#bergen_county

She knows the kitchen well enough to set things up.

Two bit is explaining to Pysckha that SHE is the HBIC around here. Don't forget it

"Thank you," Tove says

"Well now I need to help with the glasses or I'll feel a wretch" nadeen sigghs "I blame Hearth influence. Though mariggold finds it charming" And she helps too

That makes Tove smirk

Dag stacks the wood on the brackets.

Sylvi grins at Nadeen. "Yeah, my mom's a terrible influence."

Wood stacked, "Good" Says Jaymes then "Let's go inside before your mother starts making spoon threats"

Before they get back in, the last plate is being put in place.

Dag follows her father inside, and goes to wash her hands.

"You can tell your mother I said just that" nadeen says then adds "But not while I'm within chore assiggning reach"

Jaymes peeks in then nods "Smells good"

Tove kisses him, then grunts ("You don't. Shower/ Change") "Please"

He nods, he is sweaty he knows

Sylvi laughs at Nadeen. "Fair."

"Hey!" she says again to Dagmar, brightly.

"Hey..."

"We were just talking about how I can talk smack about Hearth Kerri as long as I'm polite about it and out of chore assigning range" Nadeen says

"Oh... yeah, well. She can't assign chores to you anymore." Lip-bite. "You want that lemonade? Or juice, we have OJ."

"That is NOT quite what we agreed!" Sylvi says and sticks her tongue out at Nadeen.

"Maybe OJ is better for breakfast."

A blink at Dagmar. "You seriously think Mom doesn't hand me stuff to do when I'm home? You've got another think coming. And either is fine."

"I mean Nadeen." She takes out the bottle of juice.

"YOur mom makes ggreat lemonaid but either is fine thank you" Nadeen says gratefully , "Hey, how are things with Lupe and May? "

"Fine."

Sylvi thanks her for the juice, and listens.

Nadeen bites her lip "Well, Zane said something about having to whammy May's brain?"

She sets down the glasses by the girls.

"Yeah, there was a vampire."

"I heard about it, but not exactly what happened."

Nadeen shivers "Children of Lilith. SO glad Lupe took care of the other one, well her and her pack"

"I wasn't here."

"I was at the hospital." She sits, looking down at her plate.

Sylvi pauses a moment, then says, "So...I don't know if you heard. I asked Symon to tell you...the whole thing's over. Leech is done. Gone."

Tove smiles "Thank goodness for that"

Jaymes comes down, clothes on "Glad he is. " He kisses his wife on the lips, and his daughter on the top of the head

"Yeah. I heard." She pushes around eggs. "Good job, everyone."

"Well, except for my screw up where I sent Friend requests to bad people on Sylvi's phone" Nadeen flushes

"But it got fixed?"

"Hey, I wasn't going to mention that, but if you want to put yourself on blast...." Sylvi shrugs and takes a bite of food. "Mm, delicious, Tove."

"Sylvi fixed it" nadeen says "Oh speaking of which, I heard your phone was hurt? We can get it fixed at the mall"

"Dunno. It's pretty crushed."

Purple creeping again and she doesn't look up from her plate. "Symon got me one to use."

"Sylvi panicked, is what you mean," she mutters.

"Oh, cool. Need our numbers again?"

Nadeen seems to find focus and says "Symon... is a good friend to you"

"It's upstairs."

A glance at Nadeen...and a grin. "He is."

"Please don't tell him I said that" nadeen mutters

"Oh Nadeenn," Tove fusses, "I knnow you're House has it's problems, but goodness"