Liz smirked, but didn't respond to the pinch as Marcus passed.<br/><br/>"Yeah the kids can get distracted," she said, "its hard enough getting them to the dinner table. Come in, and make yourself at home... Just...uh, put your stuff in the guest-bedroom, you know where it is..."<br/><br/>She heard Rissa yelling, and slamming the door. Liz didn't know what exactly was about, but she had a feeling that Lan had interrupted something. Still, she wasn't about to have any of her kids yelling and slamming doors.<br/><br/>"I should probably go see what that was about..." she said. She leaned forward and gave Lan a quick kiss on the cheek, before heading down the hall to Kana's room. She opened the door slowly, and stepped in, closing it behind herself. She made her way over to the bed, and sat down, putting a hand on the covers, over Rissa's back.<br/><br/>"Its Uncle Lan you just yelled at," she said, "and I'm sure he hasn't been here long enough to ruin your life. Want to tell me what's going on?"<br/><br/>Liz had always been an understanding mother, if a bit firmer than her husband. Of course, Rissa wasn't a little girl any more, but Liz was still her mother, and that wasn't going to change, just like Lan was still her little brother.