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He inhales again, trying to find breath for his voice. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.” He shakily exhales.
What if everybody’s been cold??? Because I took them? They just didn’t say anything!
Cage smiles, “yessss. We should definitely talk to Ben about it. I bet Vi could get him to let her come over.”
Silver pulled him closer and started rocking him back and forth, running her fingers through her hair. After a moment a snort slipped out and she gasped for breath, her chest shaking with silent laughter.
"Oh definitely. I'll ask Violet about it later. OH MY GOODNESS CAGE we can feed her our weird ice cream flavors once we make them!"
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Cage jumps off the swing. “OMG THAT IS LITERALLY THE BEST IDEA. Yes! She’ll love them!!”
Gabriel feels silver start to shake and shiver with laughter, and he creases his brow.
is she crying?
Is she that cold?!?
He turns, embracing her and pulling her close, even though he’s no warmer than the October breeze.
Miki dragged her sneakers on the ground again to make her swing stop. "UGH I hope Violet finishes soon so we can go shopping."
Silver rested her head on his shoulder and her laughter rang out until her belly hurt and tears streamed down her red face.
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Cage goes to agree, but looks over to Gabriel and Silver, clearly confused. He looks back to Miki. “They’re weird.”
Gabriel lets Silver go and scoots back a little.
?????
Miki followed his gaze and raised an eyebrow, seeing her sister laughing herself into tears and Gabriel looking confused.
Although Gabe usually looked confused.
"Definitely." she said to Cage. "That's why they like each other."
Silver wiped her face, her peals of laughter slowly calming down. "Oh my word, Gabe." she choked out. "You are so funny. You'd think I'd be used to it by now but I'm not. You make me laugh every time."
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He blinks.
what?
Cage giggles. “I guess. Oh hey, look. Vi’s out of the house!” He waves to violet who waves back.
"YES." Miki yelled, racing over to the van. "Come on, Sil! Violet's back!"
Silver staggered to her feet and ruffled his hair. "Come on, my weird vampire bat." she pressed a kiss to his cheek. "Let's go."
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Gabriel stands, waving for Kissa to come down and trying to forget about the confusing moment. Kissa slowly climbs down, irritated.
Cage bounces over to the car, climbing in shot gun. “YES I GOT FRONT SEEAT.”
Silver folded herself up beside Miki, still smiling. Miki elbowed her side. "Hey, what was that all about?"
Silver shook her head. "Nothing. Just… Gabe. Being Gabe."
Miki laughed a little. "Well, I'm glad you like him. He's a weird one."
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Gabriel slides in with Kissa beside him. She leans on his shoulder.
“I hate these people.”
He puts his arm around her and leans his cheek on her hair.
Its okay.
Violet starts up the car. “To the grocery store, right?”
Cage nods. “Yesyesyes.”
"Yes!" Miki cried. "We need to get ice cream stuff and bacon. What others flavors did we want to get?
"Trail mix. For Gabriel." Silver said.
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"Fish! Sushi!!" Cage chimes in. "I love sushi, he states, smiling."
Violet chuckles, shaking her head. "Alright, okay. We'll head that way."
He tugs on her sleeve gently, pulling out his phone with his other hands and texting. "Hey, Vi. Do you think you could convince Ben to let Robby come over tomorrow night for dinner? She'll be in town and The girls would just love her."
"I-" She sighs. "You know what? I'll try. But no promises."
He smiles. "I love you so much thank you."
Silver rolled her eyes. "I've never even had normal sushi."
Miki scribbled on her list. "Yes sushi ice cream would be awesome. VI yes please get Ben to say Robby can come! I want to meet her!"
Silver frowned. "Who's Robby?"
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Cage, not even looking up from his phone, answers Sil. "My girlfriend. You'd love her."
Kissa snorts. "What? you have a girlfriend?" She start to laugh and Cage giggles, turning around and shoving her shoulder.
"Shut upppp."
Silver's jaw dropped and she started at him. "Since WHEN?"
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He covers his face with his hands, blushing.
Violet giggles a little. "They've been official for a while, though they don't get to see each other much. I think it's been… four years? Cage?"
He doesn't speak and a smile crosses her face.
"Now look, you've flustered him."
"Four years??" Miki cried. "Violet, Cage was a BABY four years ago. You let him have a girlfriend when he was that young??"
Silver leaned forward, trying to see Cage's face. "Cage, why didn't you tell us." It wasn't even a question.
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Violet lets out a laugh. "Goodness, Miki. I'm not his mother. Anyways, he was like.. he was 15 when he met her. Plenty old to have a girl."
Cage bats at Silver with one hand and keeps his face covered with the other.
"The whole time I've known you and you didn't tell me?" Silver whispered.
"She sounds really sweet!" Miki said. "I can't wait to meet her!"
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Cage giggles. "I'm sorry! Ben doesn't like me telling everyone about her. Because if someone wrong figured out she was close to us she could be in trouble."
Violet smiles. "And he knew you'd want to meet her."
Kissa leans forward, hissing creepily. "Is she pretty?"
Cage scoots away from her. "Geez. Yeah, I think she's pretty??"
"But we're family!" Silver whined. "It's not like we talk to anyone else anyway. If I had a boyfriend–well, I have Gabe but–I would tell y'all right away!"
Miki giggled and gave Silver a shove. "Okay, let it go, he told us now. And hopefully we can meet her soon!"
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Cage giggles. "You and Gabe? He doesn't count. Right Gabe?" He looks around them to see that Gabriel has turned himself invisible.
"What does she look like, show me!" Kissa whined.
Cage huffs, pulling out his phone and finding a picture. He hands it off to the girls. "She's cute, right?"
Kissa hands the phone to Silver in disgust. "Eugh, I already hate her." She mumbles.
Cage shrugs. "It was bound to happen eventually."
(Imma get a photo of her for you)
Silver laughed, her own cheeks turning slightly pink when she realized Gabe was gone. "Gabe does TOO count, even if he's not my boyfriend."
"AWWWWW" Miki cried. "She's adorable!!!! I need to squish her."
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"I know!" Cage squeals. "And she's so sweet. She can be overwhelmed easily though so don't scare her haha."
Kissa raises an eyebrow. "She's easily overwhelmed, but she's with you? Not a great idea."
"Oh boy. Yeah we might be a lot for her." Silver said. "But we can be good if we try."
"We just have to remember to try." Miki said. "Sil, you have to convince Ben to let her come over."
"What? Why me? Ben doesn't listen to me. The only person he might listen to is Vi."
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Kissa groans. sinking back into her chair and Gabriel's arms. "Ugh, these kids." She growls under her breath.
Cage giggles. "I wont talk to him much about it, otherwise he'll say no. Vi will you ask?"
She nods. "Yes yes, I'll make sure she can come."
He squeals. "Ah, you're the best!"
"Yuuuuuuuuus" Miki cheered.
Silver turned around to look at Gabe (idek where they're all sitting whatev.). "Hey, do you need anything else while we're at the store? Besides ice cream?"
(make them get to the store now maybe?)
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Gabriel gives a small shrug, shaking his head.
No, I'm fine.
Violet pulls the car into the small grocery stores parking lot. "Alrighty. I'm going to grab a few necessities. You guys have fifteen minutes to get what you need."
Cage unbuckles. "You got it!" He climbs out of the car.
"I'll stay here." Silver said as Miki unbuckled. In Miki's ear she whispered, "Get Gabriel some snacks. I don't think he has any left at the house."
Miki nodded and followed Cage out of the car, her shopping list in hand. "Let's go, Cage, we gotta hurry!"
