International Rescue: The Next Phase


Home » The Archives » Chapter 12 » Playing with Fire
Re: Playing with Fire [message #469 is a reply to message #468] Mon, 23 July 2012 21:08 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
artisticrainey is currently offline  artisticrainey
Messages: 1228
Registered: July 2012
Location: Northern Ireland
Karma:
Field Commander
Switzerland
Monday, October 15, 2068, 10:20 p.m., Tracy Island

"Jeff, which one?" Dianne sounded weary and frustrated.

Jeff sighed and came back to the laptop Dianne had perched on the ottoman. They had sent their RSVP for themselves and the children along to Elise, and they agreed that they'd decide later on what to bring -- especially since few of the family would be able to get into the Villa kitchen to actually bake or cook for the party. John said he would handle costumes for himself and Tyler, which left Alex and Cherie to choose their own... and for Jeff and Dianne to wrangle over who they would go to the party as.

"Which ones did you like again?" he asked as he sat down next to her on the sofa. "I've seen so many costumes that my head is swimming."

"We narrowed it down to these two," Dianne said, pulling up windows with both sets of costumes in them. They had decided to go as a couple, which had both limited and expanded their choices at once.

He looked at each costume, flicking back and forth between them, then finally left one window on top. "This one. It shouldn't be as much of a pain to put on. And it has pants, not tights."

"So, you don't want to go as a superhero?" Dianne asked, chuckling a little. "Or see me go as one?"

Jeff sat back, hands behind his head. "I'll admit, love, that you would look spectacular in that suit... what little of it there is. But me? I'm not given to wearing my underwear outside my clothing, thank you very much."

She eyed him speculatively. "Well, with this other one, you'll have to dye your hair...."

He took his hands down. "What do you mean? Why can't I go as a more... mature version of the character?"

"Because, you won't look right unless you do," Dianne insisted. "Then there's the facial hair..."

Jeff groaned. "Oh God, not more of that." He waved a hand toward the screen. "At least it's not a full beard. I can draw that thing on, instead of wearing the mustache."

"You will weah the mustache, suh," Dianne drawled. "Ah'll hafta weah a wig, aftuh all."

He grumbled for a moment, then subsided. "Okay, okay! I'll do it." He waved at the screen. "Go ahead, order it. Have them ship it out to us on the mail plane."

Dianne leaned over to kiss him. "Thanks, love." She ran a hand through his hair, and said, "You know, you're going to be particularly handsome with your hair dyed."

"Just don't get used to it," he replied, cupping her face with his hand. "I worked hard to get all these gray hairs... or my sons worked hard to give them to me... and they are a badge of honor."

Dianne smiled slyly, and chuckled. "Keep telling yourself that, Jeff." She leaned in for another kiss. "Just keep telling yourself that."

Posted by Tikatu on March 9, 2008

Dom plainclothes heartbeat Luke plainclothes

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]
 
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Next Topic: Feedback - 12
Goto Forum:
  

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [ RSS ] [ PDF ]

Current Time: Sat May 18 10:57:01 EDT 2024

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.02000 seconds
.:: Contact :: Home ::.

Powered by: FUDforum 3.1.1.
Copyright ©2001-2021 FUDforum Bulletin Board Software