Chapter 3: Unusual communication
Sherlock had been true to his word as one day when Molly had returned from work she found that her ceiling had been miraculously repaired, she made a mental note reminding her to thank him later but soon discovered he was off on another case again so the thanks would have to wait... Then again maybe it didn't.
Molly was cleaning up her flat a week letter and got the sense that someone was watching her but she just shook the feeling off before placing the clean dishes away in the cupboard above the sink before turning to retrieve her book from the bookshelf,
"Oh my god!" she cried out having coming face to face with the upside down features of Sherlock Holmes,
"Morning, Molly" he greeted with an upside down half smile and Molly looked up to see that he was hanging upside down from a trap door and she shook her head amused,
"You had a trap door built in my ceiling?" she asked and Sherlock shook his head,
"No... I had a trap door built in my floor" he corrected causing Molly to giggle as she went and retrieved her book before sitting on the couch bed, cross legged,
"Any particular reason why?" she asked curiously and Sherlock managed to pull him self back up through the trap door before looking at her properly,
"Seemed like a sensible solution should there be any health and safety emergency and the stairs are non accessible" he explained and Molly couldn't help but give a surprised smile,
"That is incredibly clever, Sherlock" she praised and he gave a half smile in thanks,
"Anything I can do for you this fine day?" Molly asked politely and Sherlock shook his head,
"No, I actually wished to thank you for providing me with a new copy of Phantom Of The Opera. I look forward to reading it" he told her,
"How did you know I was lacking in ownership of a copy?" he asked curiously and Molly gave a smile,
"No need to thank me it was actually a thank you for having my ceiling repaired and I remembered how you mentioned something about deleting it so I put two and two together." she told him and he gave a half smile before nodding,
"Well, you are a very observant human being, Miss Hooper. I shall let you know my opinion once I've finished it" he assured her but then they both heard the door bell ring twice and Sherlock gave a half smile,
"I hope you have a lovely evening" he told her and she looked at him curiously,
"How do you know its for me?" she asked and he gave a simple shrug of his shoulders,
"Two rings indicates earnest and excitement meaning its most likely someone close to you, most likely a male companion here to take you out for the evening" he said and Molly gave a smile, standing before retrieving her coat from the coat hanger,
"Intelligent as always. See you later, Sherlock" she bid gently before leaving closing the flat door behind her and it was only a moment later that Sherlock did the same with the trap door.
Sherlock watched from his window as Molly greeted her male companion with a hug on the street curb outside and he watched as they both climbed into a black cab that soon drove them away and the detective gave a firm glare that was quickly noticed by John who was typing a new entry on his blog,
"Jesus, that's a mixture of your 'Mycroft just pulled up' and 'Mrs Hudson tried to throw Billy the Skull away again' expression" the doctor pointed out in a joking manner,
"What's up?" he pressed and Sherlock gave a grumble before retrieving his violin and began to play a sad melody,
"Molly's male companion for the evening. Obviously a serial adulterer" he mumbled and John sat back, folding his arms with an amused expression,
"Is that observation or jealousy talking?" John asked and Sherlock gave him a sharp glare causing the doctor to hold up his hands in defence,
"Ok, Ok. Sherlock Holmes doesn't feel something as tedious as 'Jealousy'" he recited before going back to writing his blog as Sherlock went back to playing his violin.
A week later found John being disturbed from reading his newspaper from the sounds of muffled shouting coming from downstairs,
"Someone's having a domestic" he commented only receiving a 'hmmmm' from Sherlock in response as he typed away at the computer, the shouting downstairs soon came to an end when they heard the front door slam,
"Where about to have a visitor" Sherlock noted and before John could respond, Molly entered the room,
"I need to use your window" she said simply, walking straight over to it and sliding it open,
"AND YOUR LUCKY THAT I DIDN'T KICK YOU HARDER!" she yelled causing John's eyes to widen as Sherlock gave a simple smirk of amusement, having not stopped typing or taken his eyes off the computer screen, John felt his eyes close tightly when a male voice from the street below yelled a rather profanity filled sentence aimed at Molly causing her to glare before looking towards Sherlock,
"Code Blue" she said simply and Sherlock simply handed her his gun without looking at her,
"Blanks have been loaded and Lestrade has been notified that I am practising my target practise today" he informed her and John's eyes widened as Molly fired the blank causing a loud bang to erupt from the gun earning a man giving out a very girlish scream causing Sherlock to chuckle as Molly slammed the window Shut,
"Sunshine or shin?" Sherlock asked with a smirk and Molly gave a smile,
"Sunshine" she answered giving him back his gun,
"No good cheating slime ball" she growled and John shook his head unimpressed,
"How'd you find out?" he asked and Molly gave a sad smile,
"Anonymous post on my blog. It's not as big as yours but it's just somewhere to post my thoughts" she explained with a sigh,
"Thank you, gentleman. I shall leave you to your evening" she told them before leaving and closing the door behind her and John aimed an accusing look at Sherlock,
"An Anonymous post on her blog?" he asked and Sherlock looked at him innocently,
"Sounds like a good Samaritan to me" he answered simply causing the doctor to shake his head amused as he went back to reading his paper.
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