Work hard, play hard - Marr marr & Cam cam

"Jewen? Jewen. Wake up. Time for school. Can we go, pwease?" A tiny voice enters the bedroom of a sleeping, dark haired boy. His eyes remain closed but a groan escapes him anyways. He knows who it is and even though her voice is sweet as she tries to wake him, he'd rather do something other than that. He wouldn't mind a few more minutes of sleep, but as Kyanite decides to jump on his bed and squish his cheeks together, he finally opens his eyes.

"Kya. Stop. I'm sleeping. Go pester mom. Get her up." With a giggling little reply, she only bounces up and down on the bed as she uses both arms to push on Jeran as she jumps.

"No. Get up, Jewen. Mommies up. Daddies gone. Your turn." She giggles as she bends down to place a few kisses on his forehead before getting a hand shoving her to the side to protect himself from the kisses of his sister.

"Mom! Get Kya! She won't leave me alone!" He yells out but a moment later he jumps out of bed to chase his sister out of the room and down the stairs. In the kitchen, their mom stands at the stove, cooking up something that smells of cinnamon. Instantly, the two kids begin complaining of butter and sugar and with a demand for them to sit at the table, the kids obey without question. A hot breakfast is served quickly, with mumbling of two 'thanks momma' comes out. Chewy stops the chatter as the youngsters devour the food in time for Mrs. Ruze to pick Kyanite up from her chair and hoist her on her hip.

"Jeran, go get dressed for school. We're leaving in ten minutes. You slept late, you sleepyhead. If I hadn't of sent your sister in there, you'd never have gotten up for me." She shakes her head and bends down, with Kya in tow, to give him a hug, kissing his forehead. "I love you."

"Love you, too, Momma." With that, Jeran dashes off to go get ready and no sooner than the moment they walk out the door, the familiar figure of Charlie appears and Kya's the first to greet her.

"Arlie! Arlie! Mommy, Arlie's here!" A sweet, innocent like grin appears on the childs face as Jeran only displays a gentle grin but when Charlie embraces him in the hug, he opens up just like that. He squeezes her tightly.

"School. Yeah. Let's race ahead of momma? She'll catch up. Com'on Kya!" He holds his hand out for the little girl and they take off. It starts off a little fast to get the headstart ahead of their mom, but they slow up a little after that. Once or twice, Jeran looks behind him, smiling to his mother and with a return smile, she gives them the go ahead to make sure that they get through the door to the school, Kya in tow.

In class, they sit together like always. Always have to be together and with their last names having something in their favor, it's only expected that the teacher wouldn't break them up.

"Charlie... after school, you going to come over? We can play outside again? Toads or squirrels? Dad will be home early tonight though... so, I wouldn't stay too long. Dad's not been in a good mood lately." Jeran shrugs his shoulders. When the bell rings, two new kids show up just in the nick of time, both of them looking for chairs and since their table was the only one available, they came to join them.

"Hi." A solemn hello is sounded from Jeran, but his voice has an air of shyness to it. Being shy around new people is his downfall, but somehow, he's fit right in with Charlie. With these two boys that shown up, he's unsure of what to say to them just yet. He turns back to his friend and whispers in her ear. "Who are they? I never seen them before? Do they look nice to you?"

A moment later, he returns to his proper posture and eyes the two boys. "What's your names?" The teacher claps her hands to get everyone's attention.

Though not related in the least, the tiny boy and girl to sit at the last table make the perfect pair. In their eyes at least, as adult and other classmates tend to not think that way about their combination. Something about making too many things go wrong, as if they purposely plan for that... Aside from being partners in crime it's more the mixture of their personalities. Completing each other in a way, even with how cheesy that sounds. One being daring as the other's gentle, and things of that sort. While Jeran's the friendly one he's also just as shy, with Charlie on the other hand having not an ounce of fear to say anything to anyone. She just lacks the social skills that he possess.

For now the two stick to themselves. Possibly with a joint effort they'll actually get around to talking to other kids. Time can only tell. All that matters to them is having fun, not working on improving themselves. And even though they have all day together in school, plans for afterwards are made. Along with the warning of not playing too long to avoid running into Jeran's Dad. That guy just doesn't like Charlie, never has. But she feels exactly the same way back. "When's he not?" The blonde asks when Jeran explains that Mr. Ruze has been in a bad mood lately. Prime example of why Charlie simply avoids everyone else in the district. But the little boy's curiosity isn't going to allow that. Before any real talk is given, he's whispering over for her opinion on whether they look nice or not. "Nope." She hasn't even given them more then a glance, but all assumptions are the same about anyone else. Doesn't matter how cute and innocent they appear.

With a bent over head and complete concentration, Charlie simply ignores everything else going on around her. Of course sweet Jeran has to make an introduction though. Like they're ever going to make friends. Like she even wants any in the first place. So she doesn't budge from the alien-looking creature she's decided to sketch. Her ears tap into what's happening though. Just to get the gist of what's going on as she acts like she could careless. Names are exchanged along with relations, and more then just brothers join their table as a cousin is here as well. A bit curious blue eyes journey up from her desk to spot the twins. After all they have to be twins to be in the same class and brothers right? But they don't look like they shared the same womb as the resemblance isn't exact. Maybe one got held back? Or all twins aren't identical? Doesn't really matter.

Still there's nothing for Charlie to say despite the fact her mouth's usually constantly running. Not until it's clear the Tyren one has only just joined the conversation as he reintroduces them. It's the nickname that he gives Alex that has her attention returning to them. Giggles only erupted from one, and it wasn't Alex. By the looks of it he doesn't like this as much as she despises being called Charlotte. "I don't think your brother likes what she calls him." The little blonde finds her voice as she states the obvious mockingly. Can't help but standup for something she can relate to, plus it's already stirring stuff up before class has hardly started. Even more impressive then last year, almost.

The teacher calls everyone over to the carpet before a real argument can even start. Pulling a folder over her artwork, Charlie actually follows instructions as she walks over with Jeran by her side. Just as usual today's going to be about getting to know each other. Something Charlie has absolutely no interest in. But she does take a seat to pretend to listen as she picks at the rug. Out of the blue a toy drops into her lap and her eyes dart up from her fingers. Oh, guess it's her turn. "I'm Charlie." Is all she says before throwing the toy over into her best friend's lap, who's sitting right beside her. These kids don't need to know anything else, and plus she wouldn't even know what to add. Just a typical little girl.

Speaking to the class has Jeran a little more shy than normal. It's so apparent how his voice goes lower than the others and even at the end, his head dips downward just to get it over with. In front of the class he seems to be the quiet type, even though he was the first to speak to Charlie to keep her from getting in trouble that day when they first met. It's even shown that he's willing to try to act against his shyness when he asked what the two boy's names were first who joined their table. Everything seems to be fine and dandy when the spotlight isn't on himself. He just don't operate that way. He'd rather sit on the outside and participate then to lead and carry on as though nothing bothers him. That's his better half's job. Charlie is the fearless one and the adventurous one. The only way to defy his own personality is to be placed with Charlie alone and none of this present appearance is available. He's as outgoing as Charlie is when it's only the two of them.

The toy is passed to Tyren who sits beside of the dark haired boy. Even though Jeran tries to break the eye contact, he quits watching for the telltale signs of the attention still being on him, to watch Tyren now. What he says is interesting that he has a dog named Rory. He even tries to pronounce it in a whisper but it comes out far from what the name should be. So, again, he clamps his mouth shut and lets his teeth bite into his closed lips. The toy gets passed on from Tyren to Alex and for some reason, he listens very closely to him. Something about Alex seems to interest him with the way he speaks so casually and so forceful at one point.

"I"m Alex. Tyren is my brother. If my brother got reaped I would volunteer." His mouth drops just a little bit. The way he says he'd volunteer for his brother is very noble and nice of him to do that. Even at their young of ages, it's only natural that they learn about it at an early age. His training already has started. Little things here and there and for once, Jeran admires his father for the training that he's been giving him. It's not only fun, but it's the only thing him and his old man have in common, not to mention, it's the nicest he's really ever been to him. So, he's all for the attention that he finally gets from his older male parent. On the subject of volunteering, Jeran seems to have a dislike for what Alex said. It might not be obvious at the moment, but his head is reeling with jealousy towards the brothers.

The lesson starts after all the other kids in the class got a chance at saying something personal about themselves, though Jeran still eyes Alex once in a while. As boring as the lesson might be to some other kids, Jeran, on the other hand, quite enjoys it. School work and books seems to be something he's good at despite being young. A good work ethic follows and his work is done nearly before the rest of the class. One or two others finish before him and put their pencils down, but Jeran is done with a decent speed.

No sooner did the lesson begin, the bell rings for dismissal for lunch and recess. It's a good combination while Jeran couldn't complain at all about htat. Though as Recess starts, Jeran and Charlie are together within seconds. Quiet gestures is all that surfaces from Jeran as they reach the outside and then the ball collection is gone. Gone!

"It's okay Charlie. We don't have to have one?" He tells her, questioning how she's going to get a ball that is going to be rolling by. With a simple nudge toward the tree, Charlie is racing off, leaving Jeran to walk toward the tree that they've both got a claim on. Before he even reaches it, he notices quickly the boy from the classroom who said he'd volunteer for his brother. Anticipated angst runs rampant but finally, he walks over to the three boys and taps Alex on the shoulder to get his attention.

"You are brave to say that you would volunteer for your brother." He tells him even though his pronounciation of the "r's" isn't exactly up to date. Maybe he's just lazy and doesn't want to get the help to correcty say the words right, but as he speaks with Alex, it's nothing but a soft voice that escapes. "I wish I could volunteer for my sister, but she's a girl. I'm scared I won't be there to help her when she falls down. Your lucky that you have a brother."

Not more than a moment later, there's a little bit of commotion as Jeran hears her voice among the crowds of kids.

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