Healing

Chapter Four

Laura, Alexia and Alex

Laura watched as the two twins painted each other and watched as D discovered the snakes in the sink. She shook her head in amusement. Alex just didn't learn. It was a well known fact that Alex had a tendency to bring in unexpected guests, though sometimes they were not, in fact friends, but often dead mice, which, if not eaten quickly, started to smell horrid after a few hours, especially to her wolf nose. Alexia merely played with a few dust bunnies, by bouncing them with her black paws. She lent one lion-like eye to Alex's scolding for a second, before she turned back to her dust bunny. Laura sighed and turned to Alexia, who's constant batting of the dust bunnies was getting on her last nerve.

"What is it with you and those dust bunnies!" snapped Laura.

"Sorry." replied Alexia, stopping her previous movements. "It's an old habit that I'm trying to get rid of…"

"And giving into it now is not going to make you get rid of it any quicker!" Laura interrupted her. Alexia drew herself up in a proud manner.

"One can only be so bored before they finally go mad, Laura, I am trying to find a way to prevent myself form becoming even crazier then I already am." Alexia retorted sharply.

"Find a way to entertain yourself." Laura told her.

"Shadow, window, widow…" Laura recognised the childhood game and joined in.

"Win."

"Name."

"Excursion."

"Navel."

"Lily."

"Yellow."

"Wood."

"Darning."

"Gnome."

"Element."

"Trifle."

"End."

"Dragon."

"Newt."

"Triple."

"Enter."

"Railing."

"Grass."

"Supple."

"Egg."

"Generator."

"Radiation."

"Nine."

"Eat."

"Temper."

"Road."

"Denmark."

"Kangaroo."

"Octopus."

"Signal."

"Lament."

"Triple."

"That's been said!" Alexia cried jovially.

"Curses!" cried Laura. "I was never very good at that game." Alexia just chuckled and went to examining her claws.

"You always used to beat me at Eye Spy. You're very good at twenty questions as well." Alexia told her canine companion.

"Only because I use really simple stuff!" The canis lupus cried out indignantly. "And I mean simple."

"Yes, a spoon for one thing." grumbled Alexia.

"Well, it's better then a rock, you guessed that as well." Laura replied.

"That was a lucky guess." Alexia intoned.

"Yeah, right." Laura scoffed.

"Hey girls!"

"I see you escaped." Alexia scoffed at the snake.

"By a hair's breadth." replied Alex, huffing slightly.

"It's your own fault." Laura told him dismissively. "You have no one to blame but yourself."

"Oh, nice." Alex said sarcastically. "You're such good friends you two, I don't know where I'd be without you."

"Glad to know that we're appreciated, Alex." Alexia shot back as Laura let out a bark like laugh.

"Well, D's gone to clean the painting stuff off in the bathroom." Laura said.

"Say what?" Alex's head snapped around so fast that it was a miracle that it didn't fall off.

"D's gone to clean the paintbrushes in the bathroom." Laura repeated herself insistently.

"He hasn't…"

"He has." Alexia confirmed.

"Oh dear." the snake looked mildly worried.

"What have you done?" asked Laura.

"ACK!"

CRASH!

"What is it!"

BANG! BANG! BANG!

"ALEX!"

"I'm going to make a swift exit." Alex said quickly, slithering to the door.

"HE'S HEADING TO THE FRONT DOOR LEXA!" Alexia and Laura yelled as one.

"TRAITORS!" was all that could be heard as the loud, rushing bangs of Lexa's hurried footsteps could be heard before the door opened and Alex's tail disappeared around the front door, soon to be followed by Lexa's swift feet.

"GET YOUR SCALEY TAIL BACK HERE NOW ALEX!"

Laura and Alexia sighed as they looked at each other. D walked into the room, looking a little confused, but still fine. He saw the wolf and the cat and smiled in amusement.

"Happy families." they said as one.

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