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RP: Lending a Hand

Aug 14, 2006 15:11

Date: 14 August 2001
Characters: Sirius, Molly, Quin, Tracey
Status: private
Summary: Sirius and Tracey watch Quin for the evening to help out Hermione while Charlie's withdrawing
Completion: incomplete

( Adventures in Babysitting )

quin, sirius, tracey, molly

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mumof7redheads August 14 2006, 22:36:00 UTC

Hello," Molly said. "We do. He's in the sitting room climbing his grandfather." She led the way through the door and stopped to watch Quin climbing up and down onto Arthur's lap and down to the floor while Arthur cheerfully read him a story, apparently not minding that Quin was in a state of constant motion as he listened.

"Quin," she said, "Are you ready to go play with Sirius?"

quin_gw August 14 2006, 22:39:40 UTC

"Hi Otur," Quin said, stopping to wave. He pulled very hard to get back up on grandfather's lap. "Not done wif 'tory yet," he said.

Grandfather read a few more line, then looked down at him. "The end. Did you like that story?"

Quin nodded. "Dat bunny haves too many foods." He slid down again and hopped over to Otur. "Go hop-hop," he explained as he held up his hands to be picked up.

olddognewtrick August 14 2006, 23:59:37 UTC

"Hi Quin," Sirius said, smiling as Quin climbed back into Arthur's lap. and continued with the book.

He turned to Molly, concern striking his features. "How are they doing?"

Quin was hopping around like a rabbit on a sugar-high, and Sirius picked him up, giving him a kiss on his cheek. "Oh, he did? He must have had quite the bellyache!"

mumof7redheads August 15 2006, 03:50:20 UTC

"All right, I think. As well as can be expected. I gather Ron is helping, and while I'd like to go take care of him myself--and kick certain select portions of his anatomy--I think it's a relief to Hermione that I've got this part under control."

She smiled at Quin. "He's very enthusiastic about virtually everything. You've had him for an afternoon before, then?"

quin_gw August 15 2006, 03:52:46 UTC

"No bellyate," Quin said seriously. "Dat bunny gives foods to eveybody else and dey haves a pawty!"

He kissed Sirius's cheek back and made a big-dimples smile. "Gamma say I doe see Tensi wif you!"

olddognewtrick August 15 2006, 03:58:32 UTC

Sirius nodded. "At least Hermione's accepting the help they need."

Molly seemed wary about Sirius babystting, but he had it all under control. "I took him to the park last week and we had a great time. No worries, Molly, I used to babysit Harry all the time, and you know how protective Lily was over him."

He grinned back at Quin. "We are indeed going to see Kensi. He's been wagging his tail all day since I told him you were coming!"

quin_gw August 15 2006, 04:01:05 UTC

"Yay!" Quin turned his top half around to wave bye at Grandfather, and then bounced in Sirius's arms. "We doe now? And we have sanwich?"

mumof7redheads August 15 2006, 04:03:22 UTC

Molly nodded soberly. "She struggles with that. I certainly know how hard it is to take care of more than one needy person at a time, but it's hard for her to remember that, I suppose."

She leaned over and kissed Quin. "You be good for Sirius."

Sirius himself got a hug and a whispered, "Well, if you get stuck, you know where I am."

olddognewtrick August 15 2006, 05:19:02 UTC

"I do indeed," Sirius said as he returned the hug warmly. "Thanks, Molly. I'll bring him back when he starts to get sleepy. Good to see you, Arthur," Sirius nodded to him, and then turned to Quin ( ... )

quin_gw August 15 2006, 05:24:34 UTC

"Tadetti and a sanwich?" he asked hopefully. He grinned. He liked both.

Quin waved bye to Grandma, and then they did sneezy powder to Otur's house. He wrinkled his nose and pushed it around with his fist until it stopped feeling sneezy.

"Hi Tensi!" He wiggled to get down, then spotted the bag of colorful things. "Dat toys is my?"

He struggled between puppy and toys, finally sitting down nextto the bag so Kensi could lick his ears.

olddognewtrick August 15 2006, 05:34:25 UTC

Quin went straight for the toys, and Kensi followed him dutifully. Sirius sat in a chair near the bag and reached in to see what Tracey had bought. No doubt she'd asked the salesman what the best toys for toddlers were and then got them all.

"The toys are for you to play with when you come visit here," Sirius said diplomatically, knowing that Hermione and Charlie wouldn't be too happy if he sent Quin home with a bunch of flashy toys.

The first thing he pulled out was robotic animal of some sort, with a remote control. Robo-Bunny. Sirius opened the box and found a small robot thing and some batteries. After wrestling the batteries into the toy, he set it on the carpet and pressed a button. It hopped, and its little robotic tail twitched. Sirius had been hoping for something rather more spectacular, but it was sort of cute.

quin_gw August 15 2006, 05:41:11 UTC

Quin had a lap with a happy puppy! No one ever sat in his lap. Except two times when Bat let him hold a bunny, very carefully. But the bunny didn't lick him. He giggled.

The Otur put the Shiny Bunny on the floor and it went hop! Kensi watched it and made his ears go wiggle at it, while Quin watched it for a moment. Grandfather would like that bunny.

olddognewtrick August 15 2006, 06:02:42 UTC

Quin seemed vaguely interested in the bunny, although it was hard to tell when Kensi was currently sitting on him and licking every inch of Quin that he could reach ( ... )

quin_gw August 15 2006, 06:12:27 UTC

Quin clapped his hands and tried to sing along. Of course, the only words he knew were "Mary had a little lamb," so he just went with that over and over.

Then it changed to the spider song, so he sang that one and made the fingers. "Dat bots sings wots of songs!" he announced. "Do you sing wif?"

olddognewtrick August 15 2006, 06:26:16 UTC

Quin didn't know many of the words, but he was certainly an enthusiastic singer. Sirius looked at the box for a moment, and got an idea.

"I'll sing with you," he said as he stood to go get his guitar case from the wardrobe. He hadn't played in a few weeks, but he thought Quin might appreciate a real guitar instead of a light-up box.

He took out the guitar and sat down on the floor, legs folded under him, and set his guitar on his lap, strumming a few chords to see if the tuning charm still held. He flicked his wand at the musical box to shut it up, and then started playing and singing.

"Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-ii-ee-ii-ooooh. And on that he had a dog, ee-ii-ee-ii-ooooh. Can you make the doggy sounds with me? With a woof woof here, and a woof woof there..."

quin_gw August 15 2006, 06:33:47 UTC

Quin beamed at the big funny music box and clapped more when Sirius petted it and made it make a song. "Woof woof! Make horsey!"

He stood up and bounced, bending his knees, and patted on Otur's knees. When the song was over, he reached and poked the long strings, frowning when his petting did not make a song. He poked more, pulling his hand back when the strong when boing and made a noise, smacking his finger as it did. He put the finger in his mouth. Clearly it required petting from Otur. "Do again?"

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