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[KT_Tonguetied]

"I met her on the platform the beginning of term, silly!" Sunrise said while laughing.((yah I'm in five))  

[LilyHermioneChapman]

"Oh yah." Emily laughed. "You met the whole clan, and yah, Anna is the sweet one. The boys are always the one trying to mess with my head. Anna is always trying to warn me, but she doesn't know very much since the boys know she'll tell me."  

[KT_Tonguetied]

"Yeah the boys are just little holy terrors, I must say," Sunrise agreed.  

[LilyHermioneChapman]

"So you remember back in first year my hair was to my shoulders? Well the week before it had been to my waist like now, but my brothers decided it would be funny to see how much gum it took to make it so I couldn't get up in the morning. I woke up, saw what they'd done, and was screaming. I forced myself up and started kicking their butts. It was easy since all four of them share a room. All five of us got in major trouble for that day. The boys for destroying my hair, and me for my temper. I hadn't ever seen my father as angry in my life."  

[KT_Tonguetied]

"Oh, your beautiful hair?" Sunrise asked in astonishment.  

[LilyHermioneChapman]

"Yep." Emily shook her head. "I thought I had good reason for what I'd done, but my sore bottom told me my dad didn't think so."  

[KT_Tonguetied]

"Your dad spanked you!?" Sunrise asked incredulously. "Couldn't that be classified as child molestation?"

(( burning_eyes ))  

[LilyHermioneChapman]

"No." Emily looked at Sunrise confused. "Why would it be classified as that?"  

[KT_Tonguetied]

"Because your dad's touching your butt!" Sunrise said incredulously.  

[LilyHermioneChapman]

"We have clothes on Sunrise." Emily laughed. "What would you expect him to do?"  

[KT_Tonguetied]

"I don't know..." Sunrise mumbled.  

[LilyHermioneChapman]

"Well what would your dad have done if you had brothers that had done that, and then you were kicking their butts?" Emily was confused now.  

[KT_Tonguetied]

Sunrise flinched horribly and looked down at her hands with tears in her eyes.
"I don't know...for one thing, I have no siblings, and for another, my dad's mentally disabled; unless you've forgotten."  

[LilyHermioneChapman]

"I'm terribly sorry Sunrise." Emily calmed a bit. "I lost my dad, but I find that talking about him helps. I guess everyone's different though."  

[KT_Tonguetied]

"That's the problem Emily," Sunrise said with a hsaking voice. "I didn't lose my dad...he's just...he's there, but he's not present, you know?"