Wensley smiled just as wide when he heard Adam's voice. They'd all been so busy over the holidays visiting relatives and such that the Them hadn't had much time together. He'd missed Adam's presence.
"I thought I might set up a place for people to gather, in case they didn't have anywhere to spend the New Year," he explained, gesturing towards his sign.
"What a great idea!" he exclaimed enthusiastically. Adam was long past that phase of being jealous when someone else came up with a good idea first. "Thanks for thinkin' of it." With a laugh and a wink, he added, "Do you have any recommendations 'bout what I should drink at your free bar?"
"Yeah," Pepper chimed in, coming up behind Adam. She had been planning on going out and seeing what was happening in Tadfield, but this would be better. "What should I drink, and what's the entertainment, Wens?" she asked with a raised eyebrow and an awful smirk. "You gonna get up on the bar and strip for us before the new year's in?"
"I'd watch that," Brian said, grinning. Trotting aimlessly down the hall, he'd spotted the sign and everyone and stopped. He was intrigued. Beer! And entertainment! "Hi Adam, Pep," he added, poking her.
"Aowww, Pep! Abuse!" Brian whined, clutching his stomach. "You're mean." I shall get my revenge! he vowed. Moohahaha.
He turned to Wens and grinned again, a bit sheepishly. "So what've you got lined up for the evening, mate? Besides free alcohol, which, by the way, is truly a brilliant idea."
Blushing furiously at Pepper's suggestion, and Brian's reaction, he turned his attention back to Adam. "Well, I'm not sure, actually," he admitted. "But if we've got the ingredients, I'm sure I can make whatever you want. And as for entertainment..." he gave Brian a little push forward. "He's your man!" Leaning forward, he whispered an urgent "Think of something!" before scampering off to the safety of the bar.
He turned to Adam and Pepper and shrugged helplessly. "Am I entertaining? No, don't answer that." He scratched his chin. "I suppose I could juggle. . . ."
Adam just laughed, endlessly pleased to have all his friends around him again. 'Entertainment' or not, he expected that the evening would be entertaining.
Misinterpreting Adam's laugh, Brian wrinkled his nose. "Yeah, I'd probably end up concussing people. Probably not the best way to start the new year, eh?"
He ran down his endless list of talents* and had a thought.
"We-ell . . ." he said slowly. "I suppose I could bring my guitar down and entertain the, er, masses with my mad skills. Or something."
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"Aw..." Pepper mock whined, "but I was lookin' forward to havin' you as my own personal court jester, Brian." She pouted her lips pitifully and slouched. "You three never want to do anythin' fun." Not that she didn't want Brian to play. But she figured he knew by now that if he played, she'd listen.
"Never satisfied, are ya, Pep?" Brian sighed dramatically. "How about this. If you can find a jester hat with those dangly bell things on 'em, I'll wear it. All night. 'Til midnight. Right?" He pointed at her. "That is your quest! I'll be right back." He turned and sprinted up the stairs to get his gear, smacking Pepper on the back of the head as he went and giggling to himself.
Pepper listened to the deal skeptically, then looked over at Adam and sighed. "I think he's tryin' to get rid of me, dun't you? Givin' me a quest to look for a hat wot's not there, and - " and then that hand landed on the back of her head and her eyes narrowed into slits, but Brian was already sprinting up the stairs, so she shouted after him. "Oh, you will not bein makin' it to the New Year, you hear me? Coward!" She punched Adam's shoulder in frustration because he was the closest thing to her, and she had to hit something after that.
"Hey, Wens! What's goin' on?"
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"I thought I might set up a place for people to gather, in case they didn't have anywhere to spend the New Year," he explained, gesturing towards his sign.
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At the finger jab, she elbowed him good in the stomach. "Oi, quit poking me, you."
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He turned to Wens and grinned again, a bit sheepishly. "So what've you got lined up for the evening, mate? Besides free alcohol, which, by the way, is truly a brilliant idea."
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He turned to Adam and Pepper and shrugged helplessly. "Am I entertaining? No, don't answer that." He scratched his chin. "I suppose I could juggle. . . ."
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He ran down his endless list of talents* and had a thought.
"We-ell . . ." he said slowly. "I suppose I could bring my guitar down and entertain the, er, masses with my mad skills. Or something."
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* About three inches long. In large writing.
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