"Dinner's served!" Anne yelled out into the lobby. All of the occupants of the room rushed to their feet and through the dinning room door, almost knocking the two bowls she clutched from her hands.
"Here you go," she smiled, handing over the bowls to Spot and Pie.
Spot looked up from his soup with concern, "Ain't you hungry?"
"Oh, I'll jist wait until after everyone's done," Anne replied. Rising to her feet, she went upstairs.
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Mush and Racetrack were just finishing towel drying Tommy's greatly shortened hair, while Blink rushed around the room, busying himself with cleaning off all of the suds that had flown about.
"Amy!" Tommy squealed as Anne entered the room. His gigantic eyes filled with utter amazement, "We had a water fight and Racetrack got mad and gave Blink a black eye!"
"I can see that," Anne laughed, peering around the room and at Kid Blink who had a slightly purple shinner coming to view.
Blink stared back at her with a sarcastic smile.
"Come on guys. Let's go get somethin' to eat," she laughed, wrapping her arms around Mush and Blink's necks, leading them down the stairs. Tommy giggled happily as Race picked him up and slung him over his shoulder as they followed.