"Why are we doing this?" Jennifer Alicia asked, as she placed folded clothes into a box.

"Because it's easier to move things when they are packed."

"No! I mean, why are we doing this? Why don't we just magic everything there?" Alicia Cecelia sighed and turned to look at Jennifer Alicia.

"I don't trust our magical abilities to do that much work at once. If we tried to do it by magic, either we'd screw everything up, or it would take forever. And it's just … simpler to do it this way, since Samuel and Elizabeth … can't … do magic." Alicia Cecelia looked at Jennifer Alicia in the way they always looked at eachother when they were forced to think about that. The thought that they were wizards and their older siblings were not had bad memories attached to it.

"Hello." Samuel filled the doorway.

"Hi," Alicia Cecelia and Jennifer Alicia answered.

"The moving van is here … but you are not ready." Alicia Cecelia couldn't help being exasperated with her "developmentally challenged" brother. Stupid congenital birth-defects.

"We've only our clothes left to pack. We saved them for last, remember?" she asked, tilting her head in a cute-little-girl way. "You can take the boxes that are taped closed, or we'll take them after we finish packing." Samuel took a moment to gather his thoughts.

"I'll take my boxes to the van right now, and then I'll help you with your boxes."

"Ok."

"Bye, Samuel!" Jennifer Alicia called.

"You just had to get involved in the conversation," Alicia Cecelia said, playfully pushing Jennifer Alicia with her elbow. Jennifer Alicia sighed.

"I don't want Samuel to think I don't like him. I might have got away with not talking to him up till now, but I'm school age; I can be held accountable for my actions now."

"Samuel knows you like him. And Elizabeth doesn't hold anything against you either."

"I know … but, just because I can get away with something, doesn't mean I should do it …." Again, Jennifer Alicia had announced the end of the conversation.