Disclaimer: I do not own FF7, it's characters, or anything dealing with Square Enix. This is a work of literary fiction and I do not gain anything from it other than personal pleasure.

A/N: OK, so it was more than a few words away. Added the Zack and Geal scene afterward. Anyway, things are really rolling now. Be prepared for a drunk Yuffie scene, and a serious relationship conversation between Yume and Angeal, both coming next chapter. Enjoy my lovelies!

Vincent had left bright and early the next day. He had business he had to attend to, he promised Yuffie they'd continue where they left off as soon as he got back. He;d only been gone a day and was due back tomorrow, but Yuffie was already driving Tifa nuts with her rambling. Tifa finally couldn't take it anymore,

"Yuffie! If you don't shut up, I'm not going to get any work done. And I swear, with all your bouncing up and down, you're going to injure yourself. Now, if you are that anxious, do something to distract yourself." Sh said, exasperated.

"Like what?" Yuffie asked, trying to stop bouncing.

"I don't know, doesn't your weed calm you down?" She blurted, half joking.

"No." Yuffie stated, matter of factly.

"OK, then how about Reeve, maybe he has something you can help with." Tifa stated.

"Nope." Yuffie answered, starting to bounce again, "Already called, he's full up for help."

"Ah, shit. OK, um... don't you have a job or something?" She asked.

"No, what for? My father is the ruler of all Wutai, he sends me an allowance... and since I quit pot, I have more than I need now. Come on, Tif. There's gotta be something I can do. I'm goin' crazy here!" She whined.

"You aren't the only one..." Tifa mumbled. "OK, I guess, if you want..." She trailed off.

"Yes?" Yuffie asked, excitedly.

Tifa knew she shouldn't say it, but she did anyway. "You could help out here."

"YES!" Yuffie squealed, as she ran around the bar and threw herself at her friend. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Tifa, I love you! But... not like you know..."

"Yes, I know." Tifa said, cutting her off before she could ramble again. "Now, what can you do?"

"Well... I've always wanted to learn how to make drinks." She bubbled.

"Oh, Yuf... I don't know..." Tifa said.

"Please!" Yuffie begged, with her hands together, jumping up and down excitedly.

Tifa sighed deeply, "Ugh. Fine. But you better not make me regret this... oh shit."

"What?" Yuffie asked, curiously.

"Whats your tolerance?" She asked.

"For what?" Yuffie asked, dumbly.

"Alcohol. Come on, Yuf, try to keep up." Tifa sighed.

"Oh, right. Um, well I've never drank so..." She said, trailing off.

"Well, I guess we're gonna find out." She stated.

"Why?" Yuffie asked, cocking her head.

"You have to taste as you go in order to learn, Yuffie. How else will you know if you got it right?" She said, trying not to roll her eyes.

"Oh, right." Yuffie stated.

"You OK with that? Its not like, against your religion, is it?" She suddenly asked.

Yuffie laughed. "Gods no!"

Tifa almost sighed with relief, til she remembered that she didn't really want to do this. "Alright, where do you wanna start?"

"Well, what does Vincent usually drink? That seems like a good place to start." Yuffie smiled.

Tifa sighed, she was in for a long day. "Vincent drinks many different things, but his favorite is Tequila Sunset."

Yuffie nodded, "Right. Tequila Sunset." She paused for a second before scrunching her nose up and asking, "What's in that?"

Tifa closed her eyes, silently damning Vincent and whatever business he happened to be doing. She sighed a bit before answering, "Tequila, Yuffie. Tequila Sunset is Tequila , Blackberry Brandy, and Orange Juice."

Yuffie nodded, "Right, got it. What does Tequila look like again?" She asked, sheepishly.

Tifa was starting to regret her decision, "Are you sure you quit doing pot?"

"Yeah, why?" Yuffie asked.

"Do you have any left... Because I think I may need it before the day is over." She stated, only half joking.

~! #$%^&*

"No missions." Rude stated, sternly.

After Keela and Reno had talked, he insisted that she call Rude over and discuss it with him. They both had off today anyway. He was a bit shocked at first, but eventually he relented. However, he had one stipulation that he wouldn't budge on.

"I mean it, Kee. I don't want you out there, not when there's my new niece or nephew to think about." He lectured.

"Yes, sir." She mocked, with a sloppy salute.

"Keela," He drawled, "I'm serious."

Yume and Reno were agreeing with him, so Keela shot a look at Angeal. He was sitting in the overstuffed armchair, with his left leg resting on the other.

Angeal saw her staring at him, throwing his hands up in surrender, he said, "Don't look at me, this is family stuff, you're on your own."

She glared at him, then spun her head back to her brother. "Well, you're not the boss of me!" She half yelled, sticking out here tongue.

"He's not, but I am." Reno said, matter of factly.

"Excuse me?!" She challenged.

"I'm out. Sorry partner, but she could put my balls in a vice if she wanted." Reno confessed.

"Pussy." Rude muttered.

Yume almost laughed, but then remembered that she didn't want Keela on any missions either. "Rude's right. But, its just until you have the baby, right?" She asked, looking at Rude.

Rude didn't say anything, meaning that he didn't agree. He looked at Reno, his eyes portraying what he was thinking. Reno's eyes got wide and he shook his head back and forth quickly. "Nah uh! I ain't doin that, yo. She'd fuckin' castrate me."

Keela got curious and closed her eyes, opening them right away in shock. "Anthony James Rudow! How dare you even suggest something like that!"

Yume hated being left in the dark, "What? What'd you see?"

Keela was red in the face and glaring at her brother, so Reno answered her. "He suggested I keep knocking her up, that way she would basically be chained to her desk. Not that I wouldn't love a million little runts, but even I ain't stupid enough to do something like that, yo."

Rude tried to explain himself, "Kee, you're my baby sister, I love you. "

"Don't you patronize me, Anthony Rudow." She said, in a near shout.

Rude sighed, "Alright, fine. As long as you wait til after you have the baby, then fine. You have my blessing, or whatever, not that you need it. You'd do it anyway."

"You're right, I would." She grinned.

"OK, so... how is this going to work?" Yume asked, "Isn't there like a huge conflict of interest?"

Keela smiled, "There is, but there really isn't any way around it. Reno and I will share the position of Second in Command. He and Rude already share an office, and my old one is still vacant. Until I come back from maternity leave, I'll handle the office stuff, and Reno will handle the field work. I'm better at being a suit then he is anyway," She laughed. "As long as we can keep our personal life separate, and just be TURKS at work, Tseng has no problem with it. He and Rufus do it all the time, after all. And Rude is used to having his brother- in- law outrank him, it has yet to cause any problems. Reno and I aren't each others bosses or anything. Think of it as, Tseng is the General, and we're his Commanders."

Reno interrupted, "If Tseng is the General, what does that make Rufus, yo?"

"The President, Reno. He's still the President." Rude assured him.

"Oh, right." Reno said, sheepishly.

"Well," Angeal piped in, "Sounds like you've got it all pretty much hashed out. But, what about Dreya?"

"OH!" Yume screamed, "I volunteer to babysit!"

Keela smiled, "Well, that answers that question. So, I guess I should call Tseng with the good news. I'm a TURK again."

"Sweet!" Yume squealed, "We gotta celebrate! We're totally going out tonight..."

"Yeah, and I know just where to go, yo." Reno grinned, it'd been awhile since they had gotten together with the whole gang.

"I'll start calling everyone." Keela smiled, "But first, how about some breakfast?"

"Affles!" Dreya screamed.

Keela laughed, "Any other requests for the chef?" She asked the group.

"Ooh, bacon!" Yume gleamed.

"Eggs." Rude's voice added.

"Coffee?" Reno suggested, rubbing his eyes.

"What about you Angeal?" Keela asked, looking at him.

"Ah, well, I like pancakes. But Dreya already beat me to the punch with waffles." He shrugged.

"Dreya eats Eggo's, Geal. It isn't hard to whip up some pancakes for the grownups and Reno." She teased.

Reno started to nod, til he realized what she said, "Hey!"

Everyone laughed, and Keela headed for the kitchen to start breakfast.

"So, Geal. What's goin' on with you and Yume? You guys together, or what?" Reno asked, hoping to change the subject.

Angeal looked sheepishly at Yume before answering, "We haven't really talked about it yet. And I have to talk to Zack and find out if my stay here is permanent."

Rude and Yume were silent, after Angeal's admission. Reno, however, as usual didn't know when to keep his mouth shut. "Yo, what do you mean? How can you talk to him?"

Angeal sighed, "I have a connection to the Lifestream. I can talk with anyone that's still there. It's mostly telepathic, but I still feel better doing it in private."

Reno nodded, "That's cool, yo. Tell the pain in the ass I say hi, next time you talk to him."

Angeal smiled, "Will do. I'll, ah, be right back. Now is as good a time as any, I suppose."

~! #$%^&*

Angeal sat on the bed in the spare room. It took a few seconds of concentration before he heard Zack's lighthearted voice.

"Angeal!"

Hey. Still an eager puppy, I see. Sorry it's been awhile.

"That's OK. I saw the whole thing with Reno, so I won't push the subject."

Thanks. I didn't mean for it to happen.

"I know. But I also know that it wasn't just a fling for you. In all honesty, I couldn't have picked someone better for her myself."

Thanks, Zack, that means a lot.

"So, what's up? Not that I'm complaining about an impromptu chat."

How long am I staying here, Zack?

"Wow, right to the point. Well, you were mostly right when you told Yume this was your second chance. Essentially, that's what it is. You're there til you die, man. Unless you wanna come back before then, it's up to you."

No, I think I'll stay. I at least want to know where this is going with Yume, if it even is anything.

"Well, do you want it to be?"

Well, yeah. But I'm not going to force her into anything. I mean, Keela has us both in the spare bedroom, but we were so dead last night that we both just crashed. We haven't really talked about it.

"Well, you won't know til you try, Geal. And if it helps at all, you know you have my blessing."

I know. Thanks man. I really miss you.

"I miss you too, Geal. But don't worry, we'll be together again someday. And until then, feel free to start an impromptu chat anytime you want."

You seem to like using that word.

"What? Impromptu?"

Yeah. What, did they get a word- a- day calender since I left?

"Ha, no. Aerith's been rubbing off on me I think, and it's an awesome word."

No complaints here, more power to ya buddy.

"Ha, thanks Geal. So, anything else on your mind?"

No, but I think I'm going to go talk to Yume.

"Alright, I hope it works out for ya, buddy."

Thanks, Zack. I'll check back later.

"Cool, I'm not going anywhere."

Yeah. Oh, Reno said to say hi for him. Referred to you as 'the pain in the ass.'

"Ha. Same ol' Reno. Well, tell him hi back."

Will do. Bye Zack.

"C'ya Geal."

After Zack's voice faded, Angeal got up from the bed, intent on searching out Yume and having a much needed chat.