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"Okay," Sorrel murmured; she may not have liked Giovanni being so forward with his request, but she was also fully prepared to respect the other girl's decision; though she saw the tension in Adeline's posture, she was too young to comprehend what it was. All she saw was the smile, and figured it really was okay.

Besides, the deal was sealed when the boy offered something in return.

She wished suddenly that he would have offered the necklace before, or possibly have asked for a trade rather than the bracelet as a gift - but it was too late for that. As it was, her eyes lit up when they fell upon the trinket. "That's pretty too," she said, leaning in for a closer look, fascinated by how the sunlight played in the glass. "I think that's a fair trade! Don't you, um..." Sorrel trailed off, realizing she didn't know the purple skinned girl's name yet. Her wide eyes slid from the necklace to the other girl imploringly.

She had been debating over trying her newly-received tea (though at least ate a bit of the cookie), and Onyx was going to respond to the dark-haired girl's remark about it being delicious with sugar when suddenly, she was being pulled away from the table. By the aforementioned dark-haired girl. "Eeeyah!" Onyx squeaked out in surprise. It was a good thing that her teacup was on the table and not in her hands - otherwise it would have been quite a mess. She was wide-eyed, but tried to introduce herself since Andy had. "Myy... naaames... Ooo... nyx..."
However, hearing his older sister's squeak and a knocked-over chair to his left alerted Lyuben to something. That was enough to pull him away from the table. The sandwich Lyuben was eating was almost gone; he was chewing his last bite, while being impolite all the same: "Onis, was raw?" Seeing a dark-haired girl spin his older sister - who was still shocked - around the field was definitely, well, a shock. "Is iss ame?" At least he swallowed his food before asking if Andy and Onyx were playing a game.

"Hey birdy-lady?" Hayden finished drinking his tea as fast as he could manage without burning himself before he spoke. "Have you seen my big brother?" He hadn't seen Deskri since the Nurses office incident, and was a little worried that his big brother was getting picked on again. "Is that mean kid pickin' on my big brother again." His brow furrowed unhappily. Hayden didn't like that big kid at all.

[Ffff... Deskri would die if he heard Hayden talking like that....]

"Oh... Why not?" He frowned, apparently no one had taught him that he was supposed to keep his mouth shut when people were obviously upset like Sonnet was. "He hasn't come see Momma either, or me! Even though Momma said he was gonna take me to the park yesterday."

Edmund couldn't believe how nervous he was about meeting the other kids. He knew it wasn't a big deal, but he couldn't help feeling the butterflies beating around in his stomach. He held Gavin's hand because he was supposed to be watching him, but at the moment it felt more like a lifeline to the only person currently at the school who definitely liked him. He was probably holding it a little tighter then he intended which he realized as Gavin peered up at him looking concerned. "I...um....sorry Gavin" he relaxed his grip.

Gavin responded with only a smile. Then he paused, tilting his head to listen. He heard voices! Voices meant people, and Gavin liked people! So far anyway. Either way though, he wanted to know what exactly was going on. He started tugging Edmund in that direction going as fast as his little legs would allow him.

Edmund blinked in surprise as he was pulled off towards....voices...people. "Um...Gavin...wait let's just stay here a moment?" Despite his protests he found himself following the little blond one until he was faced with what appeared to be a tea party. Edmund's eyes went wide and he tried to get the surge of nerves under control.

Peering around pleased at all the people Gavin gave a beaming smile. "Hi." He chirped as a way of announcing himself.

He almost couldn't believe this was happening. Edmund glanced at the nearest kids and then shot his eyes down to look at his feet which he shuffled. "Uh...hello." his voice came out softer then he had wanted. Staring holes into his feet seemed to be the only option as he waited to see if anyone noticed them.

Since Sorrel knew Giovanni was being fair, she didn't mind him so much. In fact, nearly all the dislike she had harbored towards him had evaporated altogether, erased by the offering and the smile it brought to Adeline's face (the fact that she would possibly have been upset being a major reason for Sorrel's disapproving in the first place). For the rest of the exchange between the other girl and Giovanni she remained silent, not feeling a need to interject any longer.

Then, when Adeline turned and finally introduced herself, the girl broke out into a blithe smile. "It's okay! she said, "I almost forgot you didn't tell me. Then I couldn't remember your name because I didn't know!" The blue-haired girl held out her hand then, mimicking what she had seen her mother do when meeting new people, figuring that was what you were supposed to do (and she wasn't wrong).

"What do you like to do? My Mum says everyone has something they do good. I like drawing." She lifted her chin a little with pride, apparently under the impression that this was something to be admired - probably because it was so important to her mother.

"Momma always told me to ignore big brother when he's angry 'cause it'll go away." Hayden replied with a giggle. "One time ferever ago he got angry and his head turned red!" He waved his little arms about excitedly, since seeing Deskri's hair turn red had been quite amazing. "Y'shud ignore it tooooo 'cause big brother wun do anythin'."