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BanaBatGirl 
"Writing home eh? Really Marcus, I wouldn't have pegged you for the homesick type." Anastasia shook her head and watched him just strolllllling around the owlery, coaxing her owl over with a smelly little treat. He always was too good at everything.
Annie couldn't help her nose wrinkling at both the insinuation about being nice and at the smell of the owl up close. "Are you using that one?" she gestured toward the bird. "Or," Annie cleared her throat, "may I borrow an owl pellet to go be nice to a different one?"
Ha.
"I've been fine. Not the best term around here but...... you know.... it got better." A little time away from school helped too. "What about you, Marcus?"
He seemed a little... different. Less annoying for some reason.
Giving the owl a small stroke with his hand, Marcus chuckled softly. Annie always had something to say whether it was nice or not. "Not exactly homesick Annie but I do certainly miss them." Especially Joshua, but Annie had never liked Joshua probably because he saw what she was truly like before Marcus worked it out for himself. "No, I have some news that I needed to tell them."
He looked at her surprised and reached into his pocket and pulled out another owl pellet. Marcus, handed it over to her wordlessly. He was in far too good a mood to tease her about handling the pellet.
Ah yes he remembered the incident she'd had with Jake and although he was still a little annoyed about that, he trusted that Ethan had spoken to her about it. And besides he wasn't particularly happy with Jake at the moment anyway. The kid had actually attacked him. Now that was gratitude for you.
Shaking himself, he gave Annie a huge smile. "I have been excellent Annie. The best thing has happened to me actually." He held up the envelope in his hand again, "Hence the news to my family."