Jack came back about an hour later with Evelyn in tow. Claire was still around, as was Sawyer. Evelyn definately looked peaky still, but her eyes lit up when she saw the box of goodies Sawyer had brought round. She stood and stared at it for a moment, amazed by the quantity of what could have quite easily been illegal fireworks knowing Sawyer. "Woah." She muttered. "That's uh...a lot of fireworks."
Sawyer grinned. "Finally, someone appreciates my efforts." He said, flailing his arms.
Kate stood up and went to hug her daughter. "You Ok, sweetie?" She asked, smoothing her hair instinctively.
Evelyn nodded. "Yeah, all good." She grinned.
She went to sit down between Sawyer and Claire, picking up a rocket that had a diameter of about fifteen inches, and stared at it, contemplating the things she could do with it. Jack held up a paper bag and Kate followed him into the kitchen. "Her new prescription." He announced, setting it on the kitchen top. "It's been raised a little, on a precaution, especially seeing as Evie told me that it wasn't the gym lesson that caused the attack." He said leaning against the counter.
Kate frowned. "Well then, what did?"
Jack shrugged. "She mumbled something, and I vaugely caught 'arguement', 'not our fault' and 'goddamn lunatic'." He told her.
Kate sighed. "Not again." She muttered. Evelyn had an alarming habit of experiencing asthma attacks whenever she got too worked up about something, and arguments were not good things for her.
"I know." Jack hugged her, kissing her softly. "Good morning?" He asked.
She nodded. "Mmm."
After putting Evelyn's new medicine with the rest of it, they went back into the living room, where Jack lifted Amy out of the playpen. "And hows my littlest little girl?" He asked in baby talk, and Amy babbled to herself excitedly.
Kate sat down beside Evelyn on the side of the chair. "Hey," She said quietly, getting her daughter's attention. "Wanna tell me about this argument?" She asked.
Evelyn had a guilty look on her face. "I didn't mean for it to happen." She said. "It was Laura." She said bitterly.
"Laura Talcott?" Kate asked.
Evelyn nodded. She had been in the same class as Laura since primary school, and even then she had been excessively bullied by the other girl. "She started on us in gym." Evelyn explained.
"She 'started on you'?"
"I was talking to Ashley, getting ready for the game, when Laura came over and started being completely unreasonable." She defended.
"How so?" Jack asked, coming over to sit in another vacant chair with Amy in his lap.
Evelyn made something between a sigh and a laugh. "Does the phrase: 'Oh, look it's an out-cast and a half-cast!' count?" She asked, then went into her own little rant. "Goddamn racist little freak. And she says I'm the outcast? At least I have friends. I was ready to tear her face off for being so mean to Ashley. She didn't say anything but I think it upset her, I hope she's Ok. But the nerve on that girl! She's probably just jealous that Ashley goes all around the world and Laura's parents never take her on holiday. Seriously, if it wasn't for Evan holding me back I would have smacked her right across that snobbish face." She started getting too excited.
"Calm down," Jack instructed. "You'll give yourself another attack."
Evelyn took a calming breath. "If I see her without Evan around she's going down." She vowed.
"Which is why I'm glad that the pair of you are inseperable." Kate declared, putting an arm around her daughter's shoulders with a light laugh. "Honestly, the trouble you'd get into without him to keep you on the straight and narrow..."
Evelyn laughed a bit as well. "Yeah thats probably right." She agreed. "But then half of that is HIS idea." She defended.
"Name me one." Jack said with a laugh, not believing her for a second.
"The time we climbed over the back fence to get the ball back and forgot about their dog." Evelyn answered.
"Ok, one time."
"And the time when he told me that tree branch would never snap and I broke my arm."
"I thought that was your idea."
"It was up until I feel to the ground in extreme pain!"
Kate shook her head with a sigh. The connection between father and daughter with these two was a humourous one to watch. God knew that they loved each other dearly, but to watch their banters was funnier than watching Aaron argue with Sawyer.
