Charles couldn't help the full-body laugh that left him. Just thinking that Edwin Payne learned his first curse word from a parakeet amused him endlessly. Imagining him at four years old imitating a bird and repeating a bad word. As if Charles wasn't in love with him as much as he already was...

"Yeah, sounds like a plan, innit?" he nodded, still wiping the tears from his eyes at it all. Somehow three days felt too much and not enough. "I'll call Crystal then and we put it in motion, yeah?" Charles said, leaning over for a quick kiss. "Are you gonna teach the birds to curse?" He teased.