Mary had been sleeping peacefully in front of the TV having drifted off at some point earlier in the night. Through the fog of her dreams she heard a loud crash and woke up, groggily at first. She looked at the blanket covering her with a feeling of confusion before leaving it on the couch to find out what had woken her up.

A bowl of pears sat on the floor, curiously undisturbed for something dropping off a counter. Something else probably made the noise, pears don't just jump off the counter and land perfectly up like that unless it was done on purpose. Mary wasn't really worried- she knew "the creature" had been "taken care of". Emily had probably just been doing something weird and forgot to put the fruit back up on the counter. That or they'd become sentient and were toying with her.

Mary: "You're grounded for a week! And that means NO TV!"

Mary headed upstairs then, hoping to maybe get some sleep in her own bed instead of on the couch. Something about her room was different, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was. Then she realized the blanket that had been covering her downstairs had come from her bed. She assumed Emily got it for her, but a niggling feeling made her wonder... She swooped down and picked up Miss Buggity from the foot of her bed.

Mary: "That blanket better have been Emily's doing- no boys allowed, remember?"

She looked at the clock- 5AM. She looked longingly at the blanketless bed, then back at the clock.

Mary: "Four paintings left in a five painting series and too much time spent goofing around in cemetaries. As if being conscientious enough to do my part in saving the world from vampires wasn't bad enough, I just have to have a work ethic on top of it, don't I? At least the studio should be quiet at dawn."

Mary slowly showered and dressed, trying to fill in the time before heading out the door. She wandered downstairs and gathered her blanket, making the bed with extra care.

When she ran out of things to do to fill the time, she simply waited for the sun to rise before leaving the house.