“May the winds be favorable and the hunting good,” he said softly and then headed back into the shop.
Meg looked at Ginny with a puzzled look on her face.
“Just one of those “greetings” that some people give others, if you know what I mean,” said Ginny. “Andrew is as close to a priest as any of us would recognize. He usually officiates at ceremonies for those that want them.”
“So, I just got blessed?” asked Meg as they walked to the car.
“Yeah, you did. Which brings me to a question I’ve been itching to ask. Are we having a big ceremony or a dinner party?” asked Ginny.
“A dinner party,” said Meg. “We already decided that before the bear attacked,” answered Meg. She didn’t get any farther, because her cell phone rang. It was Luc.
“Hello,” said Meg as she hit the speaker button.
“Unky Woffy Luc says to tell you dat da sheep is gonna get et if you don huwwy up and get home,” said Sara.
Meg and Ginny laughed. “Let me talk to your Unky Luc,” she said.
“Ohhhhkay,” said Sara and handed the phone to Luc.
“You left me all alone,” he said trying to evoke pity.
“I did not. You had two fierce pups to protect you and a sheep. What more did you need?” asked Meg.
“Well, you could have told me you were going. I woke up about five minutes ago and there was no one here except us,” he said still trying to sound pitiful.
“We came in to tell you and you were asleep. So, we went shopping. We are headed to the grocery store and then we will be home,” she said.
“Okay. Don’t be too long,” he said and ended the call.
Meg looked over at Ginny and laughed. They put their bags in the car and headed for the grocery store. Thirty minutes later they had raided the meat counter, bought eggs, bread and more coffee. Ginny added a box of maple cookies and Dr. Pepper to the basket. It had been Meg’s turn to smile. Luc tried to hide his Dr. Pepper habit, but it never worked. They arrived home to find two little faces pressed up against the glass. As they grabbed the groceries, Sara and Joe came out to help. Luc stood in the door and directed traffic.
“Did you spend every penny you had?” he asked looking at all the bags.
“No, just most of it,” teased Meg.
“I could return this,” Ginny said as she waved a bottle of Dr. Pepper in front of Luc’s face.
“I think I’ll just shut up now,” he said and took the bottle.
“Good move. How does it feel to be up out of bed?” Meg asked as they put groceries away.
“Better, but I’m not ready to run a marathon. I wear out in about five minutes. Hell, Joe is stronger than I am,” he said. At this, Joe curled his two little arms up to show everyone his muscles. Not to be outdone, Sara did too. It brought smiles to everyone’s face.
“Meg, I know you invited us to stay for supper, but I think I’ll take the two kids home. Luc looks wiped out,” said Ginny.
“Are you sure?” asked Meg. She had made the same assessment of Luc once he’d sat down in the chair, but didn’t want to be rude to Ginny.
“Absolutely sure. This way, Sara and Joe can tell all the news to Isolde, Jack, Ivan and Bitty. It isn’t every day that Unky Woffy Luc finds a mate,” she said with a smile.
“Oh, hadn’t thought of it that way,” said Meg. She wondered how the rest of the family would react with this happening so soon after Duke and Penny’s break up. Especially as that wasn’t going as well as expected from what Ginny had mentioned over lunch.
“Yeah, the confirmed bachelor finally gets tripped,” said Luc from the table.
“Watch it buster, or she’ll give you back to that bear,” said Ginny teasing him.
“You know, that would save on meat,” said Meg.
“Noooo! Not da beaw! He gets a tummyake if he et Unky Woffy Luc,” said Sara with a smile.
That made everyone laugh. Five minutes later, Ginny had the kids packed up and in the car for the trip home. Meg and Luc stood in the door and waved goodbye.
*
Meg wrapped her arm around Luc as they headed back into the house. He had put on a good show when Ginny and the kids were leaving. He slumped against her once they were out of sight.
“Meg, this being wiped out after ten minutes on my feet sucks,” he said.
“I noticed. Let’s get you back to bed,” she said. “Then I’ll show you what I bought.”
“Okay, and can I have a cup of tea? I’ll share the last of the peanut butter cookies with you,” he promised.
“Sounds good, but get in that bed,” she said as she headed to the kitchen.
Luc got into bed and tried to adjust the pillows. He leaned back only to have the bed erupt in ‘baaaa, Beeeh, baaa, Beeeh’ noises as he squished the sheep that Sara and Joe had brought him. He started to giggle.
Meg could hear the noise in the kitchen and giggled. That sheep was a riot. She was looking forward to when he shifted again and the wolf got to play with that toy. She got the tea ready and headed for the bedroom. She handed Luc his tea, set her own down on the nightstand and went to get her bags. Ginny had hidden them when they came in the house earlier.
“Hell, I thought you bought out the town with the groceries. I didn’t see those bags,” he said as Meg sat down on the bed.
“You weren’t meant to see them,” she said. She reached into the first bag and pulled out the teeshirt that Ginny had bought him. “Here is your prezzie, as Sara would say,” she said and handed it to him.
Luc took it and read the front. “Never moon a werewolf?” he said.
Meg smiled. “You should have seen the one she got.”
“Oh, what did it say?” he asked.
“It said, Forget Princess, I want to be a werewolf!” she said. Reaching into the bag again, she pulled out her shirt. “And I got this one,” she said showing him the shirt that said, ‘I date werewolves’.