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“I never go anywhere without her. She’s in my apartment.” Hope was her constant companion. They could hear her take a long slow breath attempting humor despite the seriousness and uncertainty. “You can’t miss her, she’s my cherry blossom tree.” She peeked up at them trying to guage their reactions.

Sharah

Tenkiller looked at V and smiled. “Tree, huh? Well, sorry… thats a deal breaker. As you can tell…” and he gestured out the windows, “… I hate plants.” and he chuckled. He looked at V and said “Why don’t we all go and pick up Hope? And maybe pack a bag for a few nights? Sharah and V and Tenkiller and Hope… all under one roof. We’ll call it a sleepover. How does that sound to everyone? We can go get Hope and get Sharah some things, swing by V’s and let her grab whatever she might need for a long weekend, and then we can come back here and get sleeping arrangements hammered out.”

Tenkiller

Yavia nodded, looking confused and mouthed, “Tree?” at him. How were they going to move a tree? How did Sharah even get a tree inside her apartment? Yavia loved being outside in nature. She’d told TK that their first date. She didn’t know much about taking care of plants though. She just liked them. They would just have to figure out how to move this tree. “Yeah, we can do that. I mean I don’t know about sleeping arrangements. Last time I had a sleep over, we didn’t sleep.” She winked at both if them, earning her a small snicker out of Sharah.

Yavia

Tenkiller snorted slightly and said “Well… let’s put a pin in that particular train of thought and concentrate on getting everybody settled and comfortable. How does that sound?” He looked over Sharah at V and mouthed SERIOUSLY? and grinned broadly at her. He then stood up and said “Now come along. We’re burning daylight.” and he held out a hand to each of them to help them off the couch.

Tenkiller