Xaven came walking out, his parents pulling on their robes, his father yawning. "nice!" he said when coffee was mentioned, and made a beeline right for the pot as Xaven opened the medicine cabinet and grabbed the bottle of asprin out, and flicking the top off, he poured about four asprin into his hand. "what are you doing, take two, not four" his mother said, putting two back into the open bottle. "my head is pounding today, and im sore all over" shaking his head, he popped the pills into his mouth, grabbing a water from the fridge, he opened it and took a drink, swallowing both pills and water.
"why are you sore?" his father asked, doctoring his and his wife's cup of coffee, his cream and sugar, hers just sugar, no cream. "no idea" Xaven grumbled. "but when i say i'm sore, i mean everything is sore.. even my hair" grabbing a handful of toast again, he began munching on one while he buttered and jammed the others.. "hm" his father said, looking out the back window. "i see my brother left, naturally he would'nt say goodbye, he didn't nineteen years ago when he "visited" his father said, even making the air quotes with his fingers. Xavens mother looked at her son and Vanessa. "you two all packed up? didn't leave anything did you?" she asked "Vanessa, you got all your stuff? your gifts?" she asked, smiling. "oh" Xavens father said. "she does'nt have one gift, we were saving that for today" going to the key rack hanging on the wall, he pulled a set of keys off, a set she'd be all too familular with and he tossed them toward her, smiling. "that's the last one, i swear" grinning. Xaven, despite feeling like he was hit by a mac truck, smiled. it was the keys to the jeep, the very one they took out. "you didn't think we'd let you go off to college and have to rely on public transportation or worse, walking did ya? she's all yours.. been yours for a week now" Xavens father said while Xaven nodded, belching. "i checked everything personally.. she's running like a dream, plus i bled the brakes, changed the oil, all that jazz" stuffing the last two pieces of toast into his mouth he held his thumbs up which was the sign for "your good to go" Xavens father leaned against the counter his brother had vacated. "now you two don't do anything crazy while your there, and remember, there are little kids around so.." his mother left off the other words but she didn't have to say them. "geez mom, why don't you go ahead and give us the sex talk while your at it" Xaven said, rolling his eyes. "don't think i wont Xaven Vendal" she countered, before smiling to Vanessa. "keep him in line, and have fun dear" kissing Vanessa's forehead in such a mothering way, before hugging her tightly. "you two better get going if you are going to get there before the kids do"