LONDON CALLING

Ruby lookedat Jeffery and stopped beating ten bells out of the bread and started kneeding it. " all right, but I think hes coming straight to the duplex, right Robert" she asked finishing the two loaves and washing her hands after. Walking around she heard Robert and nodded " I agree Jeffery to keep it simple infront of my brother" she said " so breads on for brakfast, I was thinking a fruit salad for supper or something more substantial." she asked " Kate do you have any ideas?"

Jack moved to Jess who smiled and touched his face " he'll be fine" she said meaning Angus " Jessie though has a lobng road ahead of him." Jack sat down next to her " I rember when you first came Jeffery took you for a while too" she said to him and he nodded then smiled.

"and we've nevr been happier" he said lightly kissing the palm of her hand as he glanced back at Ruby and Jeffery " what about some BLT's " he said in jest.

"Supper is handled," Kate said. "Simone has a wonderful beef wellington in the oven, and I made a wild mushroom risotto and some asparagus with hollandaise. They're already made and just heating in the oven. I made Michael's Tiramisu recipe for dessert. All we have to do is set up the sideboard and then when Angus and Michael get here, we can put the food on the sideboard and eat."

"Well," Jeffrey said, as Jack and Jess talked about Jack's experiences in Jeffrey's clinic, "you were willing to do the work. If Jessie applies himself like you did, he'll be fine too. He's still feeling a bit resistive, but that's common."

"Angus and Michael are back," Kate said. "There energies are back here again." Robert looked out the kitchen window.

"Yep. They landed outside in the yard between the house and the pond. Not all that far from where Jeffrey and Jessie just came from."

Angus and Michael were more than a little relieved to be home. They were both used to being gone from home for days at a time, but they had not had a team come apart like this one did. They were both glad for Brian's leadership that held them together as well as it did, but neither Angus or Michael were going to be willing to go on another mission with Jessie until something with him changed.

Ruby loooked at Kate and nodded " ah right sorry with everything I forgot" she heard Robert and moved to the window, she smiled seeing them outside. Placing the cloth down she walked out the door but could not stop herself from running and hugging Angus " your home" she said softly to him relived to be able to put her arms around him. quickly she looked around then stepped back " Jeffery says to curb the affection for a bit, but I was so relived." she said and smiled. 

"Welcome home to you too Michael" she moved and huged him but only a quick one "its good to have you both home, you too Brian." she smiled at them and let teh others step in. looking at Edward and simone she chukled "Can I now use the duplex?" she asked one hand in Angus's not wanting to lose the contact of him.

Angus gave Ruby a hug and a kiss.

"I think I counted every mile there and every mile back," he told her, "all 1600 of them."

"Thank you, Ruby. We're glad to be home," Brian smiled.

"Jeffrey?" Angus asked.

"Specialist brought in for Jessie," Michael explained.

"Screw Jessie," Angus said, not caring. "If he keeps his shit up, I'll take care of him. I really don't care, Ru."

"That duplex is making you nuts for some reason, isn't it?" Edward laughed. "You can't stand not having access to it. We were hoping to hold you off until after supper at least."

"Supper is ready, anyway," Simone said. "We just need to put it on the table.

"Then I'll come give you a hand," Michael said, "while the rest of us get out of the way. Come on, you lot. Give them a moment, at least." Michael led the rest of them into the main house, leaving Ruby and Angus outside alone for a moment.

"I have something for you," Angus said. "I know everyone is waiting with baited breath for me to give you an engagement ring, but this isn't what that is. When we decide to do that, hopefully I'll know how to do it right. I saw this in a shop window, and it reminded me of all the star gazing we've done and all the star gazing we hope to do. So I couldn't come home without it. I missed you, Ru. " He handed her the little ring box with the little ring that was had a star shaped set, and was set with a sapphire and diamonds.

Ruby returned his kiss smiling as he spoke he counted the miles " right now here is right where I want to be, in your arms" she said then chuckled at his words at disobaying Jeffery. she stayed quiet as Brian spoke and she nodded " yes , but I think gave him quite the shinner for what he did, he had no right." she said then calmed herself as she heard Simone talk and she smiled " oh that reminds me the bread will be done soon" she said " I made loafs of bread for breakfast but we have beef welington for supper thanks to Simone and Michael." she said and watched as the others left them to be alone.

" we'll join you in a moment" she said as they headed back into the house , turning she faced Angus. " I missed you so much too" she said kissing him gently again. now she stepped back a little as he said he had something for her. She listened to him and touched his cheek and smiled as he took out a ring box opening it she smiled " Wow! its beautiful and I know Angus, I already said I will wait for as long as you need, but this is beautiful, it looks like the milkyway." she said and lifted it out of the box to look closer at it before placing it on her right hand and smiling " I love it, thank you , but most of all I love you" she said kissing him deeply " you didn't have to bring anything I'm just glad your home relativly in one peice" she said moving his hair to one side " Robert told me, Im glad Ana was there to look after you, she sounds a wonderful woman, I told her she's welcome to stay with us anytime." she smiled at him.

"Beef wellington," Angus said, impressed. "If she can make beef wellington, then, Edward will certainly not suffer for a lack of good food. My grandmother did say, before she passed, that she wanted him to find someone and marry again, but he turned her down flat. He had no intention of finding someone else. It seems like love found him instead. Maybe that's how it is supposed to happen. I don't know. Anyway, they both seem happy, so that's all that matters. I wouldn't worry about the bread. Michael's in the kitchen. He'll smell it and take it out in time."

"When I saw it in the shop window, it reminded me of the same thing. The stars, the milky way, and hopefully decades more stargazing. As for Sergio and Ana, I think you'll be getting a chance to meet them. They have a serious problem in their village. Their children have been disappearing, thanks to Gelding. They somewhat knew of our organization. They didn't know our name or how to reach us but they called us the child finders. They desperately need our help to get their children back. Robert has hired Sergio and Ana into our organization, but you know that we have members from all over the world. Anyway, I'm sure Robert will be sending them to Paris and eventually bringing them here to meet thing and maybe even sending them to Colorado. I don't know. You'll like them. Jessie doesn't seem to accept it, but just so you know. You are in competition with no one. She is no threat to you. Nor is anyone." He kissed her softly. "I suppose we ought to go make an appearance at supper, shouldn't we?"

Ruby let him talk and nodded as he spoke of the problem sergio and Ana's village had " thats terrible" she said but he continued " well she found us and I guess thats a fitting name since Robert does find children." she added then smiled as he spoke of her not having any worries with him " Angus, I never thought for a moment I ever did" she told him " I trust you, as for jessie hes going to Switzerland with Jeffery in the morning, early and I realy want to see what they did in the duplex, I was not alowed to see since yesterday, they wanted it to be a suprise for both of us." she said smiling,

When he spoke of supper she smiled " well  she's helped him in the garden too and shes helped look after Abby too, shes been like second mother to me as well, as for love I found in when I wasn't looking for it and in the last place I was looking for it, but I did find it  in you." she chuckled placing her hand on his chest as she pushed up on her tip toes to kiss him again.

"As much as I would like to see what the heck they've been up to, I haven't thought about much of anything but you. I'm glad Jessie's going to get the help he needs," he said. "For some reason, when we met up with Sergio and Ana, it really unhinged Jessie. I don't know how safe you and I would be until he gets some real help. I'm hoping we can stay at the duplex tonight so that I can put some protection charms around it to keep him out. I might be overreacting, but I'd rather be safe and not sorry."

"I wasn't looking either, actually," Angus smiled, "so maybe there's something to it after all." His stomach growled really loudly. "Well, yeah, okay, so I'm hungry. Let's go see if they left us anything." He took her hand and headed for the kitchen. The closer he got to the main house, the more the aroma of roast beef and wild mushrooms and asparagus rolled out of the house and hit him square in the face. "God, that's the best thing I've smelled in a week. I must be starving." He was almost to the house when Abbey dashed out the back door, running as fast as her little legs would carry her.

"Aggie! Aggie!" she was overjoyed to see him. He scooped her up and she threw her arms around his neck and kissed his cheek. "I miss you soooo much!"

"Hey, Abs!" he laughed. "I missed you too." He kissed her forehead.

"I see'd that nasty man stick you to the pool. He bad. Bad, bad, bad."

"You saw that, did you?" he asked. She nodded.

"I thought you go'd with Unca ReeRee."

"No, no. Uncle ReeRee will just have to wait, I'm afraid. I'm staying right here."

"Good," she nodded, as his stomach growled once more. "You need foods."

"Yeah. I think so. I think I need foods. Lets go see if there are any." She nodded.

Ruby smiled " glad to know" she said softly but laughed when his stomach growled " yeah, and it sounds like you swollowed a bear" she joked as together they walked to the back door only for Abby to run right out to be scooped up by angus. " yep she missed you too." she said " I think she got her seers abilities, she was the one who alerted us to your sticky pradicament" Ruby said ruffeling Abbys hair " also we watched the stars last night, but tonight I would like my bed and Angus to my self if thats okay, we can do some berry picking tomorrow, i think the gooseberrys are ripe." she heard them talk and chuckled again as his stomach rumbled at the smells from the kitchen " I agree, food first" she said smiling at Abby. 

Walkign into the kitchen she smiled at Simone " you need a hand" she asked seeing Jack laying the table and Jess taking her loaves out of the oven and then tipping them out to tap the bottom to see if they are cooked all the way, finding they were she left them on a cooling wire.

"She has had some seers' abilities for some time now. We try not to tell people because we can't let it get around. The ministry seems to take dimly to little ones who start having accidental magic before about age ten or so. But Robert says he sees episodes of it at all ages," Angus said. They went in, and they saw everyone busy setting supper on the sideboard.

"Hello, Dear," Kate said, coming from the dining room back into the kitchen. She gave him a peck on the cheek and just kept going to, this time to slice Ruby's bread and set it out with some fresh French creamery butter and a jar of fresh jam. Simone set out large pitchers of ice water, iced tea, and lemonade, and Michael opened two bottles of wine--a dry red, and a sweet red.

"I think that's it," Michael called. "Come and eat, Everyone." Kate gave a shout upstairs for Jessie and anyone else that was still straggling. Angus put Abbey in her chair and Robert fixed Abbey a plate and put it in front of her. She looked at the slice of beef wellington, trying to figure out what it was.

"Wazzat, Papa? Sammich?"

"Well, sort of like a sandwich," Robert laughed. "Beef. You know what beef is."

"Cow."

"Right. And that's bread around it."

"Sammich."

"Well, okay, then. Its a sandwich. But, see, its cut for you. Use your fork."

"Not for sammich," she scowled at him.

"For me? Please? This is a different kind of sandwich. The kind you eat with a fork."

"Silly sammich," she scowled. He stabbed a little piece of beef with a bit of the pastry crust and gave it to her.

"Try it," he said. She ate it. "Like it?" She nodded. "Good. Now, eat the rest with your fork." He went to his place at the table, and she promptly laid down her fork and picked up her beef with her fingers.

"Methinks she's stuck thinking one eats a sandwich with their fingers," Angus laughed, as he went to the sideboard to fix his plate.