Free Dawn by Marcus LaGrone Page B

tomorrow?”
    “ Yes. Yes, indeed,” he laughed quickly recovering.
    “ Uh oh. I see Gwen coming over here. She probably wants us back on the dance floor. Shall we dance?”
    Gavin smiled, “I’d be delighted.”
     

Chapter 12
     
     
    Dawn rolled out of bed late. Late late! She was sore all over, who knew dancing could take so much out of you. Ugh! She still had bells on her ankles and toes. How did she make it all the way home like that? She took them off setting them neatly on her desk. She made quick work of her bath and too quick work with the towel: wet fur stuck to her dress as she put it on. She must have made quite a sight when she walked into the kitchen as Ivy and Maria gave a mighty laugh.
    “ Someone had a good time last time. You hungry, sunshine?” offered Maria.
    Dawn lit up, more at the sight of Maria doing so well than the offer of food, “Yes, please.”
    Maria started to get up, but Ivy bid her to stay seated and she started to prepare breakfast for Dawn.
    “ You knew Fiona and Gavin weren’t a couple and you didn’t tell me,” mock groused Dawn to Maria.
    “ Well, I did try to get you to go talk to him, didn’t I?”
    “ True enough,” she smiled back. “Hey, where is Lily?”
    “ She’s sleeping, but Gwen is watching over her.” Maria replied.
    “ I thought she and Rachel left yesterday,” Dawn was a little confused.
    “ They did, but Gwen wanted to come back over, and we were delighted to have her. She really does so well with infants.”
    “ Do you mind Gwen being around?” asked Ivy from the stove. “She is a little different.”
    “ Not at all, Mom, she’s delightful. We are all a little different. She is just a little autistic.”
    “ That she is,” Ivy smiled at the response. “So you don’t mind even if she does tie bells to your toes?”
    Dawn laughed, “Oh, so you heard about that. Speaking of which, are those bells hers or the twins?”
    “ Oh, the twins. Who else would have planned such a thing?” mused Maria. “Seriously though, you are fine with Gwen around here?”
    “ Yes, indeed, what’s up? Is there a problem between her and Rachel?”
    Both the ladies laughed.
    “ Far from it,” said Maria. “It’s just both twins are expecting some time in early winter and I could use the help.”
    “ We have a darn good chance of having four new baby girls in the house in five months’ time,” Ivy said.
    “ Four girls?” asked Dawn.
    Maria wrinkled her nose, “Class time! What are the chances of a baby being a girl?”
    “ Class before breakfast?” Dawn tried to protest, “Um, Lowlanders it’s like 52%, pretty close to humans; Highlanders it’s right at 80%.” Dawn’s head swam as she fought through the numbers.
    “ Yes, indeed! What you may not know is, with a Silver as the father and a twin as the mother, their baby girls are almost always twins as well.”
    “ Wow!” Dawn sudden grasped the very real prospect of four more little sisters.
    “ Wow, indeed. Either way it will be quite a handful. Speaking of which,” Maria carefully stood and craned her neck.
    Gwen strolled into the room smiling and carrying a barely awake Lily. Gwen all but glowed as she passed Lily to Maria and then went waltzing off as quickly as she had arrived.
    Dawn smiled as she watched her go, “Oh, I was supposed to meet Gavin for bocce just after lunch. Is there anyone who can come with me into town?”
    Ivy paused thoughtfully, “I’d say you’re big enough to go on your own if you like. Ask your father first. Things are still a bit tense.”
    “ Worst case, we’ll go with you,” offered the twins. “We need to drop off things in town anyway.”
    How did they sneak in again? Dawn was beginning to wonder if they could change colors to hide like a Silver or if they were just that sneaky.
    “ Don’t get your hopes up too much,” they continued, “it looks like rain.”
    “ We’ll find something else to do if it rains,” Dawn proclaimed.
    “ I bet you