Who: Sophie and Lullaby
Where: Sophie's house
When: Morning

Lullaby had certainly done a lot of catching up on sleep the day before, hiding in Dean's closet with him. They'd crashed out for ages. She hadn't spent a whole lot more time awake either, even when they'd sort of decided to move and stop being curled up in the closet. She'd been awake for a while, and had read through some of the book that Dean had gotten on his abilities, trying to figure out ways to do things or not do things. In the end, she'd gone back to bed for a little while, and then woken up again to say goodbye to him before he went to school, what with it being back in session again. Weird, how little things like that could just...seem weird. School.

After all of that, it was jarring. But either way, she'd gone in search of Sophie, though she was unsure how to start a conversation with the woman. "Um. Sophie?" she asked when she finally found her. "Do you have a little bit to talk?"

Sophie was curled up on one of the couches in the den, reading quietly. In fact, she was starting in on the book on fades, though she hadn't gotten far into the first chapter, a pen and notepad by her side. She looked up as the girl who she was ostensibly reading about walked in and as she did so, quietly closed the book and placed it to one side, not hiding it, but putting it away from Lullaby. "Sure - actually, I wanted to talk with you anyway," she said, giving her a little smile.

Lullaby wasn't sure if that was good or bad, but she smiled in return, a little shyly, and went to sit on the opposite end of the couch from Sophie, though she was turned to face the woman. "Um. Dean said that I er..." she made a face and kind of laughed at herself. "We talked about me staying here, but I wanted to talk to you about it myself, and see if it's for really alright, and what I can do to help around here." she said. This had gone much better in her head when she'd rehearsed it. But that always happened with her. She'd think out what she needed to say, and by the time she got around to the situation where she'd say it, everything changed.

"Then we both want to talk about the same things," Sophie told her, lightly, a little nervous herself. She'd never had to do anything like this before. It'd been different when Dean had arrived - that had all been arranged beforehand, but even then when she'd realised she had to give him a 'house rules' type conversation she'd been terrified. She'd been through that once now, so it wasn't as bad, but this was nerve wracking on a number of levels. She wasn't related to this girl at all, she had no real authority over her, nobody to turn to if she wouldn't agree, there were so many unknowns. But, there was no helping that, so she ploughed on. "J and I talked it over yesterday and yes, it's fine for you to stay here, but we need to work out house rules and certain provisos I have while your here," she added, figuring she could have phrased that a whole lot better.

Nodding, Lullaby listened. "Anything you want, honestly. I already feel kinda weird staying, I don't want to be an imposition or anything, and I'm like...I don't know. I don't want to just stay here and do nothing, or be in the way, or a problem or anything so honestly if this isn't okay, I'll just go back to Journey's." she said first. Dean had had to talk her into it in the first place, so she wasn't going to be putting up a fuss if it seemed like Sophie and Oz weren't okay with this.

"We're both agreed that Journey's isn't the place for you - and I wouldn't be offering to let you stay if I didn't mean it," Sophie told her, firmly. "We've got room here, so it's not like that's an issue. So, I realise that a lot of the rules aren't going to apply to you - Dean got a talk about staying out all night with his friends and bringing girlfriends home and stuff like that. Given your circumstances I don't think we need to worry about that right now. But," Sophie continued. "You are still a sixteen year old and my first concern and the one thing that's not up for debate is that if you're going to live here, you have to continue your education. I'm going to be looking into online courses for the GED and I realise that you're not actually going to be able to get the qualification, but that's no reason why you can't take the classes," Sophie told her, ploughing onwards to talk over the complaints she'd been anticipating, but she didn't care - the girl wasn't going to get a free ride.

Lullaby gasped. "Oh thank god!" she said, eyes going wide. "Really? You'd let me continue my education? Can I do more than just GED stuff? I was having Dean bring me the homework he had before all of this stuff started but if I could really get more than that that would be really awesome, and really any sort of education I can get I'm going to jump at, seriously, I can't even tell you how upsetting it was for me to realize that I was just going to be done with school before I even graduated." she fully rambled on, before she managed to stop herself. "Sorry, that's just...honestly the best thing I could hear right now. Thank you, any kind of education that can be done, I'm all for."

Sophie blinked, honestly and completely taken aback by that. "Really?" she asked. "Sorry... I, I guess I kind of expected you to have a problem with that." she told Lullaby, looking a little confused, but pleased-confused. "Erm, well, I - I guess we can set up whatever you want. I don't really know a whole lot about what's actually out there, so... We can look into it and see?" she suggested, feeling a little derailed. She'd been preparing for a fight, or at least a grumbling teenager and well, she'd got the exact opposite, it seemed.

"A problem? Just because I died doesn't mean I wan't to be stupid and uneducated." Lullaby insisted. "Nooo way. I've been near enough a straight A student for ages and I really hated the idea that I couldn't go back to school. So anything I can possibly get in the education front, I am going to jump on, seriously. Any books, any courses...and I've got lots of time. Lately I've been trying to figure out Dean's abilities stuff, but we're kinda sorta making headway there, more than before anyways, and I still have to learn about me and everything but I really don't want to let everything else slide." She made a face. "I always planned on going to college right after high school." Which now she couldn't do, but either way. Finishing her education in any sort of form was really high on her list of things to do. "I'd appreciate it more than I could say if you help me with this."

"Sure - I'd be pleased to," Sophie told her, recovering. "Actually, I was going to college myself last year, but we had a few... problems... and I had to drop out, then with one thing and another, I didn't re-enroll this year, so I'm mostly at a loose end. So maybe we can figure you out a course structure and go through it together. Would be more interesting than doing it on your own," she suggested.

"Really? That'd be great!" Lullaby said, smiling brightly at that, a genuine expression and she looked honestly excited by the proposition. "I'd love that! Sure thing, any time you want, as soon as possible, whenever!" she added. She was an exciteable girl sometimes.

Sophie was sure that they'd had other things to discuss, but Lullaby's enthusiasm was catching - especially since it was so totally unexpected. "Erm - we could go look now if you wanted?" she offered, trying to work out if she was being humoured or if she was genuine. Though, really, if she wasn't, the girl was a damn good actress.

Sitting up straight immediately, Lullaby positively beamed. "Really? Can we? Awesome!" she said, hopping up. "What were you studying when you were in school before? Are you planning on going back? How close to a degree were you? Are you here with a green card? Like, are you a citizen now, or are you still a citizen of England? Me and Dean were wondering about that like, after he finishes school and everything but I don't know how it works at all and you probably do." she asked, derailed herself but in an entirely positive manner. She'd meant to tell Sophie about how she'd not be in the way and impress upon her that she didn't at all expect to be catered to and if anything was ever wrong or the situation ever changed she'd leave immediately, but--school!

Sophie stood, taking on board all the many and varied questions. "Okay, okay - slow down. Come on, we'll go up to my study," she said, leading the way out of the room. She stopped and turned. "I'll get to all of that, but one other thing - how good is your hearing?" she asked, her eyes darting to the hearing aids. "How loud do you need me to speak, should I make sure I'm looking at you, is there anything you need me to do, or remember?" she asked, figuring they should get that one out in the open.

"Sorry." Lullaby said, making a cute face. "I get a little ahead of myself." she explained. Which was probably stunningly obvious! "My hearing isn't that great. With my hearing aids, I have about twenty percent, or that's what I'm told. If you speak loudly, I can usually hear enough to get by. I hear tone pretty well, but if you could try to remember to look at me when you are speaking, that would be good just so I can read what I don't pick up. That way you wouldn't have to speak overly loud for a long period of time either." she said with a smile. "Though if you ever have a burning desire to learn sign language, I'm your girl. I used to teach people all the time, like, students who needed it, all sorts of things." she explained.

"I'll remember that," Sophie promised, making sure that she didn't get too far ahead of Lullaby as they started walking again. "Okay, so - I hadn't chosen my major yet - I originally transferred in from a UK university where I'd been reading English, but I wasn't sure that's what I wanted to stick with when I got here, so I'd been playing around with classes. And yes, I'm here on a green card - which really means that I need to sort something out before my visa expires, but I haven't gotten round to that yet," she admitted. And which was also something she had yet to discuss with Oz, which they were going to have to talk about sooner or later.

"Are you planning on staying here indefinitely?" Lullaby asked. "Like, with Oz?" Since they had that romantic thing going on and were together and stuff. Lullaby still thought the stories of Oz and Sophie along with Billy and Maddie were romantic at their core. "What are you interested in? Like, do you want a career? Since...kinda doesn't look like you guys need it, really." Judging from the house and all.

"Yeah, I'm here permanently," she confirmed. Visa issues aside. "Unless we decide to move elsewhere." Which had never before been an option, because she'd known that Oz wouldn't move without Billy and Billy wouldn't move without Maddie and Maddie hadn't been able to leave the town. Now? Now she didn't know where they stood on that, but the subject hadn't even been up for debate the day before. "And, isn't that the question? I don't really know. I don't need to work, and I don't have any real ambition to be anything. I guess I'm still trying to find out where I want to go. And, well, my life so far, every time I seem to get a clue, something comes along and knocks that off again. But I'm not rushing things. I've taken the last couple of years mostly as time to figure out what's important to me and I can build from there. How about you?" she asked.

"I hadn't thought about it properly." Lullaby answered. "I know I wanted to go to school, get a degree, but hadn't quite figured out what I wanted to be per se. I was always interested in astronomy, but that's more like a hobby type thing than any real drive to study space or the stars. It's more just interesting and pretty to me. I figured I'd get to college and try a few things out, and see if anything stood out. I'd considered English too. Maybe psychology, that interests me, and I kinda used to want to be a counceler? But then I figured I'd never be able to like...go home and not worry myself to death about anyone who came to see me, so that wasn't the best idea ever. I was thinking about nursing too, cuz Northern has a really really kickass nursing department, or maybe teaching, but if I did teaching, I'd want to go into special education." she rambled thoughtfully.

Sophie laughed a little. "See, we're thinking along mostly the same lines then - lots of 'ooh, maybe... no's. I think at one time or another, I considered all of the above. Apart from the astronomy - I never really knew much about the stars and where I grew up, so close to a major city, there really wasn't all that much to see unless you wanted to go for a drive first."

"Yeah, I mean, I hear that in the cities and stuff they're barely there. Here it's always nice, though even out this far, I'm sure that the stars are even nicer than in town." Lullaby said. Which gave her an idea, really. She'd have to borrow Dean tonight for a while if he was up for it. "But yeah, kinda massively unfocused of me, huh?" she asked, laughing a bit. "I guess I always thought I'd figure it out when I got there, see what really drew my attention, or maybe some grand calling would sort of drop on my head and I'd go 'oh! That's what I'm meant to be doing for the rest of my life!'" Then she paused, and a little shadow came over her features as she frowned a touch. And now, there is no rest of my life, because I can't go to college, because I'm dead. Which was something she needed to remember during this conversation.

Sophie looked over and caught the frown. "Okay, so a couple of things. Firstly, lots of people find their calling in life, or something they want to do, without ever going near university. Look at Billy - I swear I don't even know if that guy graduated highschool in the end, but he's perfectly happy with what he's doing and he'd running a fairly successful business of his own. And secondly, if you have your heart set on further education, things can always be worked out." Her mind was already ticking over on the prospects of alternative identities. It wasn't something she'd ever given the slightest bit of thought to before, but now they potentially had two people who needed them. Surely someone would know something? Didn't they know enough odd people between them?

Lullaby nodded. "I just--" she stopped herself for a moment, not sure if she should go on or not, and she looked unsure as she looked at Sophie. "I'm not really going to grow up and find something to do. I don't even have a name I can use, or a social security number, or anything. And even if I got those somehow, I'm...I think, from kinda what I'm understanding I guess, I'm just..I've got this reset button. And I'm always going to be sixteen." she tried to explain, even if it was halting. "I forget that sometimes, then remember."

Sophie grimaced a little. "Do you know - do you age at all? I mean, if you... don't die. Again. Would you age then? You said you had a reset button - does that mean you age until you die and then wake up at sixteen again, or just that you're permanently sixteen?" she asked, hoping she didn't find it an impertinent question. But one situation would be much easier to deal with than the other, that was for sure.

"I'm not sure, but I think I'm stuck like this." Lullaby said, and there was no indication at all that the question might be out of line, it never even occurred to her. "I still have to read that book more. But honestly it kind of makes me feel worse, because I think the author sort of um. Hated what I am. Which I can back up, completely, because it's entirely messed up, the whole thing, and I'm not happy about it myself, but I kinda don't need more in my life telling me I'm a monster, y'know?" she asked, then sighed. "But I'll look, I know I have to." Just as soon as she was done reading up on Dean. "Lately my focus has just been more on Dean and what he can do, cuz I apparently effect that."

"You know, maybe we should look into finding you another book, if that one's written from a negative point of view," Sophie suggested as they reached her study. "It's probably a good idea to look at a number of different sources in any event - some people might know things that other people don't. And yeah, I heard something about the fact that you affect Dean's abilities, Oz mentioned it, though I'm not entirely sure whether that was a good thing or a bad thing," she prompted, obviously wanting Lullaby to say more on the subject.

"I don't know if there are other books. I think I'm kinda...rare." Lullaby said. Which she thought was a good thing. Then she happily hopped topics again to the Dean situation. "Um, we're not sure?" she suggested. "I was kind of putting it together, that I might have an effect on him. Like...okay his ability uses negative energy. Like...bad vibes?" she attempted to explain, hoping Sophie got that. "I can see them. So I didn't know before, but did later, because I could actually watch what he was doing. He didn't know that before either. But anyways, he uses that stuff, and I'm kinda...I dunno. Made out of that, kinda. So when I'm near him or like, holding his hand or something, his abilities are easier. Like I'm a little battery for him or something. Which would be fine, only he doesn't have very good control, so if I'm around, he's more likely to short stuff out by accident. Plus, his abilities aren't very good for him, and can give him nosebleeds and headaches or make him not feel good and all that, which I keep trying to find a way around, though I think the only real way would be for me to heal the effect for him as he does it. Which he'll get really angry at me for, I think. But anyways yesterday, we were worried that we wouldn't be able to be around each other, because if Dean gets better at his abilities, he can start effecting people and living things, not just machines and electronics, and with the accidental factor, he didn't want to accidentally hurt people. But he says now that it's okay, because his abilities wouldn't quite work like that, so we don't have to stay apart." She stopped herself. "I'm rambling. I do that? So if I start, you can just tell me I am and to be quiet for a bit."

"Yes," Sophie told her. "You're rambling - or, I think 'information overload' might be a better way of putting it. Try breaking down what you want to say into smaller chunks. I don't know a great deal about what Dean can do. He's not terribly talkative about it" About anything. "I know he can break things and that he's some kind of psychic, his mum told me that much. I'm getting used to having to replace batteries and lightbulbs on a really regular basis and I know that when he's annoyed, it's more likely to happen, though I don't know whether that's because he's annoyed and lashing out, or whether it's because he loses control as a result. I didn't know that his abilities aren't good for him - he's definitely kept that one quiet."

Lullaby blinked then blushed and looked pained, feeling very much like she'd just messed up and said something she shouldn't have. Shit. "Um...not in hugely bad ways?" she suggested. Shit shit shit. Only if he ever did anything big and fast then it would actually potentially be fatal. Shit. Why didn't Sophie know any of this? It was mystifying. "I don't think it's on purpose when he's annoyed, that'd be when it would go off accidentally." Lullaby said, deciding to go with that first, since she couldn't picture Dean doing something like that. And her opinion was based pretty much wholly on that, that she didn't think he'd be petty like that. "We were kind of arguing at Journey's and he accidentally stopped the clock there. And his abilities don't hurt him all the time or anything. But they do sometimes. Like I said, I'm kinda trying to figure out a way around that, and kinda sorta maybe I might just snag some of that if I can, but I'll have to be careful, because he doesn't really like the idea of me being hurt." In that way that he got angry with her over it.
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"I'm glad you told me," Sophie reassured her, thinking that the best way to get information about Dean might be to talk to Lullaby rather than go direct to the source. "Remember I told you that Dean doesn't really talk much to us? Well, this would be part of that. Most of what I know about what he can do I got from his mother. Who got information from her mother, my grandmother, who was really good with all of this and apparently worked with Dean for a while, but she died a few years ago," Sophie explained, looking sad as she talked about her grandmother's death. They'd always been close and Daisy had been a godsend when Sophie had first returned from the States. She'd been devastated when she'd died, but it wasn't until recently that Sophie'd known that she wasn't the only member of her family who the old lady had helped. "Dean's always been fairly closed off about what he can do. Apparently he's been opening up to J a little more, but that's really recent," she explained.

Lullaby looked sympathetic at the obvious sadness when Sophie talked about her grandmother. "I'm sorry." she said. She also made a mark in her mind to ask Dean about her. He'd never mentioned her. "I never knew any of my grandparents. And I don't have aunts or uncles or anything. It was kind of just us." she explained. And she missed them so bad. But she wasn't thinking about that right now. "I kinda feel like I told on him, though." Lullaby added, going back to the initial subject, and she made a face. "Don't make a big deal out of it? I now it's not really really bad stuff, or if it is, he hasn't told me." And she was positive he would have mentioned by now.

"Don't worry, I won't," Sophie promised, realising that it made the issue in the basement make a whole lot more sense now. "But, if you find out that it is more serious than that, I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know - or encourage Dean to tell one of us. He obviously talks to you a lot more, which I'm glad about. I was worried for a while that he wasn't talking to anyone." And then 'Thia' started to be mentioned in every second sentence, but Sophie decided to spare Dean some total embarrassment and not particularly mention that.

"It's still hard for me to kinda picture that." Lullaby admitted. "And I guess sometimes he gets sort of quiet with me, but that never lasts long. But then again, it doesn't usually last long because I drag it out of him, but sometimes he tries." She gave a little light half smile. "But I will. If it gets any worse, you'll know anyways, because I'm sure there'll be a lot of shouting when I heal him from it." she added.

"You definitely seem to see a different Dean Conway than we do, that's for sure," Sophie allowed. "And, look - the healing thing. I'm not going to say what you can and can't do there, but can you bear in mind that I'm the only person we know who has any kind of first aid training and my skills are really limited. And we can't take you to the hospital. So, yeah - just be careful with yourself, okay?" Sophie requested.

Nodding, Lullaby glanced away for a second, then back to Sophie. "I understand. Dean kinda already talked to me about that too." she said. She didn't mention that Dean was now planning on furthering his own medical knowledge, and all that. She already felt like she'd slipped up and given away a secret she hadn't known was a secret, so she wasn't going to do that twice in the same sitting. "Reminded me about the whole I can't be brought to the hospital thing. We have...differing opinions on the matter, but I understand the logic, and I'll try to be careful." she promised. But added a disclaimer as well. "But if there's anything that really needs healing...I can't promise I won't do it anyhow."

"I know and I'm not asking you not to. I fact, I think that it's a really useful skill, but the fact remains that from what I saw of you when you healed Billy, you took on his injuries, which just means that they transfer from one person to another. It doesn't get rid of the problem." Unless she died, of course, but Sophie managed to hold onto her tongue this time - she didn't want to risk overstepping the mark like she had with Oz the day before and which was still a block between them that, whilst it had faded, was definitely there and it was all her fault.

"I know." Lullaby said, nodding. "I'm not taking it lightly. I understand. Though if anything's too bad, there's a fix for that." Kind of. She didn't feel as light about it as she said it, though. "Um...don't ever ever ever in a million years upon pain of death tell Dean I said that, though." she added in quickly.

Sophie looked across at her, getting immediately what she meant. "I think, from what you've told me, he probably already knows," she said, seriously. "He might not be admitting as much - even to himself - but he's not stupid, he knows." She paused before continuing. "And he probably knows full well that you know as well. But no, I won't say anything to him." If the kid wanted to live in denial, that was his business.

"I know he's not stupid he just--" Lullaby started, then stopped. "I didn't mean it like that. I mean I think even thinking about it for him is really hard. And I really don't want to do that to him again in the first place, but yeah. Sorry. I don't know." Then she paused for a really long moment, biting at her lower lip as she considered. "Can I ask um. How was he? When I was um. ...gone?"

"Unconscious, for a lot of it," Sophie told her. "And then for the rest of the day, we mostly kept him busy, tried not to give him too much time to think about things," she admitted, since they had. Sophie had made sure he was out of the house for most of the day to try and stop him from dwelling and then there'd been a stream of things that needed doing that had been given to him. Non-vital things, things he could fuck up on if it came down to it. "Once the sun went down though he was, just waiting really. Tense. Very, very tense."

That didn't surprise Lullaby. She mentally was hearing what he'd told her in the back of her mind. About how when she'd died, there'd been a hole left. And how it was still there. "We kind of made a deal that I wasn't going to do that ever again." she said finally. "Though I'm not sure I can hold up my end of that. I know if anything happened to him, and I could stop it? I would. Or anyone I care about, really. But if I can avoid putting him through that again, that'd be best. He didn't see it though, right?" She was pretty sure he hadn't, he hadn't said, and thought he would have, and his story was that he'd been brought downstairs and tossed in a cage before he ko'd himself. But she wanted Sophie's word on that too.

"No, he didn't see it, and neither did Joshua," Sophie added, reassuring her of that. "Oz and Billy had him downstairs and Sean had Joshua upstairs." In actual fact, the only person, aside from possibly Maddie, who had seen Lullaby's death was standing right in front of her now.

"I know Sean grabbed Joshua and flew him away. So I figured he'd missed it." Lullaby said. "I hope no one else had to see it though." she added. She hadn't wanted to be experiencing it, she was sure it wasn't pretty from the other end either. Maybe worse, since when her lights went out it was over, but for everyone else, it wasn't, really.

"Everyone was busy," Sophie reassured her without missing a beat. The girl didn't need to know what her death looked like from the outside - it must have been a traumatic enough experience as it was. "So, right, classes - where do you want to start?" Sophie asked, changing the subject now they were at her study.

Lullaby defintiely took the out. "General courses for everything I'm supposed to be studying." she said. "And could I look to see if there's anything extra I can be studying too? What are you thinking about taking?" she asked. Yep, they could skip right on past that whole trauma thing and go back to nice educational things. She was a fan of this.

"You can look into whatever you want. As long as you're taking the basics of whatever you should be taking, if you want to add on extras, that's fine by me. As for me, I don't know. At the moment I was just figuring I'd help you with your classes, but if you'd rather handle them alone..."

"It's fine, I don't really know what I'm doing, so I'll need the help anyways." Lullaby said with a smile. "Let's see...geometry, world history, government, english, biology, and I was taking computer classes, but they were way too basic for me." she rattled off without having to think about it. "I'd like to see what's there though to see what else I can take."

Sophie stifled a laugh. "I tell you what - you start searching for suppliers, looking for things that interest you and I'll go and get us some tea - do you drink tea? or would you prefer coffee, or a soft drink?" she asked, realising that she had a hell of a lot to learn about this girl who was now living here.

"I could try tea. I never had much of it at home, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't like it. So, sure, whatever you're drinking, I'll give it a shot." Lullaby said with a genuine smile. "And I'll start looking. I guess, since I'm doing things at my own pace and everything, I kind of figure I can get through a lot. You're sure that you guys don't mind doing this for me? I have some money my dad gave me before I ran him off, I could give you that." she offered.

"It's fine - you keep your money," Sophie assured her. "I have a fund for education anyway, so this'll come out of that. It's already served its purpose in any event," she added. "My grandma left me money so that I could afford to move back out here and go to college over here if I wanted. It was a gentle dig from her about J, really. She didn't want me to be able to use lack of money as an excuse if it ever came down to it. But, I'm out here now and there's still most of that fund left," she explained.

Lullaby definitely needed to ask Dean about his grandma. Seriously. She smiled. "If you're sure," she said. "Do you have a picture of her? She sounds like...well, just an awesome woman." she added. "If you don't, it's okay. But if you can dig one up or something, I'd like to see."

"She was - I didn't realise quite how much until I was your age, unfortunately, but she really, really was," Sophie agreed. "And I..." She moved to the shelf above her desk and took down a book, flipping through the pages of the small photo album until she reached the faded black and white photo of a white haired woman. "I don't really know when this was taken, but this is her," she said, passing the book across.

Lullaby reached out to take it, then smiled as she looked at the picture. She took a few moments to really take it in, trying to imagine the woman being in Sophie's life, when she was younger, and in Dean's life. She wondered what kind of tones she would have heard from her. One thing that she'd always kind of missed out on was the grandparents angle. She'd always wished she had them. So it was a soft smile that graced her features as she looked at Daisy. "She's beautiful." she said. "I like her hair."

"She'd've hated having that photo taken - I can almost guarantee it," Sophie told her, taking the book back. "She never was much one for posing, or being all formal. I'm sure there's photos that suit her a lot better, but that's the only one I have, unfortunately." Her mum had more, she knew, but then again she and her mother weren't really seeing eye to eye these days and she didn't like to ask. Maybe she'd look next time she went back to England, but a trip wasn't on the cards for a good long while.

Lullaby laughed a little. "Thank you." she said. "For sharing the picture." Yep. Dean was getting asked the next time they sat down to hang out. Which she was plotting for tonight. Then she sat down at the computer, and wiggled the mouse, to get the screen to boot back up. Though she still felt an eensy bit strange about using Sophie's computer. She was reminded that Dean had given her free reign, but she would feel strange about that too. At least for a while.

"No problems," Sophie said, setting the book back on the shelf in its place. "I'll be back in a few, with tea," she added, before heading out of the room and downstairs, thinking that had all gone rather more smoothly than she'd expected, which was great. And for which she was thankful, though she was sure she'd missed some things out. Oh well, she was sure to remember them later.