up front, come here I will hug you.'"

Darren laughs. "I didn't already know, I'd suspected! It's different. But I'm not denying that there were hugs."

"I didn't spend any time wondering about it, so I did not suspect except in the general 'yep, that's a trait that exists in the population that is not visually obvious' sense."

"She had been checking out various girls," informs Darren.

"Ah, I tend not to notice that sort of thing. I didn't know my -" Swallow. "I didn't know my mom's 'friend' was her boyfriend till she told me straight out."

Darren notices, but doesn't comment. "To be fair, she's my twin. It's easier to see her act like herself around people than a parent do the same."

"Act like herself?"

"Okay, I explained that badly. Parents do a thing where they put you first and that includes changing how they act in some subtle ways to make things better for you. Great for you, but not so great for fidelity of certain things. A sibling doesn't feel the need to do that as much. So, it's easier to notice."

"Ah. Wouldn't know, only child."

Darren nods. "Yeah. It seems so weird to not have Savannah be there."

"Love you too, dork."

"Aww."