Third Floor Common Room - Sunday Morning

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly had woken up very, very hungry.  And she didn't want to wake up Mommy.  That would be bad. 

So instead she was very, very sneaky - she was going to be a spy after all and Daddy said she could be pretty too! - and crept out of the room until she found one of the big rooms with food in there.   She was awfully disappointed not to see Bridge making 'paghetti this time or Auntie Parkie with food though.

But there was food in the cupboards.  She knew it.  And that was why there was a weetiny blond girl carefully scaling the counter to get to the top cupboards where she just knew the good food was kept.


[OOC: Open, of course!]

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[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

Zuko stumbled into the common room, not fully awake yet. He headed towards the kitchen to try and find some breakfast and blinked when he noticed a small kid trying to beat him to the punch.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly was perfectly capable of getting food on her own of course. She was THIS MANY. But when she turned around and saw an adult she knew that seemed like a much easier way to get some.

"Zuko!" she squealed. "Hi!"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Aly," Molly said carefully, not wanting to startle her "what are you doing?"

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

That was one way to wake up completely. "Do I know you?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh!" she said proudly. "'M Aly!"

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

Blink. "No, you're not."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Maybe...maybe it was still too early for him, but Chad was pretty sure that, when he came into the common room, there was a little girl climbing all over the kitchen. He scratched his head a little, as if trying to figure it out, but the combination of sleepiness and just plain natural slowness made things a wee bit difficult.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly wasn't startled a bit. But she turned around so quickly that it probably looked a bit precarious. She beamed at Molly. "'M hungry! The good food's always up top!"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

She looked confused for a second then giggled. "Silly Zuko! 'Course I am! Who else would I be?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly didn't notice him quite at first because she was far too busy digging into the very back of the cupboard to see if there were cupcakes living back there. Cause those were the breakfast of champions.

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"I don't know. You tell me," he argued with the kid. "If you're Aly, then where's Trick?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly quickly stepped forward and put her hands out in case Aly lost her balance. "Would you like me to lift you up so that you can look for it?" she asked with a grin.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly pointed to her necklace. "See!"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad was getting this whole picture in his head of the little girl digging really far and actually ending up in the cupboard itself, which would just be way too adorable, so he just kind of hung back and waited to see it that would happen.

Come on! Little kid in a cupboard! Frickin' adorable!

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

There was a long, long moment where Zuko's mind broke.

"How did you get like this?" he finally questioned. "Did you eat cafeteria food? What are you doing here?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly grinned and waved at Zuko when she came in.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"Okay!" Aly said, seeing the open arms and falling into them anyway. Completely trusting child? Check.

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

Zuko looked like he might be getting a headache and nodded in return to Molly.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

She wasn't quite small enough to fit into the cupboard, but after she'd exhausted the first shelf, Aly decided to climb onto that one to look up at the very top shelf. Maybe the cupcakes were living there.

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly caught her no problem. "Are we looking for anything special?" she asked as she lifted Aly up so that she could reach the top cupboards.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"I grew, silly," Aly said, obviously thinking this was all a game of Zuko's to entertain her. "I grew three inches this year! Daddy said I could have a sword!"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"I see you in classes every week, but it's been a while since I've said hi," she said. "How's stuff been going?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"Cupcakes?" Aly asked. "Or cake? All the good food lives at the top." She nodded even as she continued to try to fit her whole head into the cupboard.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, Chad's spacial-size relations were a little off. But he did know that the new positioning didn't look very safe at all. He walked up to the little girl and lightly lifted her, holding her up so that she could easily reach onto the top shelf.

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"Only if you learn how to use it properly," Zuko replied dutifully. He sighed, still not knowing what do to with any of this, but his stomach rumbled and he stepped closer to the counter. "What are you doing?"