Suddenly, Maggie got the feeling that Gabriel was doing fine. She couldn't explain where she got it from, but it just seemed impossible to question. She snuggled closer to Taylor.
Taylor was a little bit mad at Gabriel for making his sister worry, but on the other hand he had been through a lot, and having your parents turn into cats and then be revealed to be fraudsters would be enough to freak anyone out. It was pretty clear where things with Gabriel and Lana were going, and although the idea of heterosexual sex squicked Taylor out a bit it took only a few slight adjustments to guarantee Gabriel and Lana the kind of one-night stand you smile remembering fifty years later. In the morning, Gabriel would call his sister and tell her he was OK.
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Naturally, June had given permission for Maggie to spend the night in Taylor's room. The two drifted to sleep after several more hours of cheesy woman warrior flicks, tightly embraced.
Exhausted, Gabriel and Lana slept the deep and dreamless sleep of the satisfied.
Darla snuggled with her cats.