Lets make a splash! {open to anyone} (942 views)

Watching him stare at the water, she smiled and pat his shoulder cautiously, signing back. "You can swim if you want. I like the company, but I won't make you stay."

"I don't swim well either," Linear signed back. That, and she just hated wearing a swim suit. But at least her sister was having fun in the water- which she confirmed when she looked towards the pool to see the other girl trying to find her favorite spot with her hair nearly soaked. Shaking it off with another internal giggle, she turned back to James, signing again. "Did you used to swim a lot?"

Linear looked around the area to switch her gaze back and forth between her sister's playing and the boy offering to play with her some more. She was still nervous around him- but after some time and the fact he would sign back to her, it was easier to feel at ease. When she waved over to her sister for a moment and signed something with her back to the boy, she could see a vast smile on the other blond's face- and thus turned to nod to James after getting an agreement from her albeit surprised sibling. Signing to him, she smiled. "Let's go play."

The idea of a specific song had completely been missed by her thoughts, and she signed that very fact back when she told him she wasn't sure. "What's fun to play? I don't know many songs for both piano and ocarina..."

Linear was quick to dig her ocarina out of her pocket, smiling and waving a happy hello to the teacher. If she could recall well, she didn't dislike the teacher- it was nice to see her. She signed a greeting before wandering nearer to the piano, writing a list of very basic songs she could play, along with a bunch written by her father, and finally some she and her sister had worked on, with titles being listed with her sister's name in parentheses. "These ones," She signed happy. "Ignore the unknown ones."

Isabella smiled, nodding to his words. "No need to worry. I'd be perfectly happy just going to a park even for those days, or to just sit in your room while you work if needed. But that girl sounds almost like she was trying to push you into dates. All the books I've read describe dates similar to that." Her words came with a mild giggle, her hands moving to spread behind her back and intertwine in an unusually timed stretch.

"Let's go play one day somewhere inexpensive perhaps. I'll pay for me, you pay for you, and the baby will get in free since...Well..." It was embarrassing to say anything about the flour they had to tend. The Bonheur family was a family of chefs! They used flour every day in cooking at home! How could she possibly take this as seriously as she was trying to, anyhow? "Really, why do we use flour as a 'baby'..They could at least use something realistic like one of those kid toys...I'm more worried about my brother's though. Unlike me, he's in the cooking program...."

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"I always keep my door open for them too, but Lambert doesn't seem to want anything to do with me." The woman sighed sadly, looking down for a moment. "Bella will let me help her from time to time, but that boy won't talk to me at all. He's always been independent though. He started trying to cook as a little one. He hated it when I cooked for him by the time he was five, I'd say..."

Of course, she couldn't quite say the same about their parents. They'd never pointed out much about how he'd changed or about his independence until he ran away- and that was something she less likely wanted to even mention, much less talk about.

Turning to talk about babysitting Eva together, Madeline giggled happily. "That would be so much fun! But shouldn't you be with Kasper while I'm babysitting? You deserve some extra alone time with him."

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Amish sounded about right when describing the ever simple Sayaku. They lacked much religion at home, but made up for their Amish-like lifestyle with almost no actual technology. Albeit, they did have a bit. They had some sort of phone at all in the house, after all- and even they had safety precautions like smoke alarms.

"Um, I'm gonna just jump in and ask what 'skyping' is next." He mused. Luckily, his sister caught the question around the right time and told him it had something to do with video communication and computers- though she had apparently never used it either. As the two chatted a bit to themselves, it was nice to hear her speak in Chad's direction. Albeit, the compliment he'd used was a bit concerning since it regarded his sister.

Flutter, of course, was sort of blind to the words. "I think big brother enjoys it more than I do. He's the one who actually understands the art stuff." Her pale green eyes watched him curiously as she kept her knees bent until putting them on the ground for more comfort. Her sitting position was that of a common Japanese meditation, except clearly she wasn't meditating. "Big brother has a family complex. It's no surprise he talks about us a lot. Also, generally, boys aren't defined as 'pretty', so it isn't all that surprising."

"And, as usual, kind words fly over the top of her head faster than a bullet." Her brother sighed, ruffling hair on the top of her head with his wet hand, causing her to whine. "Sorry, sorry. You really need to get over your aversion to water. I'm shocked you can bathe like that."

"It's different when I'm expecting it, dummy!" She pouted before huffing and turning her head away.

"I know, I know. But still...I'm the least scary person here aren't I?"

"Nope. That'd be the nurse. You're second." The girl looked back at the two boys with a coy grin, happily moving her hand into the water to pathetically splash her brother. For fun, she added an extra to splash Chad, since he'd been near too. "And Chad is....Somewhere on the list too."

She felt a little bad for him as she watched him mull through the memories. "I've never been on a date, but it's probably not that bad if it's with someone you like. But, again, never been. Can't say." She giggled a bit, smiling simply. It was still annoying to her that a girl would be so unfair to him- but, on the other hand, at least, he had already agreed this year was better from it since she wasn't likely to do that.

Giggling a bit over the concept of her brother using the flour as well, she waved off his concerns. "No need. While I care about Lambert's grades, even I can admit it is funny to imagine. He's actually very careful though. Well, sort of. He cares a lot about his career, so he's probably at least extremely careful with his schoolwork."

"Ah, I don't mind packing meals instead if you want. It's not like only five year olds do it. I've been cooking since I was little anyway. All of us in my family learn to cook from our parents. And Maddie, since she's ten years older plus than the rest of us." She laughed nervously again, but smiled happily. "It's cheaper to make your own food, so we can both save some money by bringing our own lunch. And we can hide the 'baby' in the bag we keep the food in and seem less conspicuous."

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"Susan, it's hard to miss someone much when you live in the same town. I'm not sure which, but I'm positive you must have at least a class with Lambert in it...Did Lammy really finish all his science classes already?" She looked around for him soon after mentioning it, before finding him in the crowd (barely) and pointing him out quietly. "See? That's my little Lambert. He was such a cute baby. That was about the only time he'd let me play with him."

Sighing, she returned to the more fun topic of Eva. "Oooh! That would be fun! Not many boys will play dress up much. I bet Eva will be adorable though. Since she's already so adorable as she is!" Giggling a bit, she added, "A nice girl's day would be fun! We definitely should!"

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"Yes, it is very much real life. At least, I certainly doubt you'd know enough of what I look like to see me while dreaming." She mused the words carefully in response to what was probably a rhetorical question from Chad, but then began to enjoy the boy's company in regards to his believing her words about her brother. Yes, he clearly already knew Sayaku well.

Of course, he clearly didn't know her well enough even after all the talk Sayaku had done. Bluntly and obliviously, she replied with a monotone reaction. "Saya said you shouldn't leave out friends. Since you're his friend, shouldn't I include you in the splashing?"

"That wasn't what I meant, sis." Sayaku groaned, patting her shoulder and turning to Chad. "And I'm closer to the top because she knows me and also because I'll kill anyone that tries anything funny with her."

"And he doesn't mean trying to make me laugh. That confused me once."

"...Anyway. She doesn't know you besides your name. It's natural she'd think you less trustworthy than someone she knows."

"Speaking of, I think Linear left with that boy who knows sign language. I hope she'll be alright. It was fun talking to her...She's a musician like you, big brother. You should be friends."

"...And you need to worry more about yourself."

James play some where over rainbow.