Sal's Reality, Port aux Basques: The Official Road Trip Thread

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"So." Sal leaned on the hood of the van, sneaking in one more cigarette before they left for Florida. It was quite the sight: the massive maroon vehicle was stuffed to the rafters with luggage, snack food, and had a full tank of gas.

"So?" Ven was staring at her from the other side of it, completely amused at his mentor's stressed outlook. In all the years he'd known the woman, he'd never seen her really lose her cool - but she was coming close.

"So we've got ourselves reservations for the eight o'clock boat. And it's ten after six and we needs to get goin else we misses our spot. An' Mu launches in exactly forty-eight hours and..."

Ven stooped down to pick up Shae, who had barrelled down the stairs with her still-yawning mother in tow. "And we'll get there just fine. Didn't you say she had a portal waiting for you in North Sydney, anyway?"

Sal extinguished her cigarette and blew the smoke away from Shae, watching Jav, Kurt, and Vic come down the stairs hauling the rest of the luggage. "Yes, yes, and yes, but still, b'y, I hates bein' late." She held out her arms in response to Shae's attempt to get closer to her grandmother. "Give her here, look..."

She was interrupted by a loud bang that sounded like it was coming from her kitchen. She looked at Shae, who was grinning.

"D'you know what all that noise is?" she asked the toddler.

"Nope," the little girl shook her head, brown curls bouncing around.

"Want t' go find out with me?"

"Yeah!"

They went up the stairs together, Sal maneuvering Shae into a piggy-back position. "I betcha it's Leeroy. It always is."

"Uncle 'Roy is funny," Shae declared. "He's always doin' somethin'." The girl had a slight Newfie twang and it amused Sal to no end.

"Yes, b'y."

They opened the front door and peered into the kitchen where Sam had Leeroy in a headlock.

"Do I want t' know?" Sal asked resignedly. "Or should I just yell at the load of ye to get yer butts downstairs 'fore I loses it?"

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Ven smiled. "I used to be the same way," he said. "'Cept I had three... but I understand where you're coming from. But you better get used to it because our family is frelling huge."

He leaned on the fence, smirking at Leeroy who was now being forced into pushing Shae on a swing. "And I only realized how big it was not too long ago. It kind of shell-shocked me."

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"I've got new brothers in the Lunatic Cafe, too." She sighed and hugged herself. "A guy Sam, a couple Deans, and this big guy who's part cat and purrs."

"So." Kurt's disguised eyes smiled down at his beloved. "You know, I've been getting that question at home, too. Logan asks it every time she sees me."

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"What, 'so?'?" Sal laughed. "I dunno, maybe people are expectin' something from us."

Sal leaned on Kurt's shoulder. "Whatever they wants I ain't interested," she said with a grin.

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"But it's a big change, huh?"

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"Neine." Kurt cuddled her close. "'Are you two married yet'."

"Yeah," said Sam soberly, still feeling spooked.

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"It'll happen when we wants it to," Sal said with a shrug.

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"Soon." He gently stroked her cheek with one hand, gazing into her eyes.

"Leeroy, what the @#$&'re ye at?" Jav returned to the here and now in time to give his brother an incredulous stare.

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"What does it look like I'm doin', ye di'kut?" Leeroy responded sourly, pushing the swing rather hard.

Shae merely giggled.

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"Somebody wanna borrow me a camera?" Jav looked around wryly, then saw what Sal and Kurt were doing and spaced again.

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"What's that supposed to mean?" Sadri looked up from the ground where she and Zipporah had collapsed moments earlier. "Who're you going to humiliate now?"

She stood up and pressed her small digital camera into his hand. "Don't tell anyone I encourage you."