A Birth day

Jack heard Marcus and chuckled shaking his head " yep, when I have the chance I take it, as Robert says work smarter not harder , right" he said to him watching Marcus pass a duffle bag to David who then walked across to the main house. Ruby sat and listend to Angus ask Ginger about loking after Caprice the next day and she smiled knowing that was just what she was going to ask them both.

Ruby chuckled hearing Ginger and smiled " shes not wrong there" she said then glanced over her shoulder as Edward and Anise walked back into their side of the duplex. She sat and listened to Angus as he spoke to Edward about trusting Ginger and Anise she nodded " I agree" she said simply with a smiled as she heard Edwrad " we'll keep that in mind , but Im sure Ginger and Anise will have it al in hand" she said looking to Edward as Jack snuck out the back door and back to his own room.

Andrew arrived not long later, and he helped Ginger and Angus both get cleaned up for the night. He carried Ginger to her room, and he checked Anise's arm. It was improving. He suggested she get a good night's sleep too, so he made sure that Anise was in bed with some pain potion so she could sleep. Then, as he was leaving, Finn came in downstairs and curled up alongside Anise as she started to doze off.

"Those girls seem to be fitting right in as if they belonged," Andrew said. "I rather did expect them to have a bit of a honeymoon period where things went well and then I expected them to be normal teenagers, but so far, that hasn't happened."

"I honestly don't know if its in them," Angus said. "They were living with Fenrir, remember? I'm certain they were taught to obey, so I don't know if normal human adolescent behavior is in their wheelhouse. Now, before I forget, Robert said you could have maybe a half a cup of coffee, but not a full one, and no breakfast until you return."

"Any idea what he has in mind?"

"Well, I could hazard a guess, but some sort of repair on your shoulder seems obvious. I presume he's planning on using the sickbay at the main house or over at the farm because they're both well equipped. Since he's coming to get you, my money is on the farm."

"Could be," Angus said. "Well, I should have asked him myself."

"It's just as well you didn't," Andrew said. "When I left to come over here, he was trying to brew himself a flu potion, and he buggared it. The house was filling up with a disgusting olive green stinky smoke when I left, and everyone was dashing to open the windows."

"I'm going next door," Edward frowned deeply.

"Why?" Angus asked.

"When a perfectionist like Robert buggars a potion, something's not right. I'm going to go give him a hand. If I get delayed, I'll see you lot in the morning." Edward left quickly to go see Robert.

"Well, since your shower is free, I'm going to go make use of it and organize my things a bit. What time are you getting up?"

"Maybe four," Angus said.

"I'll see you at four, then. If lay out your clothes, I'll help you dress, in case Ruby wants to sleep in. We won't disturb anyone."

"Good idea. Goodnight, Marcus."

"Goodnight, Roby, and goodnight Angus," Marcus said. He cast a quick spell, and Angus heard all the locks in both sides of the house clicking into place.

"Well, that's a nifty trick," Angus said. "I might have to learn that spell."

Ruby smiled as Andrew walked in and spoke to Angus " there just good honest girls" she said playing with Caprice as they spoke to each other. She heard Edward leave and chuckled then she heard Andrew say he was going to slep " good night" she said then looked at Angus who spoke to her after Andrew locked the doorswith a flick of his hand "yep, might ask him in the morning how he does it." she said with a chuckle.

Now with the place locked up she looked at Angus " so we both have early mornings tomorrow" she sid and chuckled sipping her coffee." have to admit this irish coffee is nice" she looked down at Caprice and picked her up as she stood on her lap and bounced making Ruby chuckle but Caprice wanted her father and she lent over " you think you could hold her?" she asked .

"Irish coffee has always been one of my favorites, especially if its done with a good smooth coffee blend and a nice top shelf whiskey that's smoky and woody and smooth. They just seem to go together. The only thing I do a little differently is that I use Muscovardo sugar in the coffee and in the whipped cream because I think that molasses flavor just needs to be there. Regular sugar is okay, but the muscovardo is just way better."

"I'm glad you're going to just put her on my lap. It's easier to pick her up with two hands. I can hold her with one, but I feel better picking her up with two, unless I have no other choice..." He looked up and saw a paper bird flitting through the room, but the thing seemed to have a mind of its own."

"Grab it, Ru!" Angus laughed. "It's lost it's little mind."

Ruby placed Caprice on Angus's lap then stood up to see the paper bird she chukled then chased it around the room befre catching it and opening it " its from Simone she says she'll cook breakfast in the mornng " she said and showed Angus before placing it down on the coffee table beside him.

Sitting down she chuckled " I have to agree on the additions to the irish coffee thought cream instead of milk makes it atse smoother and nicer in my opinion." she said to him watching as Caprice moved to touch his cheek with her hand. Ruby was suprised that she kept away from Angus's shoulder s if she knew it was hurt and would not do it any more damage.

"Well, right. Cream is better than milk in anything unless you're calorie counting," he replied as he held Caprice on his shoulder. She laid her head on his shoulder and cuddled into his neck and started to just settle to go to sleep.
"I think this one might soon be done for the day. I think she's tired. Oh, and before I forget, there's a gift for her. Do you mind opening it for her? I left it in the back of the pantry. It's the unopened cardboard box."

"And, I know you have a lot on your schedule these days, but would you mind taking the girls and go see Clive and Diana in Venice and get them outfitted properly please. Just tell them the girls need everything and have it charged to my account. It's fine. You should see if Jess is free to go with you since you've only been there once or twice and she knows her way to that place in her sleep. Jess is really good with that sort of stuff and she would enjoy the outing. I'm thinking I'll certainly be home by then, but if Robert has some other thing on his mind and I"m not back, we can find someone here to leave the baby with til one of us gets home. If worse comes to worse, Uncle Jessie might enjoy some uninterrupted time with his niece. What do you think? I really want the girls to have everything they need, and hot summer weather is just around the corner. We need to get them fitted. You could lend Ginger my wheelchair so she doesn't get too tired."

Ruby smiled seeing Caprice settle on his shoulder hearing him mention a box in the closet she stood up placing down her cup and walking over to it and opened the door . Taking out the box she slid it across to where she was sat and opened it " awe its cute" she said smiling " I'll have Jack or Jessie install it tomorrow" she said taking it out and holding it up. " I see Kate has changed a few things already, I love it" she said and lent down and kissed him.

Placing it back in the box she sat back down " I think Caprice will love it too she can be out side to enjoy the fresh air." Ruby said smiling at him " you want me to put her down for her sleep?" she asked .

"Would you please?" he asked. "I think she's already out. She's sort of snoring in my ear." He stifled a yawn. "I guess I must be winding down too. I'll just finish my coffee and then I'll be up. The coffee is too good to waste. I'm drinking it.

"Do you realize its only about a month now before the boys are home? I've honestly missed them. I do want to take everybody and go to Tuscany, maybe take a couple of those days and take one of the yachts out for a pleasure cruise, but we might need to wait until I can actually captain a ship, and maybe until Ginger is well enough to go. At this rate, we probably won't be cruising until the boys graduate anyway.

"However, i think we really need to be selective for a bit on where we take the girls. They have not been exposed to much except living like hermits. So, I think we need to be very careful at not overwhelming them. Its why I think Diagon Alley might be too much for them for a bit. Clive and Diana's is well hidden, so I don't think you'll have problems there. Maybe we should invite Jack and Jessie to take Anise out from time to time and get her acquainted with some of the different ways that we live. I think having two werewolves with them would give the girls someone to relate to that could help provide them some reassurance. They could start with somewhere like Hogsmeade, maybe."

Ruby smiled and lifted Caprice into her own arms " looks like you could use a sleep too , and don't worry when I get back from Paris I'll take both girls to see Clive and Diana, I rember how to get to them" she said smiling a she lent down and kissed him gently " see you when you come up stairs" she said and with Caprices bag in hand she walked up to her nursary , changing her and her clothes into her pjs she lay her down and lightly covered her with her blanket before turing on the fairy lights to gently light the bedroom for her. Closing the door she moved to the bedroom and went to shower knowing she'd need another when she got back from Paris.

Heafding down she heard Angus and nodded " I agree and Jess is a great help, I'll ask tomorrow after I have done my trainning." she said putting the box back in the closet for the next day. " now come on, sleep " she said moving to help him stand up off the chair. " do you need help changing?" she asked

"I could use a hand, please, since I only have one. You might have to rely on magic to get the tee shirt off, though. I'll just do without a shirt tonight. Andrew can figure out how he's going to handle a shirt tomorrow. I'm betting he'll vote for a button down." He got up and took his empty Irish coffee mug to the sink and cast a washing up spell on the handful of dishes that remained.

He hadn't realized how much he hurt until he got into bed. He was going to just turn out the light when he saw that someone had left a potion cup on his nightstand and a note.

"Just shut up and take it," the note read. It was Andrew's handwriting.

"This is not what I took last night," Angus said, noticing the color change from last night's potion. "How do I know what the devil this stuff is?" I don't think I'm going to take it. If I oversleep, Robert will be even angrier than he was tonight, and I'd rather not go there. " He set it back down and turned out the light. "Night, Ru," he said, settling in.