shesepankh
Summer vacation elapses, and sees their storefront doing one heck of a business in the Avalon with the help of their griffin employee. There is a suggestion box for new spells they should invent, some of which have to be long-term projects but others of which are converted into new product fairly promptly.
School starts up again. Darren and Bella are both skipping straight into twelfth grade. (Bella looked into just starting college early, but while she does technically have the sort of resume that can lead to that kind of thing, she can't exactly write an essay about how she saved the life of another person and this caused her to have Moral Character, let alone about how she started a small business - so skipping one grade it is.)
They apply to colleges. They both get into University of Washington and get sufficient scholarships to accommodate both going there.
Summer ensues again.
One afternoon, Bella is over at Darren's, and has fallen asleep - in purring fullform - across his lap on the couch.
School starts up again. Darren and Bella are both skipping straight into twelfth grade. (Bella looked into just starting college early, but while she does technically have the sort of resume that can lead to that kind of thing, she can't exactly write an essay about how she saved the life of another person and this caused her to have Moral Character, let alone about how she started a small business - so skipping one grade it is.)
They apply to colleges. They both get into University of Washington and get sufficient scholarships to accommodate both going there.
Summer ensues again.
One afternoon, Bella is over at Darren's, and has fallen asleep - in purring fullform - across his lap on the couch.
castmyown
"Certainly."
He fiddles with the chant a bit to compensate with this being such a large fire, and then - chanting.
The warehouse is devoured by an inferno shortly after.
He fiddles with the chant a bit to compensate with this being such a large fire, and then - chanting.
The warehouse is devoured by an inferno shortly after.
shesepankh
Eventually Bella starts to recognize stuff.
"Are we stopping at your house first - or each going to our respective homes - or what?"
"Are we stopping at your house first - or each going to our respective homes - or what?"
castmyown
"I love you, too."
Cellphone, out. "Hey, dad. Yeah, nope, we're fine. Bella would like to keep me and use me as a pillow for right now. Mhmm. That's the gist of it. Yeah, I'm all right. Rain check on the hug. Love you, too, dad. I'll be home after. Bye."
Click.
Cellphone, out. "Hey, dad. Yeah, nope, we're fine. Bella would like to keep me and use me as a pillow for right now. Mhmm. That's the gist of it. Yeah, I'm all right. Rain check on the hug. Love you, too, dad. I'll be home after. Bye."
Click.
morethanimaginary
"Unless you need me to be there," says Savannah, "I will go home and fall into a coma for the next week or so."