Emma smiled a bit when the older girl patted her on the head. She released her for only a moment as Sarah pulled her under the blanket and then she went right back to hugging her. She was surprised when Sarah put an apple in her hands and then bundled her up in the blanket, exposing herself to the rain. "W-We can share." She said as she scooted closer to Sarah and tried to wrap part of the blanket around her. She was small though so it was awkward and rather unsuccessful with out the girls help. She bit her lip in frustration as she tried to put the blanket back around the both of them.

Drake didn't snap out of his daze until Lily tickled him. An abrupt laugh escaped him as he squirmed in his seat and nearly fell off. "You can't do that to a man when he is unprepared." He chuckled. "And I'm just worried about you." He admitted as he took a few more pancakes and apples. He began to eat with a smile as he saw the others come in. "Morning!" He said between bites. Then a thought occurred and he looked back down to his pants. "Um, Trent, you wouldn't happen to up... have some extra pants i could borrow do you?" His cheeks reddened, he didn't exactly have underwear either, but he wasn't going to even mention something like taht in front of the girls.

Molly felt for the empty seat next to Trent and sat down as he did. She didn't take a plate or try for any food. she didn't need it, Drake or Sarah could have her share. "Smells good Dive, I'm sure you did a great job." She gave the girl smile as she rested her hand on Trent's thigh while he ate.

Rik smiled back at Diva, happy that things were cleared up. He was red when she talked about his feelings for Sarah. He, himself, didn't quite realized how much he liked her. He rubbed his face, unsure of what to say. He let Diva lead him out to the hallway and away from her room. "Thanks Div." He said before leaving the house to find Sarah.

Rik was greeted with a heavy drizzle of rain when he had left the house. He cursed under his breath. Sarah was in nothing but his t-shirt, she was going to get sick. He remembered the path that Sarah had shown him the other day that led to Rich's garden. As he neared, Rik saw Sarah, Emma and Rich out there in the rain. He jogged a little to catch up to them. "What are you guys going out in the rain?" He asked as he got close to them.

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Jared had set Emma down as he walked towards the kitchen. He blinked in surprise as Emma took off outside. He frowned slightly but shook his head at the girl. He smiled brightly as Diva entered the kitchen again. He grabbed a plated and piled some pancakes and apples on it. He took a bite, the flavors exploding in his mouth. "Mm..Diva, these are great. We should cook together more often." He said, sitting down on one of the free chairs.

Sarah tucked the blanket around Emma, "I don't want you getting sick. I'm used to feeling sick so it's no big deal if I do." She looked up as she heard Rik and frowned slightly, he was still shirtless. She wanted to give him his shirt back but that would leave her nude so she just looked down at the mud squelching between her toes, "I'm spending the day in Rich's garden. I cause problems when I'm around all of them. He has some really big plants I can stay dry under." Richard frowned, setting a hand on her shoulder to keep her from continuing down the path, not that she was trying to anyway. "I was getting stuff from my garden." he looked at Sarah and then Rik, "You can have my room today, Sarah. What's going on anyway?"

Lilly laughed as he squirmed away, smiling as he defended himself, "I'll be fine. I've walked on worse than this." She looked over at Trent as Drake asked for pants. She looked at Molly then Trent, thinking they looked good together. She didn't eat much before she was finished and slid her plate over to Drake.

Trent nodded, "I think I might. I thought you looked bigger next to Lilly." he was digging into his pancakes but stopped to look to his side, "Hows your head? Can you eat some?" there was plenty for everyone.

"But!" The little girl tried to protest but Sarah kept tucking the blanket around her, so she resigned, defeated. "I don't want you to get sick." The little girl just stared up at her even as the other man came over. Then she wrapped her arms and the blanket around Sarah's lower half. It was all she could do at the moment, so that's what she did. She clung to the girls waist as Sarah spoke to the others.

Drake wrinkled his nose but grinned as Lily laughed at him. But at Trent's comment he nodded. "Yeah it looks like Sarah isn't the only one who grew last night." He scratched at his chest a bit before catching himself and pulling his hand down. When Lily slid her plate over he happily took it and ate what was left before grabbing himself another few pancakes.

Molly just listened to the others for a moment before Trent spoke to her. Turning to face him she smiled. "MY head's fine for now... maybe just a small bite of the apples." She didn't have a plate or anything and she didn't really want to spill the containers on the table so she just stayed still. Molly idly let her thumb gently rub back and fourth on Trent's knee as she sat there and listened to them all.

Sarah looked down at Emma as she kept trying to cover her with the blanket and sighed as she gave into the girl, bending down to readjust the blanket again to be on both of them, "There, okay?" She didn't mind her hanging onto her waist but she didn't want Emma to get more wet trying to put the blanket on her than if they both had the blanket. If she felt strong enough she'd just pick her up but the cold of the rain was sapping her energy even more than under normal circumstances so she felt weak. She looked up at Richard who still had his hand on her shoulder but she didn't mind it there.

Trent chuckled, "Well it's nice to know that you're getting what you need to grow." Lilly nodded her agreement as she wiggled her toes under the table but that made too much movement in her foot so she stopped to lean on Drake, "And you need shoes and socks." She smiled as she put her hand over the red spot on his chest, concentrating to cool her hand a little to soothe the inflammation. "You know, it's good that I found you. I don't eat much so..." She let her sentence fade smiling at him. She hated wasting food but he wouldn't waste what she couldn't eat.

Trent, hearing Molly's answer cleared off a section of his plate for her apples and frowned a moment as he slid it in front of her, "Now, my pancakes are still on there." He warned her as he put his fork in her hand. "Unless you'd like me to feed them to you." He joked gently, covering her hand on his knee with his now freed one and running his fingers over hers lightly.

Emma smiled and still clung to the older girl as Sarah finally took the blanket again. Looked down at the apple in her hand she ran her tiny thumb over its smooth skin before she put it to her mouth and took a small bite. Chewing on the juicy fruit she offered the apple back up to Sarah. "Do you want some?"

Drake adjusted his grip around Lily's shoulders as she leaned into him. Goosebumps broke out across his skin as her hand cooled down teh raw spot he had scratched onto his skin. "That's new." He commented on teh goosebumps, he couldn't remember the last time he had gotten them. But at her comment he looked back over to her. "Well, these pants were the only things that didn't burn, they are the only clothes i got." He took a few more bites before he stopped and smiled. "Well i'm glad you found me.... either way."

Molly's face flushed a bit at his comment but she smiled. "I think I'll give it a shot first okay?" She couldn't keep from grinning as she felthis hand on hers. Then she took his forka and felt for the plate. She set the fork on the plate and slid it around until it hit something. Stabbing at whatever it was she felt the spongy softness of pancakes so she removed her fork and found something else. Sticking an apple piece she brought it to her lips and took a tiny little bit. She grinned. "It's good Diva." She took a few more little bites, only eating about two pieces of the apple before setting the fork down and sliding the plate back over to Trent. "You should finish your breakfast."

"Maybe we can do it when Molly feels like having a day off." Diva grinned when Jared talked about cooking together more. She had to admit, the smile he had flashed her when she had come back into the kitchen had left a warm, tingling feeling in her stomach. It wasn't uncomfortable, but it was definitely something she didn't feel on a regular basis.

Diva leaned against the wall, letting the others have the seats so that they could enjoy their meal better. She was happy to see that the apples were being eaten, having found no complaints with the pancakes herself. With her limited cooking experience, she was nervous that she might have done something wrong with her part of the cooking, so was critiquing it in her mind. When Molly said that the apples were good, it made Diva flush slightly pink in pleasure, a happy smile on her face. That the main cook of the family had complimented her felt really nice.

"So anything on the agenda for today?" She asked, "It's still drizzling pretty hard outside, so I'm going to be avoiding going into the wastelands."

Lower visibility meant more opportunities for the more crafty Infected to get the jump on unsuspecting travelers. It also meant flash floods in places that were normally bone dry. You never really knew what could happen after a rainstorm, even if you had traversed the terrain and knew it like the back of your hand. She had to be grateful to Trent, really, that they weren't having to scramble to the roof to fix any leaks. Unless something unforseen happened, it looked like it was going to be a pretty uneventful day.

Rik stared at Rich's hand, trying to keep his cool. He shook it off, he may like Sarah that way a lot, but she didn't belong to him. He sighed, running a hand through his hair. "It's not you, Sarah. I...I just overreacted because I feel protective of you." He said, hanging his head. His golden blonde hair hanging in his face from all the water it had soaked up. "No one's mad at anyone, especially you. I already apologized to Grant and Diva. So come back inside?" He said,holding out his hand to her.

He looked over to Rich, a sad smile on his face. "I put my foot in my mouth and made everyone upset." He explained to the other man. Turning back to Sarah and Emma, he smiled at the two. "Come back inside. I'm sure Diva would love to help you find some clothes and Emma, you don't want your daddy to be worried about you." He smiled at both girls.

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"That sounds good to me." He said. Jared wiped his mouth after finishing off his plate of food. He couldn't help but smile at her. There was something about Diva that made him want to smile all the time. He wasn't used to it, his cheeks felt sore. "Well, I think Grant was going to test out Emma and my powers. I don't know if we will now with the rain." He said, making a slight frowning face.

"What do you guys normally do on days like this?" He asked, standing at the sink washing the plates that had been left there. After finishing them, he leaned against the counter across from Diva, amused with the pleased look on her face from Molly's comment.

Sarah nodded, "But it is me. If I stay around them while they get angry for you caring about me then I'll get angry. I've never had anyone care about me enough that they'd stay with me after a vision." She looked down then sighed, "I'm not sure Diva's happy with me for standing up for you. I need to talk to her. It won't really be something she'll want to hear." She knew what she'd said to Diva hadn't been nice or fair but she hadn't really told her or anyone how it felt to have to separate herself so she didn't cause any fights by being mean or rude but being forgotten constantly for it.f She took his hand but looked up as Richard didn't drop his hand but tightened it on her shoulder a moment before dropping it. She sighed as she slipped out from under the blanket, "No, you eat it, Emma." She said softly, patting the girl's head before she hugged Rik, "It's just nice not being forgotten."

Lilly sat up a little, jerking her hand off, when he said the goosebumps were new and she chewed on her lip, looking at the red spot on his chest then at him. It'd been a jerk reaction, thinking that she might've been hurting him by accident. He was talking like nothing had happened so she must not have hurt him. Still she looked at her hand and then at him, "Is your skin where I burned you the other day alright?" She asked, low enough just he would hear it. She looked for the places on his arms and his torso.

Trent took his plate when she slid it back over and he kissed her head, "Sure thing." He hoped that with his help she'd be able to stave off her headaches and migraines more often and that she'd start eating better. Maybe she'd get stronger some how.

Grant looked at Diva, "Nothing much. Just whatever you feel like." Then looked at Jared, "Normally we just rest and lounge about. If someone's feeling restless they can repair a few thins around inside the house." He was starting to watch the kitchen doorway and listen for the front door.

Emma frowned when Sarah pulled away, but at least she wasn't mad anymore. Sticking the apple in her mouth she removed the blanket with both her hands and held it up to Rik for Sarah. She waited until the man took it before she took a step back. "W-well if you sill grown ups are going to stay in the rain, k-keep the blanket. I'm going to go inside." Then she skipped off towards the door, the apple in hand. Once inside the little girl shivered a bit. Looking down at her thin wet dress, it was almost see through and it clung to her tiny frame. Her tiny shoes were now muddy too. Slipping off the old things she set them by the door, before she wrapped her arms around her self in an effort to keep warm. Slowly she made her way into the kitchen where everyone else was. "Is t-there any left?" She asked quietly, the cold making her stutter.

A frown crossed Drakes face when Lily seemed to jerk away. As he listened to her he sighed and took her hand back into his. "It's fine, i've just never been cold before to actually get goosebumps." He gave her a smile. Looking down he spotted a few dark marks where she had burned him. They didn't hurt, but the marks would stick around for a while. "They are fine, they don't hurt one bit." He didn't want to let her worry about him.

Molly smiled when Trent kissed her head. She gave his leg a squeeze as she kept her hand there while he ate. She was happy to be feeling better and admittedly she was still a little hungry, but she didn't want to over do it, her stomach was still unused to larger quantities of food. After Grant spoke she looked over to Trent. "Do you think maybe you could read to me a little bit today?" She asked quietly. It had been a while since they last got to relax, and she loved listening to Trent read her stories.

Rik held onto Sarah as she hugged him. He buried his face in her hair, breathing in her scent. "I will never forget you, nor will the other. They only leave you alone after visions because that's what they thought you wanted." He said into her hair. Rik blinked when Emma offered up the blanket. He took it and wrapped it around Sarah like a cloak. "Thanks Emma." He said as the little girl started back to the house. "Come on, you can talk to Diva and if things don't go well, you can hide in Rich's room." He said smiling softly at her. He looked up at Rich, with a smile. "Right, Richard?" He asked the other man.

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Jared looked over to the front door as he heard it open. He saw a soaked Emma come in and take of her shoes. He frowned at her. "Emma..you're all wet. And yes there still is some for you." He said, giving her a silly fake mad face. "Well.. I have no other clothes for you. Maybe I have a clean shirt for you to wear until your dress dries." Jared said, thinking for a moment.

"I'll be right back." He said. "Unless someone else has something more suitable for her?" He said, looking at Diva then at Grant. He rubbed his chin,thinking. "I wonder if Sarah would mind giving her old clothes to Emma since she's not small anymore." He said aloud.

Sarah blushed when he buried his face in her hair but she didn't find the contact unpleasant. She smiled at the girl as she left and looked up at Rik, "They never asked though, Rik. They never tried." After a moment she looked up at Richard when he came to her side again, "She certainly can. I'm considerign asking Grant if maybe we can change rooms so you two can have a room together." He said and handed her a banana, "For when the storm starts getting to you." Sarah nodded to him and looked up at Rik, "I wonder if Diva will still be willing to lend me some clothes." She took off the blanket after they got inside, starting to shiver.

Lilly nodded, "Oh, well good." She said softly, lightly running her hands across the black marks before she placed her hand on his chest again, over the red spot to cool it again, "So, are the goosebumps okay?" She wiggled her fingers as she reached for another apple slice with her other hand. She'd decided she wasn't quite finished.

Trent grinned at her request, "Of course. I'll read to you for as long as you want." He wanted to get her one of those books you felt to read, wondering if he could learn brail and then teach Molly. "Which one do you want?" He asked as he slid the remainder of his breakfast over to Grant.

Grant looked over at Emma as she came in and nodded, picking her up and setting her in his chair, a plate of mostly eaten pancakes and another that was two whole pancakes and some apple slices. "I'll go get some." He said quickly as he went into the bathroom and tossed a towel to Jared then grabbed a pair of pants and a shirt that Sarah would avoid wearing at all costs. "Here." He said as he came back. Do these work?"

Drake smiled when she went back to cooling the self inflicted irritation on his chest. "Okay?" he shrugged. "I guess, I mean they aren't bad." He chuckled a bit before he finished off the rest of the food on his plate. When he heard Molly and Trent talk about books he sighed. He had never learned how to read or write. His sister had tried to teach him, but he had barely gotten his name down before he broke and killed them all.

A big smile crossed her face when Trent said he would read to her. She thought a few minutes before she finally spoke. "I'm not sure... I'll go pick one out for when you are done eating." Getting to her feet, she moved the chair and slid it back in before walking around the table and out to the living room. She could hear Emma's teeth chattering a bit and Jared softly talking to her so she knew where they were and could easily avoid them. Making her way to the cluttered shelf on the wall, Molly let her finders run over the spines of the books. Finding one of the bigger ones she grinned and pulled it from the shelf. Holding the massive book in her hands she ran her fingers over the title. The Brothers Grim Fairy Tales. Still smiling she took the book over to the couch and sat down with the book in her lap to wait for Trent.

Emma Took the towel from Jared and bundled herself up in it, trying to dry herself off, but she was still shivering a little bit as she sat in her fathers chair. She made an attempt to reach for the plate, but she was a bit short and couldn't quite get it she she resigned to just sitting in the towel bundled up until Grant returned with clothes. "They work." She smiled up at him.

"I'm sure Sarah wouldn't mind, but we can ask all the same." Diva said when the option was brought up that Sarah might give Emma the clothes that didn't fit her anymore, "Though that, and Grant talking about repairing things, makes me think I should just have everyone give me their clothing that they need repairing. So guys, the offer is out there; if you have something ripped, give it to me and I'll mend it. Now I just need to find the sewing kit."

Excusing herself, she went to go search for the elusive kit. She looked in her own room first, then going into the closet in the hallway, before going to the living room. Seeing that they normally didn't worry about mending until the hole was extremely big, the kit always ended up getting lost. She started looking through the cabinets, finally going to look underneath the couch.

"Ah-ha!" She said in triumph, half her body disappearing underneath the couch as she reached for her prize. After some 'umphs' and growls as she stretched for it, a muffled cry of 'got'cha!' could be heard before she emerged with the sewing kit, "You hide well, but I triumph once again! Okay, guys, I found the kit! You can start throwing your clothes my way!"

Rik pulled away a little and looked down at Sarah. "Let's go see what Diva has for you." He said, his hand slipping down to hers. He took her hand in his. "Thanks, Rich. You're a great guy." Rik said when Rich confirmed that Sarah could use his room.

Rik rubbed her arms once they got inside. He saw her shiver and he was cold too. It was much warmer inside than it was outside. Once he knew that Sarah was going to be taken care of, he would go and change himself. "This is why you need clothes." Rik said, smiling at her, hoping to get her to smile too.

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Jared rubbed the dry towel against Emma's arms until Grant returned with the clothes. "Here, I'll make you a plate, Em." Jared said, moving to pile some pancakes and apples onto it. He slid the plate to her, handing her the fork. "You might want to eat before you put those on. You can be messy." Jard said, smiling at her.

Sarah looked at his hand as he took hers but then she looked up at him, "Sure." But when he joked about clothing she did smile but responded, "Oh, I have clothing. It just doesn't fit." When she saw Diva with the sewing kit she looked down at her feet, "Hey, Div." She said softly, softer than her normal voice, "Can I talk to you?" She asked, glancing in the kitchen as she held her banana and wondered how much longer it would be before she ate.

Lilly smiled and set her head on his shoulder, keeping her hand on his chest while he ate but when he sighed she looked up at him, "Drake? Is something wrong?" She looked at her hand then up at him, "Do you want me to stop?"

Trent stood with her but followed her slowly enough that he wouldn't get in her way. Soon after she sat down he sat down next to her and smiled as he pulled her up against his side, "Ooo, one of my favorites." He said happily as he took the book and began to read one of her favorite stories to her. Bearskin. "Once upon a time there was a young fellow who enlisted as a solider, fought bravely, and was always in the thick of things......" He started.

Grant shook his head at Jared's suggestion as he sat down to give the little girl a boost on his knee. "No need for her to stay in her wet clothes. We have some scraps of fabrics we bought for bandages, unused of course, that she can use to protect her dry clothing." He wrapped the towel around her and handed her the clothes, "Here you are. There's rooms you can change in real quick and a bathroom." He figured she could easily crawl off his lap.

Lily's voice pulled Drake from his thoughts. "Oh, you're fine, it's not you..." he told her reassuringly as he kissed the side of her head. "It's just what Trent and Molly were talking about." he said quietly, not wanting them to know he was talking about them. "I... I never learned how to read or write." he admitted his face flushing, his cheeks turning red. "I feel like that is just something i should know."

Molly Grinned as Trent pulled her closer to him and took the book from her. She pulled her feet up next to her on the sofa and snuggled into his side as she listened to the sound of his voice read one of her favorite tales. She loved his voice, and if it was possible she would just sit there all day and listen to him read, but she knew he couldn't handle that so she settle for a simple story or two. She rested her head on his shoulder as she sat there, a smile still on her face.

Emma took the clothes in both arms as she slid down off of Grant's knee. She disappeared into the first room she found and quickly peeled off the wet dress. She pulled on the pants and shirt, the y fit well. then the girl gathered up the dress and towel and walked back out to the kitchen. After setting the clothes down on the floor next to Grant's chair she haphazardly climbed back up onto his knee. She pulled the plate Jared had made for her closer and began eating, mostly the sugary apples, but she occasionally ate the pancakes as well. "THis is yummy." She said with a mouthful.

The door opened after Diva made her announcement, the "stragglers' coming in to eat the rest of the day's breakfast, "Hey, guys, I just found the sewing kit, so if you need anything fixed, just tell me."

She hadn't been expecting Sarah to break away and come talk to her, her eyes cast to the floor and talking quieter than normal. It was a little unnerving, to say the least, and Diva had to wonder what was making Sarah act this way. Surely it wasn't because she'd gotten angry at her earlier, was it? Well, maybe she was just about to ask for some clothes. Diva certainly didn't mind, but maybe Sarah thought that this morning had changed that. Well, Diva would hear her out and stop thinking about the possibilities were.

"Man, I'm a popular one today." Diva joked, turning so she was fully facing Sarah, "What's up? Oh, and Grant grabbed a couple pieces of clothing for Emma that you hardly use since she was soaked. Hope that's okay."

Sarah nodded, waving it off, "It's fine, she can have all my old stuff, none will fit now." She glanced into the kitchen then looked back at Diva, "I wanted to apologize for earlier. It was uncalled for." She looked up at Diva, still so much smaller. She waited a moment for her reaction before asking, "Do you have any of your clothes you don't normally wear?"

Lilly smiled, "Oh, well I bet he'd teach you if you asked." she looked at the table top, "And then you could teach me." she looked at him, "I don't know if I was ever taught but if I was then it's in those missing years and I don't remember." her hand automatically went to the charm around her neck.

Trent continued to read but when he reached the end he looked to Molly, "Which one next?" he'd read the book to her so many times he knew she knew many of the story titles, if not the stories by heart.

Grant watched her leave but as she got off his lap he'd gotten up to grab a scrap of fabric to tie around Emma's neck like a bib. When she came back he tucked it into the neck of her shirt. He laughed when she spoke with her mouth full and motioned to Jared, "I'm sure Jared and Diva would love to hear you say so."

Drake looked down at her, he had forgotten that she didn't have all her memories like he did. His arm got tighter around her shoulders and brought her closer. He kissed her cheek, unsure of what to say on the subject. Most of the time he wished he couldn't remember. "Well... If you want the memories, I'm sure they will come back eventually." He said after a while although part of him was scared that if she did remember, she wouldn't like it, or she would remember someone else and not want him. He shook his head to clear his thoughts before he kissed her cheek again.

Molly smiled and moved one of Trent's arms to be around her. Snuggling closer she rested her head on his shoulder. "The girl without hands?" She suggested. It was another one of her favorites. "But then you can pick."

Emma wiggled a bit on Grant's knee, smiling as she swallowed the mouthful. Looking over to Jared she grinned. "These are yummy Jared." She looked around and her smile disappeared. "Where is Diva? I wanna tell her that these are yummy." She mumbled just before she shoved another apple in her little mouth. It was a good thing Grant had tied the bib on her, because a glob of the cinnamon sauce from the apples dripped from her fork and landed on the edge of the bib.

"But what if they don't?" She asked him, her eyes shifting to a blank spot on the wall, "It's so hard missing over half my life's memories. I mean, I don't know when I broke. If I was the one who froze them." Her hands fisted up, "Maybe that was when I broke, but I don't know. I don't know if I had another family that I left and they're still out there worrying about me. What if I'd killed them by accident? What if I was a thief, or a murderer. Or a murdering thief. What if I was. If someone from anywhere I'd ever hit recognized me everyone here would get here." She shook her head as she said, "Oh, god. hen you shouldn't be around me anymore. No one should. People could get hurt." She paused to take a deep breath but it was clear that breath was for more rambling and scaring herself even more.

Trent smiled at her and leaned down to kiss the top of her head before thumbing over to the story she'd picked. He started into the story with a smile but did something he didn't often do but when it came to the lines of women speaking he paused to see if Molly would fill in.

Grant smiled at her, "Oh, she'll be back. She went out into the living room to look for the sewing box." He watched as the cinnamon fell on her bib and chuckled, "You weren't kidding, were you, Jared?"

Drake was surprised when Lily started to ramble. "Lillian... Lil... Will you just...." He couldn't get a word in edge wise, she just kept on going not giving him a chance to say anything. When she finally paused to breathe, Drake made his move. Putting a hand on her cheek he forced her head to turn and look at him. Then he quickly pressed his lips against hers. Holding the kiss for a few long moments, Drake finally pulled away to catch his own breath. His cheeks were red as he looked at her. "Lillian, you would never do something like that. Trust me." he spoke softly, his hand still on her cheek.

Molly grinned when she felt Trent kiss her head. Some times she wished she could see when he'd make such a gesture so she could look up and meet his lips. But she simple smiled and leaned into him. When he paused, Molly giggled a moment before she spoke. "Tell me, miller, how did all this wealth suddenly get into our house? All at once I discovered our chests and boxes are full. Nobody's brought anything, and I don't know how it's all happened." she giggled again at the end of the line and tilted her face up towards Trent with a smile.

Emma tilted her head back awkwardly until she could see Grant's face. "Jared's always right silly." She giggled as her feet began to kick back and fourth as her energy was coming back. Then she looked back down and shoved another apple in her mouth. Then, stabbing one more, she inspected the fruit on her fork. Then she held it up towards Grant. "Did you try it?" she asked, her mouth full again.

Rik watched as Sarah went to talk to Diva. It made him smile a little. He knew that Diva and the others cared for Sarah, how could they not? He went into the kitchen to see what everyone else was doing. He found Jared, Grant and Emma sitting around the table. Emma was too cute as she ate the pancakes with apples and making a mess on her bib. He leaned against the counter and just watch the happy scene between Father and daughter.

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Jared smiled brightly at the little girl. "Thank you, Em. I think Diva is out helping someone with their clothes. You can tell her when you're all done." He said.Jared nodded to Rik as the other man came into the kitchen. There was really no where else for him to go. He, like Jared and Emma, had no room of their own in this small house with so many people in it. Jared looked at him, wondering about the man.

Jared waited for Emma to be finished with her food before he'd take the plate away and wash it. He didn't know what else to do, he was new in the house and didn't really know how things worked.

Oh, so that's what it was. It made Diva smile, already having forgiven the other girl right after the fact. It wasn't often that Diva got mad and she certainly didn't stay that way for long. She could count on her hands how many times she had gotten so angry that it had taken more than a few minutes to calm herself down. Without a thought, she reached forward and gave Sarah's hair a quick ruffling to show she wasn't angry. Sarah might not like to be touched, but there were times where the barrier had to be broken. Besides, Diva was having a small case of 'If-Rik-Can-Do-It-So-Can-I' mentality.

"I already forgave you, but that means a lot, Sarah. Thank you." Diva continued to grin, "As for clothes, I can have you look through them after you eat. All I ask from you is a few minutes where you model them. That way, I can measure and you're not drowning in fabric later.

"Anyhow, go grab some food while I bring them out." Diva said, going back to her room to grab some articles of clothing that she thought Sarah might like. After bringing them back to the living room and making a small sewing area for herself in a rather empty portion, she went to the kitchen to wait until someone gave her a commission.

Sarah frowned slightly when Diva ruffled her hair, especially since it was wet and dripped more water onto her face, "Okay. I don't want to take anything you like though, just your old torn stuff works, I won't mind." She said, looking around for Rik when she told her to go eat. When she didn't see him she picked at the peel to her banana, starting to eat the bitter outside as she wandered slowly towards the kitchen, letting water drip and run down her front and back. She brightened a little when she found Rik standing by the counter and came to stand next to him, smiling at Emma.

Lilly's eyes went wide as her breath was cut off by Drake's lips, the parade of horrible thoughts vanished until he pulled away. Without turning her head she looked to the side when he spoke, lifting her hands to his cheeks, "Maybe not the now me but we don't know what the past me was like." She told him, pressing her cold cheek closer to his hand.

Trent chuckled when she filled in, "Wow, you have that down by heart!" He said, hugging her with one arm. When she turned her face up he smiled down at her for a second, rubbing her arm before turning back to the book, continuing. He was considering kissing her but Diva had walked back into the room and he'd been told once it was rude to be kissing with others in the room.

Grant laughed when Emma offered him the apple and raised a corner of the bib to wipe the corners of her mouth, "Yes, I tried it. It's very good." He said with a smile before tapping her jaw lightly with a finger, "Now, don't talk with your mouth full, kay?"