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echoes, silence, patience & grace (fatebites) wrote in halcyon_halls,
@ 2008-11-11 13:47:00

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alana, kiernan, sam

Week Twenty-One: Saturday
When: Early evening
Where: Boston
Who: Sam, Kiernan and Alana with mentions of Jax

Her issues about being forced into the photo shoot aside, Sam had been looking forward to this weekend for weeks now. Everything had fallen into place so perfectly and she couldn't wait to see the look on Kiernan's grumpy face when she gave him his final present. Throw Jax going on top of everything and it was amazingly awesome. Yeah her sister would be ditching them the first chance she got, but there was still the flight over and that meant something to Sam. She didn't feel like she was being used for a free plane ticket but was going to look at it as Jax reaching out a bit and putting some faith in Sam. Hey, she could be delusional all she wanted thanks.

The flight to Boston had been a long one but they arrived just after sunset like Sam had planned. Traveling with a vampire had made booking their flights somewhat of a pain but she was just that good and managed to pull it off rather nicely. She had even been able to convince Jax to grab some dinner before running off to Salem so as far as Sam was concerned, she was on fire! After they had seen Jax off in a cab with a pocket full of cash, they had headed off to the hotel where Sam had booked the three of them a nice two bedroom suite with all the amenities.

Friday morning and afternoon had been filled with running Alana all over the city for sightseeing while the evening had consisted of running around BU and attending whatever events were going on in the area. The entire time that they were there, Sam never hinted of anything more than it just being a trip to the city but when Saturday rolled around, that all changed. It was hard to keep the giddiness under the surface but she was so excited that it almost couldn't be helped. She found herself staring at the clock or watch on her wrist on more than one occasion and she had to take Alana shopping just so that she wouldn't end up spilling the beans before it was time.

When the sun finally set, she and Alana got dressed (whatever outfits they were wearing hidden under their coats) and escorted Kiernan down to an awaiting cab. "Sorry, but you have to be blindfolded for this one," she explained as she tied a silk scarf around his head. An address was handed to the driver and they were off without another word. "And stop grumping," she smirked, knowing that he was silently taking her name in vain. It was all totally going to be worth it though.

When they were only about five minutes away, Sam reached into the bag she had brought along and pulled out a cap that was quickly slipped onto Kiernan's head. "No peaking and no complaining." A second and third hat were also brought out for she and Alana respectively. Once they arrived, she helped the grumpy one out of the cab and removed the blindfold to reveal...Fenway Park! And of course, she and Alana were rocking some awesome Red Sox jerseys. "I thought you might like seeing a game," she grinned. Taking Alana's hand, she motioned for Kiernan to follow as they made their way with the crowd inside the stadium. From there, their tickets granted them access to a trio of prime seats five rows back and slightly to the right of home plate. "So what do you think?!"

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grumpypants
2008-11-18 01:02 am UTC (link)

It was kind of impressive, the work that Sam had managed to do to pull this whole trip off. Kiernan could admit it... he was a little in awe of the whole thing and the girl who did it. She was like a woman possessed, plans that she had worked long and hard on going off to perfection. Or at least as close to perfection as anything could get when a six year old was involved. Somehow Alana always seemed to run on her own time schedule. Kiernan was still getting used to that little genetic quirk in kids. He'd been a little too schedule dependent the majority of his life to really be able to go with the flow when it came to his daughter.

He didn't even try when it came to Sam's sister... that girl really had her own schedule. But he knew that despite all her acerbic words, it made Sam happy that the other girl had voluntarily spent some time with her. Small favors or something like that. And it wasn't like she hung around long. Not that he didn't enjoy second hand smoke and a potty mouth...

Kiernan went along with the plan relatively well considering who it was that she was blind folding. He only put up a minimum of protest as she covered his eyes up. At least he had some other senses to pay attention to as he was put into a cab. "I don't know if I ever told you... but I hate being blindfolded. I always cheated at pin the tail on the donkey as a kid..." Kiernan grumped from where he sat. Alana laughed loudly and announced that if her daddy did it she was SO cheating next time she played that game. Way to go Kiernan.

The car finally came to a stop and Kiernan's ears strained to make sense of where they were but there was just too much of a buzz and he wasn't all that skilled at differentiating all those sounds just yet. He let Sam lead him from the car and breathed a sigh of relief as the blindfold was finally removed from his face. Took just one deep breath to take in all the scents that he remembered from his childhood. Some of the few good memories were from this exact place. He turned to look at Sam and try to express what he wasn't even sure he had words to get out but Alana was smiling broadly and had already grabbed his hand and was running toward the stadium. Ready for her first ball game.

The seats were unbelievable. Kiernan sat down in awe for a minute, watching with all too precise eyesight the flight of the ball as it flew between the pitchers mound to the catchers mitt. "Sam..." he said turning toward her, Alana bouncing happily in the seat next to him. The peanut man was going to be the first big distraction of the night. Kiernan didn't care, he didn't even care about keeping up some ridiculous facade for Alana. Not when... aw hell he didn't feel like putting words to any of it. Felt like he'd ruin it.

"It's perfect. Thank you Sam..." He said before turning his head down and angling it so as to not hit the bill of her hat. The 'ewwww' that Alana said as she spotted him pressing his lips to Sam didn't even bother him.

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