Acknowledgements:

Omi as always
The BTN8rs - with apologies
The BTN Chatters - for their support

Disclaimers:

"A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend" - Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I do not own any Numb3rs characters nor do I have any rights to
anything related to the TV show Numb3rs. I plead fair use and claim
only my own writing and characters.


Margaret drove up to the house and got out of her car to discover loud clanging noises coming from the garage.

Wary, she left her briefcase in the car and headed over, peeking inside before opening the door fully, blinking in stunned silence before she found her voice.

"What is that monstrosity?"

Charlie popped his head out to the side of a mass of pipes and Don popped his head out of the other side.

"Hi, Mom!" Both boys gave her angelic grins, which made her eyebrows raise in suspicion. "How do you like my pipe organ?" Charlie asked proudly.

"Um..." She gave the contraption a good look. "You do know they don't use actual plumbing pipes in organs?"

"Mine does!" Charlie exclaimed brightly. "I'm going to take it into school for show and tell!"

Margaret glanced at the behemoth on the garage floor.

"Sweetie, it's lovely and I can't wait to hear you, I guess, play it? But I hate to break it to you," she said in her most supportive tone, "but even if you could get it out of the garage, there's no way it would fit in a car..."