A/N: So I very much am enjoying how York's adoptive parents are shaping up. I hope you enjoy them too hehe. Also...this story will probably have lotsa fluff so heads up there.

"What time is this thing coming?" York yawned leaning back against the wall.

"Should be here any minute," Emma huffed looking at her data-pad.

"You said that already."

"Well you keep asking the same question so of course you're going to get the same answer because my answer has yet to change."

"Why are you being so moody? Are you not being satisfied enough?'

"York, I swear to God if you bring up my sex life with your friend one more time, I will drop you off a cliff," Emma growled shooting a glare at him. He put up his hands in surrender. Emma rolled her eyes and went back to checking the shuttle's progress.

"Hey, I'm just looking out for my sister." Emma growled at him. "Oh come on. We have so many years to make up for getting on each other's nerves."

"But you don't want to use them up all at once, do you?" she grumbled.

"I don't know, it's kinda fun," he shrugged. He looked up and pushed himself off the wall, "Is that it?"

"Yup," Emma nodded.

"Awesome."

They walked over to the railing as York looked amongst the people that were exiting the transport. He picked out Junior easily as there weren't many Sangheili that were visiting. Next to him was a girl who vaguely resembled Grif and walking in front of them was an elderly Asian couple. He cupped his hands over his mouth and yelled. The four stopped and turned to look before he saw his mother bounce and start hurrying towards them.

"Hey mum," York greeted as the woman wrapped herself around him. She was still as short as he remembered.

"What on Earth have you been eating? You are too thin." Emma was surprised to pick up the woman spoke with an English accent.

"Mum, don't start."

"Now where's this lady of yours. Is this her?"

Emma glanced at York who rolled his eye, "No mum. This is Emma, my half-sister."

"The one who set this all up?"

"It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Lang," Emma held out a hand to shake only for it to be smacked away and pulled in to a hug by the smaller woman.

"You will call me Mum and that's an order," the woman scolded as York chuckled next to them.

"Ok," Emma agreed, thrown off slightly by the hug she had gotten. York in the meantime was talking to who she was assuming was his adoptive father while Junior and Kai stood back and watched. Emma stepped around York's mom who had gone back to fussing over him to walk up to the other two. She held out a hand, "Hi, I'm Emma. I'm the one who set this up for you."

"Nice," Kai smiled shaking her hand. "So uh does the old dude actually speak any English?"

"Um, I thought he did," Emma replied unsure looking over at them. "Why don't we start heading back? I didn't tell your brother or Tucker you two were coming so if they seem surprised, they are."

"Oh man, I just love surprising him," Kai grinned wickedly.

"When's daddy coming back?" Ally asked as she sat at the outside table coloring.

"Should be on his way back now," Carolina answered.

"Where'd they go anyway?" Tucker asked.

"They went to get the surprise Uncle Tucker," Ally giggled.

"What kind of surprise?"

"A good kind," Ally shrugged.

Tucker looked at Carolina, "You know what kind of surprise we're talking here?" She shrugged in replied and gave him a smirk. "Of course you do."

"You'll like it," Carolina shrugged again. "Where's Grif?"

"Sleeping in his chair," Tucker pointed. Carolina turned to see that Grif was in fact spread out on the same chair he been in the first day. She turned back around just as York was walking around the side of the house talking animatedly to the people around him.

"Blargh!"

Tucker froze briefly before turning around to see Junior walking towards him. "Holy shit! It's my kid."

Ally leaned over to Carolina and whispered, "Does Uncle Tucker know his kid is an alien…?"

"Yes," Carolina chuckled as Tucker got up and hurried over to Junior as the girl that was with the group broke off and hurried over to Grif.

Carolina watched as the girl, who she was assuming was Kai, leaned over and flicked Grif in the nose. It took him two seconds before he fell off the chair.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!?"

"Uncle Grif is silly," Ally giggled as North poked his head out the screen door to see what the yelling was about.

"Man they're loud," York commented as Grif continued to yell and carry on as Kai hugged him.

"Daddy!" Ally squealed jumping up off the bench and running over to jump at him. He swung her up before carrying her back over to the table. "You took forever."

"Had to wait for the shuttle," he chuckled.

"Well the shuttle was slow," Ally huffed.

York turned to see his parents talking with North, his mum giving North the same treatment she had given York upon seeing him.

"Mum, let him alone," York chuckled. "Or don't you want to meet your granddaughter and future-daughter-in-law?" The woman rolled her eyes before patting North on the cheek, which he had to bend for, before walking over to where York was standing with Ally and Carolina. "Mum, this is Carolina and our daughter, Ally."

"It's so nice to meet you," Carolina said getting up. "York's talked about you both a lot over the years."

"Wish I could say the same, but it is still lovely to meet you all the same dear," the woman smiled pulling Carolina in for a hug before turning to Ally who was giving her a shy look.

"Mei! Ain't this the one that lived with us?" The small group turned to see York's father pointing at North who was shaking his head.

"Yes George, that's the one that lived with us when our lovely son dumped him on us."

"Mum, dumped isn't exactly what happened," York rolled his eye.

"Yes it is and you know it. You show up on my bloody doorstep with one good eye looking like a bloody pirate and say 'Here mum, you're a surgeon, fix him up for me' and leave," his mother continued to complain. She looked at Carolina, "Can you believe him? Joins the military and then doesn't call home or anything and then out of nowhere shows up saying he's not dead like they say he is, oh but here's this bloke who I work with and he got shot but you can't tell anyone either of us are alive because then we'll definitely be dead or worse, prison and who would want to see their son arrested for crimes he didn't actually commit."

"Mum," York groaned as Carolina and Ally both started giggling at the woman. "Pops, stop her."

"You know once you get her started, there's no stopping her," George chuckled. "Now why is there a gorgeous red head and her mini clone standing by you? Didn't I tell you about these things? You don't clone perfection."

Carolina raised an eyebrow at York who rolled his eye, "I told you they weren't normal."

Mei reached up and smacked him in the back of the head. Carolina was surprised the smaller woman could reach. "I did not raise you to be rude."

"Well there's a lot of things you didn't raise me to be, you want credit for those?" She reached up and smacked him again.

"York, I would stop while you're ahead," Carolina shook her head.

York huffed, "Pops, this is Carolina and our daughter Ally."

"When did you have a kid?"

"Apparently eight years ago," York replied. "It's a long complicated story that we can discuss at lunch."

"Did you at least marry the mother?"

"I'm trying to," York answered giving Carolina a smirk to which she rolled her eyes.

"Are the other two coming with?" George asked pointing back and Emma and North who were watching the exchange.

"I told them they should," York nodded.

"And who are they exactly?"

"Pops," York groaned as his dad startling sniggering.

"And I wonder where he gets it from," Mei rolled her eyes.

"A lot of things are starting to make sense," Carolina agreed.

Mei walked up to look at Ally, "You are awfully quiet."

"You talk like Grandpa…" Ally mumbled quietly trying to hide her face in the crook of York's chin. Mei gave her son a confused look.

"Your accent," York answered. "Ally, it's ok, it's just an accent. Nothing to how grandma-"

"Mimi."

York rolled his eye, "Nothing to how Mimi actually is. These are good grandparents."

"You sure?" Ally asked looking up at him.

"Positive. Remember I said I was adopted?" Ally nodded. "These are the people who adopted me and raised me. They even took care of your Uncle North for a little bit."

"They're good people Ally," North added.

"Ok. If you and Uncle North say they're ok," Ally replied. She wiggled in York's grip until he put her down and walked up to hug Mei. "It's nice to meet you Mimi."

"You too, sweetheart," Mei chuckled. "Now I am starving. There was mention of lunch?"

"Yea!" Ally bounced taking her hand and pulling her, "Come on, this way!"

"Would the lovely lady oblige an old man?" George asked holding an arm out for Carolina. Carolina glanced at York who was grinning at her as she took the offered arm.

"Pops, I'm watching those hands," York warned as they followed Ally and Mei ahead of them. George shot him a wide grin which made York roll his eye as he, Emma and North brought up the rear.

"Gotta say," Emma chuckled, "Your parents are something else."

"Ain't they?" York grinned.

"Though I'm confused...Grif's sister asked if your dad spoke English-"

"Ah yea," York huffed. "If he starts spewing what sounds like Chinese at you, ignore it. He thinks he's funny by shouting what he thinks is the language at people to throw them off, but really, it's crap phrases from that really old show 'Firefly'...he's ridiculous."

"Oh come on, that show is amazing," North chuckled.

"It is, I'm not denying that," York sighed. "It's just annoying because he thinks he's funny. Mum used to yell at him all the time."

"So your mom's a surgeon?" Emma asked.

"Yup. Was working at a teaching hospital. Dad worked at the local college teaching Physics. He's a brilliant scientist even though he acts like a dimwit," York explained. "It was awesome growing up with them."

"Sounds awesome. What made you join the military if they were so amazing?" Emma asked making North chuckle. "What?"

"I believe she's walking in front of us," North pointed.

"Seriously?" Emma looked at York who smiled at her. "Makes sense then."

"Course it does. Yea, went off planet with a couple buddies and met the love of my life who just so happened to be a military brat so off I went. I think I impressed her with how quick I rose through the ranks and found her just as we were entering the Project. Then that one came along," York motioned to North. "Him and his smart ass sister."

"Didn't South hit you the first time she met you?" North chuckled.

"Yea. Carolina didn't let me live that down for a week," York sighed.

"I never heard her saying anything to you."

"That's because she did it behind closed doors where no one could hear her," York huffed. "You would've fit right in with us, Em."

"You think?" Emma asked.

"Heck yea," York nodded throwing an arm around her as she rolled her eyes.

"That's some story, son," George replied leaning back in his chair.

"And that's the cliff-notes version," York sighed.

"And this Hargrove fella ain't coming after y'all anytime soon?"

"Don't know, Pops. We're not sure what's happened to him, been outta touch since we came here."

"I'm sure if we asked Church, he'd look in to it," Emma pointed out.

"Well yea," North chuckled, "but that's missing the point of vacation."

"Who's Church?" Mei asked.

"That's Ghost-man!" Ally informed her.

"What's a ghost-man?" Mei asked looking over Ally to Carolina.

"Church is an AI fragment from Project Freelancer, codename Epsilon," Carolina explained.

"And this Project Freelancer is the program you all were a part of that turned out to be run by some corrupt heartbroken scientist?"

"He wasn't really corrupt," Carolina huffed.

"Mum, that would be Carolina's father," York chuckled.

"Oh. Sorry dear."

"It's alright," Carolina shrugged. "I've made my peace with him. He was never the same after my mother died."

"Good for you," Mei replied patting Carolina's hand. She looked at Emma, "And you are Hargrove's other child?"

"Yea," Emma sighed.

"Well I'm sorry your father turned out to be such an awful man."

"Me too."

"Mimi, are you going to come shopping with us tomorrow?" Ally asked.

"Shopping?" Mei asked.

"Yea. Momma and daddy are going out together tomorrow night with Aunty Emma and Uncle North so we're going to go shopping tomorrow to find pretty outfits," Ally explained.

"Sure. Sounds fun," Mei chuckled. "That is, if you girls don't mind?"

"Not at all," Carolina smiled.

"Yea, more the merrier," Emma agreed.

"Pops, you can come fishing with us," York patted his dad's shoulder.

"So you and North are dating as well?" Mei asked Emma as the guys started talking about fishing.

"Guess you could say that," Emma smiled though a blush started on her cheeks.

"You going to marry him?" The two exchanged looks as Mei stared them down.

"Mum, no," York cut in. "No matchmaking. They're already together."

"You worry about marrying this one here and let me worry about the rest," Mei smiled.

"Mum, we're already getting married, it's just a matter of when."

"Well then hurry up and make more grandkids."

"MUM! Seriously, stop."

"Well, at least we know where York gets that from," Emma commented dryly to Carolina.

"That's for sure," Carolina chuckled as York started arguing with both of his parents making Ally giggle.

"So," York threw himself back onto the bed, "What do you think?"

"Well," Carolina smiled stretching out on top of him, propping her chin on his chest, "There's a lot of things that make sense now."

"Yea, like what?" York smirked.

"Your incessant need to involve yourself in Emma and North's relationship," Carolina chuckled. "The amount at which you need to talk. The-"

"Ok, ok," York chuckled, "I get it. But you like them?"

"They could be worse," Carolina shrugged. "But yes. I like them. Ally also seems to like them."

"Grif and Tucker also seemed to enjoy their surprises as well."

"Well, Tucker did. I'm not sure about Grif," Carolina chuckled. "They've been fighting since she got here."

"Simmons said that's normal. I also found out that Simmons could marry us if we need him to."

"What?"

"He's licensed. Don't know why, but he is," York shrugged.

"You're really insisting we do this while we're here, aren't you?"

"More hoping than insisting."

"And your parents being here isn't some awful way in to forcing the issue to happen before we go back?"

York raised an eyebrow at her, "You really think I'm that clever?" Carolina smirked at him. "Thanks for the vote of confidence there, but sorry, not actually that clever. I just figured that it'd be a good chance to see them and for them to meet you and Ally. That's all."

"Sure about that?"

"Would I really force you in to something that you didn't want to do?"

"True. I'd kick your ass."

"Exactly," he chuckled wrapping his arms around her.

A/N: I have also realized that I haven't really mentioned to much what North and Emma have been up to...don't worry, that's next chapter hehe.