James heard the call from his room upstairs and looked down over the railing to see Megan below him at the doorway, dressed cutely as always, but he couldn't see the new girl yet.  He threw a t-shirt on and a pair of jeans, not normally being a fan of getting dressed at all if there was no reason for it, and headed downstairs.  Once in view of the new girl-<em>what was her name again</em>-he looked her over appraisingly and sighed, making a point not to be mean to her, though he doubted he'd treat her warmly.<br/><br/>He walked over with a poilte smile and put his arm briefly around Megan's shoulders.  If there was one thing that could normally cheer him up, it was being close to her.  He managed to avoid patting her butt, something he always did when walking up to her in private, but he knew social workers looked for anything odd and that if he messed this up he'd be in serious trouble.