Fourth Floor Common Room, Tuesday Morning

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At first, the sudden appearance of so many wee ones had caused Gwynn no small amounts of confusion.

There were so many... and they were attaching themselves to other students -- calling them Mom or Dad.

...

Okay. This was one of the weirdest things she had seen since coming to Fandom.

After getting over her shock at so many small children being in Fandom, she had started watching them... and being very relieved that no wee ones had shown up and called her Mum.

Currently, she was sitting out in the common room, watching people.

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. . . yeah, of course that couldn't last, right?

In zipped a little red not-quite-blur, and a bigger red actual blur, which slowed and resolved into Conner and Mia. The former? Immediately blushed like crazy when he realized he was going to have to explain to Gwynn that he somehow managed to have a kid with . . .

Oh boy.

Mia, on the other hand?

Marched right up to Gwynn and peered at her. "Mummy, did you get bit by a gremlin and start dressing different?"

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Gwynn blinked down at the little girl in confusion. "Gremlin?"

She looked at Conner and cocked her head at him with questions shining in her eyes. When she noticed his blush, her grin deepened.

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Conner could only blush and stammer incoherently for a minute or two. "Gwynn, I swear, it's not what it looks like."

He sighed. "Mia, why don't you show Gwynn the picture of your mommy?"

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Oh this was going to be good. Mia was such a cute little one, too.

"You have a picture of your mum?"

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"I have two!" Mia corrected her, crawling up into Gwynn's lap because that was the important way to start Show and Tell. It . . . might be noted that the little girl spoke with an accent rather a bit like Gwynn's.

She extracted one picture (http://www.dyqatt.com/fh/benditl1.jpg) from her right shin guard and another picture (http://www.dyqatt.com/fh/keira3.jpg) from the other and presented them to Gwynn. "This is my mummy!"

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Considering that Gwynn's first roommate here at Fandom had indeed looked exactly like her, the pictures of Mia's mum didn't really phase her.

What did surprise her was how natural it was for her to wrap her arm around Mia so she stayed balanced and didn't fall off of her lap.

"Your mum is very pretty, Mia" Gwynn said with a smile.

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"Just like you," Mia agreed, kissing Gwynn on the cheek -- and making her father blush even more furiously.

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Okay, she was really liking Mia.

"Thank you," she said as she kissed the top of Mia's head. "How old are you, Mia?"

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"Six," Mia said, snuggling up to Gwynn happily. "I've been old enough to play youth soccerfootball since I was four!"

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Gwynn? Snuggling Mia right back. "Wow. You must be really good at that, then."

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"Mummy and Daddy taught me to play as soon as I could walk," Mia told her. "They're both really really good at it so I have to be good at it too!"

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Gwynn smiled at her. "Do you think you could teach me?" She looked over at Conner and then looked back at the cute wee one on her lap.

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Mia asked, in genuine confusion, "You mean you don't already know how?"

She looked like Mummy. Therefore, in Mia's mind, she must know how to play soccerfootball like Mummy too, shouldn't she?

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Gwynn bit her lip and looked at Conner for help.

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Conner flailed visibly for a few moments, then sat down beside Gwynn and Mia on the couch.

"Look, Junior Striker," he said, clearly addressing his daughter, "I know this sounds kind of crazy to you? But not everybody knows how to play. I don't think there's any soccer where Gwynn comes from, so she doesn't know how to play it, and no holding that against her, got it?"

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"We really don't have that where I come from," Gwynn confirmed. "Which is why I would really love it if you could teach me?"

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"I would love to teach you," Mia said gleefully, and pointed at Conner. "Daddy! Go get my ball now!"

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Gwynn tried to hide a grin as Mia gave Conner orders.

"She is so adorable," Conner."

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"She kind of is, isn't she?" asked Conner, a pleased but embarrassed grin on his face. "Mia, stay right here with Gwynn, okay? I'll be back in a second."

Okay, so it was more like seven and a half seconds, but it really wasn't very long at all before Conner returned with a full-size soccer ball, and Mia's youth-sized one.

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"Your Daddy is really fast," Gwynn smiled at Conner when he got back.

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"He is," Mia said proudly. "I'm almost as fast as he is and I'm only six! Wait til I get older!"

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John wandered into the Common Room, looking for coffee again. Kids were tiring.

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Gwynn grinned and waved at John from where she sat with Mia in her lap.

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"Oh, God, you have one too?" he smiled, trying not to snicker.

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Gwynn would have been insulted at him saying that, but Mia was just too precious.

"Sadly, no, she's not mine, but she is completely adorable and I like her."

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"I'd introduce you to mine, but I think you're better off not knowing him," he actually snickers.

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Gwynn raised an eyebrow at him. "Why is that?"

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"Because he's like me. And his mom," he grinned wickedly.


Which was when he was shot in the back of hte head with a Nerf dart.

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"Gotcha!" Josh yelled from across the common room. John turned, grabbing the back of his head, spying his bratling grinning like an idiot (totally his mom's grin, yep, totally), holding a modified Nerf gun.

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John ran to his room and returned with a Nerf gun of his own, firing at his only(?) child.

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Gwynn blinked and made sure she was shielding Mia.

If one of those hit this little girl Gwynn would be cleaning up the Common room with the Connor boys.

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Both of the Connor boys are good marksman. And besides, they'd have to deal with Rosette first, and anything left would be left for Gwynn.

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"Hey! Quit it! Mom says we're Nerfing the park. With Scorpy adn the bots. ANd to invite people." He grins.

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Though Billy had apologized, Ana was not prepared to forgive him for making her miss the Dance Club so she and Tommy could show him their training.

She stomped into the common room sniffling and muttering about mean fathers and being supposed to rule the world at Serpentor's side.