Who: Gregory House, Angie Wilson-House, Thirteen, Severus Snape, Draco Malfoy and Hawkeye Pierce (plus Thicket the ferret.)
What: Preparations for dinner.
Where: Thirteen's kitchen and front yard
When: The afternoon shortly after House and Wilson's Serious Discussion
Status: Complete.
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one small scoop of batter exactly one point five inches in diameter. )
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These are the same people you talked to yesterday. part of her mind snapped. Quit being an idiot.
Yes, but they're in /here/ now, which is almost worse if possible, the other half of her mind retorted. They'll see things.
What things?
God knows, with /him/. He notices everything.
The first half of her mind had to concede that this might, possibly, be something of a problem, but she couldn't back out now.
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Angie smiled and said, "We're here to invite you to dinner. Daddy's cooking."
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That done, she turned her attention to Angie, who was hopefully going to be more cooperative, or at least nicer about it. "That's lovely, Angie! I - I just need to ... to finish up the cookies, and get ready to leave, and then we can - we can go." Thirteen turned back toward the kitchen and started to run the metal ruler under hot water. Steam rose from the sink, but she seemed to pay it no mind. "Take your shoes off and leave them at the door - neatly, neatly, lined up next to mine - and make sure your dad takes his off too, because I'm sure he'll probably try to get out of it."
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No doubt Angie would try and poison his food.
He could give House the Veritaserum and leave. That would be the wisest course of action.
So why did he plan on staying to watch the train wreck?
Sighing, he knocked on the door of House's neighbor and starting counting the minutes until he could leave.
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Maybe putting padding on the door and disconnecting the doorbell. Yes.
She retrieved Thicket from the mail slot and jerked the door open. "Who the hell are you? Oh, never mind, you're probably House's fault - come in if you have to but take your shoes off at the door and no whining about it."
Now she had to wash all those dishes that had been on the floor. She was going to murder House. As soon as she figured out how to do so without getting too dirty, that was.
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"Angie, Thirteen, come. Back to our house. I'm sure Wilson's half way through the preparations by now."
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Was that a ferret? That fact that it made him think of Draco surely made him a horrible godfather. Not that it would surprise anyone. It was only surprising when he acted as though he gave a damn. Granted, there were very few cases in which he actually did.
Severus would be damned if he'd take his boots off, though he was spared the indignity by House practically pulling him out of the house.
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Oh well. And was that Sev? Why was he milling around in someone's yard, and since when did Sev mill about?
"Sev?"
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"You have two choices. Either fake a horrid illness, or you are joining me for dinner." He looked back toward his host, and realized that faking an illness wasn't an option. Muggle idiots would try and cure Draco with needles and all manner of barbaric means.
"On second thought, you have no choice. You're joining us for dinner."
He cupped Draco around the back of his neck, and gave him a little shove toward the group. "House! Add another setting at the table!"
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Well well well, he stopped and cocked his head to one side at the sight of Thirteen locking and unlocking a door multiple times. She had an entourage too.
"I think the lock works, might wanna try the door knocker." He yelled at her as he leaned up against the front fence.
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"I - I just have to make sure it's locked and stays locked." she stuttered, getting to her feet again and staring disconsolately at her dirty hands. "Oh hellfire, I'm a mess."
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"Breathe? You know that thing you do with you're lungs?" He picked the keys up, locked the door then handed them to her. "See? Locked?" He pushed the door and it stayed shut. "A heard of wild bison couldn't get in there."
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House averted his attention to Severus and Draco, who were having their own private s(n)ide conversations. He was about to say something when a jogger said "Excuse me?"
House glared at him, really gave him the once over, and said, "What? You can't go around? Or run in the road?"
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