Sorry! It's been awhile. I was on vacation! Please forgive me!

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Raeka could hear Lamei softly snoring after awhile. She thought about the last question Lamei asked.

"…Who made you feel rejected?"

Raeka began to look back at her past. The affair, the betrayal, the hurricane of emotion, and finally the death of her sister. Her eyes began to sting with tears of bitterness.

"If he hadn't done what he did, then everything would be better."

She knew she couldn't blame everything on him, and she knew she couldn't blame her broken heart on her sister either.

"I need to take part of the responsibility. If I had seen through his selfish plot to use me to get closer to my sister, then I could've saved myself a lot of trouble. But I guess I was just hoping for that faire tale romance… a romance that never becomes real.

"I know Al wants me to forget about my past and return his love, but I can't… yet…"

Raeka blinked. Did she just think…? "Yet?"

She began to blush.

Do I really like Al?

Yume awoke and because Raeka was so deep in her thoughts she didn't notice. Yume grabbed her hat from the floor where it fell and pulled out the first aid kit. Raeka was staring off into space and blushing, so Yume dropped it on Raeka's lap.

"Ah!" she breathed, coming back to earth. "Oh! Yume it's you! Want to go downstairs now with the others?"

"Okay." Yume murmured placing her hat on her head. Raeka walked out the door and down the stairs with the kit in her hands with Yume shadowing her.

"There you are! What were you doing up there?" Ed yelled aggravated. Yume hid behind Raeka and only peeked around her shoulder to speak.

"Yume is hungry."

"Yume needs to wait." Russell insisted, taking the kit away for Raeka. Yume undid the pony tail in her hair. "We need to take care of Edwards arm first."

"We don't need to make everyone else wait for food. We can inspect it in another room while they eat in here." Fletcher reasoned. Yume nodded her agreement and ran to hide behind him.

"Fine." Russell sighed. "Follow me Edward, Fletcher."

"I'll be right back Yume." Fletcher murmured to her. She nodded and went back with Raeka.

They went into the room upstairs where Lamei and Raeka just were.

"Do we even have food?" Kailani thought out loud. Everyone thought about it.

"No." they all replied, shaking their heads.

Kailani sighed.

"Where are we gonna find any?"

Suddenly they became aware that Yume wasn't there. But they heard munching behind them. They only saw a door that was half opened. Raeka ventured though it to find Yume chewing on burned food that was in the damaged refrigerator. Everyone stared hungrily at her find and soon they were all looking through the refrigerator too.

"Yume is full."

"Hey, Yume… what's the deal between you and Fletcher? You both like each other right?" Kailani asked tarring away at some unknown food.

Yume blushed and hid behind Raeka.

"Yume likes Fletcher. Yume thinks Fletcher is nice. Fletcher makes Yume smile."

"Aw! That's so sweet!" Mrs. Elric squeaked, putting her fists over her chest and wiggling. "So much romance!"

"Mom, you're embarrassing me. Can't you act more adult like?" Al whined.

"No I can't Alphonse Elric. Get used to it!" she stuck her tongue out at him.

"Now that we're all acquainted, how about we tell jokes?" Mr. Elric suggested.

"I'll go first!" Kailani yelled, raising her hand. "Okay, what do you get when you mix a cow with a cockatoo?"

"What?"

"A COWkatoo!" Kailani smiled, thinking that it was funny. Crickets could be heard in the room.

"Yume thinks Kailani's joke isn't funny." Kailani's mouth dropped to the floor and everyone but Yume and Kailani laughed.

"I thought it was funny when I heard it…" Kailani grumbled pouting in her spot.

"My turn next!" Al declared, smiling. "Why are there fences around cemeteries?"

"Why?" Yume inquired softly.

"Because people are DYING to get in! Get it?"

"Yes, but Yume doesn't think it's that funny. But Yume thinks it's better then Kailani's."

Al joined Kailani in the loser's circle.

"I guess I'll go now." Raeka said. "A kid asks his mom, "Will a cat land on it's feet if you butter a piece of toast and put it on it's back buttered side up?""

Yume stood up and clapped the stopped and murmured, "I don't get it." Raeka sat next to al in the loser's circle and placed her head on his shoulder.

"Me next!" grinned Mr. Elric. "A boy said to an angel, " I could tell that my parents hated me; my bath toys were a toaster and a radio."

Yume almost smiled. She didn't say anything. Mr. Elric joined the loser circle.

Mrs. Elric wasn't where she was before. Then suddenly she fell from the ceiling. Everyone screamed in shock.

"Last but not least… ME! Da Da DA!" Mrs. Elric shrieked, striking a pose. Yume giggled and fainted, and came up as Karin.

"Hi! My name is Karin. You spell it K-A-R-I-N. Karin! And you are funny lady! Funny funny lady!" Karin looked at everyone present. "Nice to meet yoooooouuuuuu!" She shrieked, squeezing everyone.

"Have any of you seen my teddy? Oh right!" Karin stuck her hand in Yume's hat, and it came out with a worn and tattered teddy bear.

"His name is Larry! L-A-R-R-Y!" Karin introduced him to everyone. "Do you wanna hear me sing my ABC's? A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z!" Karin took a deep breath. "Oh! I almost forgot to fix my hair!" she began to gather her hair on the top of her head, and tied a scarf around it. It looked lie a fountain was spouting out of her head.

-To be continued -

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