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Chapter 8

"Sherlock?" Addie asked after twenty minutes of experimenting.

Sherlock gave a grunt, eyes never leaving his microscope.

"I'm hungry."

Sherlock gave no response or even acknowledgement that he heard her.

"Sherlock?" she asked.

John looked to Sherlock then rolled his eyes. "Well Addie, I'm not quite sure where we would get some food at the moment, so-"

"I was going to go refill my coffee. Why don't I take her with me to get some crisps?" Molly suggested. She turned to Addie, "Do you like crisps?"

Addie wasn't crazy about crisps but her grumbling stomach was starting to get annoying. Crisps were better than nothing, she supposed. Addie nodded shyly at Molly.

"Do you want to come with me to the vending machines and pick some out?" Molly asked.

Addie looked to John, not bothering to look at Sherlock because he wasn't paying attention. John nodded at her, telling her she was alright to go with Molly.

"Ok," Addie said. She let Molly help her off the stool then took her hand to be led from the room.

They walked in silence for a bit before Molly tried to make conversation. "I'm sorry about leaving you in the lab and scaring you. John said you'd be asleep for a while so I thought we were ok."

"It's ok Miss Molly. 'S'not your fault," Addie replied.

Molly smiled as she led the girl to stand in front of the vending machine. Molly refilled her coffee and the coffee station nearby and Addie chose a bag of plainly salted crisps.

"Are those your favorite? The plain ones?" Molly asked.

"Not 'xactly," Addie replied. "I like the cheese ones."

"Well, why didn't you get those instead? They're the same price."

"Because Sherlock likes the plain ones," she said matter-of-factly. "That way we can share." She finished with a smile.

Molly's face broke into a wide grin and she looked straight into the tiny girl's eyes. "That's a great idea Addie! Very thoughtful and kind."

"Uh-huh. Cuz Sherlock is hungry too. I know he is. He won't say it but I can tell," Addie said.

Addie gripped her crisp bag tightly and turned to look around the area, practicing her deductions and observations Sherlock had been teaching her. Meanwhile, Molly silently snuck a pack of paid-for cheese crisps inside her bag.

After their crisps were purchased the two started walking back to the lab, Addie holding Molly's hand the whole way. Molly was a bit paranoid about losing the 4-year-old…again, so she gripped Addie's hand tighter.

"Miss Molly?" Addie asked.

"Yes Addie?" Molly answered.

"You like Sherlock, don't you," she stated, making it more of a statement than a question.

"Of course I do. He's my friend."

"Nooo," Addie said exasperatedly. "I mean that you like Sherlock. Like, you know, like him a lot as mummies and daddies like each other. And you want to be his special friend and do stuff that grown-ups do when they like each other."

Molly's ears went pink and she felt her face heat up. "Umm…I…well, you see, I…"

"It's ok Miss Molly. I won't tell anybody. Your secret is safe wif me!" Addie said nodding her head emphatically.

Molly smiled at her, "Thanks."

They entered the lab quietly so as not to disturb Sherlock in his work and Addie took up her space on the stool next to Sherlock. She opened the crisp bag, took one out, and set it on the table between her and Sherlock.

Sherlock glanced at it out of the corner of his eye and paused. "What is that?" he asked.

"It's a bag of crisps silly!" Addie answered.

"Yes, I know that but what is it doing on the table?"

"I don't wanna hold it. So I put it there."

"Why are they plain crisps?" he asked raising his eyebrow.

"Cuz I wanted plain crisps," Addie answered getting annoyed.

"But you don't even like plain crisps."

"Well, I decided I wanna try something new," she said.

"Addie. Why did you purposely get a bag of crisps in a flavor you don't like?" Sherlock asked.

"Cuz you're hungry," Addie answered.

"No I'm not."

"Yes you are. And I know you like the plain ones, so I got them for us to share," she smiled at him.

Sherlock huffed and went back to his microscope. "Well then, you wasted your money because I'm not going to eat them and neither are you."

"I'll eat them." Addie reached into the bag to grab one and popped it into her mouth. She crinkled her nose a bit but swallowed it all the same.

"Addie, stop torturing yourself," Sherlock said. Addie gave him her puppy eyes and pushed the crisp bag closer to him.

"Please just have one?" she begged.

Sherlock, knowing she'd never let up, grabbed one and put it in his mouth. "Happy?" he asked.

Addie nodded her head and smiled hugely. "Uh-huh!"

Sherlock was now reaching into the bag every few seconds and placing more crisps in his mouth. Addie shot John a look across the table and giggled. She knew he was hungry.

Soon all the crisps were gone and Sherlock was content with his snack and his research.

"Addie, you didn't even have some. You had one crisp out of the entire bag," John said. "Aren't you still hungry?"

Addie shrugged and looked away.

"Do you want me to take you to get some more?" he asked.

Addie shrugged again.

"No need John, I bought an extra bag," Molly said pulling the cheese crisps from her work bag. "I somehow got the wrong flavor. You can have them if you like," she offered them to Addie.

Addie took the bag from her and looked at it. "The cheese kind! These are my favorite! Thanks Miss Molly!" she said excitedly and began munching on them.

John mouthed a 'thanks' over Addie's head and Molly just smiled innocently. She caught Sherlock's eye and winked at him. He twitched his lips into a smirk and looked back at his slides.