Anonymous:
I do apologize for not being able to give you my blog name. I fear you would be able to find who I am and I am not yet ready for that. I hope we can still continue this arrangement. I find I rather enjoy communicating with you.
bonds-companion:
It's no problem honest. I mean, I might be a bit disappointed but I enjoy communicating with you too. I don't need to know who you are to enjoy talking to you, so of course we can continue. I was actually wondering if I could talk to you about … something a bit serious.
woman-versus-world:
Oh my god! I'm glad to see you got your anon back! I knew they couldn't stay away for long! Just drawn to you. ;)
bonds-companion:
Um… well, I'm glad they returned too. Though I think everyone is still romanticizing the whole thing. We're just people like anyone else.
Anonymous:
Serious? Should I be worried? Though you said we can continue, so I guess that's not a problem. Yes, you can talk to me about anything.. Though I understand if you don't want to say anything since this is public and anyone can see. I apologize again for not making it easier.
bonds-companion:
It's not a problem. I don't care what anyone else says.. I just wanted to see what you thought about things. But yeah, this will probably start a whole new tirade of responses. I just.. Well the thing is, I don't even know if you're a boy or a girl, not that it matters. That's not where I was going with this.. not really… only there's the fact that.. well would it scare you away if I said I'm not really sure about my own sexuality? Again, this is totally irrelevant to you… this sounds bad.. I just.. I wanted to know if you had any advice, since you're genius and seem to know everything….
cutesy-cats-love:
I'm really sorry about not talking to you previously. I kind of have to listen to my friend in this. Just because this is a sensitive topic and all. They don't have many friends. I wouldn't want to jeopardize your friendship.
bonds-companion:
I understand. I'm actually glad you're so loyal. I hope I don't scare them away myself. They're starting to mean a lot to me and I don't even know them.. It's difficult, but worth it.
Anonymous:
Oh? No that doesn't scare me away at all. I'm not certain what sort of advice you're looking for. There's not really any to give other than trying to learn who you are and ignore what anyone else says. Labels on sexuality are annoying more than helpful. You're allowed to be attracted to anyone no matter their gender or the genders of the previous people you've been attracted to. People are idiots and will always tell you you're wrong, just ignore them and know you're better than most of them anyway.
bonds-companion:
Thanks.. that's actually quite helpful. And I think you just complimented me in there. It's always interesting when you manage to do that. You don't compliment often. I'm going to take it from your previous response that you're not ready to tell me your gender yet, which is totally fine. I'm male, but you knew that already..
Greg walked with Molly and John toward Sherlock's home. He couldn't help but whistle at the sight of the home. "I knew he was well off, but damn." He muttered, shaking his head as they made their way up the steps.
John chuckled softly at Greg's reaction before turning to Molly. "You talked to him about this right? He said it was okay?" Molly smiled. "Of course…"
John raised an eyebrow but was cut off from saying more when Greg knocked on the door. Molly moved forward. "You don't have to knock, they know…" The door opened before she answered, showing Mycroft. He sighed. "And now there's more." He muttered.
Greg grinned. "Hiya. Sorry. Is Sherlock home?"
Mycroft raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Unfortunately." He responded, opening the door to emit them. Greg only grinned more. "Fantastic. And your home by the way, is fantastic. You're his brother right?" He asked.
Mycroft looked shocked for a moment before controlling his face. "I wasn't aware he spoke about me."
Greg chuckled. "Oh. He hasn't. You know him. I just figured it out on my own. Might as well start calling me a genius." He grinned, causing John to roll his eyes and Mycroft to look at him almost amused.
Molly shifted a moment before turning to lead the way up the stairs. "Well, we'll just be.. going up then…" John followed behind, but Greg stayed in front of Mycroft for the moment.
"What. Not even going to offer us tea or something?" He teased the man. He wasn't entirely sure why, but he was interested in making this man lose his outer shell.
Mycroft raised an eyebrow. "My apologies. Though your friends have gone up already. Did you want a cuppa?" He asked, watching the boy curiously.
Greg grinned. "No. It's fine. I was just messing with you. You're all uptight and in a suit and everything. Where do you even work?"
Mycroft huffed lightly, "I hold a minor position of the government. And I think your friends will be missing you if you don't head up with them."
Greg shrugged. "I suppose.. I'll be seeing you later then." He said before turning to head up the stairs, unaware of the bother's eyes on him the whole while.
Sherlock looked up when Molly entered and started to ignore her before he saw John enter behind her. He immediately shut his laptop, not wanting John to know he had a tumblr. He glanced at Molly. "What are you two doing here?" He asked.
John glanced at Molly as well. "So much for him knowing and not minding." Molly grinned a bit sheepishly in response, before looking at Sherlock. "We started a study group for a class.." She started, causing Sherlock's eyebrow to raise.
"I don't share any classes with him." He said, looking between them. Molly chewed her lip a bit, before Greg entered the room. "Or him." Sherlock added.
Greg glanced between them all. "What'd I miss?" John rolled his eyes, sighing softly. "Molly never told him. Or asked him." He stepped away to glance around Sherlock's room, smiling a bit at the mess and the bits of experiments he saw on the desk near Sherlock's laptop.
Sherlock smiled a bit as he watched John, before looking back at Molly. "Again. I don't share a class with them."
Molly nodded. "True.. but you took this class before…" She said quietly. Sherlock rolled his eyes. "Which means I'm not taking the class now.. so why are you meeting in my room?"
Molly cleared her throat. "Well… I figured we could use a tutor. And seeing as it's a chemistry class, I thought you'd be the perfect person to go to. You probably got an A…"
"Obviously." Sherlock replied, still staring at her. "However, I'm not interested in teaching you." He added. Molly nodded. "Okay.. but you know.. I thought you wouldn't mind helping..someone." She said glancing at John, who was now reading the titles of the books on Sherlock's shelf. Sherlock narrowed his eyes at her before she smiled innocently back at him.
He glared at her for a moment before rolling his eyes. "Fine. I'll tutor you guys. But if you don't keep up, I'm done." He said.
Molly grinned and pulled out her book and notes. Greg chuckled and shook his head at Molly, before joining her on the bed.
Sherlock looked at John who was finished reading the titles and shook his head, smiling. "You would only have sciency books." He said, glancing at Sherlock.
Sherlock shrugged. "I prefer books that actually teach something." John chuckled. "I think there are plenty of literature books that teach things. They teach about society or different times in history, or how people react, etcetera. There's lots to learn, you just have to pay attention."
Sherlock raised an eyebrow. "I learn plenty. I think those novels you speak of are mostly romanticized and pointless. You can learn about the society and histories from less biased sources."
John started to retort before Greg cleared his throat. "About that whole tutoring us thing. First of all, there are three of us here, I hope you remember the other two of us."
Sherlock rolled his eyes and went to sit on the bed, joined by John shortly after. "How could I forget?" He muttered, causing John to grin, before Sherlock got started on trying to tutor them.
Sherlock tried to be as patient as possible, for John's sake. Molly kept up rather easily. It was Greg that was falling behind, and the only reason Sherlock took the time to help him was John's pleading. By the end of the session they were all on the same page and Sherlock was annoyed and figured he had done his amount of socializing for the year. He was glad to see them go, even if it meant John was leaving as well.
He didn't account for the voices downstairs well after they had left Sherlock's room, but he ignored it and figured Mycroft could have his own time of being annoyed by the presence of people.
John finally gave up on Greg who wouldn't leave Sherlock's poor brother alone, not that he looked annoyed. He looked more amused than anything, which was odd on the brother's face.
John pulled Molly along, deciding to leave Greg behind. "He won't mind. He'll probably be grateful for it." He said nonchalantly as they walked.
Molly nodded, and walked slowly with him. It was a bit awkward walking alone with John, not because of John, but rather because of how much Molly knew that John didn't.
John glanced at Molly. "What's on your mind? You're awfully quiet."
She shrugged lightly, trying to think up an excuse. "It's nothing. I'm always quiet." John chuckled. "No you're not. Well.. alright, you can be. But you're not around Sherlock. You're not even quiet around Greg and I together. Just me.." He said glancing at her.
Molly shook her head. "It's not you. I've just got a lot on my mind really. Thinking. About things.." She said, trying really hard to figure out what to say.
John nodded. "I get it. I'm like that a lot.. well sometimes." He sighed softly, trying his best not to think about his family or Sherlock or the anon. He bit his lip a bit. "Hey.. have you heard of Tumblr?" He asked, glancing at her again.
Molly kept her face neutral, but it was a close thing. "Uh.. yeah… I have one." She said quietly.
He grinned. "Really? Could I follow you?" He asked. "I could give you my tumblr if you want?" Molly kept herself from looking at him, not sure what to do. "Um.. okay. I'll take yours down and see if I can find you when I have time.." She said, watching him pull his bag off his shoulder and dig into it to pull out a piece of paper and write his tumblr name on it before handing it to her.
She smiled a bit awkwardly before putting it into her own side bag. "I'm not allowed online very often, so it might take a while before I can follow you." She said, thinking fast.
John nodded. "That's fine. It's just good knowing people who have a tumblr. I'm guessing Sherlock doesn't have one. He doesn't seem like the type." He said. Molly decided to take that as a statement rather than a question. She didn't want to get them into more trouble. She still had to figure out how to keep John from asking for her own blog name.
She was actually relieved when they had to go their separate ways to go home, though she had to assure him she'd be fine walking the rest of the way on her own. She almost rolled her eyes at his kindness, despite being touched. She'd have to talk to Sherlock, see if she could get him to reveal himself to John soon, though that was going to be difficult.