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[gabbu]

Amber looked up from the book she'd been 'reading' ever since she realized Marissa had been watching her. "Hm?" she said, genuinely not knowing what was going on, since she'd gotten too immersed in the text.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

"Nevermind," Marissa said. She left.

[gabbu]

Amber went back to the book.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Daniel scowled.

[gabbu]

**DINNER TIME**

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Daniel sat down at the table.

[gabbu]

Amber sat down farther down the table.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Marissa sat down too.

[gabbu]

The older peoples and everyone else all filed in and everyone started eating.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Marissa ate her food.

[gabbu]

"I. Um. Thanks for the shirt and stuff, Ben," Amber said, trying to break the ice.

"Any time," Ben replied.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

"We can get you real clothes soon," Marissa said. She glanced towards the adults. "If that's okay."

[gabbu]

"Yes, of course. We'll look into that soon," Clary agreed.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan ate his food silently.

[gabbu]

"I really am sorry about what I did to Taylor. Is there anything I could do to help?" Amber said, picking at her food.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan glared at her.

[gabbu]

Amber looked down to her plate.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan turned back to his food.

[gabbu]

"Great job on dinner, mom," Ben lied.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan snorted.

[gabbu]

Jace coughed to cover up his laughter, waiting to see Izzy's response.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Izzy glared at Ryan. "Thank you, Ben."

[gabbu]

The air was strangely empty without Taylor to make a smart-aleck comment.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan went back to poking at his food.

[gabbu]

**THE NEXT DAY**

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Marissa and Daniel were in the training room, though not much actual training was going on.

"But what if-" Daniel tried.

"No," Marissa said. "She lied."

[gabbu]

Ben walked into the room, knowing Ryan would be in soon. He looked at the arguing siblings, then decided it would be best to mind his own business.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan walked in.

[gabbu]

"Right..." Ben muttered, putting on his gear and beginning training.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan put on his gear too.

Marissa and Daniel continued arguing.

[gabbu]

"Has anyone checked up on Taylor lately?" Ben asked.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Marissa and Daniel continued to argue.

"Not me," Ryan said.

[gabbu]

"Would you like to come with me to do so?" Ben suggested.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

"Okay," Ryan agreed.

((Is she going to wake up?))

[gabbu]

((Probably not))

Ben exited the room and headed down to the Infirmary.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan followed.

[gabbu]

Amber was already in the room. She didn't appear to have gotten any sleep.
Ben stared wide eyed at Amber. "Woah. You look-"

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan blinked. "Terrible."

[gabbu]

Ben elbowed Ryan. "I wasn't going to say that, but-"
"You agree?" Amber smiled half-heartedly.
Ben nodded sheepishly.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan looked at Amber suspiciously.

[gabbu]

"She hasn't moved much at all, except around 2 this morning. She shifted slightly to the right," Amber said.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan didn't say anything.

[gabbu]

"Amber, I think you need some sleep. Come on," Ben said, holding out his hand.
Amber's bloodshot eyes turned to Taylor. "What if she wakes up? Oh my gosh, I feel AWFUL."

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan still didn't say anything.

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

.

[gabbu]

"If she wakes up, she'll know how to get our attention. Come on," Ben said. He didn't wait for Amber's response, instead choosing to carry her out.

"Hey!" Amber protested. "Put me down!"

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Ryan followed Ben out.

[gabbu]

Amber punched Ben in the arm. "I'm not kidding! Put me down NOW."

Ben shook his head. "We are going to find you a room, and you are going to go to sleep. You won't be very helpful to anyone if you don't get any sleep."

[Lily , The Hot Dog Hater]

Marissa rounded the corner. "Um," She said, looking at the three of them.

[gabbu]

"She refused to go to sleep, so now we're going to find her a room and make her. She won't stop worrying about Taylor," Ben explained. Amber had given up escaping and was now mostly docile, occasionally giving Ben a look.