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Chapter 38 – Full English

The Doctor could smell coffee as he walked into the kitchen. He was wearing his jeans and a dark green jumper. He pushed the sleeves up on his forearms and ran his hands through his wet hair.

Jack was standing at the stove wearing a red apron that said, "Kiss the Cook." He offered the Doctor a cup of coffee. "Good morning, dear. Your coffee." He smiled.

The Doctor took it from him, "Thank you."

Stark sat at the bar with Logan, Legate and Jake. All of them were tucking into a Full English. The Doctor pointed at their plates and asked Jack. "Did you cook that?"

Jack shook his head. "Nah. Summus got the food replicators to speak English."

Shakes was sitting at the table in the corner with Lance, Poloitus, Timon and Adriano. They were all eating breakfast, too. Shakes smiled back at the Doctor. "I know you have been too busy. I routed it through your ship. Not a big deal."

The Doctor smiled as he sipped his coffee. He pointed at Adriano. "Hey, aren't you supposed to be with Caroline?"

Adriano pointed up. "She came here a little while ago. I insisted. She's not slept since Howie was first taken to the hospital. She's upstairs. Bassanio is with Miles, that Chief of Staff guy."

Poloitus sipped his tea, "That void hole is closed. There shouldn't be anymore problems."

Lance held up his drink. "I've got the Princess in the room next to Summus, downstairs at the house. Then, Licis next to her. Mortimer and Talbot are in London at the flat. Security quarters. Everyone is sorted. Logan has an apartment out with us."

Legate smiled, "Yep! Out with the cool crowd! Even if it is next to Lewis. He's quiet when he's home. Don't worry about it, Logan."

Logan laughed quietly.

The Doctor sipped his coffee and ran his hand through his wet hair. "That's fine. Good man. Thanks guys. That takes care of half of the things on my mind. Wow."

The Doctor raised himself up and sat down on the kitchen cabinet. Jack asked him. "Hungry?"

He shook his head. "Not really." He looked at Stark as if he just seemed to realize he was there. "Hang on. What are you doing here?"

Tony looked up at him, surprised. "Having breakfast. I've not had this stuff in years."

The Doctor laughed at him. "You've ate a Full English before?"

Tony nodded at him. "Yeah. Quite a lot. Needs mushrooms with the tomatoes, though."

Pete walked into the room. "Good morning, men!" He looked around. "Damn. Where are all of the ladies? This room is full of testosterone."

Jack laughed as he handed him a cuppa. "Your tea, Pete."

Pete laughed, "Thank you, Jack. What's everyone eating? It smells good down here."

Jake pointed at the Shakes. "Summus fixed the food replicator. We're all tucking into a Full English now."

Pete looked surprised. "Really? Hell, that does sound good."

Jack held his hand out. "I'll get you one Pete."

Pete thanked Jack as he looked across the bar. Seeing all of the seats full, he leaned against the cabinet next to where the Doctor sat. He sipped his tea. "Tony. I didn't know you would enjoy a Full English."

Tony held out his hands, "Why is everyone on my case? Is this 'National Pick on the American in the Room Day'?"

Several of the men laughed. Legate sipped his tea and told Tony. "Of course it is. You didn't get the memo?"

Tony wiped his mouth and sat up in the chair. "Then on behalf of every American, kiss my red, white and blue ass." Tony smiled.

The room laughed. The Doctor sipped his coffee and looked at Logan. "Logan, have you met my father in law, Pete?"

Pete looked at Logan and smiled. He reached over the bar and shook his hand. "Pete Tyler. It's a pleasure to meet you, Logan. I've heard good things."

Logan looked a little intimated in Pete's presence. He managed to smile and say, "Thank you, sir."

The Doctor pointed at Logan. "Pete, the reason your son didn't bleed to death when he had his accident is because of Poltious and Logan. They administered first aid and got the bleeding under control so they could move him. Logan took off his own shirt and held pressure to Tony's leg, until I could put it back together in surgery. These two really saved the day."

Pete looked surprised back at Logan and Poltious. "Really? Wow! Hell. Well, thank you men! I'm rather speechless. Huh."

Logan smiled as Legate patted him the back. The room became noisy with all of the different conversations going on at once.

Jack brought over a plate and handed it to Pete. Pete leaned against the cabinet and ate. He looked at the Doctor. "You're not eating, son?"

The Doctor shook his head. "Nah. I had two bags of sweets last night. I'm fine."

Pete chuckled at him. "You eat more sweets than my Tony does."

The Doctor smiled, "That's a good thing. I need to try to get him on his feet today."

Pete shook his head. "He's upstairs in the bed. He asked me if he could stay there and watch football. We'll get him sorted later today. I think he's still too frightened to walk on it."

"Hmm…. Maybe he is."

Pete continued to stand and eat off his plate that he held in his hand. The Doctor picked the bacon off of it and ate it. Pete pointed at the sausage link. "Take that one, too."

The Doctor took it off of his plate, "Cheers."

The Doctor finished his sausage and spoke. "Alright. I have an announcement. I don't know how to say this, so I'm just going to come out with it. You damn Quauhtin bet on everything, so I know there is a pool about Rose finding out about the Daily DVD Delivery. She just found out, so whoever had today has won the pool."

Logan's eyes lit up. "Are you serious, Doctor Smith?!"

The Doctor was surprised. Logan had only known him a short time and wasn't in on the porn DVDs.

Jack crossed his arms, "Yes. I'm pissed I'm just finding out about this."

Jake shook his head, "Ah, we can still get him some. I know a few he might like."

"I think I'm good, guys. Thanks." The Doctor looked confused. "Logan. How do you know about this?"

Logan blushed. "Well, they were talking about it right before you came down here. They said today was the only day no one had put their name on. So, I asked if I could have it."

Jack sipped his coffee. "I didn't have any cash on me, otherwise it would have been mine. Damn. And these are some high rollers in here. Logan, you might have won enough for a college education."

Legate laughed, "Yes, Logan. Lesson one when hanging around with this lot, always have some cash on you. Quauhtin are huge gamblers. I need to teach you to play Peducko."

Lance's eyes lit up. "Yeah! Let's do that!"

The Doctor laughed in disbelief and poured himself another cup of coffee. "I don't believe this. You lot are already corrupting this young man?"

All of the men in the room laughed. Logan was in shock. "I paid in $100. Damn. How much did I even win?"

Shakes stood up and in his deep, booming voice told them all. "Alright. Pay up. Logan wins."

All of the Quauhtin stopped eating and took out their wallets. They all walked over, gave Logan the money and patted him on the back. Tony and Pete both opened their wallets and gave him cash, too. Logan's eyes got bigger with each bill that was handed to him. Nothing was smaller than a $100.

The Doctor sipped his coffee and shook his head in disbelief. "Damn, Logan. How much did you make?"

Logan counted his money. He was shocked. "Looks like almost…. $28,700. I've never even seen this much money in one place."

Lance slapped the table in excitement. "Hell yeah! Peducko tonight!"

The Doctor shook his head at Logan. "You better put yourself on a limit if you play Peducko with Lance, or he will have all of your money. Friendly advice, mate. Trust me."

Logan chuckled, "Thank you, Doctor Smith."

Tony leaned over. "I owe you $700 more. Don't worry. I'm good for it. I'll go by a bank and settle up with you later. That's not everyone though, is it?"

Legate shook his head. "No. You've still got several more of the Guard and Howie's money coming to you. And Jackie Tyler."

The Doctor spit his coffee across the kitchen. "What?! Jackie Tyler knows about this?"

Pete laughed at his reaction as he tucked into his plate. "Yeah. She's going to be proper pissed to. She bought an entire week. She was determined to win just so she could embarrass you. Had Rose found out yesterday, she would have won." Pete turned to Logan. "I owe you $7,000 from her. I'll go by the bank and get some cash."

Stark leaned over and told Logan, "Make sure it's cash from Pete. Not a check."

Pete flipped Stark the bird.

Logan, Legate, The Doctor and Stark all laughed.

Logan was in shock. "Damn. I've never won anything in my life!"

The Doctor pointed at Logan. "Don't tell your Mum we're betting on my porn collection. She'll be proper pissed we didn't let her in on it."

Lance groaned. "Ugh…. Well….."

The Doctor looked at Lance. "Don't say it."

Lance looked at Logan. "Your Mum owes you $200."

The Doctor held out his hands in shock. "Michelle knew, too!?"

Lance laughed. "Oh yeah. She was in charge of preventing the duplicates. Oh, Lewis says he'll pay you once he gets back. He asks for me to congratulate you, Logan."

Logan was speechless. The Doctor pulled out his wallet and handed Logan some money. "That will cover Lewis, and your mum. Never ask a woman for money, Logan."

Jack held up his hand, "Now, just wait a damn minute." They all looked at him curiously. "Stark is an American. Pete and Logan are British. And everyone else in this room is….sortof British….."

Legate looked shocked, "I've been insulted."

Lance shrugged his shoulders, "I've been called worse."

Pete and the Doctor chuckled at them.

Jack continued, "How are you all using the same currency?"

The Doctor chuckled as he sipped his coffee. "You handle this one, Pete."

Pete crossed his arms. "I always have to explain this to you Prime Dimensioners'? Well, here…. The nations of the world, who are also members of the United Nations, share the same currency. There's only what, Stark? Three countries not on the dollar system now?"

Stark nodded his head as he sipped his tea. "Something like that. There's not many. Russia is still on their own thing. North Korea and Thailand. Everyone else uses the dollar. Just makes trade easier."

Pete held his tea and nodded his head. "Yes. The President of the United States pushed for it years ago. He thought that it created more trust and would promote more trade between the different countries. When was it? Fourteen years ago?"

Stark nodded his head, "I don't remember. That sounds right."

Logan chuckled. "Damn. What else are you lot betting on?"

The Doctor looked at Pete. "Well, at least he's getting more comfortable with us."

Pete smiled at him. "He'll be fine. What did Rose say?"

Tony pointed at them with his bit of toast. "I bet she pissed. Pepper would be."

Jack shook his head. "I don't think Rose would be. I think she would find it funny."

The Doctor pointed at Jack. "She did. She thought it was hilarious. But, on this subject. My damn music. Tina Turner?"

Stark laughed under his breath. "Former secret agent doesn't like to shag to James Bond music?"

Pete laughed as he sipped his tea, "I shouldn't laugh at this. They told me what they did."

Jack crossed his arms and smiled proudly. "How did you like the Rod Stewart? Logan picked that one."

The Doctor looked back at Logan in shock. "He what?!"

Jack laughed as he started to sing, "If you want my body. And you think I'm sexy, come on baby, let me know."

The room laughed.

Logan threw his arms out. "I don't know what they are talking about, man! I swear I had nothing to do with it."

Pete had sat his tea down and covered his face to keep anyone from seeing him laugh. It didn't help.

The Doctor sighed as he sat on top of the cabinet. "And, I'll say it again. For the record, I was not, nor have I ever been, a secret agent. Geez, you lot."

Jake laughed at him, "That's what you would say even if you were!"

Jack laughed, "You? A secret agent? What did I miss when we were gone?"

Stark pointed at Jack. "It's on YouTube. I'll help you find it. Entertainment gold."

Seeing where the conversation was going, the Doctor waved his hand, "Never mind about all of that. I'm sure someone will fill you in about it. All of that to side, we all need to have a chat. I'm looking for everyone's input."

Shakes held up his tea, "Go on then."

The Doctor continued, "I love this place, and I love living out here. I feel like my family and all of us are safe. However, the time zones differences are a problem. I didn't take that into consideration when we built out here. We have to go back to Washington and it's already noon there. In London, it is currently 5:00 pm. That's 11 hours ahead of us. We have this State Dinner thing there in a few hours. That side of the world is sleeping, when we are awake. It's a problem."

Pete nodded his head. "I agree. Plus, Torchwood is there, Genie's ballet, and the mansion."

The Doctor agreed, "I'm not really used to sleeping, neither are the Guard. But, some of us do need to sleep and this just isn't going to work when we are going to London so often."

Pete nodded his head. "You make a good point. What do you have in mind, son?"

Jack waved his hand. "No. You're forgetting the plague and the war. This is as far as you can get from that."

The Doctor shook his head as he sipped his coffee. "That's not a very long time from now. Don't scare the mortals."

Tony looked at Pete. "Do you feel insulted? Or is it just me?"

Pete rolled his eyes. "You get used to it around here."

Shakes asked, "What if we just move back to the flat in London?"

The Doctor rubbed his beard, "The flat in London is really too small for everyone now. We haven't even moved Arla in. We probably need to build onto here."

Legate looked back at the table. "Father. Are their islands similar to this one on the other side of this planet?"

Polotius sipped his coffee. "I'm sure there are, son. Do you want us to look for another island for you, Doc'?"

Tony suggested, "Build another house? I still owe you something, man."

The Doctor waved his hand. "I don't want another house. This one is perfect; the problem is just the location."

Shakes shrugged his shoulders. "Then just scoop it."

Jack held his hands out and smiled, "Why didn't I think of that? You have a scoop on your ship, don't you?"

The Doctor said, "Well, it does. But, that won't work. The scoop on my ship isn't big enough to….. oh! That's right. We have two. Mine and yours, Summus."

Shakes nodded his head. "Yes. And Legate's ship has a directional beam relay. He could pinpoint positioning with it."

Legate smiled nervously. "I've never done anything this damn big. Hell, I've never even seen it done."

The Doctor waved his hand. "I've done something bigger, with my old ship. That would work."

Jack rubbed his hands together in excitement, "Yeah. That would totally work! It's no big deal."

Pete and Tony were both holding up their hands and stop the conversation. "Wait. Hang on a minute." They were both saying.

Tony pointed at himself and Pete. "Stop. Earth boys are not following. What the hell are you talking about, man?"

Pete looked confused. "You said, 'a scoop'?"

Timon nodded his head, "It's used in colony relocation."

The Doctor nodded his head. "There's different sorts. Rain scoops, laser scoops, all sorts."

Pete asked, "So, you would do what, exactly? Move the island?"

They all shook their head.

The Doctor explained, "No. Well, some scoops do that, but ours won't. That would be too invasive. Plus, it would fill up the buffer. We would find an island over there, closer to that time zone. Then transport this house, workshop, apartments, everything….. over there."

Tony seemed shocked. "What? Just move the entire house? Just beam it over there?"

The Doctor rolled his eyes, "It's not beaming. A beam is something else. I could use Legate's ship to pinpoint the landing to make sure everything arrives in the right place. You watch too much telly."

Pete crossed his arms. "This is the maddest idea I've ever heard. You're just going to move the house?"

Jack laughed, "The Doc's done it before. Entire villages."

The Doctor shook his head, "But, that was with the TARDIS. Not using this technology."

Logan seemed to be extremely interested. He cleared his throat. "Well, Doctor Smith. I'm curious. And I might just be showing my extreme ignorance with this but….. well…"

The Doctor asked, "What's your idea, Logan?"

"Well, Lewis explained to me that transporting was like sending an attachment in an email. The signal is compressed, then sent to the spot and reassembled."

The Doctor nodded his head. "Yeah, that's right."

Logan continued, "What if you found another island, and then copied this house to it? Couldn't you do that? It's the same principle. You just wouldn't have one disappear. Instead of 'cut and paste', you just 'copy and paste'."

Jack looked back at the Doctor in surprise. "Like they did with the Stiseb tribe."

There was a groan from the room.

Logan noticed. "So, you have thought about that."

The Doctor thought as he rubbed his chin. "That didn't work because it was living targets. This is a non-living object. Timon, you would know this. If we removed all living and organic matter from the equation, could we copy the house with Summus and my ship? My scoop is a Version 8. What is Summus'? An 8?"

Timon thought, "I'm not sure. If that's the case, it would very close. The buffer would see it as double the load. But, you could …."

The Doctor figured it out. "Route it through the other smaller ships. Tie them together! Yes! That could work!"

Timon laughed, "Certainly! You could have two houses. Two islands. Just alike!"

The Doctor looked at Stark, "Two reactors. Anything we need to be worried about with that?"

Stark leaned back in the chair and thought. "Just be gentle and don't crack the internal case. Otherwise, it's pretty hardy."

The Doctor pointed at Stark, "Hear that you lot? That's the main concern."

Pete held his hand out. "Wait a minute, son. Are you saying you are going to copy this house? Clone it?"

The Doctor smiled, "That's exactly what I'm saying. Great idea, Logan! We just have to take all the living things out of it. Well, that's not a bad idea anyway."

Pete smiled at him, "Like your plant."

The Doctor pointed at him. "Yes! Oh wow. That would be very bad. Very, very. Not good."

Jack looked curiously at him, "Plant? What plant?"

The Doctor shrugged his shoulders, "Banana plants. I planted them a few weeks ago."

Rose walked into the room. "Banana plants, huh? That doesn't surprise me."

All of the men stood up. Rose waved her hand. "Oh, please guys. We're at home. What smells so good?"

Jack smiled at her. "I'll get you a plate. Full English?"

Rose smiled, "That sounds lovely, thank you." She walked to where the Doctor was sitting on the cabinet next to Pete. She put her hands on her hips and stood in front of him. "All of these chairs and you're sitting on the cabinet like a child?"

He smiled his 1,000 watt smile at her. "It's part of my strategy."

"What strategy is that?" Rose asked him.

To Rose's complete surprise, he used his legs and pulled her in closer to him. He held her hands and kissed her quickly. She laughed at him. "You are mad."

Jack brought her plate. "Your breakfast, ma'am."

The Doctor let her go. She smiled as she took the plate, "Thank you, Jack."

The Doctor jumped down from the cabinet and said, "Let me go make your tea, Rose."

Rose walked over and sat next to Tony. He said, "Before you ask, yes. This American has ate a Full English before."

She smiled at him. "I'm sure you have. What are you on about?"

Pete laughed, "We were giving him a hard time. Trying to wind him up."

Rose looked back at Tony, "You've probably had more of these than I have. Growing up traveling so much with your father."

Tony held his hand out, "See! She gets me."

The Doctor sat her tea down next to her plate. "There you are."

She looked up at him and smiled. "Thank you."

He sat back down on the cabinet next to Pete.

Pete continued the conversation from before. "So, we're copying a house. You know, if you can do that… could you do it for me? You want Jackie and me to get a smaller place to live in. She has found a place, but we don't like the house."

The Doctor sipped his coffee. "Sure. That would alright wouldn't it, Summus?"

Summus was bringing his plate to the sink. "You are always welcome to use the Hamlet. You know that."

Pete rubbed his chin. "I'll have to give this a think then. Damn. This is fantastic."

Tony informed him, "You know, Pete. We could put an arc reactor to power your new place just like we have here. So, don't limit yourself to a grid. We can copy the one from here, and a house from someplace, and get you all set up."

Pete looked impressed. "Wow. That really gives me a lot to think about. Huh. Thanks, Tony."

The Doctor sat down his coffee and clapped his hands together. "Alright! I need some stuff before everyone runs off. Who's not busy today?"

They all looked at him. Pete rubbed his chin. "You and I need to get to Washington today."

Tony pointed at The Doctor. "I need ten minutes with you and Pete."

Rose looked at him. "Mum and I are going to get our hair done."

He looked surprised, "What? I didn't know about that."

She looked up at him and smiled. "I'm not going to a State Dinner looking like this. Jack is going with us."

The Doctor looked at Jack. He simply looked back and said, "What? I've not had a trim in over five months if you want to be technical about it."

The Doctor sighed, "Ugh. Lance?"

Lance chuckled, "I'll keep her safe. Don't worry about her, Doc."

Licis and Princess Ashena walked into the kitchen. "Good morning, everyone!" She greeted them. All of the men stood up. She waved her hand, "Oh please. Sit down. I would rather be treated as an equal during my time here on Earth. Would that be permissible?"

Licis smiled at her. "It is up to you."

She nodded her head and smiled. "Yes. Please. No one address me as 'Princess.' I'd rather be simply Ashena."

They all replied that they understood. Ashena noticed Pete and walked over to him. She offered her hand to him. The Doctor took it to keep Pete from touching her.

"Hang on a bit, Ashena. Your father has not given this man permission to touch you." He insisted.

Ashena smiled at him. "My dear Doctor Smith. My father has told me that I may not be of age for a few more weeks, but has already granted me the all the rights I will receive on that day. It is now my decision whom I will allow to touch me, and what I will be called. He says that he trusts my judgment, as you should."

The Doctor bowed his head. "My apologies. I knew nothing of that agreement." Pete took her hand and kissed it. The Doctor looked over to Rose and Tony who were both silently laughing at him. Tony mouthed, "Smooth."

Pete smiled at her. "It's nice to meet you. My son in law has told me about you."

Ashena's eyes lit up. "You are the father! Licis! This is the father!"

Licis walked over and sat down a plate of food. He shook Pete's hand. "Yes, we met yesterday. He thought I was Lewis."

Pete laughed, "Indeed."

Ashena turned around and saw that Licis had gotten her breakfast. "Thank you, Licis. But, I would really like to get my own from now on. Please don't think you have to serve me like that. I can take care of myself."

Licis nodded his head to her. "Of course. It won't happen again."

Logan stood up, "Ashena. Please, have this seat."

Ashena smiled as she sat down in Logan's seat at the bar. Everyone noticed when she rubbed his forearm. Logan smiled at her and then quickly blushed as he looked back at the room and cleared his throat.

The Doctor pointed at him. "And Logan needs some training today! Who can take him up to the ship? Someplace, off of this planet, until I can back?"

Rose laughed under her breath. 'Oh, I can feel how proper cross you are.'

He looked back at her, 'She rubbed his arm! Do you think they are shagging?'

Rose sat down her fork and covered her face to hide her hysterical laughter.

Shakes asked, "What sort of training do you have in mind, Doc'?"

He groaned as he rubbed his face. "Ugh. Let me think."

Jack smiled at Ashena. "Have we met? I'm Captain Jack Hark-"

"Stop it!" The Doctor demanded. "Jake! Go with Jack and Rose, please."

Jake laughed as he stood up and patted Jack on the back. "I need a trim anyway."

Jack asked, "Ashena. You have lovely, white hair. Have you thought about getting it dyed a color that will look more of Earth?"

Ashena covered her mouth in surprise. "I haven't. Should I? Rose? What do you think?"

Rose nodded her head. "It would probably be a good idea. Just come with me and mum today."

The Doctor's eyes got huge. "Rose! Are you serious?!"

Tony sipped his coffee as he leaned over to Rose. "How high do you think his blood pressure is now?"

Rose laughed, "I'm going upstairs to get ready. Ashena, I'll come get you before we leave." She looked at the Doctor, "And you need to calm down."

"Phhhhh….." he rolled his eyes.

Jack walked over to stand next to the Doctor. "Jake and I need to bounce over to London for a bit. We'll be back in a bit."

The Doctor stood, leaning against the cabinet with his arms crossed, clearly distracted at his own annoyance and shock. Jack looked at him brooding and smiled. "See you later, dear." He said.

The Doctor grit his teeth and didn't look at Jack. "Right."

Jack couldn't help himself and leaned over and kissed the Doctor on the cheek.

"THE FUCK! THE HELL! WHAT?!" The Doctor exploded as he wiped his cheek.

Jack used his watch and quickly popped away.

The entire room erupted in laughter. Ashena covered her mouth and laughed in surprise.

Stark leaned against the wall and laughed hysterically. "Oh, man. That was the best! Well done."

Lance laughed, "Damn, I hate that Rose missed that."

Jake laughed as the Doctor pointed at him. "You tell him I'm going to kill him!"

Jake nodded his head. "Relax, man." Jake popped away.

The Doctor ran both of his hands through his hair and looked at Pete. He was wiping his eyes from the laughter. "Stressed, son? Maybe you should try to meditate."

"Ugh, okay, training with Logan." He thought for a few moments and willed himself to calm down. Then, he thought of something. He snapped his fingers. "Got it! Space walk. We need to put those antennas for the scoop on the outside of the ships. Logan can do that with someone. Hell, Jacob could do that, too. He'd love that."

Pete looked surprised, "Jacob Shepherd? Walking in space like an astronaut?"

The Doctor shrugged his shoulders. "Of course. I was going to do it with him anyway. He wants to be an astronaut, and this will give him something to do. Howie asked us to keep him busy."

Shakes chuckled, "I'll do it. I love doing that stuff. And I can't wait to see the look on the boy's face when he does it for the first time. Logan, you will love it, too."

Shakes got up and patted the Doctor on the back. "I'll keep three eyes on them. Legate. You'll help us."

Legate looked at Logan and smiled, "Indeed, sir!"

Genie ran into the room wearing a cute, white dress. She looked like a princess. All of the men, and Ashena, greeted her. She stood in the middle of the room, covered her mouth and giggled. "Good morning."

Genie looked around and saw who she was apparently looking for. She ran over to the Doctor and climbed into his arms. He kissed her cheek. "And good morning, my princess. What would you like to eat for breakfast?"

Pete leaned over and kissed her forehead. "Hello, Granddaughter."

Genie giggled at both of them. "I've come to ask you on a date, Daddy."

He pointed at himself. "Me? That's terribly forward of a lady."

Genie held up both of her hands. "Well, it's not like a 'date-date'. It's more like….. just a date. I'm having a tea party and want you to come."

He smiled at her. "When is this tea party, Genie?"

"Now! You need to get dressed, and then you can come. Grandfather is already dressed."

Pete pointed at himself. "I can come, too?"

Genie smiled, "Yes! And my Tony!"

Tony Stark looked up, "What? A tea party?"

The Doctor shook his head, "I don't know if your Tony would like to do that or not-"

"Nah, man." Tony stood up and took his plate over to the sink. He walked over to Genie and kissed her cheek. "You know, Genie. I would love to join your tea party. Shall I change?"

Genie looked at him. He was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. "Yes, Tony. It's a tea party!"

Tony nodded his head. "Right! I'll go throw something on. I'll be right there! Doc'. Pete. See you in a bit."

Tony took out a remote trigger for the transporter from his pocket. He clicked a button and disappeared. The Doctor pointed at where he had stood. "Who showed him how to work that?"

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