Nightly Lessons Book I: The Book of Beginnings

[Peeker]

Janus just waved to Alice, before turning and trying to bodily push Mikeal into his room - where was going anyway, yes, but it made him feel like he was accomplishing something. "C'mon! Sleep! Your turn to listen to me - the smarter, handsomer, better-looking one!" The sick boy insisted with a smirk.

Aleksandr chuckled, and sighed. "...you don't mind waiting a bit, do you dear? I'm sure they'll both be better after a bit of a rest... and to be quite honest, there's no reason for us not to stay - they could both use some company to help out around here... and if you are sick, then its either all of us return to the manor, or we all stay here." The man sighed, and stroked the girl's hair, leaning back on the couch in a way that belied his age and usual way of carrying himself. In short, the man was taking this moment in the man's house as a bit of a vacation - sickness standing or not.

Janus peeked his head back out, and stepped into the hall. "...oh, and please stay out of the kitchen?" The boy nodded thankfully, and joined the pair in the other room, sitting on the couch. "-if you need anything, I mean. Lucy and 'Boose are sort of touchy right now... we just gave away her puppies."

With that, the boy picked up his controller, apparently intending to stay up in case Mikeal needed anything.

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

"C'mon! Sleep! Your turn to listen to me - the smarter, handsomer, better-looking one!"

Mikeal chuckled as well and once he was at his bedroom door, he turned and gave Janus a light swat to the rear.

"Sick or not, I'm still incharge here," He said mock-sternly then he smiled and ruffled Janus hair. "Mind Aleks though, okay. And don't forget to rest too."

Alice merely smiled as Aleks took her to the livingroom, leaning fully into Aleks' hold as she twisted about and looked as a rather happy Lucy came trotting by with Klo in her mouth.

"Looks like we cheered someone up," Alice smiled and looked at Aleks and took in the room. "I don't mind waiting."

She watched as Janus picked up the control again, noticing how the room looked very 'camped out' with the thick blankets and tall glasses of blood and orange juice.

"You've been playing games while you are sick? No fair," She pouted slightly at Aleks. "How come I don't get to do that?"

[Peeker]

"...because you need your rest." Aleksandr said, with infuriating adult-logic.

Janus shrugged, leaning back into the cushions. "--and I've been doing nothing but sleep... and read. I'm actually ahead in my homework. ...so I get to play, too." The boy held up a hand and gave a rueful look at it. "I've been eight for the past few days - I almost forgot how to hold a controller with a normal hand." The boy shrugged, not planning telling them why he was back to normal, and instead shook his hand a bit, and went back to his game. "--I guess you timed it wrong, Alice. Came over yesterday, we'd have matched... but Mikeal said he didn't want all that magic hitting my body while I was sick."

The boy belted a huge yawn before turning back to the game.

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

"...because you need your rest." Alice looked up at Aleks and frowned.

"But it gets boring when it's something small," she was refering to the times she had gone a very bad cough or the one time she had gotten a sore throat tht made her lose her voice for two days. When she had a cold she was just out, clean and simple. "Nobody can sleep all day."

"--and I've been doing nothing but sleep... and read. I'm actually ahead in my homework. ...so I get to play, too." The boy held up a hand and gave a rueful look at it. "I've been eight for the past few days - I almost forgot how to hold a controller with a normal hand. --I guess you timed it wrong, Alice. Came over yesterday, we'd have matched... but Mikeal said he didn't want all that magic hitting my body while I was sick."


Alice felt her eyebrow twitch and turned to glare at Janus a little.

"And just what the hell are you implying with that?" She demanded, eyes nearrow. "Are you calling me dumb?"

She was misinturpating his words, her feelings still a little sensitive about how much trouble she was having with Latin, despite Aleks generous help.

She looked offened at him before she finally asked with a small kick to his side. "And what do you mean you were eight until today? What did you do this time?"

[Peeker]

The boy's eyes widened, a little hurt by what she was saying. "Hey! Watchit!" Janus countered, bothered by her tone and the kick.

The girl found herself lifted up into her Sire's lap, and let go of - he would not risk enraging her by holding her close, but he did need to remind her- "Alice! May I ask what you think that you're doing?!" the man snapped, tersely. "The boy was simply saying that he was small, as you are, recently."

The boy looked away from the pair, not really wanting to answer Alice's question... or say much of anything else to her until she apologized. Instead he sat and waited for Alice's response to her Sire.

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Alice crossed her arms, frowning as she looked at the far off wall. She annoyed now, by bot of them; Janus for not answering her reasonable questions and Aleks for snapping at her for what Alice felt wasn't a big deal. she fixed her eyes on Klo whom was getting the whole sniffs and licks down from his mother whom was happy to see one of her most recent litter. Caboose just huffed lightly and forced his head on to Janus lap, peeved that his romantic advances towards his mate were foiled by his son.

Alice simply refused to look at either Aleks and Janus, her short temper on sensitive matters starting to show.

[Peeker]

Aleksandr sighed heavily, and leaned back on the couch. "How long until Mikeal believes you'll be better, Janus?" He'd simply give Alice time to cool down, then. Nothing he could say would help her - it'd either be a lie, or infuriate her.

...all he really wanted was for her to be happy again... which didn't look likely in the near future.

Janus turned his head towards the pair, petting Caboose lazily. Poor guy. "I don't know, sir. Might be better two days before the Festival. Might be better a week into the festival... but probably sooner-" the boy added, assuringly. "-I... I think m... Mikeal might have been a little too worried." The boy turned back to the dog. He had gotten used to speaking casually to Mikeal again... was he being rude to Aleksandr? It was hard to tell.

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Giving into her irritation, Alice pushed off from Aleks and walked over to Klo and Lucy. The mother dog looked happily at her, managing to swipe her long tongue cross the girls face just as she bent down to pet her own dog.

"Argh!" It didn't lighten her mood, the slobber from the dog's kiss feel like a glob of hair gel and her hairs were easily covered by it. "Gross Lucy, god..."

She gave the female dog an odd push before heading towards the bathroom to wash. Caboose gave off an almost scolding sound of a woof after the girl but he made no move to follow her. Something as short as her wouldn't get out of the flat and the man whom both his masters liked seemed to have a reasonable control over her. Everything would be fine.

[Peeker]

Aleksandr turned and gave Janus a withering glance. The boy looked up from his game, wide-eyed, and a little surprised. "S-sir?" He asked, softly.

"Go to your room, Janus. Go to sleep." The elder commanded, firmly. "...my Alice and I need some alone time, alright? Go. Now."

The boy opened his mouth to protest, and was met with the brick-wall glare of the older vampire. He closed his mouth - turned, shut off the game console, and gave the man a proper bow. "Yes, Lord. Thank you."

"I'll see you in a little while, Janus." The man assured, softly, wishing he hadn't had to strong-arm the boy so much. ...but he needed to have another talk with Alice, apparently... and would rather have 'privacy' to do it.

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Alice struggled slightly to reach the sink with a wash rag in hand. She had found to her annoyance that she was too short to reach the knobs of the faucet and now was struggling to climb up. She had barely reached it when she felt her footing slip on the small rim of the cabinet door. She let out a small yelp of surprise as she slipped. Closing her eyes quickly, ready for the pain of her jaw hitting the counter when she felt instead a pair of hands quickly grasp around her and lift her up to sit on the counter

"Huh?" She looked over and saw Aleks. Then reaching over, Alice turned on the water and soaked the rag. "Oh... thanks.... Aleks."