AN: Just a short chapter. I may post the next one later today, depending on how much I get written.

Chapter Seven

Ianto and Wednesday stood off to the side as they watched Uncle Fester and Cousin Archienius mix some explosive with alien technology. It was a sight to behold, the explosions were magnificent. Pugsley and Pubert were trying to be included, but it seemed that the 'grown ups' were having too much fun to allow the kids to play.

"I wonder how Kitty Cat is coping with Gwen." Wednesday pondered. "I hope he isn't being neglected."

Ianto smiled at her Kitty Cat was an Addams, he was family and they all cared about him. Wednesday had grown up with him though, he was as much hers as he was an Addams. "Kitty Cat will be coping with her just fine, at least she won't expect him to hang on her every word, the curtains on the other hand." He replied with a smile.

Wednesday looked at him still not completely convinced, "She may hurt him, Tharmus. Kitty Cat is defenceless to her."

Ianto tried once more to alleviate her concern. "You can call Aluka tonight and speak to Kitty Cat. And Rhiannon Acantha is taking the kids to meet him tomorrow, she would call you if there was something wrong."

She nodded before changing the topic of conversation, "So how are things with the Captain, can we expect an exchange of blood soon?"

Ianto thought about the question before answering. "Things are well between us, but I don't think that we are quite ready for that yet."

Wednesday snorted. "You live together and work together but you're not sick of the sight of each other. You love him, the family like him, Micah's claimed him as family and he loves you, but you don't think you're ready. Men."

Ianto smiled at her tirade, Wednesday always told it as she saw it, it was something he loved about her. He had always thought of her as a little sister rather than a cousin and her opinion was important to him. He was glad to hear that the family liked Jack though, it was something that he had worried about a bit. "That's it exactly. What about you and Owen?"

"He's courting me. He asked Grandmamma permission and everything." Wednesday stated sombrely, but to someone who knew her the undertone of glee was noticeable. "He's supposed to be sending me daily letters for the first week of courtship so that we can get to know each other, but since I'm away we're emailing instead."

Ianto nodded, he knew the rules of courtship well, he was just surprised that Owen hadn't come to him for advice on the matter. They continued to talk on a variety of different subjects for a while longer before an explosion caught their attention. Wednesday and Ianto rushed to the other members of their family, Wednesday to patch them up and Ianto to try and rescue the alien technology that was in the midst of the explosion. He wasn't as good as Toshiko, but he was not slouch when it came to working with alien technology, his cousin had trained him well after all.