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Fic: Why Eat Crow When There's Pie?
Title: Why Eat Crow When There's Pie?
Author: Erin (erinm_4600)
Characters, Pairing: DG and four OCs (mention of Cain, Ahamo and two OCs)
Rating: PG
Summary: Leo 'fields' a question from DG.
Warning: post-series *Within about a half hour of Rabbits - and Cain - Can be Scary. I realize the boys should probably react to DG differently, but she just has a way of making people forget their 'station'... Deal! :p
Disclaimer: The original characters belong to L. Frank Baum and their respective actors. The current characters belong to Sci-Fi, the movie folks and their respective actors. The OCs are mine.
Scarecrow | The Cafeteria Boys | Dinner Conversation | Cafeteria Food | Stallone and Rabbits | Rabbits - and Cain - Can be Scary | Why Eat Crow When There's Pie? | No Laughing Matter | Only in the O.Z. Would the Bible Be Funny... | There's Something About Wheelers | Ever Wonder What Would Happen if the Sheep Hit the Finaqua? | DG and Leo's Excellent Adventure (Which Turned Out to Be a Bogus Journey) | What Happened When the Sheep Hit the Finaqua | Preparations of Titanic Proportions | Boys are Cute When They're Flustered | Checkmate | The Blue and the Gray | Times They Are a-Changin' | Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Cain? | Subterfuge | Royal Guards Don't Dance
DG took another bite of near-pie and set the fork down again. 'That was kind of mean,' she thought for a moment. And not as funny when she was the only one who'd get it. Maybe Ahamo would get it. She should really sit down with him and find out just when he made his trip.
Of course, she should also be calling him 'Dad,' shouldn't she? Yet another thing on her list of things to deal with.
Sighing, DG smiled as the boys returned to the table with their trays. She’d insisted they act as if she wasn’t there, after all. She gave each of them a few minutes to chew before she began grilling them.
Glancing up, DG's eyes met Leo's and she gave him a genuine smile. Leaning forward, she motioned toward Kory with a nod. "So, Leo. Embarrassing story?" Leo took a breath, but before he could open his mouth, Kory leaned forward.
"Oh no," he protested, stern look on his face. Leo glanced at DG, who winked at him. Her hand went up and an innocent look poured across her face.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you that payback was a bitch?" No one said a word, but DG could see Aybol shifting in his seat, hiding a very white smile behind his hand. Leo smiled as well, once Kory blinked and huffed. "Continue," DG directed the young man sitting across from her. Leo shifted and leaned against the table.
"So, Av, my older brother, and Kory-" Leo nodded in Kory's direction. "-were in the same class. And, couple annuals back, there was a shindig..." DG smiled at the term; there was hope for the O.Z. yet.
"Well, my brother can drink an entire regiment of Longcoats under the table." DG noticed Kory nodding sharply. "Kory, on the other hand," Leo said, looking at his friend. "Can't." Kory agreed, simply by shaking his head, which caused DG to smile. "And there's this girl who's givin' her attention to Kory; which Av isn't happy about 'cause he fancies her somethin' fierce." DG mouthed 'fancies' to Kory, who nodded.
"So, as the evenin's wearin' on, Av gets this idea that if Kory gets too many, he'll turn this girl off and then Av's there, and much more appealing." DG made a face, guessing where this story would end.
"Kory finally passes out, and Av has one too many. He gets a bright idea to play a little joke on Kory, here-" DG noticed Kory simply staring toward the wall opposite him, occasionally moving his gaze to Leo or her. "So he gets a couple of guys to help carry Kory back home and set him up in the field." Kory straightened suddenly and shook his head.
"If you're gonna tell the story, tell the whole story." Leo rolled his eyes and looked to Aybol for a moment, who was silently shaking. DG assumed he knew this story as well.
"This was a costumed event. And someone didn't plan ahead," Leo said, shooting a look at Kory.
"Someone wasn't planning on going in the first place," Kory shot back, rolling his eyes.
"So Kory took the clothes off the scarecrow." DG grimaced, now knowing exactly where this was going. "Anyway, a few hours later, he comes to. Strapped to a post in his dad's field."
"That's awful," DG said, trying so very hard not to laugh.
"Oh, he's not done," Kory said with a nod to Leo. Aybol was hunched over in his seat, tapping his foot on the floor.
"Kory wasn't alone when he woke up," Leo continued with a chuckle. "In fact, he had three friends." Leo leaned over and put a hand on Kory's shoulder. "And there's our boy: dressed up like a scarecrow, tied to a post and acting as a resting spot for three crows." DG had to look away to cover her smile, but quickly recovered.
"Screamin' like a girl and the crows didn't even budge." Wide-eyed, DG gave Kory an apologetic glance.
"That's absolutely awful." Kory shrugged.
"Eh, it wasn't so bad," he said calmly. DG swore she saw a smile slip and caught her breath. A look of pure amazement swept across her face and she whispered loudly:
"You got lucky!" Kory couldn't hold a straight face and, judging by his reaction, this was news to Leo. DG laughed and turned to Aybol. "And your story?" Aybol scrunched his face slightly and shook his head.
"Well, you've done a wonder!" All four of them looked up to see Lona, who'd just appeared between DG and Kory. "Got this one-" she swatted at Kory. "-to use a chair for its intended purpose," she said, giving DG a smile. Kory made a face, but only for a second.
"It's not his fault," Aybol said, almost sincerely. "The table's too low and the chair's too high."
"No, no," Leo said, raising a hand to Aybol but looking at Kory. "He's 'proportionally-challenged.'" DG had to hold back a laugh as the look on Kory's face matched Cain's... well, all the time.
"Yeah, well... you're afraid of rabbits," Kory responded with a pout.
"Nice comeback," DG said sarcastically.
"You boys expectin' me to clean up after you?" Lona asked with a frown.
"No ma'am," Aybol said, shaking his head.
"They're just waiting on me," DG said before taking a last bite of pie. Leo smiled again, but directed his gaze to the table. Lona turned to DG.
"Honey, you've only got a few ticks before this place starts to fill up with the early shift." DG automatically looked to the watch she wasn't wearing. How long had she been there?
"Crap!" DG nodded and pushed her chair back. As before, all three boys rose with her, which made Lona beam. "Guys, seriously! Don't do that-" Lona put a hand on her arm.
"Honey, trust me: Take it when you can get it." She patted Kory's arm and reached for the plate, shushing DG's protest. DG watched her walk away and sighed.
"Well, this was fun." The boys each raised eyebrows and gave each other a look. Reaching across the table to Leo, DG stuck out her hand. "Leo." He smiled and took her hand. DG then held the same hand to Kory and raised an eyebrow. "Kory, right?" Kory took her hand and the light bulb clicked.
"Oh!" If it was possible to be mortified and flustered, at the same time, Kory had reached it. "Sorry. Kory. Kory Hale." Shaking his hand, DG smiled and responded:
"Nice to meet you, Kory Hale." She looked back to Leo.
"Tigg," he said with a nod.
"Leo Tigg," she replied with a smile. Turning to Aybol, he already had his hand out.
"Aybol." DG raised an eyebrow. "Just Aybol," he said with a shrug. She nodded slowly as Kory added:
"Not fond of his first name, our Aybol." Aybol made a face at his friend.
"Is it Angus?" DG asked. Aybol squinted slightly and shook his head. His expression said two words: 'I wish.'
"Honey, Juliet would be an improvement." DG raised an eyebrow, smiled and gave the three of them one last look.
"Kory Hale, Leo Tigg and 'Just Aybol?'" she double-checked, pointing to each of them. They all nodded and she added: "We should do this again, sometime." Smiling again, she gave them a wave and moved around the table and toward the door. Once she was gone, the boys looked at each other in disbelief.
Zek and Fitz were never gonna believe this.
Author: Erin (erinm_4600)
Characters, Pairing: DG and four OCs (mention of Cain, Ahamo and two OCs)
Rating: PG
Summary: Leo 'fields' a question from DG.
Warning: post-series *Within about a half hour of Rabbits - and Cain - Can be Scary. I realize the boys should probably react to DG differently, but she just has a way of making people forget their 'station'... Deal! :p
Disclaimer: The original characters belong to L. Frank Baum and their respective actors. The current characters belong to Sci-Fi, the movie folks and their respective actors. The OCs are mine.
Scarecrow | The Cafeteria Boys | Dinner Conversation | Cafeteria Food | Stallone and Rabbits | Rabbits - and Cain - Can be Scary | Why Eat Crow When There's Pie? | No Laughing Matter | Only in the O.Z. Would the Bible Be Funny... | There's Something About Wheelers | Ever Wonder What Would Happen if the Sheep Hit the Finaqua? | DG and Leo's Excellent Adventure (Which Turned Out to Be a Bogus Journey) | What Happened When the Sheep Hit the Finaqua | Preparations of Titanic Proportions | Boys are Cute When They're Flustered | Checkmate | The Blue and the Gray | Times They Are a-Changin' | Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Cain? | Subterfuge | Royal Guards Don't Dance
DG took another bite of near-pie and set the fork down again. 'That was kind of mean,' she thought for a moment. And not as funny when she was the only one who'd get it. Maybe Ahamo would get it. She should really sit down with him and find out just when he made his trip.
Of course, she should also be calling him 'Dad,' shouldn't she? Yet another thing on her list of things to deal with.
Sighing, DG smiled as the boys returned to the table with their trays. She’d insisted they act as if she wasn’t there, after all. She gave each of them a few minutes to chew before she began grilling them.
Glancing up, DG's eyes met Leo's and she gave him a genuine smile. Leaning forward, she motioned toward Kory with a nod. "So, Leo. Embarrassing story?" Leo took a breath, but before he could open his mouth, Kory leaned forward.
"Oh no," he protested, stern look on his face. Leo glanced at DG, who winked at him. Her hand went up and an innocent look poured across her face.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you that payback was a bitch?" No one said a word, but DG could see Aybol shifting in his seat, hiding a very white smile behind his hand. Leo smiled as well, once Kory blinked and huffed. "Continue," DG directed the young man sitting across from her. Leo shifted and leaned against the table.
"So, Av, my older brother, and Kory-" Leo nodded in Kory's direction. "-were in the same class. And, couple annuals back, there was a shindig..." DG smiled at the term; there was hope for the O.Z. yet.
"Well, my brother can drink an entire regiment of Longcoats under the table." DG noticed Kory nodding sharply. "Kory, on the other hand," Leo said, looking at his friend. "Can't." Kory agreed, simply by shaking his head, which caused DG to smile. "And there's this girl who's givin' her attention to Kory; which Av isn't happy about 'cause he fancies her somethin' fierce." DG mouthed 'fancies' to Kory, who nodded.
"So, as the evenin's wearin' on, Av gets this idea that if Kory gets too many, he'll turn this girl off and then Av's there, and much more appealing." DG made a face, guessing where this story would end.
"Kory finally passes out, and Av has one too many. He gets a bright idea to play a little joke on Kory, here-" DG noticed Kory simply staring toward the wall opposite him, occasionally moving his gaze to Leo or her. "So he gets a couple of guys to help carry Kory back home and set him up in the field." Kory straightened suddenly and shook his head.
"If you're gonna tell the story, tell the whole story." Leo rolled his eyes and looked to Aybol for a moment, who was silently shaking. DG assumed he knew this story as well.
"This was a costumed event. And someone didn't plan ahead," Leo said, shooting a look at Kory.
"Someone wasn't planning on going in the first place," Kory shot back, rolling his eyes.
"So Kory took the clothes off the scarecrow." DG grimaced, now knowing exactly where this was going. "Anyway, a few hours later, he comes to. Strapped to a post in his dad's field."
"That's awful," DG said, trying so very hard not to laugh.
"Oh, he's not done," Kory said with a nod to Leo. Aybol was hunched over in his seat, tapping his foot on the floor.
"Kory wasn't alone when he woke up," Leo continued with a chuckle. "In fact, he had three friends." Leo leaned over and put a hand on Kory's shoulder. "And there's our boy: dressed up like a scarecrow, tied to a post and acting as a resting spot for three crows." DG had to look away to cover her smile, but quickly recovered.
"Screamin' like a girl and the crows didn't even budge." Wide-eyed, DG gave Kory an apologetic glance.
"That's absolutely awful." Kory shrugged.
"Eh, it wasn't so bad," he said calmly. DG swore she saw a smile slip and caught her breath. A look of pure amazement swept across her face and she whispered loudly:
"You got lucky!" Kory couldn't hold a straight face and, judging by his reaction, this was news to Leo. DG laughed and turned to Aybol. "And your story?" Aybol scrunched his face slightly and shook his head.
"Well, you've done a wonder!" All four of them looked up to see Lona, who'd just appeared between DG and Kory. "Got this one-" she swatted at Kory. "-to use a chair for its intended purpose," she said, giving DG a smile. Kory made a face, but only for a second.
"It's not his fault," Aybol said, almost sincerely. "The table's too low and the chair's too high."
"No, no," Leo said, raising a hand to Aybol but looking at Kory. "He's 'proportionally-challenged.'" DG had to hold back a laugh as the look on Kory's face matched Cain's... well, all the time.
"Yeah, well... you're afraid of rabbits," Kory responded with a pout.
"Nice comeback," DG said sarcastically.
"You boys expectin' me to clean up after you?" Lona asked with a frown.
"No ma'am," Aybol said, shaking his head.
"They're just waiting on me," DG said before taking a last bite of pie. Leo smiled again, but directed his gaze to the table. Lona turned to DG.
"Honey, you've only got a few ticks before this place starts to fill up with the early shift." DG automatically looked to the watch she wasn't wearing. How long had she been there?
"Crap!" DG nodded and pushed her chair back. As before, all three boys rose with her, which made Lona beam. "Guys, seriously! Don't do that-" Lona put a hand on her arm.
"Honey, trust me: Take it when you can get it." She patted Kory's arm and reached for the plate, shushing DG's protest. DG watched her walk away and sighed.
"Well, this was fun." The boys each raised eyebrows and gave each other a look. Reaching across the table to Leo, DG stuck out her hand. "Leo." He smiled and took her hand. DG then held the same hand to Kory and raised an eyebrow. "Kory, right?" Kory took her hand and the light bulb clicked.
"Oh!" If it was possible to be mortified and flustered, at the same time, Kory had reached it. "Sorry. Kory. Kory Hale." Shaking his hand, DG smiled and responded:
"Nice to meet you, Kory Hale." She looked back to Leo.
"Tigg," he said with a nod.
"Leo Tigg," she replied with a smile. Turning to Aybol, he already had his hand out.
"Aybol." DG raised an eyebrow. "Just Aybol," he said with a shrug. She nodded slowly as Kory added:
"Not fond of his first name, our Aybol." Aybol made a face at his friend.
"Is it Angus?" DG asked. Aybol squinted slightly and shook his head. His expression said two words: 'I wish.'
"Honey, Juliet would be an improvement." DG raised an eyebrow, smiled and gave the three of them one last look.
"Kory Hale, Leo Tigg and 'Just Aybol?'" she double-checked, pointing to each of them. They all nodded and she added: "We should do this again, sometime." Smiling again, she gave them a wave and moved around the table and toward the door. Once she was gone, the boys looked at each other in disbelief.
Zek and Fitz were never gonna believe this.