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I sat up on the side of the bed, cringing as pain radiated from one spot to the other Jase watched with concern etched on his face

"I fell down You know me, always a klutz"

"Youʼve never been a klutz You were the first toddler in history that didnʼt toddle Our entireninjitsu because Sansei liked your grace"

"Well, this is one ninja that never learned to walk on a solid sheet of ice in a pair of three-inch heeled Marc Jacob wanna-be boots" Or to actually use her ninja skills when she was in trouble This ninja sucked

"Thank God Iʼ it over to the edge of the bed before straddling it backwards "Thereʼs no way you could get "

"I seeet you in a pair of ruby red stilettos And you didnʼt strut, you pranced"

"Scout Donovan, what did I tell you that I would do to you if you ever elic as possible "I fell down Hard Ibrother doesnʼt fight people on the injured list" Thatbrother when I wanted soet out of trouble I ht he had on ood pair of shoes

"Yeah, just re the moment youʼre back to one hundred percent"

Noasyou try" I ht off a homeless er than him, because I wasnʼt, but he was very predictable It was like fighting a robot

Jase and I sat talking for a long while about absolutely nothing Despite its lack of substance, our conversationaround for the past twenty-four hours He even ed to distract me fro

When Angel heard that I ake she cauarantee her adry I was until I took my first bite I was famished by the time I popped the last piece into ood I think Iʼll go get another one," I said "And ht?"

"But youʼre gonna take a shower and put on clean clothes first, right?" Angel asked She was snuggled up tothat she had ht trip Since I was actually letting her sit like that I must have missed the Munchkin a little bit too "No defense, but you stink" This, of course,so hard I felt embarrassed despite the fact that I had seen the other two people in the room walk around in dirty diapers

"Thank you for that helpful bit of inforel Dear," I said "And itʼs ʻno offenseʼ not ʻno defenseʼ"

"But offense is when our teauys have the ball"

"The other teauysʼ, but yeah"