My room, all mine. For now.

"I came to check on my little sister actually..." Michael smiled coming in. "But, I'll be glad to see you..." he winked at Evangeline.

"Ah, it figures. My luck is awful today," Evangeline smiled.

"Who's the cutie?" asked Althea.

Evangeline laughed, and threw a pillow at Althea.

Michael turned to Althea and bowed. "It appears we have not yet met. I am Michael."

"Mikey, just shut up and help me pack..." muttered Maggie.

"I would curtsey, but the skirt is a bit short," Althea smiled.

"I wouldn't mind," Michael teased cheekily.

Althea lobbed the pillow at him.

"He's got a cheek. You can have him, Evangeline," she laughed.

Maggie was pulling a face. "If you're going to be gross, Mike, I'd rather you leave!"

"I came to help you unpack!"

"Then help!"

"I'm done, if you want a hand," Evangeline suggested.

Althea was still busy.

Maggie shook her head. "I want my brother to do something useful for once!"

"All right! All right!"

Evangeline was amused. She went to the bathroom to put away her washthings.

Michael helped put things in the drawer for her.

Althea was hanging up her clothes.

Maggie was putting her things into her bedside table.

Evangeline flopped back down onto the bed, blowing her hair out of her eyes.

Michael winked at her and Maggie whacked him around the head.

"Whack him again for me, Maggie," Eva grinned.

Maggie blushed. She shook her head.

"Hey! What did I do to you?" Michael pouted at Eva.

"Winked," Eva replied, grinning.

"Oh! Come on! That's harmless!"

"Suuure it is. You might be giving my false signals and causing me intense emotional damage."

"False signals? Ah! My dear! You underestimate me."

"Oh, so you do like me then," Evangeline said vaguely. "I knew you were looking at my @$$."

"Who said I wasn't?"

"It was a suspicion that I had."

Althea was trying not to giggle.

"I look at many @$$s."