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[shesepankh]

Saturday morning sees Bella with her notebooks about magic all in her knapsack, her medallion safety-pinned by its chain to her bra just in case she trips the wrong way, waiting with Charlie for pickup for the Avalon trip.

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[castmyown]

Awww! Snuggle. Darren won't be complaining about wingsnuggles.

[shesepankh]

Good, because that's what he's getting!

Until her dad's car pulls up and she spirits away the extra parts.

"I'll see you tomorrow," she murmurs.

[castmyown]

"Yeah," agrees Darren, softly. "See you."

[shesepankh]

Bella considers for a moment, then sneaks a swift little kiss and goes out to meet her dad.

[castmyown]

Kiss!

Darren's got a goofy grin, now.

[morethanimaginary]

"So you did kiss her!" says Savannah, poking her head out from where she'd been eavesdropping from.

[castmyown]

"I have no idea what you're talking about!" he replies.

[shesepankh]

The next day of school, Bella arrives humming and sits right next to Darren when she appears at English.

[castmyown]

He smiles at her affectionately. "Hey, you."

[shesepankh]

"Hi! How are you? Was Savannah insufferable?"

[castmyown]

"Wonderful! And of course she was, she kept asking questions and prying and eventually I just hid in our room with the door barricaded until she promised to stop teasing me about it."

[shesepankh]

"The etiquette around locking your sister out of your shared room must be complicated."

[castmyown]

"Not really, I got there first and she just wanted to bother me, so I can lock her out just fine. She's done the same to me, it happens. I can just poke her for anything I need in there and she'll hand it over before going back to whatever made her lock herself in our room."

[shesepankh]

"And then when it's bedtime?"

[castmyown]

"We call a truce."

[shesepankh]

"Sounds like an elegant system."

[castmyown]

"Yup," snickers Darren. "We're rather proud that we can manage it when we're annoyed with each other."

[shesepankh]

"And you should be. Do you want to come over to mine this afternoon for the lessons, though?"

[castmyown]

"I'd love to!"

[shesepankh]

"Is Savannah still glued to you, is that part of inviting you over still?"

[castmyown]

"I can not so subtly tell her to un-glue herself."

[shesepankh]

"Good. I mean, I suppose her decreased gluiness is implied by the fact that she let us go to dinner without insisting on being a third wheel? But given how enthusiastic she is about how cute we are I wasn't sure if that meant she'd also allow the magic lessons."

[castmyown]

"I think so, if I ask very nicely."

[shesepankh]

"Yay."

[castmyown]

"Besides, I think she's getting annoyed with magic lessons anyway, so she'll jump on the chance to not have to sit through them, bored out of her mind."