Austin smilled snuggling into her side more, again more instinctual than anything," ah i thionk thats best, never a good sign when you start drinking on your own,"
he smilled, "Dad always said sign of the path to destruction," he smilled slightly seeing his sister approach them a family size bag of chips in her hand, "Natasha this is my sister Randy, and Randy this is Natasha , shes a friend who works for Jase'."

"Erm, hi," Randi said friendly, but still even hungover making full analysis of the scene as she sat down on an armchair or rather fell in it.

"Ttt, " Sora scolded her , he peered over his shoulder on look out checking to see if Win or Autumn was watching, seeing the coast clear , he pulled of some treats from the tree secretly handing them to Ariana, "plus im sure Win'll find more than enough food to fill you up and probably keep you eating all day if they find out you havent eaten."

Arana took the candy greedily, and hid it inher hands, breaking of peices, suddenyl famished. She smiled as she eat, rsting against him, sighing ,"Arigato Sora-kun ..." she smiled watchinge veryone around, e interaction, doing her damnedest not to lookat Danny.

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Natasha smlied back, rsting against Austin, feeling nothing out of place wit hit, as she hadn't even realized how cloes tehy were, just hownatrual it felt, "Hello Randy, " she made apoint not to speak to loudly, "It's nice to meet you .. Merry Christmas ..."

Natasha giggled abit, "AJ?" she looked up at him, "What's the J stand for?"

She gently ribbed his side, but only just, not wanting him to have his head get upset ...

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Ariana grinned, "<Oh believe you me Sora-kun, I most certainly will not ...>" she turned to follow his gaze, into the eyes of the man who wans't her Felix. She sighed, sadened again as she rested against him, snacking on the candy, trying to eat, she was sad to see him not being her Felix ...

Kali gave a turn to Winter, "Hey Win ... how's one of my favorite playboys turned devoted boyfriend doing?"

SHe assumed he was the playboy at some point, becaseu her winter definatly was ...

Austin blushed slightly, "John," he stated simply ," but i dont really feeel it jase' and Randi haven't got middle names, its almost branding that im the middle child,"
He giggled slightly as she elbowed him softly in the side, it kind of tickled.

"Sorry," Sora said he knew she'd realised who he'd been looking at, he gave her a soft squeeze of a hug.

Win blushed, "I, i , how'd you know that," he questionned somewhat sheepishly, his face was increadibly red now normally he may have laughed it off but in front of Lammy, he was blush- central, " im okay," he said unsure. " Why whats the other universe's Win been up to?"

Ariana smiled and hugged back, sighing softly.

Kali looked from Win to Lammy, before grabbing Win by the wrist, "you don't want to know this girl ... better off telli' the bloke on his lonesome ... I'm not up for any of your bounty hunterness Lammy dear ..."

She laughed as she dragged Winter away, essentialy to a part of behind the counter that no one was within eaar shot, except Taren, who's ear shot hit everywhere in the YC if he tried. She hopped up onto the coutner, smirking, "yo ureally wanna know Tom?" she gave a wink, before she touched her lips, her cheek, her forehead, and a few otjher choice places that the otehrs couldn't see her point to, "You been all over there ... and all over Charlie, took some convincing she told me, she's a skiddish one, no all the way for her, or me mind you, I'm not that kind of girl ... you're uite the party boy Tommy ... sorry ... Win," she gave a wink, "Last you were doing Win was ... you and Autumn were tryin' to plan a huge Christmas marty, big sleepover ... but Tori and Me .. .well Zoe now I guess .. wre tryin' to take charge .. .since y'all were easily distracted ..."

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Natasha giggled back, "Austin John Scott ..." she wriggled a bit, snuggling back into him, "Cute ... AJ ..."

She shook her head, resting back against him, if there were a mirrir in front of them and she could see what she was doing, she'd be flushing like mad and wriggling away, covering ehr face.

"Dont go moping , you need a hug, you come get one okay," he instructed, "ill be the only diva moping round here," he laughed.

Winter turned a bright shade of red now, stuttering incoherently, quite asight for a grown mad fastly approaching 24, he was led away so easy be completely stunned that Zoe was dragging him along by his wrist. "Easily distracted..." Win muttered he blushed so much now it was ridiculous, "well in this world something happened that changed me ," he stated now matter of factly, trying to excuse himself and this other Tom/ Win whichever given name he used.

Austin blushed a little, " so have you got a middle name or a pet name, kind of unfair now if you don't share, he grinned.

Kali nodded, "Kay ... not asking, but really ... but of funny, you're all blushing ... when other Tom would ... well he's damn proud of his conquests ... course Danny nearly popped him one once ... he grabbed my butt in front of Danny ..."

"Don't worry Sora-kun .. I wsould enver dream of stealing your title ... yo uare queen diva ..." she gave him a friendly peck on the cheek and rested abck against him, "Would it be alright if I were to think of you as brother like Sora-kun?"

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Natasha flushed a bit, grinning, "Well, my brother used to call me gnat ... after the bug, or ratty natty ... because my hair used to get really knotty and i didn;t want to brush it becasue it always hurt ... but i wuldn't cut it ..." she gave a sweet smle, "But my Full name is Natasha Vivian Brimwall ..."

Win laughed somewhat, a cheeky grin on his face, showing something of that Tom that Kali knew and that Tom that people in this universe knew too. " i would of been at one time, but i kind of realised theres more to life than that , like love and truely meaningful faithful relationships," This top definately outranked the other one on the maturity factor scale.

"Think of me as what you like," Sora grinned , " i dont like get in the way boy though ," he laughed, "Ariana imooto-chan,"

Woo i did my research so little sister Arianna XD, i only know the big ones off by heart XD

Austin laughed, " well you obviously like brushing now, your hairs so silky smooth," he smilled.

Randy eyed her brother though she had to admit Natasha's hair was stunning, "Have you ever had it cut?" She asked, her own hair was cut short and spikey, very funky , boyish but yet still very feminine.

Natasha's cheeks pinkened, but she smiled at Randi, "Only trims, enough just to keep the split ends away. I don't know why, but I always had this vision of long ankle length hair, and I'm almost ther, only a couple more years ... i'd be there if I were shorter ..." she gave a smile, smoothing out her hair.

She gathered it all in both of her hand, tugging on it a bit, "It's really strong too ... but I go through shampoo like crazy, you should see the lok hairdressers get when I come near ... they think I'm getting a massive cut every time ... it'squite comical ..."

she played with ehr hair a bit more, she lvoed her hair, it's something she treasured most about her looks .. really the only thing. She'd die befroe cutting ehr hair ...

okay, I'm seeing something happen, when Raina is about, I'm seeing her being jealous of beautiful things, so she's on a ramage to steal ruin and hurt anything more grougeous than her ij hr eyes .. .i see her fighting white dino to blck dino head on ,and knocking the helmet off, seeing Natasha's hair, she gets fire in her eyes ... and uses the staff to cutt of all te hair only leaving it i na crazy mop top. Natahsa would be crushed, never laeving her home .. but f course beez can fix it ... or Lammy ...

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Kali smle genuinely to him. She kissed her poen palm, before gently touching her palm to his lips, "you Winter .. .are more responsilbe and damn sweet tha nI thought you'd be ... you rope her in ... all men should have such an outlook on love ..."

Ariana hugged him tighter, "I wil lSora ... I will never think of you as get in the way boy ... maybe nosy brother ... but not the former ..."

Natasha gave a flushed smile to Austin, before turning her head to Rani, "No .. I'm not afraid of haircuts ..." she gave agrin, eyeing her only a moment, "i'm afraid of short hair ..."

She toyed with it, playfully whaping Austin on the arm, "Anyways, enough ablout my hair ..." she flusehd, she asn't one for being centre of attention.

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Kali was wide eyed, before her hand reached out to grab his arm, "you mean .. your'e not?" she pulled on his arm, as if trying to tug off his skin, "Then what the hell are you? you look human ... you look like .. .well you're hair shorter and ya got scruff but ... you look like Tom ..."

Austin laughed, "what would you rather talk about then, i haven't got much hair to talk about," he laughed, he brushed his hand against his unshaven chin without realising , "Oh," he blushed, he'd have never usually dreamt about wondering about not clean shaven, " so theres a question, facial hair, yes or no?"

"Yes," Randi piped in, "told you before," she grinned, " ill leave you a goatee if you want,"

Win grinned somewhat, "well im half-human sort of, im a kinda hybrid, Zita kind of changed me," he looked deadly serious, they'd have to know sooner or later about some of the differences that werent immeadiately visible, " I put it another way, do you know about Taran?"

"You mean Spiderman? Totally ... I know all about golden boy ... well, whatever Danny was able to get on about in the CC database that I pilaged from ... what can I sa, I'm a bad seed wh must know all ..." she eyed him up and down, "you you've got alien bits in you? What are you liek .. Wolverine? Turn into a dinosaur ... what?"

She was eager now, new things to learn, she loved challenges, figuring out secrets ...

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Natasha turned to stare at his scruff, even prechanced brushig it with the back of her hand, "You could go either way, I mean ... if yo uwant a chang form the sweet innocent face you've got ... so with scruff or the goatee, a but more rugged ... it's kind of cute ..." her lips curled into a smile and her cheeks pinkened again, but she conitune to smile, her hand brushing his scruf once more ...

Winter laughed, " gees most people would freak, not much really i can just take more then your average human," he didnt realise it but his eyes shone like green torches at that comment,


Austin blushed , " i might consider a change, Win seems to have had one, i could look my age for once,"

Natasha gave a little giggle, "Maybe start acting your age too," she wasn't sure where that came from and flushed after saying it, but grinned still ...

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Kali quickly rache out ,and grabbed his chin, pulling him in, "Whoa ... green lanturn eyes!" she grinned like made, "If you bite me do I get super poweres too ... I so want super powers ..."

Austin laughed, "oh really," he stretched his arms up yawning or was he? He jokingly dropped his arm round her shoulders.
He smilled slightly embarassed, " so what age do i seem?"

"Huh?" Win exclaimed, he had no idea about his eyes at all he'd never seen them, " no course not, what do you take me for ," Win exclaimed shocked at her , though he smilled , "i'm not a vampire or a werewolf silly, im sure Zoe didnt have this obsession he raised a brow at her.

Natasha giggled and covered hermouth as his arm dropped over hers, she was tempted to bt it off, but her body had already snuggled into his, "Well aside from that 16 year olders move, you have the smile of a 5 year old sometimes ... the eyes of a 2 year old, but the charm of a 24 year old ... so don't you worry,I think you'll make it ..."

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Kali smirked, "Zoe didn't live down the street form the biggest comic store in NYC .. Ispent all my allowance and my summe job money on comics, I have stack and stacks," she gave a bland shrug, "When home life sucks, escape into a land of alternate eality .. whic hI seem to have done permanently now ... i am a super hereo now .. just without the powers ... oh wait, " she jumped down, standing in front of him, "Hold still," she made two fists, grinning, "Let's see if you go hulk green on me when I do this, or if you have beast strength. She hauled off and as hard as she could, punch him right in the gut, and grunted herself first, "Ohhhhh ... my hand, abs of steel superman ... at least tell me my broken wrist was not in vain ... it hurt, right?"

Austin laughed, " oh well thankgod for my charm,"

Natasha's words made Randi smile somewhat, they summed her brother up quite well,

Austin smilled , and looked at his sister, "Jase' has gone off somewhere, you can start with the presents if you want,"

"Oh has he," Randi grinned almost knowing, "no ill wait he'll hate to think he missed us," she smilled, she seemed more aware than her lil' brother.


Win smilled at the thought of her with her tonnes of comics, he wasnt prepared for what she was about to do , "Wh whu what?" He smilled slightly ,as her fist made contact with his stomach, you dont want to go doing that, you'll hurt yourself," he exclaimed, " look if it keeps you quiet, " he lifted the top of his pjs slightly showing her where shed just hit, it was now covered with hard plated bone,

Natasha gve a small giggle as she rested with him, "Well we did strt actually Austin .. we excahgned gifts ..." she gave small smile her eyes drawing back to their rings. Shr grasped his hand, "They're oddly .. like a two set ... like mad eto be together ..."

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Kali had been whining, nursding her fist, before her eyes widened, and her grin grew. She clamped her hand over her own mouth just as she shouted throug hehr hand, now very muffled and more whispered, "WHOA!" her good hand dived for it, "What is that?"

Funny, anyone around would just be seeing Kali's hand groping Winter under his PJ's ...