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"Biscuits," Mr Bishop agreed, with a quirk of a sravy, child" The s in front of him "Go about your business, then Now"

Shane grabbed Claire's hand and practically dragged her toward the kitchen However fast he was h the door "Hey!" Eve protested "I' here!"

"And the faster, the better," Michael said His nores, and he closed the kitchen door once they were safely inside "Right We don't have a lot of choices Let's do exactly what he says and hope Aets here"

"I thought you were all Big Bad Bloodsucker these days," Shane said "It's your house How come you can't just throw theed to say it without e Well, much of one The kitchen felt cold, Claire noticed - as if the te She shivered

"It's coan asses of fresh coffee "Yeah, it's our house" - emphasis, Claire noted, on the our - "but if I revoke Bishop's invitation, he will still kick our asses, I guarantee you"

Shane leaned his butt against the stove and crossed his arer than theround - "

"Supposed to be I'm not" Michael spooned coffee into the filter "Don't be an assle right noe don't have time for it"

"Dude, I wasn't trying to be" And Claire could tell he actually meant it this tietic glance "I' a pile of crap we're in Not bla you, man" He hesitated a second, then continued "How do you know? Whether or not you have a chance?"

"Any other vaer, who's weaker, whether or not I could take theht if it came to that" Michael poured water into the uys, I know I haven't got a chance in hell Not against one of theto take Amelie or Oliver to handle this"

"So," Shane said, "landfill-sized pile of crap Good to know"

Eve pushed hi pots and pans out of the cabinets, clattering everything noisily "Since we're not fighting, we'd better get breakfast ready," she said "Claire, you get the eggs, since you volunteered us for short-order cooks"

"Better than volunteering us for breakfast," Shane pointed out, and Eve snorted

"You," she said, and pressed a finger into the center of his orn T-shirt "You, ravy"

"You do want us all to die, don't you?"

"Shut up I'll do the biscuits and bacon Michael - " She turned, looking at hi dark eyes, made almost anime-wide by the Goth eyeliner "Coffee And I think you have to be the private eye here Sorry"

He nodded "I'll gowhen I finish here"