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 Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:46 am
Beatrix's smile was rueful.
"Jace brought you home here to keep," she said, "and other than that, I would never send you away. I think you fit in fairly well here. I won't embarrass either of us with a glurge session, but: this is your home for as long as you want it, and you're here for the long haul."
She adjusted her blindfold at the back and added: "And don't let Jace boss you about or Wisp giving you puppydog eyes. Really, they can be heartless at times. When you have your own room you can at least get some bloody privacy. I wouldn't sleep in Jacoba's room for all the tea in China. Bunk beds! Horrifying."
Thwomp was spraying around bits of Nerd ecstatically and bellyflopping in the fragments. Never minding him, Beatrix took a piece of paper and quickly dotted some notes in it, probably reminders for herself. She seemed relieved: mainly that the administration of is Irelia happy was over, and she could just get back to mothering her. "I'll teach you Latin in the evenings starting Wednesday until we get you a tutor, or find one for the school," she said. "And then there's Akili and Becca arriving. Too many Dexters at once. And remind me that I need to take you and Wisp shopping -- you both need at least one going-out dress and Wisp's looks like a dust rag. I don't know what she does with it."
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:55 am
Breathing a sigh of relief now that the scary idea that she was about to be thrown out at any second had been quashed, Irelia was happy to hear that she could stay as long as she wished. She was even of a mind to say that she had no problem staying with Jace but remembered that she was very easily swayed by peer pressure and Jace was worth about ten peers, so her pressure was enormous. And Jace had ideas; Irelia didn't really remember what these ideas were, but she knew that whatever it was it had been bad.
As for dress shopping, Irelia was ecstatic. She was a girly-girl at heart, amongst her explorer tendencies and her prolific use of swears whenever Jace was around.
Knowing this would embarass Bea to no end, Irelia ran behind the desk, gave Bea a quick squeeze and ran out of the room, throwing herself back in to the fray of whatever Jace and Wisp were arguing about at that point.
((night Rosie!))
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