While I hadn't found the time to repaint the walls of my apartment in the way that I wanted, always afraid that they'd make me paint it back if I ever wanted to move out, the general theme that I kept for the place was one of warm colors and plenty of paintings. I hung them on the walls, mostly landscapes and still lifes. Sometimes paintings of dancers. In some ways, the style of the home that I kept was more that of my gran's than my own, but it made me feel all the more at home.

I flipped the television on with my remote before holding out the plate of cookies for Kathy to take one. "From scratch, yes. But they're my gran's recipe, so she should get all the credit. Ooh, I should get some tea, you can't have these cookies without tea. The movie has previews anyway, so I'll put those on," I said, letting the disc start to play. It was a little weird seeing some credits from movies I'd never heard of that were playing in Darrow, but I didn't see a reason to avoid them. I just needed to get used to them. "Do you take your tea with milk and sugar?"