Room 508, Saturday Afternoon

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Kathy and Sarah had managed to escape from their parents for a little while. Immediately after the school tour, Mrs. Li had declared she needed to rest and Mr. Li had announced that he needed to make a very important business call, which he'd need absolute silence for. Neither Li daughter needed to be a meteorologist to recognize that a storm was

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[flickofawrist]

After the encounter in the park, Flick's original plans for the night were gone so he was making new plans. But, those were for later.

Now, he was gonna make his way back to his room and see what was going on there. His new plans had finally coalesced when he stepped into his room.

"Oh. Hey," he greeted when he realized Kathy was in there with a guest. "Sorry to interrupt anything."

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"Hiiiii," Sarah said, giving Flick her prettiest smile. "You're not interrupting anything. Just a bit of sisterly girl time, but we can have that whenever."

You know, what with Kathy living on the opposite coast. Also, Sarah, you were thirteen. Just stop.

"You must be Flick, right? You're just as cute as Kathy said you were!" She batted her eyes, ignoring her sister's groan and facepalm. "I'm Sarah. So nice to meet you."

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"Kathy's obnoxious, much-younger sister," Kathy interrupted. "Hey Flick. Come on in. We're just trying to figure out what I should wear tonight for the Talent Show."

Also, she was so sorry for her sister. So, so sorry.

[flickofawrist]

"She said that? Well, she's cute too," Flick said, glancing Kathy's way. "Hi, Sarah. Good to meet you. Welcome to room 508."

See, this family meeting had already gone better than the one he'd just had. Thank goodness.

"What talent are you gonna be showing off?" he wondered. "Probably makes a difference in what you're gonna wear, right?"

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It helped that Kathy's parents weren't here. Otherwise, they'd have to be explaining to Kathy's dad why there was a boy in her room and everything would go downhill from there.

Rapidly.

"I and--uh, thanks? About the cute thing? Yeah, I mean, she asked and I wasn't gonna lie and...yeah.."

[the_family_li]

Sarah watched her sister flail around and sighed. How was it possible for someone to go through life for sixteen years and get no game at all?

"Probably gymnastics," Sarah said because, you know, someone should answer Flick's question. "She's been a rhythm gymnast for, like, a decade now. Hasn't Kathy ever shown you how she can wrap her legs around her head?"

She was helping!

[flickofawrist]

"She can do that?" Flick was both surprised and genuinely impressed. "Are you double jointed? Or...man, just thinking about that makes me wince. I'd dislocate my hips."

[the_family_li]

"Oh my gosh, Kathy! You never showed Flick what you can do? For shame, Kathy! You should show him now!"

Sarah's middle name should have been brat. Or monster. Or something infinitely less complimentary.

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"I don't think he's all that interested," Kathy said, glaring at Sarah like she could maybe set her sister's brain on fire. "And I'm not, like, double-jointed or anything. Just really flexible. A lot of yoga and gymnastics from a very young age, that's all."

She did a quick vertical split, pulling her leg up to press her calf against the side of her cheek. "See, no big. But, umm, that's not what I'm doing tonight."

[flickofawrist]

"Ow."

Flick winced and rubbed his leg and instantly felt like he'd pulled a muscle.

"That's amazing." He was actually pretty damn impressed. "And painful looking, ow. You're not doing that tonight? Probably not to make everyone feel phantom pain, right?"

[the_family_li]

"Or to bore them into a coma," Sarah snarked. "Her moves are awesome, but the music is always a total snoozefest."

[spin_kick_snap]

"This from the girl who wanted to make me a routine to One Direction's 'She Don't Know You're Beautiful' or whatever it's called."

[the_family_li]

"You mean your theme song?" Sarah asked brightly.

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Kathy glowered at her sister, unsure whether to be complimented or insulted. Which was why she decided to turn to talk to Flick instead and ignore her sister entirely.

"I'm, umm, going to be singing instead." She said. "I didn't sign myself up, so I didn't really get to choose my act."

[flickofawrist]

Even if Kathy didn't look too pleased right now, Flick had to say she was making him long for his own brother right now. He never got to have fights like this.

"What kind of talent do you have, Sarah?" Flick asked, raising an eyebrow. "Something better than Kathy? I bet you could get into the talent show if you wanted."

[Sorry omg! Premature pinging!]

[the_family_li]

[Soooo not your fault! I'm sorry, I get carried away!]

"Oh, I can totally sing," Sarah said brightly. "We could have done some kind of awesome sibling duet if she'd told me she was signing up!"