Honolulu Heights, Friday

[chosehumanity]

So several people had been promised a housewarming party - and George had managed to convince Mitchell not to invite everyone in the whole neighbourhood, so chances were it might not even end in disaster - which would double as a 'welcome back, Annie!' party.

That meant tea. And biscuits. But mostly loads of tea. (And little finger sandwiches; Annie had insisted, claiming they were 'classy'.)

And leis. Annie had been vocal about those, too.

But: now the place was ready, after a week of running around and shopping and arguing and laughing and then running around some more. Time to celebrate.

[[ for those who were invited, and for anyone who thinks they might have been invited! ]]

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Re: Living Room

[chosehumanity]

Mitchell grinned. "It does lend a certain air to the place, doesn't it?"

Re: Living Room

[vanillajello]

"A certain demented charm," Kate drawled, though a light smile stayed on. With the inhabitants, 'demented charm' was pretty much as normal as anything was going to get. "Beats Kansas. We had no leis in Kansas."

Re: Living Room

[chosehumanity]

"Maybe you should paint a mural in Kansas," Mitchell offered. "Spice it up a bit."

Re: Living Room

[vanillajello]

Snort. "Uh, yeah, no," she said. "I'm pretty sure Charmaine would complain about paint fumes being bad for the baby, for one thing."

Re: Living Room

[chosehumanity]

"Aw, come on," Mitchell cajoled. "You know what we did the first day Annie was back? We hula'd."

Solemnly, he said that. Yes. "In front of the mural."

Re: Living Room

[vanillajello]

Excuse Kate for laughing. A lot. It was just that she was pretty delighted at that mental image.

"Seriously?"

Re: Living Room

[chosehumanity]

Mitchell pointed at the mural.

"Can you look at that and not feel the urge to hula?"

Re: Living Room

[vanillajello]

"I once spent a week in actual Hawaii and didn't feel the urge to hula," Kate retorted. "Face it, Mitchell, I might not be a hula kind of girl, even if you are."

Yes, she'd just called him a girl. He could deal with it.

Re: Living Room

[chosehumanity]

"Oh, come on," Mitchell returned, unfazed by the whole girl-calling thing. "Not even a little bit? You've got the lei and everything."

Re: Living Room

[vanillajello]

"But not a grass skirt," she pointed out. "I only hula in a grass skirt."

This was actually true-ish. Because she'd once thrown a third floor theme party, excpt she couldn't remember whether she'd done the hula even then.

Re: Living Room

[chosehumanity]

"We could make you one," Mitchell suggested, straight-faced.

Re: Living Room

[vanillajello]

Annnd here came the snickering.

"... Are you offering to make me a grass skirt?"

Re: Living Room

[chosehumanity]

"No," Mitchell corrected, "I'm offering to get George to make you a grass skirt. That's a vast difference."

Re: Living Room

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, in the entertainment value," Kate returned without missing a beat. "His spazziness gives me a headache."