DT Serum, Primary Testing In Progress

Ashton slept soundly through the night, not moving too much in his sleep. In the morning, Layla poked her head in to see if Lex was up and she could ask him a question, but saw those two together and smiled faintly, leaving them be.

Lex finally stirred as the sun began brightening his room.  He yawned and stretched carefully, trying not to wake Ashton.

Ashton was still out of it. He had sleep his body demanded he catch up on, but he looked comfortable and peaceful enough, thanks to Lex.

Lex sat up carefully and rubbed the back of his neck before stretching out the kinks in his back.  Moving softly, he dressed then slipped out, heading downstairs in barefeet.

Layla was on the downstairs couch, reading a book. Her blond hair was up in a messy bun to keep it out of the way. Gaster was making pancakes for everyone in the kitchen, while Sam was playing with Paul in the living room.

Shuni was with Sam and Paul, content to leave the cooking to Gaster for once.  True was in his room, caught up in his music and oblivious to the world.
"Morning," Lex greeted Layla and Gaster.

Layla turned and smiled at Lex. "Morning!" She said cheerfully.

Gaster nodded to Lex. "Good morning. How did you sleep last night?"

"Pretty good," Lex said.  "Pancake breakfast"

"Pancakes and sausage." Gaster confirmed. "Should be ready here before too much longer."

"Cool."  Lex ran his hands through his hair.  "Ashton and I have an errand we need to run this afternoon.  Need anything while we're out?"

"I don't believe so, no." Gaster said as he slid the last few pancakes off of the griddle. "I plan on going grocery shopping later anyway."

"Shuni will like that," Lex smirked.  "Sam in the livingroom?"

Gaster nodded. "Him and Paul and Shuni, yes." Gaster confirmed. Sam looked up when he heard his name.

"Cool.  Morning, Lays," Lex added as he passed her, going into the living room.  "Hey, Sam.  Got a question for you."

Layla smiled and waved at Lex, while Sam stood. "yeah, what's up?" Sam asked his older brother.

Lex plopped down on the end of the couch.  "I've been thinking.  About your bot battles.  It'd be kind of fun to enter, myself.  Think you could teach me about it?"

Sam smiled. "Of course, although... I kinda wanted to ask you if you wanted to be part of my crew for the bot." Sam admitted.

Lex paused, surprised by the invitation.  "Okay," he agreed.  "There's always next time for me.  You can teach me about bot battles in the meanwhile.  Don't really want to fight against you, though."

Sam smiled and laughed. "I bet any bot you make could beat mine easily." He smiled at Lex. "If you want, we can watch bot battles today. Dad and I have some of my favorite episodes saved on the DVR."

Lex considered then nodded.  "Sure, sounds like fun.  I like that idea."

Sam smiled brightly, looking forward to it. Lex might have made the boy's day.

"And what are you up to, little school skipper?" Lex growled, ruffling Paul's hair.

Paul giggled. "I'm not skipping! There's no school today!"

Lex narrowed his eyes.  "How can it be a Monday without school?"

"It's a teacher work day." Gaster explained. "It's a day for the teacher can solely catch up and plan, and the students get the day off."