The next morning, a big bounce came from the end of Charlotte's bed, making her jump up out of her sleep. Dazed and a little bit confused, she stared down at what she thought was the biggest duffel bag she has seen in her life.

"Good morning!"

"Good morning?" Charlotte said to the perky Parker. "What is this? What time is it? How long did I sleep?"

"It's only 11:30 in the morning, Charlotte. I decided to go on a little shopping spree for you" Parker bounced on the bed.

"A shopping spree for me? Where did you get the money?" Charlotte asked.

"I'm a thief, Charlotte. It's what I do best" Parker said with a big smile on her face.

"Don't you think it's wrong?" Charlotte asked as she looked down at the clothes. "People make their livings off of their customers. Don't you guys do that too? Isn't that why you guys changed?"

"We're allowed to have a few off days" Parker shrugged.

"Wouldn't Hardison get mad?" Charlotte asked. "He did seem pretty strict about the rules yesterday"

"He was the one who deactivated the metal detectors for me! Besides, those rules were for you" Parker snorted.

"He doesn't really like me does he?" Charlotte asked. "I'm a big burden to him"

"He's only trying to protect me and Eliot the way that Nate did" Parker sat up.

"Who is Nate? Why do you guys keep on bringing him up?" Charlotte asked.

"I'll meet you over at the table" Parker said hastily before she quickly left the room.

"Scrambled eggs and bacon?" Hardison was heard saying before Charlotte could even see the trio at their meeting room.

Eliot shook his head as he placed the tray down at a spare seat that the others hadn't taken up. Was it so wrong of him to not want to feed the same mouths over and over again?

Parker walked over with her bowl of cereal to the seat next to the breakfast tray and made herself comfortable. A low growl escaped from Eliot's throat making Parker look up, glare, and scoot over to the other chair.

"She had a rough day yesterday" Eliot answered back.

Hardison scoffed and made his way over to his usual seat and looked down at the empty space. He looked up and looked around the room and noticed that he didn't have breakfast for himself. When Hardison turned back around to Eliot, he noticed the man was already sitting down and eating his breakfast. Hardison cleared his throat loud enough and persistently until Eliot looked up to noticed that Hardison was nodding to his empty space.

"What? There's cereal right there!"

Hardison's mouth dropped as he looked over to his girlfriend for a response. But Parker would rather choose her bowl of cereal any day over Eliot's breakfast no matter how good it was.

"Now that's just messed up" Hardison finally said.

Charlotte couldn't help but smile as Hardison made his way over to the exposed cereal box on the counter. She couldn't help but notice that the three of them acted like a family. She clearly saw Eliot as the older brother and Parker as the baby sister which left Hardison as the emotional middle sibling whenever something didn't go his way. She actually wondered if those three had any family of their own or just leaned on each other for support?

When she was growing up, her mother was a principal at an all-girl school while her father was a travel agent. She often thought that her classmates were almost like her siblings but often felt like something was missing. Whenever it came to the middle of the semester, her classmates would often muse about going home and seeing their family. Charlotte often imagined having someone stay with her over the summer just to keep her company.

Charlotte blinked out of her state of mind and decided to finally make her own appearance. When she entered the room, Hardison only looked up and nodded a good morning. Parker turned all the way around, smiled, and waved at her. Eliot was the only one who actually spoke up once she came into the room.

"How are you?" he asked.

"I feel a lot better, Eliot" Charlotte said. "Still a little bit shaken up though"

"I trust that these guys were good at hospitality?" Eliot looked over to Parker and Hardison.

"They were great!" Charlotte quickly said. "I'm not sure I made a good guest though"

"Don't worry about it, have some breakfast" Eliot patted to the chair next to him.

"Yeah, that was supposed to be mine" Hardison mumbled.

"Make your own food!" Eliot snapped.

"You never trust me in that kitchen! You always worry that I might break something" Hardison complained.

"Because you always do" Eliot countered. "Remember the sink that you clogged up? Or what about the vegetables that you decided to burn out right in the middle of the dinner hours"

Charlotte cautiously made her way over to the seat and sat down, something told her that those two could fight until it was way past dinner time. She picked up her fork and took a bite out of her breakfast and nearly fainted. She thought that this was possibly the best scrambled eggs she had ever tasted in her life. No wonder Hardison was making such a big deal about it.

"It's good, right?" Parker suddenly asked.

"You have no idea. How did you learn how to cook like this?"

"A buddy of mine worked at a restaurant" Eliot smiled to her. "I'm glad you like it"

"I'm glad you like it" came a mocking deep voice on the other side of the table.

"What's wrong with you? You act like a little child every time I don't feed you" Eliot said through gritted teeth.

"If you already knew that then why didn't you serve me breakfast? I bet she can't even eat all that" Hardison waved over to Charlotte's plate.

"You'll be surprised" Charlotte said. "I'll eat everything on this plate. What? You thought I was the kind of person who counts how many calories she eats?"

"I was hoping"

Charlotte looked over to Hardison and then laughed. The gesture took him by surprise and then a slight smile crossed his lips at the thought of her with some sort of calorie calculator.

"Sorry to disappoint you" Charlotte spoke up. "But I love food way too much. You'll just have to deal with it"