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"I'ht like I can"

"I can crush minds"

"You think you can crush minds," she reht a led "Because that's what makes a superhero successful!"

"I see that to be the case"

Ashley laughed "Okay True It does er"

"You can be Black Widow and I'll be …" he paused, considering

"The Hulk?"

He eyed her "No Thor"

"Ood You are so not Thor! At least I' and green and angry like Hulk?"

"I was thinking shed Brandon was tall and lean with dark hair and the saray-blue eyes she had

"Whatever I'm Thor," he said firmly He looked down at his hand, where he'd written part of his daily to do list, along with the bus stop ti to miss the bus" He took off at a trot towards the nearest bus stop

Ashley followed, anxious to get back to the apart made her ravenous Xander and Jessi had refused to let theether Brandon had the ability to shield them from discovery by immortals and vaiven the involveift worked best in close quarters

They boarded the bus and traveled back to the apartht of sleep awaited her

The reeted them as they entered the apartment

"Hey, Cat," she called cheerfully and leaned down to scoop up the anilowed red like a vaet more, uh, kitty food from Xander"

"Yeah" Brandon's tone was distracted as he plopped down on his favorite spot on the couch and opened his laptop

"We're not going to ask your daddy where he gets your food, are we?" she purred to the cat and took it into the kitchen Ashley set it down and withdrew its food frouised as a bottle of wine, and she poured the thick o, before Xander entered their lives, she never would've seen herself here, pouring blood into a dish for a vaed dramatically Even so, she couldn't think of a better life to have Her brother was her best friend, and their cousin Jessi was finally happy after years of sacrificing so much to raise them after the death of their parents