A/N: Thank you Curry Knave and Spades and Swords for the reviews, it means allot :3
Henry sat in his room writing down things that, to most people, would be nonsense. There were elaborate stories about Alice's childhood nightmares. He was the only one who thought there was more to the recurring dream, thought even now he still didn't understand what.
He set his quill back in it's ink pot, as he'd hit a small bit of writer's block, but he quickly forgot about it when he heard the sound of a carriage pulling up to the house. Grinning to himself he bolted out of the room, down the steps, and was out the door in a matter of seconds.
Alice spotted her younger brother, and literally jumped out of the carriage before it came to any sort of stop. Excited to see each other, the pair of siblings hugged and immediately started talking about… well, everything. From how obsessed their mother had gotten with knitting, to China, to Lowell being faithful, to Dinah, and everything inbetween.
Alice's mother came out smiling and held a knitted green turtle in her hands. She hugged her daughter with a happy smile "I'm so glad you made it home safely."
The blonde nodded with a kind smile "I know, Mother, you made that very clear in your letters."
"Well I am your mother after all." She then changed the subject "So, you're going to be an Aunt."
Playing around Alice looked at her nineteen year old brother "Henry! You're going to be a dad? Why didn't you tell me?"
His face lit up "I'm not! It's Margaret, she and Lowell are having a baby."
Alice let out another laugh and nodded "That's great news."
Alice continued to smile as she heard the familiar sound of another carriage approaching "Oh mother, did you invite her?" more or less assuming she'd invited Margret.
Her mother's mouth turn in a frown and she shook her head "No… She and Lowell are busy today…"
Henry mimicked his mother's expression and said "We weren't expecting anyone but you…"
The wonder filled look didn't leave her eyes for a moment and she almost seemed to glow with bubbling curiosity, "Well then, I wonder who it is." She turned completely so she was facing the horse-drawn vehicle and waited for it to come to a stop, but the second it did her face dropped in an expression of pure and utter shock.