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Rose shuffled into the kitchen. She'd only been in the Beetle's house for a week and she was slowly warming up to everyone.
"Morning Rose. Breakfast is almost ready." Bug greeted.
"Morning." Rose replied. She sat down at the table. She was the last person to wake up, it seemed. Everyone was happily chatting with each other.
A plate of toast and a glass of apple juice was placed in front of her. "Thanks, Bug." She smiled. Bug reached over and ruffled her hair. She swatted at his hand playfully.
Two of the children walked over to Rose after breakfast. Chaos and Flicker if she remembered correctly. Flicker reached over and grabbed her arm before dragging her away.
"Uhhh guys?" Rose asked.
The pair only giggled in response.
Rose looked over to Bug, who just laughed and said, "You're on your own for this one, kid."
Rose gasped in mock offense, yelling out a "Betrayal!! Betrayed by my own dad!!" before being dragged up the stairs by the children.
"Where are we going?" She asked the kids.
They ignored her. Flicked hummed, "You caught on quick."
Rose gave them a questioning look. "You called Bug dad." Chaos answered.
Oh. "Was I not supposed to do that?" Rose asked.
"No no, it's completely fine! We were just wondering how long it would take you to accept Bug as a father figure." Chaos explained.
They found Henry in his room. The pair rushed in, forks in hand- Wait when did they get those??
They started poking Henry with said forks. He sighed, picked both of them up, and looked at Rose.
"You too?" He said, disappointment clear in his voice.
Rose raised both of her hands in defeat. "Don't look at me, they dragged me here without telling me what they were planning."
"Could you take them to the garden then? It'll keep them busy for a while." Henry suggested.
Rose nodded before ushering the gremlins to the garden outside the house. Rose had been ecstatic when Bug told her they had a garden and she was more than welcome to take care of it.
She showed them how to remove the weeds. Flicker was doing good, carefully removing each weed. Chaos however...
"NO CHAOS CAREFUL!" Rose yelled as Chaos pulled at a weed too hard. She fell back, crushing the flowers behind her.
Rose rushed over to her. "I'm alright, I'm alright." Chaos reassured.
Chaos got up, wincing when she saw the crushed flowers.
"I'm so sorry I didn't mean to do that." She apologized.
Rose sighed. "It's alright. Just be careful next time okay?"
Chaos nodded, not meeting her eye. Flicker walked over to her and gave her a hug.
The children soon got bored of gardening and decided to run back into the house to cause chaos again. Rose watched them run off, a small smile on her face. Maybe she'll take part in their shenanigans this time.