Hello everyone ~ I'm sorry it took some time to get this chapter up but I'm glad I finished it today at least! I hope you will like this chapter and that it won't be too boring. It's a sort of introduction after all ;p The story will be more interesting when the "introduction" is over. I think the "real story" will start in the later part of chapter 4 or chapter 5. Some of you have complained or asked about Sherlock's age and you will get answers on your questions soon enough, just give me time to write everything down :) I didn't get anyone to correct this chapter either so I really hope you'll understand it anyway ~ C: Have a good reading and don't forget to review! Love xx
Sherlock woke up quite early the next morning. He discovered that he had fallen asleep for the night on the couch when he felt his back hurting a little. He rubbed his eyes sleepily and stretched out his body, which made his spine snap a little while doing so, but the pain went away anyway. He got up from the couch and looked around in the room for any sign that Mrs. Hudson still was in the building, but with a sniff in the air he discovered that she wasn't home at the time. He went to the eating table and saw that the elder woman had put a note there. He picked it up and read it.
"Hello Sherlock. I hope you slept through the night without much trouble. I will probably be at the grocery store when you wake up but I will come back soon. I thought if you want to make lunch with me when I come back, but it is your decision. See you soon. - Mrs. Hudson"
"Making food would be nice..." Sherlock thought and wondered if Mrs. Hudson had a shower. He sniffed in the air for the scent of water and soon enough he was standing in the bathroom, taking of his clothes. He hadn't been showering since the day before his departure to England. Sherlock gave his body a quick look in the mirror before going into the shower and turning on the water. He shivered pleasingly when the cold water flushed over his thin but muscular body, the shivering made his transformation start and he didn't resist it this time. In about a second he was standing on the shower floor in his full wolf form. He was almost too big for the small shower but he thought he wouldn't be in this form for a long time. Sherlock closed his eyes and whined pleasingly at the water dropping all over his thick fur and the sensation of being in his wolf form. He loved the second part of himself. Sherlock started thinking of a memory which was with him and Mycroft. They had been hunting the whole day but with no luck. Mycroft had decided that they were going to rest by a nearby waterfall. When they arrived, they had plunged into the water and swimming through the waterfall for hours. It had been really fun and Sherlock would do anything in the world to do return to his brother and do it again. He sighed and decided to transform back to human to be able to wash his hair with shampoo. After fifteen minutes, Sherlock got out from the shower and dried himself off with a towel Mrs. Hudson had hung on a hook for him. He went to the guest room and put on a tight black jumper and a pair of baggy jeans Mycroft had packed to him, then he went downstairs with his hair still dropping of water. He sat down on the couch and waited patiently for Mrs. Hudson to come back.
Mrs. Hudson came home after half an hour and she called "Hello" and Sherlock greeted her back. She came in the kitchen with two grocery bags.
"Would you like to help me to pack the groceries up?" she asked.
"Yes, but you have to tell me where I'm going to put them." he replied with a smile.
"Of course!" she said and together they packed up.
"Would you like to help me making lunch?" she asked when they were finished. She took out a frying pan, a bowl, eggs, salt, flour, butter and milk.
"Sure, what are we going to make?" Sherlock asked cluelessly and looked at the ingredients. He wasn't used to cooking at all, he had eaten raw meat for the most part of his life and Mycroft had always cooked food for him.
"Pancakes, have you never eaten pancakes before?" Mrs. Hudson asked and almost looked worried.
"N-no... I haven't." Sherlock said almost embarrassed with a shrug.
"That's surprising but I guess you can't eat every dish in this world." Mrs. Hudson said with a smile. "You can start with mixing the flour and salt together while I crack the eggs." she added and Sherlock nodded and started mixing the ingredients. Soon, he was finished with the batter and Mrs. Hudson showed him how to pour the batter into the pan properly.
Soon they had made a dozen pancakes and the batter had just run out. Sherlock found the smell of pancakes almost overwhelming and he wanted to lick his nose by the wonderful smell filling his lungs.
"Take out some plates and then sit down at the table, while I fix some whipped cream and jam." Mrs Hudson smiled and Sherlock did what she said. He waited patiently at the table and he discreetly wiped away some drool that had slipped out of his mouth.
Mrs. Hudson served him and herself two pancakes to start with. Sherlock put an entire spoon of cream and jam on his pancakes and wolfed them down in a second. Mrs. Hudson gave him a disgusted look.
"Have some manners please." she said softly and ate her pancakes slowly.
"Sorry." Sherlock said and tried to eat the rest of the food more nicely than before. He couldn't help his manners though, Mycroft had never complained with his eating.
When they had finished eating, Mrs. Hudson went away for some seconds and then come back with the newspaper in her hands.
"How old are you Sherlock?" she asked when she sat down on the chair.
"I just got 17 this month." he replied.
"Okay, good. Then you are in the right age." she said and Sherlock looked at her with a questioned look.
"Right age for what?" he asked.
"For helping the local police." she replied and showed him an advertisement on one of the pages in the newspaper. "They need someone who can run some small errands for them and you will get a small pay for your work."
"Why would I fit for this job?" Sherlock asked and took a sip of his water.
"Even though you have just been here a day, I have seen that you are quick witted and I'm sure that's exactly what the police needs, and also, you will get paid which could help me with the rent. I assume that you are going to stay here in England for quite some time and you have nowhere to live right? Then you can stay here at 221B and you will help me pay the rent by getting this job." Mrs. Hudson explained and Sherlock got surprised on how good she was to catch up things. Maybe he had showed his wolf side too much, he wasn't sure...
"Okay, I will... uh..." he squinted at the advertisement, looking for some sort of contact number or anything similar. "I will email them tomorrow and see if they still got room for me." he said and Mrs. Hudson nodded pleasingly.
"Good! Very good!" she said. "Would you like to help me with taking the dishes?" she asked and Sherlock nodded. "Of course." he said and together they took care of the dishes.
When they were finished, Sherlock decided to take a short walk around the neighborhood just to get some air. Mrs. Hudson had explained to him where he could take a walk. He brought his telephone with him and sent a text to Mycroft.
Everything is alright over here. I cooked for the first time today and it went good, I got a bit gooey though but it was really fun. I hope I will be cooking some more in the future. Mrs. Hudson is really nice and you know what brother? I'm going to work at the police house to get some money. Mrs. Hudson showed me an advertisement and I'm going to email them tomorrow. I hope it will get fun and learn me something new. I'm going to stay at Mrs. Hudson house for now, it was her suggestion. Is everything going good for you? I miss you dearly. - SH
I am glad to hear that everything is going well for you, brother dear. Sounds fun with the cooking, now I won't be the only one to cook for us. It is very good to hear that you are going to get a job, even though I would like you to study, but I assume that has to wait until later. Maybe you will be able to use your full intelligence with this new job and get your name known around there. Don't forget your main thing to do though but there is no stress with it right now. I actually spoke with the Pack yesterday and we agreed on that you don't have to find a new mate before the summers end. You can take all time you want to find your mate, don't wait too long though. I miss you too brother dear. Be safe. - MH
I'm glad that I don't have to stress with the mating thing. I really want to find the right mate since I'm going to spend the rest of my life with her... or him. I will be focusing on the job right now, but I will still use my full concentration on finding a mate. I won't disappoint you. - SH
Good. Be safe. - MH
Sherlock put his phone back into his pocket when he had read Mycroft's reply and he returned back to 221B. He spend the rest of his day with looking up on the internet where the police office was and how to get there the easiest way. He took another walk later in the evening and found himself actually enjoying to be back in England.