Room 511, Wednesday Night

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine had, believe it or not, found a distraction from freaking out over Homecoming Weekend: freaking out over Parents WeekendWhich was why, though there was a stack of library books (this time non-kitteny)at the foot of her bed, what she could currently be found reading was her much-creased copy of today's FH Times. Memorizing how to say "I

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[kestrelswolf]

And then there were a couple of wolves standing in the doorway.

"Am here," Firekeeper announced.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Huh what I didn't do it there was somebody who looked like me I don't know what you heard but--" She might be a little on edge.

Francine blew her hair out of her face in a sigh of relief mixed with a bit of self-disgust. "Oh. Hi."

[kestrelswolf]

"I am not hearing about you doing anything," Firekeeper said, giving Francine a confused look.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Really?" Francine asked, momentarily hopeful, if guarded. "You must be the only one." She shook her head. "Sorry, I was just spazzing out about Parents Weekend."

[kestrelswolf]

"Spazzing?" Firekeeper frowned. Blind Seer, meanwhile, wandered in and made himself comfortable on a spot on the floor.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Freaking out?" Francine tried. She pointed to a clear spot on her bed, beside the books. "My mom is... really not gonna understand this place."

[kestrelswolf]

Firekeeper sat next to the books, eyeing them warily. "Am not understanding this place much either."

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine couldn't help laughing at that, despite her nerves. "Well no, me neither. But I like it. ...Most days. I'm not sure my Mom will see it that way." She dropped the newspaper on the bed and reached out for one of the books.

[kestrelswolf]

"I would think she would be pleased to see you happy," Firekeeper said.

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine paused, her thumb worrying the spine of Romulus and Remus: A History of Rome. "Yeah. But sometimes she overdoes it on what she thinks I need to do to be happy. Or safe, or whatever."

[kestrelswolf]

"Still think she treat you too much like wolves is treating puppies," Firekeeper grumbled.

[thatsamilkshake]

"At least she doesn't make me sit on her lap and eat liver snaps?" Francine offered with a small giggle.

[kestrelswolf]

Firekeeper let out a snort of laughter. "Is that, at least," she conceded.

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine smiled and lifted the book, whose cover sported a woodcut-type picture of two little boys leaning against a giant she-wolf. "Did you want to read about wolf-puppy-kids who founded a city?"

[kestrelswolf]

"Where they find it?" Firekeeper asked, misinterpreting Francine's question. "And how is one losing a city?"

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine tried hard not to laugh, but didn't really succeed. "No, founded like... started? So I guess they did find it kind of. They picked the place to build it."