Hendrix covered his mouth with both of his hands and squinted his eyes shut. He was doing his very best to get from cracking up. Why hadn't they thought of muffliato?! That worked for everything! He held staunch still while listening to the twins try to cover up their tracks and found himself getting giggle belly; the dreaded silent condition of the giggles without the noise.

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Ella covered Hendrix's wriggling with a nervous laugh. "Oh Maurey, you are such a wriggle bug tonight" she moaned, turning her back to her mom and pulling the covers up to her chin.

"Can we go back to sleep now? Jeez..."

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Paula didn't look like she was buying it, and for a second Jenny feared that she might turn the lights on. "Fine, get some rest you two," she eventually relented, "Your friend is coming over tomorrow, isn't he? You shouldn't stay up all night!" she warned, before backing out and slowly closing the door behind her.

When she was gone, Jenny could only barely wait until she heard the footsteps fading down the hall before she began giggling herself. "Oh my god," she laughed quietly, squirming to the edge of her bed and peering down at them again. "You guys so owe me," she teased. They both knew Ella had covered for her plenty of times, of course.

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Hendrix sighed in relief, he had made it through his first successful sneak around and hadn't suffered a heart attack. In a moment of pure joy he wrapped his arms around Ella and pulled her to his chest, wrapping her up in his arms and giggling. "I can't believe that worked," he said quietly.

"I will definitely make this up to you Jenny," Hendrix giggled.

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Ella planted a kiss on Hendrix's forehead and giggled quietly to herself. It was almost ridiculous, the size difference between them, but it made her feel super safe. She played little spoon as she twisted round to face Jenny's upsidedown head.

"Seriously Jen, I'll totally eat all your veggies tomorrow" Ella said, though her fingers were crossed behind her back.

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"Except the carrots," Jenny agreed, smiling a bit. Flopping more comfortably onto her own back, she sighed a little and pulled her own covers back up, getting snuggled down in and comfortable. It really was pretty late, but she didn't really feel that tired anymore.

"You're just lucky you had your pants on," she warned coyly, "Charlie didn't always," she added, mostly hoping to get a rise out of Ella. It was almost comical to her how much her sister disliked her ex. He really was great, you just had to peel the layers back.

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Hendrix tried to stifle a snort at Jenny's crude comment about pants wearing. It was more out of shock that she thought he would even unzip his pants in front of the twins! "I... uh... I'm securely pantsed," he wanted to smack himself in the head but instead buried his face in Ella's hair and giggled in Ella's hair.

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