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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She shook her head and laughed. "I don't know where you got this attitude from," she said.

"But it suits you."

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He quirked his slight grin and she saw the shy, gentle man that she'd met again that night in the Cafe. "Headrush."

Mykayla chuckled softly and wriggled free, then patted his arm. "Give Bobba a hug for me."

"I will, my soul." He looked down at her with love shining in his eyes, then pressed the button on his watch and disapeared with a swish and a slight flash.

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"So..." Leeroy looked around expectantly.

"I'm hungry."

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Mykayla sputtered with laughter as Jav grabbed an apple off the counter and threw it at his brother's head.

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"What the f- OW." Leeroy rubbed his head before chasing the errant apple a few paces down the hall. Picking it up, he dusted it off on his shirt and took a large bite.

"So now what?"

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"I should probably get back too," said Sam quietly from where she was leaning against the wall at the edge of the crowd. She swallowed as she remembered who and what she'd met the last time she'd been in the Cafe. "If there's some way I can get back to the Impala. I've left things too long at home."

Mykayla looked at the much taller girl soberly, recognizing a warrior who had a hard time laying her mission down for any length of time. Then she turned her gaze to Leeroy.

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"I'll come with ye," Leeroy said with a shrug, but I dunno how we're gonna get back..."

-How do you think, loser?-

"Hey."