Escape to Brian Quinn's

jess loked at the recapy and smiled at kate "ow good was a bit woirried about that" she watched her walk over and look out side sliping eh pice of paper into her pocket "yes its heated too kate so no blue lips , unless its from kissing too much" she sid grinning " ow that idea sounds wonderful, men waiting on us for a change " she smiled "JESS, HOW DOI YOU DO THIS THING , HES GOT THREE LEGS !!" Jack called "Op never mind got it" he said jess shook her head "but mines total lose when it comes to babies" .

Khaat and Katherine laughed, amused by Jack's inability to change a diaper. "Do we need to give him lessons?" Katherine asked. "You'd think he'd have that figured out by his third child," Khaat laughed. "I have to admit, I do admire Brian in that regard. He does know how to do that, and he doesn't even have kids. I saw him step right in like Abbey was his and not flinch or hesitate and just change her diaper like it was absolutely nothing. He's fed her, bathed her, carried her on his shoulder and walked the floor with her when she was just plain cranky. He's been everything Abbey could ever want in a really great dad. He's twice the man Rob ever was. I know it maybe isn't ideal that Brian and I are not romantically involved or anything, but I don't think it would be any more ideal to have Rob around either, given what he is really like deep down. The last thing I want is for him to decide to take her to 'his office' for the day. I do not want my daughter becoming comfortable with life in a Knockturn Alley illegal potions lab run by Rob and a whole great lot of Knockturn floosies. And, believe me, they are floosies. I've seen them. Pure trash--that's what they are. Abbey deserves better. And she could do far worse than to have Brian as her father figure. Besides that, she'll have a great big lot of aunts and uncles with all of you. I'd much rather her have that than anything else."

jess chuckled and nodded "no hes ushually pretty good i think our little boys playing up and sprinkaling his father" she said chukaling "yes Khaat she could do no worse and when nicalus and catlin are old enouph they could play together " she said "once their father can get himself together " she said grinning.

She sat listening to Khaat "yeah you could do no worse , the woman who gets him i one lucky woman" she said smiling and glancing at Kate. She saw Jack walkign down the stairs with Nicaluse held in his arms one leg in his onese and the other haf out "Jess he won't cooperate he keeps taking out his leg" he said walking over and smiling to Kate and Khaat.

Khaat laughed when Jack brought down nicolas half dressed. "You are so helpless," Khaat laughed.
"Jack, we really do have to teach you how to do that. If I had both of my hands free, I'd teach you, but since I don't I'll have to leave it up to Jess. She's more than capable anyway. It's a good thing your kids have a nanny. Otherwise, you'd have to take our parenting class at St. Mungos to learn how to do all this. Hey, Jess, can he cook a decent meal, or is he totally dependent on you?"
She enjoyed teasing him. "Oh, hey, Jack, what do you think about one of our next meals from Sparks being a little duck?" She laughed out loud at her own joke about turning him into a little duck, and she knew he would get it. It made Katherine laugh too.

Jack held Nicalus as he came down teh stairs and headed straight for Jess , who he like an expert sliped his leg inside and did him up "catlins still sleeping as with andrew, mister here howls like a banshee if hes wet" he said handing him over to jess as he sat down. he rol;ed his eyes at Khaats words "oow you still not letting it go are you" he said grinning and chukaling "and I am a fare cook "he said "got no complaints so far" he said and hekd jess around her waist pulling ehr close to him as she held nicaluse .

"I should have taken a picture of you as a little yellow duck. Are you sure I can't change you back long enough for a picture for posterity's sake?" she asked, laughing, already knowing he'd want not part of that. "You were sooo cute. Andrew would enjoy playing with you as a duck, I'm sure. You should have seen him, Jess. He was adorable."

"Who was adorable?" Brian asked, coming in and heading for the kitchen for a cold drink.

"Jack was," Katherine said, "When Khaat changed him into a little yellow duck."

Brian looked at Jack, raising his eyebrows a little. "You? A lilttle baby duck? Now that's something I would have loved to have seen. You'll have to tell me what that was like. I do know what its like to be at the wrong end of that woman's wand though," Brian laughed. "Remus trained us well. What was that you changed me into when we were eleven, Khaat?"

"A snail," Khaat said.

"Oh, yes," he laughed. "But as I recall it was a blue snail. You couldn't get my color right. Took Remus to undo it."

"Well, I changed you back at least," she defended herself.

"Yeah, but you left me blue. You got the morphing thing right, but you left me stuck being blue until Remus undid it," he laughed.

"Wasn't your hair a bit strange too?"

"Oh, yeah. Purple if I recall. Thanks for reminding me about that little embarressment as well," he said sarcastically.

"Did no one ever turn you into anything, Khaat?" her mother frowned. "I've not heard about these little transfiguration adventures."

"Ah, well, Remus changed me into a cat once just for the experience of it. But he at least made me a pretty cat. Sort of tortoiseshell colored," Khaat said. "And he also turned me into a bluebird once so I could experience flying. But I don't remember much else. I think everyone else was just afraid of Daddy. Remus really didn't care a jot about all of Daddy's threats. He sort of blew Daddy off."

"Remus blew your father off a lot where you were concerned," Katherine laughed. "And you loved every moment of it."

"Yes," Khaat smiled, with fond memories of her beloved uncle. "I did. And so did Remus. I wonder what he'd have thought of Abbey."

"Didn't you say you showed it to his portrait, Dear?"

"I did. He thought she was beautiful."

"Well, then. You have your answer. He'd have loved her. And by now, she'd be so spoiled that he would be the only one who could do a darned thing with her," Katherine said. Khaat laughed.

jack looked at Khaat then shook his head "oow no I would not like that " he said seeing jess ***** then laugh , he had to as ist hetoo smiled "ok it was fun and intresting too" he said but hearing Brian say he too had been changed by Khaat he smiled "wow you with puple hair now I would have liked to sdee that, kids nower dasys would think that cool" he said as Nicaluis grabbed his little finger and he looked at him listening to Kate and Khaat she asked if Khaat had been chaged into anything . He samirked when she said a cat and a blue bird "at lest not a snail or a yelow duck" he said .

"Remus always treated her with class," Brian smiled, remembering how Remus had treated her always with love and with dignity. "He never talked down to us or talked at us. He always talked with us. He always treated us like we were his own."

"He treated you wth the same class," Khaat said. "The only thing Remus ever changed you into, that I recall, was that he made you a falcon once. You wanted to fly,..."

"I remember. It was after you'd been a bluebird. You'd had such a good time that I was jealous. So he made me a falcon."

"And as I remember, you had a great time."

"I did. Well, with Abbey being an animagus, we won't be needing to change her into much of anything. She'll be able to do it for herself."

"I'll have to find her a good animagus to learn from," Khaat said, "When the time comes."

"It'll come. There is an old saying,'When the student is ready, the teacher will come.' And I believe that. When Abbey is ready, the right animagus for her will show up. May I?" He reached to Jess to take Abbey from her.

Jess was all too happy to hand over Abby to Brian smiling as as she did " there in safe hands " she said as she made sure she was wrapped in her blanket. She turned to Jack and too nicalus from him holding him a she ahd Abby "well little man did syou sprikle your dad or not?" she sked chukaling seeing the look on jacks face as she ahd spoked " I see you did" she said a slight chuckle in her voice "at lest you won't have that problem brian"

"There's my girl," Brian said, taking Abbey into his arms. "Let's get your next bottle before you start getting unhappy about it." He took her off to the kitchen with him. It made Khaat smile.

"So tell me what you think of Brian's gym, Jack. Is he missing anything to stay in shape? I can't imagine he'd miss much, but I hope at some point to use that gym to tone up a bit. I think Steven has been enjoying it. What about you?" Khaat asked.