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"You cheated! Let me deal this time," said Kyra, holding out her hand. Cole chuckled as he gathered the deck of cards and handed it to her. As Kyra shuffled the deck, Cheyenne walked into the kitchen.
"You kids playing Uno or some other game kids play?" she asked.
"Name the language Uno is from," said Kyra. Cheyenne opened her mouth to reply but stopped, as she didn't know.
"It's the language of shut up Kyra," she finally replied. Cole began a slow clap just before he picked up his cards.
"If your response time had been any faster it could have actually outrun a glacier, not be over taken by it," he said.
"You're a glacier," said Cheyenne in an immature voice.
"Spell glacier," said Kyra. Cheyenne's eyes went to the middle of her forehead as she attempted to spell it in her head.
"Spell no," she said before she opened the fridge. Cole let out a sudden, raspy cough as he lay out his cards for Kyra to see.
"You all right?" she asked when his coughing finally stopped.
"Yeah," he said, out of breath. The door opened as Reba walked in carrying an arm full of groceries.
"Cole, can you help me with the groceries?" asked Reba as sat the brown sacks on the counter. Cole nodded as he jumped up and headed out the door.
"And don't forget about your fencing practice tonight," she added as he went out the door.
"I still can't believe that you let him sigh up for fencing," said Cheyenne. Reba shrugged as she started to pull goods from the sacks.
"I'm just happy that he choose a sport he enjoys," came her reply, "and it was either that or let him shoot clay pigeons." Kyra dealt out a new hand as she waited for Cole to return. When he finally did, he asked her a question in a different language. Kyra laughed and replied, giving both Reba and Cheyenne confused looks.
"That's new," said Reba. The twins shrugged as they returned to their card game.
"Did you two learn Spanish? Cause if you did I can totally communicate with you," said Cheyenne. The twins looked at each other.
"Oh really, what did we say?" asked Kyra.
"You asked each other about how your day has been." The twins rolled their eyes.
"A. We were speaking Italian, not Spanish," said Cole.
"And B. It was a joke at your expense," added Kyra. Cheyenne's face turned red with anger before she stormed out of the kitchen.
"As much as I love a joke at someone's expense, the question still remains of where did you learn Italian?" asked Reba. Cole dropped two cards a picked up the new ones that where slid to him by Kyra.
"I had a set of foster parents that spoke Italian on a regular basis," he said as he lay down his cards, calling out Kyra's hand.
"And he taught me. You cheating little rat," said Kyra when she realized that Cole had beaten her yet again. Reba laughed as she put a fresh gallon of milk in the fridge.
"Kyra, what time do you have to be back at your father's?" she asked as she closed the door. Kyra shrugged as she dealt out a new hand.
"Around nine," she replied, " I planed on going to watch Cole practice." Reba cocked her eyebrow at her daughter.
"I didn't know you liked to watch sports," she said.
"I don't, I like to watch people get hurt when ever they fight Cole," came Kyra's reply. Cole grinned.
"Yeah, the couches don't like it when you kick your opponent to make him drop his guard," he said.
"That's mean," said Reba, trying to hide the smile creeping at the corners of her mouth. Cole shrugged again.
"That's life," he said. Reba turned and looked at the clock on the microwave.
"All right you two, if you don't want to be late for practice I suggest you get going," she said. The twins set the deck to the side and walked into the living room just as Jake entered through the kitchen door.
"Hey Jake, how did tap dancing practice go?" asked Reba when she saw his black top hat.
"It was good, I learned a new set, watch!" he said as he began to tap out on the floor. Reba watched with a certain interest, not noticing the twins reenter the kitchen.
"Now I know why he wanted me to teach him self-defense," said Cole when Jake had finished. Reba gave him a look as she returned to getting supper ready.
"You ready to go?" she asked. Cole toyed with the carrying case on his back, double-checking to see if the hilt of his sword was in its place just over his right shoulder.
"Yep," he said. The twins exchanged their goodbyes with Reba before they vanished out the door.