Miki gasped, clutching her throat in mock shock. "Thirty??? You dare accuse me of being older than Ben and Vi? I am twenty-two if you must know and I act twelve because Cage is a bad influence on me and I think it's a crime to have to act like an adult 100% of the time when it's not necessary." She indignantly flipped the finished waffle out and poured more batter in.
Kissa growls. “Ack, you’re pathetic.” She leans over Gabriel, very carefully feeling his face. “Don’t bite.” She whispers.
She straightens herself again and looks up to the cabinet. “Ah! I do know where he keeps the wine though!”
"Ah, ah, ah!" Miki said, waving her spoon at her. "This is a rare moment when I act like an adult. You leave Ben's wine alone."
“What?” She squeaks. “But I-“
Cage shrieks from upstairs, throwing a pillow at Silver. “THERES SOMEBODY IN HERE CALLTHEPOLICE!!!”
Miki jumped, dropping her spoon and flinching. "Stars, he doesn't usually reach that octave this early." She picked up her spoon and handed it to Kissa with orders to watch the waffles and then made her way upstairs.
She came to Cage's door and knocked, poking her head in. "Hey, what are you screaming about?"
“THERES A FREAKING GIRLINGABESBEDGETHEROUT!!!!” He shrieks, hiding his face under the blankets.
Miki rolled her eyes and came in the room, dragging Cage out of his blankets. "Cageually Stan, what other girl do you know who is blond and has grey wings?" She asked, holding him in front of Gabe's bed to make him look long enough to see. "And who is the one person you know, besides Gabe, who would sleep in Gabe's bed?"
Cage squints, his small eyes focusing. He gasps. “AH, SILVER GET OUT OF HERE! RUDE.”
"Oh my word, it's not like this is the first time she's done it." Miki gave him a stove toward the door and leaned over her sister, removing the pillow Cage had thrown. Silver hadn't so much as sighed since Cage started screaming. Slowly Miki leaned down and smelled her sister's breath.
"So you're the one Ben was drinking with last night." She said, grinning. "Shame on him for giving alcohol to a minor."
Cage squeals, “Get heR OUT!”
Violet stops by the door. “What’s going on? Cage? Miki?”
Miki rolled her eyes again. "Silver slept in Gabe's bed and Cage is flipping out." Miki grunted as she shoved her arms under Silver's body and dragged her out of the bed, barely able to keep a hold of her without dropping her. "Dang, you didn't used to be this heavy."
“SHE SHOULDNT BE IN HERE.” Cage yells.
Violet puts a hand over his mouth. “Ugh, Cage. Be calm. Here.” She joins Miki in dragging Silver out. “How is she- oof- still asleep??”
Miki grinned. "I think we found Ben's drinking buddy." She guided them into her and Sil's room and set her on their bed. " She'll probably sleep half the day. She's never had alcohol before."
Violet clenches her jaw. “Hmmm.” She growls. “He’s really asking for it, isn’t he?” She helps get Sil onto the bed, then runs a hand through her hair, sighing. “I apologize. Maybe I should set him a curfew.”
“GABE DRANK TOO!” Kiss shouts from downstairs.
Violet closes her eyes and slowly breathes.
Miki laughed. "Nah, I don't mind. Sil's old enough to make those decisions on her own and if Ben is willing to share, it's up to them." She shrugged. "She ain't drunk or anything. She'll be fine. Gabe however… He might be hungover, considering both you and Kissa stomped on him and he didn't move. That's strange even for him."
She dusts herself off and strides out of the room, down the stairs, and stops. “Kiss can you make him visible?”
She nods, the turns to stare at him, focusing hard. He slowly starts to ripple back into reality, asleep on the ground all curled up with his left wing sprawled out behind him.
Violet glares.
Of all the people.
She kneels beside him, checking his temperature and looking him over. “Can you believe this?” She angrily states.
Kissa shakes her head, even though Violet was talking to herself.
“Letting Gabriel and Sil of all people drink! Ugh.”
She stands and returns to her waffles, whispering something to herself.
Miki followed her downstairs. "Hey, Vi. He probably didn't give them much. And they are adults so they can make they're own decisions. They probably just had a taste and Ben supervised them the whole time. They're okay."
Vi waves her hand. “I know, Love. It’s fine.” She rubs her forehead, then takes out the finished waffle, pouring in batter to make another. “Ben has a meeting around lunch today, by the way. I’ll be going too, but it will be a short meeting. When is Robby supposed to be here?”
Cage bounces down the stairs, ruffles Miki’s hair and smiles.
Miki raised an eyebrow and helped herself to a waffle, chomping into it dry. "Y'all sure do go to a lot of meetings. I promise we've behave today while you're gone." She turned around and gave Cage an awkward hug around the neck with one arm. "Did you recover from finding a girl in your room?" she asked him.
She nods, then shakes her head. “Wait, no. I’m staying home for this one.” She pulls out the last waffle, placing on the plate and pushing the plate forward. “Alright, eat up.”
Cage grins. “Not yet. It’s kinda rude, hah.”
Miki let out an exaggerated sigh of relief. "Oh, good. I don't think leaving us unsupervised is a good idea." She grabbed a plate and poured syrup on it, and smeared her waffle around in it. "Okay, so we made nasty ice cream yesterday. What should we do today, Cage?"
Cage throws his head back and gasps, long and loud. “GET READY FOR ROBBY!!”
Violet closes her eyes, gripping the counter.
I don’t know why those noises startle me anymore.
"AAHHH, that's right Robby is coming!!" Miki cried. "Okay, okay, what do we need to do to get ready??"
“FOOD. Well first actually we should clean. And teach the Vampires some manners. Umm, then food?” He says, talking fast and slurring a few words.
"Yes, yes, we definitely should clean the house before she comes." Miki shoved the rest of her waffle in her mouth. "Wha' nind ob foo' are we 'onna 'ake?"
('what kind of food are we gonna make')