Jade slipped onto the doorstep of the Pi compound with a basket of warm blueberry and chocolate chip muffins in hand. The only thing that gave her away was the soft but sharp click of her heels and the smell of muffins that always seemed to follow her.
She quietly set the basket on the doorstep, and lightly knocked on the door. Then she was gone as easily as she came.
Nothing could really give you a hint that it was her who had a hand in the muffin dealings except a little note tucked away in the basket.... and that it was a well know fact that Jade baked the best muffins in town.

The note read:
"Hey loves,
Just thought I'd drop by and give yas some home-made muffins. You boys deserve some good food every once and a while! Hope you like 'em! Enjoy!
Love,
Jadey

-Kisses! Dirk, Gage, Julian, Oliver, and everyone else!"

Jade just hoped they got em before they went cold.

Of course there is also someone else that happens to have moved back into the main house that not only is awake.. but is all about sweets. He lays slumped out on the couch, remote in his hand as he flips through endless channel after endless channel.

The smell of the strawberry waffles that Cook always makes for Cole in the morning, who might I add is very happy that our little bundle of joy is back in the house. He sighs a dramatic sigh and tilts his head to watch a very interesting scene of a big breasted girl running away from the axe wielding maniac, funny what they show even in the early hours of the morning.

A light giggle escapes as the maniac of course catches the girl, a shake of his head. "Ooo... gory." He mumbles and scrunches up his perfect little nose.
But then the sound of someone out front catches his ear and he sits up on the couch, fixing his pink flannel sleepy pants, yes that's all he wears, so what, he climbs off the couch and peeks his head around just in time to hear Michael yell.

"Muffins?" Oh heck yeah, Cole is a muffin monster! "Ooo I want, I want, gimmie, can I have one?" Those olive greens peering at the basket then at Mike, a very big smile on his lips, he is even close to doing the muffin dance of 'Gimmie gimmies.'

Alright so Cole is a little short, so when the basket is hefted over Mike's head his little mouth dropped and he just about hopped up to grab at it with a giggle. "You can be so mean sometimes!" He laughs more and then smiles brightly as it is back down, though he does try to peer into the basket as Mike looks in it.

He puckers up those pouty lips and waits for Mike to be nice and he claps his hands together when Mike finally lets him get some of those muffins! "Oh, lets see." He looks into it and just about melts from the smell itself. Good grief they smelled fantastic!

"Hmm..." He makes a big production of pointing at one then shaking his head. "No, no.. Hm.. " Then looks at another, honestly what he is doing is trying to find the biggest one and once he spots the large chocolate chip muffin he nabs it and just about jumps for joy. He got the biggest one!

"Mm, mm, mm." As he takes a bite of it and smiles up at Mike with a chocolate chip grin. "These are... Awesome!" He laughs and does his infamous sway back and forth slowly as if he is dancing to a song that is only in Cole's head, which surely it is.

"Someone left them here?"

The ruckus had woken Keith up from a deep sleep. He had the curse of adopting the room beside the living room. He throws a boot at the wall. "Shut up!" he yells out, with a laugh.

But then two things happened at the same time. He hears the word muffin and the scent of the goods trickled into his room and he takes a deep breath of it. "Holy moses!" he grins and jumps out of the bed. Tossing his do-rag onto the dresser, he runs out of his bedroom in time to see Mike and Cole snatching up their second helpings. "Did I hear you say muffins?" he grins and snatches a blueberry muffin from the basket.

Taking a big bite, he closes his eyes and grins again. "Now that's what I'm talking about!"

"Yeah, I went out this morning, all around the grounds. Didn't see the ducks, but I did see a nice looking deer getting a drink." Cole's love of everything cute was contagious, and Michael did keep an eye out for any little animals that found their way into the Compound, which included the ducks, the occasional squirrel and rabbit, and now a deer, making sure to tell Cole so he could look for them himself.

Michael gave an upnod to Keith, who he knew more from hanging around the House, holding out the basket to him.

"Dude, better snag another one. Looks like she spent all night in the kitchen, so there's a ton here, but they won't last five seconds once the boys sniff them out."

He grabbed himself another muffin, chocolate chip this time, and took a bite. Man they were good.

A small pout at the mention of no ducks. He sighs. "Guess they are gone for good, I wanted to see the little duckies grow up." That frown still there as they walk into the house and he takes another nibble of the chocolate chip muffin until it is finally done, course now he has a bit of chocolate on his chin.

"Who knows, maybe they will come back!" His face lights up with the idea, always the positive thinker is this little boy. Then he reaches over and shakes Keith's hand but not too long.. he has to be careful about touching people. That silly power of his is growing in strength lately.

"I just got back here not too long ago and been gone for a very long time, but I'm back and it's really nice to meet you Keith." He beams and continues to sway in place as they stand in the foyer.

"So Mike... " And before Mike can utter a single word he goes around and jumps on his back. "Piggy back ride to the pool and back!" He smiles at Keith. "And then you too!" He laughs and wraps his arms around Mike's neck, good thing he weighs next to nothing.

And Cole is grabbed! "Whoa!" He laughs as he is grabbed up and he hears Dirk's voice. He almost dropped his wonderful, scrumptious, new love.. the muffin!

He laughs at the nuzzle to his ear and then is whisked away. "Dirk!" He laughs as they go up the stairs. "I don't want to drop the muffin!" He laughs even more as they finally get up the stairs, he even wiggles free of Dirk's grasp and dashes for his room, all the while taking a huge bite out of the muffin.

"Mine!" He laughs and gets to his door and pushes it open with a loud knock to the wall, yeah, Jay won't be happy if there are holes in the wall, though the house does seem to mend on its own.

And when Dirk gets to the door Cole smiles and grabs him by his shirt, pulls him in and slams the door shut. After that well, is none of anyone's business.

Michael kept still as Cole jumped on, and was neatly taken off and away by Dirk, the tightening of his hand on the bike the only hint something was not quite right. He still could put on the happy face when necessary, and Keith's comment brought out a chuckle.

"Yeah, they're almost as bad as Julian. Pretty soon all the new Bros will be put next to them."

Another little chuckle, as he shook Keith's hand. "I'm Michael. A tall cold milk sure would hit the spot. The bros can get these in the kitchen. Hey, maybe Jadey will share the recipie."

Pushing the Univega along, Michael headed to the kitchen with Keith.