004 || the attic

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s3 ep2
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"no he didn't" effy exclaimed shocked. she was laying on her bed, belly down feet in the air, while she listened to leslie on the phone.

they didn't see each other often when effy went to boarding school, but kept in contact nonetheless. now that she was back they would visit the same middle school and also be in the same classes.

"can you shut up, please?" luke asked from his place on the floor. he had been sorting through old magazines. deciding which he could throw away.

effy was amazed by that. she had never seen him read a magazine, or anything in general to be honest

"kids, dinner!" phil called just before effy was going to reply something not so nice

"i'll text you later, i have to go down for dinner" effy said goodbye and put away her phone, before she jumped down from her bed and walked down the stairs. sitting at the table together with her brother.

"so i hear this little voice coming from the cans, and it's like, 'help! i fell in the peaches!"

effy noticed alex and haley sitting down next to her

"it's mom" luke laughed "hilarious"

"so hilarious. i'm like 'claire?'"

"you might want to tell them that it was you who pushed me into the peaches in the first place"

"you pushed her?" effy asked

"no" phil said "this again? i wasn't even near you"

"yes you were, you knocked me with the cart. it was completely your fault" claire laughed

"well, let's just agree to disagree"

"no! i.. i disagree to disagree"

"then you agree?"

"no, no, i don't, because i'm right"

"as usual" haley muttered

"no, i am right"

"like always" alex muttered through gritted teeth

"stop it! when i'm wrong, i admit it"

"which is never" luke copied what his sisters had done before

"fine, fine" claire finished setting the rest of the table while her family broke into laughter.

when they had finished their dinner, the kids got up to go back to their room.

"effy? could we please talk to you?" claire asked, before the youngest of the dunphy kids could leave the room


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INTERVIEW — EFFY

"ever since the vacation on the ranch, i've been avoiding that conversation about school and everything. it's not like i'm angry at haley for bringing it up, it's nice that she stuck up for me, but i'm not very good at confrontation so i tried to avoid it until they would just forget haley ever mentioned something"

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one week ago

effy was down in the kitchen, fetching herself something from the refrigerator, when she heard her parents coming

"effy are you in the kitchen?" phil called "luke told us you were."

"damn—it" effy muttered, before she threw herself behind the kitchen counter, sneaking off into the living room and finally up the steps, when her parents walked into the kitchen.

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