"Okay, okay, I'm coming, I'm coming!" Kathy yelped, hurtling herself out of bed. "Gimme a minute, I'll be right down!"

She was as good as her word--better, really, because it didn't even take a full minute. Kathy hadn't bothered changing, just run down in a tanktop and shorts, pausing only to find her slippers so she wasn't dashing about barefoot in the dorms.

"Ezra?" she asked, pausing in the doorway to look at...okay, yeah, that was definitely a kid right there.