Bab 577: Preferred Company(Part Two)

 When Genie had woken up that morning, the first thing he did was seek out Skye. He wanted her to accompany him while shopping for Mei and the others, as well as get an idea about what she might like for Yuletide. Humming a tune as he walked, it took Genie an hour before he had ran into Peggy, and learned of their early departure.

 Slightly annoyed at his pointless searching, he grumbled about not being told. Peggy had heard his whining, and promptly chided him for already monopolizing a goodly portion of both of their time lately. Genie had tried to explain away the importance of the tasks that they were each helping with, but Peggy wasn't having it..

 "And do ya work the rest of yer representatives like ya do those two? Or is this some twisted form of 'special treatment'? Cause, I'll tell ya: ya seem ta not have a single wee care about the fact that those two be a Grown, MARRIED couple now. And Require time alone on occasion."