[Summer] Books and Tea in London

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty hugged Grace back and let off a crazy laugh.
"It is great to see you again. and in answer to you question i have followed you since the train station. My stupid brother would not come with me and went back to his house. I'm stying with him for a bit thought i would well so some relation in the city. and when we got off the train i saw you guys and ran after you" She smiled and looked around, she ran her finger against the covers of books and smiled when she found one she liked.
"This place is amazing."

[Prof Grace Marks]

Grace smiled, "It is, isn't it!" She looked up at Trish and Jac, then looked back at Girty. "Let's go up and I'll introduce you!" She walked up the steal stair and when she reached the top she looked at Girty. "Jac, Girty's here!" she said to Jac, "and this is Trish, Jac's sister."

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty followed Grace and smiled at everyone and gave a small wave. She felt out of place as she did not know Jac well and had never met Trish before. She took a deep breath.
"A lovely place you have here. Very...privite." Girty looked around trying to avoid looking at people but also she wanted to avoid the dreaded silence.

[Jac Shaw]

Trish looked over the balcony at Grace and the new arrival. "What happened to the quiet lunch with just you and me?" Trish said, looking to Jac.

Jac scrunched her nose at Trish, "don't be such a wet blanket!" Grace and Girty came up the stair. "Hey Girty!" Jac said, "you gunna join us for tea?"

Trish smiled. "Hi!" she said, putting the book and cloth down and holding out her hand, "lovely to meet you. I'm Trisha, but you can call me Trish. Everyone does."

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty smiled at them and took hold of Trish's hand and age it a good shake.
"Girty as you know. But you can call me Muffin." she looked at Grace then Jac and giggled.
"It is true though I'm a muffin. Who in their right mind would leave their brother to go running across London to see her friends that she will again soon anyway."

[Prof Grace Marks]

Grace giggled and poked Girty in the side. "Coz, face it, Girt, you miss us!" She smiled at Girty, then turned to Jac and Trish. "I heard mention of tea?"

[Jac Shaw]

Trish giggled at Girty and scrunched her nose at Grace. "Well, Muffin and Grace, tea should be ready soon," she said and walked towards the stairs, catching Jac by the neck and dragging her with. "Let's go get it, Annie," Trish said, slightly bemused.

Jac took hold of Trish's arm and followed where her sister lead her. "Have you got those lovely chocolate chip muffins the size of my head?"

Together they giggled and disappeared down the stairs.

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty stood and laughed and watched them walk down the stairs.
"True i did miss you. My brother can only keep my company for a sort time. He makes me feel so stupid. He has everything, he is talented, he is clever, and to charming for his own good." She laughed and realized she had been going off into her own world.
"Sorry." she muttered as she walked over to a huge stake of books.

[Prof Grace Marks]

"Oh, don't worry about it, Girt," Grace laughed, walking to Girty and linking arms with her, "come on! Let's go down for tea!"

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty smiled. coming to think about it she was becoming very hungry.
"Good idea. after you." She moved her hands as to usher Grace down the stair case first.

[Prof Grace Marks]

Grace giggled and walked down the stairs. When she reached the bottom she could smell a fresh pot of tea being brewed but she didn't know where. "Jac?" she called, "where are you?"

[Jac Shaw]

Jac poked her head through the doorway behind the stairs. "Here," she said, "in the kitchen. Cummon, tea's almost ready." She turned and walked back into the kitchen. She leaned on a counter and continued talking to Trish.

"As I was saying, mum took everything in the fridge and threw it together. She cooked it in that tub sized pot she loves, you know the one?"

Trish nodded, "mum used to wash Al and I in it when we didn't have electricity." There was a ting behind her. She whirled around and opened the oven, a whiff of freshly baked muffins wafted out. She pulled on her oven mitts and took out the tray. "Carry on," she said. She began to take the muffins out of the tray and onto a floral plate next to her.

Jac smiled as she smelt Trish's famous lemon and poppy seed muffins. "Hmmm!" she said and strolled towards the plate. "Well," she said slowly, "she cooked it but the something happened that made the mush start to bubble like dad's stomach when he has too many of your muffins." She picked up a muffin. It was still hot and dropped it, "ouch!" she said and kissed her burned fingers.

Trish smiled, "you'd be hot too if you'd been in that over." She quickly remembered and turned off the oven. "So what happened then?"

"Well, just as mum and I walk into the kitchen, it starts throwing lumps of soggy bread and baked beans at us. Oh dam! There was mush everywhere!" She laughed and pulled a fingerful of muffin and threw it into the air. She stepped back and caught it in her mouth.

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty slowly walked into the room listening to the back end of Jac's story.
"The amount of fun that would be. I can only just get away with dunking my biscuits into my tea." She looked around the room when her eyes fell on the muffins.
"Oh Muffins!"

[Prof Grace Marks]

Grace followed Girty into the kitchen. She smiled as Girty mention muffins. "Yeah, sure smells good," she said with a placid smile. Grace walked to the small pot on the stove and put her ice cold hands softly onto the sides. She was getting colder and colder, it was beginning to annoy her, actually.

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty was waiting for the right moment to take a muffin. She leaned in and smelt them. her mouth started to water and she licked her lips. The heat fogged up her glasses and she had to pull away looking very happy.
"It took 3 seconds for my glasses to fog up. Meaning it is edible for Girty." She laughed and picked up a muffin breathing in its sweet fumes.