Rik raised a brow at the answer that Sara gave, a sly smile slipping across his face. "That's it? Interesting. Well..they way they were when we first met them, it makes sense." He said shrugging. Kissing was no big deal, really. Not to him at least, he couldn't remember his first or last kiss, but it wasn't something he thought about a lot. He looked at Sara as she moved away from him. He frowned slightly, she must not like him very much. He felt oddly hurt by that, it seemed he didn't have luck with women at all. He shoved his hands in his pockets, unsure of what to do now.

Rik didn't want Sara to leave, but he couldn't force her to stay if she didn't like him. He shuffled his feet slightly, wondering if there's a place for him to sit for a while.

Richard looked down, shocked when Sarah actually spoke to Rik, it was one word but it was shocking when it usually took up to a week before the girl would speak to a new person. His jaw dropped when she spoke again, giving the first suggestion of an expression other than frustration or calm as she smiled slightly at Rik, "Trent's thick." She told him without looking up at him. She blushed when she caught Rich's expression and looked back down when he shut his mouth, "Um.... I'm going to, uh... She's not normally this friendly." Richard finally just said after giving up an excuse to get out of the way of their conversation. It was simply too rare for her to speak so much and he didn't want Rik to talk to him until Sarah had decided she didn't want to talk to him any longer.

Lilly began to shush him before Richard, having relocated to stand beside her, answered, "No, Trent never really noticed she liked him. Everyone else knew though." He said, shrugging, "It's nice to know he finally realized it though."

Trent smiled, "Good because I wasn't really sorry." He said, extracting his hands from hers after a moment, "Your tea, Molly." He reminded, staying near but letting her hanve her hands to work. He didn't know how to make the tea or he'd do it for her.

Rik wasn't sure why, but hearing that Sara was being out of the ordinary and talking to him so freely made him quite happy. He smiled softly at the thought. He looked at her, trying to see her face better. "Is he now? Well, most guys are pretty dense." He said to her. He nodded to Rich as he moved away from them. He was kind of glad that Rich had left them alone to talk. "Do you want to sit?" He asked her, knowing that she was tired. He wanted to make sure she was comfortable so she would feel like talking to him more.

Drake shrugged and continued to eat the fruit still relishing in the fact that it hadn't turned to ash in his hands. He looked over at Rich as he spoke, a frown crossing his face. He still wasn't exactly thrilled with this Trent guy. He squeezed Lily's shoulders to remind himself to not get worked up over nothing.

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Molly smiled. "That's good." her grin faded when Trent took his hand's from hers but then she nodded. "Right." She pulled a little metal steeper from the drawer in front of her and packed it full of the loose tea before she dropped it into the pot that she just removed from the heat. "Can you get me a mug please?" She asked as she pulled a spoon out and began to stir the tea.

As she worked her smile returned despite her still pounding head. She was glad that Trent had finally noticed and reciprocated her feelings. She still had butterflies in her stomach from the kiss but she didn't mind, it was a great feeling.

Sarah smiled at his comment, thinking it was a joke but his question earned gratitude from her as she simply nodded to him, pointing to the floor pillows stacked in a corner of the living room and the two that Richard and she had been using before Diva came in.

Lilly looked over at Rik as he ate and laid her head on his shoulder, "It must be heaven to finally eat food and actually taste it." She commented, noting how much he seemed to be enjoying it.

"Of course." Trent answered, reaching easily for the mug without having to step away from the spot he was in. It seemed now that he'd realized his feelings for her and her feelings for him he didn't want to get far from her.

Drake grinned and momentarily rested his head on hers. "You have no idea." he chuckled. "To not taste ash... i have no idea how i managed like that." She he looked up at the big man before them. "Um, I don't think i ever managed to say thank you for letting us all come here, or the shirt, or the food... So uh, thanks." His face flushed a bit with his nerves.

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Molly smiled, liking how Trent wanted to stay at her side. It made her feel better just knowing that her feelings after all these years weren't wasted. Taking the mug from him she hooked her finger over the edge into the cup so when she poured she would know when to stop. "Thank you." She said softly as she poured the hot drink into her mug. When the tea hit her finger she stopped and jerked her hand out of the cup. "Ow, that was a little hotter than i expected." She said slightly embarrassed.

Taking a sip and feeling it's warmth spread down her throat Molly knew that the tea would work its magic on her migraine as long as she didn't over do anything else. Turning to face Trent she took another sip. "Do you think we should have Grant tell them about my rules? You know, so i don't trip or anything." If the drink wasn't in her hands she would have hugged him simply because she wanted to, but she refrained for the moment.

Rik lead them to the pillows she had pointed to, letting her pick where she wanted to sit before he took a seat. He sat with his legs crossed Indian style beside her. He made sure not to be too close, he didn't want to scare her away from him. "So...would you mind talking to me about your powers?" He asked her. Rik like talking to her, something about her soft voice and the way she reacted to him made him vibrate with excitement.

Rik sat next to her, looking at her. He wanted to know more about her other than just her powers. Maybe they could sit and talk about other things if she didn't want to talk about her visions with him. He rubbed his hands on his pant legs again, a little nervous around her.

"I'm glad I could help. I don't know how you lived so long honestly." If food turned blackened and burnt when he ate it then he wouldn't have gotten the nutrients from the food he ate. She wondered how it would start to effect his growth now that he was getting to eat proper food, stuff that had what he needed to survive in it. She looked up at the tall Grant, noting that his head almost brushed the ceiling of the room, "Oh, no need to thank me. You'll be earning your keep here soon enough. You're going to be worked hard here."

Trent thought a moment before nodding, "Probably should before they get a chance to move things around." he said, looking into the living room, "There's still a lot of people in there though. Do you want me to just call him in?"

"My powers?" she asked, looking at him as her body folded limply into the pillow. People usually weren't any more interested in her powers beyond knowing she could see glimpses of the future, after that they usually didnt care. She remembered that Grant had been only one of two people in her life that hadn't minded her lack of control on when the visions came or how far in the future she could see. Others assumed she had complete control and were angered when she couldn't See on command.

Drake finished the fruits he had been given and looked down at his empty had a bit disappointed. He was still hungry, it was like his body was trying to get everything it could now, while it was possible. His stomach grumbled a bit more and he pressed his hand to it in a useless effort to silence the sounds. Drake's face turned a tad bit red as he hoped that no one had heard.

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Molly nodded. "Yeah calling him would probably be better." She took a sip of tea. "At least until i get this migraine to go away." She set her mug down and slipped her arms under his and wrapped him in a small hug. IT was nice to just be able to do that and not worry about awkward repercussions. She let him go and grabbed her tea once more. "Sorry, I couldn't resist." a small smile showed on her reddened face as she looked down to her tea.

Lilly laughed at Drake's rumbling stomach and turned to her pack to dig through it, finding every scrap of food inside her pack before bringing out food wrapped in a clean scrap of cloth, more than would fit in her hands, it was two double handfuls for her, a small meal if eaten all at once. "Here. We have a home now so there's no point hoarding food anymore." she told him, her gaze said she wouldn't allow him to refuse her offer.

Trent nodded, smiling when she hugged him and wrapping an arm around her, "Stay here a sec." he said before stepping away and calling Grant in. The large man came in as Trent returned to Molly's side, "Something wrong?"

Drake looked down at the food she was offering. He would have refused but her look said no. So he took the food from her. "Thanks." She gave her his lopsided grin and began to munch away just as Trent walked in and stole Grant away. "Wonder what that's about." He thought out loud before he took another bite.

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Molly shook her head. "No nothings wrong, besides the migraine." She admitted. "I just wanted to ask if you could tell the others about where things go. I don't think they realize that I'm blind..." She sighed. "I just don't want to trip over things again." She shifted her weight to her other foot and let herself stand just a tad bit closer to Trent as she took a sip of her tea.

Diva kept pressing her hands to her face, but the heat didn't seem to die down. Of all the things to walk into, she'd had to walk into such a pivotal moment between the two of them! She was happy for them, so it was all the more embarrassing to her that she had ruined what should have been such a private moment.

If anyone had been around, they would have seen her standing still one moment and then the next disappeared. Diva had needed time to think without interruptions, so she had decided to use her powers to go into what she called 'Inverse'. It was pretty much exactly what it sounded like and was how her powers worked. She came out on the other side, everything pretty much in the same order as the normal world, but different in direction. It could be quite confusing, and had been when she had first began figuring her powers out, but now she could walk about with ease. The sky was a blazing white and there was no another soul to be seen. It was rare for her to see anyone other than herself and even then they weren't alive. They were specters, their life long past, and they couldn't hurt her. The worse they could do was notice her and then annoy the hell out of her.

The only sounds to be heard were twisted and incoherent, but soft enough that one could block them out if they so chose, which was what Diva did. She didn't know how long she stayed there, but she finally had her emotions enough under check that she felt she could go back to the house. She reappeared where she had first left before walking back into the house.

"I'm back." She said quietly, grabbing her knapsack and taking it to the couch to begin rummaging through it. Before long, two small piles of what could be traded and what she thought they could use, were being formed.

Rik watched as Sarah sat limply down on the pillows around them. She didn't seem to eager to share her powers with him. "If you don't mind talking about them. I like to learn about the other broken's powers, see if there's anything I could learn about my own. Like, how do yours work? Can you control it? Is it hard if you can? You know, that kind of stuff." He said. He was truly interested in how her powers worked and not because of any selfish gain. He knew she had visions, but he wanted to know how they were triggered and how often she can have them.

"I wouldn't mind talking about mine, if you want." He said, giving her a gentle smile. He looked up when Diva came back, giving her a smile. "Welcome back, Diva." He said before turning his attention back to Sarah.

The freezer just nodded to his thanks, "I probably wasn't going to eat it very quickly anyway. I normally only have to eat twice a week. I'm lucky enough to not feel starved as often as normal people do." Being so constantly cold her body's metabolism moved slower than an average person. She noted Diva's return and pulled Drake with her as she moved to sit beside her, "Hey, can I help? I fell useless just standing around."

Sarah looked down at her hands as he spoke, nodding through out, when it seemed he was finished she looked at him through her bangs, "Oh, most people don't ask me that kind of thing. I don't normally talk about it but I can answer your questions to the best of my ability." She told him softly, sitting up a little as she stared at her bare toes to answer him, "I'm not really sure how my powers work. I can't control what I see or when I see it. They just come to me at random, I don't like to share them unless they're relevant to the lives of my family."

Grant nodded to her with an easy grin, his average state of being, "Of course." He agreed, patting her head and ruffling Trent's hair, chuckling when he complained. He stepped back out into the living room with fisted hands set on his hips, watching them all before announcing in his booming voice, "Alrighty. I have an announcement to make. Y'all might not have realized but Molly, the girl Trent was carrying, is blind. It seems to be a side effect of her powers. Molly, and I, kindly ask you to put all things back exactly where they go when you're finished with it. She moves around by touch and memory. If you've moved something and are currently using it, warn her." His announcement made he looked around at them for a moment before reaching up to scratch his chin and walk back into the kitchen, "Good?"

Drake let himself be pulled over to a seat with the girls. He wasn't really interested in what they were doing, but he made sure he kept constant contact with Lily. He sat contently eating away at the food he had been given. He was still famished despite the food. His stomach just kept craving more.

He had always noticed that when he ate in the past, the food will make him less hungry, but it never really filled him. It was mostly ash after all. Now that he could eat real food his body was craving it.

When he heard Grant, Drake raised an eyebrow. "Blind? But she looked straight at us..." He was completely confused and turned to Lily and Diva to see if they could explain it to him.

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Molly nodded when Grant came back into the kitchen. "Yes thank you." She set her mug down and then hoisted herself up onto the counter to sit. She was now almost face level with Trent as he stood next to her. She picked up her tea and drank it all down, letting her legs gently sway back and fourth. Setting the empty cup down she began to rub at her temples. "This stuff needs to work faster." She complained with a small smile as she looked up to Trent. "You know, if you want to go out there and talk you can, you don't have to stay in here with me if you don't want to." she said as her cheeks showed red.

Diva greeted Rik back, a smile of surprised pleasure on her face seeing him speaking with Sarah. It was rare to see Sarah speaking with someone else so freely and Diva only hoped that it would continue. She even equally pleased when Lilly came to sit next to her and offer to help.

"Sure." She said, moving the knapsack so it was between them, "Mostly, just put scrap into this pile and then the other things into this pile. We'll be going through that pile later to see what we want to keep and what to trade with later."

Diva looked up when Grant came in, her hands still moving and sorting by feel as she listened to the announcement. Once she realized that it was about Molly, she went back to work, though there was a faint blush on her cheeks. She really wasn't sure how she was going to face the two of them later during dinner. It was going to be a little awkward with them for awhile.

Gosh, Diva, grow up. She chastised herself.

Rik nodded as she spoke a little about her powers, rubbing his chin slightly. He looked up as Grant entered the room and made his announcement. He looked at Sarah, another question on his face. "So Molly's blind? Interesting. What side effects do you have? I like knowing about powers, I never knew anyone else with powers before. Well until now." He said, giving her a lopsided grin. He was surprised at how much he has changed. He felt like he finally belonged with the group, he felt at home and comfortable around them all. He leaned back slightly, on his elbows, his long thin body stretched out and just smiled happily as he looked at Sarah waiting for her to continue their conversation.

Lilly glanced over from her sorting at Drake's question before shrugging, "Diva?" She asked, looking at the other broken. Surely Diva would know, she lived with Molly. She realized after seeing a crumpled gold ring that Trent still had her necklace and began to frown darkly, "Trent still has my locket." she commented quietly.

Sarah blushed as he questioned her furthered but she looked away, "I'm tired all the time, it's hard for me to move around because of it, especially after I've had too many visions at a time. It's also why I look sick all the time." She kept her hair in her face all the time for a reason, the way the skin around her eyes was always so dark made them appear sunken and bruised but she knew she could do nothing to cover the rest of her skin, "And I'm clammy to the touch." She answered him. A moment passed before she looked at him, brushing at dust on her knee, "What about your powers?"

Grant nodded to her before going to quietly sit at the table, ignoring the two while he stared out the window at the world outside. Trent though lounged against the counter when she spoke, moving hands to massage her scalp and neck, "Nah, I'll have plenty of other chances to talk to them. I rather stay in here and help with the cooking and migraines."

Diva looked at Lilly when she said her name, wondering what she wanted, before figuring it out. It had been about Drake's statement of Molly looking right at them. Well, it probably was very confusing to them and Diva could only hope that her explanation was enough to clear it up, "You're talking about Molly, right? It's a little confusing, but suffice to say Molly can't see like us. She can't see you, per say, but she can identify you through the color of your aura. Everyone has their own particular color, no one is exactly the same...even twins, if I remember correctly. For example, I asked her once and my aura color is purple.

"It's very helpful when we're out." She continued, looking at a piece of scrap metal before setting it aside, "She can see when an Infected is around, or someone is changing into an Infected, because their aura will turn black. However, it's really taxing on her, so she is always getting terrible migraines. I hope that helped explain it somewhat."

Listening to Lilly talk about Trent still having her necklace, she said, "You can go ask him for it; Trent is really friendly. I'd go, but...well, I'm probably the last person he wants to see right now."

She gave a half-hearted laugh before finding a piece of colored glass extremely interesting.

Rik frowned slightly when she spoke of her side effects. "I see. That's sucky, but I guess each of us has their own draw back. I'm a sparker. I think that's what Lily called me. When I get emotional, whether it be anger, saddness, or even being nervous. If it's strong enough, I generate a powerful current of electricity in my body and it usually comes out through my hands." He said, turning his calloused hands over so his palms showing her her the small little blue sparks that danced across his palms. He was still a little nervous talking to her her.

"When I use a lot of it, I get weak and tired. I've been getting stronger however. I don't get as tired as I did when I first found out about my powers." He said, resting his hands on his knees, palms still facing up. "Other than having my hair stand up in all directions and giving people a slight shock every now and again, it's not all that bad." He said, grinning at her again.

Listening to Diva he nodded. "auras huh? That's interesting..." It didn't exactly make complete sense to him but, Molly was probably the only person who could explain it completely.


Drake frowned when he heard Lily's comment. He gave her a gentle hug. "I'd get it back for you, but I'd rather not burn this place down with everyone in it." He admitted sadly. It was a little bit of a blow to the ego, he wished he could do something for her. Instead he finished of the food she had given him, his stomach wanted more, but he didn't say anything.

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Molly smiled when Trent decided to stay. When she felt his hands on her neck she closed her eyes, the smile still there. "Thanks." He was always able to make her feel better. From day one. After a few minutes she pulled his hands down and pulled him closer so she could hug him. "You know, I'm glad i can finally do this." She whispered in his ear as she held on to him. Her head still hurt, but she was far too happy to let the pain stop her...for now anyway.

Lilly blinked confusedly at Diva's explaination but she thought she'd understood and looked at Drake to find him confused, "I think aura's are kinda like someone's soul but she can only see the ones that belong to broken or infected. Which I wonder what color our auras would be." She stopped her sorting to lean into him, hugging him when he offered to get the necklace for her, "You could always take me with you. I don't mind being the puppy on your heels every now and then. We can come back and help Diva after we get it too."

Sarah listened to him, eventually managing to prop herself into a proper sitting position, she was interested in his hands, reaching a hand over and letting it hover close as she looked at him, listening to him finish as she held a hand near his as if asking if she could touch his palm. Her hands were small and delicate, it was clear by how smooth the skin was that none of the others really allowed her to do any kind of hard work. "And side effects? Are there any other than shocking others and your static hair? Everyone gets tired after using their powers too much so that's not really a side effect." She felt herself getting drawn into him again.

"I'm glad you can too. I'm sorry for being so thick. I can't imagine keeping quiet so long." He set his chin on her head lightly, "I never really understood the odd way you acted sometimes but now I get it." He laughed at his own obliviousness as he wrapped arms around her.

Drake nodded and smiled as he got to his feet pulling Lily up with him. "Well, if you don't mind, lets go get it." He squeezed her hand slightly as he led her into the kitchen. When they entered the kitchen Drake froze and his face flushed when he saw the pair with their arms wrapped around one another.
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Molly smiled. "It's okay... I just didn't want to say anything because I was afraid you didn't feel the same way..." She admitted as she hugged him a bit tighter. When she heard a voice she jumped a bit in his arms, her grip getting tighter at the shock. Her face flushed. It wasn't like her to not notice footsteps and the sounds of people coming into the room, but being caught up in Trent was worth it.

He watched her hands as she lifted them over his sparking hands. They were So small and fragile, he found them to be the cutest things he has seen. Rik was so focused on her cute hands, he almost didn't hear her speak to him. He looked up at her, looking at her face as much as he could through her dark hair. "Other than those things, not really. I mean it's kind of hard to hold someone when I'm emotional. I.." He looked away for a second, unable to bear the thought of hurting her if he got too excited. "I had someone I had held onto while I was emotional, trying to protect her, but I killed her in the end." He admitted to her. He didn't move his hand away from hers, he wanted to feel her skin on his, her hand looked so smooth and soft. He was afraid that he'd hurt her.

"Just be careful if you touch my hands. Right now is fine, I'm only slightly nervous around you." He said, giving her a goofy grin. He looked back at their hands, seeing the size difference between them. He chewed the inside of his cheek slightly, not sure what he was doing. She was different than most girls he met, she was so young looking, but that didn't brother him any. He felt different around her, he felt like he could share everything with her.

Lilly followed him easily but she hid behind him slightly, trying to keep herself from angering again by blocking her view of her brother. She didn't want to talk to him, didn't want to see him. She bounced on her toes as she waited, reaching with her free hand to play with Drake's hair to distract herself.

Trent jumped also but he leveled a slight frown on Drake, "Hey there?" He greeted, his tone asking if there was something he could do to help them. He was starting to get frustrated that they kept getting barged in on but it wasn't entirely unexpected when they were in a house as full as theirs.

Sarah had placed her hand on his palm as he spoke and quickly retracted her hand when her hand tingled, not quite able to jerk it back but her eyes widened when it was faster than she'd ever moved after she'd broke. It wasn't unpleasant. It felt nice and as she placed her hand back on his hand she began to smile, the bone aching fatigue began to work from her body little by little. She began to sit up straighter and her skin even became a little less grey. "But if you didn't do it on purpose then.. Well it's not okay that it happened but it's not something you should be blamed for. Especially if you were protecting her." She said, taking her hand off his suddenly and she stiffened, staring at her own hand as if it were someone elses when she moved almost as easily as a normal person.