Drake shook his head. "You aren't being boring." He said softly. "And I'll eat later, I'm happy holding you for now. Sleep if you want to, I'll stay right here." He adjusted his grip on her and leaned his head back to rest next to hers.

Scooting closer to him, Molly smiled. But it slowly faded as she heard his stomach rumble. "You can go get food if you're hungry." she smiled again and gently poked his stomach. "I don't want anything, but I'll come out with you if you want to go get something." She sat up and stretched knowing that he was hungry and needed to eat something.

Emma wiggled in Grant's grip. She was still groggy, like most children were first waking up. She squirmed until Grant put her down. Dragging her feet she went over to Jared and tugged on his pant leg. She felt bad for not sleeping with him last night. She hung her head a bit. "I'm sorry." She mumbled before wrapping her arms around his leg and hugging him.

Rik grinned at her, not being able to do anything else. "That's simply amazing. Much better than my boring gray eyes." He said. The smells of food hit him hard, his stomach growling. "Smells good." He said lightly, keeping his eyes on her. "Are you hungry?" He asked, tilting his head to the side a little. He didn't want to leave her side for a moment, but he was starving.

Rik knew that Sarah was a little vulnerable right now and he didn't want her to feel like she was alone. Rik didn't know why, but he and her seem to get one another. He felt like she understood him as he understood her.

Jared had finished off the batter as Diva came to stand beside him. He felt flustered as she looked at him. Her comment made him bright red again, but he still smiled. "You need to stop saying things like that, otherwise I don't think I'll return to my normal color." He teased her, starting to feel a little less shy around her and the others. He grinned at her, watching her reaction.

Jared felt a tug on his pant leg. Looking down, he saw Emma hanging her head and hugging his leg. He smiled, bending down to her level. "It's ok, Emma. Diva kept me company." He said, hugging the little girl. "You can sleep wherever you want." He said, standing up again.

"But I can't help it." Diva pouted before smiling again, unable to keep up the charade of being hurt, "Besides, red looks good on you."

Emma came in then, tugging on Jared's pant leg and looking crestfallen. Diva couldn't understand why the girl was apologizing until Jared talked about Emma sleeping where ever she wanted. Oh, well, considering what Jared had told her earlier about not going to sleep because of Emma not being next to him, it all added up.

"Well, if you're done with flipping pancakes, I think breakfast is ready." Diva said after a moment, "Do you like cinammon apples, Emma? You can top your pancakes with them."

Sarah's eyes widened slightly as she shook her head, "Yours aren't boring!" She looked at him with complete honesty, "Maybe you don't realize but... Grey eyes are kinda like mine. If you wear something blue they'll look a little blue, green will make them look a little green." She was adamant that his eyes weren't boring. She liked his eyes very much. His question made her blink and she looked at the surface of the table as Grant stared at her, trying not to but failing. She didn't answer his question of her being hungry but said, "Go ahead and go get something." Though she didn't let go of his hand.

Lilly's eyes opened a little more as she snuggled further into his side, "Aren't you hungry? I can take a nap later if you don't mind." She yawned again but she smiled, "Besides, I know you have to be hungry and I'm hungry too."

Trent started to shake his head but when his stomach growled again and she sat up he sighed, "Hey Molly?" He started as he looked around for a bandage of some sort to go over her eyes. He wasn't going to risk her getting a headache even if she was. "Do you have a color when you look at your hands?" He finally found her bandages and put them in her hand, "Please."

Grant soon stopped his stupid stare at Sarah and sighed as he moved to sit by her. With a grin he reached for her hair but he knew his boundaries so only held a single lock of it, "Even your hair grew." After a pause he withdrew his hand as she frowned at him without looking at him, "Yeah, It hadn't grown since I was nine." The man smiled and pat his knee, he couldn't see her holding Rik's hand under the table, "Free a chair?" he asked.

Drake shrugged. "Yeah I'm hungry, but I can wait if you want to stay put." He sniffed the heavenly smell wafting from the kitchen. "It does smell good though." He kissed her cheek and nuzzled his nose against her. "It's up to you."

Molly wrinkled her nose up when she watched Trent put the bandages in her hand. She hated wearing them but she knew Trent was probably right. At his question though she let out a small sigh. "No, I don't have a color." She held her hand up before her face. She saw nothing, just the empty gray that took up everything. "I've always wondered what color i would be though. I mean your color tells so much about you, It'd be interesting to see what my own said." She looked back up to him and let a smile cross her lips. "Although, yours is my favorite." her cheeks reddened a bit at the comment.

Emma looked up at Jared and tried to smile at him, not quite believing that everything was okay. She didn't want to loose him just because she found her father. She still loved him like he was her brother. It was all just confusing to the young girl. Biting on her cuticles again she looked over to Grant. The man was offering his lap to the Sarah girl so where was she gonna sit? Jared probably didn't want her in his way now that he had Diva. Even the little girl could see the looks they were giving one another. Not caring to pay attention to what Diva said, Emma wondered out to the living room again. Glancing at the couple on the sofa, she went to the corner where she found a cushion to sit on. Continuing to chew on her fingers, Emma tried to think of what to do but she didn't know. "Ow." she mumbled softly as she pulled her hand away from her mouth, one of her fingers now bleeding. She wrapped a corner of her dress around her finger so that no one would see and then promptly began chewing on her other hand.

Rik looked up and saw Grant staring at Sarah. As the large man came over and lifted a lock of her hair, Rik forced back the urge to growl and smack his hand away. Jealously rose quickly in him when Grant offered his knee to her. Rik knew that the other man saw Sarah like a daughter, but still the urge to pull Sarah into his own lap and tell Grant that she was his was strong. Rik caught movement behind him, catching Emma leave the room and retreat into the living room. "Don't you have a daughter that needs a seat? I think Sarah is a bit too big for knee sitting now." Rik said, trying to keep his tone light and friendly. He hoped that no one else noticed the thick venom that was threatening to spill out along with his words.

Jared blinked at Emma as she wandered away to the living room. He looked over at Diva. "I'm sorry. I don't know what's gotten into her. I'll go talk to her." He said. He went out to the living room, frowning at Rik, Sarah and Grant. Rik was jealous or upset with how Grant was treating Sarah. He shook his head, his long hair swaying slightly. He had forgotten to tie it back like he normally did, another thing that Emma always helped him with.

Jared found Emma sitting in a corner on a cushion, chewing on her fingers. "Emma..What's wrong?" He asked her, sitting down next to her. He reached out to her, placing a soft hand on her small shoulder.

When Jared came in and sat down next to her, Emma twisted her dress around awkwardly to hide her bleeding hand from him. But still she chewed on her free hand as she looked at him. She tried to organize her thoughts but it was all jumbled in her head. "Grant or dad or whatever, he has other people to take care of... not just me." She didn't know how to describe jealousy of his attention to Sarah. Emma was his daughter, shouldn't he want to care for her? Shouldn't she be his top priority?

She looked up at him, her big eyes locking with his. "You don't want me anymore do you. Now that i have a dad you don't need to look out for me. Besides you can have friends your own age now I'd just be a bother." She tried to fight off tears. "You are my best friend, i don't want you to hate me." she sniffed back trying to not let herself cry but the little girl was honestly terrified that Jared would abandon her just like everyone else.

Diva was miffed, to say the least, when Emma didn't answer her and instead left without a word. It hurt, since she hadn't really talked to the young girl yet and it seemed that Emma didn't like her already. It had nothing to do with her being Grant's daughter, but Diva had hoped to get along with her.

"She probably didn't hear me." Diva lied, waving a hand dismissively, "Don't worry about it."

Still seeing Jared leaving, she gave a sigh and went to move the pancakes to where the apples were. She giggled when Grant talked about Sarah going on his knee, though it died when she saw the way Rik was holding himself. He was definitely not finding it as funny as her; in fact, he was seeing it as a challenge. Diva's eyes flashed as she moved towards the table and set the pancakes down with a bang.

"Oops, sorry, my hands slipped. Anyhow, breakfast is ready." She said cheerily, though her gaze hardened briefly when she looked at Rik. It clearly said, 'Get a grip'. She didn't like to get confrontational, but these kinds of things made her blood boil. He was full-grown man and he was acting like a spoiled child. Grant was the reason why all of them were here and Diva wasn't about to let anyone treat him like that, no matter who they were.

Sarah looked up at Rik as he spoke and she leaned against him, "No thank you, Grant." She said, tightening her hand on Rik's and looking up at him, "I'm sure it was just a habitual offer, Rik." her tone was soft and her voice quiet. She looked at Grant, as he nodded and apologized to her. He started to stand as Jared said he'd go talk to Emma. As he continued to stand he looked at Rik, "I figure, I have two knees and for me she's still knee sitting size." He left to the living room to see if Jared needed help or if Emma wanted to talk to him.

After Grant was gone she looked up at Rik pat his cheek, "Rik-" She started but when she caught Diva's gaze she frowned at her. "Diva, please don't give him that look." The tone wasn't happy and it verged on pleading though it was incredibly soft. She didn't mind how Rik had acted. No one before had cared enough to defend her so in her mind no one could tell him to stop. Sure Diva and Molly had let her sleep in their rooms and occasionally Diva would check on her after a vision or if she hadn't been seen in a while but that was the most. No one had ever tried to comfort her or come after her when she'd left the room after a vision but Rik had. "Why don't you have something to eat?" She said as she looked back up to him, smiling.

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Lilly smiled at him and nodded, starting to wiggle herself off his lap when Emma came in followed by Jared and Grant standing in the doorway from the kitchen to the living room. She froze, staring at them confusedly and nearly fell off his lap when she over balanced from trying not to fall where she'd gotten distracted. "Um, come on. I think they need privacy." She stood up but stumbled, losing contact with him before she quickly stepped back to him. Her hands fell on his knees as she braced herself for her knees hitting the wood floor with a painful sound, "Ow! That hurt." She rubbed her knees then her calf but rubbing it she realized her boot felt tight around her ankle and her ankle was painful. She'd check on it later.

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Trent smiled as he knelt down beside her, brushing his thumb across her cheek, "If you had a color.." He paused," If you had a color it would say you're sweet, caring, selfless, and independent but not overly so. It would say you're beautiful, that you're wonderful." He moved closer and closer to her as he spoke until his face was inches from hers. "That's what it'd say. And frankly, I don't think there's a color beautiful enough to represent all that."

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Grant stood in the doorway of the kitchen listening to Emma but when she spoke about him having other people to take care of he felt guilty and moved over to her, hoping Jared wouldn't think he was butting in. "Emma." He said as he squatted on the other side of her, "When I sat down I thought you'd want to sit on Jared's knee this morning since you went to him when I set you down. I know he's your friend and I didn't want to separate you two." He didn't want her to think he didn't care, that she wasn't important to him but she'd seemed like she wanted to spend time with Jared.

Rik blinked when Diva set the platter of food down rather rudely. He looked up at her, his normally light eyes dark. He blinked, returning them to their normal light gray color. "Sorry." He mumbled. He felt like a tool, he let his emotions get the better of him and he took it out on the one person who had saved him from a life of loneliness. He glanced at Sarah to see if she was mad at him too. Rik was greet with her palm inside of an angered glare. He was more relived than he thought he would be. He smiled at her softly, glad that she wasn't upset at him. "Yeah, sure." He said, grabbing a few pancakes and setting them on his plate.



Jared's heart melt at her confession. "Oh, Emma. I can never, ever hate you. Nor do I ever want to be without you in your life. Sure, I can have adult friends, but you're still my little sister." He said, tugging the little girl in his lap. "I am happy you found your dad. He loves you, but he also loves everyone else." He said. He looked up as Grant came into the room. He smiled at the man as he talked to Emma.

"See? He was just worried about you. No one hates you or don't want you. In fact, we all want you." Jared, giving Emma a slight squeeze.

Drake watched as a few of the others trickled into the room. Emma looked up set and he frowned a moment at the sight. His immediate attention went back to Lilly as she fell away from him. "Lillian!" He said a bit startled when she thudded to the floor. Drake got up and put both of his hands on her waist and lifted her up to a seat on the sofa. He got down on the floor and looked at her knees, they would probably be a bit bruised later. "Are you okay?" He asked as he gently ran his hand down her legs, but then he paused, noting that one of her boots wasn't sitting quite well. It was swollen. "Aw Lil... your ankle's swollen. You got to get that boot off." He began scratching at his chest. If he could take the boot off with out hurting her he would have done it right then, but it was tight around her foot and he didn't want to hurt her any more than she already was.

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Molly smiled as Trent's thumb ran over her skin, she just loved the way he felt. As he spoke though her cheeks flushed as heat rushed to her face. Gently she put a hand on top of his as a smile came to her lips. She looked up at his red face. What she wouldn't give to be able to see him, see his smile, see his eyes. "Do... Do you really mean all that?" She asked in barely a whisper. She could feel the heat of him, mere inches away from her face and it made her heart race.

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When Jared spoke Emma felt revealed. He still wanted her, he didn't want to leave her. Normally she would have been happy when Jared pulled her up onto his lap, but for now she was worried about him seeing her bleeding hand. She could feel her dress getting wet around her hand, she hadn't thought she bit it that hard, but she was really worried... She tried to keep it out of his view any way. When Grant came in she looked up at him worried. She continued to chew on her free hand as the man spoke.

"But... " She paused, now feeling stupid for making a fuss. "I''m sorry." She mumbled. "I just don't want to be forgotten again." She sat there hanging her head for a moment before she scowled. "My finger hurts." She finally admitted pulling her other hand up. There was a sizable bloody stain on her dress where she had wrapped up her hand.

Sarah watched him eat, glad he'd decided to take her suggestion but she didn't take any as her stomach growled, "Grant's a pretty understanding man. If you apologize he'll forgive you with no problems." She was starved as she watched him eat but her stomach was upset, she assumed from growing so much and how much she'd eaten the night before. "Let me know how it tastes." She said, sinking in her chair a little.

Lilly looked down at her ankle as he spoke but when she spotted his hand she reached out and smacked his hand enough to make it sting. If being gentle wasn't working then getting his hand smacked like a kid might. After that she nodded slowly, "But it didn't start hurting like this until just now." She said as she took it off with a wince. She knew very well that last night she'd contributed the pain to a little bruising from her fighting. Now it was just angry from being so warm and having been walked on so much. When she had the boot off she sucked in a breath through her clenched teeth. It was certainly swollen and it was bruised.

"I absolutely do." He tucked her hair back and drew her up to his lips gently for a moment but his stomach ruined the moment by once again announcing its displeasure with not being fed yet.

Grant smiled softly at Emma as she spoke and shook his head, "No, no. We'll never forget you. Never." He said but when she announced the pain in her finger he looked at Jared then smiled at her, "That's why you shouldn't chew your cuticles." He stood up and ruffled her hair a little, "I'll be back with something." HE wasn't gone long before he came back with a small rag and a little strip of fabric to tie around the wound to help it stop bleeding. "I bet if you asked Lilly really sweetly she'd show you her powers and make it feel better."

Drake was shocked by the sudden stinging in his hand. He looked up at her with a frown. "Don't worry about me, you should be taking care of yourself." He tried to get her to focus more on that. She was more important then him and his stupid habits. He sighed when he heard her wince and saw the pain on her face. "You should have said something." He went to scratch his chest again but caught himself before hand. "Oddly enough you should probably ice it... Maybe i should go outside and let you cool down for a while, at least until some of the swelling goes away."

Molly held the kiss for a moment. Was it odd that every time he kissed her he stole her breath away, made her heart race and made her feel like the happiest person in the world. When his stomach interrupted, she giggled as they broke the kiss. "You should get some food." She said to him with a smile, her face a nice red hue.

Emma stayed in Jared's lap as Grant doctored up her finger, but she continued to chew on her other hand the entire time. "Thank you." She said softly as she looked down at the bandage around her small finger. At his mention of the icer she shook her head. Despite being young, she was quite observant. "I don't want to kick drake outside, and i think she hurts to much right now to want to make my finger feel better." She pointed over at the pair across the room.

Diva looked at Sarah when she was caught giving Rik her rare 'Look', a smile on her face. However, it looked odd on Diva's face, even though she normally smiled. It was fake, something even rarer than her 'Look'. Diva obviously did feel that she had needed to look at Rik that way and remind him of his age, but she wasn't going to say it out loud. That would lead to arguing, which would leave bad feelings on other side, because arguments always had words that could leave a person feeling hurt by them or horrible for saying them. That Sarah was defending Rik for his actions made Diva have a flare of anger towards Sarah; just because Rik was her knight in shining armor didn't mean that everything he did in thought of her was acceptable.

"Well, dig in before it gets cold." She said simply, grabbing a couple pancakes and topping them with some cinammon apples. Diva had really been looking forward to eating them, but now that she was, they didn't taste as good as they probably were. When she got angry, her taste buds seemed to diminish and left some meals tasting like sand in her mouth. Thankfully, she wasn't so angry that she couldn't appreciate the food.

"Why not a cool cloth for your foot, Lilly?" Diva asked when the girl revealed a rather swollen foot. Finishing up the last of her pancakes and setting it in the sink, she left to get a cloth and douse it with cool water, along with some bandages to wrap up the ligament when the cloth had done its job. Coming back, she handed the cloth to Drake so that he could wrap it on Lilly's foot. She shrugged, "It's not ice, but it'll help somewhat. And I'll put these bandages on the counter to put on later. Just try to keep weight off your foot as best you can."

That being said, she cleaned her plate before leaving the kitchen, going back to her room to cool down and to get ready for the day. Man, she really needed a shower...

Rik noticed the strange look on Diva's face. He knew messed up, he was going to have to talk to her and Grant later, away from everyone else. He sighed, taking a bite of food. He didn't say anything, not wanting to put his foot in his mouth again. He was going to have to think about what he was doing, try to get a hold of himself. He was suddenly jealous of anyone who spoke to her or treated her like she was a little girl.

Looking at Sarah, a frown upon his face. "You're not hungry?" He asked her, getting up so he could wash his plate. He rinsed it off, drying it and setting it in the strainer. He returned to her side, staying standing so someone else could have the chair.

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Jared frowned at the sight of her bloodied hand. He looked up at Grant as he doctored her hand. "Well, are you hungry? Diva and I made cinnamon apples and pancakes. She would really like it if you had some." He said after glancing over at Lily and Drake. Truth be told, he was starving and he didn't really want Diva to be left alone with Rik and Sarah. Not now that they were getting kind of close and all lovely dovey. He knew how much that would annoy him, mainly because he would feel left out of the whole relationship thing. He never had a girlfriend, never really having time for one.

Sarah stared at the grain of the table wood as Diva and Rik ate. She wanted to leave and find somewhere in the house to hide even despite her want to be near Rik and the knowledge that she'd become fatigued and depressed if she was away from him too long. At Rik's question she nodded, "My stomach's just upset." She mumbled, seeming uninterested in eating as Diva left.
She slipped out of her chair and glanced up at him then down, "I'll be back for lunch." She said as she left, walking quietly past Diva's room to get the blanket she'd had last night and just as quietly walked past again with the blanket draped over her arm. She only stopped in the doorway to poke in her head and say, "I'm sorry. He was wrong but... He cares about me. I've never really had that, not even from my parents." before she continued. She was causing problems. When she'd been hiding constantly no one had so much as clashed, not even after people had been added to the family. The only thing that'd really changed was that she'd been showing herself more often.
She walked past those in the living room as if they weren't there, wrapping the blanket over her shoulders and head like a hooded cape as she walked out. She wanted to go to Richard's garden to get out of the way for a while but the way there would be difficult when she started getting more and more tired with every step. Worse, it was still drizzling outside so she was getting damp.

Lilly frowned greatly as he spoke of leaving and she shook her head, grabbing his hands to pull him up on the couch with her, her arms wrapped firmly around his chest, "No, I'm fine. I just stepped on it wrong." Shen Diva came in she smiled at the woman, "Thank you very much." She looked at Drake again and looked down as she let go of him with one arm, tracing the scar on his chest a moment then poked his stomach gently, "Shall we go eat then?" She asked as she picked up her boot and moved it out of the way so no one would trip on it.

Trent chuckled, "Ahh, but you'll come with me?" He asked, still concerned about her getting a migraine. He was distracted by a figure of a young woman, a little taller than Molly moving past the door. "Hmm." He didn't know who it was. She held herself like Sarah but she was too tall and much older. "I think they might've found a new girl."

Grant nodded, "Okay." He watched Lilly with worry but he didn't move away from Emma. Not until Sarah walked outside and even then he was hesitant to do it. When he saw her turn to the path that led to Richard's garden he went back to Emma, "Yes, let's go eat something."

Drake let a small smile show as she pulled him up and wrapped her arms around him. As her finger traced the scar he hated, he had to fight the urge to squirm as her light touch tickled. "Food would be good..." Then he thought a moment. He couldn't go get her food and bring it back. So then he turned to her and put an arm around her and slipped his other arm under her legs. "but I'm not letting you walk." He lifted her up easily and carried her across the room to the kitchen. After scooting a chair out with his bare foot he gently set her down and then took the seat next to her.

"Of course I'll come with you." Molly grinned as she fumbled with the bandages in her hand. She had caught a flash of color move past the door just before Trent's comment. "New girl? No that was Sarah." She hadn't seen how big the figure was, she had just seen the familiar pink color of the girl that got visions as she blurred past. Then she wrapped her bandages around her eyes and pulled her bangs out of them. She waited for Trent to move before she got to her feet. "Ready?"

Emma sat in Jared's lap and watched the others for a few minutes. Then she grabbed her messy hair and pulled out the tiny elastic band. She stared at it for a moment before she looked up at Jared. "Can you fix my hair first? You do my hair the best." She said with her bright little smile as she offered him the little hair tie.

Diva had been getting together some clothing to change into when Sarah poked her head in. Even now, Diva had to get used to looking at the face of a seventeen-year-old instead of a nine-year-old, so she had to mentally tell herself that it was Sarah who was in front of her. What Sarah said shocked her, making a spasm of hurt run across her face. Rik cared about her, yes that much was true, but where had she gotten the idea that no one else had done so beforehand? Diva had never heard about Sarah's parents, pasts usually left as pasts because there were too many hurtful memories, so hearing that the parents hadn't cared for her was heartbreaking. Having grown up in a loving home, the thought of parents not caring for their child was horrifying.

"What does that make us?" Diva said, unable to keep the stunned hurt out of her voice as Sarah disappeared. She was too stunned to go after the girl, instead just standing in place for a few minutes. She heard Molly and Trent leave their room, the action snapping her out of it, and she made her way into the bathroom. The water was soon turned on and Diva let out her frustration on her scalp, scrubbing away yesterday's uncleanliness. She was in there for maybe five minutes tops before she turned off the water and dressed for the day. A comb was run through her hair, getting out any tangles, before she left the bathroom. She didn't feel as refreshed as she would've liked, but today hadn't been going so well. It was depressing and made Diva sigh in frustration as she made her way down the hallway. Really, she hated arguments, but when you lived under one roof with so many people day in and day out, it was bound to happen.

Rik frowned at Sarah as she walked away from him with her head down. He wanted to stop her, but she disappeared from the house before he could do anything. He decided to go looking for her after he apologized to Diva and Grant. Rik sucked in a deep breath, then headed towards Grant. "Hey..Grant. I just want to apologize for earlier. I was outline, I don't know what came over me." He said hanging his head.

After he had apologized to Grant, Rik headed towards Diva's room. He knocked on her door. "Uh..Diva? Can I talk to you?" He called out to her, hoping she wasn't too mad at him.

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Jared smiled at her. "Of course." He said. He pulled out a small comb he kept in his pocket and began to comb out her hair. He glanced up at Rik and Grant as the younger man came to apologize to him. Jared smiled slightly, then went back to Emma's hair. "Braid today?" He asked her, starting to braid the small girl's hair.

Diva had been cleaning up her room, putting the dirty clothes into one pile so that they could be washed with the rest once it stopped raining, when she heard a knock on her door. Tucking her hair behind her ears, for it always loved to torture her when it was out of its braid, she heard Rik's voice. It was hesitant to be sure, and considering what had happened earlier, she had pretty concrete idea as to why. Still, she was a little surprised to be hearing him, thinking he would have followed after Sarah. Opening the door, the confusion was on her face, but she otherwise looked happy to see him. Hey, they may have had a small argument, but that was any reason to act nasty towards him.

"Sure, what is it, Rik?" She asked, moving her body from the doorway to signal that he was more than welcome to come in if he chose to, "I'm a little surprised, though. I thought you had gone outside with Sarah."

Sarah kept the blanket around her as she continued down the path and past Richard as he blinked at her. He;d been coming from tending to his plants. "S-Sarah?" She nodded as she pointed silently to an apple he held and he offered it to her. "Thanks." She said, ignoring as he stared after her.

Lilly squeaked and squirmed slightly when he picked her up but she didn't fight him too much as he carried her. She settled into his arms quickly and leaned against him until he set her down, "Thanks." She told him as she reached for the pancakes and apples, grabbing a couple.

Trent looked at Molly, dumbstruck, "But she was almost your size. She was a little taller than you." He argued but shook his head. Molly's eyes didn't lie. "I wonder how that happened." He said as he took her hand, "Yeah, I'm ready."

Grant smiled down at Emma as she asked Jared to do her hair, "I'll be in the kitchen, okay Em? When Jared's done with your hair you can come in and I'll boost you up so you can reach the food easier."

Rik came into Diva's room as she opened her door for him. "Well, I wanted to apologize to you and Grant first. My behavior this morning wasn't right. I don't really know what gotten into me." He said, leaning against the door frame. "I'm sorry, forgive me?" He said, giving her puppy dog eyes. He was happy to see that she wasn't too pissed at him. He knew he was wrong for attacking Grant in such a way, but he also knew that he wanted to protect Sarah from anything that could hurt her.

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Jared finished braiding Emma's hair. He sat back to look at her hair, pleased with the smooth braid. He was getting better at braiding hair than he used to be. "All done, Em. Let's go eat with your dad." Jared said, starting to stand with her.

Drake waited for Lily to grab her food before he took a single pancake. He still felt bad about eating everything in sight. Still his stomach grumbled. "Don't mention it." He said quietly as he picked at his food. He kept one arm resting on the back of the chair , his hand idly playing with her hair. He was starving but for some reason just didn't want to eat. He was still worried about Lily and it bothered him that he couldn't help her more than carry her. He scratched at his scar again.

Molly looked up at him. "Bigger than me?" The thought sounded odd. She Took Trent's hand and laced her fingers with his. "Maybe Grant knows what's going on." She gave his hand a squeeze and let him lead her out to where she could hear the others.

Emma smiled. "Yeah a braid." She waited for him to finish before she turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck in a hug. "Thanks Jared." She pulled away and got him to set her down. Glancing at the kitchen she spoke. "I'll be back in a minute." Then before he could stop her she ran out the front door and into the rain. She wrapped her tiny arms around herself as she walked down the little path. listening for voices she turned down the path towards the others. She saw Sarah and Rich talking so she stood a few feet away until they were done. With her hair now getting stuck to her forehead and her thin dress starting to stick to her frame.
The girl tugged on Sarah's blanket. "Sarah?" She spoke softly before taking a step back and hanging her head a bit. "I... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come and take Grant away from you." She kicked at the wet dirt with her toes as she thought abotu the vision they had shared yesterday. "Please don't be mad at me." Emma paused for a moment before she Wrapped her arms around the older girl looking up at her with her big bright eyes. "Please?" her lower lip was starting to quiver, a little bit from the cold but also from her fear that Sarah would still be mad at her.

"Well...like I said before," Diva began, crossing her arms, "You really like her. Hmmm, well, I guess I should say you're attracted to her in the romantic sense. I can't really say I've ever gotten so head over heels for someone before, like you have, but you're definitely showing the signs, Romeo.

"Pfft, don't give me that look. I am immune!" Diva joked when he gave her the puppy dog eyes. Actually, she wasn't, but that didn't mean she had to tell him, "Just, please, don't get like that with Grant. He's the one that brought us all together, so that's why I got angry earlier. I know there are going to be times where you'll argue with him, but don't do it over Sarah. Sarah definitely likes you and no one else. To be honest, I'm a little jealous. She opened up to you so quickly..."

There was a hint of sadness in her voice with the last sentence, a small frown coming over her face, as she remembered what Sarah had said to her before she left. Well, she wasn't about to unburden herself on Rik, she'd already glared at him today and didn't want to trouble him further. Snapping out of it, she patted his shoulder, the frown disappearing, "Anyhow, you are forgiven, so go after your sweetheart. You might want to check Rich's garden for her."

She left her room with him, separating to go off towards the kitchen to see how everyone else was doing. Seeing that there were still pancakes untouched, she gave a mock huff of indignation, "Really, I might not have Molly's cooking skills, but they're not that bad, are they?"

Diva took a small pancake and put a couple apples on it before wrapping it up much like a burrito. Now that her mood was better, the combination tasted a lot better than her previous experience.

Sarah glanced down as she felt a tug on her blanket. She listened to the little girl and tried to resist the look she was getting from her but she couldn't. She smiled gently, her eyes were grey in the shadow of the blanket, and pat her head though she said nothing as she took her under her blanket to keep her dry and warm. It wasn't Emma's fault that Grant would be preoccupied with her from now on. The girl was Grant's own flesh and blood, Sarah was a guest in his house. She stood there in the rain for a moment, unsure what to do now. She still wanted to go to Richard's garden but she didn't know if Emma wanted to come with her. With a sigh she looked at the apple she held and handed it to Emma as she took the blanket off and wrapped it all around the small girl, doubling it over so that it would take longer for the rain to get to her.

Lilly looked at Drake when he only took one pancake and frowned at him before setting down her fork, "I know you're hungrier than that. Go on." She reached over to try to tickle him, "Grab some more and eat." She looked up at Diva's comment and grinned, "No, not at all. They're great!" She exclaimed, looking at Grant who'd grabbed three and nodded his agreement as he chewed a bite.

Trent shrugged, "I don't know. We'll see." He walked with her to the kitchen and smiled as he walked in, "Morning all." As he sat down he grabbed a couple pancakes and some apple then looked around, "Did Sarah grow?"