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Lucy had no choice now. Stacey took her by the hands, hopping up and down until her tiara fell off her head. Lucy had never seen so much joy in one girl’s face before.You would never guess what she had been through if you met her like this right now.The bubbly, mesmerized woman who acted like a sweet girl to everyone she adored was even more excited when Candace peeped into the room to find out what the fuss was about. Before any of them knew it, the five of them sat around the table, Stacey hopelessly trying to teach them all how to not suck at a simple board game.
Since there were only four pieces for five people, she assigned Lucy and Noah to the blue piece, calling them a “dream team.”
“Like Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny,” she sagely said, setting up the pieces. Lacey, who was still shocked to finally see Noah in the flesh, continued to stare at the way he and Lucy sat together.Great. Can’t wait to freakin’ explain this later.There was no time to explain it now, however. Not when Noah showed off his competent knowledge of “Space Jam,” which must have come out when he was barely in elementary school.
“I prefer to think of us as Bugs and Lola, thank you,” he said to his sister. “Don’t you think Lucy would make a lovely pink bunny?”
At first, Lucy had no idea what that meant, but Stacey apparently did. She gasped, her huge smile following her to a closet full of stuffed animals. She unearthed a mid-size Lola Bunny and shoved it into Lucy’s lap.
“We should look at my costume pictures later!” Stacey put her hand on Lucy’s shoulder. “Sometimes Noah gets me professional photoshoots in my costumes. The one I took in a wedding gown a long time ago is my favorite. See?” She pointed to a framed photograph on the far side of the wall, high above the small archway leading to her bed. Sure enough, it was the wedding dress photograph Lucy had seen in the library archives.Holy shit, I’m stupid.“Oh my gosh! I like your hair!” Stacey pointed to the top of Lucy’s scalp before sitting back down in her seat. “It’s blackandblond! Noah, I want my hair like that. Can we put black in my hair soon?”
“You’ll have to talk to Candace about that. Now, are we going to play this game or not?”
They played it for at least two hours, which was somehow not two hours too long.
