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Butterfly smiled as Tses gave her permission to help her read. Even if it was just a page, Butterfly was happy to be able to start somewhere and help. Butterfly saw the look on Tses's face though and said "Don't be sad Tses. I'll help you learn how to read. And I'll help you for however long you want me to." She walked over to the dresser and looked at both of the books she had. One was Alice in Wonderland and the other was I Am Number Four. Butterfly opened both and looked at the wording and compared their levels of difficulty. She wanted to start Tses off by reading something relatively easy so that she wouldn't get so frustrated. After comparing them, Butterfly decided on Alice in Wonderland. As she thought about it, she came to conclude that would be the better choice and also, it was a book that most children read when they were young. She walked back over to the bed and patted a spot next to her for Tses to sit. She opened the book to the first page of Chapter 1 and thought for a moment about how she wanted to start teaching Tses to read.

As the thought came to her mind, she looked down at the passage before her:

"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, `and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice `without pictures or conversation?'
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, `Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge."

"How about we take a sentence at a time? I'll read one and then you. And as you feel more comfortable and confident, you can read more and more of them."

Butterfly sort of chuckled a bit and blushed as Paige spoke to her. She was starting to have those feelings of a crush rise inside of her. Paige was so pretty and she seemed to have such a bubbly personality by the way that she spoke. "Yeah, I'm a shifter too, though I'm limited to just a butterfly. And trust me, I understand. I have those same shifting problems. I've been trying to learn how to control them. I'm not that good at it though. I've started to understand how to shift into, but not yet out of my butterfly form yet. How long have you been playing guitar? You sound amazing." Butterfly said, trying to converse without giving away her feelings.

Butterfly could sorta tell by the way that Tses answered that the idea of Butterfly being there was uncomfortable. When Tses mentioned the couch, Butterfly nodded her head. And as Tses talked about not really having entertainment, Butterfly said, "That's okay. I could check out the books. I could help you read some if you wanted. Or we could just sit and talk, unless you're tired or something. I'm pretty sure that carrying me all that way was difficult. I don't blame you if you're tired....I'm starting to ramble. I'm gonna hush now." She started to fiddle with her hands and tried to avoid contact with Tses. She felt kinda awkward. She didn't know what to say around Tses really. She wished her brother were there. It would have made things so much easier that way.

Butterfly turned back around and looked at Tses. As she looked at her, Butterfly spoke and said, "Yeah, it'll grow on you, but you gotta actually start doing it and go somewhere with it. Maybe one day we can go shopping and you can find some stuff you might actually like to wear. I won't torture you like other people have. I'll let you pick for yourself and I'm not into fads or anything. I believe you can wear what you want and create your own style. Oh, thanks for the shower by the way. I really appreciate it."

Butterfly sort of looked down at her feet and thought for a moment. She didn't know what to do or say next really. "Hey Tses, would you mind if I stayed with you tonight? Since there's so much snow and I kinda don't wanna be alone. If you don't want me to, I'll go back to the apartment. I just thought it would be nice to actually be around someone for once. I don't like to be alone." After she asked, Butterfly sorta stood there, feeling insecure and embarrassed. She hope that what she had asked for wasn't too much.

Butterfly fluttered her wings as she listened to the blonde woman sing. Just hearing her voice did something to Butterfly. As she watched her play and sing, Butterfly felt herself just start to melt. She was completely speechless. She just admired the moment, the peaceful serenity. Butterfly was brought back out of her daze as she heard the blonde woman speak again and smile. As Butterfly heard her words about enjoying the show, Butterfly blushed and thought to herself "Yes, I did. More than you know", though she knew that the blonde woman couldn't see her blush or hear her thoughts. Butterfly crawled over to where the blonde's hand was resting on the strings and rested her front legs on the woman's finger. Butterfly breathed in deep and realized how good she smelled. As Butterfly rested there, she hoped that the blonde would stay for a while and play some more. Butterfly really enjoyed being able to relax and hear the melodious tones she produced.

Butterfly had decided to go out and try working on her shifting abilities. And what better place to practice than the park. Wide open spaces where she could shift and fly without worrying about buildings or people or cars getting in the way. Plus the park was big enough that she could go and practice alone without people seeing her.

As she strolled down the sidewalk and through the gates of the park, Butterfly quickly found a spot where she could practice. She tried to remember what Tses had told her before, thinking about things that had made her change before. She closed her eyes and tried to imagine how she felt. As she concentrated, Butterfly shifted into her butterfly form. "Well, I managed to shift okay. Now the only question I still have to work out is how to shift back." Butterfly thought to herself. She fluttered around and as she was thinking, she managed to hear what sounded like people playing guitar, but not as if they were together, more like they were competing against each other. This intrigued Butterfly very much and she fluttered on following the sounds until she came upon a blonde in a black jacket and jeans, playing a purple guitar and a guy who obviously had a testosterone problem and had to try and show off and be competitive, even though he sucked at playing guitar. Butterfly didn't notice the crowd that started to form as they played, but she sure was glad when the guy decided to leave. Where she could actually listen to good guitar playing and admire the girl playing. Butterfly decided that she would flutter over and land on the headstock of the guitar and just watch. "Wow, she's even more pretty up close." Butterfly thought.

Butterfly finally found an ipod that had sorta the same music interests as her. She unraveled the attached headphones and placed one in her ear, headbanging slightly as she listened. She laughed and chuckled with her brother as they joked. But as she heard Ty say that he was jealous of their skills, Butterfly looked at him with a confused face, "What do you mean by that? Are you a thief as well? Is that how you manage to have so much money?"