Greg sat down in his tiny office at the hospital. He had left the children home, with express instructions to make sure the house was clean. Ally had been told to take care of Casey, as well. The girls seemed to be growing rather attached to the puppy. The boy seemed rather attached to well lit and wide opened spaces. So He was free of anything pressing at the moment and feeling somewhat euphoric as he'd drained two patients earlier.

He dialed the number very deliberately with a self satisfied grin. *ring* * ring* * ring* he hoped she was there.

Tina had been kicked back in her hotel room watching some soap opera on TV. She'd been hanging out at 'home' waiting for Greg to call. She had gotten a cell phone like he'd told her too. She was starting to worry that he wasn't going to call her.

riiiiiiiing...... riiiiiiiiing..........

Hot damn! Her phone was ringing!

"Hello?"

"Hello, what are you wearing?" Greg asked in a breathy tone. Nothing else was said.

Sweet! It was him!

"Just a t-shirt."

And that really is all she was wearing.

"Hmmm all I'm wearing is a stethoscope, wanna play doctor?" He's lying but it's part of the charm when you're evil.

"Mmmm... With you... any day..." she breathes back into the phone.

"Oh good, later tonight then, but I'll need you to play test our little ruse with me earlier in the evening." He says with a throaty chuckle. "I'll pick you up just after six." he says.

"Alright. Sounds good. You want me to wear anything specific?"

"Nothing too flashy or trashy, we'll be playing house with two children, remember my ruse. Besides, whatever you wear will tun me on while you take it off. Remember just after six." he says.

"Alright. Will do." They said their good-byes and hung up.

------------hours passed---------------

Tina had showered and gotten dressed. She put on a pair of tight, but not too tight, black jeans and a light pink blouse. She was wearing a pair of light pink sandles on her feet. Her hair was pulled back into a pony tail. She's waiting for Greg to come and pick her up.

He shows up at exactly ten after six. Knocking on her door with purpose. HE is dressed as he normally dresses for work, dress trousers, a buton down and a tie. He also still has on his lab coat and hospital name badge.

She heads to the door as she hears the knock and opens it. "Hey there sexy," she greets him.

"I do hope you're ready. He says with a dry and sardonic grin. He offers his arm. "Let's see how this plays out."

She nods her head and puts an arm through his. "Yeah. I'm ready."

He leads her to the elevator. Once down stairs they exit and proceed to the car. The drive to Greg's house does not take long. He pulls into the driveway and parks. "Here we are." he says.

Damn she really likes his car. /Really/ likes his car.

"Cute house," she says. She doesn't bother to wait to see if he's going to come around and open the car door or not. She lets herself out of the car. She waits for him.

He wouldn't call it cute himself, perhaps droll, but not cute. He walks up to the house and unlocks it. "Oh children, I'm home." he calls out facetiously, though it is only fair to warn them.

Ally’s eyes shot to her bedroom door as she heard Gregory’s voice trail through the house from the hallway. She was lying on her bed playing with her cards while Casey rested in her bed. Sliding to the side of the bed she sat up then stood up and walked out to the hallway and peered around the corner before stepping out into full view.

She stopped suddenly as she saw the woman with Gregory. Talk about throwing her for a loop. He brought someone home? Deep ocean blue eyes looked her over. She didn’t say anything at all as she stood there.

Tina follows him to the front door and inside. She stands there and waits while he calls for the kids.

Blade was, once again, sitting on the bed in the guest room. It was almost as if he hadn't budged since being sent there the previous night. He had though. His bladder would have burst if he hadn't. He was unsure of if he should leave the room or not after what Greg had told him. He wasn't even supposed to nod. Finally, he swallowed hard and got up off the bed. The door opened slowly and he moved to stand silently in the hallway.

Tina watches as the two kids appear. "What nice looking kids you have Greg," she says with a smile.

"Yes and they're so very well behaved. No Spanish to toy with me son, you're off the hook for now." Greg says giving the boy a weak smile, but his eyes dare the lad to test him.

Kids that were not his. Okay well Blade was his, but the boy didn’t know it yet. Ally however was not his by blood but rather a slave to do as his bidding desired. Well behaved she was indeed. Took a year to get her so but the next four years of behaving has really been etched into her brain. At least the better half of her soul anyways.

Gaze turned to Blade finally as she looked over at the boy. He seemed really frightened of Gregory for some reason and it made her curious as to what went on between them when she hadn’t been around yesterday. She turned back to Gregory then and remained quiet. She did not speak unless spoken to for the most part.

Spanish to toy with? That interested and yet confused Tina a little. Ah well. She dismissed it as quickly as it entered her mind. "Well behaved children are a very good thing," she says with a smile. She takes a step towards the two kids. "It's a pleasure to meet you both. I'm Tina."

Blade glances up at Greg as he calls him son. Son? Blade wasn't his son. At least that he knew about. He dropped his gaze back to the ground until the woman spoke. "Thank you ma'am," he said quietly.

"Alright we're going to go out and have dinner, nothing too fancy but we are going none the less. Go wash up and comb your hair both of you. We're having Chinese." Greg announced. Because he wanted to see if they could pull this off in public.

Hearing that they were going out for dinner caused her to raise an eyebrow in curiosity. Gregory was just getting weirder by the minute. After a few moments of just standing there kind of dumbfounded she slowly turned and headed back down the hallway to the bathroom and combed her hair and washed her hands (Gregory was a neat freak and it had rubbed off to Ally after so many years). She washed her face and wiped it on a clean towel and then headed for her room and shut the door to Casey’s cage so she wouldn’t get out and make a mess.

After doing so she shut her door and reappeared in the hallway.

Blade didn't have to be told twice. He hurried back into the guest room. He pulled some clean clothes out of his red bag and put them on. The pants were baggy black jeans that sagged on his hips. The shirt he put on was a loose fitting dark red baseball jersey. A red bandana stuck partly out of right back pocket. He wasn't going to put it on his head like he usually did, but he sure as heck wasn't going to leave it behind. He headed into the bathroom to comb his hair and wash his hands and face. Once he was done, he went and stood in the hallway.

Tina stayed standing near where Greg was while waiting for the children. She was silent for the time being.

Greg went out and unlocked the car. Once everyone had loaded up and buckled in he backed out of the driveway and took them to the "Hong Kong Buffet" .

Ally remained quiet the entire time and staring at Tina who was in the front passenger seat. She was unsure what to make of this new development. First Blade, now Tina. The girl was convinced that he had officially gone insane and was actually thinking about calling Jordan. After all she said she could call her when ever right? And this was starting to freak her out. After five years of the same routine it was really messing with her head.

When they reached the place she got out and waited beside the car.

Tina obviously sat in the front seat beside Greg. A smile danced on her face the entire time.

Blade sat quietly in the backseat and stared out the window.

Once they arrived, Tina got out of the car and stood waiting for Greg.

Blade hung back behind everyone else but not so far behind that he'd get in trouble.

So far the little play test was going well. It wouldn't go so seamlessly all the time without work, but this seemed to bode well for the endeavor. They went in and waited to be seated. The place was only moderately busy. Greg was glad he didn't really relish crowds. His boy seemed to ba dawdling just a little bit. He shot the lad an icey glance while no one was looking.

She followed obediently as always and they stood for a moment or two waiting to be seated before a waitress finally came up and asked where they would like to sit the showed them to their seats.

Blade had caught the glance sent to him by Greg and picked up his pace a little more. Thoughts of being locked in the dark flooded his mind.

Tina hadn't seen the glance sent towards the boy. Wouldn't have mattered much to her anyway if she had. As they were lead to their table (a booth), she slid into the booth first.

Greg slid in next to Tina and the children sat across from them. The waitress took their drink orders and then left. "Well it's buffet, everyone go help themselves." Greg said while he fondled Tina's thigh under the table.

Ally got up and headed for the buffet and only half filled her plate. She’d had a big breakfast and had eaten late at home while he wasn’t there. Her favorite was Egg Drop Soup though and that took up the majority of her plate with the small bowl. She’d got a bit of steamed rice and then sat back down to fork at her rice for a bit as she let it cool. Attention was drawn back to Tina and then to Gregory. She looked them over for a moment before returned to staring at her plate.

Blade got up and headed over to the buffet. He'd never eaten this type before so was unsure of what everything was. He frowned slightly as he stood there for a few minutes just staring at everything.

Tina's smile turned into a wicked grin as she felt Greg touching her thigh under the table. Yes. This was going to be a whole lot of fun for her. She could gladly live like this as long as the money, and the sex, were good. She already knew that the sex was good. And thus far she had no doubt that the money would be good as well.

Blade finally made his way back over to the table with a little bit of a few different things on his plate. The only thing he knew what it was happened to be the rice. He sat down at the table and started tasting the different things on his plate.

Greg got up after a few minute of rubbing Tina's fur the right way so to speak and got his own plates. Yes, he brings back two and a bowl of soup. He balances it all very deftly while he returns to the table.

Ally finally starts eating some but can’t help staring at Tina who is sitting across the table from her. It was diverted though to Greg when he came back with two plates and some soup. Attention then turned to Blade who seemed to be testing out all sorts of things. However it was quickly turned back to the plates Gregory had. Some of the stuff he had picked out he usually stayed away from. Everybody seemed so nonchalant about the whole ordeal. Everyone but Ally. Was she the only one that was affected by this sudden change in personality? Gaze was lifted up to Gregory’s eyes for a moment before diverting to her plate once again and attempting to eat something.

Tina had gotten up when Greg did and got herself a plate of food. She returned to the table before he did and started to eat.

Blade continued picking and testing at various things on his plate.

Greg noticed Ally's look. "What, you only live once, isn't that waht they say?" he asked her as she looked at him and his food selections.

Since when did Gregory say that? It made a very bad knot form in her stomach. Something was up that she didn’t know about and it was driving her crazy. What had happened to make him act like this? However she didn’t look back at him and remained staring at her plate. She wasn’t about to say anything about it as she quietly drank some of her soup.

Tina ate all of what was on her plate and sat back in the seat.

Blade continued to pick at the food on his plate.