25 Unicorn Street, Saturday Morning

[on_her_korhal]

The house was steadily becoming emptier. It hadn't been very full to begin with, but as she slowly pawned off, packed, or otherwise removed the few belongings that had been around, it was...

It seemed to be getting bigger.

Now, Kerrigan sat quietly on the couch, Mustang-the-kitten making a home of her lap, and stared at the wall.

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[idontlooktired.livejournal.com]

Harriet knew she couldn't keep Kerrigan from reading whatever she was thinking, so she simply filled her mind with paperwork. With accounts, with the minutiae of school administration that bored even her to tears. The closer they got, the more she thought about it, and by the time she was knocking on the door, she was quite engrossed in a particularly tricky ledger balance.

She did so want this to be a surprise. Harriet could sometimes be rather evil.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Kerrigan's attention was pulled from the kitten for a moment, and she glanced at the door. Huh. Harriet. They hadn't said Saturday.

Depositing Mustang next to her on the couch (with some realy difficulty), she got up, stalked to the door, and pulled it open. "Is this a business call?" was out of her mouth before the door was fully open.

[mymumkicksass.livejournal.com]

And before the door was fully open, Lauren had snuck her hand out of Harriet's and snuck through the door to grin up at her mom, standing almost to attention but not quite. "Mom!"

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Huh.

That one became obvious for a second or... one and a half, perhaps. And then--

Kerrigan closed her mouth again. She opened it a moment later. "This island. I swear to god."

[idontlooktired.livejournal.com]

Harriet continued to look - and, if one were a telepath, to feel - amused. "I certainly never expected to find myself with child at this age."

[mymumkicksass.livejournal.com]

"Mum made me give a report, in case something had infiltrated," she said proudly. "It hadn't, but reports are important. And she didn't see me sneaking up on her. Which was good, because you say stealth is most important of all."

She was so clearly mimicking her mom, right down to posture, it was almost scary.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"So she decided to bring you here." Kerrigan shot Harriet a look over the girl's head.

And then peered down at her. "Reports are important," she said, warily. "Come in. You can give me one."

[idontlooktired.livejournal.com]

"She did indeed," Harriet agreed, guiding Lauren into the house. "It seemed the best place to bring her. I do live in the same house as Professor Stinson, and no child of mine," no matter how she arrived, "is going anywhere near him."

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"Probably a good idea."

Kerrigan stayed by the door, staring after them-- pensively, more than anything-- then shut it. "Any clues on how this happened--?" Pause. "Damn island."

Later that morning

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

Fleeing the dorms after having been woken up by what was appearantly her son, the best place River could think of to hide was Kerrigan's. She knocked loudly on the door.

Re: Later that morning

[mymumkicksass.livejournal.com]

It wasn't Kerrigan that opened the door.

Rather, it was a blonde girl, a little tall for her age, kitten balancing off her shoulder. Lauren smiled, slightly, but definitely confidently. "Hi," she said. "Mom's in the kitchen."

Re: Later that morning

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River winced. "Need to see Kerrigan." She stared at the girl, wide eyed, then tried to push past her and into the house.

Re: Later that morning

[mymumkicksass.livejournal.com]

Lauren blinked, just a little, turning as she tried to close the door.

Maybe not quite tall enough yet. "Mom! Someone's here!"

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[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

She hadn't really needed to say that (and Lauren, Kerrigan knew, knew she didn't have to; apparently it was important enough for her to mention anyway).

So Kerrigan stuck her head out of the kitchen, water bottle still firmly in hand-- "River?"

Re: Later that morning

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River fled into the kitchen, giving Kerrigan a pleading look. Need to hide. There's a kid... She offered some brief images of the boy, including his father.

Re: Later that morning

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"Kids everywhere," Kerrigan said, shooting Lauren a look across the kitchen doorway. ...Yeah. "Crap. Stay here. Lauren's-- mostly harmless."

Re: Later that morning

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"He reads my mind. Need to hide for the weekend." If this was anything like last year the kids would be gone soon enough. She glanced at the girl. "Harmless?"

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

Lee had a little boy on his shoulders and he'd been too afraid to let go of him even when arriving at Kerrigan's front door so he kicked the door.

It served as a knock.

[whinytelepath.livejournal.com]

Will giggled and clung to his dad's shoulders.

[mymumkicksass.livejournal.com]

Again, it was Lauren who opened the door. She was good at it. "Hi," she said, "Are you going to ignore me too? Because I can be sneaky."

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"We're not going to ignore you," Lee said, looking down and smiling. "I'm Lee. And this is...well, my son, William. Will. Who're you?"

[mymumkicksass.livejournal.com]

"Lauren Rachel Jones who thinks she knows," Lauren said, fluidly. It was totally her callsign. "Hi Lee and William!"

[whinytelepath.livejournal.com]

"We're here to see grandma Kerrigan," Will added helpfully, waving a toy viper in one hand and a banana in the other.

[mymumkicksass.livejournal.com]

"Mom's in the back." Lauren nodded in that direction to make it absolutely completely utterly clear. "But I'm not supposed to just let people in so you've gotta give me a report."

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"A report?" Lee repeated. "Uh. Well, can you report that she's got a grandson that wants to see her and specially requested me to bring him over here?"