Part 2 of the story, begin!
Universe*
~Normal POV
"Be careful with Monty's cage, Trev!"
"I'm trying this thing weighs a ton!"
The snake hissed at the insult. Sunny and Trevor carefully lifted the snake's cage into the back of Sunny's car. Trevor tossed their suitcases in the trunk as Sunny secured the cage in the back seat.
"Now, Monty this isn't your first car ride so please stay in your cage until we get there! Once we're there you can play with the kids if you behave."
The snake hissed at his master and seemed to nod in agreement.
"Is that everything," Sunny asked.
"It should be," Trevor answered.
"Oh, my mom is here to pick me up," Beatrice said as a taxi pulled up in the school parking lot.
Sunny waved to Kit before helping Beatrice pick up Tawni's cage, "Can I speak to your mom for a minute?"
Beatrice nodded. Sunny told Trevor to wait in the car while she talked with Kit. Sunny helped Kit load Beatrice's things into the taxi as they talked softly.
"Sunny Baudelaire, it's good to see you all grown up," Kit said with a soft smile.
She was an older woman now, but a proud mother to her 14 year old daughter. Her professional gaze remained, even after years of keeping the world quiet, but her face was still kind.
"It's good to see you, Kit. You look well."
"I feel well, Miss Baudelaire, thank you for noticing."
"Listen I need a quick favor," Sunny started quietly, "My new friend is sitting in my car right now. Could you tell me if he looks familiar at all to any other volunteers?"
Kit nodded and pulled her spyglass out of her dress pocket. She examined him discreetly for a moment before putting it away.
"He doesn't look familiar to me, what's the issue?"
"His name is Trevor Macready; his parents were killed in a house fire when he was six. He's never shown any signs of being a volunteer, but his family was wealthy too. I've been seeing him for a while and I'm bringing him home to meet my family today. I just want to be sure that he isn't potentially dangerous. I like him a lot, and I want to take this somewhere serious. I will break it off if he's a member, or if my family doesn't approve of him."
Kit nodded; she pulled a small notepad out of her purse and wrote down the name, "I'll have Dewey check our files for anyone matching his description. I've never heard the name, and he doesn't resemble anyone I know. I'll send a message with the results strictly to you alone. If you think he could be a volunteer then I'll risk communication for your safety."
Sunny nodded, "Thank you Kit. I'll be on the lookout for your message."
Sunny gave Beatrice a hug before walking back to her car as the taxi drove away.
"So, that was Bea's mom," Trevor asked when Sunny got in the car.
"Yep, Kit Snicket, she didn't take her husband's surname."
Trevor nodded. Sunny started the car and they began their long drive to the family estate.
"So is there anything else about your family I should know before I meet them?"
"I can think of one thing, hold off on the PDA until they're comfortable with you, alright? Violet and Klaus will blow a fuse if you try to kiss me in front of everyone."
Trevor laughed, "Wow, overprotective much?"
Sunny laughed, "Hey these guys raised me! They're allowed to be protective. I promise they won't hurt you though. And another thing, don't swear in front of the kids. We don't let them do it yet."
"Understood, Sunshine," He replied, using his pet name for her; he grabbed her hand as it rested on the gear shift while her other hand was on the wheel, "What else?"
"My siblings and I are allergic to peppermints, and both my nieces inherited the allergy, just a fair warning."
"Got it, non-peppermint candy only for the kids; I'll remember that for later if I need to."
"That should be everything. I hope all this isn't putting too much pressure on you," She squeezed his hand gently.
"Nah, I'm fine. I'm pretty excited to be honest. I mean I've had some short term girlfriends in the past, I am only 15, but none of them ever got to this point."
Sunny glanced at him with a raised eyebrow, "Excuse me?"
Trevor flushed with embarrassment, "Ok that sounded bad. I mean I've just never been invited home by a girl before that's all. Not that I didn't want to or anything I just never got this far... Alright that didn't sound any better; I'll just shut up for the rest of the ride."
Monty hissed from the back seat. Sunny chuckled, "You got that right Monty; it was a poor choice of words. Just don't say it like that around the family please."
Trevor nodded and smiled sheepishly, "Yeah I'll be careful."
~…
Trevor's mouth fell open in shock when he saw the gorgeous Baudelaire/Quagmire estate. Its three large houses situated together neatly around the driveway. He and Sunny quickly got Monty's cage out of the car along with their bags, but before he could ask what they were doing first-
"Aunt Sunny!"
Sunny smiled widely at the sound of a small girl's voice. Trevor looked up to see a girl with long black hair and green eyes. She grinned and ran up to Sunny who proceeded to lean down to hug her.
"Nikki, there you are! Where are your cousins?"
"Hey guys! Aunt Sunny is here," Nikki called to one of the houses.
Two other kids bolted out of the middle house and ran to hug Sunny. Another girl with long black hair and wide brown eyes, covered by dark-blue rimmed glasses, and a slightly darker skinned boy with messy black hair and green eyes. Trevor smiled fondly at the sight.
"Sunshine is pretty good with kids," He thought.
"This is Nikki, Lizzie, and Sam," Sunny introduced by pointing at them, "Kids, this is my friend Trevor."
Trevor leaned down to shake their hands, "Hey Sunny has told me a lot about you guys."
Trevor was about to say something, but he was interrupted by Monty whining from his cage. The three kids crowded around the creature in awe.
"Wow! He's huge," Sam remarked with a smile.
"He looks so friendly though," Lizzie added.
"Oh, Aunt Sunny, can we please play with him?"
Sunny bent down and unlocked the cage door to release the snake, "Alright, Monty you can go play with kids. Just be sure to go back to your cage at bedtime."
Monty hissed appreciatively, and proceeded to playfully lick the kids' faces. Sunny and Trevor picked up the cage and their bags and went into the open door of the middle house on the lot. The two set the cage down on the floor and took off their jackets to hang them up. After setting down their bags the children had run back into the house with Monty following behind; they went into the living room.
Sunny smiled up at Trevor, he was about a head taller than her, "What do you think of the kids so far?"
"They're adorable; and you're really good with them."
"I've had a lot of practice. Come on, everyone else is probably in the kitchen."
She grabbed his hand and dragged him into the kitchen. Six adults were bustling about the room preparing food and talking. A woman with long ebony hair and blue eyes immediately went up to hug Sunny.
"Sunny's here," She said getting the attention of the others.
A smart looking man with glasses hugged Sunny as well; he looked to be two years younger than the woman. Trevor stood quietly to the side as the other people greeted Sunny. Of them was a slightly darker skinned woman who appeared to be a year older than the first woman with shoulder length raven hair, light blue eyes, and black-rimmed, triangle-shaped glasses. Then there were three people who looked so alike it was almost frightening. Two men, one with neat black hair, and the other with messy unkempt black hair in a different style, and both with green eyes; then there was their obvious triplet sister whose black hair went down over her shoulders and partly fell over her brown eyes. They all appeared to be slightly younger than the first woman. After a minute, Sunny finally introduced him.
"Everyone this is my guest Trevor," Sunny started gesturing to everyone individually, "This is my sister Violet, my brother Klaus, Violet's husband Duncan, Klaus' wife Isadora, Duncan and Izzie's brother Quigley and his wife Fiona."
Trevor smiled sheepishly as they all turned their attention to him. They appeared to be studying him with curious uncertainty, but they didn't look cold or unwelcoming.
"Sunny why don't you let Violet and Klaus show Trevor around while you help us with the food," Isadora suggested casually.
"Sounds like a great idea, Izzie, you guys need all the help you can get," Sunny joked, as she went to join them at the kitchen counter.
"Hey as long as Quigley isn't cooking I think we'll be fine," Fiona laughed.
"I'm right here doll," Quigley replied pretending to sound hurt at his wife's comment.
"I know," Fiona said, giving her husband a kiss on the cheek.
The cartographer rolled his eyes playfully. Violet and Klaus took Trevor with them out into the hall.
Violet grabbed Sunny's suitcase, "I'll drop this in the guest room," She said before walking off.
"Uh, so where am I staying," Trevor asked.
Klaus smirked, "On the couch. We're not letting you share a room with our baby sister, especially not in my house. You can drop your bag in the living room later; now help me move Monty's cage to the guest room."
The two carefully moved the cage and Violet was waiting for them in the room. They set it down on the nearby desk. Violet set up a heat lamp for the cage that she had apparently installed, and possibly built, herself.
"There we go now the poor creature won't freeze tonight. It's supposed to be pretty chilly these next few days; even with the heat on."
Trevor nodded, "It's nice to meet you two by the way; Sunny has told me a lot about you."
Violet and Klaus looked at each other for a moment before Klaus said, "I hope it was all good things."
"Oh, yeah of course it was! She'd never say anything bad about her family. I have it down here in my commonplace book," Trevor pulled his gold notebook out of his pocket, "I mostly use it to write down recipe ideas cause I'm also studying to be a chef."
Violet smiled softly, "That's great, and if you want to help out in the kitchen you can. I'm sorry if my brother and I come off a little rude. We've just never had our sister bring a date home to meet us, and due to some past events that would take too long to explain right now we have trouble trusting new additions to our lives."
Klaus nodded, "I agree with her. Prove that you are a good match for Sunny, and you won't have any problems from us."
"And we're not the only ones you need to impress. Everyone in this house loves Sunny dearly and we're all going to be extremely upset if you hurt her in any way," Violet added.
Trevor chuckled nervously, trying to ignore the fact that all the men in this house had gotten themselves into good shape, likely to impress their significant others, and had relatively visible muscles; and the women looked fiercely protective if need be. He had been told that Violet had a nasty temper, and a mean right hook, and Klaus would flip his lid if something happened to his baby sister.
Klaus smiled, "We'll be eating at 5:30, so we have a lot of preparations to make."
Violet smiled too, "You can tell us about yourself at dinner. The kids are going to eat in the living room."
Sunny called from down the hall, "Hey Vi! Did you guys get enough fruit for Monty?"
Violet stepped out of the room to respond, "Yeah it should be in the fridge."
Once Trevor and Klaus were alone, the researcher spoke freely, "Look man, I don't hate you. In fact, you're a lot nicer than I was expecting, but if you hurt my sister, then my brothers-in-law and I will kick your ass. Get the picture?"
Trevor nodded vigorously, "Yes sir."
Klaus smiled, "Good, we're on the same page. Now let's give you that quick tour since this is my house."
~End of Chapter!
I hope the family didn't come off as too rude. Like I said, I don't intend them to be, they're just wary and protective. And after everything they've been through in the past I think they have the right to be.