"Morgaaaan!"
Ellie looked up from the pancakes she was making, startled by the sudden shout, and frowned as confusion momentarily swept over her.
Morgan? Wha...oh.
Right. Morgan.
Morgan, not Chelsea. Unless he-his mother was over to pick him up. Because his mom didn't know, because he already knew what she thought about people who were transgender, and it wasn't anything good.
While she-dang it, he, while he was over, he'd asked to be referred to by his chosen name, and his preferred pronouns.
Ellie resisted the urge to tap the spatula against the counter in agitation.
"What?" Came the answering shout from the living room.
Ellie managed to resist the urge to glance toward the living room, and instead focused on flipping the pancake currently awaiting her attention, and only gave half an ear to the antics of her brother and his friend.
"There's one of those stupid things and it's not letting me log in. Come do it for me!" Came Chuck's voice from his room, his voice pleading and annoyed.
There came a sigh from Morgan, then, "Hold on, I'm almost to a bank!"
Ellie scooped the finished pancake off the skillet, and dropped it onto the pile growing on a nearby serving plate.
"Blueberries or strawberries?" She called, raising her voice so Chuck would be able to hear her, "And no, you can't have both."
"Blueberries!" Came the simultaneous calls.
She heard Morgan get to his feet from the couch behind her, and barely a moment later had to spin around suddenly, spatula raised threateningly, just in time to catch him reaching for the plate of pancakes.
"Uh uh uh." She said firmly, "You know the rules. Shoo!" She made a shooing motion with her hand, and he pouted for a moment before a gleam entered his eyes, and he snatched a strawberry out of the open box shed left sitting next to her, before he went tearing off down the short hallway that led to Check's room.
"Morgan!" She shouted, annoyed. Why that little...
Hmph.
Shaking her head in exasperation, Ellie decided she would make sure to burn one of his pancakes.
Revenge was supposedly best served cold, but she was sure that a burnt pancake would suffice.
