Chapter two: Brian the panda
Authors note: okay yes Brian the panda is a weird chapter name, but my friend and I were RPing (role playing) and a character had a stuffed panda named Brian and now I have a real life stuffed panda named Brian.
Sherlock had known it was a bit too soon to ask that but but the look of happiness on his little face was worth it.
It took more than three weeks for the paper work to go through fully before William could officially move in.
Sherlock turned back to the extremely quiet William; he was looking up at the flat.
"are you okay?" he asked breaking William from his thoughts.
He turned looking at Sherlock biting his lip and nodded smiling slightly.
"Nervous?" Sherlock asked.
"a little" he confessed fiddling with the strap on his bag.
"if you need anything just tell me or John and we'll help" he promised.
"I doesn't want to bother you" William mumbled softly
"you wouldn't be bothering us, if you need anything just come and get one of us" he smiled.
"what if it late at night?" William asked looking at Sherlock.
"especially if its late at night"
William nodded
Sherlock smiled at him before getting out of the car and taking Williams bag out of the back.
William slowly got taking a backpack with him; he closed the door standing on the path across from 221B.
"ready?" asked Sherlock looking down at the young boy, taking his hand in his; smiling and crossing the road.
William followed him walking closely beside Sherlock jumping up onto the path.
Sherlock smiled taking his keys out and opening the door for them.
"Mrs Hudson" Sherlock called putting Williams bags down and closing the door.
She walked out smiling sweetly at Sherlock at the unfamiliar small child "this must be William"
The six year old nodded shyly at her.
"this is Mrs Hudson our land lady, though she acts like our mother" Sherlock chuckled.
She smiled happily "is John upstairs?" Sherlock asked.
"yes dear" she smiled at William before going back into her flat.
"John!" he called looking up at the stairs.
John skipped downstairs smiling brightly at the pair walking over to them, kissing Sherlock's cheek.
"hello love" John picked William up he was surprisingly light for a six year old.
"hello William, how are you?" John asked.
William wasn't used to being held "okay…" he stammered.
"do you want to see your room?"
William nodded to John, looking upstairs.
"help me with these bags" requested Sherlock.
"I can't I have William" called John walking upstairs William still in his arms.
Sherlock glared up at him struggling upstairs with the bags.
He brought William up to his old room, which had been refurnished to be more like a children's room.
He put William down "what do you think?" he asked the blonde boy.
"is…is this whole room mine?" he asked stunned.
"yes"
"I don't have to share with anyone?"
"of course not" laughed John.
"I love it!" he cried in delight turning to hug John.
He smile down at him, holding back a chuckle when Sherlock finally came up "thanks for the help"
"You're welcome" cooed John, Sherlock put the bags on the floor.
"you can unpack while I show William the rest of the apartment" the detective smirked.
"fine" sighed the doctor.
Sherlock showed William around the flat while John unpacked William's bags.
"Sherlock?" called a voice from the front door.
He raised an eyebrow walking out from the kitchen with William.
There was Greg Lestrade holding a file, a case most likely.
"Lestrade, hello this is William the child John and I fostered"
Greg nodded slightly shocked just as John came downstairs saying hello to Greg.
"is that a case?" asked Sherlock sinfully.
"yes I was-"
"Sherlock you agreed no cases for a month" John inturupted.
"but John…"
"no"
"John"
"no"
"please"
"you promised"
"fine…" Sherlock sighed.
"that's a shame" Greg sighed "this one has the whole yard stumped"
"of course it does you're all idiots" Sherlock snapped.
"even Mycroft couldn't get it" Greg mumbled.
"yes well Mycroft - wait why and how was my brother looking at it?" he demanded.
"yes about that-" he glanced down at his watch "I have to go" he practically ran out of the apartment.
"GREG!" he shouted but it was too late he was gone.
"Time for bed William" called Sherlock.
The young boy nodded getting up from his position on the couch beside John,
They were watching Doctor who, they had been talking about it earlier and William had never seen it from the beginning, so they were watching it from the start.
John yawned getting up himself and kissing the top of Williams head "we'll watch more tomorrow, night William"
"night" he said quietly walking upstairs, with Sherlock following behind him closely.
William brushed his teeth ad got into his pyjamas, before walking over to a grey backpack and pulling out a stuffed panda.
He got into bed clutching the panda tightly
"whos that?" asked Sherlock, kneeling down beside Williams bed.
"Brian the panda"
Sherlock chuckled kissing Williams forehead.
"if you need anything come get one of us, if you have a bad dream come right down" he smiled.
William nodded clutching Brian yawing.
"night William"
