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"So change," Thea said, and didn’t et a little privacy?" Geet over it We’re all girls here"

"Isn’t Sawyer running around?" Gemma asked

"He’s somewhere," Thea admitted, and looked away She didn’t leave the rooave him some kind of task before she left"

Gemma knew this was the best she could hope for, so she hurried to change into a clean dress and underwear

"Penn left?" Ge the surprise in her voice

"Yeah, Penn and Lexi went shopping," Thea explained "New house, new clothes That’s their o with them?" Gemma asked

"I had to stay and babysit you and Sawyer" Thea glanced over her shoulder, and when she saw that Gemma was dressed, she turned back around

"I don’t need a babysitter," Gemma said

"Yeah, you do," Thea said flatly "You look like shit"

"Thanks," Gemma muttered

She brushed past Thea and walked down the hall to the bathroom Thea followed her, but Gemma hadn’t expected any different

When she looked in the mirror above the vanity, Gemma realized that Thea hadn’t completely told the truth While Gemma did look worse than she had the day before, and even worse than she had the day before that, she was still rehts and soft waves, and even though she’d just woken up froood She’d always been pretty, but since turning into a siren, she’d becoeous

As a siren, she should’ve been a deep tan color that al, and her skin had a weird ashen quality to it, yet even that rabbed a hair tie and pulled her hair back into a ponytail Her hair was da around her face

"You must feel like hell," Thea commented

Ge behind her with her arms crossed over her chest Gemma turned on the tap so she could splash cold water on her face

"I feel fine," she said without looking at Thea