LONDON CALLING

Andrew got up early, and as he passed Angus' and Ruby's room, he peeked in and saw Ruby was up and gone and Angus was still sleeping soundly. Andrew had expected that. He laid out some clothes for Angus in case Angus decided to get dressed when he woke, and then Andrew headed downstairs.

"Morning, Ruby," Andrew said, pouring a mug of coffee. Things must be back in order on the farm. I saw Robert and Kate both outside and heading to the barn. I know they were staying at their place last night, so if they're here and helping with morning chores, I take it they have their place back to rights and the caterers and wedding planners have all left. Michael must be back too because I smelled cigarette smoke as I passed his room. So I'm just presuming everybody's back except for the newlyweds, of course. Need any help with breakfast?"

Ruby smiled hearing Andrew " good morning" she said " I expect so ,I havent seen any one but you this mrning, I don't ecspect Jess to be up too early after the state she was carried back in last night" she said smiling "hum might send a glass of water and two advil into her room." she said " would you mind doing that, im sure she'd aprichiate it, oh and I left Angus sleeping, I though he could use th lay in" she smiled at him as she pace the finished breakfast sheet into the oven to cook.

Once it was cooked she cut it into squares and placed it on a serving plater garnished with some parsly then sent it to the dinning room. Jessie walked in the back door and smile smelling teh food " morning guys" he said making his way to the dinning room to get some food " Moring Jessie , Andrew help you self to breakfast." she said making atray for Angus and sending it up to him with a hot cup of tea to start his day.

Andrew just nodded when she mentioned Jess. Andrew didn't usually have any patience with people getting drunk enough to pass out and have to be carried home, but that was just his bias from his own past. It reminded him of far more painful things. He opened the cabinet to look for the muggle medication Ruby had mentioned.

"Does she prefer muggle meds or something?" Andrew asked, curious as to why Ruby wanted a muggle pain medication sent up. He opened the cabinet by the sink "There's a standard pain potion here, but I don't see any muggle medications in here at all. She might have to deal with a wizarding potion." He poured her a dose of pain potions and sent it up to her room.

"Angus is still sleeping," Andrew said. "I checked on him on the way downstairs. I'm sure he needs the extra sleep today. I know he was tired last night." Jessie came in, and Andrew smiled. "Morning, Jessie. How are you?"

Marcus came downstairs, dressed and ready for the day. He was almost surprised to see Ruby in the kitchen.

"Where are the boys?" Marcus asked. "Their room is empty. Beds haven't been slept in. I just came from there."

"Oh, I bet I know," Andrew said. "Hold on." Andrew went down to the basement and into the home theater and saw both boys sound asleep in the theater chairs with a huge bowl that had, at one point, had popcorn in it, and at least 6 empty soda bottles between them, and a stack of movies scattered on the floor. He smiled and came back upstairs.

"They must have had a movie marathon. They're sound asleep in front of the movie screen downstairs. They look like they stuffed themselves on popcorn and sodas and then fell asleep," Andrew said. "They took Angus' big 7 quart mixing bowl and filled it with popcorn by the looks of it, and that bowl is almost completely empty. And there's at least 6 empty soda bottles there. But, at their age, they're hollow. They'll be ready for breakfast whenever they get up--or whatever the next meal is when they come conscious."

Ruby looked at Angus and shrugged " its what she ushaly takes but I think its to do with her past, wizard potion will do just as well" she said and smiled as she saw Marcus " morning Marcus foods ready help your self " when he mentioned the boys not being in their room, she frowned a little until Andrew went to the basement then returned telling them they were alseep down in the movie room " awe , okay at least there safe" she said smiling " besides theres plenty of food for when they wake." she said.

Jess and Jack walked down from upstairs Jess holding teh potion and glass of water in her hand " morning guys" she said " whomever sent this up is a genius, I forgot wizzarding potions are the best for hang overs" she said placing the bottle on the counter. Jack took some food and sat down to eat " sorry about last night work and alcahol tired me out." she explained.

"Ruby said you usually take a muggle med, but there wasn't any in the cabinet, so I sent that instead," Andrew said.

"That's because Robert chucked the muggle med out," Marcus said, with a bit of an amused grin. "He found that in there a couple weeks ago, had a little mini tantrum about not wanting muggle trash in the house and tossed it out. Hope it wasn't important to anyone."

Marcus poured himself coffee and fixed a plate as Andrew finally fixed his own plate. Michael made his way downstairs, finally minus all his dressings today. The scars would fade, but they were healed enough that he didn't need bandages any longer. He was dressed in dress snacks with a plaid button down shirt and a blue v neck sweater over the button down.

"I'm heading out today to Paris for the day. Maybe overnight. I don't know. If you need me, you'll have to page me," Michael said.

"Spending the day with Daphne?" Marcus asked.

"I am. There are some autumn charity events that she has to make an appearance at, and she's asked me to go with her. So, I'll do that, unless there's a reason you all need me to come back," Michael said.

"I think we'll be fine. I think people will probably spend a quiet Sunday today," Marcus said. "Have a good time."

"Thank you," Michael said. "See you all later." He ported out. It wasn't two minutes later and Sam dragged himself, more asleep than awake from the basement, and poured himself a cup of coffee and poured one for Victor who was moving slower because of his crutches. They both yawned sleepily. Marcus could tell they both needed a few more hours of sleep.

"You both look like you need to go back to sleep for awhile yet," Andrew aid.

"Yeah, maybe," Victor said. "Sam figured he'd be in trouble if he didn't go running with everbody else, though, and he told me that if he had to be up, so did I."

"I think they look pitiful," Marcus looked at Jack. "I vote we give them a pass from going with us just this once. What's your vote, Jack?"

Jess looked at Andrew and nodded " ushaly yes " she said but heard Marcus say Robert had thrown them all out and she chukled " okay that explains it and well wizard potion it is from now on but I don't ushaly get to that point" she said and Jack shook his head " I think it was just everything atching up with me." she paused seeing Michael walk in dressed. Ruby smiled at him.

"well have a good day." she said seeing teh boys follow close behind him " ah the two sleepy heads" she said with a chuckle as she handed them both a cup of coffee. Jack loked ovr at the two boys and listened to Marcus he chuckled and nodded " yeah, not much good if they are this tired, go rest boys, it is sunday, a day of rest" he said siping his own coffee.

"Thank God," Sam muttered, getting up and taking his mug with him. He looked at Jack and Marcus. "Thanks." He dragged out of the room and upstairs, heading for the bedroom.

"I honestly have to say I've felt like he looks," Marcus asked. "I'm sure we all have. They might as well learn early what happens when you go to bed ridiculously late and get up stupid early."

"God, yes," Andrew said. "Bootcamp training for aurors. that was a few years ago, but Lee runs a tight program. And I have heard rumors that Robert helped Lee redesign and tighten that up. So I'm sure some of Robert's toughest levels of training really do put one to the test. I saw some of the training course markings at the farm, but I found out pretty quickly that they're enchanted so that, unless Robert wants you to run a particular course, the guide markings are going to fade out and leave you utterly stranded. The man does have a devious side, doesn't he?"

That made Marcus laugh out loud.

"Oh, you have no idea. Jack, you remember that mask he created a few years back to conceal his identity? The one that creeped even us out? That thing without a face?"

"What?" Andrew frowned.

"He took a death eater mask and tinkered with it and enchanted it so that if you looked at him, all you'd see was a black fog, no face. It was creepy as hell. And if I know him, he still has that thing someplace."

"He really does have a bit of a devious mind, doesn't he? Sounds like he is better at strategy than I took him for," Andrew said.

Jack looked at the others and heard them talking he laughed when Marcus said he felt how they look " we all have at some point" he said and nodded at the comment about Auror boot camp " Yes I remember god worst time of my life but I got threw it as did many others ." he sat and sipped his coffee as they spoke again " oh I remember that one, scared the ..bejeebers out of me the first time I saw it." he said chuckling at the memory. Jack laughed and nodded " oh you haven't heard teh worst yet but I'll not tell yet" he said " well guys I got to patrol even on a sunday , plus the wolves need feeding." he said and stood up to head to the back door.

Ruby finished her food and sat down in the living room smiling as she listened to Marcus and Andrew remanise about past times. " do you think he still has that mask, halloweens coming up soon, might be a good trick." she said smiling at them both hoping they would think of a good trick to play that night.

"Oh, I'm sure he does," Marcus said. "That mask worked exceptionally well for him that day. He went with us on a mission, and he needed to conceal his identity. So he created that thing. Even Michael didn't like it, and Michael doesn't get creeped by much of anything. Remember, Michael is a man that has learned, because of his particular skill set, to use the darkness as his ally. But this even disturbed him.

"Oh, and speaking on Halloween," Marcus continued, "I should probably tell you that the hospital board members were impressed with the ingenuity of the kitchen staff during the fire they had with their idea to use the roof for cooking. The hospital is big enough that the roof is actually a nice big space. So they want to do a fundraiser to try develop that space. There are a lot of ideas being kicked around about what to use it for, but for now, they've decided to do a big fundraising ball on Halloween night. Apparently, it's a costume carnival of sorts for the entire family, and you should all presume you're going to be invited. So you should all get your costumes and brush up on your dancing and maybe brush up on your cooking skills. They're doing a pumpkin recipe contest. As i understand it there are going to be a lot of different catagories: appetizers, beverages, soups, salads, entrees, side dishes, and desserts, and preserved items like jams and jellies. I know there will also be a costume contest, a raffle of some sort, some carnival games, various food carts, and several other things. I think its supposed to be held in Hogsmeade, but I'm not 100% certain on that."

Jack sat and listened to Marcus talkign about teh mask " okay he can keep it" Jack said "if it creeps out Michael it has to be too creapy" he turned and listened to Marcus as he spoke of a fundraiser , a haloween ball " oh I could go as a wear wolf" Jack sid chukaling but then shook his hed " na migh eb too scary for any little ones going" When Marcus spoke of food he smiled and sat stragter in his chair " now thats more like it, not worried about the raffle I never win at those anyway, but its for the kids" he added and thought more about it " hum might be fun just to relax." but tehn he groaned " but teh dancing part, Im not too sure, after Simone and Edwards wedding my dogs are killing me for some rest." he noticed Jessie walk in the door his head down as he looked at his muggle phone. " hey you okay?" he asked Jessie looked up at him.

"um..yeah..nope." he mumbled " Sorry I just need some sleep, I..I think." he said moving to the stairs as he typed on his phone. Jack looked suprised and looked to Marcus worried " what was that about, he's never ben that quiet before." Jack said