Soulmates in any universe or time 《 Wattys 2018 》

Good going Graceful

Dinah was sitting up front on our way back from the hospital, she was still lecturing Sara a bit, but you could honestly tell she was pretty proud for standing up to Mick for me, "You're just lucky I had the day off and was already in so I could visit for the evening, you know what your father would've said if he seen you whacking those bullies?" Dinah kept talking but before she started talking again I heard Sara say "He would've told me I did a good job." I looked over after she whispered that.

I just laughed under my breath, "Don't get me wrong I'm more than happy that you taught him a lesson for being a bully, but you didn't have to break so many of those boy's bones." Dinah said from the front seat, "How are your stitches Leonard?" she glanced at me through the rear view mirror, "Still there." I replied more sarcastically than I originally meant it to, but she just grinned and pulled over in front of the house.

Later that night Quentin came home, "Leonard are you okay?" was the first thing he said after sitting his bag down, "Peachy." I said before walking toward the kitchen, where Dinah was fixing dinner, "Sara set the table and you're doing dishes every day this week." Dinah said just before Sara grunted.

Quentin walked into the kitchen just behind me saying "Better idea, since you're suspended how about you do dishes and take out trash every day until your suspension's over." Sara looked up from the plates and silverware she was carrying with a look of disbelief, "But dad?" She whined, "No 'but dad'ing me, I'm glad you stood up to the bullies but you shouldn't have broken so many bones." Quentin said before walking over behind her.

Quietly he patted her on the shoulder and whispered, "Good job, proud of you." Sara smiled just as Dinah smacked Quentin on the shoulder with a wooden spoon, "I heard that." Quentin looked down his nose between his eyes at the spoon, "Sorry." he sat down as soon as she pulled the spoon away from his face.

Dinah called off of work for two weeks until I could get back to school so she could stay with us while Sara was suspended and I was still healing up, so a few days later, after we ate breakfast Dinah forced Sara to help her clean the entire house, she said "Since your father does such a horrid job at dusting." I had to say something, "Quentin, dust?" Sara caught on to what I was getting at, "Mom, you know dad hates housework." Dinah just smiled at us.

A minute later Dinah spoke again "Since its been three days of us all being stuck inside I'm sure we could all use a little outing, how about after we make it spotless in here we go get some Big Belly Burger for lunch, we can take Quentin some too." we agreed.

I tried helping the two clean, but each time I tried Dinah kept nudging me back to the couch, "Nope, your job is to heal, until then no working of any kind." what Dinah said only reminded me that I wasn't allowed to even work at the store until I got the stitches out.

It was finally noon, Dinah and Sara were done cleaning, after putting away all of the cleaning supplies, Sara fell onto the couch beside me with her face buried in the cushion, "All of that work tire you out Birdie?" I laughed as she mumbled into the cushion something I couldn't understand.

Soon I heard Dinah's heels clicking through the hall, "Let's go get something to eat kids." she tapped on the living room wall as Sara rolled over and off of the couch into the floor, "Good going Graceful." I said before reaching my hand out to help her up, she gave me an evil glare before taking my hand and hoisting herself out of the floor.