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Started June 02, 2019 by @basil_

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Jasmine laughed along, “It’s like the British tried to get into dumb wars in that time period. With the American revolution, war of 1812, seven years war, even invading Ireland.”

Grayson laughed and shook his head. “They need to learn form their mistakes.” He replied, glancing out her window.

(I’m gonna be gone for the week on vacation and probably won’t be able to reply, but I’ll be back online by the 17th!)

“I think they did,” she pulled out a notebook from her bag, “Since we haven’t heard much from them after that. They cooled down,” she laughed softly as she flipped through the pages.

(That’s okay, have fun!!)

“Thank god.” Grayson muttered, twisting the hem of his shirt between his fingers. “You never know though..”

(Thank you!! I did have fun :D)

“That’s true, but I’m not placing any bets on them to be the ones to start the next world war, though.” She set down her notebook beside her.

(Np, good :)

“Good point. But hopefully there won’t be a next World War.” He replied with a small laugh.

“We can only hope.” She mirrored the laugh, “Anyway…do you want to meet my brother?” She perked at the thought of her little brother. He might be asleep already, but if he wasn’t, now would be the perfect time to introduce the two of them.

“Sure, that’s be nice.” Grayson smiled softly, getting to his feet and twisting his hands nervously behind his back.

Jasmine hopped up from her bed, “He might be asleep or he might be playing, it’s a gamble either way.” She reaches to open up her door again to peer across the hallway into her brother’s room, “He’s playing.”

"So..am I meeting him or not?" Grayson asked, a bit confused by her statement.

“You can! He’s not asleep so we can go talk to him,” she slipped out of the half opened door to her brother’s bedroom.

“Okay..cool.” Grayson followed her, making sure to brush his hair back over the cut on his forehead. There’s no way her dad believed me..

Jasmine pushed her brother’s door open far enough for both of them to enter, “Francis?” She called.

The four year old looked up from playing. He smiled, dropping his toy to wave, “Hi!!”

(Hey, welcome back!)

Grayson followed her inside the room and gave a small wave. “Hi.” He replied, smiling shyly down at Francis. He gave a quick glance around, wondering if this is how his room looked when he was four.

(Hello! And thx :))

Francis jumped up to bumble over to the two of them, “Who’re you?” He asked cheerily and took Jasmine’s hand when it was offered to him.

“This is my friend,” Jasmine tousled his hair, “I hope you two will be friends too.”

(Np! :)

Grayson crouched so he was closer to Francis’s height. “My name is Grayson. And you must be Francis, right?” He asked.

Francis pressed his right knuckle to his lips, still smiling cheekily, “Yeah…” he waved again with his other hand, “I’m playing hospital,” he gestured to his toys, “They’re getting a check-up.”

(He’s so adorable oml)

“Yeah?” Grayson glanced over at his toys. “I bet you’re a pretty good doctor. That’s a lot of patients.” He commented, resting a hand on his knee.

(Ee! Lol Yes I love him)

The boy let go of his sister to run over and grab one of his stuffed toys, then quickly scramble back to show Greyson. “This is Mister Pepper!” He introduced, “He’s a doggy.”

(XD

“He’s a very cute doggy. Is he helping you with the hospital patients?” Grayson asked, glancing up at Jasmine and shrugging with a smile.

“Uh-huh!” He dashed back and forth bringing him toys one by one, “This one’s called Arthur, and here’s Peter, and Marker, and Feather.”

Jasmine laughed, kneeling down to her brother’s level. She caught him in her arms when he ran back with a stuffed cat. She kissed his head, “Shouldn’t they all go back to the hospital?”

“Oh, yeah,” he giggled, purposefully falling limp in his big sister’s arms.

Jasmine set him back up, “Go put ‘me back and I might sneak you a cookie.”

Francis gasped, his mouth falling open at the incentive.

Grayson laughed softly, a slightly unfamiliar sensation. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d laughed genuinely. I shouldn’t get too close with Jas..my future is doomed and she’ll just get curious.. He realized, drumming his finger on his knee.

After Francis had put up the remainder of his toys, Jasmine picked him up and set him on his bed, “Okay, you stay here and I’ll go find you a cookie, Okay?”

“Ok!” He really agreed, bouncing his legs off the edge of the bed.

Grayson wasn't sure whether to stay or go with Jasmine, but he decided to follow her. It would be so much easier to just be able to read minds. He thought to himself, It seems like a lot of effort to have to guess what everyone is thinking all the time.. He often went silent for a while and thought about these things. There was usually no one to talk to except for Lee, and he slept for the majority of the day.