Blair Ackerly's Story

Blair rubbed the back of his head again. "Er..I meant as in a friend who's a girl, not an actual girlfriend. I'm pretty sure she likes men..." He said, trying to recover. He guessed she was like Adrian was, where they take everything for the literal meaning of things.
"Oh well, either way, be sure to say Hi to her some time, she'd enjoy meeting you." He said with a smile. He noticed the way Lorelei would only look at Adrian when his back was turned, something was clearly going on there. He'd find out eventually.




Adrian noticed that Lorelei seemed to like the green candies the best. He'd have to get some for her lab. Adrian watched her roll away and almost fall off. Adrian looked like his soul would leave his body as she almost slid off the chair. Once she regained her balance he let out a sigh and plopped his head on his desk. Both Misha and Blair laughed at him.




Ofelia giggled and then realized twins run in their family. "Ohh no I better just be having one. I'd look super funny being this little and carrying twins, i'd look like a belly with arms and legs. At leas you're tall enough that you still look super cute carrying twins!" She said with a tiny laugh. Rowan groaned. "I'll keep refusing till you hit full term, cant have under baked babies, no no. I wont have it. Thank you very much." He said crossing his arms.

Lorelei turned around and looked at them while they laughed and then looked at Adrian whose head on his desk. She was confused and thought they were laughing at her, but she just shrugged and sucked on her candy. She stared at Blair a bit and blinked, "Why did you pick this job, Mr. Blair?" She was slightly interested.




Roshia laughed. "Now I wondered how my mom looked with her two sets of twins. Rowan, babe... you are supposed to be on my side." She said and then looked over Ofelia, "Your baby is going to be the cutest thing. All our babies will be... Forrest is cute too. Ugh children are just so damn cute. I love them. You need to meet Gene. She is the sweetest thing and is on a mission to get Rowan to share me with her daddy." She laughed.

Blair thought about things for a second. "Well Someones gotta catch the bad guys, I guess. I work violent crimes and sex crimes as well. So i get to work a lot of different cases, keeps things from getting stale. Keeps me on my feet, I like it a lot. As for why a detective..Hmm..I guess I was just always good at uncovering secrets, so it seemed like a good choice. And I get to hang out with these two weirdo's too, so thats a plus" He said with a shrug and a smile. He really enjoyed the crew at the coroners office. They were an interesting bunch. "So what is it that you do, Miss Lorelei?" He asked, curious about her as well.



Adrian picked his head up off the desk and listened to Blair explain why he chose the job he did. Adrian had asked that question once before too, but got a slightly different answer. Adrian thought about why he did the job he did. He didnt really know. He guessed it was because he was good at it. Truth be told he was kind of indifferent about his job, but it helped Blair catch killers, so he didnt mind it.



Ofelia blinked a little. "Well i dont really know Forrest or Gene, but i'm sure they are cute. Forrest is..Atlas' son right?" She asked. She didnt really know Atlas too well. "She wants Rowan to share you!? Oh geeze! Poor Rowan! I'll definitely have to meet this little girl some time, she sounds like the greatest kid ever." She said with a giggle. Rowan just crossed his arms and shook his head.

Lorelei listened as she spun around in her chair and stopped when he asked her the same question. "I am a doctor back at the village. I make medicine and create new ones. Right now I am working with dragon scales... I should bring you that lotion since you are a cop..." She looked him up and down quickly before going back to spinning in her chair.



Roshia rubbed her stomach, "You need to get out more, Ofelia... Gene was the one Rowan lost. Now I am a little worried leaving Rowan with my children. Going to have Cossie look over everyone when I am gone, he is a good draggo." She said just as the dragon walked in and sniffed Ofelia before flopping at her feet.

"Ah, I'm just a detective, I'm not the one who chases the bad guys down typically. Unless they run when I try to catch them. Its cool that you're a doctor though, I couldnt do that kind of work. I get kinda squeamish sometimes. " He said with a chuckle. "YOu work with dragon scales huh? I met the dragon lady a few days ago, its nice that she lets you use the scales. She's kinda intimidating though, to think such a small lady is able to control dragons that easily is mildly frightening." He said with a kind of nervous chuckle.



Adrian perked up for a second. "I still havent met her officially. Everyone says she's scary though. She didnt look scary when I saw her at her wedding though.." He said rather plainly. "What were you doing at her wedding?" Blair asked, knowing Adrian wasnt the type to go to things like that. "She married Lorelei's older brother. Lorelei invited me so she didnt have to suffer through it alone." Adrian said, popping another caramel into his mouth. "Ah, that sounds..Fun?" Blair said seeming a little confused.




Ofelia laughed a little. "Nasir says that too. But i'm only good with dragons, people, not so much." She said, lighting up when Cossie came into the room and plopped down at her feet. "Ohhh I remember you. You're so big now! You used to be so little Cossie! I remember when you hatched, you were such a lazy baby." She said, sitting on the floor and scratching Cossie's belly. "Wait...Rowan lost a kid? Remind me not to let him babysit. Like...Ever.." She said giggling.



Rowan sighed and shook his head. "I only lost her because she ran off. She was like you when you were little. Your dad lost you at least once a day because you just had to be running around" He said with a chuckle.

Lorelei stopped spinning and wobbled over to Adrian's desk, looking at him. "I think Blair is in the same boat as us about the whole marriage thing. He doesn't get it." She turned to him, leaning on the desk to keep balance. "Mr. Blair are you singe? No kids..." She looked him over, "Yeah he doesn't have kids..." She made a mental not and then looked at Misha..."Yeah he really doesn't have kids. You can tell when you look at him and Misha..." Lorelei yawned and looked over at Adrian, "Can I go back to the crematorium?"



Roshia looked at both of them, "I was always in the woods and my dad could easily find me... so... unless it was that one time I followed him into the woods and he almost shot me because he thought I was an animal. I never seen him so mad... until later when I fought him over Elwin... and won... ugh father. I haven't gotten to hunt with him in forever." She said before tearing up.

Blair was going to answer but Lorelei seemed to have most of it figured out. "I get the point of Marriage. I'll get there eventually. I just gotta find the right girl first. I still have plenty of time to do that though." He said with his hands on his hips, looking quite smug with himself. Misha just chuckled.



Adrian had nodded when Lorelei said Blair seemed to be in the same boat as they were. Blair said he wasnt though, that he was gonna get married when he found the right girl. "It might be easier if you'd stay with one woman for more than three weeks at a time Blair." Adrian said pretty plainly. Misha chuckled whole heartedly at Adrians accidental burn. Blair just shot Adrian a playful glare. Adrian looked over at Lorelei when she talked about going back to the crematory. "No, i'd rather you didnt get heat stroke from being in there too much. Besides, its empty by now. Theyre likely done for the day, theyll be getting ready to put out the fire by now" He staring over at her as she leaned on his desk.



"Oh, my father never took me hunting. He used to go with your dad though some times. I used to be a baby about animals though, so it was probably best I didnt go with. Its a good thing i'm not like that anymore" She said with a sigh as she rubbed Roshia's back when she teared up.



Rowan kissed Roshia's temple and pulled her into a hug. "Its okay, you can go as soon as you have the babies and your dad is back, I'll get Ofelia to help me watch the kiddo's and you can go hunting with him again okay?" He said, smiling down at her. "And just think, one day you can teach one of the kids to hunt with you too! But i'm keeping one and teaching her to fish. I need a fishing buddy damnit!" He said with a chuckle.

Lorelei sighed. "I would still be in there is that man didn't wake me." She thought about the warmth in the room. "Mr. Blair is just looking for options I guess... Though at this rate it looks like he won't be able to have a mate and reproduce. Which is a shame." Lorelei walked over to Misha, "How did you get your wife? Does she love that you cry a lot? Or did she make you this way?"



Roshia looked at both of them and laughed, "Ofelia is going to have a mini her or Nasir... I heard Nasir was a good kid, so if this one is a bit on the bad side we know how he or she gets it from. " She smiled, "That's okay... I have the joys of them either being a worry wart like Rowan. Ofelia ugh... Elwin... we are going to get Elwin to make your clothes. I'm going to die. Help... I am dying right now." She fanned herself and the babies began to move.

Blair shook his head at the words coming out of Lorelei's mouth. She didnt seem to get the concept of dating. "Nah i still have plenty of time for all of that nonsense, i'm only twenty four." He said in protest. "And you dont have to call me Mister Blair, just Blair is fine, We're friends now anyways right?" He said with a smile. "Well anyways, I've gotta go clock out for the day, It was nice meeting you. Be sure to stop by again some time." He said before waving at everyone and disappearing down the hall.



"Oh well i met my wife when I was you and Adrians age. I was like this when we met, I guess thats what she fell in love with. She never was one for the strong silent type. We've been married twenty four years now and we have three kids. Well and Adrian, but he insists on being independent for whatever reason. So I guess I did something right somewhere along the line to make her want to stay." He said with a hearty chuckle.



"I would have come to get you eventually. Cant have you passing out from heatstroke..." Adrian said when Misha was done talking. He didnt comment on the being independent thing. He wasnt Misha's son, so why act like he was, even if he had known him since he was young.



Ofelia giggled a little bit, Roshia was all over the place right now. "I would imagine he was a good kid. I hope ours is like him. For his sake anyways. I used to terrify my dad daily with the trouble i'd get into! And if it was like me theyd be likely to have a thing for heights, and I scare Nasir enough with my thing with heights." She said with a giggle. "Oh that would be nice, I still dont really know Elwin very well, I probably should get to know him though, as he's my brother in law and all" She said with a nervous laugh.

Blair got off work a little earlier than usual, it had been kind of a fast week for him. Adrian had started doing back to back autopsies and cranking them out like a machine so he had time to hang out with that girl he brought to the lab. So by extension Blair was blowing though his work too because he got autopsy results faster. The past couple of days had been slow though, it always got slow around the holidays, when people pretended to be decent human beings to save face. He decided to grab food in the city, and went to a diner he had never been to, but had heard about from Elise who frequented the place, apparently. He walked in and the hostess told him to take a seat, so he did and took a look at the menu, trying to decide what to get.

Ivie was talking to one of the other waitress when a man walked in. The waitress about swoon right into her so naturally she looked. "Oh let him sit at one of my tables!" She whispered. Ivie laughed when he took a seat at one of her tables. "Ugh, of course you would get him Ivie." The girl said.

Ivie shrugged, "Sorry, Kensie. You have had the last three tables. Girl needs to share." She said, getting her pad and pen and walking off smiling. She walked up to table and put on her nicest smile. "Welcome to Jubilee, how can I serve you today? Would you like our special today? It is creamy chicken Alfredo with two sides of your choice." She stood there in her outfit that made her look younger. She had her pen and pad ready.

Blair looked over the menu and he still couldnt decide what he should get, everything sounded really good. A waitress came over with the token waitress smile, and friendly tone. She spoke about a special and he decided he'd just get that. He smiled up at her with that swoon worthy smile he was known for. "Yeah, that sounds good, just surprise me with the sides, I'm not really that picky. And then to drink I would like to have Iced tea, please." he said as he folded the menu back up. He wondered if she was as young as she looked, she was really pretty and she had a nice smile, but he wasnt going to risk accidentally flirting with a teenager.

Ivie dotted downed his order. "Okay, Sir. Your order will be ready as soon as possible and I will get your drink right now." She smiled and turned around walking away. She had to tippy toe to slap the order at the order station. "Ivie we need to get you a step stool for the order station." The cook laughed.

"Shut up, Will." She huffed and went get his drink. She filled his cup, placed two lemons on a small plate, and put a couple of straws in her pocket as she walked over to hid, easily dodging people as they came and went. She placed a napkin in front of him and placed the drink on it, then she placed the plate next to it before grabbing the straw and placing it next to the glass. "There you go, can I get you anything else, Sir?" She smiled up at him.

Blair was thinking about a case when the waitress came back over with his drink. She asked if she could get him anything else and he smiled and shook his head no. "No, that will be it for now, thank you though." He said politely. He could see the other waitress ogling him from ever by the kitchen, but it didnt bother him, he was used to it by now. Though he chalked it up to him being a police officer and being in his uniform still.

Ivie nodded and walked off. She paid no mind to his looks or what he was wearing. She was too busy doing her job. She grabbed another table's food and walked over handing it to them and even laughing at some of their jokes. Ivie looked at the clock and sighed she had a couple more hours to go before she could go get her baby. "Girl who you thinking of that is making you make that face." Kensie asked.

"Forrest. I miss his cute face so much. Atlas has him..." She rolled her eyes a bit.

"Baby daddy drama?" Kensie asked, putting food on her tray.

"No... he just wants so much time with him, which is what I wanted... just... you know everything. Does he even deserve to be with Forrest?" She asked.

Kensie patted her head, "The fact that he even wants to have time with the kid answers that question." She smiled and walked off and winked at Will. She shook her head and sighed and danced a bit to the music. The hostess, Heather, giggled and danced with her.

"Get it, Ivie" Heather said. Ivie blushed and laughed before hearing the dinging of the bell. She sighed and put on a smile as she grabbed the food carefully and put it on her tray before walking over to him. "Alrighty, we have your chicken alfredo," She placed it in front of him. "Garlic bread and green beans." She placed the sides behind the main plate. Ivie took a look at his drink, he didn't even touch it. "Will that be it for you, Sir?" She asked for the millionth time today, but her smile never wavered.

Blair had caught the waitress and the hostess dancing, and had to supress a laugh when he saw the waitress coming back with his food. "Thanks, i'm good for now though. I'll let you get back to dancing." He said in a joking manor before taking a sip of the tea she had brought. He had been too lost in thought to remember it was there earlier. It was cute that the waitress could have fun at work like that.

Ivie laughed, "Thank you for being so supportive." She danced away back to another table that had left and collected the tip they left before stacking plates and cups before dancing over to the kitchen to give them the plates. Will began dancing too, "We all dancing now? My second job all I do is dance." Ivie laughed.

"Kensie paying big bucks now?" She asked. He huffed, but smiled. Then walked out of the kitchen and to the new people that had came in and filled the empty table. She took ordered and got drinks before returning to give it to them, then went to get the sweet tea pitcher and filled his cup. "Everything good?" She asked.

Blair waited for the woman to walk away, laughing as she danced away instead. He went and turned his attention to his meal. Everything was great. The pasta was to die for, the chicken was still moist and they somehow managed to make green beans taste good which was honestly hard to do. The garlic bread was perfectly buttery too. The waitress came around and filled his tea back up, then asked if everything was good. "Thanks, every things amazing, you've got one hell of a chef back there. And you have some fantastic dancing skills by the way." He said with a chuckle.

Ivie smiled, "Good. Will will love you forever now." She laughed. "Thank you, if being a waitress doesn't work out I can always go into the fine art of dancing." She picked up everything that he was finished with. "Can I get you dessert or a refill? Dessert is half today." She smiled. Her green eyes shining. Ivie took a minute to notice his blue eyes and how they shined almost as bright as her green eyes.

Blair thought about it for a minute. Was he going to pass up half price dessert? No, no he was not. Who does that? "Oh, well thats an offer I cant pass up. Just bring me...Hm...Whatever one is the dancing waitresses favorite. You work here so you must know which one is best huh?" He said with a small smile. He noticed the way her eyes shone in the light, they were very beautiful. He might have tried to flirt if he could tell how old she was, but her attire made it really hard to tell.

Ivie smiled a bit bigger, "You got it." She walked off to the kitchen, not even having to duck out of the way for other waitress to pass. She slid into the kitchen and made her way over to the desserts and hot him the best looking slice of their red velvet cake. She was tempted to eat it bit decided against it and walked over to his table, placing it down in front of him. "And I thought my twentieth birthday red velvet cake was the bomb, but this right here.... if the meal doesn't bring you back this slice of cake will." She placed a fork next to it. "Enjoy!" She said before going tend to other tables.

Blair smiled and watched her walk away, she sure was short. Blair knew he was pretty tall, but god damn was this woman tiny. He waited till she brought out some red velvet cake, which was coincidentally one of his favorites. She mentioned her twentieth birthday and he sighed with relief. It didnt really matter if he flirted now. He dug into the cake, it was one of the best red velvet cakes he had ever had, if not the best. And Blair had a thing for cake, so he would know. It was quite obvious on his face that he was very happy with the cake.

Ivie watched him eat the cake and smiled. She had suckered another one to come back to the restaurant. Turning back to Heather she look leaned on her. "You should tell Daniel that I deserve a raise for bringing customers." They both laughed knowing full well there were no such thing as raises only promotions and that meant Ivie would stay were she was. She sighed and helped her other customers and when he was finished with the cake she went back to him. "You look like my son when I give him muffins. I am going to take a wild guess and say red velvet is your favorite cake?" She asked laughing.

Blair chuckled. "Almost! Second favorite, but this ones so good it might just bump it all the way to number one. And your son must really like muffins. Theyre basically just cake disguised cleverly as breakfast food, which I appreciate. Not as much as donuts though." He said with a smile. Blair seemed to realize something just then. "Oh, I seem to have become a stereotype." He chuckled.

Ivie held the back of her hand against her lips as she tried to hold back a laugh, but it escaped against her own will. "I guess you have. I know a guy who sells pretty good donuts. The cafe just down the street, melt in your mouth." She smiled and slipped him the bill. "Just flag me down when you are ready to pay, okay?" Ivie said before hurrying over to a table that was staring her down. She got their food and brought it back to them before picking up plates and bringing them in the kitchen. Ivie came back out. She seemed to glide around the floor like she could do it with her eyes close.