1.30 Day 30

Xander quite likes playing house- the tiny, plastic people help stop the itching in his gums from his growing teeth. 

Eventually Marisol nudges her brother out of the way and shows him how to play house, not eat it. 

Nozomi decides the twins have themselves under control and focuses on Tobias's vocal skills. 

"Birthday! Yours is soon! Thank the lord!" 

In a surprising turn of events, Melor brings a friend home!

Ok, not exactly a friend. Him and Angie were assigned to a science project together. Today they're going to write the five paragraph paper that needs to accompany their in-class experiment. 

Melor is already thinking up the paper, wondering if going over the paragraph limit is ok if it's so they can explain the science behind the experiment in more detail. 

Angie sits quietly as Melor writes their paper. Melor frowns slightly; he knows he's the one who did most of the experiment, but he was still hoping that he wouldn't do all the work by himself. Then again, this is what always happens when he gets "group" assignments. He doesn't understand why he needs to work with his classmates when he could more easily complete the work himself. 

Completely unbeknownst to him, there's a reason Angie is being so quiet; her father, Matthew Loving, died several days before. Angie, never an outgoing girl to begin with, has become even more withdrawn after this unexpected loss. She wills herself not to cry as she stares into space, wishing she could apologize to Melor for not helping out. 

Eventually Melor sighs and shoves the paper towards her, snapping her out of her pained regret. 

"I need to eat dinner," he says as an explanation, "Can you finish it up? We only need to write about the results." 

Angie silently nods and takes the almost finished report from Melor. As he eats his dinner, Angie struggles to bring her attention to the data she's supposed to be writing about. 

"...you have a nice house," she mumbles. 

Melor swallows a mouthful of Goopy Carbonara, "Wha?" 

"You have a nice house!" She all but screams. Melor jumps in his chair in surprise. 

She frowns. "Sorry..." 

Ten minutes of silence pass by. Angie has only written two sentences. 

"Have you seen 'Prince and the Troll'?" Angie asks conversationally. Her heart begins hammering in her chest; she's never been good at talking to other people. 

Melor grimaces at the question; can't he eat dinner in peace? 

At his silence, Angie scratches her head uncertainly. Wasn't that a normal question to ask? 

She quickly gives up on talking to Melor, much to his relief. The sound of her pencil uncertainly scratching against paper is the only noise between them for some time. 

Eventually Melor looks up for his food. 

"Thanks...for saying I have a nice house and everything..." 

Angie nods and Melor looks off to the side. From behind them, Nozomi sighs. Both these kids are hopeless!

But maybe they won't say kids forever...

AN: Angie Loving is the child of Somer and Matthew Loving. However it seems that Matthew was much older than Somer, because he was over 90 when he died but Somer is still an adult in-game. Angie, like Melor, has the loner trait. She's also a kleptomaniac virtuoso. 

Tobias aged up "ok" so I couldn't pick his trait. So far he's friendly, a hopeless romantic, and a couch potato.