Bill Visiting

[hexed_gideon]

Gideon's invited Bill to visit him several weeks ago after talking Molly around to letting her oldest out of her sight for a few days. The invitation orginally included Charlie as well, but Charlie's got himself a head-cold and not deemed fit to go anywhere at present

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[twolions]

*bounces impatiently in front of the kitchen fireplace while Molly fusses over him, rolling his eyes when she checks the contents of his overnight bag for what must be the fifth time*
*obediently listens to her reminders then takes the handful of floo powder like he's been practicing for days and throws it enthusiastically into the fireplace*
*practically yells* Uncle Gideon's Flat, Kings Road, LONDON!

*clenches his bag tightly as he travels through the floo system then topples out into Gideon's flat, righting himself with the ease of a child and throwing himself headlong at Gideon with a hoot of triumph*

[hexed_gideon]

*has only just put his cup on the small coffee table next to the sofa when Bill appears in the fire* *can't help smiling broadly, as he materialises in the fire; is rather amused by how giddy he is himself* *Bill throwing himself at him almost knocks the air out of him, and he laughs breathlessly, hugging him close and speaking into his hair* Hey nephew. Welcome.

*plucks him off himself a bit to look at him, taking in how well-groomed he looks* *grins and teases* Perfectly equipped, I see. *hugs him again* Just let me tell Molly you've arrived with every hair in place and all limbs still attached. *crouches in front of the fire, throwing a bit of floo powder into it, and calls through to the Burrow* *his conversation with Molly's brief, and afterwards he turns around to Bill* Let's get you settled, and then I'll take you for a grand tour of the flat.

[twolions]

*grins up at him, hugging him as hard as his little arms can manage*
Hullo Uncle Gideon!

*ears turn pink* Mum fussed. And fussed. And made me take TWO baths. *wrinkles his nose.

*looks around the room eagerly while Gideon talks to Molly, but manages not to wander off though he stares rather wide eyed at al the bookshelves*
*shamelessly* Do I get a tour of the books too? Are there dragons in them? Do any of them bite or yell bad things when you touch them? Do they have any spells to keep Percy from pooing so much?

[hexed_gideon]

*chuckles* Two baths even? *teases* You must've been awfully dirty. *ruffles his hair*

*nods, grinning widely at the barrage of questions* Certainly, if you want to. Dragons? *appears to ponder this* I'm not entirely sure, we might have to look for them. *winks at him* I'm sure there's more than one spell for or against indigestion in them.

*kneels before him* Alright, ground rules first. There's nothing here you aren't allowed to look at and touch, of course, or any room that's off-limits. *has given back all the books he borrowed from various people prior to Bill's visit* You can go wherever you please. I shall just have to ask you to take off your shoes when you go upstairs and be careful with everything in my study upstairs. *gets to his feet* Off we go, then. *takes his overnight bag* We'll leave your jacket and shoes in the hallway.

[hexed_gideon]

== jumping to Saturday afternoon, a quarter past two -- Bill and Gideon spent the morning first going with one of the London busses and then at the British Museum, but went home for lunch, so Bill wouldn't be too tired in the afternoon -- they're getting ready for going out again in the hallway ==

*spells the buttons of his cloak closed and looks Bill over, winding his scarf about his neck*
*smiles* Is it okay if I side-along you?
*is very much looking forward to seeing Augustus under such different circumstances, unbelievably curious how he will react to Bill*

How shall we do this? Fixed order or free for all? :)

[twolions]

*wrinkles his nose up with the scarf bumps into it and he pushes it down*
*frowns a bit*
Are we allowed to apparate to the park? Isn't it a muggle park? Won't we get in trouble?

Oh dear god, please a fixed order. *begs* I'm soo anal.
We could go easily with Gid-Bill-Gus, once they get to the park that is?

[hexed_gideon]

*wraps his own scarf around his neck*
It is a Muggle park, but there are apparating spots close to it, one just beside the toilet at Lancaster Gate.
*holds his hand out for Bill to take*
All set?

Gid-Bill-Gus sounds lovely. :) That okay with you, Spess?

[twolions]

*smiles and nods*
Okay. We're not going to apparate into the toilet are we? 'Cause that could be messy. Dad says sometimes people make the toilets explode.

*takes Gideon's hand but suddenly frowns and looks incredibly worried*
*tugs at Gideon's sleeve until he bends down*
*small voice*
What- what if Goose doesn't like me?

[hexed_gideon]

*wakes up quite early, having gone to bed much earlier than he usually would on a Saturday night*
*finds Bill snuggled into the blanket next to him and smiles, stroking over his tousled hair once*
*lies there for a long moment, simply looking at his nephew and contemplating the creation of the universe at large and the peace-inducing presence of a sleeping child, but eventually has to follow nature's call downstairs*
*on his way back, he remembers the last morning, which he enjoyed very much, and nips into the kitchen to make himself a pot of tea and get the paper*
*back in his bedroom, he settles down next to Bill, drawing the blanket over his legs and begins to read the Sunday paper, sipping on his tea every so often*

[twolions]

*curls up closer to Gideon when he comes back but his hair gets ruffled by the edge of the paper as he turns pages*
*whines*
Charlie...

*slowly wakes up and opens one eye to look at Gideon*
*smiles sleepily*
Mornin' Uncle Gideon.

[hexed_gideon]

Good morning to you, too. :)

*looks down when Bill whines, and puts the paper aside, sliding back under the covers next to him*
*smiles back*
Good morning.
*strokes over his hair and down his back, watching him waking up*
Did you sleep well?

[twolions]

Gah. Mother stole me to move furniture. BEFORE coffee!! *cries and hides in library now*

*smiles and burrows close to Gideon, trapping Snort between them*
Mmhmm. But dreamt that the Happy Prince was kissing Goose in the park and then he wasn't gold any more.

[hexed_gideon]

=== It's about five to ten, and Bill and Gideon have been preparing breakfast for the past forty or so minutes. The table in the living room is laid for three people, and there's already quite a bit of food there: bread, jam, butter, fresh tea, milk, honey, sugar along with the fruit bowl and several other things. In the kitchen, Bill and Gideon are still cooking, Bill's making 'blue eggs', and Gideon's frying halved tomatoes along with a bit of bacon. ===

*is stirring the tomatoes and bacon in the pan*
How are the eggs coming along?

[twolions]

*grins at him and nods, stirring the pan of scrambled eggs with exaggerated precision*
Almost blue!

*reaches into his pocket and pulls out a tiny tube of simple blue food dye*
*pulls the top off and squirts a generous amount into the eggs with a giggle*
*closes it then stirs the eggs turning them a rather garish shade of blue*
They're blue now!

Sorry about the delay, lovelies. Got caught up in the mixer for a bit then needed to hide from LJ for a while. Am back here but potentionally not returning to the mixer.

And, even I didn't know how he was going to make blue eggs but I'm very very relieved it didn't involve blueberry jam or the like. :P

[hexed_gideon]

*looks on as he pulls the food dye out of his pocket and laughs loudly*
*the eggs look indeed garish, very green in places where there's a lot of yolk, but otherwise perfectly blue*
*is torn between finding it fun and somewhat disgusting, because food dye is food dye*
*a little dryly, but very amused* I think I shall ask Molly for blue eggs next time. The magical sort laid by the chicken you turned blue once.

*puts a serving platter on the counter next to the cooker and spells it warm*
*heaps the tomatoes and the bacon onto it*
Are you done with the eggs?

Nice to have you back. *squishes*
Blueberry jam would've topped the lot! :D

[twolions]

*giggles* I did ask her for some but she said they'd not travel well and that I'd fall onto them when I came out of the floo and they'd break inside my bag and then my clothes would be blue and eggy.

*nods and hands the spoon he's been using to Gideon and climbs down from the stool he's been standing on so he's out of Gideon's way*
*looks out of the kitchen door for the hundredth time*
Where's Goose? He's still coming isn't he?

*hugs*
*shudders at the thought*