Run Free!, Closed to Claudia. Er, and Maui Wowie.

Era shot up the long driveway that lead to The Madhouse, as it had been aptly dubbed after Jean and Andrew (her parents) had moved out. She pulled up to the classic two story colonial and parked the mini coup, turning to Claudia and grinning.


"We're here," she announced."Let's go play!"

She stepped out of the car and pulled open the back door to retrieve Nan's cage and Cheese and Kawaii from the carseat. She tucked the cage under one arm after securing the cloth over it, pushed Cheese down the front of her shirt so his moosey blue head was all that was visible, and grabbed the still sleeping Kawaii with her free hand. She turned to leave and had taken two steps toward the front of her home when she suddenly stopped, pivoted to the left, and returned to the car. She struggled with the cage for a moment, then, giving up, poked her head inside the back seat and grabbed the blue teddy backpack from the floorboard.

Finally satisfied that she had everything, Era turned back toward the house and began her path again, hoping that Claudia would follow because, let's face it, there's no way she could have told her to do so.

"We're here, Let's go play!"
Claudia looked through the window in awe of the house. She hadn't ever really seen a house like Era's before. Since she grew up in L.A., she only ever saw apartments, flats, and condos. There wasn't really much room for real, big houses in the popular city. Hearing Era open the door, she snapped out of her daze, shaking her head. Claudia opened the door and scrambled out, careful not to drop Maui Wowie as she did so. She giggled as the pink-haired girl gathered her things from the car. She was going to offer to help carry something, but the girl had a bear in her mouth...so that wouldn't really work. Instead, she just took the teddy bear backpack out of Era's mouth, holding it with her free hand, declaring that she should help carry something.

"Thankies," Era giggled, shifting the weight of the cage under her arm to free her hand as she approached the red door. Which proved to be a bit useless, really, as she realized she would have to put it down and fish the keys for her house out of Zingo (the teddy bear backpack). Era's bottom lip poked out as she set Nan's cage down and asked Dia for Zingo, grumbling as she shoved her hand into Zingo's back and shifting her hand around. After several long seconds, Era gave a final jerk and a massive keychain with the abiltiy to knock someone out when thrown emerged, causing Zingo to lose most of his chubby cuteness. She fumbled with the bright assortment of dangling fobs (no, that's not a penis) her hand emerged with a shinning shiver key pinched between her fingers."Aha!" She crammed the key into the lock and tiwsted it, jiggling the door handle until it cracked open. She bent down an collected Nan and Zingo from the porch and pushed the door the rest of the way open, gesturing with her head for Claudia to follow.

Once inside the house, Era sat Nan's cage on a bright yellow table, along with Zingo and Cheese. She gazed around the entrance hall, her eyes reflecting the overly vibrant decor the flowed through the entire house. Reds, oranges, yellows, greens, and pinks, every color of the rainbow and more, all of the brightest neon covered every surface from the floor to the various shiny objects that dangled from the ceeling.

"Thankies,"
Claudia nodded politely, "Your welcome." She mumbled, inspecting the bear with interest. She handed the backpack back to Era when she asked for it, holding the blue thing out for her. She smiled when the pink haired girl pulled out a huge keychain. She giggled a little, clamping her free hand over her mouth to repress the noise. This girl was so entertaining, Claudia could barely stand it.
"Aha!"
She waited patiently for Era to unlock the door, Maui Wowie still wiggling in her arms. She looked down to send him a stern look, making him stop moving instantly. "Wow," The raven haired girl sounded as she stepped through the threshold, "Your house is so...." She paused to look at all of the bright colors before settling on the word, "....pretty." She shifted in her black flip flops, starring at all the interesting things that decorated the girl's house. Yeah, Ipswich was turning out to be a lot more exciting than she had orginally thought it ever could be.

Era blushed lightly, (and actually knew what is was, thanks to Val) hiding her warm face bye bending down to pull off her bright yellow chucks with her free hand and toss them to the mat beside her door where an interesting assortment of shoes already lay in a jumbled mess.

"Thank you," she mumbled, righting her position and pulling a drowsy Kawaii up to her face to nuzzle compulsively. She stayed like that for all of, oh, three seconds, before forgetting her misplaced embarassment and darting out the still open door, her vibrant hair flying out behind her. She lept from the porch with one well place jump and landed flat on the grass, her body rolling with Kawa squealing but safe as she rolled a few times then stopped, lying on her back an lauging. She gave Kawaii's pink flesh a quick kiss then set her on the grass next to her face, allowing the tiny piglet to roam free.

Kawa gave what could almost be interpreted as an oink of thanks and took off running to the nearest tree, her small nose twitching as she sniffed the grass, flowers, and bark.

Era watched with a big smile for just a second before leaping up and joining the pig, sinking to her hands and knees to sniff around the tree as well. She went on like this for a breif moment before turning to Claudia and grinning, asking if she wanted to come see too.

"Thank you,"
Claudia mumbled, "You're welcome." agian, still transfixed by all the bright, shiny objects. Too distracted to even notice the girl's blush. She returned her attention to Era when she saw a flash of pink dart away out of the corner of her vision. She walked to the door, closing it behind her. Leaning against the sturdy red thing, she watched with sparkling navy blue eyes as the girl played around in the grass with her new pet. A smile pulled at her lips. Right about now, she was really wishing that she had brought her camera to the park like her mother had advised, because this girl would make for several adorable pictures. She giggled when Maui started wiggling in her arms again, yipping in protest. "Ohkay, ohkay. I get it. You want down, but play nice!" She dictated to the black pug. Bending down on the porch, she set the dog down. Automatically, it darted off of the porch and into the grass. Within seconds, Maui Wowie was busy inspecting the pig again, pausing it's sniffing to lick at Era's face. Claudia laughed again, watching from the porch for a few more moments, before giving in. She bent down on her hands and knees and crawled over to the other three, laughing the whole way over. Once arriving at the trunk of the tree, she leaned back to sit on her calves. She pushed all of her hair over one of her shoulders so that it wouldn't get in the way of her playing.

Era let out a cry of joy when Maui Wowie licked her and returned the favor, giving the pug a short lick to the muzzle. She barked at him and wagged the lower half of her body in mimic of a dog wagging it's tail. As the pug bounded off to carry on doing whatever it was puppies do, Era rose from her hands and knees and tiptoed around to the opposite side of the tree Kawaii was on and inching toward the tree. She reached for the lowest branch and pulled her body up, scrambling to latch onto it. The rough bark scratched her exposed legs as she straddeld the base of it and placed her hands on either side of the thin branch and laced her fingers together to form a loop, swinging her body around so she hung from the tree.

Once in place, she wrapped her legs around the tree and lowered her body. Her arms stretching out to where Kawaii resided (still sniffing her surroundings) this time in the form of a cracking, ivy covered statue of Ipswich's founder, Minister Thomas Franklin Waters. The girl pivoted her body suddenly, grabbing the piglets tiny front hooves and shaking them in a mock dace. Kawa let out a loud squeal of surprise and Era giggled, shouting,"Llama niblets," because, well... because she's Era, and it makes sense to her.

She released Kawaii's legs and the piglet darted off, allowing Era to pull her body up and swing around until she lay along the limb with her arms and legs dangling on either side.

Maui Wowie titled his little black head to one side, looking at the pink haired human with curiosity, before shaking its tiny head spaztically and running off to roll around on a patch of grass.
Claudia giggled as she watched Era climb the tree. Laughing loudly when the girl captured the piglet.
"Llama niblets,"
Claudia stopped laughing for a second, considering the phrase, before bursting out in laughter again. After finally getting her giggle fit under control, she grinned up at the girl. Laying down on the space of grass directly underneath the branch where Era was lounging. Maui got excited when he noticed that his human was laying down at his level and ran over, jumping on top of the younger girl's stomach, causing her to laugh again.

"Hi, Dia," Era cried as she saw the girl beneath her and grinned, straining to reach a hand down and poke her. She struggled for severl long seconds before a pout spread itself over her face. "I can't reaches you," she whined, her hand waving around madly as if by doing so she could find some way to reach her. Era's face clouded with greif for a brief second until a resolute expression made its way across her visage. She stared hard at Claudia and Maui Wowie then, in one smooth motion, slid sideways from the tree and plumeted to the ground.

Or rather, plumeted to the Claudia. She landed on the brunette with a dull thud, the shift in weight on Claudia's stomach sending a ripple through her body until Maui Wowie, who had made said stomach his nest for now, was catapulted through the air with a loud yip and soaring a few feet away from his mistress. Era, of course, completely ignored this fact in favor of proceeding with her poking of Dia's likely already bruised stomach.

"Aha," she exclaimed triumphantly, setting her chin to rest on the upper part of Claudia's thigh. "I pokeded you!"

[I]"Hi, Dia,"
Claudia smiled widely up at the girl, waving to her with one heart-shaped ring clad hand. Maui yipped to regain the girl's attention, failing to do so, he made a pouty puppy face and curled up on her tummy.
"I can't reaches you,"
The raven haired girl reached out her hand to try and help Era touch her. It didn't really help much, so she dropped her arm back onto the ground, giving up with a shrug. "Sorry."
She squealed as the pink haired girl dropped down on top of her. The sudden weight causing her to make an omph-ing noise. She tilted her head back as far as she could manage to make sure that Maui Wowie was ohkay. He seemed a bit shooken up, but he wasn't missing any limbs. She returned her attention to the crazy lady. She giggled as the girl poked her sore stomach, only wincing slightly. Her spine hurt, but she would live.
"Aha, I pokeded you!"
Claudia smiled, it probably didn't come off as a smile though, because with the girl's face resting that close to her crotch....well, could you really blame her teenage brain for wandering off a little?[/I]

Era noticed the red on Claudia's face and frowned, assuming she had upset her. Her brow drew together as she gazed up at the brunette, tears forming in her eyes. Her lips parted and she whimpered, her head tilting to one side. "I's sorry Dia, don't be mad at me," she cried, rising from her positon half-atop Claudia in favor of being completely on top of her. She straddled the girls waist and bent down to hug her, mumbling pleas for foriveness the entire time.

She mustered all the love she could in that one hug, refusing to allow the girl to be angry with her. Era couldn't handle people being angry, it made her just slightly hysterical. Everyone knows a hysterical Era is a dangerous Era, and years of being forced to calm her hysterics forced her to innately calm herself in an effort to avoid a mass of people all clamoring to shove riddlin down her throat. As Era's brain forced her into... well, something close to calm-mode, she rose from her postion on top of her new friend and reaching down to grab her hand, pulling the brunette up with her.

She smiled at Dia as best she could with the look of ultimate panic still engraved across her features and bent down to pick up Kawa, who had been sniffing at their feet.

"Let's go gives Kawa a bath! Ooh, ooh, and Maui Wowie," she chirped excitedly, her panic temporarily forgotten as she held the struggling piglet to her chest. She looked down at the wriggling pink ball of flesh, noticing the state of her own self in the process. She wrinkled her nose cutely, removing an arm from cradling Kawaii to tug on her skirt haplessly. "Era needses a bath too, she observed. "Does you want a bath, too, Dia?"

She peered at the younger girl hopefully, stroking Kawaii absently as she awaited and answer.

"I's sorry Dia, don't be mad at me,"
Oh God. Claudia was freaking blushing because she had this gorgeous girl only a few inches from her crotch, and Era thought she was mad at her. When, in all actuality, she was just a preverted teenager. She could have pushed away her not-so-innocent thoughts a lot easier if Era hadn't decided to straddle her. Without any thought or consent from herself, her hands moved to the girl's waist. She opened her mouth to tell the pink haired girl that she wasn't mad at all, she'd actually thought the whole falling from the tree thing had been kinda funny...even if she had been the landing mat, but then Era was leaning down to hug her and her naughty, seven shades of purple thoughts returned.
She was still have in a daze when the girl pulled her up to stand, "Don't worry, Era. I'm not mad." She assured finally regaining her composure.
"Let's go gives Kawa a bath! Ooh, ooh, and Maui Wowie,"
Claudia giggled, "What a great idea!" She looked over at her pug, "Maui could really use a bath." She nodded her head, bending down to scoop the puppy, which was actually a full grown dog, up into her arms.
"Era needses a bath too, Does you want a bath, too, Dia?"
Claudia nodded her head quickly, "Yeah, I smell like wet puppy." She announced. Craning her neck so that she could smell her dress, bringing the material up to her nose. She grimaced, sticking her tongue out in distaste.

Era grinned widely and grabbed Claudia's hand pulling her toward the large colonial, shifting a slipping Kawaii as she did so. As they neared the door, she set Kawa on the ground who, surprisingly, trotted into the house at Era's request. The pink haird ball of energy trotted after her piglet, pulling her pink camosile over her head as she did so. Half way down the hall, she turned to assure herself that Maui and Claudia hadn't gotten lost following her and continued to the right into the nearest door. She pulled her ballet skirt off as well and tossed it, along with the camosile, into an electric blue washing machine plastered with stickers of everything from rainbows to magenta skulls.

She reached her thin arms around her back and unhooked the shockingly bright orange bra that held her assets in place and tossed it into the machine as well, leaving only her batman undies on. She sighed happily, all too glad to be rid of the restrictions of clothing. She popped her head out of the room as she tossed laundry detergent into the specified slot (which was, in fact, marked with a big yellow smiley face with the words 'smell good stuff' scrawled across it in mother's handwritting) and instructed Dia to toss her clothes in as well.

After assuring that she had everything she needed in the wash, she padded from the utility room in search of Kawaii, whom she located in her room beneath her bed sniffing some rather questionable items. She fell to her knees and poked her head under the lime green duster, her arms straining to reach the elusive piggy. With a few seconds struggled, the teen managed to grab the oinking piglet and pull her in. Era rose from her crouched position and grinned, nuzzling Kawaii's stomach with her nose. "It's bath times, lil' miss piggy," she announced, vearing into the bathroom adjacent to her room.

Claudia, still holding a wriggling Maui Wowie, followed behind Era, her navy blues ghosting over random shiny objects that caught her eye. When the pink haired girl started to strip, peeling off her shirt, she regained Claudia's full attention once again. This was crazy. This girl had to either be really, really[/u] straight or completely unaware of how much of an effect this sort of behavior had on your typical teenager. Not that Claudia was typical by any means, but...She tried not to giggle when the girl stepped out of her skirt. Her batman underwear were completely priceless. Claudia absolutely loved them. And then went the girl's bra, and the younger girl was so [i]not eye-fucking her. Nope. That was not what was happening, except that it was. She blinkied a few times before nodding her head. She pulled her red and white dress over her head, leaving her in only a pair of black lace boy-shorts and a matching bra, a tiny white skull and cross bones printed over one breast. She threw her dress at Era when her back was turned, "Here ya go" She exclaimed with a laugh.
Claudia watched the girl as she exited the room, accidently letting go of Maui. "No!" She yelled, running after him as he bounded for the living room. She caught him just in time to see Era walk into the bathroom with her piglet. She skipped down the hallway, trying to stop herself at the door, she slid a foot too far past it. Walking backwards, she giggled at herself and walked into the bathroom, pug safely in her arms.

Era placed the tiny piglet into the only normal thing in her house: the pale blue bathtub, and giggling as she watched Kawa's small hooves attempted to find purchase on the slick surface and escape. She waggled her finger at the piggy and smiled, leaning over the cool side of the tub and twisting a few knobs until the water was a lukewarm temprature. She rose to her feet and peeled her undies off, tossing them on top of a hamper and crouching back down as she slowly adjusted Kawaii to the water. The small piglet oinked sadly up at her and she frowned sympathetically at the sow and leaned down to pat her, her breath sucking in sharply as her exposed chest hit the less than warm side of the tub. She shrugged it off and rose again, satisfied that the level of water was appropriate, and joined Kawaii, gathering the small piggy to her chest and cuddling it as she sang the piggy song to her quietly, marveling to herself at the echo created in the small bathroom.

Era's head tilted up to stare at Dia as she and Maui Wowie joined them, her face drawn in confusion. She chewed her bottom lip for several seconds, contemplating her thoughts before finally speaking.

"Hey, Dia," she prompted, a wet hand pushing some of her brilliant pink hair back from her forehead. "What's... eye fucking?" The question was asked in a purely innocent voice, her tongue tripping over the unfamiliar words when she spoke them.