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"You said I could use your phone today," Hope said, just to break the silence. Dan nodded, "Can I use it now? I already ate." She didn't like the faint pleading note in her voice, but found she couldn't do much about it.
"After everyone is finished," Dan told her. Hope opened the mouth to argue, but then shut it of her own accord, slumping slightly from her perfect posture.
"Can I go get dressed then?" Hope asked, wishing she didn't feel stupid for asking permission. Dan nodded again, and Hope slipped out, going upstairs and taking a brief shower and thev changing. She thought about straightening her hair, but decided against it. Instead of heading straight downstairs, she unpacked her things, carefully putting them away and setting out a four framed photographs -one of she and her boyfriend at Junior Prom; one of she and her friends all dressed up in their ballet costumes; one of she, her father, and her grandmother sitting on their porch; and the last one of her mother, who bore a striking resemblance to her daughter, though she had grey eyes and was, in Hope's opinion, far, far prettier- and two small white candles on her end-table.
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"Good morning Dan" August said passively "Luke." He really wasn't in the mood for another dispute, actually he was a little afraid that Dan was still mad at him. He went and sat down at the table next to Minnie and grabbed a few pieces of french toast and some eggs. He considered making some more coffee but decided he'd had enough.
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"Hi Dan!" she greeted him perkily and then placed a single piece of french toast and a few scoops of eggs onto her plate. She began eating, listening silently to Hope and Dan discuss using Dan's phone to call her family.
Minnie polietly waited until Dan was done talking to begin her usual chatter. "Isn't this breakfast great? Hope and I made most of it. But Autumn helped set the table. Wasn't that sweet of them to help me out? It would've taken forever for me to make all this food by myself! So where's Gilthanas and Tori? They still sleeping? August and Emily are outside. I hope that's alright. Emily wanted to go out and I know you said they weren't allowed outside alone . . . So I told August to go with her. They're both fine. Emily was just playing soccer and August was in his wolf form just screwing around. I just called them to come and eat. They should be here soon. Emily has to put her sports stuff away and August has to change back. Oh - here's August."
She watched August walk in, noting the submissive way that he greeted Dan and the tolerant way he greeted Luke. Minnie could tell he was trying to behave himself, which wasn't something he did on a regular basis. She wondered if it had anything to do with last night . . .
He came and sat down next to her, piling food onto his plate. "Hi Auggie!" she chirped.
She noticed that his hair was all messed up, from shifting and running through the woods, she assumed. She gingerly reached out and grabbed a small brown leaf from his hair and showed it to him. "You have leaves in your hair," she giggled.
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Luke really wasn't paying attention to most of what was going on in the kitchen. Lots of talking - most of which came from Minnie. He caught something Hope said about using Dan's phone. Luke lowered his eyes at that - hoping Dan wouldn't ask him if he wanted to call his dad, which he defienetly didn't want to do. He looked up when he heard his name, surprised that it had been August to say it. August seemed very . . . reserved for some reason.
"Morning," Luke mumbled in response, keeping his eyes trained on his food as he ate, tuning everybody out. He could hear Minnie giggling over something, but ignored that too.
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"If you guys want, I'll just do the dishes after I call my dad," She offered. She knew exactly why she viewed cleaning as a method of stress relief: her grandmother had forced her to put all her excess energy to use instead of running around the house like a little maniac, and made her clean.
She had a feeling she was going to need it.
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Dan nodded at August when he entered, glad to see that he was at least attempting -or pretending- to behave. He nodded along to Minnie's talking, eating a few pieces of french toast and some scrambled eggs. Tori entered behind Hope, looking tired.
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August finished up his breakfest and turned to face Minnie. "So Minnie" he said "What shall we do today? Watch a movie? I think we've run out of new movies to watch here in the house though..... I could go buy the video store and pick us up something. I mean.... If it's alright with you Dan?" August hated asking permission but he was already skating on thin ice with Dan. August doubted Dan would have a problem with him going out to just pick up a movie - he wasn't a pup after all. But he wasn't sure if he was still being punished for the episode last night.
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August finished up his breakfest and turned to face Minnie. "So Minnie" he said "What shall we do today? Watch a movie? I think we've run out of new movies to watch here in the house though..... I could go buy the video store and pick us up something. I mean.... If it's alright with you Dan?" August hated asking permission but he was already skating on thin ice with Dan. August doubted Dan would have a problem with him going out to just pick up a movie - he wasn't a pup after all. But he wasn't sure if he was still being punished for the episode last night.
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When Emily was done she changed into something more...dangerous, and re-entered the hall. She found Autumn still sitting there so she joined her again. "So, what kind of music do you like?" She smiled. If she was going to live with these people for...well who knows how long, she might as well get to know them and try to make friends. She let some hair hang in her eyes, hopefully concealing the strange golden amber color they were becoming. She stopped for a second when she heard something downstairs. It was August's voice. She couldnt quite make it out, but she heard something about going out, and a video store and she smiled, before looking at Autumn. I think someones going some where." She stood up, taking a step down the hall towards the others. She turned back to Autumn. "Come on." She motioned for Autumn to follow before going down to join the group. "So I hear someone's going somewhere?" she looked at August and the others with her eyebrows raised and a smile on her face.
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By the time Emily got back she was playing The Only Exception by Paramore. "Oh well I like pretty much everything." She said in reply to her question and then got up when she was heading downstairs. "I'm coming." She said with a small laugh and brought her guitar with her downstairs. She stood there quietly as Emily asked about someone going somewhere.