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I feel like hugging this site. So glad it's back and still alive!

Sally nodded politely, appreciating Daizi's openness and desire to share with her, but she was distracted by her own thoughts. She didn't mean to be rude and would likely think about what Daizi said later, but right now, Peter was on the forefront of her mind. "I don't know, and that is part...

"It does surprise me a little, and yet it doesn't," Sally admitted. She leaned back to look up at the ceiling. "It is beautiful. You created a lovely space." She paused and then sat up to pour the tea, needing something to do. She finished pouring and handed Daizi her cup before wrapping...

Sally carried the kettle up and set it down where Daizi indicated. She didn't sit immediately, taking her time looking around Daizi's study. It had been a while since she'd been in here. "I had forgotten how intense and yet cozy this room is," she remarked, turning in place. "It is not my...

Sally smiled a smile that wobbled just a little. "I think your office would be perfect. This conversation needs a little privacy, I am afraid. May I help you carry something up?"

"Thank you, Daizi, I am appreciative to you letting me come over on such short notice," Sally sighed. She stepped inside and gracefully slipped out of her shoes before tapping the salt. Always either professional or elegant or both, Sally was dressed surprisingly casually, and her hair was...

Xander smiled slightly, pleased at Dark's approval. "I don't think I'll need it, but I'll let you know. Oh, and I can drop Alec off for his Cyr wheel practice, bit you'd need to pick him up." "The wheel takes longer than the horse," Alec said morosely. He looked down at himself. "I should...

Alec explained how Ivy had looked while eating strawberries - he'd only watched and cheered her on, not fed her himself - and Xander solemnly expressed that he was proud of her. They then cleaned up after dinner and cake and emptied their schoolbags. Alec found enough pencils and forgotten...

"I was getting to Mini eating strawberries," Xander assured them. "It's just that someone else was too excited about cake." Alec scowled at him. "Don't blame me for your lack of caring about strawberry eating!" He stuck his tongue out at his brother. Xander stuck a piece of his cake in...

Xander grinned as Alec finally let him see the cake. "Now that's one epic cake!" "Isn't it? Can we eat it now?" Alec begged. "Sure. What are you waiting for?" "You." "Oh. Then let's have our cake and eat it, too!"

Xander drove Milo home, stopping in front of his house and letting him out with a few short goodbyes. He didn't know if he'd ever see Milo again, but he hoped so. If not, he trusted Milo would find a way to talk to him, if he wanted to. He drove home in silence, hoping he'd said the right...

"Welcome," Xander said with a slight nod. "Any time."

"Fair point," Xander agreed. He leaned back and watched the cars zoom along below them. He didn't say anything, letting the evening silence linger. He'd said what he needed to say, and now he wanted to try to give Milo a little peace. If Milo wanted to talk, he'd listen. If he didn't want...

"Cool," Xander said, looking at Milo's glasses. "Maybe someday I should get checked, but I'd probably know by now if I needed them. Just don't ever give Alec the idea that he can wear them for fashion. And don't worry about it. I don't need anything back, especially not with these. They're...

"I know a few cars, like the extra fancy ones. Most of the rest are just cars, like you said. I keep forgetting what kind of car this van is," Xander admitted, patting the top of the van. "I don't know if I have great eyes. Just average, I think. At least, they're not bad enough to catch...

Xander started to tell Milo that they'd had others that didn't live, but he caught himself. He didn't think it was his place to say. Daizi was pretty open about it, but that didn't mean he got a pass to blabbing to his friends. So, he focused on the car. "Oh. It's the shape. Corvettes are...

Xander shrugged, watching the car. "Our new parents worked hard to prove we were wrong. Didn't make it easy on them, but I eventually figured out they were for real." He waved the red treat. "He - or she, but most girls are too practical for corvettes or at least figure out how to drive them...

Xander nodded soberly. "Almost ran away from the gothic manor when I found out about the mini. We'd just started getting settled, and we thought that... well, you know. Interloping teens versus bio baby that's been wished for and wanted for years. It's not the same thing by half, but there's...

Xander heaved a sigh. "I get you," he said quietly. "I'd give anything to wake up and be a different person. But it doesn't work like that." He stared out at the city. "You don't annoy me. Except when you insist that you're an annoying person or don't think I'm for real, but other than...

"That's what I thought - the avoiding pain bit, not the weasel - but, nah, that's not it at all," Xander said, shaking his head. "A lot of life is pain, yeah, and a lot of it's unfair, but a lot of it is beauty and happiness, too. It's like... the roses in Mama's flower garden. Thorns and...