Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 29, 2007 23:14:04 GMT -5
Drew smiled back, finding the sleepy protests of the little boy kind of funny. Drew lowered his voice a notch in response, knowing the little boy would be asleep pretty soon.
"So the Merfolks are still pretty sure they can't do much from the ocean, so it's up to the fairies to really help the boy," Drew continued. "They aren't to crazy about the idea because the boy is so huge to them and they think the boy will hurt them or something. But finally, one really brave fairy says that she'll help him get into the castle. And the Merfolks... they can't do anything, but they say that if the boy needs them, they'll figure out how to help."
Drew looked over at felicity and gave her a small smile, wondering if that worked. He still wasn't sure what was supposed to happen with the story so if Freddy was still awake, she'd have to continue.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 29, 2007 23:22:20 GMT -5
Returning Drew's smile, she nodded slowly, listening to the breathing of her nephew to be sure it was safe to move. Thankfully, it sounded as though he'd entered a deep slumber, enough so Felicity would be bale to unwind herself from around him and tuck him properly. Though, it would mean she'd have to continue the story another time by herself.
Carefully, she slid her arm out from around him, slowly replacing it with the boy's pillow. He really was an adorable child, and so cute when he was sleeping.
Standing from his bed, she moved him about gently and wrapped his covers around him. All that was left was to kiss him on the nose for a good night's sleep and to leave the room.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 29, 2007 23:32:04 GMT -5
Drew stood up carefully, trying his best not to jostle the bed and re-awake the small boy. Now that it was all done, Drew had to admit that it had been kind of fun putting the little guy to sleep. Sure, trying to come up with a story had been a bit stressful, but he had gotten to the point where he now wanted to find out what happened. Maybe he'd get the chance to ask Freddy another day.
He smiled crookedly at Felicity, staying as silent as he could and ready to take her lead out of the room. He wasn't sure why, but the urge to kiss her was greater than it had been all evening. Probably because he knew that now, he wasn't able to. Bummer.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 29, 2007 23:48:50 GMT -5
Leaning into Drew as the blonde wrapped an arm around him, she snuggled into him for a moment. Her mum was around and her dad was downstairs, and it wasn't as though they were doing something they shouldn't be.
"That was fun, wasn't it?" she whispered in question. Felicity loved taking care of her nieces and nephews and Freddy was about the only one that let her tuck him in anymore, everyone else was too old for it they told her, though sometimes they asked her to. And the story-telling was usually the best part, because her imagination could run wild and nobody told her not to let it to.
Quietly, she started toward the door, not dropping her arms from around Drew.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 29, 2007 23:57:02 GMT -5
Drew nodded back with a wide smile, genuinely meaning it even though he hadn't been to sure about the whole thing earlier. With her so close to him, the urge to kiss her was unbearable and he did his best to fight it off, pulling her close and kissing the top of her head as a consolation.
With an arm still looped around her, he walked with her to the door. He wasn't sure which he dreaded more: the enevitability of letting go of her or the disapproving looks he was sure to get from being so close to her.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 30, 2007 0:01:40 GMT -5
When they reached the doorway, Felicity turned the light off before slipping out and pulling Drew with her. Winston and Winthrop would be to bed soon after, but they knew enough to be quiet about their way, otherwise they'd end up waking the youngest that shared the room.
"Did you want to go down to the living room, or the kitchen?" she asked. Dessert sounded good to her, but she was unsure if he'd want to go see her dad right after putting Freddy to bed, or if he'd be all right with grabbing food first. And even then, they could easily go into the living area with it. Or, she could drop him off to her dad and grab the dessert herself if he wanted.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 30, 2007 0:17:52 GMT -5
"Doesn't matter," he whispered back, still worried about the sleeping boy on the other side of the doorway. He figured that either way, they'd get dessert... and either way, Felicity's dad would find something to get mad at him for.
"Maybe the living room?" he finally decided, thinking that he might as well be a man and face up to it. He couldn't hide from Ib Hjort forever, right? "Or, we can stop by the kitchen and take the dessert to the living room?" That might be a better option actually.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 30, 2007 0:42:47 GMT -5
At his first request, she started to head toward the front stairs, until he changed his mind, in which she turned around to face him with a smile. Sometimes it really was horrible how undecided the two of them could be.
"All right, we'll go down to the kitchen and grab dessert," she told him, making sure to get a kiss on his cheek before leading him down the backstairs. "And then we'll head into the living area."
Entering the kitchen, it wasn't that surprising to her that Jacob had left with Lindsey, walking the girl home and leaving Cherry by herself. After a quick greeting, she began rummaging through the cupboards for a couple of saucers for the cake.
"Drew, if you want to cut it, you can grab a serving knife out of the top drawer by the sink there," she told him, pointing in the general direction and noticing the eyeful Cherry was being sure to get. There was definitely going to be a talk between the two of them at a later time.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 30, 2007 1:05:40 GMT -5
Drew smiled nervously at Cherry as they re-entered the kitchen, wondering where the others had gone. He was also a little surprised that no one had dug into the bakery boxes yet. That's what he probably would have done if he had been left alone with the pastries.
"It would be easier to serve out there, wouldn't it?" he asked, looking around and finally finding the drawer she was refering to. Then again, his grandmother would have thought taking a box out into the parlour would be tacky. So maybe cutting it in the kitchen was the best option.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 30, 2007 1:16:12 GMT -5
"Easier yes, more proper no," she answered him. "It just means there's a possibility of having to make more trips. Cherry, love, would you grab a few glasses and ask around for drinks?" she requested of her cousin who grudgingly agreed and left the kitchen to find Felicity's dad and mum.
"Dad believes that the serving of something should be done in the kitchen, where it doesn't take away from discussion and everyone can settle in and have their fun without the interruption of a good conversation by having to pass things around. Once everyone is settled, then the conversation can begin and the only interruption is that of someone grabbing up the plates and leaving, and that's supposed to be the one less in the conversation at hand."
While Felicity found it to be an odd rule she didn't care much for, it was what her father liked, and she wanted him to like Drew, therefore, she was willing to play a little by his rules.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 30, 2007 1:32:00 GMT -5
Drew nodded in agreement as Felicity spoke his thoughts. The only way he would have gotten way with serving out in the living room would be if they had arranged everything on a ncie platter or something. In the long run, yes, it was easier to serve it up in the kitchen and then take it all out. He had been crazy to suggest otherwise.
He unwrapped the box and sliced the cake carefully, trying his best to make sure each portion had cherries on it.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 30, 2007 10:52:20 GMT -5
Finding a few saucers and dessert forks, Felicity took them over to where Drew was and offered the plates to set the cake portions on. There really wasn't much to do, and just when she had an inkling to interrupt Drew for a moment to give him a kiss, Cherry entered the room and began pulling a few glasses down.
"Aunt Meadow and Uncle Ib are the only ones beside us that'll be eating anything. Mum and Aunt Raquel are both at work, and Uncle Harold is in bed and I think that's where Jacob's going when he gets back since he's got work in the morning." Everyone else was either in bed or getting ready to get there being their bed times and whatnot.
"It just makes it easier I suppose," Felicity answered with a smile. Less trips to make if there were only going to be five of them. Seeing her cousin grabbing the milk out of the refrigerator, she requested for some of the same.
"Yes Auntie," Cherry replied and received a pair of rolling brown eyes in response.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 30, 2007 12:41:11 GMT -5
Drew grinned at the response, thinking it was kind of funny, considering Felicity was only a few years older than the red head.
He served a slice of cake onto each plate, licking a bit of frosting off of his fingers out of habit when it was all done. His hands were clean but he was still going to make sure he'd take the slice he had poked the worst.
"Can I get some milk too?" he asked tentatively, doubting his request would be denied, but still feeling nervous about asking. The butterbeer had been really good with dinner, but when it came to dessert, milk was much better.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 30, 2007 13:41:49 GMT -5
"Of course you can," came the melodic response from Cherry as she batted her eyes at the older boy. It wasn't as though she was about to deny him a request for such a simple thing. Besides that, chocolate went best with a nice cold glass of milk to compliment it.
Rolling the light brown eyes again, Felicity gave a shake of her head. Her cousin just didn't know when to stop and she couldn't stand it at times. And it wasn't as though she should have been being so sweet especially when she had a boyfriend. A talk was definitely in need of taking place, though the blonde doubted it would do much.
"All right, let's head in," Felicity commanded of her cousin, getting highly annoyed by the second. If she was lucky, her dad would be exhausted and her mum would make Cherry go into the kitchen with her for a bit before Drew had to take off.
Taking two of the desserts up, she grabbed one of the glasses as well, figuring one of them would be likely to have to make another trip as Cherry had three of the filled glasses and Felicity wasn't about to request Drew to take up the remaining desserts plus the silverware and the last glass.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 30, 2007 13:59:19 GMT -5
Drew quickly washed his hands off in the sink, figuring that Mrs. Hjort probably wouldn't care for his licked fingers on her dessert plate. He tucked a fork onto two of the plates and took them up in one hand, grabbing the last glass of milk with the other hand. He wasn't sure how the last plate would get into the living room, but he figured they'd figure that out after delivering the others.
"Napkins? Coasters?" Drew suggested, hearing his mother's voice in his head moments before he spoke.
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