If Parker had been any less than 100% enthusiastic about having Archie around, Eliot would have happily let him spend the whole weekend getting room service at the Arms
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Parker was still beaming happily, and now telling Archie about turning into a ferret.
"...so I missed most of Christmas, but we did all the presents and food after I was back, and I can remember playing in the snow which was amazing." She paused and added, "And Hardison can't turn into anything this Halloween, because I think we should all go as the Three Musketeers. That would be harder if he were a teddy bear."
Archie was not doubting Parker, per se. But he was making the usual allowances for it being Parker, and her usual mode of communication and world-view possibly compromising the information he was getting from her.
"...does that happen very often?" He was talking to the rest of you, because this is new. Very new.
"To Parker, it was twice. Me and Hardison, only once." Eliot wasn't going to go into specifics. He recognized that expression. Archie wouldn't believe it until he saw it. "Lord only knows why."
"That seems rather -- problematic, if you intend to stay here indefinitely?" Archie's eyebrows were up, way up. Parker was giving him a mulish look and not saying anything, so he sighed. Whatever was going on, Parker was not going to budge on it. "I see. Well... I like your house, Spencer. Eliot," he corrected himself. "It's very open." So many open sightlines, so few places to hide. But still! Very nice.
Archie was out on the porch, sipping his drink, and getting his head around what he'd just figured out, so that there wouldn't be any awkwardness. Really, he quite liked Hardison (and the fact that he could intimidate him was an amusing bonus), and it wasn't that he disliked Spencer. It was just...
He wondered what Ford thought about the situation, then immediately shut that speculation down as futile and tiresome.
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"...so I missed most of Christmas, but we did all the presents and food after I was back, and I can remember playing in the snow which was amazing." She paused and added, "And Hardison can't turn into anything this Halloween, because I think we should all go as the Three Musketeers. That would be harder if he were a teddy bear."
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"...does that happen very often?" He was talking to the rest of you, because this is new. Very new.
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He wondered what Ford thought about the situation, then immediately shut that speculation down as futile and tiresome.
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