Chapter 44: Lily and Teddy
Candle flavour: just plain clean
Extra prompts: spindrift, chorus, garland
"Lily..."
"What is it, Teddy?" Lily asked, folding her arms. "I'm trying to clean!"
"But that's boring! Come upstairs with me," Teddy replied, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Teddy, my parents are coming to visit us for the first time since we moved in together. The house must be immaculate. You know they're not entirely happy about us being together as it is. I don't want to give them an excuse to disapprove."
"They'd disapprove of a slightly untidy living room?"
"My mum would, yes. You remember what their front room looks like, don't you?"
Teddy thought for a minute. "Oh. Yes."
"Precisely. So...go and amuse yourself for half an hour. I'm busy."
"But it's still boring."
"You are so infuriating, you know that?" Lily said, hands on hips now, the resemblance to her mother - and grandmother - striking.
"No I'm not," Teddy countered with an easy grin.
"No. You're right, you're not. You're just plain annoying. And that's so much worse."
"You wound me, Lily dearest," Teddy said, clutching at his chest in faux-agony.
"Better get used to it."