Kiddy Grade switch
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter.)
"Get ready for anything. There's no telling who Sarah recruited to help her and what she did this time." Éclair warned Dvergr as they approached the apartment door, the boxes in Eclairs arms and Oscar being held by the leash in Dvergrs hand.
"This is normal then?" Dvergr asked making Éclair shrug a bit.
"She tends to go a little nuts sometimes. This is the first time she's gone nuts when I have a roommate however. Last time Ricki was only here for a day or two cause her sink needed fixing but Sarah didn't mention it." Éclair said a bit worried about what Sarah would do as well but not showing it. There was no telling what Sarah had done this time.
"So there's no telling what she had done." Dvergr said looking at the door that seemed a bit more suspicious now while Oscar whined a bit as well.
"There's no avoiding it either. Let's see what she did now." Éclair said with a sigh and making Dvergr nod as she opened the door.
"Did you always have two kitchens?" Dvergr asked blankly as she opened the door for Éclair only to stop and stare.
"Tell me she didn't do what I think she did." Éclair said with a groan in response as she entered the apartment.
"It looks like she knocked down the wall between your apartment and the one next to it." Dvergr said noting the much larger space in the apartment now. It was easily twice the size it had been when they left.
"She did. She's been threatening to do this for the last four months." Éclair said with a heavy groan as she gazed out at her note much bigger apartment.
"Oh good you're both back!" Sarah said happily as she poked her head out of the living room area.
"How did you do all of this in less than an hour?" Dvergr asked in disbelief as she stared at the older woman.
"I called in reinforcements." Sarah said with a grin as Éclair entered the once bedroom area to place the boxes down only to give all the other people in her apartment a flat look. They just ginned and shrugged at her.
"How did you get this past the building manager?" Éclair asked with a sigh, she knew that Sarah had been threatening to do it. She knew the woman probably would do it. She just didn't know how she had done it.
"I mentioned it was for you and that he could advertise it as a luxury suite if you ever moved out. He jumped at the chance. After all of the free maintenance and other various jobs you do around here he saw it as simply paying you back for it and upgrading an apartment at the same time. Two birds…" Sarah trailed off causing Éclair's eyebrow to twitch. Yes that would make the building manager snap up the opportunity in a heartbeat.
"And the different décor that was not here when I left?" Éclair asked looking at the dresser, coffee table, upgraded couch, lamps, chairs, and even TV with entertainment center that were placed strategically around the apartment.
"Oh I called a few people who I knew were going to be throwing things out soon and checked to see if they wouldn't mind giving you what they were going to get rid of. They all agreed, and even did the delivery and set up as well. A couple of the teenagers from the park even dropped by for a little bit and donated some movies and all they thought you might like. Caprice brought everyone lunch a few minutes ago and even donated some food when she saw how empty your fridge was." Sarah said causing Éclair to look fondly exasperated and Dvergr to look surprised at how many people had came and done this in such a short time frame.
"Are you friends with everyone on this block?" Dvergr asked looking at the taller woman confused and in disbelief.
"Well not everyone." Éclair said sheepishly and earning a look of continued disbelief from Dvergr.
"She's friends with everyone except for her personal stalker. The neighborhood kids especially seem to love her." One of the other women, with blond hair up in a bun, said with a snicker and earning a small scowls from Éclair.
"Stalker?" Dvergr questioned sharply, her eyes narrowing a bit. A stalker was not good. A stalker meant that anyone who the stalker deemed as being too close to Éclair was in danger. Being Éclair's roommate meant that Dvergr was certainly too close to the brunette. So this Stalker might be after her now. Dvergr would have to keep her guard up for sure.
"Randall is a creep but he's mostly harmless. Throw a few books at him and he runs away like a coward. All he does really is follow me on the streets and tries to give me various 'presents' to 'win me over'. Nothing to worry about Dvergr." Éclair said smiling reassuringly at Dvergr who glanced up at her and nodded slightly in understanding.
"That explains why you seemed happy about Lumiere saying she would give you a dictionary for your birthday." Dvergr said dryly and earning a grin from Éclair.
"You know when Éclair's birthday is?" Sarah asked immediately and causing Éclair's grin to turn into a look of disbelief and horror.
"Of course." Dvergr said surprised and taking a step back when Sarah and most of the others were immediately in her face.
"Oh no! You are not getting my birthday! You have threatened to throw a town wide party on my birthday as soon as you learn when it is! I am not dealing with that." Éclair said glaring at the others who began backing off a bit at the glare they were getting.
"So you can tell us when her birthday is right?" Sarah asked grinning at Dvergr who backed up a step looking uncomfortable which made Oscar bark.
"Sarah." Éclair seemed to notice how uncomfortable Dvergr was with the woman so close to her as well as she moved to distract the other woman.
"Right?" Sarah pushed closer to Dvergr who backed up to a wall, she did not like people she didn't know so close to her.
"Sarah that's enough!" Éclair forced her way between Sarah and Dvergr with a dark look on her face.
"You're making her uncomfortable Sarah. Cease and desist at once." Éclair's voice was a bit darker as she glares down the older woman who looked at the way Dvergr was nearly hidden behind Éclair and wisely took a step back. Dvergr stared up at Éclair's back surprised. She rarely interacted with the taller woman and yet now she was being protected, in a way, by the woman?
It… felt kind of nice to be protected sometimes. It felt nice to be so safe with someone else. She felt safe with Éclair standing in front of her like this.
"I don't like people I don't know in my personal space." Dvergr said still remaining behind Éclair who was staring down everyone else, daring them to try their luck. Dvergr was slightly pink at her own thoughts of how she felt so safe with the other woman, and she was refusing to let them see it.
"It's about time we all get home yeah?" One guy asked nervously. No one wanted to be on the wrong side of Éclair's temper.
In record time the apartment was cleared of everyone else. Éclair sighed and relaxed a bit when they left and gave Dvergr an apologetic look.
Dvergr just nodded quietly as she beat down her previous thoughts.
"They're a bit overeager sometimes but they're all really nice people."
