"What? No!" Wesley laughs, his face turning red. "Did you really?"

"Yes," Jean Luc barely manages through body quaking spasms of laughter.

"No," Wesley quakes again. "No, I don't believe it."

"It's a good thing, Jean Luc, that no one knew that about you while you were in Starfleet!" I wipe the tears coming down my face, "Where did you hold these blessed events?"

He motions to the field surrounding us as we walk, "Here." He looks down and plays with the tall wheat that surrounds our ankles. "I have to say, it was very difficult keeping an eye on two French lops amid this crop, however."

"You're never going to live this one down," Wes punches his shoulder playfully. "Robert was really holding out on you last time!"

"I knew," Jean Luc laughs again, clutching his side amid the cramp. "That I shouldn't have told you about the rabbits."

The house appears in the distance. "Jean Luc?" I stop him, pulling him back; something's out of place.

"Hmmm?" He looks up from the golden aridity crunching under our feet. I feel a squeeze on my hand, "Beverly, what?"

I point to the large house in the distance. "Does something look different to you?"

"What are you looking for, Mom?" Wesley reaches down, seemingly nonchalant, as he gingerly studies an orange Monarch resting on a purple wild flower.

"Beverly, what is it?"

I shake my head. Perhaps I'm just imagining things? "Nothing," I breathe. "Just nerves, maybe."

He tugs at my hand once more as he squints a smile at me. "Come, there's nothing wrong."

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