CHAPTER TWO:
THE FAMILY MEETING

LUTHER HARGREEVES  stood in front of his siblings as they sat on the couch. Klaus was behind the bar fixing himself a drink and had a lit joint in his hand. Ben was nowhere to be seen but Alex was sitting next to Vanya and had a book in his hands. Diego was standing beside Luther and Allison was standing by Vanya.

"Um... I guess we should get started." he looked around. "so I figure we could have a sort of memorial service in the courtyard at sundown. Say a few words, just at dads favorite spot."

"dad had a favorite spot?" Allison asked looking at her siblings in confusion. Alex looked up from his book and mumbled:: "I guess we know who's dad's favorite."

Luther looked at her then nodded."You know, under the oak tree. We used to sit out there all the time. None of you ever did that?" said when he saw everyone's confused faces. Alex closed his book and placed it beside him. "not with me, no."

"Will there be refreshments? Tea? Scones? Cucumber sandwiches are always a winner."Klaus said as he joined and stood by the couch Alex was sitting on and gave him a brief smile. Allison saw this but said nothing.
"What? No. And put that out. Dad didn't allow smoking in here." Luther said sternly. Klaus opened his mouth to say something when he was cut off by Allison.

"Is that my skirt?" she asked in amusement. Everyone turned and looked at Klaus. He looked confused and then looked down and realized what she was talking about.
"What? Oh, yeah, this. I found it in your room. It's a little dated, I know, but it's very breathy on the bits. Besides, Alex loves it. He says it makes my legs look nice and sexy."

Alex looked at him in disbelief. " I did not!" to which he got a wink.

Luther started talking again about unnecessary stuff. "Listen up. Still, some important things that we need to discuss, all right?"

Diego looked up from the knife in his hand."Like what?"

"Like the way he died."

"And here we go."Diego scuffed. And went back to his knife.  "I don't understand." Vanya added."I thought they said it was a heart attack."

"Yeah, according to the coroner." Luther accused.

"Well, wouldn't they know?" Vanya questioned.

"Theoretically." Luther implied.

"Theoretically?" Allison places her glass on the side table.

"I'm just saying, at the very least, something happened. The last time that I talked to Dad, he sounded strange." Luther explained.

"Are we really talking about how an old man's death is mysterious? Why are we even here Klaus, I wanna get into the White House and mess stuff up." Alex said and got ready to stand up.

"Oh, Quelle surprise!" Klaus gargled causing Alex to pause and turn and face him slowly. "disgusting," he said and sat back.

"Strange how?" Allison questioned.

"He sounded on edge. Told me I should be careful who to trust."Luther informed them.

"Luther, he was a paranoid, bitter old man, " Diego stood up from his chair. "who was starting to lose what was left of his marbles."

"No." Luther denied. "He must have known something was going to happen."

"oh for fuck's sake..." Alex complained raising a hand to cover his face.

"Look, " Luther said and faced Klaus. "I know you don't like to do it, but I need you to talk to Dad."

Klaus scuffed "I can't just call Dad in the afterlife and be like, 'Dad, could you just stop playing tennis with Hitler for a moment and take a quick call?'" klaus waves his joint around.

"he's probably chatting with Hitler not playing tennis genius," Alex said and shakes his head. "what am I saying? You've made me go crazy, I swear to God Klaus I'm going to hunt your ass even more than I am..." he was interrupted by Luther.

"Since when? That's your thing." Luther stared  Klaus down.

"I'm not in the right...frame of mind." Klaus protested.

"You're high?" Allison pointed out.

"Yeah!" Klaus laughed. "Yeah! I mean, how are you not, listening to this nonsense?"

"mood."

"Well, sober up, this is important." Alex decided this was the perfect moment to zone out and think about his life choices and what would have happened if his family would take a moment to think about all the none sense they were saying. He snorted at the thought of his dad having a tea party with Hitler and his new besties. He zoned back in to hear the best part of the family discussion.

"Oh, isn't it obvious, Klaus? He thinks one of us killed Dad." Diego said and glared at Luther.

"wait, what did I miss? Klaus, what did I miss? Who killed who?" Klaus ignored his dead lover.

"You do?" Klaus grunted softly.

"How could you think that?" Vanya asked in disbelief.

"Great job, Luther," Diego told the so-called leader of the team. "Way to lead."

"That's not what I'm saying." Luther defended himself but everyone just ignored him.

"You're crazy, man. You're crazy." kLaus stood up and Alex stood up with him and gave Luther a disapproving glance, not that he could see it. "Crazy."

"klaus can you tell him I expected better from him." Alex asked and looked at Klaus who was ready to leave the room.

"I've not finished." spaceboy protested.

"Sorry, I'm just gonna go murder Mom. Be right back." Klaus paused and added. "BTW, that means by the way, Alex said he expected better from you and is shaking his head in disappointment."

The family paused for a moment hearing their dead bothers name leave the seance's lips. They didn't know that he still talked or could see Alex. Klaus ignored their looks and left the room to do something klausy. The rest left as well leaving Luther to stand alone.

"Jeez." Luther sighed. "That went well."

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