A Room at the Arms Hotel, Saturday Morning

[vanillajello]

Dorian Owens was a pretty resourceful and brave little boy. So, when he couldn't locate his parents at the big building he'd found them last time, and he heard someone mention an awful lot of people would be at the hotel this morning, he set on his way across town

Lots of bright persuasive smiles, a rickshaw ride, and a helpful hotel employee later he found himself at a door behind which he was supposed to find his parents. So, he knocked. Enthusiastically.

Inside the room, in bed, it made Kate frown lightly. "Did you order room service breakfast or something?" she mumbled, still half asleep.

[ooc: For the two pale dudes, and masses of SP!]

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[vanillajello]

Kate snorted, giving Dorian a little squeeze. "Yeah, that's not gonna happen right now," she assured them. "I love you. Both of you. You should remember that."

It had very little to do with chips but she felt like saying it.

[therewaslife]

"I love you both too," Bod murmured, pressing a kiss against Dorian's hair and sighing.

"Love you too!" Dorian chirped happily. "And will forever and ever and ever!"

[vanillajello]

"So will we," Kate sighed. "We so will, Dorian. Us here and the us you have at home, you can count on that. Forever and ever and ever."

[puddingordeath.livejournal.com]

"Yay!"

Dorian wiggled around in the embrace and giggled.

"I feel like I'm inna fort again."

[vanillajello]

Kate snickered. "Like a parent fort? Well, I guess we are keeping you pretty safe right now. Like, it's not like you can escape or anything."

[puddingordeath.livejournal.com]

That sounded like a challenge to Dorian.

"I could too escape!" he said. "Could could could could!"

[vanillajello]

"Oh, I don't think so," Kate replied, teasing. "No, I think your daddy and I have a pretty good hold on you. Don't you, Bod?"

[therewaslife]

"I've gotten fairly strong since the last time I saw you," Bod said agreeably. "I don't think you could do it, Dorian."

Dorian wiggled a little more, trying to see if he could use his size to squirm out.

[vanillajello]

He might've been all small and wiggly, but Kate was totally going to try and wrap her arms a little tighter around him, though.

Hah.

[puddingordeath.livejournal.com]

Giggling, Dorian kept squirming and wiggling before trying to find some of his mom's bare skin so he could give her a raspberry!

His dad had taught him that one.

[vanillajello]

And predictably, Kate's hold loosened as she laughed, surprised.

"That is not playing fair, Dorian!"

[puddingordeath.livejournal.com]

Dorian wiggled out of the hold and rolled around on the bed, laughing. "Is so! Daddy taught me how to do that and it aaaaaaaaalways works, Mum!"

[vanillajello]

Kate gave Bod' shoulder a playful little push. "Your fault."

[therewaslife]

"I can't help it if he's resourceful," Bod said, laughing. "And I can't help it if it does really work all the time. It just means you're predictable, Cuddle Bunny."

[vanillajello]

"Oh shush, English Muffin," Kate retorted, waving a hand at him, dismissively. "I'm not that preditable."

Yes she was.

[therewaslife]

"Yes, you are," Bod said, laughing.

"You are you are you are!" Dorian joined in even if he didn't really know what they were talking about. "Let's go play somewhere!"

[vanillajello]

"Somewhere like where?" Kate asked. "Like to the park, or –– is that my phone?"

Yes, it totally was her phone, ringing in her bag.

[therewaslife]

"It's your phone," Bod said, glancing at the bag while Dorian climbed into his lap. "It might me your mum. You should take a look."

[vanillajello]

Kate nodded and rummaged through her bag for the phone. Then she raised an eyebrow at the name on the screen, and got up to walk a little further away from them to take the call.

After a moment, she came back, looking very very surprised. But not in a bad way. "Uh, that wasn't my mom."

[therewaslife]

"It wasn't?" he asked, holding Dorian and looking expectant. "Who was it?"

[vanillajello]

"It was Luke," she said. "I, uh... Apparently there's someone else I need to go meet up with at JGoB."

[therewaslife]

"Another?" Bod asked, raising an eyebrow and trying not to laugh. "Go. I'll get Dorian cleaned up and we'll find you later?"

[vanillajello]

"Okay," Kate said, picking up her bag again. "This is... weird. But... Yeah, weird."

[therewaslife]

"It's all right," Bod said, brushing his fingers through Dorian's hair. "Go. We'll catch up to you in a bit."

[vanillajello]

Kate blew kisses at the both of them and gave them a little wave, before ducking out of the room again.

When they'd see her next, she'd have tales of an egomaniac demigod son to tell.