Quiet

[Kaleb Parker]

Kaleb stepped out onto the porch, pulling out a cigarette from his jeans pocket, looking for his lighter.
He wasn't allowed to smoke in the house cos one, Maddie hated the smell and two, she was pregnant and it was bad for the baby.
Baby. He couldn't get over that, not even 18 years old and she was knocked up. Third time as well.
He sighs, running a hand through his hair, leaning against the porch, looking out the land.
It wasn't that early, nine at least, everyone was still asleep.
The family switched off houses, some over at Charlie's and some over here.
Himself, along with Jackie, Chase and Noah, and Density were over here while the rest of the family was still shacked up at Charlie's.
He sighs, still rummaging around in his jean pocket,"Now where the fuck is that lighter of mine?" He mumbles.

[Ian Hunt]

"Here," I mutter, from the other side of the porch, holding out my lighter without looking up at him, instead flicking ash onto the grass.
I'd gotten half used to the amount of people in and out of the house, not that I knew all of them in any detail at all, and the voice definitely wasn't familiar but wasn't alarming so there was no harm.
I wasn't smoking again...not like before...just every now and again...or so I was telling myself at least.

[Kaleb Parker]

Kaleb looks up, a bit startled but face not betraying his emotions.
He nods, takign the lighter, lighting up and handing it back.
His brown hair fell hazily into his eyes, as it often did, as he took a drag and blew the smoke in the opposite directions.
By the looks of the guy, he must have been the boyfriend.
The father.
Kaleb's brow furrows a bit, taking another drag, not saying anything.
He'd heard enough about the guy from the rest of the family, some liked him, other's didn't.
He, himself, hadn't made up his mind quite yet.

[Ian Hunt]

I glance over at him, raising an eyebrow, slightly unnerved at being watched.
Can't be too many more and then you'll have met all of them and then at least there will be no more awkward situations like this.

[Kaleb Parker]

He nods in acknowlegment, before taking another drag, and looking back out at the land.
Man a few words that brother of mine, His sister's voice rang out in his head.

[Ian Hunt]

I take another drag, just deciding that this was quite possibly one of the most awkward times of meeting a cousin, second only maybe to the time where I was licked by a fourteen year old Gryffindor.

[Kaleb Parker]

He takes another drag, before dropping his cigarette to the ground, stubbing it out with the heel of his shoe.
"Kaleb." He says glancing at him briefly before slipping his hands into his jean pocekts as he often did.

[Ian Hunt]

"Ian," I reply, folding my arms across my chest and flicking ash onto the grass before taking another drag.

[Kaleb Parker]

"Boyfriend?" He guesses, eyes still out on the land, scanning everything in sight.

[Ian Hunt]

I nod slightly, not much caring he wasn't looking to see, "Cousin?" I guess, already knowing the answer.

[Kaleb Parker]

"Eldest," He nods, leaning against the back wall, watching a leaf out by the tree fall to the ground.
He was always like that, watching everything, paying close attention to detail and such.
Came in handy a lot, so he found out.
"Asleep still?" He asks, nodding up at the house, wondering if anyone, including MJ, were still sleeping.
Her nightmares had stopped, at least that what was she kept telling everyone, even if there was the occasional night she still woke up screaming.

[Ian Hunt]

"I should think so," I reply, dropping my cigarette to the floor and stubbing it out, "Was when I got up."

[Kaleb Parker]

"All or just a few?" He asks.

[Ian Hunt]

"Didn't hear any movement, probably all," I shrug.

[Kaleb Parker]

"Typical," He mutters, clicking his tongue on the roof of his mouth.
"She scream at all last night?" He asks after a moment.

[Ian Hunt]

I shake my head, shoving my hands in my pockets, "Not last night."

[Kaleb Parker]

"Good," He nods,"That's good."

[Ian Hunt]

"Yeah," I mutter.

[Kaleb Parker]

"She's better then before at least," He replies,"And getting pretty big too,"
He jaw clenches slightly, not even 18 and knocked up.
"Know what it is yet?"

[Ian Hunt]

I glance at him briefly, then shake my head, deciding to just answer simply, "No."

[Kaleb Parker]

"Hmm." He says, popping up the collar of his jacket, up around his ears.

[Ian Hunt]

I raise an eyebrow at him, but don't say anything.

[Kaleb Parker]

Your going to have to say something to him you know, can't just stand there and not talk.
"So," He says, trying to think of something to talk about but all that was on his mind was the baby."Er, got a name for it?"

[Ian Hunt]

"We had a name...before," I say after a moment considering the reply, "I'm not about this time."
People asking questions is just another reminder you are not going to escape the inevitable reality that you are going to be a parent.

[Kaleb Parker]

What's with all the question about the baby? You don't even like the fact they're having one at all.
He sighs, leaning against the wall again, staring out at the land once more, trying to sort through his thoughts.
Unlike the rest of the family, Kaleb actually thought before he spoke.

[Ian Hunt]

I glance out at the grounds, so I wouldn't have to look at him.
It didn't take a genius to work out that he wasn't best pleased.

[Kaleb Parker]

He opens his mouth to speak, but stops, rethinking what he was planning to say.
"Met the rest of the family?"

[Ian Hunt]

"Some of you," I reply, putting my hands back in my pockets.

[Kaleb Parker]

"You poor bastard," He remarks,"How'd that go?"

[Ian Hunt]

I laugh slightly, "It went okay...some of the time at least."