Josh's Reality: STAR Labs, Gordon Family Compound: Invitations

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Lar--who'd been spending much of his time exploring various portions of the multiverse--arrived outside the complex, having teleported into the universe high in orbit.  He wasn't quite sure how one got a message across multiversal lines, but Josh somehow had.  He'd asked Lar to come celebrate, but not specified what.

Still, he was always happy to come see a friend.  His feet touched down on the ground with barely a sound.

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"@#$%&$# you!" retorted the guy. "Mind your own @#$%&$ business."

Josh watched silently, ready to step in if he needed to but concerned for Jenny, who would have nowhere to hold on if he left her.

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"I don't think so. There's no excuse for that kind of behavior."

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"There's no excuse for that @#$%&$ to kick my food, either." The guy gave Jaime a sudden shove.

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"I'm sure it was an accident," Lar said, patiently. But when Jamie is shoved, his hand snaps out, grabbing the guy's wrist. He doesn't hold on hard enough to hurt, but his grip is pretty much unbreakable.

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"Someone call the cops! This crazy @#$%&$#@'s attacking me!"

The bus came to a stop and the driver stepped down from his seat. "What's going on?"

"My aunt was trying to keep from falling and bumped his groceries," said Josh promptly. "He cursed her, and Lar spoke to him about it. Then he pushed my aunt and Lar caught his hand so that he couldn't do it."

The driver scowled and looked at Lar. "You her husband?"

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It was almost enough to catch Lar off-guard, but he quickly realized what the best answer in this case was. An interfering stranger was one thing, but...

"Yes, sir, I am."

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The driver nodded, then looked around at the other passengers who were packed around them, ignoring the bad mouthed guy's relation of his side of things.

"The boy's right," said an elderly woman. "That fellow was just being cruel to his young lady." Others nodded.

The driver turned back to the grouch. "Off my bus."

"What??? How'm I supposed to get home???"

"You should'a thought of that before you started being a @#$%&$. Take your stuff and get." The driver crooked a thumb over his shoulder. "Now. Or I will call the cops."

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Lar switched to super-ventriloquism so that only Josh could hear him.

"I, ah, overstepped myself, didn't I?"

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"No, you're alright." Josh looked from the driver to the angry man with eyes dark with concern. "Sir, let him stay on."

"Huh?" The driver stared at him, as did the grouch.

"He's got a lot of stuff to carry," said Josh simply.

The driver scowled and looked at Jaime, who nodded without looking up.

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"He's right," Lar added. "I wouldn't want to strand anyone with that kind of load."

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"He should've thought of that." The driver scowled.

"Please?" Jaime looked up, her already flushed cheeks darkening further as the man saw that she was crying.

He responded as many men do and said hastily, "Sure. He can stay on. Uhhh, you want a kleenex?"

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"Thank-you, sir," Lar added, quickly. He placed one arm protectively around Jamie's shoulders, trying his level best to be comforting.

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She murmured her own thanks, then hid her face against Lar's shirt and tried very hard to be invisible.

The driver muttered something gruff and returned to his post, and the bus was once more underway.

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Lar held her tightly, as he had seen other men hold their wives and whispered softly. "It's okay, Jamie. Really."