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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[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?"

[mymumkicksass.livejournal.com]

Lauren squinted.

Well, that was sort of a report, wasn't it? "MOM! BROTHER'S HERE TO SEE YOU!"

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"Never thought I'd hear someone call Kerrigan Mom," Lee muttered to himself.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"I heard that."

Kerrigan brushed past the girl quickly. "Adama." Pause. "And hanger-on."

[whinytelepath.livejournal.com]

"Grandma Kerrigan!" Will shouted cheerfully and then hurled the banana at her.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"Right..." Kerrigan rubbed her forehead. "I'm taking it this is River's."

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"And mine," he said immediately. "But yeah. Ours. His name's William. Will. After my dad, I think. He says you're Grandma."

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"Of course I am."

That was not a hitch in her breathing.

She steeled her eyes. "Haven't you got anywhere else to go?"

[whinytelepath.livejournal.com]

Will looked a little disappointed. "But we came here to see you! And dad says we might not be able to go flying, but I have a viper!" He waved the toy viper in front of Kerrigan. "And we're on vacation. Mom's having a bad day."

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, vacation!" Lee agreed. "We came to see you!"

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"I could use one," Kerrigan muttered. "We're all having a bad day."

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"My day's not so bad," Lee said, smiling. "He really did want to see you. I didn't bring him to annoy you."

[whinytelepath.livejournal.com]

"Missed you!" Will said, waving from his perch on Lee's shoulders.

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"Yeah..."

She trailed off, staring at Will. "River's a little--"

And stopped. Again.

[whinytelepath.livejournal.com]

Will smiled cheerfully. "We were going flying, but now we're not, but we came to see you instead." He added: "Mommy's having a bad day."

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"She wasn't really expecting you," Kerrigan murmured, leaning against the side of the door.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River had considered hiding under a bed somewhere. Part of her really wanted to. Instead she moved out into the hall, hiding behind Kerrigan. Perhaps she did have a sense of duty. "Need rest."