Stupid Law 34
A/N: Happy Chinese New Year Let's Celebrate with another silly silly law :P Watch out John!
John and Sherlock were back in London and back to the criminal classes that lurked within its streets. John had been on the lookout ever since they got back as Sherlock had been rather disappointed with him after Maine. He knew it was bad form but he just couldn't resist the chance to get Sherlock with such an apt law.
"John the criminal classes have once again become boring and there is absolutely nothing to do. On occasion I wish Moriarty would just rear his head for a moment but he seems to be hiding out after the embarrassment with the stamps" noted Sherlock as he languished on the couch of 221B.
"Well Sherlock Mycroft has left you a load of options if you ever bothered to look at them." John nodded towards the ever rising pile of case files.
"They are all too simple and have no points of interest for me at all" Sherlock moaned and John knew that he had to be on his guard. However, after flipping through a few of the case files something appeared to catch Sherlock's attention and within minutes he was off the couch and busying around the flat. He was muttering under his breath but John left him to it.
Four hours later he returned from one of his walk around London and held a quilt in his arms.
"John I need your army doctor training please. I must have the Royal Coat of Arms sewn into this immediately. It is of the upmost importance."
"Careful there you might turn into your brother if you keep talking like that." John laughed as he took the quilt from the detective. While John was sewing Sherlock made some calls to the Yard as they had been expecting him.
"Hello Lestrade can you call over at your earliest convenience….yeah I think the case is solved….filling in the last pieces now so come asap!" was the conversation on Sherlock's end.
Footsteps on the stairs indicated that the police had arrived to arrest the suspect ten minutes later. Lestrade and Donovan entered and they waited with John until Sherlock arrived. John continued to sew as he believed the quilt was necessary to convict the killer. Sherlock entered with a grin spread across his face. He handed Lestrade the file which had intrigued him earlier and Lestrade nodded. Sally smiled too as she began to understand the case.
"John what exactly are you doing there?" asked Lestrade making conversation amid the silence.
"Oh you know the usual, just sewing the Royal Coat of Arms into a quilt. It's for the case Sherlock's has apparently just solved" replied John continuing with his work carefully.
"There you have it folk's straight from his own mouth" Sherlock added now giggling quietly in the corner. John looked up from the quilt gradually realising that something was not right. He stared at the Inspector hoping for an answer but in the back of his mind he already knew what the end would be.
"John Watson, by your own admission you have just sewn the Royal Coat of Arms into a quilt an I will, therefore, be now placing you under arrest as it is most definitely against the law to do so…we had a course last week. " he laughed as he placed the handcuffs on.
"Just one question…what was written in that file?" John asked a she was led away.
"Oh this?" said Sherlock "It's just a kind reminder from Mycroft indicating that this law may be suitable for you!" he turned the file around to show John who just laughed at being so obviously gotten by the detective once again.
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