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Fiona O'Malley ([personal profile] littlebitscary) wrote in [community profile] thepicketfencecliche2015-12-12 09:54 pm

spamalot } { of sneaking in windows and love of grapes



Liam: [left a note in Landon's locker about meeting him in the parking lot after school since it's the day they don't have any classes or lunch together. Classes are over, and he's sitting on the bumper waiting and reading a book]

Landon: [wanders his way over, greeting him with a smile] Hey.

Liam: [looks up, and he gets that grin only Landon gets. Something between happy and sexy] Hey. We made it - we're free.

Landon: Finally. I am ready for copious amounts of free time.

Liam: Yeah, same here. I'm still waiting on when I'm going out to Vegas for part of the summer to do college stuff with him, but otherwise I'm free and all yours. You know, when I'm not wrangled into babysitting for car privileges.

Landon: Babysitting isn't so bad. Plus your sister and brother tend to nap a lot.

Liam: Yeah. It's when Lucy isn't napping that's the problem.

Landon: She's cute. That's about all she has going for her.

Liam: Yeah. Dad is so going to have his hands full when she's my age. [pushes himself up from the bumper and leans in to kiss his boyfriend. It's taken four months, but Liam's finally getting out of his PDA shell]

Landon: [is not complaining at all. In fact he's just going to inch a bit closer and hold that kiss for as long as Liam will let him]

Liam: [there may be a few cat calls from the peanut gallery, but instead of blushing and pulling back, he just playfully flips them off before pulling back with a smirk] So what shall we do to celebrate our summer independence?

Landon: Incredibly unhealthy food, I think would be a good start.

Liam: Alright. So In and Out Burger?

Landon: Perfect.

Liam: Hop in. [and he's going to twirl the keys, still so happy to have a car to drive]

Landon: [does as instructed and climbs in next to him]

Liam: [and yeah, totally going to lean over and kiss his boyfriend again as he turns on the car. Landon is probably use to the wolf desire for affection at this point]

Landon: [and he is not complaining either, since it's about on par with his own need to get a little physical. He will happily continue the kissing as one hand trails back along his jaw]

Liam: [makes a little happy noise, leaning into the touch before pulling away because right, burgers]

Landon: [... they will just have to pick it up later, after burgers.]

Liam: [Oh, they will. they just can't in the car. Because sadly, the ONE RULE is no makeouts in the car because Daddy doesn't want to smell that]

Landon: [which is understandable]

Liam: [but they get to In & Out, grab food and get an outside table because fresh air.] So, do you have any dancing stuff that's taking you out of town say, early July?

Landon: [frowns as he goes through his schedule] No, early July stuff is local, or at least local-ish. Why?

Liam: Well, my aunt Cora is getting married. It's a big thing too - there's going to be like three packs at it, plus a bunch of other people. And I want you to be my date.

Landon: Really?

Liam: Yeah. I mean, you are my boyfriend. And you're hot, so I obviously want to show off just how awesome my taste is.

Landon: [smirk] Excellent choice. And I look good in a suit. Also, an excellent dancer.

Liam: Yeah, Stiles is planning something for the first dance that I'm supposed to help with. We have secret rehearsals scheduled.

Landon: Color me intrigued.

Liam: You know, I bet you could make some money offering them dance lessons.

Landon: Oh, God, I won't have time. Marianna gets in next week and we're going to dance boot camp for the summer season. I'll be lucky if I'm still able to stand by the end of the day.

Liam: Aw, poor baby. [nibbles on his fries with a smirk on his face] You're so out of shape aren't you?

Landon: She's going to eat me alive.

Liam: Yeah, but you secretly love it. Don't pretend you don't.

Landon: Lies. She is a tiny little dance Nazi.

Liam: And it's springtime for Hitler in Beacon Hills.

Landon: Indeed. [there's a beat] She's gonna want to meet you, you know.

Liam: I'm fine with that. She’s not going to try and eat me, is she?

Landon: No, but she might do the requisite best friend things. Grilling you about your intentions, issuing dire warnings, all that jazz.

Liam: So can handle that. You'll be getting it from Gabe at the wedding.

Landon: How much leeway room will I be given for glib?

Liam: [nods] Yeah, you should meet my soon to be uncle. I think there's a lot of leeway.

Landon: Then I think I'll be okay.

Liam: And hey, maybe you can keep teaching me how to dance. We'll totally steal the dance floor at the wedding.

Landon: I'm game for that, provided I still have feet by then.

Liam: I'm sure I could learn how to massage your poor, aching feet on google to help you along.

Landon: Or we could just do a lot of things that involve lying down.

Liam: We could. [he may be planning something for that wedding night. Something romantic and a big step and yeah...]

Landon: [no clue whatsoever and just smirks as he goes back to his burger] Sounds good.

Liam: We can work you into it though, you know. You're good with my family... maybe you can come meet the rest of them on a Sunday night dinner.

Landon: [picks at his food for a moment before giving a shrug] Maybe, I guess. [he's still nervous about meeting Talia.]

Liam: You guess? [doesn't like the sound of that]

Landon: [glances up before shrugging] I mean ... your dad is great and I already know your aunt but ... [taps his finger idly against the table] I just ... don't want to cause problems.

Liam: With my family or yours?

Landon: Either? Both?

Liam: Listen, we've been together what now, four months? Pretty sure that puts us in the getting serious category of teen relationships. If problems are going to happen, they're going to happen. The only way not to have problems is to break up, and I don't want to break up. Do you?

Landon: No, of course not. [that isn't what he wants which is part of why he's stalling] I'm just ... I don't exactly have the greatest history with wolves.

Liam: Well, I happen to know you have an amazing history with one wolf. And that's all that matters to my family.

Landon: I hope so.

Liam: Soooooo, dinner with my pack one Sunday before you're off in boot camp hell?

Landon: [pauses and considers for a moment before nodding] Okay.

Liam: [and he grins] Good. I'll ask my grandmother what week works best for her. [and yup, texting Talia]

Landon: [who's answer will pretty much be whenever you want, just let me know when] I can do whatever just ... not this weekend. [too soon, for one. There's a beat] Marianna's coming in a couple of weeks. Maybe she can come too if it's the weekend she gets here?

Liam: Yeah, sure. Just as long as I get to meet her first separately. I don't need her doing threats on if I break your heart she will rip mine out around my uncle Peter. He's pretty uptight sometimes.

Landon: [nods] Deal.

Liam: [laughs] Awesome. [and he's going to sip his soda]

Landon: [does the same before drumming his fingers against his cup] So any other big questions you want to ask me before we resort to mindless activities for the rest of the afternoon?

Liam: [thinks, then looks at Landon's burger] You going to finish that? [smirks]

Landon: [laughs before shoving it across the way to him]

Liam: [grins and goes to eat it because yup, this is life dating a wolf. Get used to never having leftovers, Landon]

Landon: [at least they will never waste their money]

Liam: [nope, werewolf garbage compactor.] Want to take a hike in the preserve?

Landon: Sure. Sounds like fun.

Liam: [goes to grab his tray and toss the garbage out so they can head out] So do you want to do anything this weekend?

Landon: I would love to.

Liam: Good. Cause if you want, you can probably sleep over. My dad's so sleep deprived at this point he wouldn't notice another body in the house until they screamed to be fed.

Landon: [laughs] Perfect.

Liam: [yes, yes it is, and that grin betrays the thoughts in the 16 year old's head]

Landon: [oh, he's already there. He was there two steps ago]

Liam: [and off they go to the preserve to take a nice little, innocent hike hand in hand]

Landon: [yep. totally innocent. No shenanigans happening here]

Liam: [just looking at the birds and the bees]

Landon: [yep. birds and bees and occasionally making out I mean what]

Liam: [yeah, totally not making out at all. Nope. Just testing for that biology final]

Landon: [they're totally getting A's]

Liam: [honors students, really]

Landon: [everyone is impressed]

Liam: [he really hopes his little raccoon cousins never find him while he's here]

Landon: [fingers crossed]

Liam: [and finally his phone buzzes and he pulls back to look at the message] Dad wants to know when I'm coming home.

Landon: [lets his hands rest over his sides] Good question.

Liam: [whimpers because he really, really doesn't want to lose Landon's attention] Do you have to go home?

Landon: I probably should. At least to verify that I'm alive.

Liam: [sighs] Your mother still giving you problems?

Landon: She is never not giving me problems. But if I'm going to be spending the weekend at your house I should at least spend the weekdays home.

Liam: Yeah, that will probably keep her from getting too nosy.

Landon: The other reason I want Marianna to come to your grandmother's. If it's the three of us, she'll assume we're off doing dumb shit. [a beat] Or having a threesome.

Liam: [blinks] You sleep with your best friend?

Landon: Not currently, but I used to. I lost my virginity to her.

Liam: I’m suddenly jealous.

Landon: Don't be. It wasn't like us.

Liam: She knows you're taken now though, right? [yeah, that is a jealous puppy]

Landon: [rolls his eyes] We didn't do it because we were madly in love. We just wanted to know what it was like, and we trusted each other.

Liam: [still pouty]

Landon: [sighs as he leans in to kiss him gently, letting one hand rest against the side of his neck] I've never felt about anyone the way I feel about you.

Liam: [okay, that makes him feel a bit better] Really?

Landon: [nods] Really.

Liam: Okay. Then I won't growl at her. Much.

Landon: You growl at her she'll growl right back.

Liam: Is she human? [is going to lead him back towards the car]

Landon: Nagual.

Liam: ..... I don't know what that is.

Landon: Werejaguar.

Liam: Oh. Huh.

Landon: [nods] It runs in her family.

Liam: So she will claw my eyes out if I step on her metaphoric tail?

Landon: Something like that, yes. But it takes a lot to get her riled.

Liam: No making fun of her dancing?

Landon: God no.

Liam: I can make fun of yours though.

Landon: You could. But there would be consequences.

Liam: Oh? Like what?

Landon: Like I would totally not make out with you for like ... a week.

Liam: You could last that long?

Landon: I think you'd be surprised how long I could last.

Liam: [there's a look, almost wanting to test it but...] Then I will save my jests for when you really suck.

Landon: Smart boy.

Liam: [and back to the car] Come on, I'll drop you back home.

Landon: [nods as he slides into the passenger's seat] Sounds good.

Liam: [and he will drive Landon home, sighing when they get there] See you tomorrow?

Landon: [nods with a small smile as he starts to climb out] See you tomorrow.

Liam: [and he would say that he loves him, but they didn't say that in earshot of his family]

Landon: [yep. it's for the best. And with that he will shut the door and disappear inside his family home.]

Liam: [and he will head home to the parents and the babies]

Landon: [and he might crawl in his boyfriend's window later]

Liam: [and he is actually asleep, used to not waking up now when Landon shows up]

Landon: [That's okay he's just going to curl up against his back and pass out]

Liam: [and he will wake up a few hours later because OMG TOO HOT and oh hi boyfriend] You're too hot for your own good. [muttered, trying to shift a bit]

Landon: [mumbles as he rolls off him a bit] Sorry.

Liam: [mutters and goes to pull his sleep shirt off because that will make it better too]

Landon: [just lays there, staring up at the ceiling]

Liam: [and he's going to roll and curl up against him, snuggling into his side]

Landon: [sighs and tips his head to press against his forehead, closing his eyes as he settles in again]

Liam: [yeah, yeah he's going to fall back asleep, but when he wakes up, his fingers are going to play on Landon's stomach a bit]

Landon: [stirs at that, before glancing down to see what he's doing] Hmmm?

Liam: Morning.

Landon: Morning.

Liam: [cranes his neck to kiss him]

Landon: [kisses him back, one hand coming up to brush against his cheek]

Liam: [Mmm, yeah, good morning indeed. He's going to crawl a bit more, sliding on top of Landon and kissing him more.]

Landon: [is more than willing to let him take over, brushing his hands against his shoulders as he pulls him closer]

Liam: [Landon has really helped bring Liam out of his shell personality wise, and the shy boy was now a lot more confident. And he knew what he liked and wanted, even if there were still a lot of things that they hadn't done yet. But he just kissed his boyfriend, his hips moving against the others gently]

Landon: [groans softly as he presses his hips back against him, fingers trailing shapes across his back and tracing down the line of his spine]

Liam: [ his fingers are going to grip Landon's shoulders, using it as leverage as he deepens the kiss, grinding a bit harder now]

Landon: [he continues to make soft sounds against his mouth moving with each press of his hips and trying to match him with the same pressure]

Liam: [stops, smiling a bit] Can I try something?

Landon: [watches him for a moment before nodding] Sure.

Liam: [and he's going to pull himself out of his boxers through the fly area, and unbutton Landon's before sliding his shaft into Landon's underwear and along his shaft. He groans a moment, and then thinks, reaching for the lotion to lotion himself up, slide it back in again, and there less friction as his shaft slides along Landon's]

Landon: [moans as he feels him brush against him, his hips rocking up to meet him on instinct more than anything else, wanting more of that pressure between them]

Liam: [the boxers keep them from slipping too far away, and for Liam it's almost like thrusting into something in a way. He doesn't know what to do, but it's something he feels he can do, and it feels so good. He's going to find a way to use his hips to keep them together and speed up a bit]

Landon: [as far as Landon's concerned it's good enough, and he just keeps working his hips upward to match Liam's speed. Eventually one hand will come up and he'll pull him in to kiss him deeply]

Liam: [oh yeah, he's going to kiss him back just as hard, keeping up the pace]

Landon: [he does the same, feeling himself getting closer as one hand wanders down to press down against them, adding another bit of pressure to thrust against]

Liam: [and yeah, that's going to make that last bit of difference, and a moment later Liam's going to break the kiss to pant against Landon's lips as he falls over his edge, exploding down the leg of Landon's boxers]

Landon: [is not long after him, arching up into Liam above him before flopping back against the bed with a sigh]

Liam: [panting, kissing along Landon's neck, sucking where it meets the shoulder a bit] God I love you.

Landon: [his eyes close for a moment, but when he says that they open again, glancing over to him with wide eyes] Really?

Liam: [he takes a deep breath, smiling and nodding] Yeah, I do.

Landon: [his face flickers for a moment before he smiles and nods] I love you too.

Liam: [grins and leans in to kiss him again, fingers running along his face. Yup, head over heels]

Derek: [while the boys sleep in, Derek is trying to make breakfast while entertaining Lucy with Cheerios]

Lucy: [is super pleased with dad time, trying to catch the Cheerios before they go skittering across the table]

Derek: So what do you say, Lucy? Think you're ready to try bacon?

Lucy: [just looks up at him with big eyes as she gets one of the Cheerios she managed to grab and shoves it into her mouth]

Derek: [smirks and looks at the piece that he had finished making. it's chewy, and he breaks it into a toddler sized piece and makes sure it's cool enough as he puts it on the table top]

Lucy: [stares at it curiously for a moment, blabbing a bit in her substitutes for words - so of them sounding a bit like actual words, but not used properly - like she's having a conversation. She reaches forward and picks up a piece, putting it in her mouth and chewing for a moment before making a face] Bleh.

Derek: You don't like it? [he puts a piece in his mouth to show her that daddy eats it]

Lucy: [she makes a bigger face as she shakes her head, rubbing her hand against her tongue as she tries to get the taste out. Too salty, too savory, too much for her young baby taste buds.]

Derek: [chuckles and goes to get her the bottle of chocolate milk] Here you go. Guess we'll try again later.

Lucy: [and she will take that and glug glug glug as Fiona stumbles out of the bedroom, making her way closer to the smell of food]

Fiona: Is he up yet?

Derek: Liam or Jacob?

Fiona: The one that can't use actual words.

Derek: [chuckles, putting in the last set of bacon as he focuses his ears on the open nursery door.] No, he's still out…

Fiona: [sighs as she slides her arms around his waist from behind and lets her head rest against his shoulder] Good.

Derek: [smiles and leans back against her] So our daughter doesn't like bacon.

Fiona: [mock gasp] Say it isn't so.

Derek: She's obviously adopted.

Fiona: Clearly. Maybe she's taking more after her human side.

Derek: Maybe. Just as long as she doesn't think she's fat. She's perfect just the way she is.

Fiona: I don't think she's old enough for that. And considering she can still shove her foot on her mouth when she wants to, she's fine.

Derek: Good, but her hearing those words early will still help her with self-confidence, right?

Fiona: I'm sure it will.

Derek: Good. [and as he fishes out the last of the bacon, he turns and pulls Fiona into his arms] You are beautiful and I love you just the way you are. [and he leans in to kiss his wife]

Fiona: [hums softly as she leans into the kiss, just holding it for a moment as she nods] I love you just the way you are too.

Derek: Good. [and he's going to kiss her again before his ear perks and he lifts his head a bit] Jacob’s up.

Fiona: [sighs before nodding and pulling away] Duty calls.

Derek: I just have the eggs to make, and then I'll go see if the teenager and his boyfriend are joining us.

Fiona: [thumbs up] Sounds good.

Lucy: [seems to pick up on that her brother is being mentioned there and turns her head towards the stairs] Leeeeeeeee! Lee! [that's about all her early word skills have managed to wrap around "Liam" for the time being]

Derek: [pours in the scrambled eggs into the frying pan so they soak up the grease before turning to Lucy] I would let you go get him, baby girl, but I'm pretty sure you're too young to see what's going on up there.

Lucy: [has no idea what you're talking about dad, she's just going to keep turning the word over in her mouth to try and get it right.] Lee. Leeee-ah. Lia.

Liam: [look, she summoned him. He's totally tousled, smelling of Landon - when isn't he? - but he at least took a washcloth shower while Landon gets the full ons. Oops.] You called, Luce?

Lucy: [grins up at him, pleased that her wordplay worked] Lia!

Liam: Lee-am. Come on Lucy, Lee-am.

Lucy: [stares at him carefully and says slowly, to mimic the way he's speaking] Lee-ah-mah.

Liam: [grins] Lee-am.

Derek: [watching, smirking]

Lucy: [she looks like she's going to try again and just holds up one of her Cheerios for him] Lia?

Liam: Close enough. [will take it and pop it into his mouth, and then lean in to kiss her head]

Lucy: [grins and goes back to chasing Cheerios across the table and ignoring those bacon bits that were still there. In fact, when they are in her way she will actively shove them away]

Derek: Is Landon joining us or going to sneak out the window in an attempt to not act like he slept over?

Liam: He's here for the weekend. That okay?

Derek: You know he's always welcome. [hands Liam the plate of bacon] Go set the table then.

Fiona: [makes her way out again, Jake balanced in her arms and blinking out at everything] Morning. How's the boyfriend?

Liam: Showering. Dad said it's okay for him the stay the weekend.

Fiona: [sighs as she sits at the table] Yeah, that's fine.

Derek: [scoops the eggs into a large bowl] His mother knows he's here, right?

Liam: I'm pretty sure at this point, she knows.

Fiona: Just so long as we don't have any more angry intrusions.

Liam: We're trying not to let it happen again. That was an isolated problem.

Fiona: Good.

Derek: [going to sit next to her, leaning over to smile at Jacob] So what do you two have planned anyway?

Liam: Kinda just seeing what happens?

Fiona: Well, be safe and don't get into too much trouble. [and Jacob will just loll his head against his mom's shoulder to look at his dad, before reaching out with one hand.]

Liam: We will. [and he's going to make a plate for Landon first so that he doesn't miss the bacon before making his own]

Derek: [reached over to let Jacob hold onto his finger] Want me to make you a plate, Fi?

Fiona: [nods] Yes, please. [and Jacob will hold onto that finger with a vice grip]

Landon: [and a sleepy but showered teenage boy will be making his way downstairs] Morning.

Derek: [and he is skilled at making plates one handed while bouncing his finger a bit to get Jacob something to play with] Morning Landon.

Liam: Should I give food to Lucy or is she sticking with cheerios?

Fiona: Apparently she doesn't like bacon. [Jacob will now bring hand number two into that to try and hold Derek's finger still and when that doesn't work, try and drag it into his mouth]

Landon: [half-asleep, but making happy noises at his own bacon] Blasphemy.

Liam: More for me. [he will get a scoop of eggs and put it on the tray, chopping it into smaller pieces]

Lucy: [her attention is drawn to what he's doing with the eggs before looking up at her brother curiously like "what's that, what are you doing?"]

Liam: It's eggs, you eat them.

Lucy: [stares at him for a moment, before reaching down and picking one of the clumps and sticking it in her mouth. she chews for a moment, but doesn't immediately spit it out. Progress!]

Liam: Maybe she doesn't like salt, Dad. Or citrus.

Fiona: I think it's just she's not ready for flavors that are really strong.

Derek: She'll get there. Until then, she can live off cheerios, right? [trying to get his finger back now]

Jake: [nope. you have sacrificed it on the altar of appeasing your infant. om nom nom]

Fiona: Yeah, she'll be fine with Cheerios. And she likes grapes so that covers her fruit quotient.

Derek: And she hasn’t spit out the eggs yet.

Fiona: Did you put anything on them?

Derek: No, just cooked in the bacon grease like I normally do.

Fiona: I guess that must have watered down the flavor enough.

Derek: Maybe. But it's good for helping people with late night hangovers. [smirking a bit in Landon's direction]

Landon: [eyebrow raise] I have no idea what you mean, Mr. Hale.

Liam: [Totally innocent childlike face]

Derek: [looks to Fiona] They seem to keep forgetting I was sixteen once too.

Fiona: I don't think they've forgotten, I just think their first instinct is to save their own skin.

Landon: [holds a finger up] To be fair, mostly to us, we did get at least eight hours.

Derek: [smirks] I'll take that as a parenting win then. Now if I can just get... this finger back Jacob...

Jacob: [you're silly, Daddy]

Fiona: [sighs as she goes to provide a little extra leverage and manages to extract Derek's finger which leaves a very unhappy Jacob, but what can you do]

Derek: I'll eat quickly. [kisses Fiona's cheek, and goes to eat so they can swap the baby]

Fiona: [and is just going to bounce the baby a bit to see if she can calm him, which only gets her so far]

Liam: Yeah, I don't miss this part of babies.

Fiona: [smirks] You'd rather skip ahead to the running and talking version?

Liam: The running and talking version is highly amusing sometimes.

Fiona: Until you traumatize her by feeding her pineapple.

Liam: I didn't know she wouldn't like it. She eats grapes.

Lucy: [picks her head up, she knows that word] Gapes?

Liam: Grapes.

Lucy: [THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID, LIAM] Gapes!

Derek: Now you have to go get her some or she's going to scream for them.

Liam: Do we even have any?

Fiona: Check the fridge.

Liam: [and he will get up and look, there's a few bunches left. He grabs one for Lucy, one for himself and one for Landon.]

Lucy: [and the minute she sees them she's reaching for them] Gapes gapes gapes!

Liam: Hold your horses, Luce. Need to take them off the vine. [and he will do that, rolling them onto the highchair table]

Derek: [finishing his eggs] Here, give me the baby.

Fiona: [sighs as she shifts Jacob over and goes to dig in to her own food]

Lucy: [giggles as she uses her hands to catch them and stop them as they roll]

Derek: [and he's going to lean back, putting Jacob in his arm and giving him his hand to play with again]

Jacob: [and pleased baby is pleased. om nom nom]

Liam: [is enjoying rolling the grapes at Lucy, and then starts to pass one back and forth, trying to keep her from grabbing it]

Lucy: [it's fun until the moment it's not and if he tries to keep it away from her too long, she'll start to wine a bit] Liaaaaaaaa.

Liam: Come on, Lucy, you have to be faster than that if you want the grape.

Derek: Liam...

Lucy: [and eventually she gets really frustrated and starts slamming her hands down on the tray with serious unhappy sounds]

Liam: [and he will sigh] That’s not how you get what you want. [but he will give it to her]

Lucy: [will snatch up her grape and give him a sullen look at that]

Fiona: She can't even say please yet, Liam.

Liam: Not for a lack of trying. [looks at her] Lucy, can you say please?

Lucy: [looks up at him as she munches on her grape and tries it out] Peas.

Liam: Good girl. [hands her another grape]

Lucy: [takes it and shoves that in her mouth too]

Liam: [holds up another one] Grape please?

Lucy: [her head tips just slightly and she tries to talk around the grape mush in her mouth] Gbth pbth.

Derek: [laughs] You realize you're going to be starting something you don't want, right?

Liam: What do you mean? [hands her the next grape]

Fiona: [laughs] That positive reinforcement may turn you into a human grape dispenser.

Lucy: [wheeeeee grapes]

Liam: Oh. Well, this is the rest of them anyway. [pops one in his mouth]

Lucy: [finishes her last grape and wait why are they all gone] Gape peas?

Fiona: She doesn't realize that.

Liam: Someone going to have to go to the store then.

Fiona: Mmm-hmm, someone will. [don't look at her, you started this kiddo]

Liam: [looks at Landon] I think we're going to the store.

Landon: [chuckles] I'll get my shoes.

Derek: I have a list of other things you can pick up while you're at. [smirks, getting up with Jacob and bouncing the baby a bit]

Landon: [and he finishes shoveling down his breakfast to grab his shoes and jacket] Thank you for breakfast.

Derek: You're welcome. Make sure you bring the grapes back quickly.

Lucy: Gapes peas? [now she's sounding a little more concerned, why isn't it working]

Fiona: Okay, kiddo. [gets up and scoops her up so that Lucy can bury her face in her shoulder] First rule of big brothers. They make promises they can't always keep.

Liam: Hey, don't teach her that!

Fiona: Not intentional promises. Just ... promises they don't realize they're making.

Liam: [smirks and goes to stand behind Fiona, putting the last grape in Lucy's hand and leaning in to kiss her cheek] I always keep my promises.

Lucy: [brightens and grins at Liam as she shoves it in her mouth]

Liam: [grabs his jacket and the car keys as Derek hands him a list and money] We'll be back later. Text if you need anything.

Fiona: [nods as Landon comes down the stairs] Have fun.

Derek: [and once the teenagers are gone] And now we're alone.

Fiona: [nods as she goes to put Lucy down with her toys] As alone as we can get with two little ones.

Derek: Well, this one's almost ready to go back to sleep.

Fiona: Is he now? Lightweight.

Derek: [goes to sit on the couch, leaning back a bit] Well, he'll work up to being awake all day and then we're really never going to have time for ourselves.

Fiona: And that's when we invest in babysitters.

Derek: Lord knows my family has enough looking for extra allowance money.

Fiona: Very true.

Derek: Think we can get Landon to do the dishes?

Fiona: I think we can throw enough parental guilt around to make it happen.

Derek: Good. Let's test that out when they get back.

Fiona: [nods as she shifts to curl up into his shoulder] Sounds good.

Derek: So what shall we do today?

Fiona: [shrugs a bit] I think Jake's got a pretty good plan at the moment.

Derek: Think we can convince Lucy to join in on this plan?

Fiona: [glances over] Hey, Lucy Goosey. How do you feel about naptime?

Lucy: [head whips around as she's banging two blocks together]

Derek: That’s a no, I think.

Fiona: Well, we tried.


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