A Birth day

Ruby and Aria walked back to the duplex and into the living room seeing Marcus and Angus talking " is Jada ready for her trip?" Ruby asked looking around for her " and I do hope you told the school the girls will not be in today so they can get some rest" Ruby asked Angus " because if you did I agree with it a hundred percent." she moved to the kitchen and saw a fresh pot of coffee on the counter and smiled " thanks for the coffee" she said holding up the pot.

Aria moved to Marcus and listened to Ruby and Angus talking " hes all out today because of the frogs last night." she said softly to Marcus with a sigh. " the boys have breakfast and I hope are bringing some of it back here for us" she added as her stomach growled that it was passed due for her to eat.

The boys came back with the breakfast dishes that Zoe sent over, and Angus took it from them immediately. He took it and set it out on the sideboard, put some serving spoons in the dishes.

"Come eat, Guys," Angus told Victor and Sam quietly. Marcus went over to the stairs and called downstairs.

"Girls, stop the frog hunting long enough to come eat breakfast," Marcus called.

"Coming," Ginger called back.

"I haven't asked Jada about that. They were still frog hunting when I went down," Angus said to Ruby. "I presume you'll let her eat first since the food is here and hot. You and Aria should fix your plates too. And, yes, I notified Evan and the school. I didn't give the girls a choice, though. I just told them they weren't going. I expect Madame Maxime won't be happy with me, but that's fine."

Andrew brought Elwood downstairs and took him to the table for breakfast, and as he did, Minos and the Fae began to bring buckets and boxes upstairs, all of which were croaking quite loudly.

"Dear lord, what is that?"

"Frogs," Angus sighed. "Hundreds of freaking frogs. Minos, Kate wants all those damned things. would you at least take them outside and let her and Robert decide what to do with them please?" Minos nodded. "Do you have them all?"  Minos gestured to Angus. "Thanks," Angus said, and the Fae began to take them outside.

"So do they have them all?"

"Most of them," Angus said. "There's a few left downstairs, but the Fae didn't feel comfortable going and getting them. I'll go get them after breakfast."

"Where are they?" Marcus frowned.

"In the girls' underwear drawer, hopping about in their clean knickers and their clean bras. I'll go try to nab the little bastards shortly."

"You mean the formerly clean knickers and bras," Marcus laughed.

Ruby heard Angus and nodded " well if she has a problem we'll both deal with her" she said and nodded to Angus " of course" she added with a smile as Aria headed to fetch the babies who had been quiet in their nursery. Now with both in her arms she placed them in their high chair and gave them breakfast while Ruby grabbed two plates, one for her and one for Angus " here eat " she said " before you go rifling threw the girls formally clean underwear draw" she chuckled.

Aria had heard Ruby and chuckled " let me guess the last of the frogs?" she asked Marcus as she gave him a plate of food before she headed to eat her own as her stomach growled once more to be fed. Sitting she gave Amari a spoon and left her to eat by herself Ruby gave Caprice her spoon and watched as they both ate happily,

"No, not quite," Marcus said. "Looks like most of them, though. I think Angus would like to hang that dog up by his gonads this morning."

"Oh, you don't want to know what I've thought this morning," Angus said to Marcus as Ruby handed him a breakfast plate. "Thanks, Ru."

"We really weren't going to stay on all night," Anise told Angus quietly. "I can feel your energy, you know. Your seer's stuff aligns frequently with mine. We had tried to go to bed, but the damned frogs kept hopping in our beds, in our hair, in our faces. So we got pissed off and up to go get the little monsters. Can we lock the dog outside tonight?"

"And have him bring in spiders or mice in the morning? Not on your life," Ginger frowned.

"So you know, Minos says the rest of the frogs are in your knickers drawers. I'll go get them in a moment."

"In my what? My knickers! I'll go fry them for that," Anise scowled.

"Don't fry them. They're just babies. And Kate wants them, so I'll get rid of them," Angus said.

"Wait. Our dad pawing through our knickers?" Ginger frowned, looking abhored. "I'm not having it."

"You have something to hide in your drawer?"

"Yes! My bras and my knickers!" she said, embarrassed.

"Look. I have seen womens' underthings before, and well before Ruby's. It all looks pretty much the same to us men. Just so you know."

"Well, just how many women's knickers have you pawed through?" Ginger asked. "Wait. Maybe I don't want to know."

"Look, reel your brain in," Angus said. "Who do you think did Khaat's and everyone else's laundry in the main house for all those years?" He looked at Ruby. "Did you implant those strange thoughts in their heads?"

Ruby and Aria both listened to Angus and the girls chuckling as Ginger protested at Angus rifling threw their underwear draw. Ruby lent closer wanting to hear what he was going to say but when he asked her if she put the idea into the girls head she chuckled and shook her head " nope but I too am interested in the answer to that question." she said with a smile to him.

Aria looked at Anise and Ginger " why not come shopping with us today for new underwear and just bin the old" she said " we're taking Jada to Clive's anyway, whats a few more tagging along." now she looked at Angus " will give your dad some time to evict those little buggers from your draws" she said with a chuckle.

"Just for that, yes. We will go with you," Anise told Ruby. She looked at Angus, and don't you dare be doing strange things with our knickers while we're gone."

"Strange things?" Angus asked. He looked at Marcus. "They think I'm a letch."

"No, they just think you're unpredictable."

"I am. And I'm not changing that," Angus said. "They'll just need to worry, I suppose." The boys got up, cleared the table and opened the door to head off to work. They had at least had some sleep, so Angus didn't feel a need to rescue them.

"Hey," Sam said. "Someone put in an actual flagpole out near the running track and obstacle course."

"Did they, finally?" Angus asked. "Brian's been talking about it for years, but he didn't do anything about it seriously until Robert suggested they put a light on the very top that would look over the two courses, for security purposes. We have lights in the four guard towers on each of the four corners of the estate, but we had nothing in the center. Robert suggested the light on top of the flagpole to resolve that."

"Well, it looks like they've got it in, and now Kate seems to be digging it up again." Sam frowned.

"What?" Angus frowned. He went to the door. "Oh. No, no, no. She's planning the landscaping around it, I think. It won't be easy to dig out again. It's been fixed in there, surely, with a good lot of concrete."

"We're ready to go whenever you are," Anise told Ruby.

Aria chuckled at Anises response as she wiped clean Amaris face of breakfast. Lifting her out she caried her to the play pen while Ruby did the same with Caprice. Hearing Sam Aria moved to the back door and chuckled. " yeah she doesn't want a eye sore of a flag pole with out some flowers around the base ." she said and glanced up at the light on the very top, " nice perch" she said and smiled teasingly to Marcus as she saw Arch flutter to perch on it.

Ruby heard Anise and nodded " grab your coats then" she said as she finished putting Caprice into the play pen " okay be good for daddy and uncle Marcus while we're away" she said and stood back up walking to the coat rack she grabbed a semi light jacket and slipped it on. Once the girls had returned she looked for Jada holding out her hand she smiled to her " hold tight and don't let go" she aid softly to her. Once every one had taken hands Ruby ported them to an alley close to Clive's shop.