A Pink Corner House, Bristol, Sunday Noon

[chosehumanity]

By noon, there still hadn't been any sign of George. Though to be honest, after what had happened that morning, Mitchell wasn't so certain he was unhappy about that. Let him be out for a while, and keep Tully with him.

He wasn't going to make the same mistake again.

Unfortunately, that meant he was stuck in Bristol for however long it took them to get George to see reason-- making class tomorrow an impossible dream. He made sure Annie was feeling all right before slipping into his own room, searching for his mobile. He found it sitting on the floor near the saxophone and picked it up, dialing a number quickly.

[[ for she who he be calling ]]

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[vanillajello]

Kate picked up quickly enough, not really doing anything special at that particular moment. She felt a twinge of worry when she saw who was calling, but that wasn't evident in her voice.

"Speak," she drawled lazily in greeting.

[chosehumanity]

"Kate," Mitchell greeted, leaning his head against the wall. He set his eyes on an old Sex Pistols poster on the other end of the room. "Look-- something's happened and I need to stay in Bristol for a little while. Do you think you can handle the class--? I've got lesson plans if you need them, clips..."

[vanillajello]

"Sure," Kate said after a slight pause, straightening up while her brow creased a little. Couldn't keep the hint of worry from her voice anymore.

And now there was another pause, before a hesitant question. "Everyone okay?"

[chosehumanity]

Mitchell rubbed at his hair, wondering just how much he could tell. "Annie had a... bad run-in with someone," he said, cautiously. "I need to make sure she stays safe, George is being an complete arsehole, so he's no help."

[vanillajello]

Kate bit down on an It was that guy Tully, wasn't it? She thought it was a reasonable guess, all things considered. Didn't say it, though.

Didn't mean she wasn't going to ask about it eventually. But not right now.

"Okay," she said, instead. "Okay. Stay there for as long as you have to, we got your class completely covered."

[chosehumanity]

"You're brilliant," Mitchell said - entirely without irony. He quirked a relieved smile at the phone. "Thank you, Kate. I'll make it up later."

[vanillajello]

"You better," Kate replied, though it was fond. "Call me if-- there's anything." She paused, before adding, "And, I dunno, give her a hug for me?"

[chosehumanity]

"Yeah, I'll make sure she gets that," he agreed. Annie... could do with a bit of hugging, really. This was a horrible time for her to be invisible to normal people, wasn't it? "Likewise if the island unleashes something horrible before I get back."

[vanillajello]

"Oh, I think it's done messing with us for a while, again." Hoped. She hoped it was. "But I'll keep that in mind. In case it makes me throw another tea party."

[chosehumanity]

"...You threw a tea party?"

It was funny how Mitchell's voice could go from serious to completely incredulous in under five seconds like that.

[vanillajello]

"For Puck's birthday," Kate said, and even sounded like she was making a face. "While acting like a demented fifties housewife. Chirping like a fucking hummingbird."

[chosehumanity]

"Oh my God," said Mitchell.

And nothing more. Well. "Oh my God."

[vanillajello]

"Shut up," Kate said, scowling. "It was traumatic. I was like Alice." Beat. "On speed."

[chosehumanity]

"Should I start booking you for parties now?" Mitchell asked, "Kitchen princess?"

[vanillajello]

"Shut. Up."

It didn't matter that she'd chosen to tell him; she could still be grumpy.

... About getting exactly the reaction she'd expected. Yeah.

"It's not funny."

[chosehumanity]

"Didn't you miss out on the last few rounds of Fandom insanity, or am I misremembering that?"

[vanillajello]

"That doesn't mean I should have to end up all... blushing and proper," she argued.

[chosehumanity]

"Could've been worse," Mitchell pointed out. "You could've been a nun." He was trying very hard not to laugh.

[vanillajello]

Not hard enough, if you asked Kate. "Can't see how that would've been any different," she muttered. "Except I wouldn't have had to wear those heels all day."

[chosehumanity]

"More prayer," Mitchell pointed out, "And you'd have to wear nothing but black and white, and get up at arse o'clock in the morning."

[vanillajello]

"I already did get up at a time no sane person would," Kate countered. She adopted that annoying fairytale princess voice to add, "Cakes and muffins and scones don't bake themselves, dear."

[chosehumanity]

[[ Let's pretend LJ didn't just fail and hand me the wrong icon, shall we? Awesome. ]]

"But was it five AM?" he asked. This was important.

[vanillajello]

"Five thirty-ish, I think."

A little after six, actually, but still. It was too early!