Escape to Brian Quinn's

steve sighed Robert was right but he was not unhappy about the assinemt more on brian not informing him sooner of this than it being abby , he stood up and moved into the kitchen where Robert was "I have no proiblems bodyguarding ABBY but I do in the face Brian is puishing himself fo every little fail he dose " he said "as for jack thats his problem not mine , don't put me in the same house as him, so to speak , I am me and he is he " he said poring some tea for himself "diferant set of cercomtances brought us here."

"I am glad you see it differently. I am, besides a father and a grandfather, a strategist. I know how Rob Dent thinks. He'll be sitting and thinking about nothing but escape--and perhaps rallying what force he might have left. I do not want him absconding with Abbey if he should escape or sending some minion to take her and hold her until he can get to her to take her from Khaat permanently so he can raise her in some illegal potions lab run by Knockturn Alley, well, ladies. But I use the term ladies very loosely. My intent is to deliberately use the fact that Rob does not know Brian, nor do any of his new roommates, to send a strong message, that I am a force to be reckoned with and that I will always stand, with all of Khaat's friends and a lot more, to protect my family. I need to use the fact that he is an enigma right now to the wizarding world. You and Jack are not enigmas. You are already well known and respected aurors. I'm capitalizing on that by having you here so that if someone does come, they will think twice before messing with you. If they find Brian here, they don't know what he's made of, and we could very well have a replay of this afternoon. And none of us want that. As for Brian's taking things personally, this time it is very personal because its Khaat. Khaat is the only sister figure he's ever had. His own family wasn't worth a whole lot. Khaat and I are far closer to him than his blood family. He does take that extremely seriously. But the more effective we become, the more businesslike he will be."

Emmy was now in Khaat's room with Abbey for Robert asked her to go in there to look after Khaat and Abbey which she happily agreed to do. As she was reading a book to Abbey she looked over at Khaat who was sleeping peacefully in her bed. As she was reading a story to Abbey she started to cry once again Emmy knew why she was crying once again, it was because she was wet. As she carried over to the changing table she changed her and put her into frsh clothes that Robert or Brain laid out. As she picked her up she walked back to the chair and picked up from where she left off at. After a few minutes Abbey was alseep in her arms once again. Walking over to the crib that was beside Khaat's bed she placed her in it and covered her up and put some music on softly for her.

steven nodded he under stood his thinking and was happy to undertake the task he ahd been assigned "I'll talk to jack bring him around kinda thing " he said rubbing the back of his neck "hes a good guy brian , if a little ...seriouse, he seriuly needs to relax , maybe once Khaats out of danger and verything is setleds I could take him out for a boys night out , never know who he might meet in a club or two , he like me might realise that being stressed over so much isn't worth it but to just relax a little dose the body amd mind good" he chukled thinking for many moths he ahd been uptight and stressed and now he was himself again.

jack seeing them all go into the kitchen he moved up stairs to check on abby , he could not help but smile at seeing emmy with ehr "she all right, emmy isn't it , Im jack , jack black heart freind to the Lupins , well I guess we all are " he stepped into the room and walked over to the Crib looking down at Abby " I rember when andrew was her size, they say when there small they brake your arms but when there older they brake your heart , well she will be a heart braker to other boys thats for sure" he moved a small soft toy to the foot of the cot "better safe than sorry" he said softly asheloked at her with a soft smile " you ok, I noticed nobody asked about how you were?" he knew what it was like to be not noticed and didn't want her to feel that way .

"Brian might enjoy a night out. He is far more of a firewhiskey drinker than beer. Although, I have seen him lift a tankard or two. It's just preference, I think. And I think when this is over, or lightening up, he would enjoy that. He won't ever drink alcohol while he's on duty. And right now, he sees himself permanently on duty until this is completely over," Robert explained. "But in the right time, it might do him some good to have some fun. Actually, it would do us all some good. Including Khaat when she's up to it. Poor girl. She needs it more than anybody."

Steven chuckled at the mention of fire whisky but then caughed "yeah should be fun" he said grinning "I mean he got me with taquila " he said looking a bit sheepish at the memory and his hand instantly went to the spot on his cheek the tatto once sat "ow yea i know once its all over we'll drag him out if nessicary " he chuckled "but yeah she is in safe hands with me and jack , once i get him stragtened out that is" he said and sighed now knowing just how the instructors at the acadamy felt.

"Go easy on him. He hurts right now. I do understand that. He doesnt' let himself get into this sort of a funk often. As soon as he gets a chance to see that Khaat really is alright, he'll be better. And--when I assign him to go to Azkaban with me, he'll regain his confidence and snap out of it. I saw him go outside just before you all came in here. He took his tea mug and went outside. If you want to go talk to him, be my guest. But just go easy. He's a pro, 100% of the time. And right now, he's trying to work this out in his head and get back into the game. He is trying to do the right thing here."

steven nodded "ok i'll go take to him" he said and walked out the kitchen seeing jack had gone he shook his head and walked to outside "hey " he said walking to stand next to Brian "so , you figured out how to beef up securty while your at askaban?" he said looking at him over his shoulder "I know jack weill be out here and I'll be inside with emmy and Abby in their room, I'd sugest a few counter charms round the woods and grounds" he said tryng to take brians mind off what had happened and bring it to the hear and now

"Well, yes, I have been thinking about that. My first thought is that Khaat should have her head examined for wanting to go to that hellhole this soon, but I know her too well. That's just her and her devotion to that idiot. I need to stay as hidden as I can, as unseen as I can. Probably full black cloaks. With my luck, though, it'll be 90 degrees outside and hotter than hell. I'll be sweltering.

"Oh, well. And, yeah. I do think we need to strengthen our spells around the place. I've done some spells, but Robert's spells are so much stronger than mine because he is simply more powerful. I'm hoping he will do that. Well, I'm sure he will. And I'm hoping I can convince him to stay tonight so I can go to down to the gym in the basement and work out. Or at least for a couple hours so I can do the best portion of a workout anyway. But he gets frustrated with how long I like to stay in the gym. You watch. He'll roll his eyes and give me a deep sigh and a dirty look. I don't mean to do that to him, but I just know what I need to feel in my best form. You know how that is."