Chel didn't sleep well during the night. Fly and Drift had no problems. Chel couldn't stop thinking about Stealth getting hit by the car. Fly had already told her that it wasn't Lexx's fault. He had come to see her, but didn't want to wake her up. Lexx would be back in the morning.
She managed to get a few more hours of sleep, then got up to take a nice hot bath. The sun wasn't up, but it was morning enough for Chel. She was still troubled, but almost an hour in a relaxing bubble bath helped calm her nerves.
Her brother and sister had gotten up near the end of her bath. Andrea had banged on the door once and asked how long she'd be hogging the bathroom with the big tub. Then she'd heard Drift and Fly bouncing down the hall. At one point,…she also noticed the towel she'd purposely dropped being nudged.
Chel had yelled at Kip that he was not allowed to come into the bathroom. She did not want him recording her while she was in there. There had been a sigh from the other side of the door and the towel was left alone.
Once she was done with her bath, Chel got dressed and tied her hair up into a ponytail. It only took half an hour to blow dry it and after all that time, she didn't feel like braiding it. Then Chel made her way to the kitchen to make herself breakfast. Andrea was already there, eating a plate of micro waved pancakes slathered with peanut butter, butter, marshmallows and syrup. Kip floated up to her shoulder where he could see better and started chattering about what Chel and Andrea were doing. He wanted specifics.
Chel tuned Kip out. He'd keep talking for hours without actually expecting an answer. Chel's thoughts drifted. '… Lexx is going to be so mad. Why did I open the door? Why did I make so many mistakes last night? He's going to be upset with me. I can see it now.'
The image of a scowling, upset Rishan filled her mind. His golden eyes were narrowed and face contorted in anger. "I can't believe you!" Lexx's voice thundered furiously, "Do you realize how much you set my game back?! I need Stealth!!"
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KM
I like her hair like that.