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With the sun peeking through the blinds, a bright ray of sun shinned directly on Tess' face, causing her to roll over. She mumbled a few words about not wanting to get up yet but the smell of scrambled eggs alone persuaded her to get up. Usually, she wouldn't bother to make herself decent before going out to the kitchen but the guys had spent the night. God forbid if Tess was to go out there in the little clothes she was wearing. She unbuttoned the last two buttons on the extra large shirt and slipped it off her shoulders, tossing it aside. It was soon replaced with a long sleeved black shirt with a v-neck, a pair of faded black jeans were pulled on as well. She ran a brush through her hair a few times to rid of any knots, before going out into the kitchen where she found Kimi. "Good morning," her voice was a bit rough from the bitter air. Tess opened the fridge and took out a water bottle, sipping it. "Need any help?" She threw Kimi a smile to let her know things were a little better after her attack last night.

"Sure." She clicked the button to the far right to turn on the coffee, then took a seat at the table where a plate now sat. "Thanks," she watched Kimi for a moment, wondering how she always had the time to take care of each one of them. It amazed her how well she did it too. "Should I go wake up the other two?" The truth was, she just wanted to see Gab. Before Kimi could answer she had walked over to the door to Kimi's room and cracked it open, not wanting to let too much light in.

Trace didn't remember going to bed that night, figuring it was sometime around four. It wasn't much sleep but it was something. He slid out from Gab's hold around him, making sure he didn't wake up the boy. Yawning, he rose to his feet and exited the room, walking past Tess. "Mmm, what smells so good?" He looked to Kimi, who was hovering over the stove.

Tess smiled when Trace had left the room, easing the door closed behind her. She moved onto the bed and sat indian style in front of Gab, who was still asleep; waiting for him to wake up.

"Good morning," Tess smiled, reaching out to ruffle his hair. "Kimi's making breakfast for everyone this morning, I just thought I'd let you know before it gets cold."

"Milk and four spoonfuls of sugar." It was the only way it tasted good, he shrugged, gobbling down a good portion of the plate in a matter of seconds, god was he hungry. "This is really good, the only decent food I've had in...well, awhile."

Tess sighed, deciding to leave Gab alone to go back to sleep and rejoined Kimi and Trace in the kitchen. She tried to hide her disappointment but wasn't all the good at it. So she kept her head down, and ate the eggs on her plate. Vaguely, she could feel that anxiety crawl back towards her but tried to ignore her. There was now way she'd let it have her now. Not when she had just got up, not when she was eating breakfast, not when she was by anyone else. Last night was a slip up, and she couldn't let that happen again, especially this soon.

Trace scarfed down the rest of the eggs and toast on his plate before getting up for seconds. This time he loaded the eggs with pepper the toast with more butter than anyone should ever have. He motioned for Tess to be quiet about it with his finger over his mouth. Once back at the table he scooped the eggs onto the toast and placed another piece of toast on top, making a sandwich.

"I know," she gave a false smile and by the way Trace smiled back she could tell she was getting a little better at the whole covering how she feels thing. But this growing sensation in her head wasn't helping. Quickly, she finished off her eggs and put her plate in the sink, "I'm gonna go take a bath." She spun on the heels of her feet and locked herself in the bathroom. Clicking the plug in place she turned the knob for the hot water and let it fill to the brim. The room filled with steam, radiating heat that almost felt like a sauna. Tess undressed and slid into the burning hot water, wincing as she did so. Repeatedly reassuring herself that the water wasn't too hot, and that the pain she got from it was good.

Parker felt a pair of hands press against his chest, waking him up. He fluttered open his eyes at the sound of Max's voice, followed by the pitter patter of her foot steps that led towards the main rooms. He sighed heavily, pushing himself up onto his elbows. This is gonna be a long a** day. After a minute, he went into the kitchen to see Max already eating one of those cookie sandwich things. He chuckled at her childishness of wanting sweets for breakfast and joined her at the table.

"Ugh," Tess rose herself from the water, and wrapped a towel around herself. She unlocked the door only to find Gab there. "Yes?" she leaned against the door. She sighed, "make it fast," stepping aside.

"Thanks, but those are yours. I got my own kind, remember?" He fumbled through the bag till he came across a bag of bagels sealed securely so they wouldn't get stale. "Plus, I got this," holding up the bagel. "And..." he went to open the mini fridge and pulled out come grated mozzarella cheese, peperoni slices and some tomato sauce with a weird foreign label. "These!" Parker grinned as he cut the bagel in half and made two large pizza bagels, sliding them into the toaster over he got last week and turned it on for five minutes.

Tess grinned, smacking Gab on the shoulder as he walked away, "I hope that hurt." She re-entered the bathroom and closed the door, forgetting to lock it clumsily. With the steam exiting the room, the water turned room temperature. It was times like these she was happy the school paid for the water bill. Tess pulled the plug out and let the water drain, then refilled it and sunk back in chin deep, closing her eyes.

Parker looked to Max, who now stood by his side. "Sorry about last night, I couldn't just leave you asleep on the floor," he shrugged. Ding. They were done. Carefully, he slid them onto a paper plate and turned off the toaster over. "Want me to save you one for later today?"