Title: Apres Snow
Rating: WF - Warm Fuzzies
Time Line: When everyone is back at the Lodge thawing out

Thanks to Emmy for the Beta and the great lines added in.

Everyone congregated in the spacious, wood paneled living room at the Lodge in front of a roaring fire. The General had just finished tucking Emmy in on one end of the couch after he carried her downstairs. Qui-Gon noticed that his former Padawan had learned a very important lesson. A lesson he himself perhaps had never quite mastered. Always see to the care and feeding of a sick Alpha Ho.

Now it was movie time. There was quite the commotion as all the snowball warriors shed their snow suits and put on slippers and grabbed blankets and popcorn and various snacks. The general sat on the floor in front of the couch he'd placed Emmy on. Julia and Sere each sat on the floor on either side of him. Judy sat on the opposite end of the couch from Emmy.   

It all looked very much like the hive to Dandie, but she decided discretion was the better part of valor, and said nothing. Da Mastah caught her thought and gave her a wink, then he pulled her closer. Da Mastah and Da Wench were on a second couch. Dorotea sat on Da Mastah's other side, and Laure sat on the floor with her back against Qui-Gon's legs, and her own legs touching The Generals. The rest of the Ho's shot Dor and Laure accusing looks.

"Hey!" Dor said defensively. "It's not my fault. My moon might be headed into Alpha! I'm embracing my inner Wench, right Laure? Didn't you say that was healthy?"

"I am sitting here because it's very comfortable. And you're all *hogging* the seats near the General." Laure responded without comment on the inner Wench issue.

As the Ho's rolled their eyes, the help Emmy had so thoughtfully retained for the weekend brought hot chocolate for everyone.

Kymira was busy selecting movies. Quite the discussion ensued as various titles were proposed.

"The Shining?" Tara asked.

"No, it will Scare my Wench." The Hippie answered.

Everyone groaned.

"Psycho?" Kymira suggested as she sifted through the pile of vids.

"Nooo! Too much like work!" Laure groused.

"Indiana Jones........"

"Ib seeb dit" Emmy replied.

"But you don't even know which one!" Dorotea said.

"I seeb dem all today."

"Ok, umm, It's a Wonderful Life?" Jen Jen suggested.

"OY! Too saccharine!" Dandie proclaimed loudly.

"Hey, I Iike Jibby Stewart!" Emmy said.

Everyone else looked at the Wench, surprised that she found annathang too saccharine.

"What??" Dandie asked. "I'm a Wench, not a Mary Sue!"

Random Ho snickering filled the room.

"Ghostbusters?" Laure suggested. Dandie clapped and nodded.

"NOT AGAIN!" Everyone said.

"Aliebs?" Emmy suggested.

"Whaaht?" The General asked, not sure how to translate that out of Sick! Ho speak.

"Aliebs, you knowb, wib Sigourney Weaber."

Dande hid her eyes.

"Are you sure she should even be down here? She's going to contaminate us."  Dorotea asked worriedly.

"I think I can speak for my master in this regard," Ellie said. "She should be quarantined."

"Bite me," Emmy said.

"Next suggestion?" Judy said sarcastically.

"Bond.........James Bond......" The General fairly purred.

"Very good idea Pad - Obi Wan." Qui-Gon agreed.

"That's General to you," Judy said.

"Make that Wet General," Kendra said, smiling at the General as he thawed out.

Tara whomped in response.

"Which Bond?" Julia asked.

"Ocotopussy!!" Sere shouted joyfully.

"No! It HAS to be Sean Connery!" The Alpha Ho said decidedly.

As all the Ho's nodded and murmured the word "Connery" respectfully, QG raised an eyebrow and shot Obi-Wan that mirthful look again. "You Only Live Twice?" He asked with a smirk.

Dandie thwaped him with a throw pillow.

"But there's no third time a charm. Remember that," Judy said.

"Judith." The General purred. "Be nice....For me?" He said flashing a killer smile.

Judy swooned.

"Goldfinger! Goldfiner! Goldfinger!" Sere and Julia said in unison as they bounced happily.

Silence..................no one spoke up to object! It was decided.

As Kymira put the tape in, Shana spoke up. "Hey, anybody else want S'mores?"

Again.........silence.

"What??" Shana asked defensively. "Oh please," she said, rolling her eyes. "Like he hasn't heard that one before."

Qui-Gon laughed and reached for the graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows.

"Hey," Emmy said, nudging the General. "He's eating by dark chocolate. Bake hib stop."

"So.........Pussy Galore.......Wench or Ho?" Dande asked Emmy, starting the age old debate once again. "I mean, would a Ho let herself be called Pussy Galore?"

"Bite me Wench! Sheb a Ho!" Emmy retorted. "Tibbany Case fromb Dibonds are Foreber is a Wench."

"Shush, both of you!" Julia said as The General put an arm around her shoulders, likewise doing the same to Sere on his other side. "The movie is starting!"

Emmy stuck her tongue out, but quieted down when Connery came on the screen. She didn't want to waste a minute of Connery screen time baiting the Wench.

Warm, dry and happily munching, the entire group snuggled in for movie night in front of the fire.

Fin