Parker cradled Jamie's head in her lap, stroking Jamie's dreadlocks while J-pop played from Parker's Starpod in its speaker dock. Parker's bed was the only place in her room free of the random clutter that covered the rest of it.

"I am so totally jealous."

Jamie scowled up at her girlfriend's face. "Of what?"

"Everything? Not one but two team ups with Wild Kat and Velvet. Being tested in the ways of the samurai by your grandfather. The impassioned plea from your grandma. The only downer is that Stardust's kid likes the Young Dudes. Seriously, that constitutes abuse."

"I don't think a young girl who likes a superhero boy band is the worst part of this."

"Look: first off, they aren't real superheroes. Only two of the...

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