Post by adrini on Jul 8, 2013 15:01:14 GMT -5
“Nine-thirty.” Dinah yelled into back of the house. She returned her focus to the kitchen and put the last of the lunch items for herself and her daughter in the large black bag.
She was putting the last of her things for the gym in her personal bag when she heard a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a familiar red head standing there. “Good morning Mrs. Lance.” Kate said as she moved to let the young woman in. “Di ready yet?”
Before she could respond she heard the door slam behind her. The newly minted twenty-three year old hurried out of her room with her shoes still in her hands. “Just about. Pillow tried to eat me again.” She said, hopping as she slipped her boots on. “Hey Kate.”
“I don’t recall our pillows having teeth, Little Bird.” Dinah said and smiled at the girl. “Breakfast is in your bag.”
Her daughter, a tall and thin young woman with blond hair and sky-blue eyes, grabbed her bag and hurried out the door. Kate laughed and followed. Dinah only shook her head and remembered to lock the door before following herself.
It drove her crazy, the way the younger Dinah drove and ate at the same time. If she had taken her driving test anywhere but Bludhaven she wouldn’t have passed.
“What are we learning today, Mrs. Lance?” Kate asked, she was always polite to the elders of the gym.
Dinah shrugged. “Whatever Ted feels like. Though you might be training with Sandra today. I hear that Ted has taken on a new student.”
She saw the younger blond make a face and approved. She liked Sandra’s skills but the mantle of Black Canary had always been a force for good and her daughter had been taught that well enough to be careful of the woman. “That would be new forms, then.” Her daughter said as she drove, taking another bite of the bacon egg and cheese biscuit. She’d have to get the car cleaned again.
The redhead nodded. Kate was always looking for ways to improve. “Good, never know when you’ll need one.”
It was a short drive to the gym and they pulled into the back, her daughter easily parallel parking into place. They got out of the car and walked to the entrance.
Inside Ted was already working with his new student, a young man was in the ring. Di and Kate were loudly talking while walking to the changing rooms.
She followed and on entering and saw the two stripping down and into gym cloths while in the corner Jade was finishing her wrappings. She smiled at the dark haired girl. “Good morning Jade. You look very pretty today.” She said as she set down her bag. “Are we working with your mother?”
Jade looked up and briefly smiled. “Yes. She’s getting the second ring set up.”
Dinah smiled as the young girl looked at Di and Kate. Jade walked over and got Di’s attention.
“What are you doing for lunch?” She asked, eagerly waiting for an answer.
Di looked up and caught herself. She knew her lunch had already been made. “It’s up in the air.” She lied. “Have something in mind?”
Kate looked at the two and took a step back. It was well known that the Lances were not well off. A police pension was alot less then it was made out to be. They were also proud and insisted on doing what they could on their own.
Jade pulled a slip of paper from her pocket. “The new Thai place has a deal, two for one. I mean, we’re both broke so I figured it might be fun.”
Dinah saw her daughter nod with relief. “I think I can pull that off. Split the price?” She looked at the coupon. “This looks really good.”
Jade beamed. “It is, I went there last week. We’ll walk there after training.”
Di looked up and laughed at the dark haired teen’s excitement. “It’s a plan.”
“Am I invited or is this just the two of you?” Kate asked with a wry lift of the brow.
Jade nodded, Dinah could tell she was happy to be part of the group. “Sure. We’ll head out together.”
Dinah heard the knock on the door and saw the girls hurry to get ready. Di carefully removing the worn yellow gold locket her father had given her before going into the ring.
Kate Kane leaned back in the metal chair and watched the punches in the ring. Jade was finishing her set with her mother, currently involving a twisted aerial flip, which made the set complete.
By the back wall she smiled at the Lances. Mrs. Lance was talking closely to Di, pointing out details of the form and things to be careful of to get right. Di, the ever dutiful and devoted daughter, was paying close attention and nodding. The two were certainly close.
Kate and Jade had practically always been here. Jade due to her parents and herself due to her family. The Lances had arrived roughly seven years ago and changed everything. Kate’s family, formal and efficient, had become less of a curse. They could be escaped for a time. Jade’s distant family relationships were no longer the only ones she had to lean on. A quick phone call or knock on the door and you could be surrounded by a homemade meal, board games and good times in mere seconds time. She loved them, but the Lances really didn’t fit in in the Haven.
Jade was a good fighter, but her constant goal of trying to win her parents affection distracted her. She finished the set, though, and wove out of the ring looking crestfallen as her efforts had only gotten her a begrudging “not bad” from her mother. Even Kate had gotten a “well done”.
Without needing to be called she saw Di walk up to the ring and enter.
“I expect you to get this right, Di. It’s just your thing.” Sandra said firmly.
“I will do my best, Master.” The young woman said respectfully, bowing.
Kate saw Jade sit next to Mrs. Lance, the two of them watching the ring like her. Sandra always asked for perfection from Di and Di delivered it more often than not.
Di had taken position in the ring and was waiting for Sandra to call the forms, like she had with the others.
“I’m going to call the names the first time.” Sandra said as she smiled at Di’s form, perfect as always. “After that I expect you to carry them on your own.”
Di nodded, focusing.
Sandra stepped back, to a position where she could better make sure the young woman got this right. “Flat Swan.” She called.
Di quickly fell to the floor, held up by one knee and the palm of her right hand. When Sandra called out the next form, “Rising Phoenix”, she used those points of support to flip in the air and launch herself at forward.
Kate shook her head as the display went on. Jade would do practically anything to impress her parents. However it was Di, who mostly wanted to get things right, that had the best form in the ring. That Mrs. Lance would be proud of her was never a question.
The young blond completed the series of flips, launches and low falls landing deftly on her feet in correct form. She bowed.
“Excellent.” Sandra said, a visible pride in her eyes. “Now again, without assistance.”
Di took a moment to catch her breath but nodded.
“As you wish.” She said, bowing again. Kate could see fine beads of sweat on her neck and back. This one was harder than she expected.
Sandra snapped her fingers and Di once again fell to the ground, she flew in the air again, flipped her axis to deliver several side blows and then flipped again mid air before landing a flat slide kick that slid across the floor perfectly.
She held the final position for a few seconds before rising and taking the finishing form. She bowed.
Sandra looked at the girl, her eyes glowing. “Well done, very well done.” She said. The woman turned and clapped her hands.
“That’s enough for the day. Go take a break.” She said, walking out of the ring.
Di sighed and rubbed her neck before she climbed out. She walked over to the mother. Kate saw the woman hand her a few bills for lunch. They spoke softly for a moment and Di smiled.
Jade had run to the changing room and was showered and changed. It took she and Di a little longer. Di was once again by the door last, fastening the locket she always wore. It could stand to be replaced.
“Thai?” She said as she walked up, her small purse over her shoulder.
Jade beamed. “Thai!”
Dinah Laural Lance loved when she got to go out. It didn’t happen often but it was so fun when it did.
“What do we think of the new kid?” Kate asked, mid chowing down on her pad thai. “He seems quiet.”
“He has reasons.” Jade said, quiet herself. “It’s been rough for him”
Di nodded and listened. Her gut said to have him over with the others but the family budget was getting tight as was. Whether or not her mother liked it she needed to get a job.
“Maybe we can have an event at the gym. Something to make him feel at home.” She and her mother could bring board games at least.
Kate looked at her knowingly. “I’ll cater it if you do, but I’d rather move it to your place.”
Di smiled gratefully, Kate knew they were too proud to ask. “Whatever works for you.”
Jade noticed the look, and understood. Her family was better off than the Lances but still not by any means wealthy. “I’ll talk to Mother.” She said. They might be talking about it now.
“That girl of yours has skill but she lacks the killer instinct.” Sandra said as she and Di ate their lunches. “Such form, technique. It’s wonderful to see, but when the fight finally comes she pulls her punches.”
“Nothing wrong with not being scared yet.” Ted interjected. He was having his normal liquid lunch.
“Not to say she ever will be.” Di said quickly. “I’m okay with her being more mindful.”
Sandra shook her head, the Lances still lived in a dream world. They would be woken up someday.
“Kate was quite good, quite impressed. Still not as arael but the ground work was rock solid.” In all she was quite satisfied with her students that day. “Baton would be proud of her.”
Ted nodded in agreement. “Di might do best in the air but Kate can more than hold her own.”
“I thought Jade did very well.” Dinah said pointedly. “She’s come a very long way.”
Sandra bit her tounge. Di was always on them about not being more supportive. It was easy with the young Black Canary to be proud. She was easily the best fighter in the ring in the whole class. Jade tried but the skill just wasn’t equal, it was silly to act as though she was. Still, it wasn’t worth getting the mother hen going.
“She has, that’s true.” Sandra noted, credit where it was due. “But her reliance...”
Sandra saw the woman shake her head. Jade would be invited to crash at the Lances again, it was just as well. She had matters to attend to later and Jade tended to get underfoot.
Di put her wrappers away, she had brought a simple lunch of a PB and J with a couple sides. It was no mystery how the Lances stayed so thin. “How is the new blood coming along?” She asked Ted.
Sandra looked at the young kid in the corner. He seemed to be staring off into space. A sign of poor focus.
“I’m impressed. He’s learning faster than I expected. Can’t complain.” He finished the bottle and tossed it in the trash. The man looked at the kid kindly. He was making the mistake of getting emotionally involved with his students again.
“It’s good that you took him in, gave him something to take his mind off things.” Di said. Sandra knew there was some welcome pizza party on the horizon for the boy. She wouldn’t be able to resist and Ted wouldn’t be able to refuse. “I’ll tell the girls to try to make him feel at home if they can.”
Ted shook his head. “Not yet. Soon, maybe.” He smiled at the thought though.
Sandra ignored the sappiness in the place and wondered when the girls would get back so that actual work could be done.
It was a short walk, from the small Thai place to the Gym, but it was the part that Jade enjoyed most. Di was always more open after a good meal.
“That was so good!” The blond said. Di walked over to her and wrapped her arms around her shoulders, giving her a short hug. “Thank you.”
Jade beamed and quickly moved to return the embrace, laughing as Di picked her up and swung her around. Her father never spoke to her unless she had done something wrong and her mother was mostly uninterested. She reveled in the open affection of the Lances.
“I’ll keep an eye out for more coupons.” She said. “We’ll go back.”
Di laughed. “That I can live with.” She said and put her down. “By the way, Mom wants you to crash with us tonight. We got the new expansion for a certain game...”
Jade heard Kate laugh as she cheered. “Settlers? Do I need anything?” She asked.
“You mean you haven’t moved in yet?” Kate joked. She had openly wondered just what was left at her house with everything she had brought to the Lance’s.
Her mother had forbidden her to move in, saying it would make her soft. She was allowed to crash there though. She ignored the joke.
Di shook her head. “You could move in at this point, so long as there wasn’t anything you minded leaving behind.” Di had invited her to on more than a few occasions, the two canaries had little patience for how her mother treated her and made it known. “I can’t think of anything.”
Jade grinned, a night with Di and Mrs. Lance meant laughter, games and everything else that house was full of. Things her own home didn’t have.
Kate smiled at the happy expression.
Jade was about to agree when she saw Di leap over her and throw a few pebbles into a dark corner nearby. They bounced off a dark clad form.
“Up for more practice?” She asked the others.
Jade centered herself as three more black clad ninjas jumped from the roof. Kate and Di were already examining the field of battle. Kate dodged a few blows.
“Is this a greeting from the Canary? She asked the form in front of her. “Tell Whitie we still prefer our own.”
Jade smiled. She saw Kate and Di take position.
Jade threw a few opening punches to pull their attention. Two of the figures fell to the ground backwards while the other two were lifted off the ground and fell forward.
They pulled themselves up and circled the three. Jade took starting position again.
Di flipped in the air. Using the earlier side kick to knock their heads together. Next to her Kate hit her signature low kicks. They took two synchronized steps to the right.
Di glanced at her. The final blows were hers. Jade took the final form from the set and spun the attackers with the others. She delivered four sharp hits to the upper neck. They fell.
Kate and Di rose to stand with her. Di have her a high five.
"I'd say that's very well done." She said.
"Extremely so even." Kate added.
"I agree." Sandra said behind them.
Jade turned and her parents and Mrs. Lance watching.
"Good form, excellent teamwork, and solid strength. Better strength than the others. I'd say that's a well done." The dark haired woman nodded. "That's enough for the day. You can go to the Lances if you like."
Ted had already walked back inside the building. Mrs. Lance had gone back into the building and came out shortly with the girls’ bags. "To the house, girls?" She smiled. Jason stood behind her waving.
Di rushed to the gaming closet and pulled out the game as Jade and her mother took off their coats and got settled.
"All four expansions." She said, placing the box on the table. "I call green."
"You always call green." Jade laughed. "I call white."
Jason was standing at the table and looking through the prices and cards. Di smiled at him and held up the remaining colors. He pointed to the red bag. The door opened again, and Kate walked in with several bags of supplies.
"We have chips, dip, soda and pizza will be here in an hour." She said. “Ted said to take the night off.”
Di saw her Mom walk over to her with a smile. “We’re glad to have you.”
She was putting the last of her things for the gym in her personal bag when she heard a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a familiar red head standing there. “Good morning Mrs. Lance.” Kate said as she moved to let the young woman in. “Di ready yet?”
Before she could respond she heard the door slam behind her. The newly minted twenty-three year old hurried out of her room with her shoes still in her hands. “Just about. Pillow tried to eat me again.” She said, hopping as she slipped her boots on. “Hey Kate.”
“I don’t recall our pillows having teeth, Little Bird.” Dinah said and smiled at the girl. “Breakfast is in your bag.”
Her daughter, a tall and thin young woman with blond hair and sky-blue eyes, grabbed her bag and hurried out the door. Kate laughed and followed. Dinah only shook her head and remembered to lock the door before following herself.
It drove her crazy, the way the younger Dinah drove and ate at the same time. If she had taken her driving test anywhere but Bludhaven she wouldn’t have passed.
“What are we learning today, Mrs. Lance?” Kate asked, she was always polite to the elders of the gym.
Dinah shrugged. “Whatever Ted feels like. Though you might be training with Sandra today. I hear that Ted has taken on a new student.”
She saw the younger blond make a face and approved. She liked Sandra’s skills but the mantle of Black Canary had always been a force for good and her daughter had been taught that well enough to be careful of the woman. “That would be new forms, then.” Her daughter said as she drove, taking another bite of the bacon egg and cheese biscuit. She’d have to get the car cleaned again.
The redhead nodded. Kate was always looking for ways to improve. “Good, never know when you’ll need one.”
It was a short drive to the gym and they pulled into the back, her daughter easily parallel parking into place. They got out of the car and walked to the entrance.
Inside Ted was already working with his new student, a young man was in the ring. Di and Kate were loudly talking while walking to the changing rooms.
She followed and on entering and saw the two stripping down and into gym cloths while in the corner Jade was finishing her wrappings. She smiled at the dark haired girl. “Good morning Jade. You look very pretty today.” She said as she set down her bag. “Are we working with your mother?”
Jade looked up and briefly smiled. “Yes. She’s getting the second ring set up.”
Dinah smiled as the young girl looked at Di and Kate. Jade walked over and got Di’s attention.
“What are you doing for lunch?” She asked, eagerly waiting for an answer.
Di looked up and caught herself. She knew her lunch had already been made. “It’s up in the air.” She lied. “Have something in mind?”
Kate looked at the two and took a step back. It was well known that the Lances were not well off. A police pension was alot less then it was made out to be. They were also proud and insisted on doing what they could on their own.
Jade pulled a slip of paper from her pocket. “The new Thai place has a deal, two for one. I mean, we’re both broke so I figured it might be fun.”
Dinah saw her daughter nod with relief. “I think I can pull that off. Split the price?” She looked at the coupon. “This looks really good.”
Jade beamed. “It is, I went there last week. We’ll walk there after training.”
Di looked up and laughed at the dark haired teen’s excitement. “It’s a plan.”
“Am I invited or is this just the two of you?” Kate asked with a wry lift of the brow.
Jade nodded, Dinah could tell she was happy to be part of the group. “Sure. We’ll head out together.”
Dinah heard the knock on the door and saw the girls hurry to get ready. Di carefully removing the worn yellow gold locket her father had given her before going into the ring.
Kate Kane leaned back in the metal chair and watched the punches in the ring. Jade was finishing her set with her mother, currently involving a twisted aerial flip, which made the set complete.
By the back wall she smiled at the Lances. Mrs. Lance was talking closely to Di, pointing out details of the form and things to be careful of to get right. Di, the ever dutiful and devoted daughter, was paying close attention and nodding. The two were certainly close.
Kate and Jade had practically always been here. Jade due to her parents and herself due to her family. The Lances had arrived roughly seven years ago and changed everything. Kate’s family, formal and efficient, had become less of a curse. They could be escaped for a time. Jade’s distant family relationships were no longer the only ones she had to lean on. A quick phone call or knock on the door and you could be surrounded by a homemade meal, board games and good times in mere seconds time. She loved them, but the Lances really didn’t fit in in the Haven.
Jade was a good fighter, but her constant goal of trying to win her parents affection distracted her. She finished the set, though, and wove out of the ring looking crestfallen as her efforts had only gotten her a begrudging “not bad” from her mother. Even Kate had gotten a “well done”.
Without needing to be called she saw Di walk up to the ring and enter.
“I expect you to get this right, Di. It’s just your thing.” Sandra said firmly.
“I will do my best, Master.” The young woman said respectfully, bowing.
Kate saw Jade sit next to Mrs. Lance, the two of them watching the ring like her. Sandra always asked for perfection from Di and Di delivered it more often than not.
Di had taken position in the ring and was waiting for Sandra to call the forms, like she had with the others.
“I’m going to call the names the first time.” Sandra said as she smiled at Di’s form, perfect as always. “After that I expect you to carry them on your own.”
Di nodded, focusing.
Sandra stepped back, to a position where she could better make sure the young woman got this right. “Flat Swan.” She called.
Di quickly fell to the floor, held up by one knee and the palm of her right hand. When Sandra called out the next form, “Rising Phoenix”, she used those points of support to flip in the air and launch herself at forward.
Kate shook her head as the display went on. Jade would do practically anything to impress her parents. However it was Di, who mostly wanted to get things right, that had the best form in the ring. That Mrs. Lance would be proud of her was never a question.
The young blond completed the series of flips, launches and low falls landing deftly on her feet in correct form. She bowed.
“Excellent.” Sandra said, a visible pride in her eyes. “Now again, without assistance.”
Di took a moment to catch her breath but nodded.
“As you wish.” She said, bowing again. Kate could see fine beads of sweat on her neck and back. This one was harder than she expected.
Sandra snapped her fingers and Di once again fell to the ground, she flew in the air again, flipped her axis to deliver several side blows and then flipped again mid air before landing a flat slide kick that slid across the floor perfectly.
She held the final position for a few seconds before rising and taking the finishing form. She bowed.
Sandra looked at the girl, her eyes glowing. “Well done, very well done.” She said. The woman turned and clapped her hands.
“That’s enough for the day. Go take a break.” She said, walking out of the ring.
Di sighed and rubbed her neck before she climbed out. She walked over to the mother. Kate saw the woman hand her a few bills for lunch. They spoke softly for a moment and Di smiled.
Jade had run to the changing room and was showered and changed. It took she and Di a little longer. Di was once again by the door last, fastening the locket she always wore. It could stand to be replaced.
“Thai?” She said as she walked up, her small purse over her shoulder.
Jade beamed. “Thai!”
Dinah Laural Lance loved when she got to go out. It didn’t happen often but it was so fun when it did.
“What do we think of the new kid?” Kate asked, mid chowing down on her pad thai. “He seems quiet.”
“He has reasons.” Jade said, quiet herself. “It’s been rough for him”
Di nodded and listened. Her gut said to have him over with the others but the family budget was getting tight as was. Whether or not her mother liked it she needed to get a job.
“Maybe we can have an event at the gym. Something to make him feel at home.” She and her mother could bring board games at least.
Kate looked at her knowingly. “I’ll cater it if you do, but I’d rather move it to your place.”
Di smiled gratefully, Kate knew they were too proud to ask. “Whatever works for you.”
Jade noticed the look, and understood. Her family was better off than the Lances but still not by any means wealthy. “I’ll talk to Mother.” She said. They might be talking about it now.
“That girl of yours has skill but she lacks the killer instinct.” Sandra said as she and Di ate their lunches. “Such form, technique. It’s wonderful to see, but when the fight finally comes she pulls her punches.”
“Nothing wrong with not being scared yet.” Ted interjected. He was having his normal liquid lunch.
“Not to say she ever will be.” Di said quickly. “I’m okay with her being more mindful.”
Sandra shook her head, the Lances still lived in a dream world. They would be woken up someday.
“Kate was quite good, quite impressed. Still not as arael but the ground work was rock solid.” In all she was quite satisfied with her students that day. “Baton would be proud of her.”
Ted nodded in agreement. “Di might do best in the air but Kate can more than hold her own.”
“I thought Jade did very well.” Dinah said pointedly. “She’s come a very long way.”
Sandra bit her tounge. Di was always on them about not being more supportive. It was easy with the young Black Canary to be proud. She was easily the best fighter in the ring in the whole class. Jade tried but the skill just wasn’t equal, it was silly to act as though she was. Still, it wasn’t worth getting the mother hen going.
“She has, that’s true.” Sandra noted, credit where it was due. “But her reliance...”
Sandra saw the woman shake her head. Jade would be invited to crash at the Lances again, it was just as well. She had matters to attend to later and Jade tended to get underfoot.
Di put her wrappers away, she had brought a simple lunch of a PB and J with a couple sides. It was no mystery how the Lances stayed so thin. “How is the new blood coming along?” She asked Ted.
Sandra looked at the young kid in the corner. He seemed to be staring off into space. A sign of poor focus.
“I’m impressed. He’s learning faster than I expected. Can’t complain.” He finished the bottle and tossed it in the trash. The man looked at the kid kindly. He was making the mistake of getting emotionally involved with his students again.
“It’s good that you took him in, gave him something to take his mind off things.” Di said. Sandra knew there was some welcome pizza party on the horizon for the boy. She wouldn’t be able to resist and Ted wouldn’t be able to refuse. “I’ll tell the girls to try to make him feel at home if they can.”
Ted shook his head. “Not yet. Soon, maybe.” He smiled at the thought though.
Sandra ignored the sappiness in the place and wondered when the girls would get back so that actual work could be done.
It was a short walk, from the small Thai place to the Gym, but it was the part that Jade enjoyed most. Di was always more open after a good meal.
“That was so good!” The blond said. Di walked over to her and wrapped her arms around her shoulders, giving her a short hug. “Thank you.”
Jade beamed and quickly moved to return the embrace, laughing as Di picked her up and swung her around. Her father never spoke to her unless she had done something wrong and her mother was mostly uninterested. She reveled in the open affection of the Lances.
“I’ll keep an eye out for more coupons.” She said. “We’ll go back.”
Di laughed. “That I can live with.” She said and put her down. “By the way, Mom wants you to crash with us tonight. We got the new expansion for a certain game...”
Jade heard Kate laugh as she cheered. “Settlers? Do I need anything?” She asked.
“You mean you haven’t moved in yet?” Kate joked. She had openly wondered just what was left at her house with everything she had brought to the Lance’s.
Her mother had forbidden her to move in, saying it would make her soft. She was allowed to crash there though. She ignored the joke.
Di shook her head. “You could move in at this point, so long as there wasn’t anything you minded leaving behind.” Di had invited her to on more than a few occasions, the two canaries had little patience for how her mother treated her and made it known. “I can’t think of anything.”
Jade grinned, a night with Di and Mrs. Lance meant laughter, games and everything else that house was full of. Things her own home didn’t have.
Kate smiled at the happy expression.
Jade was about to agree when she saw Di leap over her and throw a few pebbles into a dark corner nearby. They bounced off a dark clad form.
“Up for more practice?” She asked the others.
Jade centered herself as three more black clad ninjas jumped from the roof. Kate and Di were already examining the field of battle. Kate dodged a few blows.
“Is this a greeting from the Canary? She asked the form in front of her. “Tell Whitie we still prefer our own.”
Jade smiled. She saw Kate and Di take position.
Jade threw a few opening punches to pull their attention. Two of the figures fell to the ground backwards while the other two were lifted off the ground and fell forward.
They pulled themselves up and circled the three. Jade took starting position again.
Di flipped in the air. Using the earlier side kick to knock their heads together. Next to her Kate hit her signature low kicks. They took two synchronized steps to the right.
Di glanced at her. The final blows were hers. Jade took the final form from the set and spun the attackers with the others. She delivered four sharp hits to the upper neck. They fell.
Kate and Di rose to stand with her. Di have her a high five.
"I'd say that's very well done." She said.
"Extremely so even." Kate added.
"I agree." Sandra said behind them.
Jade turned and her parents and Mrs. Lance watching.
"Good form, excellent teamwork, and solid strength. Better strength than the others. I'd say that's a well done." The dark haired woman nodded. "That's enough for the day. You can go to the Lances if you like."
Ted had already walked back inside the building. Mrs. Lance had gone back into the building and came out shortly with the girls’ bags. "To the house, girls?" She smiled. Jason stood behind her waving.
Di rushed to the gaming closet and pulled out the game as Jade and her mother took off their coats and got settled.
"All four expansions." She said, placing the box on the table. "I call green."
"You always call green." Jade laughed. "I call white."
Jason was standing at the table and looking through the prices and cards. Di smiled at him and held up the remaining colors. He pointed to the red bag. The door opened again, and Kate walked in with several bags of supplies.
"We have chips, dip, soda and pizza will be here in an hour." She said. “Ted said to take the night off.”
Di saw her Mom walk over to her with a smile. “We’re glad to have you.”