Coill had never felt so full in her life. She had just eaten something that Darren called 'spaghetti bolognas'. It sounded like a hard word to spell. It was an interesting combination of meat and a type of wheat. She didn't know human food tasted this nice. "I've never had anything like that before." Coill said, breaking the relaxed silence that was the two monster girls sitting at the table while Darren was putting dishes away.

"I know right." Clodagh said with a wide smile. "I've been having lots of new stuff every day since I started living here." Clodagh remembered some of the foods she had eaten since living with Darren. There was something he called pizza, sushi, which she really like because there was fish in it, a kind of nugget, and of course, her favourite, the cookie from StertBooks.

While Clodagh was off in her own little dream world about food, Coill thought about what Clodagh had said about living with Darren. The human was treating her so nicely, even though he hardly knew her. And the house she was currently in was much better than the forest, no elements or wildlife that could disturb her. "Um, Clodagh."

Being called by her name snapped the Selkie out of her food trance. She blinked once and looked at Coill. "Um, how, did you end up staying with Darren?" Coill had her hands pressed together and refused to make eye contact.

"I thought I told you that already?" Clodagh said, looking at Coill curiously. Coill shook her head quickly and explained her thought.

"No, I mean, how are you living with him?" Coill stated, hoping that this time the red-haired woman would understand. For a moment, Clodagh said nothing. Then, something clicked in her head. She gasped and showed a smile.

"You mean," Clodagh asked, her voice in a whisper "you want to live with us?" Coill blushed and nodded, looking at her feet. Clodagh practically squealed, it would be like having a little sister. Granted she had lots of sisters at the Causeway, all of them were older than her. "Well, Darren would have to get a person called Mr. Joseph to come here and ask you some questions." Clodagh told Coill, thinking back to her own encounter with Joseph.

"So, I need to ask Darren first if I can stay?" Coill asked, suddenly very apprehensive at the idea of asking Darren if she could live with him. Her face started to turn a bright red. "D-Do you think he'd say yes?" She asked Clodagh.

Clodagh gave a soft smile and said "Of course he would, he's too nice to not let someone stay if they want to." Clodagh gave Coill's head a soft rub when she said this, causing Coill to smile.

"When should I ask him?" Coill asked Clodagh. "Ask me what?" A voice interrupted the girls conversation. The two liminals whirled around to face Darren, looking at them oddly.

"Did I interrupt something?" He asked, taking a small step back, in case he was intruding on something. Clodagh shook her head and looked at Coill, who was blushing. She nodded her head to Darren when Coill looked at her. Coill nodded back, understanding.

"Um, Darren, if, if it's alright with you," Coill looked up at Darren, who was wearing a soft, understanding smile, "I, I would like to live with you and Clodagh." Darren walked over to her and smiled.

"Well, of course I will let you," Coill's expression lifted immediately, "however," Darren began, causing a look of concern on both Coill and Clodagh's face. "If we are to make it official, we have to do something." Coill looked up at Darren.

"Call Mr. Joseph?" She asked, looking back to Clodagh, who shrugged her arms.

"Well that too," Darren nodded laughing. "but I was talking about this." Darren's arms wrapped gently around Coill, who gasped at the sudden embrace. She felt warm, and at peace. She hesitantly returned the hug, and buried her head into Darren's shoulder. All the while Clodagh was looking upon this, some part of her told her she should be angry at this, and that Darren was hers and hers alone to hug. But seeing Darren hugging Coill, it gave her no rage, but instead, made her envision Darren hugging a small Selkie, a Selkie that was the offspring of the two of them.

"There." Darren said, breaking away from the hug. "Now it's official." Darren hadn't noticed how small Coill was until he had to kneel down to hug her. Once he stood up he saw that she only came to just below his elbow. Coill had been blushing rather hard now, and turned around to look at Clodagh once she had been released. Clodagh smiled and nodded at her.

"Now, I'm going to go call Joseph, and tell him that I've decided to take you in." He said turning to the kitchen and began dialling a number on his phone. Once his back was turned Clodagh grabbed Coills hands and began jumping up and down.

"Yay, now you're with us." She said with a huge smile. Coill couldn't help but smile back and join in with the jumping. The two hopping half-humans moved in a circle as they celebrated. There celebration was slowed down however as they heard Darren talking on the phone.

"Now Joseph you don't need to come today." Darren said into his phone. They couldn't hear the other end of the conversation but it made Darren frown. "Joseph, what's the first thing you said to me when you picked up?" Darren waited for a response, and when one came he nodded saying "Exactly, that you were tired and on your way home. And you are still tired so you are going to go to your home and sleep, do I make myself clear." Darren had a stern tone about him, as if a father was telling his son to go to bed.

After a short while Darren smiled and said "Good, I'll see you tomorrow then." He smiled and hung up the phone. He turned and saw Coill and Clodagh looking at him. Judging from their gazes they were wondering what on earth just happened. Darren smiled and told them that "Mr. Joseph is currently very tired, so I didn't want him coming out here while he was tired."

At the mention of the word tired Clodagh yawned. Her yawn caused Darren to look down at his watch. It was near eleven, which gave Darren a huge shock. How did it get so late so fast. He shook his head and decided he would just accept the fact.

"I think you guys should go to bed." He said looking at the two Liminals. The girls looked at each other and smiled. They then both looked at Darren with large eyes. Darren, feeling as though he knew what they were going to say just agreed. "Yes, Coill can sleep in your room, for tonight." He emphasised then end of the agreement.

The girls squealed and Clodagh dashed to her room followed by Coill. Darren sighed and smiled. "It's your own fault if you're tired tomorrow." He called after them. He heard a door shut and an instant chatter broke out the moment it closed. He shook his head and walked to his own room.

He had tried to model it after his own room back when he lived with his parents. There was a singular window, staring out to the sea, and his bed was facing it, allowing a view of the night sky while he slept. He had his belongings stacked upon shelves. The room used to house a games console until he realised he could put it in a living room.

Deciding to focus on these things at a later date, he stripped down and got into bed, leaving the blinds open so he could see the stars. Thinking of everything that happened that day, from helping Clodagh swim, to now having an extra member of his household, he was glad to be in bed. He looked out at the window and saw the snow falling to the ground. He found it very peaceful as he looked upon the scene, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.