"And ours is not a typical household," adds Tommy.
AL nods. "I'm not a girly-girl," she says. "Many of what would be considered 'traditional' Valentine's Day things I'm just not interested in. Like, name things usually associated with Valentine's Day."
"Flowers," says Adam.
"Flowers die. I'd rather have something practical; preferably something I can eat."
"We were giving edible arrangements before Edible Arrangements®." Jesse puts in.
"I get the pineapple," grins Hooks.
"As for chocolates," says AL, "well none of us will say no to chocolate. Go on."
"Breakfast in bed," says Gary.
"I'm not a breakfast person and I'd prefer not to be woken up before I'm ready. I'll occasionally get lunch in bed, though, if one of them notices I'm awake before I've decided to actually get out of bed."
"Gifts," says Tommy.
AL shrugs. "I kind of already have everything I could ever want or need."
"Going out to eat," says Coulson.
"Or cooking a meal," adds Jamie.
"We do that anyway," says AL. "So, you see, Valentine's Day to us is different than what it is for others. And don't forget that half of these guys aren't from Earth, so it's not something they celebrated until the group." The six Doctors, Radu, and Luke all nod. "Don't get me wrong," AL continues, "if there's something special I want to do or one of them wants to do for me, I won't object."
"That's kind of how the whole 'winter cleaning' thing started, actually," says Jesse. "We didn't know what to do and she off-handedly said 'Why don't you just clean the house and then we'll go out for dinner and a movie?'."
"I meant the cleaning thing as a joke, really," says AL, shrugging. "But they did it anyway and it stuck as a yearly thing. And as the group of guys grows, the less time it takes as well, so it's not like it takes all day."
"Well, the laundry might," jokes Luke.
"Yeah but you can do other things while the machines do their thing. And we do spring cleaning, too," she adds for Alice. "But I help then. I'm not allowed to help on Valentine's Day, so I sit around and read or I go somewhere warm if the weather is bad. Easter's just another day to non-guiltily eat candy and not a big celebration thing...and honestly I've never heard of May Day until we started hanging around with you guys. The alter ego never had a reason to look up a holiday like that...she doesn't do good, thorough research like V does." Hey, sometimes I do...
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17/2/17 15:34 (UTC)"And ours is not a typical household," adds Tommy.
AL nods. "I'm not a girly-girl," she says. "Many of what would be considered 'traditional' Valentine's Day things I'm just not interested in. Like, name things usually associated with Valentine's Day."
"Flowers," says Adam.
"Flowers die. I'd rather have something practical; preferably something I can eat."
"We were giving edible arrangements before Edible Arrangements®." Jesse puts in.
"I get the pineapple," grins Hooks.
"As for chocolates," says AL, "well none of us will say no to chocolate. Go on."
"Breakfast in bed," says Gary.
"I'm not a breakfast person and I'd prefer not to be woken up before I'm ready. I'll occasionally get lunch in bed, though, if one of them notices I'm awake before I've decided to actually get out of bed."
"Gifts," says Tommy.
AL shrugs. "I kind of already have everything I could ever want or need."
"Going out to eat," says Coulson.
"Or cooking a meal," adds Jamie.
"We do that anyway," says AL. "So, you see, Valentine's Day to us is different than what it is for others. And don't forget that half of these guys aren't from Earth, so it's not something they celebrated until the group." The six Doctors, Radu, and Luke all nod. "Don't get me wrong," AL continues, "if there's something special I want to do or one of them wants to do for me, I won't object."
"That's kind of how the whole 'winter cleaning' thing started, actually," says Jesse. "We didn't know what to do and she off-handedly said 'Why don't you just clean the house and then we'll go out for dinner and a movie?'."
"I meant the cleaning thing as a joke, really," says AL, shrugging. "But they did it anyway and it stuck as a yearly thing. And as the group of guys grows, the less time it takes as well, so it's not like it takes all day."
"Well, the laundry might," jokes Luke.
"Yeah but you can do other things while the machines do their thing. And we do spring cleaning, too," she adds for Alice. "But I help then. I'm not allowed to help on Valentine's Day, so I sit around and read or I go somewhere warm if the weather is bad. Easter's just another day to non-guiltily eat candy and not a big celebration thing...and honestly I've never heard of May Day until we started hanging around with you guys. The alter ego never had a reason to look up a holiday like that...she doesn't do good, thorough research like V does." Hey, sometimes I do...