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Barbara looked out at the view as Ian put the last of their things in the car. From the front door of the little Bed and Breakfast, she could see beautiful rolling hills for miles. The last of the morning was being chased away as the sun rose higher in the sky, thawing everything out. Even the cows seemed more active on one particular hill.

"I wish we could stay for a little longer," she sighed to Ian, turning her back on it all so that it might be easier to leave. Her arms folded, one hand still held on to the key they were yet to return. "I don't suppose your car has a secret time traveling device so we can spend an extra few weeks here?"
splendid_roman: (Sir Ian of Jaffa looking a bit earnest)
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"No, we're not," he said softly. He sat back up and took her free hand. "We both know we did the right thing. And if it comes to it we can always just leave and let them get used to the idea."
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"Maybe it won't," he said optimistically, wanting to cheer her up. "Maybe they'll be happy that we're happy and didn't squander our money on our wedding when we could be saving it for a house instead."
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"All right." When he stood up he stopped to kiss her before collecting their plates and mugs and taking them to the kitchen to wash up. Once that was done he went back to the bedroom and picked up the clothes that had ended up on the floor the day before.
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"That's a good idea. We can distract them with them if they complain." He put his dirty clothes in the wash and went looking for new ones. He'd managed to rearrange everything before they went to Scotland to make some space for Barbara, which meant he couldn't find anything. He ended up opening all the cupboards and drawers before he managed to get a full set of clothing.
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"I don't know." He thought about it while he tucked his shirt in and then folded down the collar. He definitely didn't have anything that could be described as a nice bag, but wrapping paper was something he used. "There should be some wrapping paper in the lounge. I'm not sure how much is left, though." He usually ran it down until he didn't have enough to wrap presents with and then had to rush out and buy some.
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"I won't," he promised, not pausing his shaving. But while he rinsed the razor out in the sink. "Is there enough space for all your stuff in the bathroom?" There was space around the sink for her toothbrush and toothpaste, but there wasn't any storage space for anything else, unless she lined it up along the edge of the bath.
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Ian put a briefly hand on her shoulder and started on his teeth. It would be easier when they bought a house, but they couldn't afford that just yet. It was just as well he didn't have a lot of stuff, although they both had quite a few books.

Then he was ready to go, although they didn't need to leave quite yet, so he settled on the sofa with the book he'd been reading the night before.
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"Yes." Although he finished the page before looking up. "Let's go and brave the... parents." At the last minute he substituted a word before she complained about how he described her mother.
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At least now Barbara could have legitimately stayed overnight. Having locked the door Ian came up behind Barbara in time to have heard the question. He took her hand, grinned, and said, "No, we got married last week."

"Congratulations," she said, sounding pleased for them. "I was expecting an invite." She didn't sound too upset about not having got one though.
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Ian squeezed Barbara's hand. Even mention of their parents didn't dull Ian's enthusiasm at telling someone they were married. "That's what we're going to found out. Wish us luck."

"Good luck," she said amiably. "But I'm sure you won't need it."

As they all went on their way Ian was cheered by her optimism. "If only they react like she did, we'll be all right," he said to Barbara in a low voice.
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He smiled, kissed her cheek and then unlocked the car. Then he remembered something. "Did you pick up the portraits?" He hadn't thought about it when they left the flat.
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He shrugged. "If we're late we'll just blame it on bad traffic."

Inevitably there was bad traffic and they were ten minutes late by the time they arrived. Ian hung back and let Barbara apologise to her mother.
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Maybe they should have thought about that sooner, but they hadn't considered that anyone might want to call Barbara that urgently. Ian squeezed Barbara's hand, but said nothing, not wanting to annoy Joan any further.

Although Joan looked back at Barbara she didn't notice she was holding Ian's hand. "If you don't have a phone how am I going to contact you if there's an emergency?"

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