Home Sweet Home(Open)

[Lauren Clark]

Usually spring cleaning was done throughout a certain week of April as a tradition,out with the old and in with the new.However, it was not April nor did she need to get rid of anything,other then the trash it'self.Denial was no longer an option as Lauren realized her teeny abode needed a certain squeaky clean of an April feel to it.Feeling guilty to it's neglect,although partially it wasn't her fault.As Lauren tended to be soaked into work of caring for others that a popular motto sunk in,as she reached home several nights a week.'I'll get to it in a minute'.Frankly,apologizing for the mess infront of strangers was not only tiresome but embarrassing as well and drove the doctor to 'finish' the much needed task once and for all that she began to head towards her bedroom area.

Lauren soon entered her bedroom in order to dress for the cleaning occasion,while Henry looked for a spot in which he wouldn't be disturbed in any shape or form.That is,until he felt it was safe to come out once the work had been finished.She emerged from her bedroom wearing a rather light-Mauve colored Yukata as fingertips tied her powdered blue obi securely.Her pair of feet slipped into the set of Geta's whenever she reached out and slid the bedroom door open before closing it upon entering the living room.Lauren then tied her locks of sandy blond hair away from her shoulders as it would be a nuisance to work around,if she didn't tie it now,"Let's see.What should I tackle first?There's the bathroom,kitchen and of course living room."

Sighing,Lauren rolled an even shrug from her shoulders and then maneuvered towards a dreaded area-kitchen.Some meals Lauren did pretty well with cooking and for others it looked as if a estranged science experiment had gone down in flames.Her form unknowingly entered a Tohru busy bee-like mode in terms of cleaning,spinning each little way to get a specific job done.The floors were evenly polished to a lemony smell,cabnits were evenly glistening,ceiling free from food particals and the trash was stuffed in it's rightful spot outside."One down.Two to go."Although before she could attempt to take care of the remaining 'problems' there was a knock at the front door that left her to ponder on whom it could be.At least I managed to clean one room.She chuckled while heading towards the location of the knock and parted her lips,"Who is it?"


(Terms to know,incase you didn't:Yukata - It's a casual form of a kimono.It has wide sleeves and is usually made out of cotton and is unlined.Obi-A belt that closes the Yukata.Geta-thonged wooden sandal.)

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"It's Rei, i brought over my dog..."Rei said smiling a little bit as she watched the excited little puppy jump up and down wagging it's tail eagerly."hyper much?"she asked the dog smiling.The dog barked happily and ran around in a circle."Im guessing that's a yes.."she said laughing

[Lauren Clark]

Lauren awkwardly blurted out the following instead of keeping it well within thought,"Oh?That's right!I remember it now.I invited you and your dog over."Her form quickly slouched to expressing a dense type of mental appearance and lips thusly perched a sigh when uttering something."Please forgive my absent mindedness,Rei."Henry's posture accompanied by his barking evenly brought the doctor to a sudden cheery attention rather then her depressed state from before and smiled."I don't think I've seen him this happy before.Except for when he eats.I think maybe all dogs are like that."Fingertips slowly stretch towards Rei's dog,so she wouldn't startle the canine and allowed the nose to shove into her palm."Why.hello there!"Lauren then soothed her fingertips onto the dog's forehead and gave a small pat, her fingertips stretched around to itch behind an ear,a heavenly place for dogs to croon over.

Lauren was pleased that Henry was taking a friendly interest in the other dog,perhaps he was starting to come out of his lazy-spoiled phase.One could hope,she mocked within her mind,Lauren motioned a palm towards the sofa and spoke towards Rei."Please make yourself at home while I finish up some embarrassing chores."Lips curl a smile while a balled fist rose to the air,"Yosh.Here I come!"Henry waddled behind Rei as Lauren cleaned like a maniac or rather passionately one should say,her from scurried left and right from one task to the other while in the living room.Inside of her brain,Lauren panted but wouldn't celebrate just yet as there was one final task left,the bathroom.Ivory tiles of the shower wall needed to be scrubbed,grout cleaned,primped and the bathtub couldn't hurt to be rubbed down with a scented lemon orange cleaner.

Although as fate would have it,there would be yet another knock at the door that directly caused Lauren to enter into a overdrive mode.Doing so in order to finish the cleaning of the bathroom and not only that,she wanted her abode to be presentable,welcoming, instead of the disaster it once used to be.Geta's soon clanked in a furry,not out of madness but to reach the door in time and could no longer hold back a pant.Fingertips pried the front door open suddenly while gasping out,"Yes?"Cyan hued eyes gaze softly upon the person infront of her home and smiled.

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Rei watched as Lauren cleaned her house, and laughed quietly so she couldnt hear.not all houses have to be 100% clean.. she thought petting both of the dogs heads as she lightly tossed a small ball from her end of the room to the next and watched the dogs run after it.She then heard a knock on the door and looked up to see who it will be.

[Stella Colette]

Stella peddled on her bike, making sure she kept her balance while peddling and carrying a whole bag of rolled up newspapers. She threw the rolled up newspapers to every house and smiled as they we to the houses perfectly. As she peddled on, she threw a paper to hard that it swung slightly off course and hit through a window. Stella immediately skidded to a stop and frightened winced.

'Oh NO!!! What am I gonna do!?' She thought frantically and breathed in trying to calm herself down. She hesitantly walked over towards the house and peered through the window. She had to tip-toe since she was short and couldn't see over so well. She then jumped up and down and with every jump up she said, "I! Am! So! Sorry!" She winced and walked over towards to door fiddling with her thumbs hoping she didn't break anything or at least wasn't in trouble.

[Lauren Clark]

Lauren's smile vanished,not out of being upset but to the slow afterfact of gass shattering within her brain.The feeling caused her to hang her forehead due to the luck of that poor window and she would've whimpered but it wouldn't be mature,not very becoming of her.Cyan eyes drifted in the direction of the broken window and sighed and then allowed her smile to return as she eyed the little stranger.Chuckling as she remembered all the jumping,pausing breath's that stringed an apology from the girl and Lauren bowed her forehead within a nod in silent acceptance.Appreciating the gentle apology."Your not hurt are you?That's the important thing after all.Oh! what might your name be?"

[Stella Colette]

Stella stared up at the lady and quickly looked down, still fiddling with her fingers filled with fear. "Y-Yeah...I-I'm ok..." She whispered and stared up at her. She then quickly added in a hasty tone, "I-I promise I'll pay for that window!! Or...or at least I'll try!" She added and stared down at the floor again. 'I guess Mr. Puffy-Fluffel-Kins little condo will have to wait...' She thought sadly. She then glanced up into the house and blinked wide-eyed. "Wooooow...it's so pretty and clean!" She exclaimed while blinking still. She then realized the lady had asked her what her name was and quickly said, "O-Oh! My name is Stella...Stella Colette!" Her japanese being not so perfect and her english/french accent slightly rolling off her tongue.

[Lauren Clark]

Lauren was pleased to learn that the little girl was unharmed from what her ears strained to decode such a whisper.She was about to express that it was quite alright if she didn't pay for the window,as it was cursed to be forever broken.However,Lauren was distracted by a compliment from Stella and beamed her happiness from ear to ear while opening her lips in a chuckle."Thank you!Although you should have seen the mess from before."Lauren gently bit down upon her lips to keep from spilling the awkward facts of just how messy it was,even though Rei pretty much knew as she had entered in the mist of her cleaning.She then noted a faint accent droning the girl and quickly recognized upon scooping in a hug to Stella's form.

Her words of French were passionate,"A fellow countryman?!"Only then did she realized that hugging the poor girl could have been,well frightening that Lauren shot up and apologized in plain English."Ah.I'm sorry!I got a litt-er a lot of..well just carried away."Lauren would have invited the girl in to rest but her phone rang that she dashed towards it.She was nearly only slightly deafened by a familiar voice,Mitsuru's crying a plea for help one of which that she couldn't ignore.Hanging the phone up with a uttering of,"Oh dear."Her Cyan stare fell upon Rei's form and then Stella's and spoke to the matter at hand,"I have a medical emergency to deal with.You'll have to excuse me!"

[Stella Colette]

Stella slightly shrieked as she was suddenly picked up into a hug but the shriek was full of joy. She had never been raised into the air like that, that it filled her with laughter. But she was also confused and blinked as the lady spoke plain English. She then said in English herself, "Cool!!! You speak English!!!" Her voice was its usual childish like self. But as the phone rang she blinked as she saw a touch of shock on the lady's face. But, as if something exciting like an alien invasion had happened, Stella quickly exclaimed - when hearing the word 'medical', "Can I come!?" Her voice filled with plea as she bit her lip with hope. She had a two dreams to be exact. One, was to either be a medical doctor when she grew up, or two, to be an author's assistant. Either way, she wanted to learn as much as she could at her current age.

[Lauren Clark]

"English,French and Japanese."Three slender fingertips popped up a little hesitantly when Lauren confessed to the known languages she spoke.Lips soon after sighed as there was a feeling of pondering if that was somehow showing off of some sort?It didn't count as it was a fact,Lauren comforted herself and smiled but was oblivious to the world around her.That is until Henry perked a few barking noises as he happily gnawed on the chewtoy he found buried in a seat cushion of the sofa.He waddled down and shared it with his new found freind,Rei's very own dog,chuckling a little out of place when eyeing her pet before again sighing.

"I'm a terrible hostess.I'm sorry for this Rei."Lauren noted before looking at Stella that appeared to be jumping for joy at the chance to come with her,"I guess it couldn't hurt."Which in adult terms basically meant 'sure'Lauren turned away from the door and wandered over to her steel-blue leathered medicine bag that sat upon an inn-table and scooped it up.She was very dedicated in the center of her work,to the fact that if she left,Lauren would be forgetting about her home and left in order to reach Mitchan.Lauren decided to leave Henry behind as he looked to be comfortable with his current environment and felt a little guilty for pinning responsibilty onto Rei while she was gone.

[Stella Colette]

Stella's eyes gleamed with excitement as Lauren said that she was able to go. She jumped up and down gleefully while exclaiming, "YAY!!!" She then stopped to blink at all the languages that she was able to speak. "WOW! I can only speak English and French! And a bit of Japanese, but I can understand!" She explained with a great grin. She then immediatey followed close behind Lauren, holding on to her coat with a small hand.

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((whelps im out of teh thread for now))

Rei sighed as she heard the door closed."oh well..she'll have to come back eventually this IS her house and she has to come back to it.."she said chuckling a little bit. The dogs parked happily at her and wagged there tails."what?"she ask. Her dog started to tug on her pant leg and she sighed."you want me to lay down on the floor don't you?"Rei asked the dog sighing as she laid, on her stomach on the ground and lazily tossed a ball.

[Lauren Clark]

Henry continued to gnaw after the jade-hued ball as it rattled across the now semi-squeaky clean flooring and away from the clutches of Rei's dog.He felt something of a personal triumph to beating a dog a few sizes taller then he at a game of trying to gnaw after the toy they were supposed to fetch.After the gloating was done,he shoved the ball in direction of Rei's dog and his ears perked with his snout greeting the flooring.Soon the ebony nose pointed towards the air and Henry couldn't contain excitement,his master was back as he crooned and looked towards the front door.Lauren smiled and yelled over top of her pet's excitement as she slide into her home." We're back and I'm sorry to leave you like that Rei!"

[Stella Colette]

Stella smiled as they returned to Lauren's home and held her coat with a small hand. She then winced as she saw the broken window and saw the remains of broken glass. Stella quickly grew wide-eyed and said, "I'll clean that right away!" She then made her way to the glass and picked each piece ever so carefully, trying not to cut herself. She slightly winced as she recieved only a slight small cut, one that did not bleed yet. "Um...I'm really sorry about this again!" She apoligized again and winced while picking up the pieces of glass and hoped that she wouldn't be in so much trouble.

[Lauren Clark]

"Careful."Lauren warned the little one that scurried off to clean up the broken shards of glass that settled near the window,along the floor.Her attention focused onto her pet that ceased to calm himself that a sigh wrinkled her throat and lips smiling,"You missed me that much?"She doubted it of course as he seemed content with playing with Rei's dog as she was absent and smiled none the less.Lauren gently moved the spoiled basset hound puppy onto the sofa and uttered something to him"Calm down you?"Alll in a playful manner and chuckled when having a brief rest on the sofa,tending to Henry's dire need for love and attention,it was good to be wanted.She pondered how Stella was doing and left her current position and witnessed the set of winces the girl muttered and spoke."It's ok,really it is.I think that window is cursed.Here let me take a look at your fingers."