Third Floor Common Room - Sunday Morning

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Peace had reigned in room 338 for precious few hours. Said peace was broken at the crack of dawn by a small girl with wings proclaiming "He is Risen, Hallelujah!"

The perils of having a half-angel child on a major Christian holiday.

Which would be why Joan and her children were in the common room at an ungodly early hour, dying Easter Eggs. Gabby had tried insisting on church, but Joan placated her with watching mass on television.




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[likethestore.livejournal.com]

K-Mart was exhausted -- she hadn't slept much the night before. Not because of the kids (no, the boys had behaved) but because, for some reason, it really hurt that LJ and Kristofer didn't like each other.

She was half convinced that Kristofer and Storm kind of hated her a little, too.

"Tell me there's coffee around here somewhere," she said as she walked into the common room, boys trailing behind her.

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"Somewhere," Joan confirmed, nodding in the direction of the counter.

She was currently elbow deep in Easter Egg dye.

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"Oh, excellent," K-Mart said, beelining for the counter and finding a pot of coffee already going. "Want a cup? Since I'm here and you're all with the eggs."

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Joan nodded. "Please?"

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Jared was bouncing around, dying the eggs.

"Mommy, mommy is He gonna visit us today?"

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Rachel thwapped Jared's shoulder.

With her dye covered hand. Joy.

"Shhhhh, don't talk about Him in public, rememememememeber?"

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K-Mart filled two mugs and made her way over to Joan. "Here you are," she said, passing her one.

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"Thank you," Joan said gratefully. "I'm Joan, by the way. I don't think we've met."

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"No problem," K-Mart said with a smile as she perched on a couch. "I'm K-Mart."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

That was a unique name.

Joan smiled, noticing the two boys. "Those your after-prom presents?"

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"Uh-huh," K-Mart said with a nod. "Though I'm not sure if they're good presents or bad ones yet. Mostly because that one -- " She pointed to LJ. " -- doesn't get along with his half-siblings."

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"Oh, that sucks," Joan sympathized.

"Bad words, Mommy!" Gabby piped up.

Joan sighed. "Mine seem to be getting along with each other and their respective father's other kids."

Wow, saying that made her feel kinda slutty.

[likethestore.livejournal.com]

"I don't think Carlos has really interacted with Hurley's other kid and LJ? Yeeeeeah, he doesn't get along with Johnny's other kids at all. One almost fireballed him and one almost did a spell on him."

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"You have a kid with Johnny Storm?" Joan asked, very surprised. "Gabby's daddy has another kid and Rachel's daddy has another daughter. But neither of their other parents are here."

Poor Joan still didn't know about Marco's daughter with Turtle.

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"Yeah, I do." K-Mart took a swig of her coffee. "Apparently it's quite the sordid tale, too, from what I managed to handwavily get out of the kid last night."

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The kids weren't really paying attention to the grown-ups at the moment and Joan pulled her hands out of the egg dye, going to wash them thoroughly before picking up her coffee mug.

"Apparently I am married to Jared's daddy and Rachel's daddy," Joan said. "I... was afraid to ask Gabby what the deal was with me and her daddy though."

The fact that the kid had wings probably made that obvious.

[likethestore.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, sometimes it's better just not knowing," K-Mart decided.

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"Definitely," Joan agreed. "They are kinda cute though."

Even if they did break her brain.

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"Oh, adorable, no doubt about that," K-Mart agreed. "I think they have to be, though, so we don't kill 'em."

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Joan laughed. "Yeah, that plus knowing that there's some us out there who loves these kids more than anything."

Not that Joan was growing attached to hers or anything.

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"Yeah," K-Mart agreed. "I'd so kill me if these kids got hurt."

Only in Fandom did that sound logical and not suicidal.

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It made total sense.

"Yeah." A flash of something caught Joan's attention. "Gabrielle, get away from that window."

[likethestore.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure what's worse, me having to worry about my kid setting stuff on fire or you having to worry about one of yours flying off... I'm assuming that one could actually fly and that the wings aren't just decoration."

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco had gotten sleep, really. He also had a wee bouncy girl who thought that tumbling around the room was a lot of fun. "Morn." He half grunted, tugging Jadie along.

[weetinymiracles.livejournal.com]

"Daddy! Daddy! Hi hi hi!"

Rachel was excited.