Sorry this is late by a few hours, I did not have the best of weekends, so my writing sort of fell behind, any hows, I hope you all enjoy the chapter

John's POV
Moving is rather quick. After all he doesn't have a lot of stuff. Settling in the new house is harder. It's bigger than any place he has lived before, including his house growing up with his parents and sister. He gets the feeling that this place has not been a home in years from the lack of a lived in feeling. Still, he is quite comfortable in it.

The first time the maid shows up, he is shocked, because even though he remembered that there is a house keeping service, the contract had not said what days they came through.

"Hullo," he greets the woman, blinking at her in shock as she steps through the door to the living room.

She apparently didn't know he was there, cause she nearly jumps through her skin, tripping and falling on her arse.

"You alright?" he queries, getting up from where he was sitting to check on her.

"Oh, yes sir, I didn't realize anyone was here," she answers, ducking her head and blushing a bit.

He smiles at her reassuringly, trying to put her at ease, "I only moved in yesterday."

Frowning slightly, she inquires, "Is Mr. Holmes planning on ending our services here? No one has told me that someone was moving in, or that I need to end them."

"Would you like some tea?" he inquires, "I just made a pot a little bit ago, it's still nice and warm. Mr. Holmes and I have come to an agreement. He felt that this house would be the best place for me for that agreement. Once I manage to get re-enrolled in school I will not be here to bother you while you work."

For a moment she blinks at him before slowly nodding once, "Tea would be nice."

He nods back and fetches an extra cup while she gets up, when he gets back to the living room she is perched on the edge of the sofa, waiting nervously. Quietly, he pours the tea, adds a bit of sugar and milk, and offers it to her. Sure enough, she relaxes after taking the first sip. For some reason he has always been good at knowing what sort of tea a person will like best during any given situation. They visit for a few minutes while she drinks her tea, and he asks after her schedule to make sure he is going to be out of the way.

While she gets to work cleaning, he continues to go through the information on the schools that he found sitting on the coffee table. There are several stacks worth of notes, syllabuses, classes, and options for him to consider all of it.

When she says goodbye a few hours later, he responds a bit distractedly, before continuing with his work. He doesn't actually stop until he hears the front door open and glances up in confusion. He hasn't gotten any texts or phone calls regarding sex, he is pretty sure that Mycroft was not planning on bring his brother by the day after he moved in.

"Hello?" he calls out as he stands up, wondering for a moment if he should keep his gun with himself rather than in his bedroom.

"Good evening John," Mycroft remarks as he enters the living room.

"Hi," he replies a bit warmer, "I wasn't expecting you or I would have figured out something to make for dinner."

The older man gives a slight shake of his head, commenting, "I will not be here that long. Actually," he clears his throat, "I wished to see if you are pleased with the accommodations."

Glancing around for a moment, he nods, "Yeah, this place is nice, a bit bigger than I was expecting but nice."

"Good. Well I need to be on my way. I have some business to attend outside of the country." His patron announces before asking, "I will be back in eight days. Would you care for dinner the next night?"

"Sure," he answers with a smile and a nod, "Take care of yourself."

A surprised smile curves the older man's lips for a moment before he replies, "Yourself as well."

As quick as he arrived, Mycroft left, leaving him standing there staring at the empty space wondering why he didn't just call.

Giving a small shake of his head, he heads to the kitchen to see what is in it. Not a lot actually, just the very most basic of supplies, which is fine for just him, but maybe he should get some real food for when Mycroft comes over in the future. He is definitely going to need food for that, healthy but good food, because his patron really needs to eat more.

Tomorrow he will go shopping and maybe go poke around a few of those schools he is reading about, see if any of them catches his attention. Not tonight, tonight he is going to finish going through the information on those schools and eat some dinner.

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